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This is one Saturday-ass Friday morning.

Put myself in a mood watching a recent GVH video. Didn't say anything off "GVH isn't that good, but that's my opinion" "The "fan" game is technically better at being a dramatic visual novel, but it's written by edgelord transphobes" But the implication that game was asking for it irritated me.

-5C° tonight, so some proper ice. Everything seems to be working as intended. I’ll take the water temperature as well. I hope it’s not too cold. On the plus side, next week is back to being mild.

I utterly despise “AI” chatbot horse shit being funnelled in to everything No particular reason for mentioning this. Just does my head in watching it become a psychosis inducing brain drain upon the population. Dumbest cyberpunk dystopia possible.

Here we go. First true test for the tiddlers 🥶 Bought a bubbler to help prevent parts of the surface freezing. Glad that worked out. Shall see how they look once things defrost.

While I'm still in a SOAD mood, let's give Steal this Album and Self Titled a few spins. I'm old enough to be a Pre-Toxicity fan. The first album was wild at the time. Hadn't heard much shit like that before! Was 14 at the time. Can't think of a better age to get into the band. 👀

Seriously. got bored halfway through Mezmerize and was singing along merrily with Hypnotize. I don't get why people rate the former album higher. Someone mentioned that it had the classic B.Y.O.B. I was like, yeah, that song is alright. Oh wait, I was thinking of Boom. B.Y.O.B kinda blows, actually

Slowly building up my Madonna discography by rooting about in charity shops. After hearing all the people talking crap about Erotica in reviews and rankings, I’m listening to the album right now. Too long? Sure. But it’s got SonicCD-coded eclectic dance beats! I think it’s real neat!

System of a Down time! Someone is going to have to explain why Mezmerize is liked more than Hypnotize (Also finally figured out how the album packaging is meant to interlock after 20 years)

The promise of lesibabs in the recent Sonic racing game has me considering a purchase.

Watched The Crow (2024) A slog as the movie faffs about with an hour and a bit spent on origin story and uninteresting "mystery investigation" Picked up once he *finally* became The Crow and started messily murderizing henchmen. Then it ends. Also: Weird Chicago where everyone sounds European. 🤔

After a while of using a very sensible hi-fi subwoofer for my home theatre set up, i finally got the chunky gut rumbler sub back from being serviced. Does it jiggle? Does it stink? 😤 (Bonus points if you recognise what my sound test movie of choice is)

Sold them a month later and went back to my cheap and cheerful Koss 30 quid specials. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I swear, if the tiddlers make it through the winter, I'm upgrading the water outlet hose and buying them a fancy waterfall. Got my eye on this one where you can put pond plants in it for extra filtration and greenery 🌱👀

All my worrying and, a few warm days later, the fish are up and about. The forecast is for a mild week and the water has been above the food cut-off point for a couple days now. I hope it’s not a problem to give them something to eat 😅

Got it in my head I needed to get the rest of the fancy collectors sets of John Carpenter movies. So, now the set is complete! Each comes with the movie in 4K, HD, making of bonus disk, poster, postcards, production booklet and soundtrack CD. Oh! And In the Mouth of Madness is here as well.

Big Buying Plans for 2026: Big Bed, Big TV This year most mostly catching up on financial stuff. I had planned to travel in 25 or 26, but the place I wanted to go went kinda fashy🤔 So the plan is now making home even comfier/cooler. You seen these 100 inch TVs man? A movie would look rad on that!

Need to give it a few more spins to fully digest, but the new Soulfly album is a good laugh so far! Said it before, but I really need to learn how to listen to albums like a music critic. Like really *listening* instead of just vibing.

