I think they might be double the original value, or something. Perhaps eventually I'll bother selling.
My favorite trick was dunking old pennies in vinegar to get crud off them. The only problem was it would take some of the original coating off the penny as well. I just got back from spring break seeing family and a friend from high school, I was able to rummage through their coins (they pay cash a lot for some reason ) and found a bunch of coins for the collection, including one of those new American Women quarters I was just telling you about. I think I'll use one of the extremely small plastic bags bricklink sellers seem to love using to stick it in for now
That's quite the adventure. Earlier I had to haul my bag with goodies from my parents' / grandparents' on the train and the bus back to my apartment. I'm glad I decided to not work out yesterday, because I definitely got one today. I need to go to the farmers market near me more often, especially now that local produce will be coming into season again.
As the news says, LEGO is a better investment than gold so those set's value are something to keep an eye on.
I should give that a try to see if my coins can be a little cleaner. Ooh, that will be a fine addition to your coin collection. Good use of those bags you have thousands of.
Yep, it probably took a good half of a day to get groceries. That's a lot of hauling with a lot of commutes as well. That'll be pretty cool. I used to visit the farmers market back in college, but now I need to find one closer to me.
I could try selling, but that requires too much effort for me.
The bricklink sellers like to use bags exponentially smaller than the ones I have. You can barely fit anything in them. Packing efficiency, I guess.
Tomorrow I have an appointment, but it's on the way to the grocery store so I think I'll do some multitasking and visit the grocery after my appointment. That's living efficiently in the city, I guess.
Spring break is officially over today and I am unenthused
*waddles in while carrying a ridiculous amount of plushies*
For today only, everyone shall receive a free meow wow & tyranto rex plushies. Happy 20th KH.
What
Apparently, we're gonna receive a frew *checks notes* meow...wow? and a, uh, tyran-tyranto rex plushie? Oh, and KH is celebrating their 20th...uh, something.
Apparently, we're gonna receive a frew *checks notes* meow...wow? and a, uh, tyran-tyranto rex plushie? Oh, and KH is celebrating their 20th...uh, something.
Apparently, we're gonna receive a frew *checks notes* meow...wow? and a, uh, tyran-tyranto rex plushie? Oh, and KH is celebrating their 20th...uh, something.
I read that as we're going to receive free checks
Did you ever hear the tale of Kingdom Hearts? I thought not. It’s not a story Disney would tell you....
Post by TheThankfulMysteryRider on Mar 29, 2022 15:30:17 GMT
Alright, I might actually try to pick back up my hobby of video essays and thought I might share with you fine folks a project of mine. (It's a pretty rough draft.)
Note: This contains heavy spoilers for The Batman2022, but if you are okay with that...(Part 1)
{SPOILERS FOR THEBATMAN2022} An important point to establish beforehand is this, the focus of the film can be found in the title. The Batman. The concept we are exploring here is the identity of Batman and its effect on Bruce, a concept that has appeared in previous films for sure, but this time from a different angle.
With Snyder's Batman we view an older Bruce broken from years spent fighting a seemingly endless war, his psyche vulnerable enough to be influenced by Lex. How could an inhuman seemingly set himself above humanity, above Bruce after everything he has done? Perhaps if he were to eliminate him, prove him nothing more than a false deity, he could restore some semblance of his own humanity and add purpose to all those years spent fighting his endless war on crime.
"I'm older now than my father ever was. This may be the only thing I do that matters."-Bruce in BvS
However, it was the humanity of Superman that brought him out of his dark valley, for if this all-powerful inhuman would care for something as personal as a human mother, what did that speak about Bruce and his own life? It revealed the disconnection Bruce had with his own relationships, for even he reviled Alfred's warning about his blossoming obsession with the destruction of Superman.
"That's how it starts. The fever... the rage... the feeling of powerlessness that turns good men cruel."-Alfred in BVS
“He has the power to take out the entire human race and if we believe there is even a one percent chance that he is our enemy, we have to take it as an absolute certainty!"-Bruce in BVS
Now, where could explore Batman next? Perhaps, in having the audience discover the core ideal of Batman, regardless of your preferred flavoring. (Keaton, Bale, Affleck, DCAU, etc.)
And the core ideal, is that of a candle in the midst of darkness, rather than the full-on sun as with Superman.
But what if a young Bruce, merely two years in had his child-like sense of justice questioned? He enters the wasteland naively thinking the city would begin to have noticeable change almost immediately, but real life does not work this way. In his opening monologue, he tells us he has carved out his own name within Gotham. So feared is he, that just by looking at the shadows criminals are spooked into believing Batman is there. But is it enough? Is there an element missing in all of this? There is---humanity.
