Signs and Shields

 

It's great to see more disabled characters pop up in the kind of shows I like.

This time, it was on The Dragon Prince, a fantasy cartoon on Netflix. 

The character is Amaya, general and leader of the central kingdom's largest army. She's also deaf and uses sign language, with other characters acting as interpreters. While she's not a main character, she is pretty interesting and does get a small spotlight in a couple episodes.

Just something I felt like sharing.

Cheers!

Something To Look Forward To

 

The current COVID situation here is starting to seem nightmarish, and I've been in need of something positive.

Good news came last week in the form a movie trailer. A new one, that I can see, for free even!

I saw the trailer for Army of the Dead by Zack Snyder, a post-apocalyptic zombie-heist action movie. Just five seconds into it, and I was hooked! The film looks like the answer to the question: What if Ocean's Eleven and The Walking Dead had an incredibly beautiful baby, and it somehow got adopted by The Expendables. 

In a nutshell, the heroes of a zombie apocalypse try to pull off a major bank heist in a zombie-infested Las Vegas. Also, some of those zombies look kind of intelligent. 

And to make it extra amazing, there are zombie-showgirls, a zombie Elvis impersonator, and a zombified white tiger!

!!!!

The movie starts streaming on Netflix on May 21st, coinciding perfectly with my birthday on the 27th. So, Happy birthday to me!

Cheers

Vaccine One is Done

 

The first dose of Pfizer's COVID vaccine is in me. My sister too.

Thanks to respiratory issues, as well as the home care I would normally get, I was able to book an appointment now, rather than having to wait. Very fast, efficient, and painless experience.

Really never thought I would've ever been glad to get a needle. Strange times!

My parents get their first round the middle of next week, then we wait until likely the middle of summer (which sucks, but that's a whole other issue) for round two.

Oh well, it's a step in the right direction.

Cheers!

Books and Books and Books and Books

 

That rather large chunk of literature there was accumulated in exactly 1.5 weeks.

• The Tolkien books (Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy) were a belated Christmas gift. 
• The Hollow Ones by Guillermo Del Toro/Chuck Hogan and Later by Stephen King were very nicely sent to me from a friend of the family.
• And the three big Conan, Tarzan, and John Carter of Mars anthologies were a recent online splurge.

I didn't do much last year, and I probably won't be doing all that much this year either, so I consider this my COVID-equivalent of a train ticket to Toronto or flight down South. And with another lockdown seeming more and more likely, the timing couldn't be better.

Cheers!