#multigenerational mayhem

[achronicwitch]

Just Five: Day 6/10

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

I'm feeling pretty good but I'm not taking many chances. Today we're going to be moving like a herd of turtles.

The Plan: Shampoo half the downstairs carpet, spot-shampoo upstairs. Our son will be aiding in this project.

Just Five #1: The husband moved the area rug out of the living room. I moseyed downstairs to investigate, stopped in my tracks, and yelped "Holy Mother Gaia!" The amount of dirt and crud under the rug was boggling. I picked up the larger bits by hand -- miraculously without doing a somersault in the process -- and vacuumed until the vacuum needed to be put back on the charger.

Just Five #2: I chased three generations of my family out of the house with a broom so I could sweep manually. Bean loves this new game!

Make Do & Mend

Instead of buying a mulberry silk pillowcase to protect my hair when I'm in bed sans bonnet, I used one of my lounging t-shirts. It's my oldest and still a favorite but the material has gotten too thin to wear. To make it into a pillowcase I simply stitched the neck and sleeves shut.

We ran out of carpet shampoo and won't be able to get more until the first of next month. For spot cleaning (at my son's suggestion) I picked a test patch and sprayed the hell out of it with my homemade cleaner (vinegar, orange oil, and dish soap). I'm going to let it sit for about an hour then run the shampooer over it.

Common Sense Preparedness

I have a lot of empty Gatorade bottles from Mondays dysautonomia attack. I've emptied them, washed them, filled them with filtered water, and stuck them in the freezer. I've already got several in there. They'll help keep our food cold the next time the power goes out, plus be potable if the tap water isn't. There's enough for family and neighbors, too.

[merchants-corner-market]

Merchant's Past.

Cw:abusive households,bullying,inmature parents,housefire,parental/family death.

Author note: Merchant is one of the oldest members of the mechs. Probably introduced after Jhonny. (The order of introduction of each mech to the crew is unknown to me)

>Merchant was born in the planet of Argentum,in the solar system of Antü. They were raised in a multigenerational household,living with their grandparents and mother. Their parents split up when they were an infant.

>Merchant Is the eldest of four from their fathers side and regularly visited him and their siblings on weekends.

>Their mother and grandparents were merchants,which made them pick up a few tricks of the trade. Their father was a mechanic.

>Mer's mother and grandparents were quite strict,making sure they never skipped school or responsabilities. They were also quite judgemental of their failures and mistakes, often times they looked down on them and saw them as childish despite being quite the opposite. And their father was pretty inmature, putting them in the role of a caretaker and himself as the role of the child to be cared for.

>Despite all this,Merchant had made quite a lot of Friends when they changed schools during their tweens. The reason for the change was because they were bullied for reasons unkown to them other than being middle class in a high-end school.

>After finishing high school,they went on to university to study audiovisual arts. Film,in other words. Their first year within University was quite good given they kind of embarked in a journey of self discovery and earned self confidence.

>At the end of their first year of university they had a huge fight with their father over his entitelment and manchild behavior,which ended in Merchant going no contact.

>During the first few months after the fight,Merchant found themself being dragged to bars and other hang outs to clear their mind.

>Its in one of those nightly escapades that they met Jhonny D'ville and the rest of The Mechanisms.

->Jhonny was instantly smitten by them, and quickly striked up a conversation. He held few things back,telling them about what mayhem him and his crew had gotten into.

>Merchant felt pulled to the Man,and spent the whole night talking to him. And when it came to an end they handed him their phone number.

>And so began the months of sneaking off together at odd hours of the night. Merchant knew their family would not allow them to associate with this sort of Riff Raff kind of people. But they couldnt help but love the freedom that came with not being judged, scrutinized and put in situations that made them unconfortable.

>Jhonny Begged Merchant to run away with him but they were hesitant. It felt odd to run away from everything they have ever known, and simply asked to have some time to think about it.

>That night they were discovered by their family,berrated for associating with these criminals. They were forbidden from ever seeing Jhonny again,and in the twists and turns of the fight they knocked off the pile of burnig Timber within the house's fireplace.

>It spaked a housefire that left their home,and family,made brimstone and smoldering ash.

>Merchant had managed to not get hurt by the Fire,but with their home collapsing they got caught underneath heavy wood and pieces of brick.

>Jhonny could see the smoke a mile away and with a bad feeling in his gut he went to see. There he found Merchant crying to themself and mourning the loss of their family while deeply in pain.

>Jhonny cleared much of the now blackened debrie that fell on them and took them to the Aurora to be tended to.

