An Unimportant Update

I really have been meaning to post. I don't know why but it's important to me that you all know that.

Anyway, since I've been on here last I have acquired and lost a mint plant named Stephen and replaced it with another Stephen. I like plants now, don't know when that happened.

 I also got a kitten for Christmas. My third cat, both Rumplestiltskin, and Loki have disappeared and presumed to be dead. I was super reluctant to get another, but when it's gifted to you. You can't really say no. I did have a brief meltdown about not being ready to be a mom. (If Maddie is reading this she's probably laughing at me) It's now my child, my baby Yoda. I would take a bullet for her.

A vicious beastie I dubbed, Kylo Ren for obvious and not at all sentimental reasons.

The lightsaber she's holding is a child's toothbrush that my friend Krystal bought for me as a gift. I may have begged. (It says some of Kylo's lines and is probably the best present I've ever gotten apart from the cat)

The holidays were fantastic. I still haven't really bounced back from them. I've also been doing a lot of odd jobs so I've been fairly busy which is good for me. I like being productive.

Media Musings

I know no one probably cares, but I saw The Rise of Skywalker and I personally hated it, but I won't complain. I adored all of the Adam Driver parts, and two things happened that I wanted to happen. Spoilers but if you don't care.

 It's Kylo Ren's redemption and them finally admitting that Rey and Ben do have a romantic connection. Judging from rumors of other scripts and versions it could've been a lot worse. So I'm happy with what we got, if not forever broken by it.

The movie reminded me of my slight Adam Driver obsession and I have fallen down that rabbit hole with no chance of returning.

It's funny but one of my favorite movies from 2019 was actually Zombieland: Double Tap. I genuinely can't believe that it beat out Star Wars but it did. It was the perfect follow up to Zombieland. It's campy, bloody, crude, hilarious and full of ridiculous ways to kill zombies, but at its core, it's a family show, er at least it's about family. My sister says this explains a lot about me, but she also completely agrees.

Basically our relationship

I also just watched Knives Out and it was fantastic. A classic whodunnit, mystery with gorgeous cinematography and a flawless cast. Chris Evans is in it and he wears this ridiculous cable knit sweater.

He's basically the direct opposite of Captain America. Who I don't mind, but I was telling my dad that I liked him more in this movie, and he was all "He just swears here." so I was like "That's probably it," and my Dad had this moment where he looked at me and blinked, "Oh no, you've grown up now." This was really funny to me because the fact that I'm 25 seems to have escaped him. He loved it too though.


Books

I also read a slew of books and have yet to review any, but I read A Starless Sea, Call Down The Hawk, Scorpio Races, Ninth House. I also counted up my physical tbr and thanks to boxing day I have 102 unread books. I'm too scared to count my kindle books.

Yeah, it's bad.

Writing/ Art

I only wrote a smattering of sentences these past few months, but I've been itching to get back to it. Art has kinda taken precedence. I just have so many mediums to work with, oil, digital, watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, graphite, and so many things I want to create and capture. I'm also just having fun trying new things.

I also keep changing my style up which isn't helping.


Life stuff

Went to the Ocean with my friend Elizabeth and her family. It was a fantastic, healing, and inspiring trip. I've been meaning to go to Tofino for years. It even got a small shoutout in A Starless Sea, which isn't surprising as it's pure magic. A fae wonderland.

 I hope this wasn't a super annoying post, sorry for all the gifs. Their fun. I will try to catch up on everyone's blogs at some point this week I'm curious about what you all have been up to.