The Cheese Stands Alone

 Mo 12/30/24- Gummy 8am (2-LB). 850am (1-LB). {930am: I took a 'DAY DRIFT' Hybrid- 100 mg}. 935am (1-LB).  1245pm (1-LB). 225pm (1-LB). 440pm (1-LB). 535pm (1-LB). 810pm (1-LB).  Up 705am {Is this a trend?}. Another cloudy day with temps in the upper 40's.  Watched 'SISI & I' (Kanopy- borrowed yesterday). Another film about Elisabeth, Empress of The Austrian Empire. This film centers on the dysfunctional relationship between the Empress and her 'Lady in Waiting' (?). This Elisabeth is a raving lunatic and her servants are her slaves. I wonder how close this depiction is to the historical truth.  3 wins & 9 nominations. "60" Metascore and I would go to "75". 1030am: A fire truck pulled up in front of the old lady's house next door. Looks like a medical emergency. Three guys went in,  came out and drove away. The entire visit took all of five minutes.   ***Nice and and high without the nausea and immobility. More 'THE FAMILY...

 Su 12/29/24 {This entry had to be completely rewritten because I accidently deleted it while at Planet Fitness} 825am (2-LB). 915am (1-LB). 1035am (1-LB). 12pm (2-LB). 4pm (1-LB). 540pm (2-LB). 820pm (2-LB).  Up 630am [I knew I was tired yesterday]: Mist & drizzle & clouds with temps to upper 40's. WEEKLY CLEANING I borrowed 2 films: 'COMPASSIONATE SPY' & 'SISI & I' at (KANOPY) Watched 'A COMPASSIONATE SPY' (Kanopy). Interviews (with his wife and daughters) and fictional recreations tell the tale of the youngest scientist on the Manhattan Project, Ted Hall. He shared classified nuclear secrets with the Soviets because he felt that such powerful knowledge should not be owned by one nation. He felt that America had no right to be the only nation to wield this terrifying power. FUN FACT: The United Nations declared nuclear weapons illegal in December of 2021. None of the nine nuclear nations agreed to this mandate. A well done documentary. It s...

 Sa 12/28/24 735am (2-LB: THCA all day). 820am (1-LB). 1030am (1-LB). 125pm (2-LB). 445pm (2-LB). 535pm (1-LB).  Up 540am: Patchy fog & then partly cloudy with temps to mid 50's.  Watched 'THE BRASS TEAPOT' (Hoopla). A silly contemporary fable about a magic teapot that spits out cash when it senses human pain and suffering; with Juno Temple and Michael Angarano. "43" Metascore and although I'm surprised it was rated at all, yet I'd give it a "63". Filmed in Ulster County which is upstate New York near Woodstock, New York. Began 'THE WHITE RIBBON' (Amazon Prime- leaves in 4 days). I shut it down with just about an hour left and I'll finish the film tonight. Set in Brandenburg Germany. Tired and running late, but it's in the mid 50's, so I've got to hit those 'warm' sidewalks. 135pm- 315pm: Washington Park...Parkview,  Wash.Pk southside,  Wiggins,  Ash,  Lincoln,  Leland,  Douglas,  Wash.Pk northside,  MacArthur,...

 Fr 12/27/24 7am (2-LB: Sativa Shake all day). 750am (1-LB). 955am (1-LB).  115pm (1-LB). 240pm (1-LB). 440pm (1-LB). 535pm (1-LB). 815pm (2-LB: back to THCA). Up 6am: Cloudy with occasional mist/rain with temps to about 50.  I borrowed 'THE BRASS TEAPOT' and 'MRS. PARKER' from Hoopla. Watched 'MRS. PARKER' (Hoopla). A terrific film about the sharp and sardonic writers who drank, fought, and socialized at the Round Table in the Algonquin Hotel in 1920's New York. Barbs and quips are non stop and the acerbic banter never quits; Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Beals, Wallace Shawn, Martha Plimpton, Lili Taylor, Gwyneth Paltrow, Heather Graham, Stanley Toucci, Keith Carradine. 2 wins & 8 nominations. "66" Metascore and I would go to "82".   Watched 'COLLATERAL' (Netflix). A fairly average thriller about a taxicab driver in Los Angeles who is commandeered by a hitman.  The hitman thinks he's p...

