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On the night of the Rise of Skywalker premiere/Fan Event, after the credits stopped and the lights came back on, my niece Chloe suddenly exclaimed,
“OH MY GOD! THAT WAS SOOOOOOOO GOOD!”
Which for me, capped off two weeks of rediscovery and appreciation. Continue reading “Appreciation”
SPOILERS
NO REALLY SPOILERS
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NOW GO AWAY OR I SHALL TAUNT YOU A SECOND TIME
The title of the episode made my jaw drop.
As I though about it later while driving to work, I teared up, because I know Dad would have liked this series, and this episode.
Anyways, The Mandalorian Chapter 5 is everything I’ve ever wanted from a Star Wars TV show. Familiar locales, a Mando bounty hunter, [redacted], and a plot that was familiar as well, but with a Star Wars flair to it.
Speaking of familiar locales, is it weird that I knew where he was before they confirmed it in the episode?
And as much as I love the little dude, I was glad that there was less Baby Yoda than in all 4 previous episodes.
That other character straight up looked like what I figure I would look like in that universe, right down to his profession. And fate.
In fact, my head canon now accepts that that WAS me in this episode. So there.
Thanks, Dave Filoni!
I love this series, probably more than anything else in Star Wars, except Star Wars.
Dear Dad,
I finished up Designated Survivor last night, staying up way past my bedtime.
Overall, I think you would have liked it, they didn’t linger on plots for 4-5 episodes like previous seasons would do. This was probably because it was a 10-episode season, instead of 20+ episodes where they need to add filler episodes, like they did in 24.
There were some plots that were difficult to watch, like Emily and her mother’s cancer. The resolution of that was extremely painful.
And they killed off one of your favorite characters, which was a bummer, but I kinda knew it was gonna happen before it did.
But the overall final result was pretty much as expected, except for Aaron’s story, that actually surprised me how the resolved that.
As for season 4, no word yet from Netflix, though to be honest, I kinda feel that this would be a good point to stop the series, but then again I said that after season 2 ended.
I do wish you were watching with me. Miss you a lot.
We lost Dad a year ago today.
This morning I went to the 7:00 am Mass at our church, along with one of my aunts, one of my nieces, and my sisters. His name was mentioned along with the offerings.
Afterwards I had to go get a measles shot.
I was thinking of going to the movies this morning/afternoon but as I browsed the Cinemark site for tickets, I decided to just go on Mother’s Day, as I usually do.
After my shot I spent some time at Barnes & Noble, before heading out to visit my parents at the cemetery.
I was going to get lunch at a Fil Am restaurant, but I drove by I saw a long line outside, so I went home and ordered a bacon cheeseburger pizza and fries.
I fired up Vudu and browsed some movies, still not sure what I want to watch, if anything. I guess I’m not in much of a movie mood today.
That’s me and Dad at the last Giants game that he attended, back in 2015.
Miss you and love you, Dad. Sorry for the above picture where you’re eating a chicken sandwich.
I finally watched Crazy Rich Asians. Good movie.
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Clean up continues around the house. More trips to Goodwill are planned in the future.
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The 1967 San Francisco Giants replay is finally finished. I’m moving on to the 1939 New York Giants replay and continuing the 1917 MLB replay.
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February is right around the corner, meaning my birthday is coming up. This year it falls on a Saturday, and will be our monthly Games Night.
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TNT has started showing Rogue One almost every other day.
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I’ve been feeling crappy over the last few days, so much so that I’ve skipped my daily elliptical for a couple of days.
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I forgot to get a haircut this past weekend.
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I really do fear commitment.
