March 20, 2021

My husband and I went to a drive through Stranger Things experience. One of our Fusion coworkers also works at stuff like this and got us a ticket. It was both pretty cool and not very enjoyable. Including driving time to down town LA, we spent around 3-3.5 hours in the car. It was like a very slow road trip. But on the other hand, it was a feat to behold. They converted a massive parking garage into a whole Stranger Things interactive adventure. You drove through and watched actors play out scenes. There were also big screens set up where you watched spliced sequences from the show. The sound came through your car radio. They set up physical decorations and used a lot of lights. It was creative. A nice example of thinking through limitations rather than letting them deter you all together. But yeah, a lot of sitting in the car. 

I met my friend and we went rollerskating at the outdoor rink, yesterday. Spent an hour and a half skating and got sunburnt. The other skaters there are incredible. Spinning around on one foot, leaping through the air, doing splits and shit. Somebody always brings a speaker and they've got music going. It's really fun and a 1000% cooler scene than I have any business being a part of. But they haven't kicked me out yet. 

Mlog time! 

**SPOILERS**

WILD AT HEART

1990

Directed by: David Lynch

Written by: David Lynch

Based on: Wild at Heart by Barry Gifford

Watch: 3/19/21

Lulu’s mother hires a man to kill Sailor – Lula’s lover – and when the man attacks Sailor with a knife, he defends the man and kills him instead. Sailor spends two years in prison for manslaughter (he’s a manslaughterer). When he gets out, Lula brings him his snakeskin jacket, a symbol of his individuality and personal freedom. Lula and Sailor run away together, headed towards California. Lula’s mother hires a detective and a hit man to come after them. It’s the same hitman she hired to kill her husband, and she thinks Sailor knows about that incident. Sailor maintains that he saw nothing. The two run out of money in Big Tuna Texas. Lula tells Sailor she’s pregnant. Sailor agrees to rob a feed store with Bobby Peru, but during the job, Peru turns on Sailor. Sailor gets away and Peru is shot by police before shooting off his own head. Sailor goes back to prison, this time for six years. When he gets out, he figures he’ll be too much of a hassle for Lula and their son. But then he gets a vision from Glinda the good witch and decides they should be together after all. 

Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern have great and weird weird performances in this movie. They’re cartoonish, but they mean it? If that makes sense. The movie reminds me of the toys my mom makes for my nephews. It’s a cloth bag with a clear plastic window – fully contained – and there are a bunch of little objects inside. You have a list and try to spy all the little objects inside. The movie’s like that – a bunch of symbols and tokens jumbled together, coming to light one at a time. I did really like the scene where Lula’s mom, in her guilt/grief/intensity, covers her whole face in lipstick. Worth watching, but it’s been my least favorite Lynch film so far. 

Rating: ★★