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fight the empire.

That was not nearly enough sleep. Anyway… on with the day.

Evening plans: made

A quiet Sunday morning. Time for coffee and reading Star Wars.

Re-watched Agatha all along this weekend in advance of VisionQuest. Now I’ve had “Down the Witches Road” stuck in my head for the past 48 hours.

Annual rewatch

This is 100% mine as well. Went opening night with a handful of friends (all of us with low expectations). No joke, the full, hyped crowd made it one of the most fun & memorable movie going experiences we talk about on this day.

Never gets old.

Just arrived last night! “Star Pilots” by @chriskempshall.bsky.social and my @goldsborobooks.bsky.social edition of “Reign of the Empire: Edge of the Abyss” by @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social. As an avid fan of Star Wars novels, it’s like an early Christmas. Carving out time this week to dive in.

Coming to LA for Star Wars Celebration? Don’t skip Mosh Eisley! Always feels more like a reunion of great friends, but with fun music and awesome cosplay. Never been? Come! It’ll be fun. Hope to see you there!

First scene that scared me was the boy getting abducted in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (one of my all time favorite movies). But the first movie that really scared me was Stephen King’s “Sometimes They Come Back”. Not at all scary now, and doesn’t hold up, but freaked me out as a kid.

Aside from spooky season… it’s also that time of year where all my teams are playing at the same time and all I wanna do is stay in and toggle the TV between sports and horror movies.

Apparently, there’s a massive annual event called “Salmon Days” in the town I moved to. It’s like a state fair spread out through the town where thousands of people drive out to celebrate the salmon returning. Checking it out today.

Death. Taxes. Andy Pages blowing ABS challenges.

September 30th | October 1st

Off to the dentist because I voluntarily signed up for an extraordinarily miserable morning.

Happy National Coffee Day! ☕️ Hope you have a wonderful day enjoying your caffeine in whichever way you like best!

“Review” starring Andy Daly will forever be criminally underrated.

My MST3K Rifftrax Experiments goodies have arrived!

My cozy Saturday morning: - oatmilk latte - zucchini bread muffin - “Legacy” by @authoroux.bsky.social

He was more than a puppeteer, a filmmaker, or even a paragon of pop culture. The legendary Jim Henson would have been 90 years old today. 🎥: Jim Henson Idea Man

Me with my Bluesky mutuals.

If they didn’t want LA Rams fans in this joint, then don’t open a spot called “Ram” in Seahawks territory.

I had a hunch this might be the case, but hey… we got THREE seasons of a story we thought ended years ago on Netflix. I’ve loved it so far, I can’t wait to see how they wrap it up, and I hope a few characters are peppered throughout the MCU afterwards.

Such sad news to wake up to this morning. Chad and NFG have been such a mainstay in my life over the past 25 years. RIP

To celebrate winning the NL West, I’m enjoying Alex Vesia’s Double Play Char and being thoroughly amused by how many people up here in Seattle have zero clue who Alex Vesia is.

Before I go to bed, I just want to say… Matthew Rhys is a glorious gift to us all and he deserves all the recognition in the world. Goodnight everyone!

Off to the theater to see MST3K : The Rifftrax Experiments! The Gizmoplex shirt felt appropriate.

Morning reading with coffee, cats, and the rain. Loving this Rey & Leia adventure by the way!

I meal prep and bring a sufficient amount of food with me to work every single day. But… I respond like a starved depression-era child when anyone brings free food into the office. And people notice! Oh, do they notice.

We eatin’ good in 2027!

This city is pushing hard to make me convert. But still… Go Rams

Arte Moreno finally sells the Angels. Ryan Getzlaf getting his number retired by the Ducks. Huge day for Orange County sports! 🍊🍊🍊

Introduce yourself with 7 artists you’ve seen at least THRICE: - Lord Huron - U2 - Death Cab For Cutie - Story of the Year - Yellowcard - Dashboard Confessional - Jimmy Eat World

So fun. So funny. So glad it actually got released!

Downgrade a movie: (here’s a few) The Fast and the Peeved Condo Alone Duke Kong 8 Meter While You Were Napping Event Foregrounds Fellowship of the Toe Ring Some Like It Tepid Uber Driver Manchester By The Bog (White) Chocolat Larry of Arabia Apocalypse Eventually Guess Who’s Coming to Late Brunch

May we all dream of one day being remembered by The Muppets as fondly as Tim Curry 😢

To be fair, this level of travel wouldn’t have been possible if it wasn’t part of my job to be on tour with an alt-rock band driving around the country for over a third of the year when I was in my twenties. Wouldn’t trade those experiences for anything. whereidlive.com/s/3z0headd

Syrax got his PSL fix this morning.

it is really important to be loud about this stuff because it's typically kept very quiet to enable people to go "See? Nothing happened, it was just people being dramatic"

When you wake up early for the first match of the season only to watch your team get destroyed in the first half. It’s a long season. I say patience.

Yup. This was a hoot. Solid summer matinee indeed!

Happy fuel on a Saturday morning.

Late-to-the-party takes… - finished “Better Call Saul” this week: SO GOOD! - binged “Widow’s Bay” this week: SO GOOD! - finally saw “Obsession” last night: SO GOOD! Feels good to get caught up.

Happy Friday, friends! We made it to the weekend! Just cracked open my local PNW happy hour selection of the night: Reuben’s Pilsner. Crisp, light, and delicious. Cheers!

via r/Marvel

I feel comfortable enough around all of you to admit that I find Costco pizza to be leaps and bounds better than Papa John’s.

Ugh. Just far too young.

New Vietnamese food place opened up next door and it’s absolutely filling that fusion gap I’ve been missing since moving out of California.