Not sure why I said five when there’s ten of them in the picture. Anyway! Sad Fish has been up and about. Which is nice. A little pale looking, but I guess that’s what comes with slipping into a torpor 👀

Just had the autofilled genre tag: "Skull on Cover" It's like... Yeah. There is a skull on the cover! Now that has me wondering if there's a tag I've not been using that just describes the artwork? 🤔

Boo! Haunted House

Alright. A photo with all five tiddlers. You can see Sad/Sleepy in the centre, between Chocolate Brownie and Splodge. Just a tail sticking out of some undergrowth right at the bottom. 👀

22. Arctic Fox Such a calm and diligent employee during the week. Then it comes the weekend... 🤘🦊 #foxtober2025 #foxpopvli

Once again, worrying about the fish. Haha. I can only count 9 of them at the best of times. And the sleepy one has gone extra subdued. Like, buried themself in the plants and barely moving. I'm hoping it's just hibernation instincts and they'll pop back up later. But I'm also expecting the worse

Weh-hey. That was a fun romp! I do like campy space opera. I do like bubbly 90s style. Do enjoy a big budget fiasco with its heart in the right place. Shout out to marketable blobby cgi creature.

Alright, Lost in Space. Let’s see how this goes!

As I feared, The Invasion wasn’t up to much. Like past Body Snatchers interpretations, it had ideas. This one, with its worries about social disconnect and pandemic paranoia, could have real hit in a post-covid world. But it struggles against a 90 min runtime and the need to maximise thrill power

Nice pick up today. 👀 A couple more movies and we’ll finally see the end of this wallet murdering UHD October

I could see what it was going for. A super specific 90s horror comic style. Very Blood 2. And I really appreciated that most everyone involved, especially Sheen and Leguizamo made a valiant attempt to chew the scenery. Ultimately, it gave off Robocop 3 energy. And you never want to see that.

I usually have overall positive feelings about movies, even the scruffier ones. But Spawn really tried my patience. Pains me to say that, despite the great look and vibes, the film on the whole kinda sucks in a not enjoyable kind of way. The CGI is awesome, though.

Today in “I swear I’m not bad to these fish. They’re just being quirky” Why would a fish sit in the shallow end and stare at a wall? I hope I don’t have to worry myself about depressed goldfish 😭

Sheesh. I want to loose some weight, but I suck so badly at eating. What’s a reasonable alternative that’s actually worthwhile for someone who can’t handle meat, wheat, eggs or milk? Also has wacky sensory issues where wide range of veggies has me like those gifs of cats smelling a yogurt. lmao

What kind of film is Das Boot? I was under the impression it was a very austere, Herzog-like movie. Something making a real swing at being Capital "A" Art. But then I take a look at the filmography of this Wolfgang Peterson fella... Was it a German Tom Clancy thriller?

Proof that I’ve lost control of my life

*unironically adds Best of Baltimora to my MP3 player*

Getting told off by the fun police for joking about Hasan's dog being brought up in the NYC mayoral debates. 🫠

well, if I'm writing a booklet essay, I always try to approach the movie seriously and without irony, regardless of what it is. (and if I can't, I'd turn down the assignment.) I don't think Swordfish has been critically reevaluated - but imho it's pretty fun and unfairly maligned

tried to doodle squeaky on a different style, behold front facing llama!

Been a moment since I worried about the fish. Need to get some advice on how to wind down the pond for autumn and winter. Online, it’s lots of vague advice. Like, expecting me to somehow intuitively know when to stop feeding the fish. 😩 Anyway, the view from my window, plus wagtails 🐦

It was almost imperceptible, the slow introduction of critically maligned 90s/00s blockbuster genre fare in to the Arrow catalog. Now they make up the bulk of new releases 👀 But, as I said about Clash of the Titans box set: put the rainbow on any movie and it becomes worthy of reassessment.

Trying to figure out of this is common thing, or if I'm just bad at listening to music. As much as I enjoy various forms of extreme metal, a lot of the time, I couldn't tell you about individual songs or their titles. I'm over here letting the vibes of an entire album wash over me.

Bought some Criterion Collection movies. There’s more I want to get. Been filled with the urge to become an insufferable cinephile.

Fond memories of the time I was kicked from an online game of Rainbow Six 3 on the Xbox for being too good.

All tiddlers accounted for. Phew! Rest of the garden, though? That took a bit of a beating.

Awful storm throughout the night. Barely slept due to worrying about the fishies. The last time something this wild rolled through, it took out a fish. I’m really hoping that’s not the case again. Either way, I’m anxious to get out once the sun comes up and start tidying.

Is there a reason I can't find anywhere selling Deadendia in ebook form?