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White Sneakers

I bought new sneakers* the other day and they were delivered today. My feet are freakishly huge. The new shoes are size 14 4e. They are a little on the snug side. Hopefully they’ll loosen up.

They are also white.

I haven’t bought white sneakers in 1000 years. I used to only buy white sneakers and I don’t know what fashion trend that I wasn’t actually aware of that caused me to stop, but it’s been a long time.

I feel like I have a pair of suns on my feet, shining bright enough to be seen from the other side of the galaxy. I kinda want to go outside and walk through the mud for a while. Should I?

*Not everyone calls them sneakers, but folks in my neck of the woods do. I think out west they are called tennis shoes, and maybe across the pond they are called trainers. Does that sound right?

Weird Noise

Jen came into the room saying she heard a weird rattling noise coming from the cellar. Can I go downstairs and check it out? Sure

I was walking toward the cellar stairs and it happened again. To me it sounded like it was outside. I looked through the window but didn’t see anything. Then it happened again and it sounded like it was coming from the fireplace. It was vaguely metallic. Could it have been the new fireplace grate?

I stood next to the fireplace listening, but it never came again. I went outside to look at the roof to see if there was anything out of place. Our fireplace has a little metal cap on its top. Did the wind somehow make that sound? I don’t see how.

After a few more minutes everything remained quiet. I went downstairs to see if there was anything there. The fireplace is directly above our new furnace which is right next to our new water heater. Might one of those made the noise? I turned on the heat so the furnace kicked on. Quiet as a mouse. I went upstairs and ran the hot water in the bathroom sink. I listened to the water heater and it too was quiet as a mouse.

What the hell was it? My imagination started running with it.

I have decided it was a woodpecker banging on the cap at the top of the chimney. Why not?

Thor: Love and Thunder Trailer

So Doctor Strange 2 comes out on May 6th. Will I have the MCU rewatch complete by then? It would be cool to finish the rewatch and then immediately go see the new movie. Obviously that won’t work out because I am having surgery on May 4th, and also the pandemic is still a thing and I ain’t going anywhere near a movie theater for a while yet.

So I guess the question isn’t will I be done with the rewatch by the time the next movie comes out, but will I be done before the next movie hits Disney+. This new Thor movie, Thor #4, comes out in July. What will the world look like at that point? Much like Thor himself, will I be transformed from Fat Rob to Thin Rob? No. No I will not.

Will I be Thin Rob by the time Thin Thor hits Disney+? No, probably not. Stop fat shaming the god of thunder, fat boy.

Which Movie is My Favorite?

As I tick another Marvel movie off of my rewatch list I am left with a question. But first, the updated list…

Here is The Great 2022 Marvel Cinematic Universe Chronological Rewatch of 2022 Update:

  • Phase One-ish
    • Captain America: The First Avenger
    • Captain Marvel
    • Iron Man
    • The Incredible Hulk
    • Iron Man 2
    • Thor
    • Marvel’s The Avengers
  • Phase Two-ish
    • Iron Man 3
    • Thor: The Dark World
    • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    • Guardians of the Galaxy
    • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
    • Avengers: Age of Ultron
    • Ant-Man
  • Phase Three-ish
    • Captain America: Civil War
    • Black Widow
    • Spider-Man: Homecoming
    • Black Panther
    • Doctor Strange
    • Thor: Ragnarok
    • Ant-Man and the Wasp
    • Avengers: Infinity War
    • Avengers: Endgame
    • Spider-Man: Far From Home
  • Phase four-ish
    • Eternals
    • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
    • Spider-Man: No Way Home

I said on one of these posts earlier that Captain America: Winter Soldier is my favorite Marvel movie, not counting the Infinity War/Endgame combo which destroys all other movies, but after tonight I don’t know if I can say that for sure.

My question for myself is, is Captain America: Civil War better than Winter Soldier? Apart from all of the previous Avengers (except Thor and The Hulk) we add Black Panther and Spider-Man into the mix. The airport fight scene, and the Cap/Bucky vs Iron Man fight at the end… It’s just a thrill a second ride from start to finish. Is Civil War better than Winter Soldier? I honestly don’t know.

Up next is Black Widow. I’ve only watched it once before but I was very happy with it. Will it hold up to a second watch? Let’s find out. The only beef I have with the flick is that it wasn’t made years earlier. I will never understand why they waited so long to give her a movie of her own. She deserves better.