I'm sure I'll talk about Venezuela, but not tonight. 2026 is certainly starting with a bang. :|

"Weeds": Just finished S1. I think my favorite moment was the admittedly unsubtle Godfather reference in the finale. It'll be interesting to see where this series goes. I'm not quite enamored of any of the characters, but they are fun to watch. It's sort of a lighter weight "Breaking Bad".

If this is the year I finally get over hoping people who've been treating me like crap will wake up and stop treating me like crap then we'll call it a win. I at least need to stop putting up with so damn much of it.

Is it Friday or Monday?

No, I don't think I will.

Drove my car around a bit because with the weather this week and the fact that I haven't done any driving since last weekend I was a bit worried about the battery, even though it remote-started right up. Not sure that really made any difference, but as long as the battery doesn't die I'm happy.

Just ran out of holiday music to play. I guess the holidays are over!

I think I did my last major bit of post-NYE furniture rearrangement (moving my walking pad back into the living room). Naptime?

If you were being sworn into government and could choose any work of media on which to be sworn in, what would you choose? I choose "1984", so you can't have that.

This is the most Monday-feeling Friday I've ever had. At least tomorrow will be awesome.

"The Red Green Show": In S3 now. Another retooling, with the sitcom bits basically removed. I continue to find it mildly amusing but not generally amazing, but since the acting hasn't exactly blown me away, I guess having less acting and more shenanigans is overall an improvement.

"The Wild Robot": It is definitely a little saccharine, but overall it was better than I expected. Furries will likely enjoy the heck out of it, though I also wish there was a bit more worldbuilding than we're given. It's cute and fun and good voice actors and doesn't shy away from animal mortality.

2026!

When I was visiting my brother's family for Thanksgiving in southern NY I was shocked and horrified to see that during commercials his TV had a little chyron at the bottom where you could go directly to Amazon or wherever to order whatever was currently being advertised.

It's a New Year. As an easily attainable goal, why not remove AI features from your Windows PC? And Yes, I did do this. Just now, in fact. Check your version of PowerShell and be prepared to need to turn off your antivirus while it's doing its thing. github.com/zoicware/Rem...

Sunbeam

furries it is an absolute mystery to me why you think that you can do shit to public spaces during cons that you can't at any other time, and more than that it is stunning to me that you don't realize that you're only hurting your friends and the events you enjoy going to.

I'm doing pretty decently this morning, I think. Nice to have nothing I need to get done today.

If you're in Minnesota, Indiana, or North Dakota, take note: FDA Announces Recall of Major Grocery Brands, From Coke and Pepsi to Hershey's, Snickers, and More, Due To Potential Rodent Contamination www.allrecipes.com/fda-coke-pep...

That was...different.

I can't tell how well I'm doing on having my apartment cleaned up in time for guests tonight without going last-minute crazy.

I'm only going to get more busy as the day goes by, so wishing everyone a Happy New Year!!! now. We made it (in some way, shape, or form)!!!

Earlier than I anticipated... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Calm before the storm.

When I decided to logon for a little bit before getting back to cleaning, I didn't mean to end up in two conversations of people talking entirely about themselves. :|

My New Year's Resolution should be to find a larger place to live in. Possibly in a different state.

I've had weird thoughts about trying to start a Vermont Kinksters chat (on here? Telegram? Both? Elsewhere?), not necessarily limited to furries, just to see whether anyone would actually join.

Why is it that if you clean a room then any ordinary task you perform in that room suddenly becomes 5x as messy?

If you're one of his fans, don't be. He was also a GoH at FashCon East.

Wiped out.

I just discovered this!

I own too much shit.

I was trying to find an example of video transmission interference to share with someone that wasn't a tutorial or such on how to create the effect, and it took an annoying amount of time to find this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT3E...

I'm so fucking tired. Stayed up too late last night, and starting to feel the effects of doing major cleaning. :|

Well that was delightful. :-P #1 is from one of my favorite films though, and man it resonates not just in my own attempts to find love but in who I've seen others pursue. nofilmschool.com/painfully-tr...

"Mission: Impossible - Fallout": That was an exciting one with a surprising number of ties to the previous films. I was surprised by what they did with Alec Baldwin's character here, and a little disappointed that Jeremy Renner's character simply doesn't appear. Not quite as tense as the last one.

2/3 cleaning done! Sorta.

Taking a small break before vaccuuming and mopping my bathroom and kitchen. Woo cleaning!!!

Kind of a cool freeze frame.

FMF: Okay, I'll say it - the one thing about FMF that I'm not sure really works for me is the wolf. It feels like a stylistic shift away from the rest of the film, and I'm not sure what the meaning of it is supposed to be or how the rest of the film would be any worse off if that scene wasn't there.

Oh. My gosh. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTMS...

Part of me thinks it's a bad idea to compare FMF with the Zootopia films, but I find I can't quite help myself. Firstly, they are trying to do very different things in very different ways. But they do both have deeper messages worth considering. But the Z films go a bit more for slick and cool.

"Fantastic Mr. Fox": I'm halfway through the film, but who cares? It fills me with such joy, while also saying a lot about being 'different', especially as a child. I thought about quoting the film, but there are so many good lines. The stop-motion animation is delightful. A great Anderson film.

I've not seen it, but this is a bit concerning. comicbook.com/tv-shows/fea...

A long day.

One day I want to not feel like I have to do laundry in the gap weekend between Xmas and New Year's. :|

It's nice to be the only person in the laundromat.

This is the weirdest recurring contact I've ever had. Check the dates on these.

I'm getting into fun but bad habits...

Hmm...