Summer Day Off

Mom and I were cleaning out the prop room today at the church, a really lengthy process given that we're talking about nearly twenty years of storing stuff in the same place.  They're wanting to use the room for something else which means the props in there have to go... somewhere. 

Meanwhile, Maddie was visiting Stardew Valley today.  She got a lot done in the old valley.  Why, she uh... she... what did you there, Maddie?  "I sold stuff, raised animals, sold animals, and robbed people.  Just kidding about that.  I gave stuff away."

So there you go.  That's a quality day right there!  Actually early in the summer it's okay to have these R&R days.  "Rest and Recover Days," I call them, where it's okay to veg in front of a television or play video games.  Speaking of television, we watched the nearly to the end of "American Born Chinese" tonight, which has been interesting.  Maddie likes it so far.  Maddie likes the main characters, and of course given the title of the thing, there's that inherent interest in the show.  It's also always great watching something with the Monkey King in it.  Seriously on a scale of one to ten, you immediately add two points to any rating if the movie/television show features the Monkey King.  So if you're giving the series a six out of ten, it automatically jumps to an eight out of ten.  See how that works?  The same rule applies with pirates, although it's only one point.

Tonight we watched the Sinister Six as well, as Spider-man was dealing with some great Marvel villains all at once.  Tonight's version of the Sinister Six featured Rhino, Doc Oc, the Beetle, the Lizard, Electro, and Kraven the Hunter.  This roster changes over the years, from comics to television shows, and was teased in the "Amazing Spider-man 2," but we never got to see that.  The best allegiance of Spider-man villains was probably in "Spider-man:  No Way Home," where we saw Electro, Doc Oc, the Green Goblin,  the Lizard, the Sandman.  Sadly, only five.  So it wasn't the Sinister Six.  Can't go with "Sinister Five" because there's no alliteration there - so I guess we'll go with the "Forbidding Five" or the "Frightening Five" or something like that.  Anyway, Maddie and I enjoyed the episode - it was fun.

Mom wasn't feeling great tonight, and of course I have to get up early to have a root canal.  We got to bed early, but tonight before sleep, we finished up "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," and Maddie liked it enough that we'll start on "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" tomorrow or the next day.  I think we'll move through this trilogy.  Of course, the "trilogy" has six books in it, and a short story.  I love the fact that it was still called a trilogy when that fourth book came out.  And by book five, it was just a great running joke.  The book is quite a bit different at the end than the movie, but both are good in their own ways.  It's an easy read, and Maddie enjoyed it.  It's such a classic book.  

Anyway, we said our prayers after that, and soon after that, it was time for some sleep.