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Finished Reading Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameron
Watched Materialists, 2025 - ★★★
I got whiplash watching this. My expectations were high because Past Lives is probably in my top 10, but this is a very different thing. I think there is some interesting commentary about dating, class, and love but in the end it's just fine.
I'm very excited that there will be an HTML Day event in Minneapolis this weekend. Hoping the AQI gets better by then but I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else will work on.
Finished Reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Finished Reading Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Watched Four Mothers, 2025 - ★★★★
Bookmarked " Turning a toy into a cyberdeck - YouTube"
I found a "Little Talking Scholar" by VTech at a local vintage store and jokingly posted about it on Mastodon. Attoparsec saw it and actually decided to make it a reality. The internet is amazing!
Bookmarked "Cuttle"
If you ever find your self with a standard deck of cards and 2-4 people, this is a nice card game to try.
Finished Reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Watched Les Triplettes de Belleville, 2003 - ★★★★
This post is my entry for this months IndieWeb Movie Club hosted by Mark Sutherland. Sometime in 2008, I bought a Nintendo DS Lite. I don't remember what games I bought for it when I first got it, but one of the games I got soon after was Professor...
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Finished Reading Human Nature by Kate Marvel
Rewatched Shaun of the Dead, 2004 - ★★★★★
I should rewatch this trilogy more often than I do.
Finished Reading Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky
This little buddy has dug themselves a burrow in one of our garden boxes. Pretty sure they are also eating the watermelons O has been attempting to grow for the past two years.
Watched Thunderbolts*, 2025 - ★★★½
I like that this movie didn't waste too much time explaining the backstory of every single character. This is something that even Captain America: Brave New World did recently which I did not enjoy. On paper, I should love David Harbour's character...
Rewatched Election, 1999 - ★★★
Rewatched Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1986 - ★★★★½
They think he's a righteous dude.
Watched Ballerina, 2025 - ★★★½
Liked "See ya at Breakfast!"
Finished Reading Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
Rewatched Shrek, 2001 - ★★★★½
IndieWeb Movie Club: June 2025 - Mary Poppins
This post is my entry for this months IndieWeb Movie Club hosted by Jo. This month's movie is Mary Poppins (1964). We had a VHS copy of Disney Sing-Along Songs: Heigh Ho (1987) which my brother and I watched a ton. There were a bunch of great songs...
Had to add all the songs to my mp3 players after the listening party for the new Revengeday LP: https://revengeday.bandcamp.com/album/kybernetik-lp-3
Finished Reading Same as Ever by Morgan Housel
Watched Jodorowsky's Dune, 2013 - ★★★★
I'm unsure if this film is trying to tell us Jodorowsky is a genius or a fool. Regardless, he built one amazing team. It would be great to see the full book released or actually adapted to a comic or animation project.
Watched A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened, 2023 - ★★★
Watched Boiling Point, 2021 - ★★★★★
The fact they fit so much story in 95mins is even more impressive than that it is oner.