I never sleep well if I have to wake up early the next morning.  I'm up at all hours of the night with a strange mix of anxiety and a relentless need to check the time to make sure I haven't overslept.  And so, I was out of bed at 6:00 a.m. this morning, thoroughly…

Racing to get 100 horror movies under my belt before Halloween! Let Us Prey (2014) Held in a remote police station, a mysterious stranger takes over the minds and souls of everyone inside. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBDXIG5Pde4 Thoughts: Flashes of a pretty good movie here but, ultimately, contrived and silly. 3/5 Swallow (2019) Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife,…

WUT is THIS? https://soranews24.com/2022/10/22/live-action-attack-on-titan-musical-reveals-in-costume-photos-of-full-cast【photos】/ https://www.shingeki-musical.com I am IN!  Who wants to join me in Osaka for the January 2023 premiere? Today's farmer's market haul: fish and monkey face peppers, and smoked chicken fat... Finished the first draft of that android murder mystery.  Switching gears to generate a few episode springboards for that sci-fi action-comedy.  Watched…

The Last Shift (2014) A rookie cop's 1st shift alone in the last night of a closing police station turns into a living nightmare. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p0KIrh8hyM My thoughts: A great premise and some solid (if not altogether original) scares, but this one suffers from some shaky performances, a weak script, and dubious horror movie logic. 3.5/5…

Saturday's Wings & Beer night was a rousing success.  We sampled 9 different wings and 17 different beers (before tapping out). The homemade wings were far and away better than the take-out wings.  Emily, Kayla, and Akemi's were my faves, as were my own lemon-thyme contribution. As for the beer - while I was pleasantly…

Thank you for all of the Birthday well-wishes!  Suji and I appreciate your support! Getting into Halloween mode. Crunchy time! Enoki time! Carpet run! Calling it a night.

Tonight, Akemi and I are joining some of the neighbors of a beer and wing night.  Unlike SOME, we will not be buying our wings from the local Caribbean restaurant or fast food place but will, instead, make three different home versions (from top left clockwise: Gochujuang [Akemi], spicy slated egg yolk [Akemi],  honey-lemon thyme…

Impetigore (2019) A woman inherits a house in her ancestral village, but she is unaware that members of the community have been trying to locate her, holding her responsible for a curse that has plagued them for years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrPt_t3wTgU Thoughts: A solid supernatural thriller that gets a little convoluted but is bookmarked by two diabolically disturbing…

If a poor old rice farmer dies, and his indolent child(ren) sell his land for booze money, and the new owner neglects the rice fields, THEN he will rise out of the mud to haunt the area as a Dorotabo - a zombie that will not rest until the land is sold to a more…