So, I've been off poking at recorder playing websites, in an attempt to do some upskilling. At the moment, I'm thinking about experimenting with learning circular breathing, because it looks like fun.

Most of what I've been reading is fine. And then I got to this piece on mouthpieces which was going just fine when talking about two breathing styles.

Then it gets into specifying which playing characteristics go with which breathing style, which had me making that 'what are you talking about' face, because I really don't believe that ones breathing style is going to affect how one positions one's fingers, and I *really* don't believe it goes with footedness.

Then it jumped the shark.

Apparently you can tell which breathing style a person is going to be, based on the ratio of sun energy to moon energy on the day they are born. There are two links to look further in to this, and determine which side of the binary you are, but both are in German, and I decided I'd read enough.

Also: I believe that both breathing styles are useful, and it does rather depend on the type of music you are playing.

Also Also: I'm not convinced that these are all the options.

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MANNY: Gary's gone.
BUFFY: Gary. Oh, the guy that helped me out at the counter yesterday?
MANNY: He didn't show up this morning.
BUFFY: Well, shift's just starting.
MANNY: He was supposed to unlock early this morning. Didn't show. Pull his card.
BUFFY: Well, I'm, I'm sure, you know, he's just late. He didn't seem like he was leaving.
MANNY: I'm moving Timothy to counter. You're on grill.
BUFFY: Me?
MANNY: I've been watching you.
BUFFY: B-but I-I don't know how to grill.
MANNY: Just think. This is the last day you'll ever be able to say that.

~~Buffy Season 6 Episode #112: "DoubleMeat Palace"~~

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#Purrcy was both happy and regal, sitting in my seat on the sofa with the sun coming the skylight on it. See how he smiles at me in Cat!
#cats #CatsOfBluesky

Purrcy the tuxedo tabby is lightly curled on a brocade cushion, looking at the camera with ears alert, whiskers spread wide and white, eyes light green and pupils just slits. He is clearly very happy, as sunlight shines on the cushion and most of him.

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I sat out on the porch to eat breakfast today, and the local hive of feral honeybees was awake, buzzing about looking for nectar. The crabapple flowers are opening, so they seem to have their timing just right. The carpenter bees were also out, inspecting the eaves. It was really good to have that 1/2 hour, even though it was so late in the morning (I had errands to run before my stomach was ready for breakfast) that I didn't see or hear any migrants.

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CANON: MCU. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
CHARACTERS: Sam Wilson | Captain America (Anthony Mackie).
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - I wasn't a big fan of this one which is too bad because I really liked the first movie. Some of the visuals were pretty amazing and I really liked specific stuff: M'Baku is still fucking hilarious, Shuri and Ross have a fun relationship, the ugliness of grief was very well portrayed and Riri is such an awesome addition to the MCU.

But damn, the villain was just freaking annoying, a lot of the movie simply bored me, and it just lacked the magic the first movie had.

Thor: Love and Thunder - I liked this for the most part. There were moments that felt too silly (the scene with Sif almost dying comes to mind) but also very well done moments. I also liked the visuals, especially these scenes in black/white. The world-building was also fun. I also loved Jane and Valkyrie together, that was such a great addition. And while I'm kinda disappointing about them bringing Jane back just to kill her off, I love that she got into Valhalla.

Werewolf by Night - This one was amazing. The noir style, the world-building, the characters. The relationship between Elsa and John works so well. I don't quite ship it because there wasn't enough time for me to really get into it but I kinda could. That scene when he pulls himself together when he is all wolfed out? So good. Also, Ted is adorable and I love his friendship with John.

The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special - I felt strangely uncomfortable watching this. I think the whole carelessness Drax and Mantis have going on when it comes to Kevin Bacon plus all the scenes that triggered my embarrassment squick kinda got to me. Though how alien Drax and Mantis can come off to humans, how threatening, was an interesting change in tone for these movies. Also loved Nebula in this. I wonder how she got Bucky's arm.

Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania - Okay, this one was another disappointment. I always liked the Ant-Man stuff because it somehow felt more grounded than the rest of the MCU. This movie completely destroyed that. I also wasn't a fan of the way it treated Scott after Endgame and the change in the Scott&Cassie relationship. The ants in the realm were cool, though.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 - With this one, I'm back to liking Guardians stuff again. Loved, loved Rockets relationship with both Peter and Nebula. Especially Nebula, to be honest. They were the only ones who survived the Snap and their origin stories have so many parallels, I love seeing them together.

I also liked how New!Gamora fit in and didn't. Nebula just seeing her as her sister with some memory issues while Peter despairs about who she isn't is interesting to watch. Because they are both wrong but it has different consequences regarding the way they deal with Gamora.

Rocket's origin story is heartbreaking, and the villain is effective and scary and I really just wanted him dead.

In general, lots of great moments.

So the last few days have been eventful so it’s time, again, for a general post.

So on Sunday I started watching The Residence. I saw a trailer for it on twitter about a month or so ago and I was instantly intrigued. It’s a murder mystery and someone has gotten killed at a large house while a party is going on downstairs. Which yeah, sounds like dozens of other murder mysteries, except this is no ordinary large house: it’s the white house.

I watched the first two episodes and, so far, it’s really great so far! I love the detective as she’s so quirky and has absolutely no respect for any of the guys trying to tell her what to do (or what not to do). The cast is also wild as there’s been a lot of people I’ve recognised (The FBI agent from Ant Man and Wandavision, Tilly from Star Trek Discovery, Jane Curtain from 3rd Rock from the sun, one of the guys from OG Charmed, hughJackman and Kylie Minogue! Oh and the guy that plays Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian is in it too.) I really love it and wanna watch more cause I wanna know what happened!

The rest of Sunday was kinda low energy but I did end up starting a game pass game, Planet Of Lana. It came to gamepass last year and I wanted to play it cause it looks so pretty but alas I got sidetracked. It really is so pretty though and there’s a cute lil guy called Mui who is like a lil black cat thing. It’s pretty good so far, though some parts are tricky.

I found out on insta that there’s gonna be an indie horror short film thing at a cinema in Birmingham (here’s the list) and I’m kinda tempted to check it out even though I dunno exactly where the cinema is and it’s on a library day. We’ll see if I do it (they’re also doing full showings of Twin Peaks which is kinda cool but they’re on Sundays)

There wasn’t gonna be any plans Monday, but then when I was looking at the tv guide I saw there was a film I’d wanted to see for awhile on. It was The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes and I’d heard of it cause there’s a section at Loch Ness (which resulted in a prop being lost to the loch only to be found again a few years back). And honestly? It was a wild ride. It had Christopher Lee as Mycroft an opening story mostly unconnected to the rest (with Sherlock implying to someone that he was gay and Watson was his lover), a finale at Loch Ness and a closing scene that was so sad. (It’s on Sky Arts again Saturday afternoon.j I’m so glad I spottted the listing, though also so sad when I looked up later that there was intended to be more scenes to it but they got cut.

Since money, finally, turned up I decided to go to sainsburys this morning to look for eggs. As I posted on insta I did find some, in sainsburys and Aldi, but there really weren’t many options and it was mainly more expensive eggs left. M and S’s food also didn’t have anything which was a shame as I wanted to try some of their hot cross buns. I did get a lil Lego Yoshi and the new radio times from sainsburys though.

(Also Pets at home had the cutest lil Guinea pigs they were so adorable😭)

I did manage to get a Lindt eggfor mum though as thanks for all the issues, though the box could easily have been half the size it was. We also had dominos, which was good though I’m sure the price has gone up since we last had some.

Also today Elder Scrolls Oblivion has been remastered and was out today! It’s on game pass too so I might try it sometime but it’s 120GB thst means I have to figure out a way to make space (damn xbox and memory card things being so small)

Also today the local cinema put up the Episode III showing times and it looks like it’s only from Friday-Sunday which is a bit annoying. It’s also annoying it’s only one showing, 3:45 which means I can get there on bus, but have to walk back if I go. I’ll see what the weather is like, but I know Saturday is out cause of Doctor Who.

Anyway! I think that’s everything but I’m probably missing something super obvious.