My friend who designs #Barbie clothing for vintage and reproduction dolls just picked up this and my two decades in retail ass sat here trying to decipher the price sticker before I even really saw the doll.

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Line of storms just passed and isn't that something.

#NCWX
#NCSkies

Yesterday a very small spider caught a very large horsefly on the front porch and the very small spider ripped the eyes clear off the horsefly's face in one piece and I screamed and then couldn't stop laughing.

#Spiders

Y'all I happily sat through Ghost Shark on SyFy.

The Meg was - why are they spending millions of dollars on these?

The Meg was on TV last night.
I will never get those hours of my life back.
I kept waiting to care about a single character.
#Film

That cricket kept me awake until 5am when I briefly fell asleep and had a dream that my cup of coffee was 1/3 grounds and I woke up pissed as hell.

#Tired

16- "Isn't your fan enough to block out the cricket sound? Mine is."
Me- "That's because you have the luxury of fire safety and keeping your bedroom door shut to prevent smoke inhalation and I don't have that luxury because I need to hear shit."
Kid - "Oh."

There is a REASON why my banner image here is 12, folks.

Cricket.
Cricket
Cricket.
Go get younger son's devices.
He's enabled Alexa and she says, "Got it, but first you have to -"
Me-Oh my God what the fuuuuuuck? It's 11pm!"

#ShutUp

There is a cricket in this house.

#Fuck

I then pointed out the Marcia edits to Star Wars, and my kid was like Oh.
The film series that guys who hate women love was only good from the start because a woman was editing.
And making suggestions.

Tonight I said, "Do you know why this movie didn't suck? Marcia Lucas. She saved-"
"Raiders I know you told me."
"Yes well George needed Marcia and that's obvious."
"I know that you said."
Marcia Lucas, people.
And yes my kid knows it's Raiders, Temple, and Last Crusade.

The three films are Star Wars, Empire, and Jedi.
All y'all young people can use the episodes.
But this was our shorthand.
These were our comfort food.

Me- "So. Empire tomorrow night?"
Kid- "Yes."

My kid just roared laughing over the deliveries of Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper? And Huh? Oh.

And that's why we're here tonight.
Fun.

I just told 16 to watch Mark Hamill's eyes when he finds Owen and Beru dead, and 16 said, "Holy fuck."
I said that people entirely underestimate Hamill as an actor.
16, still disturbed- "Holy fuck."
I said, "And that single expression is why Luke could go Dark Side."

#StarWars

Speaking of Star Wars I am 52 years old and to this day every time I hear the 20th Century Fox fanfare I am disappointed if it doesn't automatically shift to A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away and then John Williams.
Brains are wicked cool.

We eat a lot of popcorn.