 Th 12/26/24- 4pm The Brandenburgs 8am (2-LB). 840am (1-LB). 1150am (1-LB). 825pm (2-LB: half was SATIVA SHAKE).  Up 6am: Cloudy with mild temps to about 50. ***I spent about thirty minutes wrapping the Xmas gifts.  Watched 'HIT MAN' (Netflix). A nerdy college professor at New Orleans University moonlights as an undercover agent for the local police. He finds that he has a genuine ability to immerse himself into the role of an astute and competent hitman for hire. Later one of his 'clients' becomes the love of his life. The premise of the film is that 'hitmen' are far more rare than we think. In reality very few people will risk a death sentence even for several thousand dollars. Directed by Richard Linklater; with Glen Powell & Adria Arjona. 2 wins & 17 nominations. "82" Metascore and that's about where I'd put it. A very clever and different approach to the subject of 'Murder For Hire'. Began 'HER MOTHER'S KILLER' ...

 We 12/25/24- Gummy/ Super Stoned 730am (2-LB & 1/2- B). 820am (1-LB). {945am- I took 1/2 of a 200 mg DIET SMOKE gummy: 100 mg total; the plan is to take the other half later this afternoon}. 10am (1-LB).  [115pm- I took one 100 mg 'DAY DRIFT': 100 total: 200 mg for the day]. 130pm (1-LB). 535pm (1-LB). 815pm (1-LB).  Up 520am: Cloudy with temps to mid 40's. Watched 'HAND ROLLED CIGARETTE' (Netflix). I gave this one a 'thumb's up' the first time that I saw it, but today I'm changing it to 'two thumbs up'. Set on the mean streets of Hong Kong and concerns a soldier (with the British) who was left when the Chinese took over in the late 90's. He works for a mob boss and one night he allows a drug runner who is on the run to hide in his apartment. They bond and battle the various violent and tenacious crime outfits. Also, there's a pet turtle,  fight scenes that end in complete and utter exhaustion, and numerous badly rolled tobacco c...

 Tu 12/24/24 725am (2-LB). 810am (1-LB). 850am (1/2-B). 1pm (2-LB). 240pm (1-LB). 440pm (1-LB). 535pm (2-LB). 820pm (1-LB).  Up 610am: I awoke at 510am to take a leak and decided to get more rest. Cloudy with temps to mid 40's. I think I got a handle on viewing old posts at my blog. It's all there and I just didn't know how to access it properly. Click on 'the eye' and you can search the site by date.   Watched 'ORIGIN' (Kanopy). Another 'Faith Based' film because it was so earnest and sincere, yet this one rang true. America's problem is NOT 'Racism', but it is our own version of the 'Caste' system.  Race or skin color have little to do with the issue of inequality and this is true with the 'Untouchables' of India (they were all brown) and National Socialism's attitude toward 'the Jews' (they were white). FUN FACT: During the 1930's Nazi lawyers in Germany based their plans for 'the Jewish problem'...

Mo 12/23/24 715am (2-LB).  8am (1-LB). 1215pm (2-LB). 535pm (1-LB). 825pm (1-LB).  Up 550am: Overcast & breezy with temps to upper 40's.  Watched 'SIX TRIPLE EIGHT' (Netflix). The story of the only American 'women of color' military unit to serve in Europe during WWII. They sorted 17 million pieces of mail in three months. The film seemed almost 'faith based' and without nuance. The way that this military unit was treated was a total miscarriage of justice and deserves a better historical record than what was offered in this film. Directed by Tyler Perry. 3 wins & 4 nominations. "56" Metascore and I'd go to "68" Metascore.   Ordered more rice from Amazon Watched 'THE BLUE DRUM' (Netflix- 16"). On the evening of her father's funeral a woman discovers the corpse of her mother and a bunch of ball bearings in a 55 gallon drum hidden in the basement. Huh?  Watched 'THE MAMA RETREAT' (Netflix- 16"). A L...

