#Hiram is a bummer right?

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thoughts on 5x03

- this episode is a straight-up BUMMER, and it’s weird because usually when high school shows do a graduation episode there is at least some sense of optimism to it - like yes, things are changing, and in some ways that’s sad, but in other ways it’s exciting and new and right. this episode has absolutely none of that. it’s just bummer after bummer after bummer

- as such, i feel like i don’t actually have a lot to comment on? there are relatively few wild / outrageous things going on in this episode. i spent the whole episode with a pit in my stomach. it was not enjoyable to watch.

- but ok let’s start here: FP basically breaks up with Alice out of nowhere right in front of their children, lmao

- it’s incredibly strange how everyone treats JB’s videos as some sort of utterly depraved act and not just a weird thing she did to pass her free time in middle school instead of smoking cigarettes in a Wendy’s parking lot and shoplifting

- poor Jughead got flat-out rejected by his family for the 80 millionth time in his life just so they could have a dramatic scene of former Sheriff Idiot speeding away on his motorbike. god i hate FP, and the way Skeet Ulrich plays every single scene like he just found out his half-brother Jimmy will be going to prison for life if he doesn’t step up and admit he’s the one who left those drugs in the glove compartment the night they got pulled over driving home from a tense standoff over custody rights with his ex-wife

- Fangs and Sweet Pea walk at graduation as a pair, because god forbid we give one of them 5 extra seconds of screentime that might cut into Archie-staring-at-an-old-military-photo time

- when Archie stops by the army table one of the recruiters says “this is not a decision to make lightly” which wins the award for most unrealistic dialogue ever spoken on Riverdale

- still angry that Jughead just tosses his hat in the time capsule and no one even fkn blinks

- Cheryl and Toni’s breakup is just??????? 

- obviously the best thing that could have happened to Toni tho

- the scene of Archie’s confession on the bleachers really is fantastic. Veronica freaks out, Jughead looks mildly concerned, Betty’s just like “umm yeah sounds good Archie drive safe?”

- the fact that they don’t even begin to touch the Bughead fallout from 4x17 until the last 15 minutes of the episode really drives home how clear it is they just didn’t WANT to deal with it because it made no gd SENSE

- Veronica Lodge is a goddamn fucking angel, btw

- the last scene between Jug & Archie is a perfect encapsulation of what drives me fucking crazy about this show. i can see Jug having this “it doesn’t matter” reaction if the thought process underpinning it was “i’m incredibly fucking angry at you BUT i’m still processing everything and don’t know the right way to express it and also you’re going to Army to maybe die in The War so i’m just going to pretend like everything’s cool for now.” but instead of giving it any of that nuance that would make it believable, this show just plays it completely straight so we’re supposed to take it at face value that this is how Jughead feels, Best Bros Forever Bro!!!

- typing that out reminded me of one of the few highlights of this episode, which is when Reggie looks like he might go in for a kiss with Archie on the last day of school. we were so close

- the other highlight is when Penelope Blossom pops out of the bushes at graduation, but you didn’t need me to tell you that

- Betty and Jughead not talking makes me SO SAD. Jughead squatting in Archie’s house and then the fuck bunker makes me SO SAD. Jughead getting ditched at Pop’s one year later makes me SO SAD. 

- what the FUCK, riverdale

- editing to add: i guarantee no one reading this will remember, but the first few minutes of this episode start with a) FP, Jughead and Archie showing up at Hiram’s door, b) demanding he reinstate Tom Keller as sheriff so that he can c) arrest a bunch of homeless kids who have been sleeping underneath the boxing ring at Archie’s gym, which they only know about because d) these are also the kids who helped JB make her videos?

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April 25, 2019

Iris and I had alarms set for 4 and 4:15, ahhh so early! I slept pretty well the night before, but definitely not enough, haha. We didn’t have much to do, so we put in a little make up and packed Iris’s tote to be kept at the hotel, and my backpack for the day. Around 5 we checked out of the hotel, and grabbed breakfast. I had the usual, with some cereal, too. Around 5:30, our group met in the lobby and headed to the bus.

