20aug26

Did you ever think about the number of films you don’t get to see because you’re self-harming your own brain cells with aggressively mid streaming shows?

I remember when the binge watch was a new and often joyous thing. I cleared a day to watch an entire season of the US HOUSE OF CARDS, and that was a good show in its first two seasons. Now a weekly release schedule is treated like a novelty. It occurred to me the other evening that the bingewatch and the doomscroll are the same thing: a symptom of having given up control of your life. But I had been drinking mead, so…

OPERATIONS: marking up the boards and laying down notes
STATUS:

The date window on the Ingenieur is being cranky!

READING: IN HER MIND A DARKNESS, LS Johnson
LISTENING: THE MODERNS ep 430
LAST WATCHED: I’ve been looking forward to watching IS GOD IS (2026) and it didn’t disappoint. Twins mutilated by a house fire are sent by their mother on a mission to kill their murderous shitbag of a father. The filming is a little bit Tarantino, but more literary, more heightened, more emotional. It is VERY well written, even though the top of the third act derails a touch. Some terrific acting. Cameo from Janelle Monae playing against type and killing it. Hell of a finish. The writer and director is Aleshea Harris, and it’s based on her play, and she is now on my list of instant purchases. Prime Video.
DRINK: some random sparkling white

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