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How is it already September, I don't understand...

We've got so many silk worm nests at my apartment complex this year, it's almost like the beginning of a horror movie, lol. Like Kingdom of the Spiders but with moths. Not that I'm complaining. A lot of the nests are pretty low and easy to look into. I've always loved watching the silk worms dance~

I am a little worried about them, though, tbh. Not sure if I should be, as I've not as yet taken the time to look into their ideal conditions, but it's been so frikkin hot lately... I'll have to do my research later but for now, I just hope they're alright.

Went to see Coyote vs ACME with my sister tonight and it was a fun time. Lots of Who Framed Roger Rabbit in its DNA but it tells its own story. I would've liked for the world to be better fleshed out-- it's not really clear what cartoons are in this world-- but I still thought it did a good enough job of showing that "real" people and toons live alongside each other. Cartoon characters are shown to hold both menial and important roles in society-- and this puts them in position to be as flawed as any other demographic. We see that toons in this world, like in the world of Roger Rabbit before it, are perfectly willing to exploit one another.

The humor was consistently quite good and the human actors and animated characters alike really sell it. Some nice little continuity jokes and call-backs in there in addition to the more movie-specific gags. I can't think of any jokes that didn't land. And I especially appreciated that even though there was a sense of irreverence to it, the movie never undermines its own emotional core. The writers weren't afraid to let characters be sincere when it mattered.

I absolutely loved how Wile E was characterized. The other characters were fun, too, but he was the stand-out, as he should be in a movie where his name's in the title. I was a little disappointed a couple of minor points. Foghorn is dismissive of harm done to other toons due to how resilient they are and he demonstrates this by whacking himself with a mallet. While he's never had the strongest plot armor, his shorts still typically see him as the one dishing out the punishment. I think the movie's point about exploitation would've been stronger if he were portrayed as someone who puts himself above having to take his own medicine. It's a small thing, though, and as my sister pointed out, there's a big difference between the ongoing abuse other cartoon characters suffer and him giving himself a minor injury to make a point. I also felt like the movie raised an interesting point about people being willing to ignore the suffering of others when it benefits them and then doesn't really take the time to follow up on it in a satisfying way.

Overall, I'm so very glad that this movie got saved from the tax break landfill.

I knew I'd done something to my leg because I could feel a tender spot but, wow, have I given myself a nasty bruise somehow... I'm no stranger to mysterious bruising but I can't remember the last time I had one this big or dark. Nor can I remember for the life of me what I could possibly have done to cause it.

Aaand it was the wrong eighty-year-old again. I really need the Grim Reaper to get it together.

Travis is such a brat sometimes... Not only did I spend a ton of time trying to interest him in his rat, he didn't even eat it. But he also got it into a position where I wasn't about to try bother it until he was fed. So, I had to defrost a second rat and give it to him while he was well and truly primed for it. That second, successful was this morning and then I had to wait until I got home to get the old rat out. It was already bloating and the bare skin was already turning purple and it smelled gross because of frikkin course it smelled gross. And this obnoxious noodle was still laying on it, so I had to move him too. He didn't lunge at me or anything, though, which is a minor win.

My Jem comics arrived! I've not unwrapped them yet but I'm really looking forward to re-reading the series. And I think there were a few I didn't get around to reading, so this'll be a great way to rectify that. Still, I might wait and see what other people say about this collection first. Sometimes compilations like this are put together in less than ideal ways, in which case I'd wanna couch my expectations.

My brain is well and truly scrambled, Idek. I haven't followed sports in years and here I am hyperfixating on YouTube reactions to Larry Bird highlights, of all things.