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I'll check to see if I can get it on Hidive. Thanks for the recommendation!

Is it Wrong to Pick up Girls in a Dungeon? I've been curious about this for a while so I finally got down to giving it a shot. I recently watched Reincarnated as a Sword, which seems to be a well-done ripoff of this same general idea. I loved that show so now I'm trying Dungeon because it has a LOT of episodes; enough to last for a long time if it can maintain any level of quality. We'll see how it goes.

Barbie in Princess Power (2015): Another great animated Barbie movie. This time she goes super on us and does some pretty cool stuff as a princess AND a super! There's some nice tension with her cousin who's jealous of her and becomes a super rival, and a good bad guy (hey, that's an oxymoron!) There's one moment that runs contrary to super etiquette, not done by Barbie but by a bystander, when he reveals her secret identity to the world. So not cool! Tangled (2010) I Don't like to post repeats of movies I see a LOT, but this deserves another mention. After watching a lot of really crappy new movies I went back to the tried and true. As always, it blew me away because, let's face it, this movie isn't just a movie but a life experience. One of the greatest things ever committed to film.

I have a few guilty pleasures when it comes to anime. Gun Gale Online. I don't know why but it's a blast watching acute little pink girl mowing down her enemies with guns, knives and even teeth. Charming. Girls und Panzer. Same deal as Gun Gale. For some reason the theme of girls with heavy weapons is entertaining to me. Good personalities and good battle strategies. Awesome. Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions. This one truly is a guilty pleasure because the characters are all nuts. But they are supposed to be nuts and that's the beauty of the humor. It uses a lot if terminology that is completely inappropriate, which usually annoys me, but this series is actually making fun of that kind of ignorance and the people who do it. So on that basis I've really come to love the humor of this crazy show.

Simple enough. What movie comes to mind when you think of the person in the previous post? You can explain your reasons or just let ‘em wonder about it.

I heard that my brother in law, who recently moved out of state, is doing well. Thank God. I’m so relieved to hear it.

As for me, I'm doing just what I feel like doing actually; hanging out on the forums for a trice. I’ll paint a figurine later but right now this is for me.

@Ice Princess Silky @ZiggWheelsManning @TheRockARooster Here's a hug for all of you.

Sorry I missed ya, Ziggy. But you know me, I'm like a virus, you'll catch me eventually.

Ooh, some very nice choices here! Lots of lightsabers. I approve!! @SharpWit A Star Destroyer, good choice. I see from the pic you went with the Imperial class. Very nice, but can I interest you in a Super Star Destroyer today? Same price! @Justin_Case001 Of course! I chose it myself. (There are at least two so we can both have one). It definitely counts! Enjoy!

A friend of mine made these for me. They’re not bad as far as likeness, although they’re a little more ‘endowed’ than I am.

It’s fairly quiet, being the middle of the night. I’m ticky-tacking on the laptop, my hubby is out of town, my daughters are (mostly) asleep, my cousin is on her usual nocturnal prowl outside, and my not-sister is cycling between watching TV and pestering me. Nothing too extraordinary here.

The last person I texted was my sister, so that's a hard no. She never even opens a door for me.

This is 100% EXACTLY true. It says everything I want to say but I’m going to rant a bit anyway. Frozen 2 is contrived, stupid and depressing. Just look at the poster and you can see it; everyone with a grim, ‘I’ve-got-to-do-battle-with-the-world-cuz-I-gotta-be-a-warrior-to-justify-my-existance’ attitude. Even the effervescent Anna is dreary compared to the first one. It had a manufactured ‘cause’ that made no sense and had nothing to do with good storytelling so much as having a cause, any cause, to impose on the audience. Whatever fun the first flawed movie had, this one had far less.

I always drink water from the faucet. Bottled water is too expensive, especially considering I can get much yummier stuff from the tap. The water where I live is just fine from the tap; it tastes like chlorinated bath water and old beef drippings. So it’s a little like getting food AND a beverage all at once. So good. To think, some people actually pay extra to have flavor added to their water!

I know all but the last one. But to be honest I don’t listen to any of them so my knowledge doesn’t go any farther than familiarity with the names. I’ve heard a little bit of Celine Dion because she tends to get around, but that’s about all.

