festivus

Yep, that's how I figured it out, finally got a good look at his eyes. The shaggy hair was hiding them most of the time. I knew I'd seen him before but I watch a lot of teen shows, lol.

I wish we could have had Paxton's sister in this one. She always tells it like it is. I did love this one, it felt like a logical step for Paxton. I cracked up when he said to his mom about his uncle something like, well at least he tried something. The delivery was pretty funny.

Just driving by to say McEnroe was on fire this ep. On to the next.

I came back to say that right at the end of watching ep. 3 I realized bad boy is Victor from Love, Victor! Don't know how I forgot that, I think he might be the cutest kid I've ever seen. Anyhoo, I try to see this show through the eyes of the teens and although that was a long time ago for me, I will never forget all the dumb shit I did. My first boyfriend in high school was a bad boy, and after him I realized it was all about good boys for me.

I really ❤️ Nirmala. I don't care if Devi is crushing on the bad boy. She's a teenager. Also she's not typically known for making the best choices. I did crack up at her going Crazy Devi on them. That's the part of her I relate to, lol. Also I know I've seen new hottie in something before but I can't remember what.

He is adorable. I didn't even know Camryn had a son. I've never seen any of the stuff he was talking about but I'm not the target audience for it.

The more I think about Gamora's story, the more I love it. She started as kind of the Gamora we knew in the beginning of the first movie and she seemed to be affected by the same things going through. Like she started to like the music, she was going to go save her sister from that ship, and although she didn't have the feelings for this crew, she still helped them. Then we find out she has her own family at the end. She also acknowledged to Peter that she saw how her other self had fallen for him. Just perfect. I sure do wish we could have seen Ben Browder again. I love James Gunn. I'm actually excited again about DC again and I haven't been in what feels like forever. Except for Gotham which even in some of its messiness I did love. It had such great casting. Anyway, yes I could talk about Guardians all day. One more thing I thought of today is how Peter got really upset with that guard in the first one for listening to his music, saying it belonged to him, to now giving it to his best friend. Who then shared it with everyone. Beautiful. (If I ever met James Gunn I probably wouldn't even talk to him about his movies. I'd want to talk about music, lol)

I wonder how long it will take me to be able to listen to the Dog Days Are Over again without crying. I've never been so happy/sad at a scene in a movie ever. Rocket putting on that song and letting everyone have his music, Nebula smiling and dancing with the children, Drax finally dancing, omg sob. I just watched a TikTok of Florence's reaction and sob again. I can't even think about the song without tearing up. Perfect. 😢😭 I also think that music is why Rocket turned out different from the rest of the experiments so him letting those children have it just adds another layer. Then the credits scene with them all discussing their favorite musicians. ❤️❤️❤️

Okay y'all, I am very satisfied with the conclusion to this Guardians trilogy. I was so worried about what would happen with Rocket. I'm so glad he's still here even though his backstory broke me as I knew it would. I was boo hoo-ing when his friends died. You really see how he became as he was and why his new family became so important to him. He's my favorite character in all of Marvel and his story is the best. I actually love James Gunn and his attention to what makes sense for his characters. I think he did right by all of them in this movie. The Peter and Gamora stuff made sense to me, his girlfriend is dead and oh shit here she is again, I can see him thinking she might fall for him again. But.. and here's where I thought Gamora's story was so good. She did not and she did not fall in with this found family. She has not been through things with them so it makes perfect sense to me. She did help them but she has another family now. This Gamora and Nebula did not have that big moment and Nebula is different now so the relationship they had in this movie made sense to me. I still felt the love. Speaking of Nebula, I'm glad we had so much of her in this movie as she's also in my top three favorite characters in all of Marvel. I just loved everything about her in this movie. Once again the music was so perfect and is one of the (many) things I just ❤️ about these movies. I was so worried that This Is The Day would be on some sad Rocket scene and I love that song and don't want to be sad when I hear it. Whew. Exactly. Kudos to the actor because I hated him so much. I think that level of horribleness was needed for Rocket's story. Even Nebula was shocked. Well, this post is already way longer than I'm used to so I'll just end with loved Kraglin learning the arrow and Peter finally going to see his Grandpa. Mantis and Drax had great moments too. Also, some raccoons got into my outside fridge this past weekend and stole my cheese and bacon. They also dumped my homemade vegetable soup on the ground and didn't even have the courtesy to eat it! I was steaming mad but I do have to admire the little bastards, lol. So Rocket saving them is okay by me. 😉

There's a Royal Forum for talk of the Coronation. Please take the discussion there.

