Adam

Adam

@astranchida.bsky.social

Movies, horror, sports, music, Tolkien, nerdy stuff, games, sarcasm, dad-life & general shenanigans. The journey is the destination; just keep telling the story. Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/4F43H

277 Followers 231 Following 674 Posts Joined Sep 2023
8 hours ago
Black and white photo of dew droplets sticking to spider web, lit by diffused flash, and backlit by sun.

Dewy early morning spider web

Crew flint pen strand trails 3-11-26
in Bonita Springs, Florida

#ClassicMono #monochrome #blackAndWhite #grayscale #eck #macro #photography #macroPhotography

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2 days ago
Card #9 of 33, This Is Spinal Tap (1984) with trivia and/or a description of the scene/character.

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐š๐ฉ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’) // # ๐Ÿ— ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ // ๐๐„๐–!
"..๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ." // #๐˜š๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ
๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜€ '๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น' ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿด๐Ÿฐ

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1 day ago
Card #10 of 33, This Is Spinal Tap (1984) with trivia and/or a description of the scene/character.

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐š๐ฉ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’) // # ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ // ๐๐„๐–!
"๐˜ž๐˜ฆ'๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด." // #๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ
๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜€ '๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น' ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿด๐Ÿฐ

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1 day ago

Haha sounds about right. I saw APC a couple years before I finally got to see Tool; then caught them 4x that year (did the screen thing for at least two of those, so maybe same tour). They were my first post-lockdown show too. Always great- couldnโ€™t miss the sphere if they do it. Enjoy Metallica! ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿป

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Iโ€™m already halfway through mentally auctioning-off the house for Tool there if it happens, even though my initial reaction was pointing out the irony. Then I pictured what Iโ€™ve seen them do at crappy venues happening there for about two secondsโ€ฆ and the decision was made.

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Caught them on the Black Gives Way to Blue tour and it was pretty solid. Plenty Iโ€™ve missed though; still kicking myself for not catching Soundgarden for $60 at a medium venue in the 00s, or Fogerty ever, and to a lesser extent Rage (prior to the price-gouge reunion- happy not to go now).

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2 days ago

Help! Any employment ops, temp or reg? Unable to meet 4/1 rent due to recent developments.

Administered Learning Management Systems for 8K users, skilled in training (group, 1 on 1) & materials, onboarding, orientation, data entry, company reporting, troubleshooting, records maintenance, more. DM.

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2 days ago

Hope you enjoy! I caught it yesterday morning and had a great time with it overall.

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3 days ago

Just for the record (again), down with daylight savings time.

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3 days ago

Enjoy, and happy birthday to the little one! We just celebrated my nieceโ€™s 1st yesterday, and ours is pushing 8 already (though of course 3 FEELS like yesterday still). Trying to soak it all up everyday. Hope itโ€™s a great one for all of you!

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3 days ago

Drop gif you can hear:

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4 days ago
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a man in a brown shirt with a black ring around his waist ALT: a man in a brown shirt with a black ring around his waist

โ€œSorry whatโ€™s that, old faucet?โ€

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5 days ago

Iโ€™m happy to be part of the club now!

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6 days ago
Movie posters and ratings for the following films, from my Letterboxd recent activity; all reviewed:
โ€ขThe Funhouse (3.5*, first-watch)
โ€ขMachine Head: Elegies (4.5*)
โ€ขThe Conversation (4*, first-watch)
โ€ข12 Angry Men (5*, first-watch)

A nice, weird little collection as usual for my #LastFourWatched this #LetterboxdFriday. Caught up on some great first-watches (but 12 Angry Men blew me away), with a little MfnH tossed in there as well ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿป
#Filmsky ๐ŸŽฅ ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ

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6 days ago

My wife and I were way late on Goonies too! I think I had been saying โ€œHey you guysโ€ like that for 15 years, among other references, without ever knowing why but picking it up from friends.

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6 days ago

What is one of your ultimate comfort movies?

