2018 films. (Part II).

I started a tradition back at the end of 2016 suggesting all of my favorite films that I would recommend that I had viewed throughout the year. This evolved into three consecutive lists in 2017, detailing the movies that I viewed (spanning four months at a time), which ones were my favorites, and the ones I would steer clear of again.

I figured I would keep that tradition going, because believe it or not I actually enjoy doing it. Is everyone good with that? I mean, I'm gonna do it either way, but sometimes I like to pretend like I'm not 100% an asshole and ask.... you know, care about other people's opinions and such. Or, something like that, except not really.

Speaking of catching up: Catch up: from 2016.

Catch up from 2017: Part I, Part II, Part III.

Catch up with 2018: Part I.

Tagging onto April: While I watched a movie on the very last day of April, I had already written my first post (Part I) and didn't want to "amend" it. So, I figured I would just tell y'all about it here. The movie was: The Greatest Showman and HOLY HELL it was SO good. Like, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will forever be my very favorite musical.... BUT this one is AMAZING. (And can we all just go ahead and admit that badass Zendaya and Keala Settle are the BEST part of this whole movie?!.... even though they're all so great!) The guy that this is based on (PT Barnum) might have been a POS in real life, but he's only kind of a POS in the movie. I definitely wasn't disappointed.  

May's films: The Lego Batman Movie, Pixels.

My favorite: There's no doubt about it.... The Lego Batman Movie.  I'm not gonna lie, I am a HUGE Adam Sandler fan, BUT I laughed so damn hard while watching the TLBM that there's absolutely no way I can't pick that one as my favorite. Besides, I've learned I basically have the personality of LB, so I'm going with it. Least favorite of the month: By default.... Pixels. Don't get me wrong, I liked it (there are very few Adam Sandler movies I don't like), but it just didn't crack me up like the other.

May's rewatched from years gone by: Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I.

June's films: The Kissing Booth.

My favorite: Not many to choose from, huh? No worries.... The Kissing Booth was adorable and pretty damn funny (albeit, a romcom through and through). Least favorite of the month: Please, I would hardly count either of the movies I watched this month as the "least favorite." They're both hilarious in their own right.... and I mean, Deadpool is so cool he got a sequel.

June's rewatched from years gone by: Deadpool (although I was sick with an upper respiratory infection and on heavy meds the first time I watch this and couldn't fully appreciate it and how hilarious it is).

July's films: Hotel Transylvania, The Strangers: Prey at Night, Friday the 13th, Father of the Year, Cave.

My favorite: While I don't know what it says about me as a person.... The Strangers: Prey at Night. The original movie freaked me the hell out when I watched it (to the point of freaking out at night when I was out with my friends for awhile), and I gotta say, I really liked the sequel too. Least favorite of the month: This one is easy.... Cave. It wasn't a "terrible" movie, but it's not something that I would recommend or want to watch again.

July's rewatched from years gone by: Broken Arrow, Interview with the Vampire, Van Helsing, Without a Paddle.

August's films: The Package, The Collector, Deadpool 2, Mother Krampus, Marrowbone.

My favorite: It's alot harder to pick a favorite out of these than what I would think it would be, but I'm gonna go with.... Deadpool 2. And I say that, because I laughed throughout literally the entire movie. The Collector comes in at a close second though! Least favorite of the month: Definitely.... Mother Krampus. I just wasn't a big fan of this one and only finished it, because it was too late to start a different one.

August's rewatched from years gone by: Mindhunters, Baywatch.

Documentaries watched: Touched by Auschwitz, I Am a Killer, Inside the Criminal Mind.

Tv series I've finished: Hawaii Five-0 (SE1-SE6), The Ranch (P5), Shameless (SE1-5), Breaking Bad (SE4), American Horror Story (SE3: Coven).

Tv series still on my (Netflix) queue: Shameless (I'll never get to finish this one), Hawaii Five-0 (because I watch it randomly always), Breaking Bad (there's only a couple episodes of the last season left and I can't seem to get through it), The Walking Dead (will I ever make it past the fifth season of this?!), Supernatural, That 70s Show, Dexter, Sons of Anarchy (because I'll always want to rewatch it), Van Helsing, Friends, The Originals, Slasher, Young & Hungry, Stranger Things (bring out S3 already!!!), The Sinner, The Vampire Diaries, Bates Motel (still 1.5 seasons to finish!), Blue Bloods, Gotham, Penny Dreadful, New Girl, Santa Clarita Diet (bring out S3 already!!), Longmire, Riverdale (I'm totally gonna start S2 of this soon.... probably), The Punisher, The Mist, Fuller House (still caught up, just waiting for the next season), The Blacklist, The Night Shift (I've see all but the series finale), Spartacus, Bitten, Lost Girl, The End of the F*cking World, The Following, The Last Kingdom, Grace & Frankie (all caught up, just waiting for the next season), Haven, Frontier, Taken, Hart of Dixie, Merlin.  

