Stuff I've Been Watching

Even though things are slowly reopening around the country, I'm still largely spending my days at home (working and watching TV) because the percentage of fully vaccinated folks (like myself) needs to be higher in order for me to feel more comfortable being out and about. (I'm also still wearing a mask except if I'm outside walking and there aren't a lot of people around.)

During my time at home, I've been watching a lot of stuff on television, some good, some bad. (Mostly bad.)

One movie I watched recently on Netflix was Pihu, recommended by someone I work with. It's about a 2-year-old little girl who's left home alone and has to fend for herself. (I won't spoil the reason why she's home alone.) This kid has to find a way to feed herself and survive because there's no parent or guardian there to look after her. Chaos, naturally, ensues. This movie enraged me because the kid's parents were so irresponsible and they allowed their kid to live in filth. The house the child was in was nasty. The parents had given a party the day before, but no one had done anything to clean up afterward and it looked like the house wasn't just dirty from the party. If you want to life in filth as an adult, go for it, but if you live in filth and allow your young children to live in filth also, you're a terrible parent. No kid should have to live in that kind of environment. 

I've also been watching a lot of episodes of Forged in Fire lately. My sister got me turned on to this show where guys (and a few women) make knives and compete to be the "Forged in Fire Champion" and win $10,000. I never would have thought watching people make knives and swords would be interesting, but it is. When your knife "does not make the cut," you're promptly booted from the show. 

I also finally finished the third season of Cobra Kai. While I largely enjoyed the series, by the third season, I felt this puppy needed to be put down. Enough already. How many teenaged brawls can we have? The first one at the school was great, but it's been done to death now. Come up with someone else, folks!