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6 days ago

Ha- was literally coming here to mention what feels like about half of all White/Rob Zombie songs.

Iโ€™m surprised I havenโ€™t thought of a dozen various other answers by now though. Good one.

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6 days ago
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a man in a blue shirt with the number 801027 on the front Alt: Nic Cage in Con Air, smiling as wind hits his face and long hair and the camera zooms in on him.

Yessir! That *click* inside you when you recognize a still or a split second, or suddenly have dozens of previous references which flew over your head come rushing back to you all at once cause youโ€™re finally in on it.

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6 days ago

Nice! Yeah Iโ€™m generally skeptical, even going into โ€œclassics,โ€ but this one definitely delivered for me. Iโ€™m interested to see what you think!

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6 days ago

Like every time I meet someone who hasnโ€™t watched The Shawshank Redemption or Breaking Bad etc; Iโ€™m JEALOUS. What I wouldnโ€™t give to watch my 100 favorite movies/series for the 1st (or even 2nd) time again.

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6 days ago
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A โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… review of 12 Angry Men (1957) Hahaha holy shit *Updateโ€” that was all I could muster after finishing that last night! It felt like about 30 minutes; such an instant attention-grabber and it didnโ€™t let up until the final moment. The...

People often make fun of othersโ€™ odd information/pop-culture-gaps, but I say itโ€™s great when applied to movies.

Filling in the blind spots and seeing some all-timers youโ€™ve missed is such a treat, and that thankfully happened to me last nightโ€ฆ

#FilmSky ๐ŸŽฅ ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ

boxd.it/doOvGx

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1 week ago

My favorite 4 first-watches of February:

โ€ขGodzilla vs Destroyah
boxd.it/d4nSMz
โ€ขThe Gentlemen
boxd.it/d7vQXt
โ€ขSend Help
boxd.it/d8eLwn
โ€ขSisu: Road to Revenge
boxd.it/dlBMa1

I was especially most surprised by The Gentlemen. #FilmSky ๐ŸŽฅ ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ

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A โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…ยฝ review of Machine Head: Elegies (2005) While more of a prelude to my #1 favorite era of Machine Head, this is certainly the 1a. or 1b. lineup (depending on your bass preference), but this show does a fantastic job of showcasing why those o...

#MetalSky ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿป
boxd.it/dn1HnP

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1 week ago

I caved and fixed itโ€ฆ

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1 week ago

Ooops guess I didnโ€™t read all the rules haha. Oh well; sticking with it.

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1 week ago

Ok I had to do this one; had some fun with it! Iโ€™m excited to read some other entries too- I know thereโ€™s a ton I probably never even considered. I worked mine down from a shortlist of about 20 at the start.

#FilmSky ๐ŸŽฅ ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ

boxd.it/SWgY0/detail

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1 week ago

Fun fact- this was the first movie we ever streamed; when we didnโ€™t even think it would work the first time we tried it after Netflix launched that new option ๐Ÿคฃ Oh how far weโ€™ve come!

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1 week ago
The DVD menu for Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein, featuring eerie-tinted Frankensteinโ€™s Monster, Dracula and the Wolfman above vibrantly-colored versions of Abbot and Costello with humorously-enlarged heads.

Good Sunday morning decisions.
#NowWatching #FilmSky ๐ŸŽฅ ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ

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1 week ago
Movie posters and ratings from my Letterboxd โ€œrecent activityโ€:

โ€ขTomorrow Never Dies (3.5*)
โ€ขEternal Sunshine of the spotless Mind (5*)
โ€ขSisu: Toad to Revenge (3.5*, first-watch)
โ€ขThe Muppet Show โ€˜26 (4.5*)

Putting not feeling good to good use at least. #LastFourWatched #FilmSky ๐ŸŽฅ ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ

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Oh I just meant for the setlist at my Spinal Tap-curated cremation haha๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿป

Very excited to see what youโ€™ve put together for this set- Iโ€™m sure itโ€™s all gold.

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