Had a great time on Hunter mountain today.
#ski #skiing #japan #huntermountain

Had quite the run today at Karuizawa, including three separate advanced courses, 23.5km travelled, 12 lifts and a top speed of 48.6 km/h.

Kind of just ran the whole resort, so I think I need to aim higher next time. Luckily this weekend is going to bring lots of snow!

There are middle class people voting republican?

Sure, many may think they are middle class, but I’d wager very few people voting republican actually ARE middle class. They’re working poor or filthy rich. The latter know what they are, the former don’t.

I love his name and this reminds me of the Japanese pronunciation which is just WILD.

Edowagarannpo.

Why? Because Japan of course.

I just ADORE your kitty’s name.

I have lived half my life in this crazy country… matched with the time spent in the crazy country of my birth.

“Let them marry. Why shouldn’t they be allowed to be as miserable as the rest of us?”

I had a cd player with a slipping belt on the drive eject mechanism, and solved the problem with a bit of hair spray.

It’s an inexpensive hack if you can’t find the belt.

4. Lastly, let me end on a highlight. All the homages to the animated film were wonderful. They're all imperfect, and that's OK, because perfection means perfectly duplicating the original, which is boring, and, probably wouldn't have been as enjoyable.

This film was a good balance. Thank you!

3. Ariel singing to Eric from the rock needed more emphasis, less realism. This feels a lot like #2, but it's more about selling the highlight moments of the film, even if it's at the expense of physical realism. Talking fish and birds aren't real. Bend how waves and water move a bit.

2. Emphasis on realism over theme was a bit extreme. Ariel was representing the red sea, and she needed better representation of that, even if it's just a color streak, a tattoo, etc. It could even be woven into the story.

1. The CG was lazy. There was a LOT of physical interaction with Sebastian and Flounder in the animated film. That's hard in CG, I get it, but do better. Even Rodger Rabbit found a way. Ariel was drowning on her own, and the support of her friends was CENTRAL to the original.

Ok, #disney, please take notes.

I grew up in the 80s, and loved #thelittlemermaid. Honestly, #HalleBailey made a pretty good Ariel. These points I didn't like though, and it has hints for your film department moving forward: 🧵

Ok, admittedly the ending was a bit different than the animated film, but again, I don’t understand all the hate about #HaleyBarry in #thelittlemermaid. It was a good film, and her siren-song singing really sealed the role.

I’m doing a job he’d probably consider low productivity. I’m also a highly skilled and experienced software architect. My current role is to facilitate the success of others. That means my production output is quite poor.

Not all essential parts of a system are directly productive.

So… admittedly, I’m only 30 minutes in, but why did people react so negatively to the new #littlemermaid again?

It’s gorgeously well done and pays so much homage to the original, while also having a character of its own.

I can recite the original line by line, and I don’t hate this.

Such a hard life… #cat

Through all that, see the humanity (for lack of a better word) in alien creatures and the abhorrence of yourself fellow humans, who also happen to be the real aliens.

What I’m saying is, it wasn’t a great movie, but I don’t feel guilty for liking it. It was definitely not a bad movie.

This movie was about dehumanization, both of alien creatures and other humans, and had some visceral gut punch moments.

You want to save this life? Do it using your teeth to hold the rope its life depends on. Degrade yourself before the villain to do what’s right, but definitely not dignified.

There was a fullness of the human experience to Micky 17.

It’s no art movie to be sure, but, it has a richness to it that the setting belies. That’s what good SF is really though, it removes the setting from the ordinary to depersonalize the real issue it’s depicting.

Mickey 17 was by far the better acted and directed movie, with believable character development and an emotional storyline. With better SFX to boot… than SNOW WHITE.

Seriously, whoever green lit that movie for release, needs to go to film school. They clearly didn’t, or slept through it.

What the actual hell did I just listen to with that exchange between Trump and Zelenski?

Trump voters... are you... happy with this?

Trump lost his goddamn mind live on TV, talking to the head of another state.

Why hasn't the 25th amendment ALREADY been invoked?

Just... WOW.

Hate is the point with them. It’s really sick.

Thank you, was needing some dopamine, and this is the best kind of post to get it from.

The fact that the onion has more integrity than most mainstream news services is a damning condemnation of the current state of things.

Don’t get me wrong, the Onion is doing the upright thing, and should keep doing so.

While true, currency gives a stake in the ground. Speculative assets are even less tethered to reality.

Indeed, very dramatic feels. Business fundamentals don’t move this way or this fast.

It’s all bullshit at this point.

I thought these were b/w only? The different greyscale patterns still exist in my head.

Indeed… until you realize it’s all just feelings and was never real money to begin with.

Markets are weird like that. They’re kind of real, but also totally BS just based on feels.

Honestly, our pets are better and more impartial judges of character than we ourselves can ever be. Never trust anyone your cohabitating mammal can’t tolerate!