>Dr.Carmilla stabilized them,but made it clear that the heat and weight had hurt their tendons and muscles deeply. She offered to help them fix it, And they accepted.

>With their New mechanized muscles and tendons,Merchant became a part of The Mechanisms and tended to stock and supply gathering. Thats how they earnt their nickname,"Merchant".

>Ever since then they have been living with the space pirate gang, Forming sibling relationshipps with Nastya and Marius when they were introduced to the crew. A part of this was to replace the ones they left behind in Argentum,but also it was a genuine connection.

[valenzuealam]

Operation American Genocide is the Syrian/Korean/Chinese code name that will be used when they TRY and side with Mexico. All of them have an A Symmetric strategic militia. "GUERRILLA WARFARE" but it's the Neo-Nazi white supremacy homegrown sleeper cells that will be attacking America from within once there activated. All there waiting for is our governments to be completely distracted with the (Coronavirus) pandemic. It starts with the people being jobless, homeless, the ones that have been following the rules all there lives they will be angered at how the different leaders have been handling there affairs. Then comes ANARCHY that will be the detonator in activating the homegrown cells. Then this will cause our governments to declare Martial Law and take our guns. That's when the Syrian/Korean/Chinese Mexican Millitant sleepers join the Aryan ANARCHIST cells. Once that happens every homegrown millitiia sleeper cell will wake up in every area of this country Mexico and Canada any land that is attached to the USA, ABSOLUTE ANARCHY. Then the Arab bloodlines living as Mexicans, Americans and Canadian will wake up as well. Unbeknownst to any of them as to what's going on all they will know is MAYHEM American Genocide. Its these type of homegrown militia trained sleepers that have the deep rooted multigenerational DNA of Lucifers demonic programming that started in Germany.

This is the reason it's something to be concerned with because once these sleepers are activated so will the KEYS OF SOLOMAN. We have to remember that Alister Crowley started that demonic ritual and didn't finish it he never followed through, and opened up the portal for Satans demonic forces to enter this world. When WW2 started it was Allister Crowley who was mentoring Hitler. Hitler and Alister Crowley were heavy into the occult. Even though the occult practices are not scientifically proven doesn't mean it does not exist. Like I've said before Satan is the one warning us, for the simple fact that if we don't find some kind of unity our entire existence will be wiped out even his. So all this knowledge and technology that we have acquired all these years to better our lives will have been for absolutely no reason at all. Its the balance of positive and negative, evil vs. good type of mentality. That if we humans don't open our eyes and take a look around and count our blessings that have been given to us by our creator God he will wipe out everything. Its the

Humans race that is allowing there pride and fear of not being #1. FIghting with the different countries over decades, centuries of fueds thats causing these events to spiral out of control.

So therefore we will not only be fighting these Militants we will also be fighting the Keys of Soloman. The demonic spirits that we cant see but know are there like (bio warfare) These spirits have been waiting for the anarchy to ride the militants to get there revenge. Just because all countries try and seize all wars to combat the Coronavirus doesn't mean that will include the Spiritual War. Its the Americans that need to get prepared and come together meaning the Republican and Democrats must join forces and get past there differences. Because this war will start on the American soil. JUST Stop and think about that.

[aion-rsa]

Upcoming Movies in February 2021: Streaming, VOD, and Theaters

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2021 is now in full swing, and film distributors are beginning to feel out what the new normal actually is. Given the latest news about COVID variants, movie theaters remain a tenuous bet—although some films are still releasing there—while streaming at home becomes evermore enticing with one of Warner Bros.’ Oscar contenders set to premiere simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max. This month also marks the theatrical and/or streaming release of some of last year’s best films.

So for film lovers, the choice of what to watch (and how to view it) remains more varied than ever. Here’s a guide to what’s coming up in February:

A Glitch in the Matrix

February 5

After chronicling the oddest of oddball theories regarding Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining in the documentary Room 237, filmmaker Rodney Ascher is back to take on sci-fi classic The Matrix. In truth, the idea of there being a “glitch in the Matrix” predates the Wachowskis’ 1999 movie, but the duo mainstreamed the idea that we all live in a simulation. So with his new film, Ascher explores that philosophical idea (and fringe conspiracy theory) that nothing is real, and therefore everything is permitted.

With the rise of conspiracy theories and magical thinking in recent years, this could be timely stuff—or unnecessary based on some of the mixed reaction this film has thus far received out of Sundance.

Malcolm & Marie

February 5

This Netflix release has awards buzz around it as well as eye-popping marquee value with its depiction of a love story between John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman, Tenet) and Zendaya (Euphoria, Spider-Man). The film is from the mind of Euphoria creator Sam Levinson and is his third feature, following Assassination Nation.

