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Jul. 23rd, 2022 08:04 pmHot day. Went out for a bit to pick up food from various spots, and well exercise. (I walk everywhere - so my grocery shopping consists of me walking about an hour or so to various stores and coming back again. It's good exercise, involves lifting, carrying, walking and navigating around human obstacles such as motor vehicles and people.)
Tried Tokoyo Vice on HBO Max, but it put me to sleep. [That could of course be having pancakes for breakfast. I don't know. I've been going to sleep a lot during the lunch hour on weekends.] Ansel Elgort who plays the lead - does nothing for me. I do not understand why this actor keeps getting cast - he's bland and kind of ...dull to look at it. Don Johnson he's not. Seriously the millenial generation's actors are lacking in the charisma department.
Mother is still fussing over her fraud scare. It was bad. She gave the assholes access to her bank account to wire money into it.
I don't know if I want to explain it, but maybe it will help someone?
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Me: I watched Jurassic Park World Dominion.
Mother: World Dominion?
Me: Yup the latest one, I've seen all of them - Sam Neil was in this one.
Mother: Isn't he in all of them?
Me: No, just three.
Mother: Wait, how many are there?
Me: About six -
Mother: SIX??
Me: I find them nostalgic - it's sort of reminiscent of the Godzilla films of my childhood and the horror flicks of my teen years (actually Jurassic Park - the first film was in my adolescent to post-adolescent years, we saw it as a family). Plus, not scary, since I know none of that is remotely possible. So I have fun with them.
I rented Jurassic Park: World Dominion via Amazon Prime tonight. Went in with low expectations due to the reviews.
Discovered it was available for rental and went for it. I love the Jurassic Park movies - I've seen all of them. I saw the first three films in the movie theater. I actually think I saw the fourth one in it as well. The last one was on television. I've also seen the first one, and the third one four times.
( frak you, I loved it )
In sum, a fun movie. Quite cathartic. The bad guys got eaten. The good guys survived. Lovely, intelligent, likable, and cool monsters. Didn't require much if any thought, actually the less thought the better, and fluffy. It's a B disaster-action flick with dinosaurs, what's not to love?
***
Prior to this - I watched the first episode of the Canadian Reality series Alone. They basically send about ten people into the Canadian Wilderness alone, with the option to tap out at any time. Although alone is kind of relative - since they have a bunch of camera equipment with them and spend 90% of their time talking to the camera. Plus they have a tap out button or walkie talkie - which enables them to call for help at any time and tap out of the competition. They lose the money, but hey, they also get to live another day. So, there's that.
It comes with a disclaimer - that all these people are skilled outdoors folk, with primative nature survivalist skills. So don't do this on your own. (People have been dumb enough to do that - and did not survive to tell the tale.)
So they are taken out by boat and dropped on the shore of this big lake, in separate sections, miles apart, selected randomly by each contestant, with the same basic conditions. All they can bring with them is their pack, and basic supplies, and they can opt for things like a fire starter or a tooth brush.
Half-way through the first episode, I found myself rooting for the wild animals to take them out. You know there's a problem with the series - when you begin rooting for the bears, mountain lions, and well nature to get rid of these folks. One guy decided to chase the mountain lion because he wanted to hunt and kill it. "Run Mountain Lion, Run. But bring back your friend the Grizzly later..." I think he'll survive though - he's great at catching food and foraging. He just sucks in the shelter department. I was thinking him and the heart attack guy should have teamed up - heart attack guy could build a shelter, but sucked at foraging for food.
I don't know if I'll stay with it or not. These shows seem to be able to find the most annoying contestants. It's my difficulty with game shows. I don't like the contestants - I root against them. Where they find these folks, I do not know, but they do.
***
Mother informed me that her choir directors dogs had died, and he had one left (he had three dogs) and his last dog was his favorite and he loved dearly. But the dog is missing. He's searched everywhere for him. And..
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Mother likes to rattle off the things everyone is doing like some deranged Christmas List from hell.
