I mowed my lawn for the first time today. Mowing the lawn was a chore I thoroughly enjoyed as a kid, it's great exercise, it gets you outside, and it's extremely rewarding seeing how much nicer everything instantly looks. I have never in my adult life lived anywhere that had a lawn to mow, I was either in an apartment building with no yard or somewhere where lawncare was included. But now I live in a house with a yard, and I love it, but I also don't have a mower. So after borrowing one from a friend, I hopped to it and it was wonderful. I had to wait till today because Ohio weather did its thing and made it cold and rainy after it was nice for a bit. Today it was just cold, so it was actually a pretty nice experience. Can't wait to keep my lawn flamingos happy for the rest of the summer.

It's Scream Day! Sure, it's a day probably intended for the act of screaming, but I'd prefer to focus on the film franchise of the same name, Scream.

I got into the franchise a few years ago, watching the original trilogy and the fourth film back to back before Scream V came out. I loved the films overall, and have been a huge fan of the series ever since! It's crazy to think there was a point in my life where I avoided horror films in general like the plague, now slasher films are some of my favorites to watch!

Just like Eric, I thoroughly enjoyed the last Scream installment, up until the final act. The killer reveal is always a surprise, but sometimes it's something you didn't see coming in a bad way. Instead of a shock like a surprise party, its a flyball coming toward your face out of nowhere. Regardless, it was definitely a love letter to long time fans and very very fun.

Celebrate Scream day by watching your favorite Scream film (Or a movie marathon)!

Very big teaser today, the title of the next movie in the Monsterverse is here. Here's the title announcement for the next Godzilla/King Kong movie. Who's this new evil ape on the throne?

Check it out below!

I went to Mr. Bulky's for the first time in forever yesterday and boy howdy, was it a treat! Pun intended. It's so fun being surrounded by pounds and pounds of candy, and picking out a few things for yourself! There's also some cool vintage candy, tons of local goods, and rare sodas! Cheerwine is my drink of choice so I always get a bottle wherever I find it. The smells that come from the spices they have are intoxicating, and they have a lot of hard to find ingredients you don't need to get a lot of! Or you can get a lot of! No judgment!

I made a gummy mix and got some dark chocolate covered pretzels. I also got some Laffy Taffy, Airheads Extremes, and the previously mentioned Cheerwine. So yummy!

The Legend of Zelda is one of my favorite video game franchises, and it's definitely my favorite of Nintendo's. So with Tears of The Kingdom releasing in less than a month, and the latest trailer dropping today, this seems like a great opportunity for a trailer Thursday. Give it a watch here!

I filed my taxes today (cue the fanfare!). Just like every year, I get excited for some reason (I like punching in numbers, I guess?) and something goes horribly wrong. Last year I had the wrong forms and it was a two day process. This year both of the major tax filing services said I couldn't use the free version because my return wasn't "simple". Why wasn't it "simple"? I had some credit I didn't ask for because of some very specific thing. So, what is someone who's definitely not spending more than the return would be on tax filing services to do? Google it.

Basically, I went to the IRS' website and typed in my criteria and picked out a service they recommended, and filled out my info on that. Not only was it better than the main competitor I had used prior, I will probably just be doing something like this every year from now on. The state files were super cheap and they're all electronic so I don't have to go to the post office! With an experience like this, that is definitely something to look forward to! Now onto the next challenge: double checking my local tax situation.

I hope everyone has had a great weekend! I got to see The Super Mario Bros. Movie Thursday night and it was absolutely fantastic. If you take anything away from this post, I hope it's "GO SEE THE NEW MARIO MOVIE!!! " But Nintendo fans know that there was already a Mario Bros film out there, something far more sinister. So I also watched Super Mario Bros with Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo, and boy howdy, there sure is a difference.

There's something so jarring about watching a film by two directors who had only ever played mario games while filming, vs one with so much love and care put into each detail even the font makes you nostalgic. but the old movie strikes nostalgia in my heart in a very different way, so although I would recommend Mario 2023 over Mario 1993, I'd also say that the old mario movie is at least worth a watch to laugh at, or admire some good acting under very trying circumstances. Both sets of brothers from Brooklyn are absolutely brilliant.

This Trailer Thursday, we're looking at Still: A Michael J. Fox movie. This looks incredible, and I think you should just see for yourself:

I know it's early and I'll probably post another trailer on Thursday, but the latest from Barbie just dropped and I. am. OBSESSED.

Check out the trailer below, and check out the posters as well!

April Fools! :3