Shot in black and white, Malcolm & Marie is a visibly personal project, with its depiction of a romance on the edge of evolution or despair. Washington’s Malcolm is a movie director in the story, and he’s on the verge of superstardom after the premiere of his first feature. Clearly his life is about to change, but his girlfriend Marie suspects those changes don’t include her. After his big night, all the things left unspoken are about to be uttered.

Falling

February 5 (U.S. Release, Playing Now in the UK)

Viggo Mortensen makes his directorial debut in what is reported to be a quiet and revelatory affair. Like several other filmmakers this year, Mortensen is tackling the subject of parents and adult children being placed under the strain of dementia. Yet there’s long been a tension between Willis (Lance Henriksen) and his son John (Mortensen) in this movie, even before early stages of dementia.

Uncomfortable with the fact John is gay and living openly with his partner and a young daughter, Willis is reluctant to visit his son’s family. But as the aging process sets in, both generations are going to have to make peace with a lot of things.

Judas and the Black Messiah

February 12 (U.S. Only, UK TBC)

As the next Warner Bros. film set to premiere on HBO Max the same day it opens in theaters, a lot of attention is gathered around Judas and the Black Messiah, not least of all because it is very good. As a film with Oscar aspirations—Daniel Kaluuya has already been nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globes and SAG Awards—Judas gives a hard-edged study of the life and times of Fred Hampton, the Black Panther Party chairman who was executed by police in 1969.

Told from the perspective of William O’Neal (a jittery LaKeith Stanfield), the FBI informant who spied on Hampton and the Panthers for law enforcement, it’s a unique approach to a biopic that finally shines mainstream Hollywood light on the struggles of the Panthers and the demand for Black Power. It’s brutal and, ultimately, haunting.

Minari

February 12 (March 19 in the UK)

Another major awards contender, and easily one of the best films of the last year, is Lee Isaac Chang’s intimate and visibly personal passion project, Minari. Loosely inspired by Chang’s own childhood, the film chronicles a family of Korean-Americans who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1970s, and after a decade of scraping by in the dead end of industrial farming, they’re making a go of it with their own small farm in rural 1980s Arkansas.

Presented as a multigenerational tapestry, the film is an achingly beautiful piece told from the vantage of a young boy, his put-upon and distancing parents (Steven Yeun and Yeri Han), and his grandmother (Youn Yuh-jung), who’s visit from Seoul is intended to save the family. It really is something special and all-American, despite its occasional categorization as a “foreign language film” by awards bodies. See it in theaters on Feb. 12 or wait for its VOD release on Feb. 26.

To All the Boys I Love: Always and Forever

February 12

If you’re looking for something a little more romantic this Valentine’s Day season, Netflix is completing its To All the Boys I Love trilogy—or at least finishing its film adaptations of the so-far published Jenny Han YA novels—with Too All the Boys I Love: Always and Forever. In the movie, Lana Condor returns as Lara Jean, the once gawkish high school girl with a series of crushes who is now coming into her own as she spends her spring break on a whirlwind vacation that sends her to South Korea, New York City, and around the world. (So clearly this is set before 2020.) It’s a romance for all ages, and one that could be sweet in our current age.

French Exit

February 12 (March 26 in the UK)

Michelle Pfeiffer is one of those rare performers who can make even the most venomous line readings sing with playful amusement—or turn the screws. She indulges both skills in French Exit, a dry comedy with exceeding detachment and apparently perfect casting. In the Azazel Jacobs film, Pfeiffer plays Frances Price, a Manhattan socialite of a certain age who’s lived long enough to see the invitations to high society dry up. Worse, she’s also run out of the inheritance she’d been living off for decades.

So Frances moves in with her peculiar son Malcolm (Lucas Hedges) in a tiny Parisian apartment. Slow boiling mayhem ensues. Well-regarded for Pfeiffer’s performance on the festival circuit, this is one to keep an eye on.

Land

February 12 (April 9 in the UK)

Robin Wright has had a remarkable career in film and television, time and again showing us new dimensions onscreen. But with Land, she makes her directorial feature debut behind the camera after helming several episodes of House of Cards. In the film, Wright plays Edee, a bereaved woman who attempts to start over in the wilderness of Wyoming. Even with its wide open landscapes, it’s admittedly a narrowly framed tale. Yet there be gold up in them hills.

I Care a Lot

February 19

One of our personal favorites out of the Toronto International Film Festival last year, Netflix’s I Care a Lot is a clever, knotty, and incredibly sardonic dark comedy. Framed around the bottomless ambition and avarice of Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike), it’s the story of a woman who makes her wealth by convincing the government to lock up senior citizens with large bank accounts, leaving her in charge of their finances.

