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BurdineBandit

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  1. Oh thaaat's who Sam Raimi is? That makes a bit more sense of the movie to me. I saw it last night, thought it was pretty good. Thought the pacing was kinda frantic, but I guess by now we should know wtf is going on. The other thing that threw me off was the dialogue and feel of the movie was kinda..... YA. The witchcraft stuff didn't help, but kinda how they introduced conflict and figured out how to resolve it, felt "young". I understand it's a comic book movie, but I hadn't necessarily felt that way about previous Marvel movies. Could have been the teenager in the film too, not that she did bad, but it kinda softens the movie up. I think she's even younger than Peter Parker is supposed to be, or feels like it.
  2. Finished last night, didn't hate it, but didn't love it. The show was getting stupider by the season so I didn't expect them to fix all the problems with it by the last episode. I agree that as a whole, it was very unsatisfying, but I might be in the minority in being satisfied that at least all the idiots that took the "Fuck the Cartel" stance found out after fucking around. Them Mizzous really thought their trailer park operations made them mob bosses, except they had no mob.
  3. https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/austin-fc-mls-los-verdes/ Speaking of...
  4. Make another post on this thread so I can rep again for the Mictlan rec, everybody in the group loved it. That little drive out there is definitely misleading and I almost doubted myself when I saw the desert, the shacks outside, etc., then you walk down into the cave and understand the experience. Even surprised myself and didn't hesitate to try the chapulines. Killed it in CDMX this weekend. We had a driver for the weekend so I couldn't have ever done it as badass on my own. Xochimilco and Lucha Libre on Friday, Teotihucan/Mictlan and Estadio Azteca (Cruz Azul vs Necaxa play-in) on Saturday, Puebla/Cholula (maybe my favorite part of the trip, what a kick ass little city) and then Plaza Garibaldi to round out the night on Sunday. Badass weekend. Mole poblano in Cholula might have been the best meal of the trip, but it was definitely rivaled by the birria de chivo tacos this morning from La Polar. I needed those yesterday instead for the crudo tequila put on me during the Canelo loss.
  5. No mames wey. The Verdes & Murga have a sizable Latino influence. Over-proportionate to our population in Austin proper. Anyways. Glad this was the first game I missed this year (on TV).... We got plenty of space to prove ourselves against playoff-bound teams this summer though. Let's get some points.
  6. I fuckin hate the closest Whataburger to me (MLK/Airport in Austin), but I gotta hand it to them, I really enjoyed my Southern Bacon Double on Saturday. They didn't get my DP shake right (chocolate instead), but I was gruntled by the meal. The slaw did about the same thing that lettuce does (mostly crunch, but a tiny bit more flavor than lettuce).
  7. I haven't seen any discussion on my twitter timeline about Atlanta like I had the past season. I understand why. Also, Donald basically warned about this when he basically said Season 4 would be better. I get the messaging, but I'd think the point of the FX medium would be to make these issues just a biiit more exciting than reading about them in a think-piece?
  8. Not bad, but not nearly as good as I'd hoped it would be. I'd say solid B-movie material that stylized itself into a B+ movie. The story seemed to want me to root for the protagonist, but all the Kings were basically just in an endless cycle of raping/pillaging/enslaving. Didn't necessarily side with the one that the movie decided to follow. (Not that they claimed he was the "moral" one necessarily either, just a weird protagonist) Grateful for an Anya Taylor-Joy role, but damn that was a thin role for a female lead. Viking sneak-swims onboard boat, they exchange 3 words, and are now inseparable. Bc I guess they needed another woman in the movie.
  9. The week is finally here. Paid the upcharge (vs. leaving from SA) out of Austin, but arriving a few hours earlier than the earliest out of SA, so I"m good with the trade-off. Friday - Xochimilco and if not completely wasted, Lucha Libre in the evening. Saturday - Teotihuacan and hopefully a cave restaurant outside the pyramids (Any suggestions??) and then find somewhere to watch the Canelo fight. Sunday - Short day excursion to Puebla to just wander around and walk through the city. Leaving Monday afternoon. Will try a quesadilla this time, and every damn taco I see in the city. Or at least every taco stand that people seem to be eating at so I don't catch the chorro for 3 months like I did last time.
  10. Taylor/Serrano was incredible. I haven't been a fan of women's boxing in a while, but damn did they knock that showcase out of the park. Disappointed in Stevenson/Valdez, but I see why they were dying to get Valdez in there. That size and length mismatch was outrageous. Stevenson needs to move up to get tested, nobody will be able to deal with his mastery of distance unless they're his length and can match the output.
  11. Wasn't pretty but felt like we controlled the game after about the 30th.... Dani is having himself a breakout year. Kid is playing his ass off.
