Half Year

 It's been a fairly uneventful couple of months except for a quick trip to Vancouver in May to see Stars on Ice and Matchbox 20, they were two days apart and I couldn't resist.  

The WIPocalypse question for May was What project brings you the most joy and why?

This would have to be Wentzler's Stroke of Midnight, she was so intricate and fun to stitch as well as a beautiful gift for my mother.

The question for June is Half-year recap:  How are you doing with your goals so far this year?

I've been doing really well on my goals, the main thing I wanted to do was finish Lion King and work of ornaments a bit more often and I've done both. The week once a month for ornaments is working well for me and I have finished one and started another,  I'm having such fun with this polar bear/penguin creations by Durene Jones. They will make great and very appropriate charismas gifts from me.

I've done a bit more on Bellatrix, but I also ripped out all the green vines and redid them in a darker colour, so while a lot was done, it doesn't really look like it

I am concentrating on the Gothic Cathedral temperature stitch at the moment since it's so much easier to do the repeating complicated patterns all at once. I suspect this won't take me too long and then I'll get back to Bellatrix and the ornaments. 

As for what I watched

Critical Role

Kelsey Dangerous’ Sims 4 playthroughs

Carnival Row Season 2 - Takes off nicely from where the first season left off, I really enjoy this series.

White Collar Season 5 - Not as good as previous seasons but still a fun show

Gambit - A satisfying heist movie with Colin Firth, 

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again - Not sure this needed a sequel but since they did one you would think they would follow the history that was so clearly laid out in the original, but nope. On the other hand there is still great music and fun to this.

The Mummy (The good Brendan Fraser/Rachel Weiss version)  This is one of those rare perfect movies, it has the best balance of adventure, humor, romance and horror, something that seems to be very hard to do

Major League - As previously stated I love sports movies and I think this one is my favorite, it has the perfect blend of scrappy underdogs and humour, unfortunately it has a completely unnecessary almost creepy stalkery thing going on that passes for romance in the 80’s, but that’s it’s only downfall everything else is perfect

My Science Project - This is a fun little 80’s flick about a couple students who raid a military trash heap, find some alien tech that warps time and space and try to use it as their science projects, it’s not a great movie, but it is a good one.

Much Ado About Nothing - Typical Shakespeare comedy of misunderstandings. this is the Joss Whedon version that has an amazing cast.

Monte Carlo - This was a bit of fluff aimed at fans of Selena Gomez in 2011, but it’s a very fun piece of fluff about mistaken identity and romantic shenanigans.

The Matrix - I remember the first time I saw this, opening night in the theatre and thinking that it was the coolest thing I had ever seen.  I still think that, it’s such a fun stylish movie, accept none of the massive amount of copycats.  This is still the best.

The Matrix: Reloaded and Revolutions - It’s well known that the sequels are nowhere near the original, but I bought them as a set so I have them all, accept the newest, might pick that up soon out of curiosity