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It’s a hell of a con until one nice little old lady (Dianne Wiest) whom Marla preys upon turns out to have connections to a crime boss (Peter Dinklage). This is wicked entertainment, with Pike at her most devilish since Gone Girl, and Dinklage also playing sharply against type. They and the rest of the ensemble, which includes Eiza González, are brutally funny in this grim satire of modern American capitalism run rotten. The J Blakeson who made The Disappearance of Alice Creed is back.

The Mauritanian

February 19 (February 26 in the UK)

Kevin Macdonald continues his career of hard hitting political dramas based on true events with The Mauritanian, a new awards contender which documents the real legal case of Mohamedou Ould Salahi, a Mauritanian detained without a charge by the U.S. government in 2002. For 14 years, he remained in custody at Guantanamo Bay until he had his day in court.

Macdonald’s film documents that legal fight with a large ensemble which includes Jodie Foster and Shailene Woodley as the lawyers representing Salahi, and Benedict Cumberbatch as an American officer who suffers a crisis of conscience. Most of all though, the film has gotten attention for Tahar Rahim as Salahi in a performance that has already garnered him a Golden Globe nomination.

Nomadland

February 19 (March 19 in the UK)

Chloé Zhao’s Best Picture contender is finally having a major streaming release, and on Hulu at that. Produced by Searchlight Pictures, Nomadland is a remarkable achievement that blends the acuity of narrative filmmaking with the sobering authenticity of documentaries. Focused on the real life culture of American Nomads in the modern American West, the film was made within the community while telling the story of how it came to be. Thus enters Frances McDormand as Fern, a woman who in 2010 has been left with nothing once the Great Recession literally erased her hometown from the map.

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Now the middle-aged widow lives in a van on the open road, estranged from the idea of living at one address, and at peace with her new community of fellow travelers, who we see gather, commiserate, and grieve. It’s a powerful piece of filmmaking that may be a frontrunner for the Best Picture Oscar, which is fairly odd to consider when one realizes Zhao’s next movie is Marvel’s Eternals.

Tom & Jerry

February 26 (March 19 in the UK)

It looks like someone remembered they have beloved (and relatively ancient) intellectual property just sitting in mothballs, because Tom & Jerry is back. Yay? Looking like a leftover from the mid-00s craze of inserting CGI Smurfs into a sitcom-y New York, Tom & Jerry follows a familiar formula, but at least does so with sophisticated computer cel-shaded animation. That’s pretty nice.

The premise of this HBO Max-bound release is Jerry has set up shop as a mouse in a Manhattan hotel when junior management (Chloe Grace Moretz) introduces a cat to take him out. Unfortunately, for her, the cat is Tom. The two old foes immediately resort to their old ways, destroying the swanky establishment just before a high-profile wedding. Maybe she should have called the Ghostbusters?

Cherry

February 26 (March 12 in the UK)

Tom Holland and the Russo Brothers are a long way from the Marvel Cinematic Universe now. Indeed, after helming the highest grossing movie in history, Joe and Anthony Russo are turning their attention to the opioid epidemic in the U.S. by offering a stylish depiction of an Army vet who falls into addiction and a career of fourth wall-breaking bank robberies. Holland is clearly trying to step away from his goofy Spider-Man image, and the picture is of high pedigree for Apple TV+. The movie also stars Ciara Bravo and Jack Reynor.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

February 26

This upcoming Hulu release is a passion project for Lee Daniels (Precious, The Butler), and one that aims to provide new dramatic light on the life of Billie Holiday. One of the great jazz and swing singers of the 1940s and ‘50s, Holiday had a singular voice and talent that was commodified by the music industry at the time due to her Blackness, and then hindered further the more political she became. While Holiday did have a drug problem, it’s interesting how the industry seemed to conspire to exacerbate it, as opposed to urging her to get clean.

A traditional biopic, The United States vs. Billie Holiday is now getting awards notice, with Andra Day’s starring turn as Billie already netting her a Golden Globe nomination. Not bad for an actor in her first starring role.

The Father

February 26 (March 12 in the UK)

It’s one of the most powerful movies of 2020… and one of the most depressing. In a role that’s already netted him Golden Globe and SAG nominations, Anthony Hopkins plays Anthony, an elderly man who’s been living alone for years since his wife passed. But with dementia setting in and his daughter (Olivia Colman) wishing to move to Paris, some tough decisions are going to be made about Anthony’s care.

