RunningRed NightBringer

Saw that new movie set in the Pacific NorthWest about talking bipedal animals and dark mystic rituals performed in the deep woods and had to remind myself it wasn't a documentary about the PNW Howls or @shimi.uk ..or Twin Peaks.

They say malls are dying. I'm sure there's a multitude of reasons, but on a personal level...I just don't find many shops I'd want to visit. The malls are mostly shops selling overpriced clothing, shoes, jewelry, overpriced HBA and nail salons. Very little diversity.

A little sad that NASA changed the layout of the APOD site. I was very fond of it. I do accept it's been SEVERAL decades and everything needs to be updated every now and then. I am glad they didn't go minimalist design (cause that theme is ugly as fuck)

Sakkii Soda Day Fifteen: Brand: Pennsylvania Dutch Flavor: Birch Beer. This poured out with more of a red tint than I was expecting from a birch beer. Overall, not bad. A little more robust than the Reading Draft Birch Beer.

Sakkii Soda Day Thirteen: Brand: Reading Soda Works Flavor: Strawberry Mint Lemongrass. Open the bottle and the smell of strawberries wafted out. Like real strawberries from the field. Take a sip, first taste is strawberry, second taste is MINT. The mint basically erased the strawberry.

I tried that dialect quiz (mydialect.us/quiz-standar...) Despite living in Maine for decades, I still skew Masshole. I suspect it's only partly how I say certain words, but words I choose.

On the other paw, I finished watching all of Big Wolf on Campus, an old Canadian show from 2000. I didn't pay it any mind when it first came out, but it got mentioned in a werewolf review so I found it on YouTube. And I loved it. Despite being sillier than BtVS, it had good acting and writing.

I only had vague memories of Space: 1999 from when I was a kid. Recently thought I'd give it a try. Initially I rather liked the setup. A team of highly intelligent professionals who dealt with unusual situations rationally. And a leader who was willing to delegate and didn't need to lead every

damn away mission himself. But, I could not get into it. Episodes running close to an hour felt like they dragged. Too much padding, slow pacing. I kept waiting for something to happen besides people standing and talking, and when it did, the shift to action and back to talking felt jarring.

When an uneducated cultist like Sen Tommy Loserville starts mouthing off about furries, it's obviously a distraction. The Rapepublican party pulls stunts like this when they're in trouble. Tommy-boy doesn't look bright enough to have come up with this on his own

I suspect the billionaires who hold the leash around his nuts wanted to take the spotlight off of Susan Collins in Maine, the woman who is confirmed to have taken bribes and is okay with child molesters and rapists.

Sakkii Soda Day Twelve: Brand: Kutztown Flavor: Root Beer. Finally got to a root beer. I randomly sorted the list of sodas and it's wild both root beers ended up near the end. I enjoyed this. I swear it tasted like a root beer cream, like there was a smooth undertaste with the root beer flavor.

I might be mistaken. I don't know the last time I had a root beer (excluding Moxie) and those would have had HFCS where this one has real sugar. Like the sarsaparilla, I may need to try one from Maine Root to compare and contrast.

Sakkii Soda Day Eleven: Brand: Kutztown Flavor: Sarsaparilla. I've never had sasparilla/sarsaparilla before. Like #Moxie and birch beer, it's a root beer from a different root. From what I've read, this drink is no longer made using Sarsaparilla or Sassafras but other ingredients to come close.

This past week I had my first in-person job interview since I was laid off in April (prior ones were all phone interviews). Got me thinking of how long it'd been since my last interview. Checked my old journal, and it was December 2016 for a customer service position I didn't get.

Interestingly, I never actually applied for my most recent job. I was doing temp work via a staffing agency and the office manager offered to onboard me as IT Guy.

Sakkii Soda Day Ten Brand: Reading Soda Works Flavor: Peach Basil. I'm not a fan of peach. I'll eat a peach cobbler if I have to, but it's not one of my favorite fruits. I didn't really notice the peach in this. It smells a bit peach but mostly flowery and