We took a 25 minute up to the ticket point of Machu Picchu and the ride itself was breathtaking. It was switchbacks all the way up, and the view was foggy and only a little sun light, so it was really moody and eerie. Around 6, we got our passport stamped (!) and went through the entrance. There is no bathrooms inside, so I definitely went beforehand, for 2 soles. There was a lot of people there already, but only about 12 busses had come down the mountain while we were driving up. The morning is supposedly the best time to go, because the crowds get way worse as the day goes on. It was really foggy, so I was hopping we were going to get a good view from above!

We climbed up some stairs for about ten minutes and then we were at the famous lookout point! It wasn’t too crowded yet, but it was foggy, which was a bummer. We all got a ton of photos, then headed with Diego a little higher up. We saw some llamas and alpaca grazing, and Diego told us a lot about the discovery of Machu Picchu, the Golden City. It was found by Hiram Bingham in 1911. Over our three hour walk through the ruins, we learned about the construction of buildings and terraces, the functionality of certain buildings, and the nobles and workers who lived there. Only around 500 Incas lived there, during the 1400’s. I was really surprised that that number was so low. We saw an ancient sundial and learned how the Incas would map the sky, by using star mirrors, small pools of water to look down at the sky and draw, rather than looking up.

We got to wander all over the civilization. Diego taught us so much! He showed us where they kept the llamas for carrying rock, and the alpacas for meat. We saw a ceremonial rock, where the shamans (the messengers between the gods and the Incas) would do animal sacrifices, in occasionally human sacrifices. The people sacrificed were always young, beautiful daughters of noblemen. The Incas heartily believed in reincarnation; so it wasn’t as bad as it seems to us, in the twenty first century, I guess?

Machu Picchu was honestly so amazing! I loved learning about the Inca civilization and Diego was a great guide! I’m so glad we did this Groupon together! Even though the weather wasn’t perfect, we still saw everything and I’m so glad it wasn’t raining. Around 9, we finished up the tour with a group photo and caught the bus back to town. We had some free time until 11, and then Diego was going to teach us to to make Pisco sours, Peru’s national cocktail!

Most of us just went to chill out in the hotel lobby. I slept a bit on the bus ride down, and we were all feeling pretty pooped from the day. We chatted, charged our phones, and swapped pictures for about an hour, until Diego came and got us.

We walked to a bar on the train tracks called Machu Pisco (haha, get it?). I wasn’t feeling anything on the menu, so I didn’t order anything, but after ordering, it was time to make the Pisco sour! But, we were actually going to make a maracuya sour, which is the passion fruit that I love there! The normal Pisco sour is made with lime juice. The servers had set up 8 shakers, and 8 sets of Pisco, maracuya juice, egg whites (that’s what makes it frothy!), simple syrup, and ice. We put everything in the shakers and shook them a lot! It was actually so fun!!! We topped them in the glass with a dash of bitters and cinnamon. IT WAS SO TASTY! I absolutely loved it, and what a cool experience, to make one myself!

I ended up sharing Iris’s chicken dish, that was pretty tasty. We all hung around for a bit, watching Breaking Dawn, part 1, of the Twilight series, at the restaurant hahaha. After a bit, Iris and I went back to the ice cream place and got some dessert. We found a few things to buy (I found what I wanted for Ingvar!), and then headed back to the hotel lobby to rearrange our bags and veg out before going to the train station.

Just before 3 the whole group walked about five minutes to the train station. We got in lines for our carriage number, and almost boarded right away. Diego has gone ahead of us on a local train, so we were on our own, but we all managed! I had the same seating arrangement, with Iris, Mary, and Ashley. I snoozed a bit on the train, and chatted with them, too. We even saw snow capped mountains! The train was running a little late, so we were worried about making our bus connection back to Cusco, but the attendant assured us we would make it.

As it turns out, almost all of the train passengers was continuing the journey to Coach via bus, and by the same company, PeruRail. So they had about 10 buses waiting outside the station for us. Phew! We all got on the bus, for about two and a half hours, from Ollantaytambo to Cusco. The ride was bumpy, and Iris and I tried to snooze a bit, and I wrote. Before you know it, it was 7:30 and we were getting off the bus. Diego came to pick us up from the station, where he and Mr. Juan drove us to the hotel.

