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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • I understand the feeling of being in limbo due to uncertainty like that. I’d say if you don’t feel strongly enough to commit to large things, then don’t. For the things that you do feel strong enough about to commit to, keep smashing it into smaller and smaller pieces until they’re manageable, then start to do them. There are tools to help with this process out there. And starting towards something can help clarify if it’s something you want to put effort into. You can also take on smaller, useful pieces of a larger goal such that even if the main goal is something you decide isn’t worth it, you can still get something useful out of what you’ve completed.

    I don’t really ever feel like committing to things, so I don’t plan things out like that. Sometimes things turn out well; I just kept doing my hobby I enjoyed and whoops I’ve been doing it for 20 years. Sometimes things go not so well but I try to quit things that aren’t working out early. And sometimes there’s real consequences. My life hasn’t been a straight line by any means. Nobody I know has had a life like that, though, even the planners.











  • The Oompa Loompa songs from the book are not better; Gloop is rhymed with nincompoop.

    I like the ending of the old movie as it portrayed Charlie doing what he thought was right in spite of both his gain (the money from Slugworth) and the loss of someone he felt had wronged him. He’s a kid, not a saint, and makes a mistake with the lifting drinks. In the book, he was just the last one left. There was no demonstration of Charlie actually being a decent person. The book has more flaws than the old movie; the changes were an improvement.

    The new movie did stay closer to the book unless you count the stuff about Wonka’s childhood or the ending. But I really don’t think staying closer to the source material necessarily makes a movie any better.



  • I’m going to update my statement: the only film of his that I still like is Beetlejuice. I’m sure there are people that like many of his movies and that’s fine, I’ve just learned I’m not one of them, especially when Depp is involved.

    Not a fan of leaky Penguin or Catwoman licking herself and eating a bird.

    Nightmare Before Christmas I’m so tired of. It got commercialized to shit. But sure, I’ll give you I enjoyed my first watch.

    Haven’t seen Ed Wood, but Burton/Depp is a turn off for me. Otherwise it looks like it might be fun.

    Mars Attacks I just didn’t enjoy.

    Big Fish I haven’t seen, but I just watched the trailer and I’m not really interested in that kind of story. Apparently I’m also tired of Danny Elfman.