#and THEN in november we'll get rodrigo

[roccinan]

On one hand my hopes for Martín and Sergio increased, since if the inspectoras are there, it wouldn't make sense that they, the closest people to Andrés don't appear. On the other hand, why would they announce Raquel and Alicia earlier, than those 2? It's a strange timing. I would have announced Marseille, Martín and Sergio eralier, if they are in the show, since they aren't surprise and later the inspectoras, as the big surprise to get more viewers in.

Same here, anon! I think announcing Raquel and Alicia this early was meant to hype the show more AND to tell us all that anything could happen asdfasdf I don't think anyone expected this at all. Timing is a little strange, but in terms of marketing, it was great timing. Marseille would excite a lot of us, but probably wouldn't excite the general fanbase as much as Raquel/Alicia.

Lots of people are asking about Palermo and the team knows that the general fanbase would go wild for more hermanos, which is why it makes sense that they're saving Martin and Sergio for as late as possible. I'm expecting them to announce Martin closer to December and for Sergio to show up by surprise in the trailer XD

The inspectoras are a cool surprise, yes, but imo, not as big a surprise as the professor showing up. Martin and Sergio have a connection to Andres that will probably manifest within the main plot, while he and the inspectoras probably never officially meet so the latter is less spoiler-y than the former.

Whatever the case, I think there's a bigger chance that Martin/Sergio is in it now!

[la-appel-du-vide]

04•20•24 - Record Store Day

I have a love/hate relationship with Record Store Day now. Vinyl records are getting more and more popular, which means it's going to keep getting harder and harder to get the exclusives that we want so badly! I literally get so anxious that I don't sleep at all the night before - not that it matters given the time of night we have to get there. I wasn't that stoked about the list this year until they surprise dropped a 7" of Olivia Rodrigo covering Stick Season and Noah Kahan covering Lacy. I had to have it! I also wanted Sabrina Carpenter's Feather, Chappell Roan's Pink Pony Club, Noah Kahan's I Was/I Am, and Maisie Peters' The Good Witch Deluxe (on the prettiest clear vinyl with clouds printed on it!!).

We found out pretty quickly that Graywhale, which is my preferred record store, didn't get ANY Sabrina or Chappell! That's insane to me. And they only ended up with two of Maisie!

Lavender Vinyl didn't do much better. They had one Sabrina, and three Chappell.

We decided to divide and conquer, sending the boys to Lavender while we went to Graywhale. For Black Friday RSD, we got there at 2 AM, and then it was ridiculous because no one else showed up until 4! So this time, we got there before 1 thinking it would be the same situation - but no! There were already seven people in line. (Actually, three people and four chairs. And that makes me so mad. You can't just put up chairs and not actually put the time in. This isn't a parade.)

We found out pretty quickly that one of the people in front of us wanted Maisie Peters, so we knew our best chance was to at least get the other one, and then split the cost of buying one at freaking resale value afterward. It is also so annoying how people buy them just to turn around and flip them for three to four to five times the cost! I hate it here.

We killed our time with a lot of games, small naps, and I even worked on my blog for a bit. It wasn't as cold as last time, thank goodness, and the time went by fairly quickly. Beach was so nice to bring us breakfast around 6 AM when she got off, and that was a perfectly timed treat.

Brayden and Glen got a two hour break from 8-10 once the tickets were passed out, and so we were a little jealous haha. Especially when he told me later that he went home and stood in a hot shower. Rude!

When it opened, it was killer watching everyone ahead of us go in there and browse. I was extra scared that someone would randomly decide to take the other Maisie and we'd have to buy both at resale cost. But our time finally came, and I was able to grab it! I was so happy to have my hands on it. We also scored the Olivia/Noah, I got the 1975 Live for B, and I randomly picked up the 7" Lainey Wilson gatefold! B got me the Noah Kahan, but wasn't able to pull off the Sabrina or Chappell. It was the same thing for him, where there were already a bunch of people lined up, and they were all there for Sabrina/Chappell. There was no chance haha.

It was still a great haul, with so many great finds! And Kena got a bunch for her dad, which is happy for him too!

We'll see you again in November, probably!