Took Kai to the mall right by the border to visit the trending ramen bar. Kind of a quick way to build a business by providing packaged ramen and hot water for people to make it themselves, but still a lot of fun! Generous kimchi and seaweed salad sides.
TEam retreat
Had a team retreat last week, first time meeting half of my newer teammates in person.
I spent a few years as a one-person department. At the time it was out of necessity, but I am so glad those days are behind me.
Teams are where it’s at!
HARPFLUENCER
Glad baseball season’s almost here but I admit I’ll probably miss the Bryce Harper food influencer content when it slows down.
juniper styles
Improv doubleheader tomorrow night.Catch me in the 7pm block with Pacific Quiche.Eat, watch more shows, etc.Then come back for the 10pm block for my freestyle rap show with Optimus Rhyme.
SEVERANCE S2
The irony of perhaps taking a day off work to mull over the Severance finale.
Okay, some reactions. Spoilers ahead so avert your gaze and hasten your thumbs if you wish to avoid.
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I personally loved the finale. Mixed feelings about its actual events, but every change in beat to that episode had me leaning further in. And you know it’s wild when the existence of every character is pretty much in jeopardy but you’re most invested in whether or not a goat survives.
This finale had a really good blend of answering questions and raising new ones. The numbers are your wife! One of the things it confirmed are that Kier’s motivation is to create a world without pain, and that perfectly crosses with Mark’s decision to sever his way past the grief process.
I think the best hero-villain dynamics are when they’re two characters who are forced to make the same decision but take different routes. And you could extend that to innie Mark refusing to let go, in contrast to outie Mark severing as a way to force letting go.
In theory they could park it right here and call that the series finale. Some plot lines felt very resolved. Like Dylan’s or Cobel’s. And a lot of the ambiguity at the end felt deliberate, like The Graduate. But there’s still plenty to explore with the Eagans and Gemma, and I think a true series finale wouldn’t be right without John Turturo and Christopher Walken.
This is one of the more interesting fictional worlds to hang out in from recent years, so I wouldn’t mind another round.
Also, how is Mr. Milchick’s forced smile the perfect image of corporate America?
mushroom kingdom
Went places this weekend. MarioLand was well done. Whole park was an interactive story game. Lots of AR/motion oriented games and fun translations of MarioKart & Mario Party type experiences. I appreciate Toad’s culinary turn.