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UTGrad98

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  1. I just want this to be made well. I’ve read the first 9 books at least 3 times through and the entire series once. Such an incredible overall story . Money and greed got in the way of it ending in 6 books like Jordan originally wanted . Should have a ton of content to draw from. I hope they get it right . Actually i I wouldn’t even mind if they just get it ok. What I don’t want is to watch the first 30 minutes and go well this shit is gonna suck ...like some of those 80s fantasy movies. That is my biggest fear. My bar is set very very low. Will be a show i set my schedule around if it is good or even decent . Love the world he created . Can’t wait to see it come to life.
  2. This weekend will be telling. I have been out of the market since March ( amzn qqq and spy) after getting in back in December during all that craziness . I hate investing this way but I made a call in January 2018 to become much more conservative with my 401k and investment account and have been disciplined since then . I really feel like we are at the end of the bull run and I have only invested (almost) fully once since I got out of the market in 2018. The way I see July playing out is if trump slaps tariffs on China this weekend the markets will finally realize there is a trade war going on. This however would give the fed ammunition to cut the fed rate 25 basis points in July . If trump slaps on tariffs and the fed holds in July then watch out . The other scenario is a truce this weekend which would stabilize the markets but would give the fed less ammo to cut rates in July . I think they would hold in that case. Powell has been pretty firm on the fed independence the last 2 conferences he has held . I think July is going to be very interesting . I will wait patiently.
  3. Don’t tell me the producers didn’t know and research all of this beforehand.
  4. Do I get my fucking 75 bucks back from the one I ran in 2016? Assholes.
  5. Im sorry but HANDS DOWN the best decade for growing up as a kid was the 80s. Every other decade is fighting for a distant second
  6. The answers to solving our healthcare cost crisis are ones that no one wants to say out loud.
  7. I hear you but I am so starved for football by August that I will watch anything at any time and not have a second thought about it.
  8. I was thinking about posting this. At the time Seinfeld was a let down based on the high expectations I had. But thinking back on it over the years the premise of the final episode is actually really funny. Not sure what else they could do . It was a show about nothing.
  9. What in the absolute fuck am I watching ...
  10. RIP. Ahead of his time.
  11. I kinda feel bad for all the goth moms who named their daughters khaleesi or Daenerys over the last 7 years .
  12. Let me see how much I have left over in checking first.
  13. As an INTJ I concur with this assessment.
  14. After the torches went out with the Dothraki my wife looked at me and started having an asthma attack because she was so anxious . Had to pause the episode twice because she had to gather herself due to how intense the episode was for her. I thought it was awesome.
  15. The people who are mentioning Pampa are kidding. I grew up in Amarillo and there are only about 17,000 people who live there. I doubt there is much to do. Might I suggest a stay-cation? It will help with getting someone to watch your kids for a week.
  16. You won’t like this answer but medium rare . I’m not an idiot. The sauce brings out the flavor. That’s what people don’t understand.
  17. When we go eat at del friscos or Perry’s or wherever I have no shame . I order the filet and ask for a-1 or bournaise sauce on the side.
  18. I can’t believe I’m going to post this... I can’t stand anyone who says a good steak doesn’t need sauce . I irrationally hate them. if you put a gun up to my head I would say the best tasting wine is a white zinfandel. i can’t stand bacon on my burger . It’s too overpowering . And speaking of bacon I still dip mine in syrup for breakfast like an 8 year old.
  19. My take on what would be the best way to end the series as far as the major characters go. Episode 3 - Jon’s and the night king’s dragon die fighting each other leaving Jon and the night king on foot. Jon retreats to bran and fights the night king. He wins the fight somehow but when he tries to kill the night king he can’t because there has been no ultimate sacrifice for lightbringer. Jon bran Sansa Arya Jamie Tyrion and dany make it out alive. Episode 4 - this is about their retreat and the realization that the only way the nk can die is by lightbringer. The episode ends with Jon stabbing dany through the heart to restore lightbringer. Episode 5 - battle for Westeros in Kings Landing. Both episode 3 and 5 are directed by the same guy who did most of the shows battle episodes. It makes sense episode 5 is another battle and probably in Kings Landing. Jon kills the night King who then kills him ala Excalibur’s ending where father and son embrace with their swords. Jaime kills Cersei . Hound and or Arya kill the mountain . episode 6 - epilogue. Bran goes north of the wall as the 3 eyed raven. Tyrion sets up a democracy with all nations under their own rule . Jaime is his hand. Sansa rebuilds winterfell. Arya abandons the faceless men. The last scene is Sam aka grrm sitting down in the citadel to chronicle the entire thing.
  20. I’ve never looked it up but I wonder how many takes that took
  21. Of course being a kid at the time makes a huge difference but these are the scenes where I can remember distinctly how I felt at the exact moment even decades later. The millennium falcon flying out of the Death Star as it exploded. when Sam picked up and carried Frodo. The entire sequence of the time out and last shot of Hoosiers.
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