{SPOILERS FOR THEBATMAN2022} We open with a rescued citizen cowering before Batman. As he retires to the Wayne mansion, we see the injuries he's sustained. We see his disconnect at the Funeral. He tries to smile for the cameras, but can't. He knows the city is so disgusting, so full of the worst kind of people, that it's hard to put up a front. The knowledge he's gained from going out every night as Batman has become a burden, his naive view of right and wrong, the childish spark of hope, is dwindling and he tries to justify it in front of Alfred.
"What I am doing is my father's legacy."-Bruce in The Batman
Echoing the familiar fear of helplessness explored in Affleck's portray. "20 years in Gotham Alfred, we've seen what promises are worth, how many good guys are left? How many stay that way."-Bruce in BvS
With both these portrayals, their life's mission is entirely consumed in the Batman. Notice though a key word in Pattison's line. "My father." Throughout the film, Pattison's Batman has a few remaining tethers left in his life, that is to say, relationships that tether him to the light, that keep aflame his child-like hope. And what better way for the evil within the city to eliminate a seemingly indestructible Bat? By attacking the tethers that bind him to this hope.
Chiefly, Thomas Wayne is Bruce's symbol of goodness and hope. At the funeral, Bruce, although struggling to put up a face, he still believes in his father and puts Falcone in his place after the crime boss attempted to twist his sacred image of Thomas Wayne. In a way, it is a small reminder for Bats about his own mission.
"He took the Hippocratic Oath."-Bruce in The Batman
This is where Edward comes into play as a factor in tearing down Bruce's main tether. Edward is a face-to-face example of someone devoid of humanity. Willing in his quest of justice, to wipe the city clean almost as if he saw himself as a deity. Even more so, Edward is someone who did not learn from the scars. Someone who allowed his experiences to stunt his growth. Instead of helping build up others using one's own experience with a broken system, Edward burns it all down and sets himself up as a deity among a group of equally broken people. As a child he played the part of an innocent pawn sacrificed so that the power-hungry can continue their unjust dealings. Now he wishes to play the part of a king and rule his own kingdom of pawns, regardless if he inflicts pain on those he claims to help. By having this mindset, he is only furthering the cycle of corruption that defined his childhood. He is only acting in his own self-interest, only putting up a facade of being a vigilante pursuing truth in order to justify himself and his lashing out at the world. And if Batman loses his humanity, he'll end up doing the same. This is clearly seen in the scene with the Riddler goon echoing Batman's own words.
{JAMMERS! SPOILERS FOR THE BATMAN2022} While Edward opens the wound in trampling Bruce's image of his father, Falcone twists the knife even further. Bruce cannot accept what appears to be undeniable evidence and almost falls in the same trap his father took, appealing to the evil he sought out to defeat. Bruce tries to appear stoic, but Falcone quickly shatters his last ounce of mental resilience by presenting him with a half-truth. Bruce leaves to meet with his last, strained tether, as the one of his father’s is nearly about to break. Bruce stops for once to listen. Alfred, nearly perishing from one of Edward's "letters", is allowed to pour out his heart and share some trauma he himself has been keeping pent up for years. Bruce at this moment is not Batman or stoic Bruce, but the frighten boy who lost his parents that fateful night and has nowhere to go, no way to comprehend this life-shattering event that has turned his world upside down. Alfred plays the role of a father-like figure, but also a sliver of truth that Bruce can depend on in a world where fidelity is a completely foreign concept.
Thomas Wayne made a hasty deal in order to preserve himself, he didn't stop to think and it resulted in someone perishing. By the time he did, it was too late. Did he decide to stay there and in doing so allow Falcone to get a greater foothold over the Waynes? No. He turned away from error in exchange for the truth, regardless of the damage. For it is worse to be covered from head to toe in mud than it is for a single stain on one's shirt. Underneath all that filth, Thomas would be unrecognizable. What example does that present for a young, impressionable Bruce who idolized his father? After Alfred's confession, his sacred image of his father is restored, and it gives him the drive to go on. Bruce wasn't sure if he could live up to his father, questioned how his father could have remained stainless. After learning the truth, it was more powerful to hear how after falling into error, Thomas made the decision not to pursue it regardless of the consequences to his public image. In the end he perished for it, but for Bruce it reignited that child-like hope, a confirmation, a YES you can pick yourself back up and make the decision to do what's right instead of wallowing in the past and guilting yourself. We could learn from our scars to help us endure.
Perhaps eventually I'll bother selling. 
