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Jeep of the Immaculate Virgin
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From Michael's Kitsch Boutique, a bad wooden Mexican Rosary to throw over my rearview mirror, and the Blessed Virgin for the dash. A Housewarming gift to me.
I'd wanted a hula-hooping glow-in-the-dark Jesus, but this is every bit as fine...
Meanwhile, a porcelain shit emojii in a pink bassinet and...
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Treasures unboxed this week:
Playing the "Guess what I have in my hand/found" game here is terrific.
This was a tough find to top, but I did, a found-art masterpiece that raises so many more questions than it can ever answer:
That is correct. A pepper shaker filled with little pepper packets, one has been opened and stuffed in the top of the shaker.
This belongs in a museum.
Meanwhile, the manager is trying to persuade me I'll find far more treasures here in the thrift shop, and I should be filled with FOMO.
That's a hard "Nope...".
Omega
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Saturday, first day of garage saleing. My first day, first Saturday with wheels, and I spend the night in town. Up early, first stop, rummage sale at church.
I'm first in line.
Waiting, waiting...Lxx - local antique dealer and his wife - proprietors of the one and only antique shop in town - are in line.
This is the competitive edge - if I'm not quick I'll be buying whatever I missed at 10X the price off them...
Anyways, wait, chat, they're pleasant enough, finally - inside:
This is why I came. Running, intermittently, not keeping time - but a vintage Omega for $1.00. Needs servicing - but - it's an Omega.
Other finds, a vintage Schaeffer Fountain Pen, (with others, 50 Cents), a pound of Lead Free Solder, some bits of Sherman styled jewelry (brooch, earrings) - these for Dag, who will work them into her caps, "Necromicon" - an anthology of Lovecraft, this for Ken. 20 Minutes later I'm done. Lxx's arms are filled with resalable tat, but nothing I wanted, nothing of value...
Now, I really had to talk myself into this garage sale - especially after the 6 months at the thrift shop, unboxing rubbish. It's like I'm standing in line to see a preview of what I'll be unboxing Monday. Really, did I need to see more rubbish?
But I did well, and so it's back to the circuit...
A few more garage sales, nothing of value, then off to work...
Jurassic World Dominion
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I knew this would be bad. I'd read the reviews, seen the trailer.
But - Mother of God - how bad it was! I mean, it surpassed my most dismal expectations by a factor of 10, 100 even, full orders of magnitude worse even than "The Room". This movie will be studied for decades to come as an example of how bad filmmaking can get.
This is a movie - that - if they were smart - they'd let you in to free and charge you to escape. If you survived the whole fucking thing it'd be free. If.
And how Jeff Goldblum and the rest found themselves in it? Well, SHAME. I mean, when it's not trying to rip off Indiana Jones, Star Wars, any of the previous franchises, it's just flailing. An overly "complex" plot and subplots, it's ridiculous - in the extreme. A man on a stage holding a can of soda for 3 hours - at any time about to prise it open with a fizzy pop - would generate far, far more suspense and applause.
Anyways, I seem to have developed a taste for trash lately and I'm thinking it's really time to improve my media diet. Enough with the bollocks already...
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