Iris and I checked into our new room (thankfully on the third floor instead of the fourth!) and dropped our stuff. We went to the market to grab a few snacks for dinner, since it was already 8. Back in our room, we both packed our bags and Iris showered, while I took a bath and did a face mask. It was a really relaxing end of the night. We went to bed and I fell asleep before 10, for our 4 am wake up call, ready to go home. :]

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are u still going with oscar castillo as Jason's murderer? it seemed like the perfect theory at first but now that Grundy hasn't been seriously mentioned for a while and we haven't seen of Archie's struggles with music as of lately, it's almost sure that they're def not going in that direction. thoughts? do you reckon he could've been killed by its own family? but then why kill him if Cheryl is clearly the "black sheep" in the family?

yeah, i agree that the theory feels a lot less likely now. when i wrote that theory the episode with castillo had just aired. it’s a bummer, because i think connecting the murder to grundy would’ve made that plot seem less like dumb shock value, to put it mildly, and helped archie realize he was a victim. 

i digress. looking at the plot right now, instinctually it feels like cliff blossom killed jason because he tried to flee their weird redheaded cult. like, he intercepted jason on the 4th and tried to convince him to stay but grew angry when jason refused.

there’s also the possibility it’s hal cooper or hiram lodge, but honestly all three feel too obvious anyway. i also think if it were hiram, jason’s murder would bleed too much into s2 and i’ve read indication that the murder will be more insulated in the first season. 

idk, if it’s one of those three, i think it’ll kind of be a missed opportunity for a real twist. but i’ve read that the killer is male and we’ve met him before, so that otherwise leaves fred andrews, FP/serpents, the sheriff, and idk, kevin or joaquin or reggie or some other student, but none of those feel right. 

fred would be a real blow to the heart of the show, FP and the serpents would be a terrible move for stereotyping everywhere, and if it were sheriff keller, you’d think he would’ve done a much better job at setting up someone to take the fall.

i’ve seen kevin as a popular theory but i can’t think of any possible motive---kevin does not seem like he dwells on anything long enough to build up the desire for that kind of sustained torture murder, joaquin seems way too sensitive, and reggie would just be a real gutting of any nostalgia built from the comics and i seriously doubt they’d go that route. 

 so idk. yeah. clifford blossom, i guess. 

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'Riverdale' Season 2 Episode 5 Recap: Oh, Betty...

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'Riverdale' Season 2 Episode 5 Recap: Oh, Betty...

Tonight’s Riverdale episode was intense, to say the least. There were breakups, (more) fist-fights, IRL rattlesnakes…even a subtle Taylor Swift reference. Let’s just jump right into the madness. Spoilers ahead.

We open with Betty Permanent-Ponytail Cooper shooketh to her core because she’s currently phoning with the Black Hood. He’s clearly using some cheap-ass software to alter how his voice sounds, like he’s on To Catch a Predator or something. Apparently, the Black Hood was at the town hall—just like Betty and Jughead predicted—but he didn’t hurt anyone.

This is so ridiculous: The Black Hood says he wants to “cleanse” Riverdale of “sinners,” including Betty’s sister, Polly, who he believes has a “sin in her womb.” Somehow, he knows Polly’s living at a farm two hours north of Riverdale, and he tells Betty he’ll “carve” Polly “like a jack-o-lantern” if she tells the police she knows his next move. I should be scared, but I’m cackling.

Minutes later, Alice comes barging in and laments about how Jughead’s showing his “true colors” now that he’s moved to the South Side. To be honest, though, I think Jughead’s the worst no matter where he lives. Alice suggests Jughead is the one responsible for a lot of the fuckery going down in Riverdale, which I wish were true.

Meanwhile, Archie gave into the principal’s demands and issued an apology about the Red Circle. Wah! Bummer, this means no more hot shirtless dudes wearing masks and screaming nonsense.

But he has enough nonsense coming from Betty: Stupidly, she decides to risk Polly’s life and tells Archie the Black Hood called her. They exchange worried, wide-eyed glances, and Archie says he’s not going to let her go through this alone. But being alone is better than having loose-cannon Archie on your team, IMHO.

