Jamalisms

@jamalisms

Writer of unfinished stories, sometimes podcaster, sharer of my own bad video game clips, full-time Tennessee Titans fan, part-time complainer & laugher at my own jokes.

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Jamalisms@jamalisms· 21d

Also ... good news:

Jamalisms@jamalisms· 21d

Non-spoilery thoughts on The Odyssey (movie):

It's good. It's different from a lot of movies, I think. The pacing is, I'd say, somewhat abnormal. But it's good. It's entertaining, thoughtful, visceral and even has something of a hopeful perspective.

I need to reread The Odyssey because I'm sure they took liberties or skipped certain things and I'd like to know where changes were made. I'd also like to know what perspective it's told from because I suspect that's different from the movie and I like to assess the choices there just in terms of the craft of telling a story.

I think the perspective of the movie and the way the story is presented was effective and established a through-line that well-stitched together the many different events that Odysseus took part in while also keeping a good bit of the focus elsewhere and that combination felt natural. The events could have felt quite disparate but they didn't and that's great ... but I'll only know how much credit to give for that once I revisit the book itself.

I wouldn't say it's all-time great (I do think some of his other movies are) but I do already want to rewatch it. There's just so much that would be easy to miss in a three hour movie (that doesn't really have filler).

Jamalisms@jamalisms· 23d

WILL NOBODY FEED COOKIE MONSTER!?

Jamalisms@jamalisms· 23d

Argentina is just barely wiggling the lock.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· 23d

Spain has the key in the lock, half turned.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· 23d

The duality of man.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· 27d

Post-game banner on the field: The Falklands are Argentinian

Jamalisms@jamalisms· 27d

Of course Nintendo finally releases the Network Test details for Duskbloods and it's happening on the only weekend I'm gone THE ENTIRE DAMN SUMMER. I'm not angry. You're angry. Shut up.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· Jul 4

Postgame vibes (we waited quite awhile to leave and they were still going)

Jamalisms@jamalisms· Jul 4

Halftime vibes

Jamalisms@jamalisms· Jul 4

The family

Jamalisms@jamalisms· Jul 4

View from the seats

Jamalisms@jamalisms· Jul 4

White hair is my dad (Colombian side first half, Colombian attack second half). Kids and I are some of the yellow blobs next to him. Dad supported Ghana, I was neutral, both kids bandwagoned pretty hard onto Columbia.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· Jul 3

We didn't get any great videos of the World Cup rally for Colombia in Kansas City today but we did get this clip of the streetcar riding back through the smaller part of the crowd after we left. It was pretty intense, lol.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· Jun 24

Love Ya Blue? I might be a Congo DR supporter now.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· Jun 17

I love that Pochettino is willing to talk truth to US Soccer. I don't know if he would work as coaching in the long-term, certainly not for the developmental aspect, I imagine, but I love that he's not playing politics and It's comfortable talking about some of the sports problems in the US.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· Jun 7

Today is my sister Jasmine's 49th birthday and we fast approach the 1st anniversary of her passing. I believe in a spiritual existence after this life and that we can still assist one another. Feel free to offer a prayer for Jasmine's spirit and to consider doing something for your community.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· Jun 2

Look, ok. This is frivolous. I know that. But here's my headphones case. It low-key drives me insane that the R earpiece is on the L and the L earpiece is on the R. This concludes my TED Talk.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· Jun 1

One of the young man's newer D&D characters is Habibi (real name Habrin). His art for Habibi:

Jamalisms@jamalisms· May 28

Evergreen article from The Onion:

An article from The Onion reads: "America is currently wrestling with the difficult and controversial question of whether it's worth it to make an effort to keep children alive, not to mention safe, educated, or healthy. The Onion looks at the pros and cons of just letting children die."

Jamalisms@jamalisms· May 27

This is my favorite thing to do in Dark Souls games. Not necessarily Ring Around the Rosie with Peek-A-Boo headshots but finding ways to cheese the game and guarantee victory - even if it takes longer and it's maybe harder / more tedious to do that just fighting. I'm weird.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· May 27

Final Boss DS3, second phase. Really felt like my dodge timing was lagged. I basically had to pre-dodge and that's a hard adjustment to make - as all of the hits I take can testify. Feels weird to dodge, get hit and stagger, then have the dodge process after the stagger. Lots of those here.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· May 25

Pure vibes in DS3.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· May 24

When a Dark Souls lover plays DS3 for the first time, encounters a new enemy and immediately stops to figure out how to cheese it. Because returning fire with a bit of my own "that's unfair" is my favorite part of Dark Souls.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· May 22

I absolutely refuse to dim my hopes because they're mine and they're all I have. However:

Imagine interviewing a guy and getting a feel for his leadership experience, his football mind, his ideas on roster construction, his executive potential and all that. Finally, you hire him and celebrate - My God, this guy seems perfect!

Then comes his first day and you're just so excited to watch him get to work righting the ship. What will he do first? Call the quarterback? Give a rip roaring speech? Maybe he wants a tour of the facilities and to start meeting all of the unsung employees who make things run smoothly?

Nope. None of that.

The first thing he does, his number one priority, is getting rid of seed oils.

Great job - You hired a moron.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· May 12

Well ... this part was fun.

Jamalisms@jamalisms· May 6

I just found out Estadio Azteca is now Estadio Whogivesafuck or whatever the new bullshit name is. I'm pissed.