Subtitles would serve the same as spoken English in any venue worldwide, even when there are mixed languages. But as far as dubbed versions I can only imagine a degree of alteration might be needed on the part of the translators in order to clarify the scene to foreigners. I’ve seen movies with a short description along with the subtitles that clarify a plot point, so I imagine the same could be done with dubs, either by adding explanatory subs, or by altering the dialog according to need.

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Yeah, y'all know this one. Just thought I'd finally read the thing and see how it compares with the movies.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) I have always loved this movie and haven’t watched it in a while now, so this was a good revisiting of a classic. Mamoru Hosoda reached his apex with this one. He’s done some good stuff since, but this is clearly his crowning achievement. The Big Country (1958) Great movie with an all-star cast, about warring ranchers (played by Charles Bickford and Burl Ives at their most bastardly) and Gregory Peck as a former sea captain drawn into the fray between the two. Charleton Heston, Jean Simmons and Chuck Connors (as another SOB) fill out the great ensemble. Fantastic movie on every level. Dune Pt 2 (2024) This movie has achieved the dubious distinction of standing among my Top 20 Most Hated Movies of All Time. I watched the first one just to get up to speed on this one because I wanted to know what all the buzz was about, but I’m baffled. The first one bombed at the box office, got a sequel anyway, the sequel made a fortune, and yet these movies both suck for the same reasons. Both are relentlessly slow and take hours to tell a story that can be told in 45 minutes. When I heard the second movie was fluffed up with some meaningless action scenes just to please the audience, I figured I’d get some cheap thrills out of this. But no, just a bunch of very pointless action scenes that weren’t even exciting and only added to the prodigious length of this movie. The 1984 version of this movie is too long as it is, but at least it told its story and that was that. The story here, while based on a book (to what extent I don’t know), is typical of the usual Hollywood tropes; irresponsible and ignorant use of religious terminology, board room casting, self-indulgent direction and editing, and writing that is so artificial it gave me the only chuckle I had the entire 2 hours and 45 minutes of this living hell. As for the ending , there was no ending! The scenes leading up to the credits were predictable and as boring as the rest of the movie, with a closing shot that suggested only more installments to this marathon of drivel. The next time I want to sit through an overlong epic of special effects and ego-stroking self-importance, I’ll grit my teeth and watch John Carter again, because even that would be entertaining compared to this.

Dang, @TheRockARooster! You could demand anything you want with a gun like that! And I thought I had this strategy down. Okay, but I'm still going to take my own advice and grab Al’s lamp. With it I’ll wish for three objects including the Mask (as in the movie ‘The Mask’) which will transform me into the ultimate version of myself, which can include Jedi (and that lightsaber I would have wished for), or a Princess (which would cover all the nice shoes a girl could ever want). Next I’ll take Marty McFly’s Time Machine; if I play this right I can maybe I can use my knowledge of the future to make a few extra bucks (Grey’s Sports Almanac anyone?). Finally I would like something I couldn’t normally pick up on the shelf; the Death Star. Hey, it was that or the One Ring, and the latter has some side effects.

Exercise. I really need a workout. After the last snack I ate I need to burn off some calories and tighten up some long-neglected flab.

I already posted ‘Sunburn’ in a past post, but since that isn’t really a physical part of nature. I’m going to update my nature name to Umbra, which has connotations of light and dark, heat and coolness, depending on your way of looking at it. I could also be happy with Sunspot, for the same reasons.

Of my immediate family, me, my hubby, cousin, and my unofficially adopted sister all have licenses, my two daughters are just little sprouts so it’ll be a while for them. Of my extended family, everyone; my brother, sister, parents, etc. The only ones that don’t are underage and not eligible yet.

So, if you could possess any non-living object from any movie to keep for your own, what would it be? You may choose from any movie ever made and from any genre, including animation. This is a tough choice to make considering all the possibilities, but you can go for bonus points and use your chosen object to gain even more choices. For example, you could take Aladdin’s Lamp and have three more choices. But if you do, remember that you can only wish for inanimate objects from movies. So what are you going to choose? Make it as simple or complex as you like. And feel free to explain the reasons for your choices.

I made some waffles and topped them with vanilla frosting, strawberries, banana slices and whipped cream. As you can see, I'm on a health kick. (I didn't say it was a good health kick!)