god and mr. benoit blanc’s first mini monologue… “i want to pick it apart and pop it’s perfidious bubble of belief and get to a truth i can swallow without without choking” now THAT is how we have some fun w foreshadowing hell yeah
not to give green day credit but it is immensely funny how often Big Corporation For Guys Men Guys Guy Corporation will be like hi green day play my event. and green day is like ok Big Corporation For Guys Men Guys Guy Corporation but you know we suck dick and penis and want to kill politicians and we are going to play our song we suck dick and penis and want to kill politicians .and Big Corporation For Guys Men Guys Guy Corporation is like ok green day thats cool. and then green day plays their song we suck dick and penis and want to kill politicians. and Big Corporation For Guys Men Guys Guy Corporation is like wtf green day you cant do that you cant play your song we suck dick and penis and want to kill politicians. and this has been happening in a cycle for 30 years.
So recently I discovered that there is a historical recreation group that runs a local park. That park is a old abandoned quarry that a local man bought and then started rebuilding historic buildings in. Like, an old doctor’s office. An old farmhouse. A period blacksmith’s shop. That sort of thing. He did this for 50 years, puttering around on the property happily and indulging his special interest in re creating period accurate nails and horseshoes. We stan a local flourishing autistic king.
ANYWAY. He donated it to the local city when he died and now a local historical reenactment society runs it. IDK why I didn’t know about this because I got married there. The only recent revelation is that the reenactment society will accept, say, any local madwoman who messages them out of the blue going ‘hey u need someone who can spin on a period wheel?’
Long story short, yes. The previous lady who could hand spin was 87 and died recently. Peacefully, of being 87, and they’ve been going mad trying to find someone else who knows how the fuck to refurbish and work a spinning wheel. I’m eyeballing Frigga rn hardcore for that ‘hey I should google that place’ thought.
HOWEVER. I encountered a reality check.
Namely, Liz, the lady who runs the group, texted me ‘omg do you know how to work a loom?’
Me, who has been marinating in a bubble of fiber artists online for years; I mean not like super well? I’ve dabbled but I’ve not attempted anything more adventurous than a regular plain weave, fair warning.
Liz; what’s a plain weave
Me; …..
Me; Okay so like what kind of loom is it.
Liz; it’s a big one (sends a picture of an antique floor loom)
Me; oh shit six pedals, nice, well, the heddles look in good shape so…
Liz; what’s a heddle
Me;
Me; Yes I can clean it, set it up properly, and warp it. What do you want to weave.
Liz, after sending about 48 delighted emojis; rag rugs to sell in the gift shop omg omg thank you so much it’s so complicated looking all of us have been afraid to touch it
Me; this is that xckd relative familiarity comic isn’t it
lord of the rings really was lightning in a bottle. it shouldn’t have worked but by god it did. peter jackson, who had no filmmaking education and was mostly known for making low budget splatter movies, had no business going out and changing the movie industry like that but he did. return of the king showed up at the oscars and became one of the most awarded movies of all time. to this day it holds the record for the highest clean sweep. hollywood will keep trying to recreate that magic with bigger budgets and high profile actors and they will keep failing. i look at the state of these blockbusters where everything is smoothed over by soulless cgi and actors are acting opposite tennis balls and they will never hold a candle to the pure heart and soul and craft of the lord of the rings. every single person involved in that project loved being part of it and it fucking shows. i’m so thankful the stars aligned the way they did for these movies to happen like that.