 Su 12/22/24- Gummy/ Moccasins 745am (2-LB). 845am (1-LB). 955am {I took a 100 mg 'DAY DRIFT'- Mango Haze}. 1020am (1-LB). 1pm (1-LB). 240pm (1-LB). 440pm (1-LB). 530pm (1-LB). 815pm (2-LB).  Up 610am: A mix of sun & clouds with temps to about 40.  Weekly Cleaning Watched 'DANGEROUS LIES' (Netflix). A solid Mystery/ Thriller. A young woman and her husband are deeply in debt and the wife has a job as a caregiver for a very rich old man. The day that the old man dies the couple find almost $100,000 in cash hidden in his house. They keep the money and later she inherits the house. Then, there is a police investigation, stolen diamonds, and far too many dead bodies. It's a wild and convoluted plot and I really enjoyed it as a superior "B-Movie". Set on the Southside of Chicago, yet filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Watched 'MIRROR GAZE' (INDIEFLIX: 10")- Young woman connects to the spirit world via her laptop. Then her husband get...

Sa 12/21/24 645am (2-LB). 725am (1-LB). 820am (1/2-B). 945am (1-LB).  12pm (2-LB). 545pm (1-LB). 815pm (2-LB).  Up 525am: Bright & sunny with temps to 30.  I watched a two minute short film called 'SLEEPOVER MOM' (INDIEFLIX)- A Mom hosts a sleepover for a couple of her son's elementary school friends. In the morning she's telling them that she was up late last night because she learned that her husband was cheating on her.  He took mom to the woman's house  so that he could end the affair. The woman is distraught and jumps down a flight of stairs and breaks her neck. Then she tells her son and his friends that they buried the dead woman in the backyard. Mom walks away from the boys, and the kids only wonder why they are not getting pancakes for breakfast.  Watched 'RED DRAGON' (Netflix- leaving soon). This film is based on the 1981 novel by Thomas Harris and is about Francis Dollarhyde, 'The Tooth Fairy'. Hannibal Lector is just the mentor and th...

 Fr 12/20/24 720am (2-LB). 810am (1-LB). 950am (1-LB). 125pm (2-LB). 255pm (1-LB). 440pm (1-LB). 535pm (1-LB). 810pm (1-LB).  Up 605am: Overcast & blustery with temps to low 30's.  ***9am: The streetsweeper hit the gutters on both sides of Westview. I wish they had picked up my pine branches as well.  Watched 'FAMILY FIRST' (Hoopla)- {1st time on 'INDIEFLIX Binge Pass'}. A very interesting film about a severely dysfunctional family who kind of live on the edge of the criminal world. Some family members have menial jobs and they merely supplement their income with minor criminal activity.  Two brothers 'work' for their uncle who owns a bar and they run minor amounts of drugs and shake down local small businesses with threats and small-time vandalism. One of the brothers is studying to become an electrician (he wants out) and the other brother is a complete psycho. He's playful, yet deadly and even his mother doesn't want to be alone with him.  I r...

 Th 12/19/24 640am (2-LB). 745am (1-LB). 905am (1/2-LB). 12pm (2-LB). 535pm (2-LB). 815pm (2-LB).  Up 530am: A mix of sun & clouds, breezy and temps to about 40.  Watched 'TALK TO ME' (Kanopy). A better than average 'Teen Scream' genre film from Australia.  A manikin's hand that connects to 'the world of demons' is the goofy premise, but it kind of works. Remember: "If you don't blow out the candle at the end of the session, the evil spirit will live within you forever". 20 wins & 44 nominations. "76" Metascore and that's about where I 'd put it. Watched 'I LIKE MOVIES' (Kanopy). Another 'Teen' genre film and this one concerns a high school Canadian senior who gets a job at a video store and hopes to study at the NYU- Tisch School of The Arts. 4 wins & 12 nominations. "76" Metascore and that's about where I'd put it.  Filmed in Burlington, Canada- a southern suburb of Toronto, Cana...

