Weekends are tough (14, 15, 16)

Where did the time go? As I wrote last Friday, I was on a role and was looking forward to continuing to write here each day of December. The next thing I know its Monday morning, and I have not written anything here the past 2 days. It’s not like I sat around all weekend trying to convince myself to go into my office and write. I went on a few walks (Listening to “Against The Rules”, Season 4, an interesting pod-cast on sports gambling), I watched a few movies (more on this below), went out to dinner, went grocery shopping, and went to Starbucks and Barnes & Nobel, where I spent some time reading my current book) I did spend some time watching the NJ Giants lose again (The lifelong fan in me makes me watch each week, even though they are awful and have lost 9 in a row. (They are now 2-12 on the season)

All this time, I am still working on finding a new job, which has been tough. Being an older white person (I’m 58 years old), I’m struggling to decide exactly how I want to spend the rest of my working years. Do I want to go back to the corporate world, and continue as an IT Specialist, or find a more enjoyable job, most likely for less pay). By the end of this week, I hope to have a solid plan and be able to relax and enjoy the Christmas Holiday Season before going full force to start the new year

Before I write, I want to acknowledge the passing of Roxanne Toser of Harrisburg PA. A pioneer in the Non-Sports Card Industry, Roxanne, her husband Marlon, and son Harris were responsible for running the Philly Non-Sports Card Show – The premier event for non-sport and entertainment trading card collectors for over 40 years. I enjoyed seeing and talking to her at the shows and the enthusiasm she brought to the hobby. RIP Roxanne – She will be missed #PEACE

On with the show

I watched the new Netflix film “Carry-On” on Friday night. I will say, that while most of these Netflix action movies are just OK, I really enjoyed a lot of this one and thought it was very good. Then near the end, it fell into the pattern of a lot of action movies, where the super smart, well-prepared bad guy and his partners all of a sudden become some of the dumbest people alive. They do things that feel like the complete opposite of what they were doing the entire movie. After showing no remorse, and simply killing people throughout the movie, when they then have the opportunity to kill the hero and his girlfriend, they hesitate and let them get away. Then they fall for the switched suitcase trick and are shocked when they go to finish their mission and the suitcase is empty. This could have been a really good movie, but they blew the ending. Ending these types of movies (as well as TV shows) is hard to do in a way that feels real.

On Saturday night, I ended up watching “This Ends With Us” which just became available for streaming. I liked this movie, but it felt kind of forced. I have not read the book, so maybe there was some things lost in translation. I never felt that the lead man was as bad a person as they portrayed him to be. The subject matter of abuse was understood, but I feel they needed to make him even more abusive for the movie to really work.

On Sunday night, I watched the final 2 episodes of “The Day of The Jackyl“. I really liked this series, although at some points they did go a little overboard and made the show feel like “24” where a guy can be shot, stabbed, and tortured in the morning, be chased as he flies from country to country in the afternoon, and then be totally fine with no issues by the evening. But Eddie Redmayne did such a great job that it wasn’t totally crazy. Without spoiling things, they set things up for a new season which should be a fun watch.

I also completed the NetFlix Original 6 Episode Thriller “Black Doves“. Starring Keira Knightley, it was a really good series. Liked the mix of action, suspense, and even some comedy. Another sereies that set things up for a 2nd season

Switching gears, not much to say about the New York Giants. They are in the worst spot a team can be. They are currently irrelevant to the local market and looked upon as being and inept and clueless organization

*** Lunch Break ***

Got a test that the latest episode of “Mediocre Movie Majors” was released. This is my daughter and boyfriends’ PodCast where they watch and rate movies. They both have Filmmaking Degrees and its interesting to see their perspective on movies. Give it a watch, a like, and a thumbs up

And finaly, here are some pictures I took over the last week. I like taking random photos (Wish I was better at it)I am going to try to take more as I see things that interest me (Think I am going to watch some YouTube Videos on iPhone Photography to see what cool things I can do)