Another ultimate wasp battle!

The other day I wrote about something I did twice. It was a new door handle that I bought at an estate sale, months later dropped off at a thrift store, then a week later realized I needed it and had to buy it back. I’m not the only who has done this right? RIGHT??? Well, there is another double double that happened recently. And again, I was on the losing end. 

I was determined to kill a wasp flying around in my carport. Which is against my nature, really. Just read this from another wasp encounter a couple of years ago. My advice based on experience: don’t use a broom. I slapped the wasp with the broom which, because the broom isn’t firm, just made the wasp made. Next thing I know the wasp is diving towards me and it stung me right on the forehead. As I turned to run, it dove down again and stung me on my lower back. 

My head hurt for maybe an hour, but my back pain lasted for days! It became tight and sore. 

That little rascal was winning 2-0, however it cost him his life. When he was stinging my back I was able to smack him with my hand just out of reaction from the pain. He spiraled to the ground where I could finish him off. But for the rest of time the final score will be wasp – 2… and me – 1. 

GOSH I HATE LOSING.

I lost twice, of course. Once to the door handle, and then to the wasp. What’s next, I’m not going to be drafted by the Tennessee Titans??

-Out of the Wilderness

Hobbies that have been on the back burner

Every day I think about a couple of activities I enjoy but haven’t had the chance to do in a while. I have written about one of them a lot… and the other has made it on the blog a few times (I think?). Any guesses on what I might be talking about?

The two hobbies I enjoy are…. photography and playing a trumpet!

One of my favorite photographs lately, find more here!

Other priorities (like… work, for instance) have required me to shuffle photos and music to the back burner, unfortunately. I understand that things like that have to happen sometimes, but I am eager to get back to photography especially. If I’m being totally honest, I miss that a lot more than I miss the trumpet. I think it’s because my skills with the trumpet are pretty low! It’s fun to play, but frustrating when I can’t get a particular note.

Photo by Kendall Hoopes on Pexels.com

I’m sure I’ll get back to both in the near future, as soon as things slow down a bit. Like I said in previous posts, I’ve been on a major purge in my house, getting rid of all kinds of things from childhood stuffed animals and college 8mm video tapes to couches and chairs. It’s been crazy the last couple of weeks. Isn’t it weird to find things in the attic you haven’t laid eyes on in over a decade? That’s a good sign it’s time to get rid of that particular thing, don’t you think?

Do you have hobbies you miss taking part in? If so, what are they? Let me know in the comments below!

-Out of the Wilderness

The Subway commercial where white people save the day!

Subway is out with a star-studded commercial that promotes their new line-up of sandwiches and ingredients. Take a look!

I don’t want to be a party pooper or anything, but did you notice how white people swooped in and basically took over the ad? How dare they! First white-and-purple Megan Rapinoe takes over for Serena Williams. Then white Tom Brady interrupts Steph Curry to finish out the commercial. In total for this 30-second ad, white people were on screen for 17 seconds and black people for just 7 seconds. Note that Charles Barkley does the voice-over that lasts about 7 seconds.

“In wokeness we trust” must not be Subway’s new slogan, even with outspoken liberal Rapinoe, but certainly this ad could use some… refreshing. 🙂

Now obviously dissecting this ad to say it’s insensitive is a bit over the top, but you would think Subway would have tried to err on the side of political correctness, right? In other words, swap the roles and have Serena take over for Megan, and Steph interrupt Tom. Then the commercial would win some kind of Pulitzer peace prize.

How do you feel about the ad? Do you think anyone will be triggered by it? Share in the comments below!

-Out of the Wilderness

Who buys the same thing twice? This guy!

It started like any normal day. I woke up had breakfast, then everything unraveled!

Okay that might be a little dramatic, but you know how I have been purging things in my house? Well, one of the things I got rid of was a brand new door handle with keys. I found the unopened package at an estate sale, and thought it would be good to hang on to in case I ever needed to swap a door handle out.

I didn’t really need it so I brought it to a local thrift store. Then a few days later, of course, I needed it.

So I went back to the thrift store and bought the item I donated. Sounds like a once in a lifetime circumstance, right? Nope. This isn’t the first time I’ve bought the exact same item twice.

And who said decluttering wasn’t fun!?

Thanks for stopping by!

-Out of the Wilderness

Thoughts on A Quiet Place Part 2 – maybe some spoilers?

I was excited to find A Quiet Place Part 2 at Redbox recently because I really enjoyed the first installment. Here’s the trailer for part 2…

A couple things I liked… The sound design for this one was stellar! My favorite part of the sound was how they used silence (surprise, surprise) from the perspective of the deaf daughter. The thriller/horror genre of movies uses all kinds of sound effects to frighten audiences. Think of animals growling, monsters screaming, orchestra songs building… but taking the sound away completely was actually more frightening. I guess I didn’t realize how much I, as an audience member, rely on the sense of hearing as it relates to thrill of a movie. Without that, and just relying on sight… a whole different experience. So this part of the movie was pretty awesome.

Another compliment was the editing/storytelling. Instead of showing a scene to its completion, then moving on to the next one, at times we were presented with groups of scenes in which they cut back and forth between multiple scenes and storylines. I didn’t know what to expect when I first noticed this style of editing, but by the end of the movie I was impressed.

The dislikes… But speaking of the ending of the movie… NOT impressed. This is one of my two complaints. Some movies end with a cliffhanger, some with a bad wrap-up. Of course, there are movies that have the perfect ending (like Never Been Kissed, my favorite movie ending of all time). This one though, it just sort of stopped. There didn’t seem to be an ultimate resolution, a big win, nor did it set itself up well for a part 3. There was no cliffhanger and barely any payoff.

That was disappointing. As was the lack of screen time for star, John Krasinski. It was weird in that he was front and center for the first 10 or 15 minutes, then poof he was gone, never to be seen again. I even had to rewind the movie to make sure I didn’t miss something because it quickly went from a neighborhood Little League baseball game to escaping an alien… and John Krasinski was just gone with no explanation.

Perhaps his disappearance will be addressed more thoroughly in part 3, along with a quick reappearance.

But overall this movie was good and worth watching.

Thanks for stopping by!

-Out of the Wilderness