Tv series still on my (Hulu) queue: Bones, Blue Bloods, Cake Wars, Vikings, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (I've literally seen every single episode of this like fifteen times, but continue to just rewatch them all!), Blindspot, The Good Doctor, Lucifer, Rizzoli & Isles, Drunk History, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Freakish, Beyond Scared Straight, Hoarders (we all know I'm a hoarder!), Cupcake Wars, Unsolved Mysteries (nothing scared me more throughout my entire childhood than this guy telling me all about the bad shit happening and how it was never solved), The Path, Fear the Walking Dead, Harlots, Castle Rock, My Strange Addiction, Black Sails, Outsiders, The Shield, Deadliest Catch, Preacher, The Musketeers, Flavor of Love, Nightwatch.

Stand-up watched: John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City, Kevin Hart: What Now?, Ralphie May: Imperfectly Yours, Ralphie May: Unruly.

To say that I've been slacking would be an understatement. *exasperation*

Y'all, it's been so long since I've wrote anything down. Well.... anything aside from grocery lists and sixteen thousand notebooks full of work stuff. (shoot. me. now. oomph.)

Being an adult is hard.

With that being said, I couldn't tell you how many times I've opened my blogger on a spare tab and attempted to write something down. Basically, just anything down. I now live by the term "the struggle is real" and that's probably what's going to have to be written on my tombstone.

I'm going to try and catch up.... at least, hit some things that I may elaborate on later on down the road.

-Thanks to Danielle, I learned that I've been using a can opener wrong my entire life.
A couple of weeks back, Danielle watched a video on FB (isn't that where most evil things start these days?) of Djswauvea (no, I don't know if that's his legit name or just a youtube name) reacting to finding out that he had been using a can opener wrong his entire life. Thinking that this was one of those "you can't believe everything on the internet, especially FB" moments, I gave it a go.... and apparently, I've just been using one wrong for twenty-eight years. You wouldn't believe how irrationally angry it made me (and Danielle by extension, because OF COURSE I had to text her immediately afterwards). Sometimes it really is the little things.

-I went and seen my amazing "lady doctor" last week and we're trying something new (Kyleena.... to be continued).
I've had a love/hate relationship with my "lady doctor" for around four (five?) years now. You know what, let me correct that.... I've had a love/hate relationship with my "lady bits" for around four (five?) years now, but I LOVE my "lady doctor." She is quite literally the best. Around four (five?) years ago, I gained a significant amount of weight and felt HORRIBLE at all times. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me, but assumed that it might have something to do with my "lady bits" because I had a Mirena and it was almost time to have it removed (I've heard they can cause weird side effects when it's almost time to have it removed as your body's way of reminding you). Come to find out, it was my "lady bits" that were the problem, but not my IUD. Long story short, I've struggled with it and everything surrounding it since. But, after four (five?) years of being on the pill (for hormonal reasons), my "lady doctor" told me she thought it would be best to try out Kyleena, as it's designed with women who've never had children in mind. She thinks it will really help some of my issues and since I trust her and her opinion she put the order in and I go back to have it placed once her office receives it.

-It rained for four days straight.... and now it's officially "that time" of year.
Ah, it's officially "that time" of the year.... the time where you have the heat (defroster) on on the way to work, the AC cranked on the way home at the end of the day, storms and rain are always in the forecast, and you've taken so many allergy meds you don't know how to be a functional adult (please, like I've ever known that). Welcome to the Midwest!! (Also, I take allergy meds around the clock/year, so this part is not an adjustment for me). PS: my grass desperately needs mowed and I'm like eh.

-You can officially say that I've watched an entire season of American Horror Story.
Last year in September/October I started watching the third season of American Horror Story.... one of my favorite parts of that show is the fact that each season is a different subject than all the others, but they all seem to still meld together. I decided to start with Coven, because as most people know, I love all things witches (you can blame the Sanderson sisters and the fact that I want to go to Salem). With the move and my short attention span, I never finished.... UNTIL NOW. Once it was done, I went back and started season one.

-And five whole seasons of Shameless.
My cousin, J, told me I needed to check out the show and since it has been on my Netflix queue for months I decided that I should give it a go. I more or less loved and binge-watched the first five seasons, but have lost steam since my favorite character (Mickey Milkovich) is no longer on there. Oh, and since Momma officially hates it, because both of her favorites (Sheila and Jimmy/Steve/Jack) are gone. I want to continue with it, but whether or not I get to is to be determined.