 We 12/18/24 635am (2-LB). 720am (1/2-LB). 835am (1/2-B). 920am (1-LB). 12pm (2-LB). 140pm (1/2-LB). 440pm (1-LB). 530pm (1-LB). 820pm (1-LB).  Up 515am: Partly cloudy & breezy with temps to about 40.  ***Borrowed 'ESCAPE FROM GERMANY' (Hoopla)*** Watched 'MARIA' (Netflix). It's not really a biopick, but more of a stoned rumination by a forgotten superstar from the world of Opera ("Frank Sinatra makes ten times more than I do").  Maria Callas, whacked on downers and suffering from depression and terminal narcissism, reviews certain random times in her life. The film features lots of opera singing, but no subtitles for the Italian lyrics. As with all of opera, I would love to know what they are singing about. At the end of the film clips of the real Maria Callas are shown and Angelina Jolie captured the Diva's 'Look' perfectly and was absolutely spot on!  "61" Metascore and I would have bumped it up to about "72".  Watche...

Tu 12/17/24- Gummy 7am (2-LB). 745am (1-LB). {855am: I took 1/2 of a 200 mg 'Diet Smoke' gummy: 100 mg total}.  10am (1-LB). 1110am (1/2-LB). 1pm (1-LB). 240pm (1/2-LB). 440pm (1-LB). 535pm (1-LB). 815pm (1-LB).  Up 540am: Partly cloudy highs to about 50. I started the day with a request for a 'review' of 100 mg 'DAY DRIFT' at VIIA: "VIIA should talk more about the 'high' and less about 'the taste'. THCA is not 'food or candy'. It is a recreational drug and consumers want to know more about the effect. Judging a gummy by how well it tastes would be like basing a new car purchase on how well the windshield wipers work."  Watched 'AMERICAN ASSASSIN' (Netflix). A slightly better than average Political/Action Thriller based on The Mitch Rapp Series written by Vince Flynn. A young man and his girlfriend are at a beach resort when terrorists open fire on them and random vacationers. His girlfriend is shot and killed and he vow...

Mo 12/16/24 710am (2-LB). 755am (1-LB). 12pm (2-LB). 535pm (1-LB). 815pm (2-LB).  Up 610am: Patchy mist early, then mostly sunny & breezy with temps to mid 50's. Watched 'LANG TONG' (Netflix- leaving soon). A young man thinks he's a real ladies man until he hooks up with a couple of women who are posing as sisters. He later learns that they are a couple of 'Black Widows' and he becomes their prey. Here's The Most Important Element Of The Plot: Years ago dad annally raped one of the woman with a pickle (you can't make this up!) and mom committed suicide out of shame. The raped girl makes it her mission in life to 'get even' with men. Lots of gratuitous sex yet a memorable castration scene with hedge clippers is not to be missed. The film expounds on some very adventurous ideas, but only rises to the level of a very good student film. Filmed in Tiong Bahru which is the oldest and trendiest area of Singapore (an island country & city state)....

 Su 12/15/24 730am (2-LB: THCA all day). 805am (1-LB). 1040am (1-LB). 1225pm (1-LB). 245pm (1-LB). 530pm (1-LB). 810pm (2-LB).  Up 605am: Cloudy and temps to mid 40's. Weekly Cleaning   Watched 'NO PRESSURE' (Netflix).  A woman works as a chef in a trendy restaurant in Warsaw and is tricked into going to her grandmother's farm in the country. By the end of the film she has relocated to the village, found the man of her dreams, becomes the chef at the inn, and becomes 'one of them'. The film has a very 'Polish' way of depicting their 'deplorables', however none of the insights rose above the level of an average sitcom, but rural Poland was a feast for the eyes. Filmed in very rural northeastern Poland near the border with Belarus. More 'THE MIRE' (Netflix). I shut it down 26 minutes into episode #3. I reviewed the previous two episodes in season #3 and now I understand about 47% of what's going on. Another beautiful Polish production w...

