The Cheese Stands Alone

 Su 5/24/26 7am {1/2 VIIA 'Day Drift' 100 mg...the last one: 50 mg total}. 745am (4-B: Green Crack). 10am (5-B: Green Crack). 1235pm (GB: 6/ Cat Piss). 535pm (6-B: Green Crack). 830pm (GB: 5/ Green Crack). {50 mg of VIIA settled in nicely today!}  Up 530am: Light showers very early, then partly sunny with temps to 80. Weekly Cleaning Watched 'SHOOTER' (Hoopla). A retired sharpshooter is asked to plan an assassination because the government requires his expertise. Actually, it's a top secret government agency that's setting him up to be the patsy, but he escapes and goes on a rampage for 'Truth, Justice and The American Way Of Life'. He murders a United States senator at the end of the film and you feel like cheering. It's a very 'pro-conspiracy theory' film and unapologetic to the end; with Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena, Danny Glover, Elias Koteas, Levon Helm. "53" Metascore and I would go to "76". From 'WASHINGTON POST...

 Sa 5/23/26 710am (GB: 6/ Cat Piss). 805am (4-B: Green Crack). 930am (5-B: Green Crack). 1210pm (GB: 5/Cat Piss). 145pm (3-B: Cat Piss). 425pm (GB: 4/ Cat Piss). 530pm (7-B: Cat Piss). 830pm (GB: 5/ Green Crack).  Up 625am: Mostly cloudy with temps to upper 70's. Watched 'TROPIC  THUNDER' (Kanopy). Absolutely hilarious. I had seen this one several years ago (released in 2008), and very well worth 'many looks again'; with Ben Stiller (director), Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson, Steve Coogan, Tobey Maguire, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Nick Nolte, Tom Cruise, Mathew McConaughey, Jon Voight. Nominated for 1 Oscar; 10 wins & 47 nominations. "71" Metascore and I would go to "90".   Finished 'LEGENDS' (Netflix). The end credits inform us that the British Customs prevented tons of heroin from hitting the streets and they did it with very little training or government financing- Just like in the series. An extrem...

 Fr 5/22/26 615am (5-B: Cat Piss). 655am (5-B: Green Crack). 835am (GB: 6/ Green Crack).  1240pm (GB: 6/ Green Crack). 210pm (GB: 4/ Green Crack). 435pm (GB: 6/ Green Crack). 535pm (GB: 6/ Green Crack). 830pm (GB: 6/ Green Crack).  Up 530am: Cloudy & breezy with temps to about 70. Watched 'PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME' (Hoopla). It's a very odd Hungarian Art Film. A female Hungarian brain surgeon practicing in the US and meets a fellow surgeon at a conference in New Jersey. They hook up and agree to meet in one month in Budapest. When they meet he claims that he doesn't know her. For most of the film you wonder if it actually happened, or if it was all in her imagination. In the end we learn that he was married with two daughters and he didn't want an affair to disrupt his life. He gives his lover an expensive speaker system (to make up for the misunderstanding?) and the movie ends as delivery men employ a crane to hoist a huge speak...

 Th 5/21/26 650am (GB: 6/ Cat Piss). 725am (5-B: Green Crack). 910am (5-B: Green Crack). 1140am (GB: 6/ Cat Piss). 540pm (GB: 5/ Cat Piss). 830pm (GB: 5/ Green Crack).  Up 6am: Partly cloudy & breezy with temps to about 70.  Watched 'I SEE YOU' (Kanopy). A podcaster and her cameraman 'phrogg' at the upscale suburban home of a police detective, his wife and teenage son. The cop happens to be a serial kidnapper of young boys and the podcaster's cameraman is one of the boys who got away. It's an intricate and well told story and some of the details were familiar so I must have seen this one before; with Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney, Owen Teague (BLOODLINE). "65" Metascore and I would boost that to "84". From 'VARIETY'- "An eerie suspense exercise that starts out looking like a supernatural tale — one of several viewer presumptions this cleverly engineered narrative eventually pulls the rug out from under." Phrogging- the act of s...

 We 5/20/26 655am (GB: 6/ Cat Piss). 730am (5-B: Green Crack). 815am {1/2 'Extreme Chill' 150 mg: 75 mg total- later in the morning to see if it lasts into the afternoon}. 940am (5-B:  Green Crack). 1255pm (GB: 6/ Cat Piss). 315pm (5-B: Green Crack). 540pm (GB: 5/ Cat Piss). {tired; no weed} Up 6am: A mix of sun & clouds with temps only to about 70. Began 'BABYLON' (Netflix). A funny blockbuster about how Hollywood changed when 'talkies' came to town. A great cast headed by Brad Pitt & Margot Robbie. Nominated for 3 Oscars; 48 wins & 158 nominations. Only a "61" Metascore {IMDB gave it two Metascores of 1oo and two of 25. I'd rate it "85". I shut it down at the two hour mark and there's an hour ten left to go. I'll finish it tomorrow.  Watched 'STREET FLOW 2' (Netflix). Filmed in Val-de-Marne, a suburb southeast of Paris, France and part of it was shot in Mali, Africa. It's a gritty & soulful tale of li...

 Tu 5/19/26- Back Pain 705am (GB: 6/ Cat Piss). 8am (5-B: Green Crack). 110pm (GB: 5/Green Crack). 430pm (GB: 3/ Green Crack). 535pm (GB: 6/ Cat Piss). 835pm (GB: 5/ Cat Piss).  Up 620am: Cloudy with a 30% chance of showers and temps to the mid 70's. {not much rain fell at all} ***For the last couple of days I have been having back pain on my lower left side.  I stretched with my arms above my head to the upper part of the archway between the hall and living room. This exercise stretches the muscles (deletes the tension) and now the discomfort is about gone and I no longer have a pronounced 'slump' when I walk. I wasn't sure if the pain was external or internal, but today I'm pretty sure that it was a muscle issue and it's on the wane. I still don't know what caused the problem in the first place.     Watched 'REMAINS OF THE DAY' (Tubi). Merchant & Ivory essentially tightened up the novel and made the storyline more direct and less ambiguous. The...