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Yet what makes Florian Zeller’s The Father so effective is it’s told entirely from the perspective of Anthony’s deteriorating mind, and as it goes along, it becomes unclear how much of what you’re seeing can be believed as happening—or if it might’ve happened years ago. Hallways in his London flat change, doors are replaced, and the countenance of his daughter’s boyfriend shifts or vanishes depending on the day. It becomes debilitating, and ultimately heartbreaking, stuff.

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[achronicwitch]

Just Five Minutes day 5/10

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

I slept from 4:00 pm yesterday to 8:00 am this morning. I may have gotten up to use the bathroom, eat, and drink but if I did I don't remember. I barely remember yesterday at all.

So today is going to be an adventure! Allons-y!

Self-Assessment: Much better, but shaky and stiff.

Domestic Assessment: Better than expected. We need to do a general tidy, clean up the baklava mess, and sweep/mop the floors.

If I can only Just Five once it's going to have to be a general tidy-up.

Just Five #1: The Husband and I worked together to get the household mess picked up, plus he took out the upstairs trash.

Just Five #2: I vacuumed upstairs. The Husband put some pork and non-tomato-based sauce in the crockpot for pulled pork. (Adopted Family Member is allergic to tomatoes.) What we don't eat we'll freeze.

[achronicwitch]

Day 4/10 Just Five Minutes

Monday, June 10, 2024

Today we're going to have both grandgoblins from 9:30 am until 3:00 pm. Another test of my theory! Yay!.....?

Morning

I'm dragging ass, but said ass is out of bed and in pants so that's a win. The bed is made, I've done some toddler-proofing in the bedroom, and I'm sitting here having a cup of fortified hot chocolate (hot chocolate with Ovaltine and a splash of real cream) before Bean and Spud get dropped off. It's a gorgeous day so we may go outside for a while.

And that's it. Dysautonomia grabbed me by the throat and slammed me down on the bed in a completely non-consensual manner. I couldn't help my husband wrangle the kids. Best I could do was hold Spud and try to keep him from rolling off the bed. I did give him a bottle and change his diaper but otherwise I was the third 'kid' my poor husband needed to take care of.

In other news, Bean has discovered the joy of breaking pieces off my wicker vanity.

[achronicwitch]

12 Week Year 2.4

My son's birthday was Saturday. We'd planned to fire up the pizza oven but of course it was pissing rain. We didn't have all the ingredients, anyway. It'll happen when it happens.

My energy levels were better. I had two low-functioning days, three medium-functioning days, and even two high-functioning days. This is the best it's been all calendar year!

We had one or both of the grandgoblins every single day this week. The youngest five times, the eldest just once, and both together once. The youngest (we call him Spud) is colicky often. When he cries he sets his sister (who I'll call Bean) off, so to get everyone settled the kids bring Spud over here. I know how to get the air bubbles out of him, it just takes more time and attention than his parents can always give. So within a few minutes we have a cooing, smiling, laughing baby . His dad has no idea why he's so happy for us and so scream-y at home.

Writing is clicking along. Now that I've reached the typing phase I'm averaging seven hundred words in twenty-five minutes. But also, this phase is when I start getting ambushed by a dozen ideas a day. I've managed not to succumb to the Shiny New Idea temptation by telling myself I'll be doing something that isn't this story in November but not if I start something new before then.

This upcoming week will be SSDD, except for Friday when Mercury goes direct and it's safe to reschedule all the appointments that have gotten messed up.

[achronicwitch]

Found it by thinking "What would be the optimal location for it?" - and that's where I'd put it. I think I outsmarted myself?...

Here's my handwork for the day so far. I'm starting the 'canvas' for a crochet tapestry that will be a Christmas gift for a family member, honoring his 'Christian steampunk wizard' aesthetic. For my first alteration I'm adding a foot pocket to my beloved Snuggie. This thing has been with me through hospital visits, death, and new life. The only issue with it is how it slips at the bottom leaving my feet cold and exposed. It's probably only going to take five minutes to fix a problem I've had for fourteen years.

As an example, here's a my son clonked out with his son with my Snuggie.

Day 2 of whatever this is. I had a rare bout of insomnia and didn't get to sleep until after 2:00 am, so I didn't start my day until 10:00 am.

My first five minutes were spent wiping down the sink after my ablutions and making the beds. Then I got out my bag of things that need mended, altered, or finished.

And I hit a snag. I have no bloody clue where my sewing box has gotten to. No one would have dared touch it, so I must have moved it when I was reorganizing and forgot where I put it.

I spent a few minutes looking for it. The bending down, reaching up, looking in and under triggered the hell out of my dysautonomia. Now I'm laying down, crocheting, and muttering to myself in Esperanto.