Willam

I watched Mallrats this week for the first time in a minute. 

I never had a mall.  The nearest one was a half hour away,  and the nearest good one was an hour away.  So I never was a mallrat.

We did have a dirt mall.   It closed up a couple years ago,  after dying a slow death over the previous decade.   The best socks I ever bought I bought there.  3 pairs for $5.  I still have 2 pairs.   Warm,  and comfy.

I realized that I did have a Jay and Silent Bob.   And a Brody.   I might qualify as a TS, but more likely I'm a Willam.  I kinda did my own thing.   Didn't really get shunned, but wasn't always included.   I've never seen one of those Magic Eye pictures in all my 48 years,  and I've had food stains on my shirt almost always.....

Thunderbolts

 I wandered out this weekend to take the nephew to see Thunderbolts*.  It was my second time seeing it, after Shyam and I went to the Swingin' Midway Drive-In on it's opening weekend.

I liked it a lot the first time, but I liked it more upon second viewing.

For the first time since Guardians of the Galaxy 3, it feels like something not designed solely as a stepping stone toward some bigger movie they wanna make in 2026.  And for the first time, maybe since Endgame, it's a Marvel flick that's got a little meat on the boen, if you want to chew on it for some deeper meaning than superguys beating the shit out of each other.

What I see in Thunderbolts* is, on one level, a nice treatise on what it's like operating in the world with Depression.  Navigating the day to day with feelings of failure weighing you down....it's rough.  But it's something a lot of us do.  I think it's important to note for a lot of people that depression isn't feeling sad....it's the absence of feelings...sometimes the good feelings....sometimes, all the feelings.

It's also something to note how hard it is to make friends that aren't work related as an adult.......

Thursdays

 Spring is crazy for us, in our bait business.  Crappie starts biting with the cold mornings and mild afternoons in March and April.  I go from being on the road 2 or 3 days a week to being on the road 5 or 6 days a week.  It's all good.  Idle hands, and whatnot.