-Spart won't quit growing like he's a damn weed.
It's been a long while since we've had a big dog. Tayder is my little guy and has been with me for YEARS, but he was the first "little" dog that I've ever personally had. We always had bigger dogs, but got pretty used to it just being my little man. Then Spart joined the family and even though he was pretty puny when we brought him home, he is a GIANT now. That doesn't stop him from thinking he's a lapdog and trying to hide behind Tayder when he's scared though. (Side note: Happy International Dog Day!! Did y'all know that was thing? If not, you do now!)

-Tayder still isn't 100% onboard with having a baby brother.... but he's adjusting.
Speaking of my little buddy and Spart.... remember how I said Tayder has been with me for years? Well, after Momma's pup, Dixie, passed away, it's been only Tayder. He got pretty accustomed to being in a one dog household and having a giant little brother has been quite the adjustment for everyone. He's probably still not real happy about it, but he's used to him at this point.

-We got new windows put in our house in the living room and kitchen.
When we moved into our house last year, we knew that there were going to be things we needed to get done. It's an older house and while it was pretty decent, it's not brand new. Lucky for us, I don't mind having to put in some work and it's really exciting to have our own house (again!) and knowing that we can do it anyway that we want, because we're never moving again (because I'm tired of f*cking moving and plan to just die there now). While I do know how to do quite a few things when it comes to remodeling/fixing things/building a house (we literally built my childhood home from the giant ass open field up and I help Uncle D with everything from installing countertops to fire pit building), there are certain things I think pros should do. Windows are one of those things. We couldn't afford to have them all replaced, but the only ones that needed it "right now" were the ones in the living room and kitchen, because they leaked HORRIBLY. Now that they're replaced, you can 100% tell the difference even within the AC itself.

-Got Hulu back (and kept Netflix).
I love Netflix. The fact that I can binge-watch to my little heart's content is no secret (even though I don't always get to). We tried out Hulu last year, but decided we should probably cut at least one of them out. I was pretty sad that Netflix had removed It's Always Sunny, but real happy to know Hulu now offers it. So, we got Hulu back. And they have some pretty good stuff.

-Had to deal with the entire world and their "Kiki Challenges."
I know y'all have see these "Kiki Challenges" and I want to punch Drake in his face for it. While I think it's completely stupid for someone to jump out of their moving vehicle to dance (y'all, I locked my keys in my parked, but running car once and felt like a giant dumbass then), and record it (why would you want evidence of you doing something illegal and/or dangerous to everyone in your vicinity), I have so say.... the "Kiki Challenge Fails" are what I'm here for.

-Prepared a bunch of green tomatoes for freezing for winter.... then lost them all.
Fried Green Tomatoes isn't just a fabulous movie.... it's also a delicious meal within itself. If being raised in the sticks doesn't teach you that it's perfectly acceptable to deep fry all of your veggies for consumption, then nothing ever will. Our tomato plants went insane this year and while they're gone now, they left us with quite a few green tomatoes to freeze for consumption in the winter. So, I spent three hours one day preparing them all and freezing them.... and then our freezer wet out. *eye roll*

-Watched my big brother turn 32 years old.
My brother love to tell me that I'm "creeping up on thirty" and gets real offended when I counter with "yeah, but once I'm there, you'll be in your mid-thirties." His birthday is in July and we was the big 3-2 this year. His last few birthdays have been real special to him now that he's a father. We fight and argue constantly and have for our entire lives, but it's so surreal to me that he's so grown up. Big brother or not, he'll always be a scrawny little kid to me.

-My hair is dark brown.... again.
I've been talking about making a "drastic" change to my hair for a couple of years now. I debated on whether or not to chop it all off and I even started using Sun-In to enhance the natural blonde in my hair (which is apparently alot), and swore that I was done dying it, because I didn't want to deal with it anymore. Well.... then I decided that I wanted my dark brown hair back. Call it the forever fifteen year old girl in me, but I just prefer my dark hair. And if I have to get it from a bottle, so be it. I guess that's what I get for dying it starting at twelve years old.

-I repainted our bathroom and now I'm almost 100% sure they should give me my own show on HGTV.
Eventually, I would like to redo our bathroom and take out the tub and install a walk-in shower (I hate taking baths, but LOVE taking showers), but until that day comes (which will probably be years from now), we gotta make the most of what we've got. For some reason the people we bought the house from had painted the bathroom a really dark brown/grey color, put in a giant dark brown mirror, and a wood vanity. Nothing matched and with the navy blue tiles that takes up half of the whole room, it looked pretty wonky. This past weekend I painted it white, put on new hinges, put up a medicine cabinet instead of plain mirror, and when I get home today I have to clean and do touch-ups. You wouldn't believe how much better it already looks.

As someone who also thinks she looks like a bug.... get us a milkshake.

Y'all, this little girl coming out of her dentist trip is cracking me the hell up. I've never actually had an "anesthesia trip" but from what I can tell, it's just another excuse for your family to f*ck with you.

And honestly, who doesn't love that?!