Sa 12/14/24- Gummy: 100 mg 630am (2-LB: Sativa Shake).  710am (1-LB: Sativa Shake). 810am (1/2-LB: Sativa Shake). {930am : I took 1/2 of a 100 mg VIIA DAY DRIFT and I took the other half at 10am: Total 100 mg}.  940am (1-LB: Sativa Shake).  1115am (1-LB: Sativa Shake). 210pm (2-LB:  THCA the rest of the day). 530pm (1-LB). 815pm (1-LB).  Up 529am: Mist & drizzle changing to all rain this afternoon with temps to low 40's.   Wrote up 'GALACTIC POT-HEALER' by Philip K. Dick for the blog.   Watched 'RIPHAGEN: The Untouchable' (Netflix). Dries Riphagen was a criminal boss from the Netherlands who collaborated with the Nazis during WWII. He lied to Jews in hiding that he was their friend and that he would safeguard their valuables. Once he had the stuff, he had them sent 'to Poland'.  After the war he managed to get to Argentina and he advised The Perons on how to set up their secret police. Riphagen died in a clinic in Montreux, Switzerla...

 Fr 12/13/24 655am (2-LB). 735am (1-LB). 855am (1/2-B). 1215pm (1-LB). 540pm (2-LB). 815pm (1-LB).  Up 535am: Cloudy & breezy with temps to 32. I looked through the movies at Peacock and there's not much worth watching and it makes the selection at Hoopla look like cinematic gold.  Paid the card- $800 plus Watched 'JIGRA' (Netflix). Bollywood to a fault, yet worth a look. A sister breaks her brother out of a Malaysian prison. He got a death sentence for possessing a minor amount of drugs and she will not rest until he gets his freedom. None of this was believable in the slightest, but some big bucks were spent on production....From an American experiment during the 1950's:  'The Hope Experiment With Rats'- Scientists put rats in a bucket of water and watched them swim until they drowned. Then they 'saved' some of the rats, took them out of the bucket and when they put these rats back into the bucket they lasted significantly longer. This shows that t...

Th 12/12/24 620am (1-LB: THCA all day).  715am (1-LB).  910am (1-LB). 235pm (1/2-LB). 445pm (1-LB). 540pm (2-LB). 815pm (1-LB).  Up 515am: Cloudy & flurries and temps only to low 20's.  Watch 'THE CHILDREN'S TRAIN' (Netflix). A concert violinist reflects on his life after receiving news that his birth mother has passed.  When he was eight years old he was sent to northern Italy as part of a relief project to rescue children from poverty. Just months after the end of  WWII groups of disadvantaged children from the slums of Naples were relocated to wealthier households in rural Northern Italy. The kids on the train were from Naples which is on the southwestern coast of Italy and they went to Modena, Italy which is approximately 400 miles north near Bologna, Italy.  A novel story idea and well executed.  ***Some flurries 9am- 10am and the streets are dusted, but not enough to notice on the lawns. I ran the fireplace for 45".  ***I paired the...

We 12/11/24- New Phone Xfinity: 115pm 740am (2-LB: THCA all day). 935am (2-LB). 1020am (1-LB). 1245pm (1-B).  435pm (1-LB). 535pm (1-LB). 815pm (2-LN).  Up 7am: I awoke at 510am and took a leak, but it was too early to get up and then I slept till 7am. I wanted to get in the five miles before a movie, and the trip to Xfinity this afternoon. Snow showers possible this morning, then cloudy & breezy with temps to low 30's.  745am: FIVE MILES AT 4.1 PACE AND ZERO SLANT; watched yesterday's TUESDAYS WITH STORIES; more DAVE SMITH on J.R.E.  No Weights Watched 'THE RED VIRGIN' (Amazon Prime). In 1930's Madrid an authoritarian woman raises her child prodigy daughter to become a renowned spokesperson for a radical blend of Feminism Socialism. The mother wanted her daughter to become the prototype for a 'new & improved' kind of woman. Mom also favored 'Eugenics'- A set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human populati...

