Percival

I've always been a fan of cartoons, pardon me, animations, anime, graphic novels.  The freedom that that artwork gives a story, especially a good one, ignores all fleshly restrictions.  What's making me happy right now?  Hazbin Hotel on Prime is.

The Princess of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar's daughter Charlie (Why Charlie?  That's a question I'd like to ask the creator of the show.) believes in redemption, and she wants to help the damned achieve that state.  With songs!  Angst! And surprisingly good Catholic dogma, says the very lapsed Catholic here.  It was fun as it was, but when the Seraphim showed up with all the eyes, I was in for the ride. 

I had no expectation that it would survive for a second season, but it did and the storyline continued to be good.  In many ways, it has A Knight's Tale feeling.  There's a silly, shiny layer, but there's also a lot of history holding it together.  All that reading for my Durmstrang series on the levels of heaven and hell, who inhabits where, etc. made Hazbin a lot more fun.

What was completely new to me was the fandom.  Amazon has Hazbin Hotel Live on Broadway.  All the voice actors, a lot of the songs, and wonderful, lingering shots of the fans, who know all the words and motions to the songs and many wearing fantastic costumes.  The Alastors were especially good.  

youtu.be/G1C1MFv7CKU  Hope that works. It's a link to the show-stopper for S2.  If you haven't seen the series, Lute (again, why that name?) is the angel, the dark male figure is Adam (as in Adam and Eve), and the angel at the door is Abel.  

2025 can go now.  It wasn't that bad, but it was annoying.  For me, there were physical issues.  My back, my shoulder, my elbow, and most came from a couple of bad falls on one pelagic birding trip.  I now know that it takes about three months for that particular soft tissue injury(ies) to heal up, and it doesn't help if you're a klutz and fall down again after tangling feet in a hose and then a blackberry cane.  Currently finishing up a back episode.  Seriously, universe, I'm only sixty-five.  Not going to go into the current state of politics.  

The state had a huge storm system.  Power went out all over, not just here, but here it was out for almost a week.  Yeah, we have a generator, a generator on what sounds like its last few uses.  The FiL bought it during the lead up to Y2K.  Not sure if he ever used it, but we certainly have.  The WBH isn't eager to buy another, but when you live where we do, it's either a generator, a propane back-up, or pretending you live in the 19th Century.  

I don't make New Year's Resolutions.  I hate breaking promises to myself or anyone else, and let's face it, most resolutions never make it past January.  Goals.  I like goals, especially goals you can check off.  

The last few things I've read have been cookbooks.  I need more ways to use fruit, and a retired caterer friend has been making suggestions.  There's only one small crate of apples left, and they've gone mushy and tasteless.  See, if I had more recipes, I could throw out less and probably have to buy more jars.  

I haven't seen anything I feel comfortable recommending lately.  We tried "Cemetery Road," which was not bad until the last couple of episodes, when we yelled at the characters for being stupid.  Currently, it's "House of Guinness."  I've stopped paying attention to the plot in favor of enjoying the costumes and set dressing.  Any recs for things streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Apple +?