Scary Movies all the Time.

Saturday morning I woke up early and left the house to fill up propane and my water bottles. After that I got out the pole saw AGAIN and proceeded to cut some really big branches out of another oak. This time I was focusing on my back yard. I’m trying to take care of as much as I can on my own. So far I’m doing a pretty good job, it just takes work. My electric chainsaw is great but it does have its limitations. Anyways, I created a big mess I’ll have to clean up. Most of the clean up I decided could wait till Sunday. It was getting late and I didn’t want to dump branches.

I made Yvette and I some breakfast and I hung out with her and the little girl before I ran away to run errands. It was a busy morning and I decided to relax by going to the movie. I went and saw a horror movie called “Speak No Evil”. It’s a remake of a much darker European film that I saw a few years back so I wasn’t going in blind. I wanted Yvette to see it with me even though horror isn’t her thing. At least she wouldn’t already know the twist but she ended up babysitter for the day. The movie was pretty good. I really like just about anything James McAvoy is in and he hit the ball out the park. He can play unhinged really well. The movie was good. I’d say it was awkward. It’s hard to explain. I guess that awkwardness between people who were raised different and shared different ideas on how things should be done. One should always trust their gut.

After the movie I finished up a few errands and went to Yvette’s. We decided to go get banana splits with the baby girl. Yvette’s old son and his girlfriend thought that sounded good and tagged along. It was fun. The girl did just fine, as always. I definitely ate more banana split than I needed but oh well. Can let the diabetes take all the fun pleasures out of life. Yes, my blood sugar did sky rocket but at this point in time I know what I need to do to get this back on track. It was a fun outing and I’m glad everyone came.

Longlegs. A horror file I’ve been wanting to watch since the summer. My sister-in-law didn’t like it but I wasn’t sure she knew what she was getting and the hype was very high. I’ve seen this directors movies before and knew what to expect and I also didn’t go in thinking it would be flat out scary. Creepy, but not scary. Previews and movie hype kill good films sometimes. I actually enjoyed the slow atmospheric vibe. It was mostly serial killer detective work with a nice subtle hint of supernatural. In this case, psychics. Well, that’s not going to spoil anything. Devil worshipers are also involved. I enjoyed it. Nic Cage was in it so what’s not to enjoy.

Sunday I slept in till 8 and had some coffee before starting my day working in the yard. I got the chainsaw going and proceeded to clean up yesterday’s tree branch mess. It took me two dump loads. I still had a lot of leaves to gather and just patio clean up. My lord was I sore. Working the pole saw the day before was more taxing than I thought. It was a busy day of chores and cooking. I cleaned and meal prepped both breakfast and lunch for the early portion of the week. I also seared some boneless pork ribs and threw them into a slow cooker to have for dinner. I really didn’t finish everything until around 4 when I went to Yvette’s and fell asleep for a quick cat nap before she went to her parent for The Cowboys, pizza and wings. I was a sleep boy and went home to see how my dinner was coming along.

For my Salinger night horror (I know, I’m skipping the Cowboys) is decided to go with a movie based upon a series of books I read at the ripe age of 7-8. The illustrations were amazing. See, I was born a horror fan. “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark”. Some of you might remember these. They sold them in my elementary school during book club week. I bought and still own all three volumes. The choices they went with for the movie made sense. Teenagers messing around find a book and start reading the stories and they end up happening in on grotesque way or another. Log course it’s set in the times of drive up theaters, as all horror films should. Btw, I hate scarecrows. The film was great the way it was adapted. I love a good horror anthology, which this was a nice take on. Scarecrows,ghost, gouls, spiders etc. God I love this time of year.

Monday was a real freaking Monday. It started off with my transmitter adhesive coming off while drying from the shower. That’s never happened. Those suckers are hard to pull off and usually hurt like hell. Like usual I went to go pick up Yvette on my way to work. Oops. Last night when I was half awake talking to her I guess she mentioned she didn’t need a ride. I made it all the way to her house before I was aware of this. Yep. What a hell of a start, and I hadn’t even made it to work yet. Yikes.

Work was needy people. Lots of them. My brain wanted to melt. I kept some at bay but it was still hurting my head. I can’t help you if you lost something I gave you. It’s no longer my problem. Oh, so you say I didn’t give you it? But I have proof that I’d did. That’s what I felt with. Just a lot of bullshit. I was actually exhausted after work. I was gearing up for a horror movie but ended up on the phone with Yvette for almost 2 hours. That was a rather perfect way to wine down my evening. I slept like a rock.

Tuesday evening I watched “Alligator”. This 80s film that road the waves of Jaws success. I’d heard of it for years and I finally watched it. It was shit but well made shit. The acting was good and the humor was perfect. The late Robert Foster. I regret never have watched it. It was just fun. The gore was also top notch. I mean, a mutant alligator in the sewers of Chicago. Mutated because of a pharmaceutical waste dump. What fun.

After work on Wednesday Yvette and I went to happy hour for a drink and a snack. We were both tired from the long day. That relaxation down I went and played with the little girl and gave her some dinner. She was such a sweetie. Upon leaving Yvette’s I met up with her father and some roofers that he knows to take fixing my roof from that late May hail storm. He was using the same folks he has used twice. We set up a date for them to start on Friday. What a long day. I wanted to pick up dinner but I needed to cook.

“Messiah of Evil”. This horror film came out in 1973 and somehow I’ve missed it all my life. I read that it’s getting a re-emergence now that it’s available to the streaming world. It was just another forgotten VHS. I decided to give it a try Wednesday night. Lots of neon lighting.its about a daughter that goes looking for her missing father in some isolated beach town. The people are weird. Weird things seem to be going on. I like these type of movies. Isolation. Being cut off. This had it with a bit of cosmic dread. Good time. A theatre scene might actually have fucked me up when it comes to wanting to see a movie in an empty theater. Yikes.

This week I decided to use nothing but canned meats for my weekly protein. Canned chili, pot roast, salmon and tuna. Let’s just say you can make much more versatile meals with that guideline as opposed to the hot dogs I used the week before. The tuna and salmon were a real treat. It was fun.

It was a good busy week. Friday Yvette and I joined my mom and her oldest friend and her husband for dinner. It was fun and we had a. Couple drinks and some good food. I went back to Yvette’s house for a little while and hung out with the baby. I was tired and went home to crash out. Happy Friday!

Jalapeño

Saturday brunch. Chorizo eggs with cream cheese bacon wrapped peppers. Yvette had been wanting poppers.

BBQ burger, grilled onions/peppers topped with cheese and fried garlic onions served with a homemade spicy potato salad.

Chicken & waffle w/ hash browns.

Braised BiBiGo pork. I started this at around noon by searing the meat on the grill and then I threw it in a slow cooker with some broth and carrots and let it cook for 5 hours. Served with rice and broccoli.