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Tomorrow I get a haircut, from a new stylist. First new stylist in five years. First haircut in well, however long it has been since I got the last one in November.
Wish me luck.
Tried Tokoyo Vice on HBO Max, but it put me to sleep. [That could of course be having pancakes for breakfast. I don't know. I've been going to sleep a lot during the lunch hour on weekends.] Ansel Elgort who plays the lead - does nothing for me. I do not understand why this actor keeps getting cast - he's bland and kind of ...dull to look at it. Don Johnson he's not. Seriously the millenial generation's actors are lacking in the charisma department.
Mother is still fussing over her fraud scare. It was bad. She gave the assholes access to her bank account to wire money into it.
I don't know if I want to explain it, but maybe it will help someone?
( Read more... )
**
Me: I watched Jurassic Park World Dominion.
Mother: World Dominion?
Me: Yup the latest one, I've seen all of them - Sam Neil was in this one.
Mother: Isn't he in all of them?
Me: No, just three.
Mother: Wait, how many are there?
Me: About six -
Mother: SIX??
Me: I find them nostalgic - it's sort of reminiscent of the Godzilla films of my childhood and the horror flicks of my teen years (actually Jurassic Park - the first film was in my adolescent to post-adolescent years, we saw it as a family). Plus, not scary, since I know none of that is remotely possible. So I have fun with them.
I rented Jurassic Park: World Dominion via Amazon Prime tonight. Went in with low expectations due to the reviews.
Discovered it was available for rental and went for it. I love the Jurassic Park movies - I've seen all of them. I saw the first three films in the movie theater. I actually think I saw the fourth one in it as well. The last one was on television. I've also seen the first one, and the third one four times.
( frak you, I loved it )
In sum, a fun movie. Quite cathartic. The bad guys got eaten. The good guys survived. Lovely, intelligent, likable, and cool monsters. Didn't require much if any thought, actually the less thought the better, and fluffy. It's a B disaster-action flick with dinosaurs, what's not to love?
***
Prior to this - I watched the first episode of the Canadian Reality series Alone. They basically send about ten people into the Canadian Wilderness alone, with the option to tap out at any time. Although alone is kind of relative - since they have a bunch of camera equipment with them and spend 90% of their time talking to the camera. Plus they have a tap out button or walkie talkie - which enables them to call for help at any time and tap out of the competition. They lose the money, but hey, they also get to live another day. So, there's that.
It comes with a disclaimer - that all these people are skilled outdoors folk, with primative nature survivalist skills. So don't do this on your own. (People have been dumb enough to do that - and did not survive to tell the tale.)
So they are taken out by boat and dropped on the shore of this big lake, in separate sections, miles apart, selected randomly by each contestant, with the same basic conditions. All they can bring with them is their pack, and basic supplies, and they can opt for things like a fire starter or a tooth brush.
Half-way through the first episode, I found myself rooting for the wild animals to take them out. You know there's a problem with the series - when you begin rooting for the bears, mountain lions, and well nature to get rid of these folks. One guy decided to chase the mountain lion because he wanted to hunt and kill it. "Run Mountain Lion, Run. But bring back your friend the Grizzly later..." I think he'll survive though - he's great at catching food and foraging. He just sucks in the shelter department. I was thinking him and the heart attack guy should have teamed up - heart attack guy could build a shelter, but sucked at foraging for food.
I don't know if I'll stay with it or not. These shows seem to be able to find the most annoying contestants. It's my difficulty with game shows. I don't like the contestants - I root against them. Where they find these folks, I do not know, but they do.
***
Mother informed me that her choir directors dogs had died, and he had one left (he had three dogs) and his last dog was his favorite and he loved dearly. But the dog is missing. He's searched everywhere for him. And..
( Read more... )
Mother likes to rattle off the things everyone is doing like some deranged Christmas List from hell.
( Read more... )
**
Tomorrow I get a haircut, from a new stylist. First new stylist in five years. First haircut in well, however long it has been since I got the last one in November.
Wish me luck.