True Detective Series

True Detective S1 - S3

I was seeing the ads for S4 with Jodie Foster so I decided to check out the series and it does not disappoint. My favorites are S1, S3 and S2 which comes in real distant. I would not rate a favorite at all. 

S1 has two of my favorite actors to watch, Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey. Episode 1 of S1 immediately caught my attention. It reminded me of Hannibal the TV series in the early seasons. I love how time is intricately tied to each season. That sense of time being a flat space. The forward and backward that tells the story. 

I started watching the series while on lunch. I needed something to watch while eating and I was hooked. I was so entertained that I binge watched the first season in a matter of days. Nate saw me watching the last three episodes and he was intrigued enough to re-start the series on his own and finish S1 so that we could watch S2 together. We did quote Interstellar quite a bit when we were watching Matthew McConaughey but it couldn't be helped. Needless to say we were eager to watch S2. 

However, S2 first episode did not intrigue us like S1 episode 1 did. It was rough and it took me until episode 5 to find anything cohesive in the story line. The actors didn't seem comfortable with the characters they were playing. Very stiff and Vince Vaughn plays the same character no matter what movie or series he's in and he was the most unbelievable character in this season. He was meh. No characters I felt like I could root for and in the end it was a relief it was over and we were eager to move onto S3. 

Considering how S2 sucked we were nervous about how S3 was going to play out but we found ourselves once again fascinated with the first episode of S3 and felt that the season had a great start. S3 overall did not disappoint. It felt like the writers knew S2 kind of bombed maybe and got back into the vibe of S1 and brought back that story telling in S3. Mahershala Ali played a great character but my favorite was Stephen Dorff. The last time I saw him on a movie honestly was Blade and to see him doing this and doing it well was quite a treat. The costuming caught my eye too and the dresses (80s) on the show were cute. 

S4 - Night Country

Finally, we finished S3, excellent but we feel did not de-throne S1, so we are now at S4 with Jodie Foster who I haven't seen doing a movie or series that I have seen in a long time . The first episode was as exciting as we were hoping for and we are hooked. It's also spookier than previous seasons. The only thing that sucks is the episodes are released weekly so we got to wait and we have something to look forward to on Sunday nights. 

Definitely recommend to watch S1, skip S2, watch S3. I mean if you have time maybe watch S2. Maybe. 

WIP - Destiny Pinboard

 

Destiny Pinboard

I have more pins to add to this board but I will probably be re-doing it. However, some placements I am going to keep, specially Team Darkness, (Elsie, Eris, and Drifter), being right under the Pyramid ship. 

Atheon under the vex milk pin and Mara on the left surrounded by her people, The Awoken are placements that are too good to break up. The placement flow is good it's just that the board is not. I am either going to try to salvage it or build another from scratch but I have this picture to reference once I start rebuilding so this is a work in progress board (WIP). Got to secure the board and do the hanging attachments. 

There's not very many "independent" Destiny pin makers out there pinning this game. Official pins are OK but lately I noticed with the newest armory weapons the quality is caca. Not as detailed or as colorful as previous versions. 

Nate and I also earned our first Legendary completion pin for Lightfall. I am very proud of that as we are a two-guardian team when traditionally it is three, but we managed it. I want to do the Witch Queen but the pin is no longer available which sucks. I believe those should not be time gated but there's a lot going on with Bungie right now and we are worried about The Final Shape. We have essentially six months to catch up on dungeon completions before that expansion drops. 

This game means a lot to us and the phrase, "I hate this game. I play it everyday." can only be understood by another Destiny player. Love the lore, the characters, the merch and you bet my Hunter (main) is fitted. 

Can't wait to add what we've earned on this board. 

Completed Pinboard - Grills 1

 

Grills Board

My first pin board completed around July 2021. 

This was a complete DIY project as I picked up a vintage frame, cleaned, sanded, and then painted it white. Also, constructed the backing board. I didn't have the tools and parts to secure the back at that time but I do now and those are the last steps I need to do to finish the frame but that can be done later. 

I've completed more and will be writing about it here so that I have a log of what I have accomplished with my collection. I've spent a lot of time and money on this hobby just to store them somewhere in the dark for no one to see is no longer acceptable. 

Regarding the board itself, part of me wants to re-arrange as the content of the board is a mix of regular girls, fantasy, kawaii and creepy. But they are so perfectly slotted in the frame and the flow is good that on the whole I like how it is so this arrangement will stay. I love girl pins and I always keep an eye out for them to add to my collection. 

Before anime pins exploded on the scene I collected artist pins which consisted of original creations in pin form. Like any other collection I have. I went HAM. and now I have too many. 

I am currently de-stashing and purging. I've put all the extras, outgrown and do not collect fandom pins up on Mercari so check it out if you're looking for something. Some are priced to go and the rest are priced by "market" value and I always consider offers. 

So there's plans for a lot of de-stashing and de-cluttering. I know I speak of this often but this time there's more motivation. Hoping I can keep up with the organizing!

2024

 

Here's hoping that this year will be better. Once again, no resolutions only goals. Better health, improve the financials and do some home improvements. 

We've got some projects lined up for this month actually. Now that we are more comfortable in the house we are ready to make changes. A lot of our items that we hid in our rooms we can now openly display. Having only Gohan and Inosuke also opens up our options on what we can do. 

We would like our home to reflect us. We've got art, sofubi, pins and collectibles that would look amazing properly displayed. 

So we are hoping for a year of improvements in everything. We've got a late Winter nephew on the way and a wedding to look forward to in early Spring. Life moves forward and we are here to take that journey.