[811] John Wick 3: Parabellum

Last weekend I watched John Wick 3: Parabellum while my wife and daughter watched Aladdin.

John Wick 3 was amazing. There were some scenes I found a bit too violent and/or gory, but it didn't take away from the overall experience. I totally enjoyed the movie.

I was really happy seeing Mark Dacascos in the movie. I know he's been in some movies before, but I never really saw those movies. I knew him best as the Chairman from Iron Chef: America. Seeing his character in the movie had my imagination run wild trying to tie up his character from Iron Chef: America to the one in John Wick.

There was also a fair amount of funny moments, in the sense that they were trying to break the overall mood of the movie and give the audience a breather. Sort of how Avengers: Endgame had some funny moments in an overall intense (I can't think of any other word I can use to describe it) situation.

Anyway that's as much spoilers as I can say, if you can consider that a spoiler. It was a great movie, but there were some really violent parts that I cringed at. I appreciated the acting of everyone involved, they really got me buying in to their characters. I was either really sympathetic to them or I really wished they would get what's coming to them.

Also a special shout out to Boban Marjanovic, the NBA giant who had a scene in the movie. I hope he continues to show up in other movies. He could have a great career in specialized giant roles. Can't wait to see if he can do comedy.

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[810] Avengers: Endgame

My wife and I watched Avengers: Endgame in Greenbelt 3 yesterday. We went to the 10:30 am showing, got decent seats in the side, and enjoyed the whole movie.

It was an amazing movie that I think did a great job tying loose ends and possibly setting up the Marvel cinematic universe for more movies moving forward.

I won't write about any potential spoilers, though I have read my fair share. Willingly, of course. I read that article about the guy who got back at someone who spoiled Infinity War by spoiling Endgame and it took him almost one year to do it. There were plenty spoilers there.

My wife cried a few times during the movie. Good job on the directors for hitting the right notes, because I also got teary eyed in some parts.

I just wish my wife and I were more active watching Marvel movies because I'm pretty sure we missed a whole lot of "inside jokes."

Great movie, I might watch it again if it's still showing this coming weekend.

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[809] Numbering Fixed

I found the culprit. I missed naming post 788.

I made post # 787 then the next post became post # 789. And it took me this long to figure out I was off by one post.

So this post is just to make sure I have the right count again.

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[808 -- again?] Numbering Issue and Health

While checking the blogger dashboard it appears I only have 807 posts, yet this was supposed to be post number 809. So either I made a mistake counting or I deleted a previous post. I won't be trying to figure it out again.

Anyway I've been forcing myself to do some physical activity everyday. Usually going on 20 to 30 minute walks. However I realized that while this may be good physical activity to improve my stamina I have done nothing to improve my strength.

This morning I tried to use my 20 lb kettlebell and do some bicep curls. Being the weakling that I am I only managed to do 4 reps. Per arm. And only two sets. Not only that but when I tried doing overhead tricep extensions with both arms the best I could do was eight. Next set I stopped at six since I was afraid I might drop the kettlebell.

This basically means that I will be adding some arm and maybe shoulder exercises to my daily routine, most likely after I finish with my walk.

As for my skip rope, well I don't do it as often since I enjoy walking around and seeing sights more but I do feel it helped improve my stamina so I will be trying to incorporate it to my morning routine once in a while.

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[808] Desktop PC

I may have to build a desktop PC. I've been using laptops for since late 2009. Unfortunately it may be cheaper to just assemble a desktop.

While I enjoy using less power and having a more portable laptop, the cost of getting a good one here is very expensive. With what I used to purchase my current laptop I could have probably assembled a very powerful desktop unit with two monitors.

Also it's easier to upgrade or repair a desktop. My laptop right now has a dead battery and I cannot afford the two-week downtime to have the battery replaced.

I just need to know if it will be worth it to build a desktop for half the price but the power consumed is probably three to five times more than what I'm currently using.

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