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June 8, 2022
My mini-review of TOP GUN: MAVERICK.
Short version: …Yeah, Sonny Bunch’s theory makes sense. Dammit, Sonny.
Slightly longer version: you can look up Sonny’s theory online. All I can say is, it works. So does TOP GUN: MAVERICK as a movie. The cast had a good time, very much including the United States Navy, who apparently let the production crew borrow an aircraft carrier or two for a while. The conflict was slightly contrived – I have no idea who they were supposed to be fighting, or why the USA couldn’t have jammed air superiority long enough to drop a couple of MOABs on the target – but you’re not there for the conflict. You’re there to have fun. You’ll have fun at TOP GUN: MAVERICK.
Also: 请注意 Maverick 夹克上的日本和台湾国旗。因为去你妈的，中华人民共和国。在你耳边操你。
June 7, 2022
TED LASSO getting third and last season.
GeekTyrant to the contrary: good.
We’ve got good news, and we’ve got bad news. Ted Lasso season 3 is currently being written for Apple TV+! But according to the show’s co-writer, Brett Goldstein, who plays fan-favorite character Roy Kent in the series, the season is being developed as the show’s last.
It’s not that I don’t like TED LASSO. I love that show. It’s why I got Apple TV+. But it’s a three-season show. Adding more to it would be… unfortunate. Some things should be done, and done well, and then be permitted to tip their cap and head out into the friendly dusk.
The STRANGE WORLD teaser trailer.
I ain’t gonna lie: Disney’s STRANGE WORLD pushes my buttons. Or maybe ‘flips my toggle switches’? Anyway, I’m a sucker for a spaceship with propellers. I’m comfortable enough in my own skin to admit that.
New Flogging Molly album ANTHEM coming out in September.
You can pre-order ANTHEM here. I’m debating whether or not to go see Flogging Molly again on the 22nd. I had a good time the last time I went, but getting in and out of Dizzy City is practically the Platonic Ideal of ‘a real drag.’ Will need to decide that soon.
The Misfile: Next Part 2 Kickstarter.
This particular Kickstarter is being done by Chris Hazelton, who did the cover for TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION. He’s putting his Misfile webcomic in print: Misfile: Next Part 2 is the latest Kickstarter along those lines. Check it out!
Don’t have a title for this yet.
I woke up last night with a sudden image in my head, and came right down to write it out. Then I went back to bed. I woke up this morning with another sudden image in my head, came right down to write it out – and it turned out to be absolute crap. …Ach, well, one out of two fever-dreams panning out isn’t half bad.
Patreon!Cascadia Springsong peered down at the mottled foulness covering her minion’s chest. It was well made, as such things went: all green-black and suppurating, with globules of inky goo shifting here and there. There was no smell, per se — but it looked like it would reek of sweet rot, which was an interesting sensation. Until this project had started, she had never considered the possibility that ‘evil’ might provoke an actual sensory response. It was fascinating, really.
The foulness reacted properly when she prodded at the globules, too, with faint tendrils trying to latch onto the thin stick she was using for a probe. Some experimentation had shown that waiting too long to harvest the stuff would turn the whole thing into a wrestling match, and nobody wanted that to happen. Collect the goo after it had turned tangible, but before it turned surly, that was the trick.
“Hold him steady,” Springsong told the other four minions participating in the ‘ritual.’ Unnecessarily: they were already holding him down with grim intensity, each putting their full weight on a chained wrist or ankle. But since part of the fun of having minions was giving them orders and watching them jump to obey, she saw no reason not to indulge herself. Besides, minions were dumb anyway. That’s why they were minions.
June 6, 2022
Aight, I’m worn out.
‘Better’ does not mean ‘recovered.’ Lemme put up the video for the day and then it’s time for bed. Good night, everybody!
I’m feeling better. Buy my books!
You know, to celebrate.
But I’m not feeling completely better, so I’m going back to bed.
#commissionearned
Patreon Microfiction: “Try to Get Comfortable.”
“Try to Get Comfortable.” …Whenever you hear that, you just know that comfort is going to be in no way part of the immediate future, huh? I mean, obviously.
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