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May. 2nd, 2019 08:19 am
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I'm going to see Endgame this afternoon. Allegedly. I have never been less enthusiastic about seeing a movie. This is entertainment-as-chore. Thanks for the memories, Marvel, but no thanks for the anxious dread and resignation you've spent the last few mainline* movies cultivating.

*Because Black Panther and Captain Marvel were both things of great joy and don't deserve to get lumped in with the rest of this mess.

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This retrospective on the Opportunity rover is a really beautiful look at Mars. In totally unrelated news, I need a boat to navigate this lake of tears that has suddenly manifest around me.

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The new track from A Tribe Called Red, "NDN Kars," absolutely rocks. I'm listening to it on loop--perfect music to write to. That drumming!

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Aug. 28th, 2018 07:25 pm
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After seeing a random Youtube ad (they are good for something!) for the movie A.X.L., I treated myself to seeing it. It was made even sweeter by the fact that the day job has been...how do I say this? FUCKING COCONUT BANANAS BONKERS. Ahem. And as such fucked up my original plan to go to the movies. My mum offered to drop me off and pick me up on my day off while she ran errands, though, and that made everything better. So! Movie.
 
Let me preface this by saying that Real Steel is one of my all-time favorite movies. And while A.X.L. was not quite as good, it was very much in the same vein, did exactly what it said on the tin, and made me very happy. It promises to be the story of a boy who finds and befriends a runaway robot dog being developed for warfare, and they must then protect each other from the developers trying to recover it.
 
Like Real Steel, it is a "blue collar underdog finds damaged robot, they rescue each other" story, with found family feels and messages about rising above your station (please do). *chef kiss* Perfect. I'll take a dozen more.
 
I will say, they cast two of the villains as people of color (plus one more antagonist?) but only one hero. Which I found unfortunate. And there are a few moments that are a bit plothole-ish, though I mostly only thought about them when recapping the movie to Mum. That's about the extent of my objections, though.
 
It was silly and loveable and happy. It was exactly what I thought it would be, in the best possible way. I have a type and I am not ashamed.
scrubjayspeaks: photo of a toddler holding an orange tabby cat (baby Joyce)
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Guess who adopted a bot baby~~~!
 
While visiting my friend in Los Angeles, I said hello to the Roomba sitting in its charging station. This led to an offer for me to adopt it, since it was ill-suited to the new house.
 
It has now been cleaned inside and out, and the first twirl around my house has been completed. (So much pet hair???) Googly eyes still pending, which was one of the conditions of my adopting.
 
Name also pending, though Mr. Fantastic will be difficult to resist.
 
Life goal unexpectedly achieved!

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