Tu 12/10/24 655am (1-LB).  745am (1-LB: White Truffle for the rest of the day). 1020am (1-LB). 1225pm (2-LB). 535pm (2-LB).  820pm (1-LB).  Up 520am: Mostly cloudy & breezy with temps to upper 30's. ***I ground the last of the White Truffle and the pile of shake should last a couple of days.   Watched 'DETROIT' (Tubi). Directed by Kathryn Bigelow {HURT LOCKER, ZERO DARK THIRTY}. A fictionalized account of deep racism within Detroit's 'men in blue' during the turbulent late 60's. There was a trial, but the cops didn't testify and their confessions were inadmissible so there is no 'official record' of the events of that night at The Algiers Motel.  The movie shows that the 'reason' for the violence was that the officers discovered a black man with two white women; Anthony Mackie, John Krasinski, Jeremy strong. 4 wins & 21 nominations. "77" Metascore and I'd put it at "83". I had seen the film before and it wa...

 Mo 12/9/24 650am (2-LB). 745am (1-LB). 1215pm (2-LB). 445pm (1-LB). 535pm (1-LB). 810pm (2-LB).  Up 540am: Partly cloudy with temps to low 50's. ***Early yesterday evening the Xmas packages for the kids arrived (all 5 gifts in one big box) along with my order from VIIA for 3 jars of 'DAY DRIFT'- 100 mg. I also learned by text that I will have to sign for the new phone. I hung a note on the front doorbell saying that you must knock as the package is supposed to arrive sometime today. I asked the guy at Xfinity to have the phone sent to the store, but he said that couldn't be done. Why not? ***945am: GALAXY A25 5G: Phone arrived and I spotted the truck before she spotted the house... (940 in the 2000 block?) Watched 'ZERO DARK THIRTY' (Netflix). Much of the film shows detainees being tortured to uncover the highly secret whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, but the final take down of his secret fortress in Afghanistan makes the illegal interrogations worth the loss of...

 Su 12/8/24- Gummy 750am (2-LB). {At 8am I took 1/2 of a 100 mg 'DAY DRIFT' and at 845am I took the other half- 100 mg total}. 850am (1-LB). 1020am (1-LB).  120pm (1-LB). 3pm (1-LB). 445pm (1-LB). 540pm (1-LB). 815pm (1-LB). Up 630am: Bright & breezy with temps almost to 60 degrees.  Weekly Cleaning Watched 'RUN ALL NIGHT' (Netflix). It's a decent 'Police/ Mob/ Thriller'. Dad's an ex-mobster and his son is afraid that he'll bring the crime and violence of that life into the lives of his wife and daughters. The son is involved in a homicide and Dad has to protect him for one night. Sounds dumber than it actually was; with Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, Joel Kinnaman, Vincent D'Onofrio.  Filmed in Queens, NY. "59" Metascore and I would say "75". ***Feeling wonderfully high and waiting an hour for the second dose seems to moderate the effect.  Finished 'BLACK DOVES' (Netflix).  Even with a detailed wrap-up, I still had littl...

 Sa 12/7/24 7am (2-LB: THCA all day). 735am (1-LB). 935am (1-LB). 1230pm (2-LB). 540pm (2-LB). 815pm (2-LB).  Up 540am: Bright & breezy with temps to about 50.  Watched 'UPON OPEN SKY' (Netflix). In very rural Mexico a man and his twelve year old son are involved in a car crash and dad is killed. Two years later, the boy, his older brother, and their half sister travel to the site of the accident and later locate the driver of the truck that was involved in the fatal accident. They get a confession and his plea for forgiveness.  It's got a slow and deliberate pace, but it was a very well done 'Road Trip/Teenage/Coming of Age' genre film that was featured at many film festivals.  Watched 'SOME GIRL' (Amazon Prime). A whimsical look at hipster dating patterns and sexual proclivities in trendy Los Angeles during the 90's. Lots of young acting talent and the film is a loving valentine to the sprawling and picturesque 'City of Lost Angels'; with M...