I actually really liked Belly, I very much bought into her story. Of course she was self-centered, she's 16. I liked that she didn't really beat around the bush and would say what she thought. I liked how close she was to her friend and how important the friendship was to her. Which ties into my favorite thing about this show; the friendship between the moms. I loved the importance put on it. It's not something you usually get with these teen type of shows. As for the boys: They grew on me. Jeremiah was my favorite and Conrad (which is totally the name of a man born in 1892) grew on me some by the end. I really felt for them begging their mom to do the trial while totally understanding her position. FTR I'm team Belly should probably move on. Which I know will never happen, lol. I was a teen in the 80s and I went from couldn't get the time of day at 14 to summer birthday turning 15, going into 10th grade and getting hit on constantly. I actually found it a little strange & uncomfortable to get used to so I can see why it would be a confusing thing. Sadly did not have a summer home on the beach with two hot brothers both wanting me though 😅. We were able to easily get booze, somebody always had an older sister or brother that would do it. Never would you be drinking in front of the parents though, but it was a different time. All in all I enjoyed it mostly due to the friendships and the actress playing Belly.

I just can not with 'Connie'. What a douche. I'll keep watching for Belly though, love the actress.

Plumbing is the one thing I don't do, leaving that to my husband. Okay, yes, I have to see his crack. Worth it. 😅

I have the opposite problem, size 7 1/2 but wide. I always end up having to buy a size bigger. Bleh. So since that's the size my mom wears I just wear her old sneakers. She only wears them for 6 months and will then deem them "old". They still look brand new. Bonus, they are already broken in.

I will take that free cell phone and service please. I'm assuming this includes switching all my crap to the new phone and teaching me about anything that is different, hmm? Cause festivus is lazy. My second pick will be the restuarant food. Assuming they will bring it to my house. Cause festivus also does not like going to restaurant. There are other people there.

Ben Affleck was great in The Tender Bar. I've always liked him, even in Daredevil which I'm on record somewhere in this thread as liking. What? I find it entertaining, lol. I need to watch more of his movies, a quick look tells me I've missed a bunch of them.

I don't even remember it. I do remember the Feels So Good moment in the operating room though. That used to be me; I could tell you what year most any song from the 70s or 80s came out. Then menopause happened.

Should be separate because the Winter Soldier theme is awesome. Had that as my ringtone for years. Honestly 2 through 10 could be basically any Guardians stuff. Everybody has a favorite. Mine is Rocket blowing people up in the air set to Southern Nights. I was crying in that theater. I hurt, y'all. 🤣

Same. Not a Ryan Gosling fan, he's one of those where I just don't get it, but I'll give him a chance. I woulda cast Glen Powell though.

No Star Spangled Man With A Plan? No but seriously I've got the the version from FaTS as my ringtone. That shit is banging. As for that list I would put Immigrant Song at No. 1 because that was the most badass scene Marvel ever had.

Jesper was my favorite part of this episode. What a complete and total badass. And looks great doing it.

What Neyar said was beautiful. So well acted. I was riveted.

I'm in love with the soundtrack. Faith No More. The Replacements. The The!

I'm reminded of one of my unpopular opinions is that I always liked Pauly Shore and thought he was funny even if he did kind of do the same character every time.

Haven't seen Antman yet but I did not like him in Loki which I think was an unpopular opinion at the time. I'm all for the recasting. I just felt like something was off with him and now I'm thinking it might not be just because I didn't like the performance. I don't really keep up with celebrity gossip but I've has similar feelings before about people and turned out to be right.