Talk to people like you care about them. Not their feelings, about them.

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I don’t know who the hell she been talking to with 48% of my battery. I ain’t talk to her all weekend.

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It was an Apes movie so I had to love it. However, it was my least favorite of the 2011 reboot series.

What immediately threw red flags was that not long into the film soldiers snuck up on a group of apes in a forest. In broad daylight. And a few minutes later snuck up on them again at the apes’ home base. While they were sleeping. That doesn’t happen. It shouldn’t happen. Why did that happen?

What didn’t happen was the scene in the photo above. There was only a brief skirmish with an army of apes vs. an army of humans. Which is fine. The story took a different turn…but I’m not a big fan of setting expectations and then not following through.

I’ll also say that having a mixed-match team go on a mission, well, we’ve all seen that movie. And then when movies bring in the Ewoks it feels less about the plot’s overall arc and more about the marketing team’s family-friendly agenda. I won’t make a joke about asian stereotypes but I could. Maybe it was to add support or counter balance Nova’s character. Regardless, rule of thumb: no comedic relief in ape movies.

Ya, I know everybody’s a critic.

Incorporating nods to the original films, setups, and the like was good. Yes, please tickle my heart with nostalgia. I’m a sucker.

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Audio (MP3): 20170715 - So back to me in my barn

Subtitled: how to becoming willing

Barbie in The Birds, taken at Stage Left Dinner, St. Louis, Missouri — June 1st, 2013.

I’m gonna jump right in. Because that’s what you do when you’re me.

Writing my Eighth Step list was easy enough to do and so was becoming willing to make the amends on that list.

Except to one of my brothers.

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It’s that magazine time of the month!

Yep, there’s a cover photo this time instead of being full bleed black. Yay! The photo is from our trip to Saugatuck Michigan last month.

I also used Adobe InDesign to build it instead of Blurb’s BookWright. Ten times easier but the content can nudge right up to the inside seam on some pages and the last page barely escaped the guillotine.

But it’s good. The articles and photos are simply amazing. Award-winning really. 😉

Written pieces:

1. Maggie’s school sack rips
2. Should I say “I’m sorry” during the Ninth Step?
3. You won’t feel any better
4. Some great epiphany
5. Evans Middle School adventure

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The High Carrot Court is congregating to convict the conspirator.

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Came home with purple carrots.

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My driver’s license is expired. The DMV opens in 40 minutes.

I’ve only had one cup of coffee.

Current mood.

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Let the world know your best self, peeps!

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