Fr 12/6/24- Xfinity: 115pm 645am (2-LB: THCA all day). 720am (1-LB). 825am 1/2- LB). 955am (2-LB). 1250pm (1/2-B). 440pm (1-LB).  535pm (2-LB). 820pm (2-LB).  Up 530am: Partly cloudy with temps to low 30's.  Watched 'HURLY BURLY' (Amazon Prime). I tried to watch this film at Plex, but that streaming service doesn't offer  'fast forward/ reverse' or 'subtitles'. Forget About It. The film concerns an entitled group of LA 'drug buddies' who happily trade, women, booze, and philosophical insights until one of them commits suicide. A beautifully written film with thought provoking dialogue and it reminded me of vintage David Mamet..."The guy who dies in an accident understands the nature of destiny". 840am: PC is 'Off' and will get in the Five Miles before I have to leave for the new phone.  10am: FIVE MILES AT 4.1 PACE AND ZERO SLANT; RICK GLASSMAN on 'WE MIGHT BE DRUNK'.  Reading 'THE PARSIFAL MOSAIC' 1255pm: To Xfi...

 Th 12/5/24- Gummy 640am (2-LB:THCA all day). 720am (1-LB). 815am (1/2-LB). 930am (1-LB). 120pm (1-LB). 255pm (1-B). 440pm (1-LB). 535pm (1-LB). 815pm (1-LB).  Up 530am: Clear and very windy with temps only to low 20's.  ***535am: I took 1/2 of a VIIA 'DAY DRIFT' 100 mg and the plan is to take another 50 mg before 7am***{I took the other half at 830am}. 50 mg on an empty stomach barely did anything; just a mild buzz although a few hits does pick up the pace. Today's experiment shows that ya gotta blast off. A little now and the same amount later doesn't provide the necessary high. Train On!  Watched 'COPYCAT' (Amazon Prime). A far better than average 'Cop Thriller' about a neurotic and troubled female criminal psychologist and a San Francisco lady detective who  collaborate to catch a serial killer. He is recreating (in great detail) the gruesome work of America's worst serial killers. Holly Hunter and Sigourney Weaver were great foils; also with...

 We 12/4/24 650am (2-LB: THCA all day). 735am (1-LB). 815am (1/2-B). 935am (1-LB). 1210pm (1-LB). 540pm (2-LB). 815pm (1-LB).  Up 540am: Breezy with a mix of sun & clouds and temps to low 40's. Much warmer than the last couple of days, yet a big drop in temps tomorrow.  Watched 'HALLOWEEN' (Netflix- leaving soon). I was expecting more, but well worth a look. Grandma's house was not designed for 'security', but it was an elaborate 'trap' for Michael (The Bogey Man). The theme of the film (and the Slasher Film Genre) is the 'celebration of irrational fears' because in real life friends and family are far more likely to harm you than a random madman.  Began  'FAMILY PACK' (Netflix). Twenty-seven minutes into the film I decided that life was too short and I'll find something else. A quirky & dysfunctional family is transported back to France in the late 15th century and they have strange 'super powers'. It was far too ridi...