Veronica’s ex-boyfriend, Nick St. Clair, is coming to Riverdale with his parents to see the SoDale Project Hiram’s working on. The Lodges need investors with deep pockets, and Hiram and Hermione essentially tell Veronica to seduce Nick (and, subsequently, his parents) into giving money to SoDale. Archie’s clearly miffed at the idea of Veronica’s ex coming to town.

Over at South Side High, the Serpents are still salty about the rainy fist fight they had with the Red Circle and the article Alice Cooper wrote condemning the South Side. Their solution to this is to blow up the newspaper office. Jughead, naturally, flips out when he hears this and pleads with them to change their plan. They basically tell Jughead to STFU and that he can’t be half a Serpent. He has to choose between them and Riverdale (read: Betty). Jughead furrows his brows at this like a child. He then goes to a Serpent bar, in his father’s Serpent jacket, and says he’s ready to fully join the gang. He’s obviously lying, but the Serpents buy it and warn him about their “initiation” process. Oof.

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Spoiler alert: It’s a dog. The initiation process is literally just Jughead having to take care of a dog. Oh, and then he has to memorize a bunch of Serpent rules and scream them in a bar like a marine. And then he has to stick his hand in a rattlesnake’s cage! OMG?!?

Apparently, Jughead wants to become a Serpent to keep the gang from from waging an all-out war against the North Side. It’s a noble gesture, but does he really think they’re going to listen to him? He wears a beanie! Also, it’s very apparent Toni Topaz is developing feelings for him (which I don’t understand). Bughead drama is on the horizon, tweens.

Wait! The Black Hood calls Betty again! With Archie in the room! He says Alice is a “thorn” they need to get rid of, which is ominous AF. The Black Hood then sends Betty an email and tells her to publish it to prove her “loyalty” to him. If she does this, he’ll answer one question that she has—and she can ask anything, except his name.

But this task is a little tricky, seeing as how what he wants Betty to publish is insane: It’s an old newspaper cover featuring teenage Alice on the cover with the headline, “South Side Teen Arrested and Released on Bail.” Yes, friends, this means Alice Cooper used to be a South Sider—which totally explains her blind hatred for it. Betty doesn’t think they should publish the mugshot, but Rogue Psycho Archie does. Of course.

The St. Clairs blow into Riverdale looking like the most stereotypical rich people alive. Veronica and Nick have some mild flirtation, but, like Archie’s way hotter so I’m not concerned.

But maybe I should be: After Nick and Archie have dinner at the Lodge’s, Nick offers them cocaine, which they turn down. Nick compares the Riverdale teens to “country mice” and essentially sticks his nose up at their entire existence. Nick does like the Pussycats, though, and he invites them (and Veronica) to a party he’s hosting. Cheryl invites herself because she’s iconic.

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A quick detour: Sheriff Keller (a.k.a the salt-and-pepper snack) says the handwriting from the letter the Black Hood sent Betty and the one he sent Alice aren’t a match. This fuels Alice’s hatred for the South Side and her belief that Jughead is the one behind Betty’s letter. However, this is just a ruse: The Black Hood is so obviously behind both. Anyway, Alice’s resentment toward Jughead bites her in the bum: It gives Betty the motivation to publish the mugshot of her the Black Hood sent.

And in return, as promised, Betty gets to ask the Black Hood one question: Would she recognize his face? He says, “yes,” and then he creepily goes on a rant about how he wants Betty all to himself. He wants her to cut everyone else out of her life…or he will. And the first victim is Veronica, or as he calls her, “the daughter of an embezzler.” Rude!

This drama is put on hold so Bughead can make out and lie to each other about their problems. Betty also lies to Archie about the Black Hood calling her again, and she pretends everything is OK between her and Veronica at Nick’s party later that night.

Which is nuts, by the way, because Nick brings Jingle Jangle, that crazy drug that looks like Pixy Stix. And they all do it! Well, except Betty. Fearful of the Black Hood’s wrath, she intentionally starts a fight with Veronica, branding her a fake and a crook, just like her father. She then leaves the party, abruptly, and Veronica’s visibly upset.

Cut back to Jughead: Toni Topaz warns him that the final test to become a Serpent, the Gauntlet, is intense as hell and he needs to prepare himself to lose his North Side friends and Betty. