It wasn’t too early for me to see it but Requiem for a Dream is also an excellent cautionary movie about heroin, addiction, and mental health.

“It’s shite being Scottish. We’re the lowest of the low. Some people hate the English. The English are just wankers. We, on the other hand, are colonised by wankers. We can’t even find a decent civilization to be colonised by. It’s a shite state of affairs and all the fresh air isn’t going to change any of that, Tommy.”

That was from memory, let’s see how I did!

“It’s shite being Scottish! We’re the lowest of the low! The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash, that was shat into civilisation! Some people hate the English, I don’t! They’re just wankers! We, on the other hand, are colonised by wankers! Can’t even find a decent culture to be colonised by! We’re ruled by effete assholes! It’s a shite state of affairs to be in Tommy, and all the fresh air in the world won’t make any fucking difference!”

Not too bad after a few decades.

I was thinking romaine, but yeah I see bok choy also.

If they’re older than 33 you can call him Old Jesus, too!

Cheers and a happy early birthday to you as well!

Or…is it a late happy birthday?

Ugh, I can never remember with your birthday being so close to Christmas, y’know? It just slips my mind every year.

My birthday is the 27th of December.

On any given year odds are that my birthday sucked. Growing up it was during holiday break so no bringing cupcakes to school. 2 days after Christmas, care to guess how many kids want to attend a birthday party? Birthday presents were almost always an afterthought combined with Christmas.
I am a huge Star Wars fan so when Carrie Fisher passed away on December 27th, 2016, that was an especially shitty birthday.
There have been uears when my parents have forgotten my birthday entirely.

All that aside, my wife threw me my first and only surprise birthday party for my 40th. It was Star Wars themed including food she made from the Galaxy’s Edge cookbook she had given me for Christmas. That year I got a Kenner power (Gonk) droid still in the original packaging (with Venture price sticker still on it), which my mom had somehow saved since I was a kid. She also gave me all of my old Star Wars action figures she had been saving for me, unknown to me. And I also received an original Rancor and the box it came in from a friend. That one almost made up for all the others before and since. I’ve learned the best way to have a good birthday is to set the lowest of expectations.

Especially when you consider the arbitriness of it. Pink used to be the color for baby boys.

Oh, he’s definitely a class A scumbag. It’s unfortunate that most people just know the boulder part when there’s so much more of a lesson in morality to be gleaned from the full story.

My jobs too!

Fool of a Tûk

I read someone’s further analysis in which they describe how his punishment fits his crime. Because he outwitted death he has such supreme self confidence that THIS time he will get the boulder to the top. The only thing he has to do to break his curse is to stop.

The price of the you is always worth it. Don’t undersell the you.

Hannibal, MO - 16,838 - back when people read books they’d know this as the birthplace of Samuel Clemens AKA Mark Twain

Waco, TX for anyone around in the 90s

don’t forget being famous for wrong turns

I admire your confidence in me.

And a atate constitutional amendment for abortion but that still needs to be played out in court.

Pink plastic heart and a marble in my pants’ change pocket. My daughter gave them to me on two separate occassions when she was 2-3. She said “this is your heart” and “this is your sould” when she gave them to me and they’ve been in my change pocket almost every day for the last 5+ years.

My yard. I’ve gotten really into my gardens and hardscaping.

My Canadian friends would be proud. Both of them!