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Hello there, my crowd! Welcome to my Weekly Musings: Red Edition. 

[I ❤ JAPAN] -- [I ❤ THE COLOR RED] -- [I ❤ CELESTIA]

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Vroom, vroom, my crowd.  I'm dying to tell you all about the week I had!

 [ 1 / 2 ] So I guess the biggest thing that happened this week was my attempts to get a lawn mower started. It's not even a year old, and I just couldn't get it to start. I did everything right. I topped of the oil just enough. I put fresh gasoline in it. I made sure the spark plug was good. Could not for the life of me get this young lawn mower to start. However, I did manage to get the weed-eater working.  And for a while, it was great! ... Until I tried to cut an entire lawn with it. A weed eater might be good for some things, but when you are dealing with extra tall grass, it's not made for that. I think I got some grass in the weed eater's motor. It started smoking, and it did not smell like normal smoke either. Thankfully, it has calmed down. It's not smoking anymore, and it's not hot either. I'll have to be very careful next time I try it. (Also made my arms sore from carrying it all morning.)

 [ 2 / 2 ] I was just about to scrap the mower until a neighbor managed to revive it! Turns out that there is a reason why my mower doesn't have a choke button/valve on the front. The reason is because the bail/motor-shut-off bar is also the choke. I was suppose to pump that bar 4 times before starting the mower! Oh wow, it makes so much more sense now! I feel like such an idiot for not figuring that out sooner!  But I am just happy that I won't have to make any immediate lawn mower purchases. And with one less thing to worry about, I can now make time for the MYM series premiere!

 I wasn't expecting this, but I got some more things from my late grandparents. Clearing out the stuff they owned really helped before the sell of the house, it seems.  From my grandfather (in-law), I got a chainsaw, a leaf blower, an almost complete ratchet and socket set, and a hacksaw and some replacement blades. Most of this was new (barely used) stuff, so it was still good. I'm counting that as part of my Christmas/Birthday. From my grandmother, I got  a decorative crystal with a 3D imagine inside of it, and a light up silver galaxy globe (she gave me a blue one for Christmas, so now I have the matching set). I have a weakness for cool decorations. And I'm not sure who owned these last two items, but I also got a foot rest and a metal folding chair. I've wanted a few of those chairs, so now I have one to get me started.

 MOVIE TIME!  This time, I saw DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. (Seriously, why couldn't they just call it Doctor Strange 2?) I loved this movie. It was such fun from beginning to end. I really did feel like the good doctor actually earned his namesake here. They went BIG! Seeing the parallel Avengers, or the Illuminati, was so perfect! I love the call backs to the 90's X-Men cartoon. I really hope we get a MCU Fantastic Four in the future. I don't know if this story happened in the comics, or if America Chavez is portrayed differently in the comics, etc. All I know is, for this version of the Marvel Universe, it was a great story. And I can't wait for the next major story involving Doctor Strange! There were moments that could have ended differently and moments that could have gone in a different direction, but knowing the ending they wanted to give this story, I'm fine with what we got. And cherry on top, this movie shows us all the strengths of telling a multiverse story. It shows how things can be either similar or strikingly different than what we know. It shows how different people can become if you change certain circumstances. It can show us how people can still be the same at the core, even if they've changed a great deal on the outside. It celebrates the differences, but lets us appreciate the normal. Multiverse stories are the cornerstone of both creativity and variation on known themes/elements. I dare say, this movie did a better multiverse story than Spider-Man! Next time... Thor: Love And Thunder.

 DonBrothers 29: Caged Power.  This is the episode I have been waiting a LONG time for! And what great story drop. We learn that the feral side of Jiro, Don Torabolt, was actually the one that was born first and the kindhearted Jiro, Don Dragoku, was born second. We learn more about Don Murasame and what happens if anyone should hold his sword. (Not sure why it restored Don Momotaro's powers, but it was still pretty cool!) And while I do get tired of seeing characters revived from death, it's rare when we see a dark ritual being used to make it happen, so I'll allow it this time. Sonoi is back. The MOTW is based on AbaRanger, and while there may have been a character or Bakuryu from AbaRanger that didn't like waiting around, the connection to the show is once again weak at best.

 Geats 03: If You Could Have One Thing... Not much to say since this is the first of a two-parter. We learn more about the extra Riders and their motivations in this episode. What I like about the format is that these characters are not in a hurry to destroy each other since the game will eliminate the losers one by one, even if there are some corrupt Riders among the group. There's more story opportunity here than there was in Ryuki. It's also pretty cool to see that Riders can take the main powers/armor of other Riders and use it for themselves. I don't care for the evil angsty teen that hates the world. As for the streamer girl, I don't fully understand or care about her motivations right now, but at least there's a better reason for other characters to tell her to stop being a streamer.

 MLP TYT 28: Generosity That's Not So Rare.  I like this episode! Seriously, I have absolutely no qualms or critiques I can think of, and best of all, it's good. It's a feel-good episode that shows Pipp at her absolute best. Rarity would be honored. More importantly, I think I have finally gotten a glimpse into what makes Pipp tick. Was just a mystery before, but I think Pipp is a character that just follows whatever random impulses she feels. And it turns out, most of those impulses are super positive ones that either help build others up, or help challenge herself to be a better pony or take a chance on things she doesn't understand yet. I really hope this is her canon personality.

That's all for now, my crowd.  Take care, and use the right tool for the job.

Need more proof that rock music is making a come back? Here it is. Unless the members have done other things under different names, this is a relatively new rock band called The Lazys. They are pretty hard rock, but their music is ever so fun. Pure talent that feels like a mix of AC/DC and Jet. This their song "Nothing But Trouble".