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  1. Posted

    The fact that nothing opens until 10AM.

     

    My daughter's up at 6, it's raining, what the f&^% am I supposed to do with an energetic toddler for four hours before she starts to tear the house apart?
    And then by 11AM she needs to eat and take her nap, so there's no point going anywhere in the morning, and in the afternoon she's cranky.

    PARENTHOOD.

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  2. Posted

    Golden Compass is a mixed bag for me. I both totally love its utter debunking of Christianity (and the Miltonic influences it plays with in doing that), but can't help feel kind of pandered to as an atheist >_>

     

    As a piece of writing, has some great bits, but ultimately was kind of forgettable (except for daemons and the armored bear. They were great.)

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    Spoiler

    TBH I'm kind of just glad Jon Snow didn't wind up king of anything. He will clearly be happier & far more competent as a romantic Wildling freedom fighter in the Northlands. 

    Bran is going to be a terrible king IMO... knowledge and creepy utter lack of charisma isn't noted for producing successful monarchs. But then Sansa was too partisan for the North to be chosen; Yara, basically a pirate queen, not a land ruler; Arya, Sam, Brienne, all obviously have the wrong personalities for it in different ways, though maybe Brienne could have stepped into the role & become good at it. Tyrion has the chops but not the reputation he'd need. Davos could probably do it but lacks the blood. Not a lot of good choices there unless you wanted to say f*&^ it and let the Dornish just take over the whole thing...

     

  7. Posted

    On 5/7/2019 at 6:27 PM, Downshift said:

    I honestly don't see the difference in why Cap is immune to this type of breakdown when Thor isn't. 

    [...]

     

    +pep talk from Banner

    +pep talk from Rocket

    +pep talk from Mom

    +"still worthy" of Mjolnir

    = nothing :rip:

    ... you know that's pretty much a summary of exactly how a depressive brain works, right?

     

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  12. Posted

    7 hours ago, DeJaPon said:

    S8E4

     

     

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    - I like how everyone is saying the name of the Dragon Queen's translator as if it was a major deal that she got captured.

    - Ehhhhhhh, Brienne being the crying lover while Jaime's galloping away is kinda lame

     

     

     

    Spoiler

    ditto, DITTTTOOOOO

    Missandei got so nerfed in the show compared to the books where she's a brilliant political strategist and advisor, and Dany's bff. If you want her death meaningful, showrunners, maybe give her something to f*&^ing do (other than fuck Grey Worm?). EGhhhh.

     

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  13. Posted

    Spoiler

    Also there is no way that taking on Cersei-ass-Lannister should be as tough as the Night King. C'mon. I'm starting to think the naysayers last ep were right, they really should have left the zombies for last somehow.

     

  16. Posted

    Beer: whatever's on tap that's not too heavy or too cloyingly sweet

    Wine: prosecco

    Liquor: Cognac neat, but has to be a good cognac; or Irish whiskey.

    Mixed drink: dark & stormy in a regular bar, Ramos Fizz in a good bar, hot toddy in the wintertime

  18. Posted

    I saw Captain Marvel Shazam! 

     

    And I quite liked it. It was sweet, and that made it feel fresh; first superhero movie that really gave me *superhero* movie feels in a really long time - I've enjoyed many Marvel movies, but they increasingly just feel like action movies that happen to involve superheroes. Hope DC learns from this one.

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