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Thu 08/20/26 04:16 PM
Dead of Winter - 2025
With Emma Thompson
Action thriller
IMdB rating 6,1
I'm rating it a 7.

It wasn't half bad but had a reasonable number of predictable moments where you find yourself yelling "Nooo!! Don't be so daft! Look around you!"

A grief-stricken widow stops by a remote cabin after getting lost on the back roads of Minnesota in the middle of winter. She soon finds herself in a desperate fight for survival as she encounters a murderous couple holding a young woman hostage.

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Wed 08/19/26 03:07 PM
Feeling... barely warm enough. It really takes getting used to this cooler weather again. Feels like autumn. Can't even imagine it being so hot not that long ago. It's back to jeans and long sleeves.

But the rain we had over the last 2 days was good. Everything was dry as a bone!
The risk for wildfires has probably gone now.

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Wed 08/19/26 03:03 PM
I thought I'd give Desert Dawn a shot because of what TxGal said, but I didn't like it. Switched it off after 5 minutes or sooner. Really bad acting. It has a IMdB rating of 3,7 and I totally get why.
But it made me think of The Last Stand with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Forest Whittaker and I watched that :)
So something good came out of it for me.

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Wed 08/19/26 10:09 AM

Thinking about what I'll have for breakfast this morning. ☕ 🥞🥓:egg:

Bacon & eggs and coffee is good.
Although for me more a brunch thing. A great meal nonetheless!

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Wed 08/19/26 10:07 AM
Noah - 2014
With Russell Crow

I had forgotten there was this unpleasant part in the movie where Noah becomes totally obsessed with wanting to kill all of humanity. To the point of killing his newborn granddaughters.
I really really really did not want to see that again, so I skipped quite the chunk of the movie.
The pain & stress he puts the entire family through, especially the expecting mother. Must've been a wonderful pregnancy.
In utero stress causes all kinds of problems for the child later on so I don't get why they couldn't come up with a different way of going about it.

Because of that I rate it a 4 or 5 while it started out as a 9 for me. But that part ruined the entire movie (for me).

IMdB ratings aren't high either, 5,8.

God chooses Noah to undertake a mission of rescuing various animal species from a disastrous flood. With the help of the Watchers, Noah along with his family builds an ark to protect life on Earth.

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Wed 08/19/26 04:50 AM
Thinking... that I'm still PO with that biotch in the shop, grrrrrr.

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Wed 08/19/26 04:49 AM
Source Code
With Jake Gylenhaal.
IMdB 7,5
My rating 8

Another time loop movie. Had seen this before as well but couldn't recall it and it's a good movie.

Colter Stevens, an army officer who is hired for a secret operation, finds himself in the body of a stranger. Soon, he is on a mysterious trail to track down the bomber of a commuter train in Chicago.

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Tue 08/18/26 10:53 AM
Feeling... content. Been a good day :)
I had thought to get painting again today but been to busy with all kinds of everything.
Tomorrow's another day!

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Tue 08/18/26 10:49 AM
Edge of Tomorrow - 2014
With Emily Blunt and Tom Cruise

IMdB rating 7,9. I give it a 10. Just a really good movie!

I'd seen it before but couldn't remember the ending. Certainly worth the watch and the re-watch.

With the help of warrior Rita Vrataski, Major William Cage has to save Earth from an alien species, after being caught in a time loop. He must face deadly challenges in order to accomplish his task.


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Tue 08/18/26 07:09 AM
Thinking... it's really difficult to decide what to wear now the weather is so much cooler. No sun, overcast, when not really physically active you need jeans and long sleeves. Door only partially open.

But I just did some weeding & pruning and now I'm back in shorts & T-shirt. And 2 sliding doors open.
It's sticky as heck!

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Tue 08/18/26 06:26 AM
I'd want to change the morning of March 21st 2012.
That's when I fell down the stairs. Altered my life. Neck injury, real bad concussion and TBI.
The reason I cannot work and am forced to live of a very small income.
On the other hand side it gave me the freedom and time for personal growth & development which I couldn't have done to the same extent if I'd had to work a fulltime job.
Yet then I could at least live a full life, do things I want to do, incl. physically, that now are not possible.

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Mon 08/17/26 05:46 AM
One Mile: chapter one and One Mile: Chapter Two.
Good movies with Ryan Phillippe.
I'd seen both before but they're worth watching again.

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Sat 08/15/26 04:14 PM
Thinking... it has been a really good day! And now time to go to bed.
And maybe get my paints out on the morrow again, hihi.
I put them away because my friend was coming over today.
Anywho, sleep first.

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Sat 08/15/26 12:09 PM
Feeling... happy! My friend just left. We had a great afternoon & evening. We talked for hours and hours on end, and could've talked longer but yeah, it's 21.00 and she still has a long drive home.
With a bit of luck she's on the motorway by the time it gets really dark.

I had a great time! :D

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Sat 08/15/26 03:13 AM
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A new series with very good ratings, 7,4. Called Sterling Point, set in Canada, filmed in Ontario.
The entire 1st season has dropped. I'm going to check it out tonight!
Exciting to have something new to watch :D
Hope it's something I like!

Follow 17-year-old Annie Jacobson, raised in New York City with her twin brother and loving adoptive father; Annie's life takes a turn when she inherits her mysterious grandfather's island in Canada.

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Sat 08/15/26 01:57 AM
Feeling... excited but also still a bit sleepy. Sipping my first coffee.
My friend is on the way, she has just left home, so I got another hour for waking up properly, applying my hormone gels and doing my makeup.

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Fri 08/14/26 03:36 PM
I made Thai Panang curry. And it was good!

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Fri 08/14/26 03:34 PM
Thinking... I'm glad all 3 my cats are indoors for the night again! :D

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Fri 08/14/26 11:38 AM
You're married, have children living at home, and you're looking for sex.
My advise: get off dating sites and onto a sex site.
Or maybe consider divorcing your wife first so you don't give her an STD?

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Fri 08/14/26 11:31 AM
Happy you had a good time, GW!

My friend is coming over tomorrow, so I'm still looking forward to it, hihi.
Since it is evening now over here I have finished prepping and cleaning.

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