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The Corsair Leader campaign released the images of the personalized pilot cards for the game, including mine.
Behold!
Since I was about 11 or 12, when I first built that 1/72 scale model F4F Wildcat ($2 from Woolworth’s in downtown San Francisco), I always wanted to pilot one of these.
This is about as close as I’ll get, I suppose, and my cardboard doppelganger will be fighting the good fight against the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.
I can’t wait.
I always thought I was named after Christopher Robin, until I was told that I was named after an uncle who I had never met until my sister’s 18th birthday party shindig.
I heard about Disney’s plans to make a live action film a while ago, but didn’t think they ever actually would do it.
Yeah, right.
Today they released a teaser poster, so I went to see who is starring in this movie.
Holy crap, Ewan McGregor and Haley Atwell!
And Peter Capaldi is the voice of Rabbit!
And that description…
In the heartwarming live action adventure Disney’s Christopher Robin, the young boy who loved embarking on adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood with a band of spirited and lovable stuffed animals, has grown up and lost his way. Now it is up to his childhood friends to venture into our world and help Christopher Robin remember the loving and playful boy who is still inside.
I guess I’m going to go see this one. I think I need to see this one.
Finished reading “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck”.
Picked up the Infinity Gauntlet (prop).
Sorted/organized Massive Darkness and Rising Sun.
Got a couple of Infinity War Pop! figures from my sister.
Watched baseball on TV.
Continued the 1967 San Francisco Giants season replay.
Did my taxes.
Watched the Oscars.
Finished reading “The War of Jokes and Riddles”.
February 23, 1968: on the day of my first birthday, Star Trek episode “By Any Other Name” premiered.
Beings from the Andromeda Galaxy steal the Enterprise, technically modify it, and attempt to return home.
Lots to like in this episode, like the Doc from Forbidden Planet as Rojan, and his, er, partner(?) Kalinda.
Best line from this episode?
“It’s green.”
One of Mr. Scott’s finest moments.
Since I forgot to move my car to the non-street cleaning side of the street yesterday, I decided to go out early and do stuff.
First stop was Dunkin Donuts. Now at Target. Need to kill time until Toys R Us opens, and then maybe stop at Gator Games.
Brought along “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck” to read, so far, so good. Any book that quotes Buckaroo Banzai has to be good.
I went to go see Black Panther for the second time.
It’s definitely in my top 5 Marvel films, and top 10 superhero films, of all time.
As with second viewings, I managed to hear dialogue I missed the first time around.
My favorite character in the movie is M’Baku.
I said elsewhere that I want to put him in my Marvel buddy film, staring Luis, Korg, Groot, and Ned. And maybe Darcy.
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So begins my birthday week staycation.
Woohoo.
After last year’s 50th birthday shindig, I’m not really feeling like doing anything for my 51st, to be honest.
Though if anyone wants to feed me pizza this Friday, I’m all for it.
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I tried the Hostess SnoBall ice cream bar today. Tasted like plastic. I think that was the vanilla part, which I thought was marshmallow.
Dad didn’t seem impressed with it either.
Very good movie.
It’s not my new favorite. In fact, it’s hard to say which, if any, is my favorite Marvel movie. But this one is definitely a contender for that title.
The cast was great. Aside from T’Challa, my favorite characters are Okoye and M’Baku. The entire cast was awesome, truth be told, but there were moments with those two in particular that I liked the most.
I’d say about 95% of a packed audience stayed for the VERY predictable end of credits scene. Almost everyone watched the mid-credits scene.
Go see it!