 Tu 12/3/24- Dentist: 1pm/ Ordered Xmas Gifts 640am (2-LB). 845am (1-LB). 915am (1/2-B). 1025am (1-LB). 310pm (2-LB). 440pm (1-LB). 535pm (1-LB). 815pm (1-LB).  Up 555am: Mostly cloudy with temps to upper 20's. 645am: FIVE MILES AT 4.1 PACE AND ZERO SLANT; TUESDAYS WITH STORIES. No Weights: I 'swept/shoveled' a half inch of dry powder off of the walk and drive.    Watched 'IT'S ALL OVER: The Kiss That Changed Spanish Football' (Netflix). The owner of Spain's Number #1 Women's Football team kisses a player after a championship game. The documentary shows that at first 'the harmless peck'  was accepted, but later public pressure forced him to resign. He doubles down and gets stiffed for his obtuseness and I'm afraid that he still believes he did nothing wrong. Finished 'FEEDBACK' (Netflix). It has a very strange ending. The alcoholic 'hero' receives a voicemail from his son. The boy hung himself and up to that point the narrativ...

 Mo 12/2/24- 1st Snow of the Season/  Gummy  730am (2-LB: White Truffle all day). 815am (1-LB). 955am (1-LB). 1240pm [I took 1/2 VIIA 'DAY DRIFT' Sativa:  50 mg Total]. 110pm (1-LB). 250pm (1/2-LB).  440pm (1-LB). 535pm (1-LB). 815pm (1-LB).  Up 535am: Cloudy & snow showers this morning and temps to mid 20's. [About an inch of flurries]. Watched 'EILEEN' (Kanopy- borrowed late last week). A strange film about a depressed young woman who works in a youth prison in Massachusetts and in her off hours she takes care of her ex-cop alcoholic father. She meets a woman who is the new chief psychiatrist at the facility and there seems to be a sexual attraction between the two women. They become involved in a very odd and unnecessary muder, but the shrink flees and this causes (?) the young woman to finally develop the guts to leave her lackluster life behind;  with Thomasin McKenzie, Shea Whigham, and Anne Hathaway. One win & 8 nominations. "72" Metasco...

Su 12/1/24 725am (2-LB: THCA Panama). 8am (1-LB: THCA Panama). 835am (1/2-LB: THCA Panama). 1010am (2-LB: THCA Panama). 1230pm (1-LB: THCA Panama). 210pm (1-LB: THCA Panama). 435pm (1-LB: THCA Panama). 535pm (1-LB: THCA Panama). 815pm (1-LB: THCA White Truffle).   Up 545am: Bright & breezy with temps to upper 20's.  Weekly Cleaning ***Cracked the bag of the new THCA that arrived yesterday- PANAMA PUNCH THCA FLOWER- 14 GRAMS Watched 'RUN BOY RUN' (Kanopy- borrowed earlier in the week). A very smart and personable eight year old Jewish boy is on his own in the forests of Poland after fleeing the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942. He walks from village to village trading 'work' for 'food' and passes as a Polish Chrisitan orphan who lost his parents in the war. It's a harrowing tale and it seems as if he converts to Christianity, but in the end he embraces his Jewish heritage and even relocates to Israel during the early 60's (shown before the final credits). Th...

Sa 11/30/24- Gummy 7am (2-LB: White Truffle). 750am (1-LB: White Truffle). 930am (1-LB): White Truffle). 1045am (1/2-B: White Truffle). 1235pm (I took one half VIIA 'Day Drift' Hybrid and an old 10 mg old gummy. Not sure from where: 60 mg total although the old gummy might be 20 mg). 1pm (2-LB: White Truffle). 450pm (1-LB: White Truffle). 540pm (1-LB: White Truffle).  815pm (1-LB: White Truffle).  Up 550am: Raw & cloudy with snow flurries and temps to upper 20's. {The flurries were expected to miss Springfield, yet there was a change late morning and we did get a trace of precipitation}.   Watched 'THE ROUNDUP: No Way Out' (Hoopla). I was forced to listen to the dubbed version, but it was still worth a look.  A ' Cop/ Comedy/ Buddy flick' that's set in Korea and  concerns a huge drug haul that goes missing and how the Japanese Yakuza, Korean mobsters, and corrupt cops fight to recover the stash. Lots of Chop- Socky and the 'hero' cop is an ex...