GRN JKT is license plate speak for “green jacket.”
The GTI is a Volkswagen Golf.
The Masters is a big deal Golf tournament.
When you win the Masters, you get a green-colored sport coat.
The black GTI has been jacketed with a green-colored vinyl.
I was shooting for clever.
Or is it too obtuse?
And when I say “lost time,” it has nothing to do with the obsession I previously had for the TV show called LOST. It also has absolutely nothing to do with a previous post called Lost Time, which was about a work boo-boo I got passing through the die-cast machining department at ASCO in 2007. This is about “Where did the day go?” and “Second time’s a charm.”
Today is Wednesday, and that means a new episode of Shrinking on Apple TV+. I watched it while eating lunch, and when the show and my sandwich were finished, I scrolled around looking for something else to watch. I landed on Your Friends & Neighbors. There is a new season starting on Friday, and I thought maybe I should give it a second try.
I had started watching the show last year when it first premiered, and I only got partway into the first episode. The start grabbed me, the protagonist’s backstory was well plotted, and I kind of dig a show with voiceover. But when John Hamm started rifling through a friend’s house, poking at stuff, I bailed; it just seemed too creepy.
You know the whole alien abduction thing, right? Usually, explicit memories of the abduction experience will not be present, and the abductee will only realize they have experienced “missing time” upon checking a timepiece. That’s kinda what happened to me; I started rewatching episode one, and the next thing I knew, it was dark outside, and I had watched all nine episodes.
And just like my experience watching Deadloch a couple weeks ago, there were spots that I’d swear I’d known the line before it was said or a scene felt very familiar. Either I’ve seen so many clips on talk shows with all the main characters on their publicity tours, or I have a very strange type of dementia. The only other option is that I have watched Arrival so many times that I have learned the heptapod language, and like Amy Adams’s character, time is no longer linear for me.
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We’ve actually had several days of nice weather. Not real warm, but I did get the top down on Buckie for a bit yesterday. Settled into a routine: cereal with banana for breakfast, working on a jigsaw puzzle for a bit, a caramel latte from Stomping Grounds to take on a walk, and a sandwich with apple slices for lunch. Then park on the couch for the rest of the day—baseball, college hoops, and random movies or TV shows. Try not to be jealous of my exciting life. 🙂
I’m a sci-fi guy, and all this talk and the media blitz for Project Hail Mary made me actually think about going to see the movie. In the end I gave up the idea for two reasons: it is 2-1/2 hours long and my bladder isn’t that big, plus watching at home will have no one talking or looking at their phone. So maybe I’ll watch another movie based on an Andy Weir book, The Martian. I have a copy of it so I can hit pause if I need to go to the bathroom or want to look at my phone.
This triggered a memory of me blogging about how much I like that movie. I should add it to my list of when I’ll rewatch a movie or a TV show or episode on a certain day each year, i.e., Jesus Christ Superstar on Good Friday or Elf at Christmastime. The post is from 2 years ago, and through some fuzzy Googling, I determined that I should be watching it on a Tuesday in March. Well, today is Tuesday, March 24th. Guess what movie I’ll be viewing tonight?
What a slug. I grocery shopped, worked a little on a jigsaw puzzle, and then watched an FRS spring training game. I had soup for lunch and started looking for something to watch. And like a couple weeks ago’s finding of Yellowjackets, I got anchored to the couch for the rest of the day watching Deadloch. I found this on Prime listed as New, with a 7.5/10 IMDb rating, #4 in drama TV shows, a tag that said ‘Comedy,’ and New Season.
Interestingly, when I selected season one to look at the episodes, there was a line under Episode 1, but I didn’t remember watching the show, and usually if I watch a complete episode, I keep going… And when watching the show, there were spots that seemed familiar, but on the whole, I’d swear I hadn’t seen it1. It is set in a small seaside town in Tasmania. Some of the accents were kind of thick, and maybe I should have put on the closed captions, but almost all of the humorousness was understandable, and I didn’t have any trouble keeping up with the plot.
There were 8 episodes in season one, and they all clock in at around an hour. Besides a quick dinner, bathroom breaks, and drink refills, I spent from 12:30pm to 9:00pm hardly moving. That new season has just 6 hour long episodes, so you know where I’ll be tomorrow afternoon.
1) The other day when I left Brookings, OR, and headed south to the California redwoods, I passed through one of the state’s agriculture inspection stations. As I stopped, the inspector popped his head out and said, “Nice, that’s a bright green.” As he waved me by, he said, “Have a great day.” There was nothing out of the ordinary, except for the inspector himself. His gray-silver hair was brushed straight back from his tanned, toned face, and his voice had that distinctive California surfer dude accent. If asked in a court of law, I would not be able to answer no to the question, “Was the inspector Josh Meyers doing his Gavin Newsom impression?”
2) Yesterday while dining at Heidi’s of Gresham, I noticed that the menu boasts, “Family owned and operated since 1968.” This is the second time I’ve eaten here, and the clientele is of a certain era. There are my “peeps” and older. I would guess that if there is anyone dining here that was born after 1968, they are with at least their parents, if not their grandparents.