  12. Gane vs. Tuivasa seems shitty. Taller/longer "striker" vs. shorter/shorter "puncher". Will play into Gane's hands.
  13. That reminds me... https://www.instagram.com/p/CcoQCqSrFuw/ About ready for Season 2! I'm also in my rewatch, the Daniel episode was a bit too harsh to watch though (Bill Burr episode). Or at least to finish.
  14. Hell yeah, big win! I think Urruti is starting to warm up, his stock gotta be soaring right now. He seems to keep finding himself in dangerous positions. And at least has the balls to take the shots.
  15. In general yeah you can probably wrangle a few hundred more out of a card like that if it's graded well. But if it's sitting at an 8 or lower, you might as well keep it raw. If you're selling it on ebay though, you can set your minimum and go from there.
  16. Entire market tanked hard, with the same trajectory. Uranium included.
  17. The best advice I seem to have gotten since getting back into the hobby (half-assed) is to search ebay for sold items. You have to scroll down on filters but it's there. The last 99 Showcase Legacy Collection Griffey to sell was a 9.5 SGC-graded, went for $1500 plus. The days of Beckett are over, the market is basically what people will pay online. That's a sick card, can't seem to find any others on ebay, which makes sense because it's /99. I've been doing the same cleaning out since my dad is selling his home in Houston. I took a bin home of my old high school shit and I have plenty of loose cards I had left behind. Found a Troy Polamalu SP Authentic Rookie /2200 that I wouldn't have thought much of, but it's going for $100+ on ebay. Might triple in value if I can send it in and get a 9 or higher out of it. It's pretty sharp. Don't forget about those stars that maybe you didn't think about much but others might.
  18. With a rubber chicken in tow as a mascot to a group of mostly grown ass men. I try not to be a downer but damn the supporters groups never stop sucking themselves off for their own performances. Team support > performative fandom. But yeah, big win. Let's see what SAFC has tonight.
  19. Loved it. 5/5 stars. A lot of philosophy and emotion wrapped in a completely crazy/silly movie.
  20. As a public state school, we rely on those kids as money-makers. Because they're willingly paying the higher cost to attend as an out-of-state student at that OOS rate. Private schools are on a whole other funding scheme.
  21. Will be going for the 2nd time after a few years hiatus. Long weekend in May. Can't wait. This will be a bit more debaucherous than the last trip though, probably doing xochimilco with 4 dudes, all of whom love to drink. I do too, but anything more than 2 travel mates makes me uncomfortable.
  22. Cannot wait until Spence/Crawford. It indeed will be the biggest boxing matchup since GGG/Canelo.
  23. I have a bit of a newfound interest in the hobby. Drove down to South Austin last weekend since I saw there was a newer collectible shop open in Austin, finally, and bought a blaster box of basketball and a hanger box of baseball for about $70 total. The hobby is enjoying a resurgence, but seems like a shit time to be getting back into it for the consumer. Panini runs basketball and football, and shit is severely overpriced. I remembered that old feeling of wasting money after opening the boxes. $70 worth of shit singles and inserts. The one that excited me was a Josh Primo (Spurs) rookie parallel that looks great, but might fetch $4 on Ebay. To top it off I paid $40 for a Donruss basketball blaster that sells for $25 on Target's website. The local guys were really cool and helpful and outgoing, but fuck man. 60% markup? And you're telling me how much you love your wholesaler and how much they hook you up while I'm there. And how you visit walmart weekly to make sure you're staying price competitive..... That's on me though, I should've comp'd the prices before going in. Most notable card thing to happen in the past month was finding my old Upper Deck Victory Tom Brady rookie card, that I'm pretty sure I bought at a Tri-Star show in Houston as a teenager (no way I had the guts to spend more than $10-15 to spend on a single card).... going for $300+ on ebay raw. Going to get that one graded though, it's selling for $500+ at a Mint 9. Mine seems to be in really good condition.
  24. Fine to see Lonnie go, thanks for your service. Keldon is a year younger and has already shown to have taken a step up, with starts by not relinquishing a starting 5 role, unlike Walker. Primo and Richardson obvs also make him expendable. Keep Richardson, he seems like a new add to the Spurs culture. I'm really excited about the 1st round picks too, 3 in the Top 25, and our highest top pick in years. Would absolutely not mind flipping a pick to get us into the Top 20 again.
  25. Shit, I'm the dude in the kitchen who has no skin in the episode, but I was getting uncomfortable for the first 15 minutes, then it started getting kinda funny. By the halfway point I felt like I kinda understood more of the metaphor and who's point of view this was being written from. Chappelle had a similar premise but the POV wasn't as focused as where Atlanta put it.
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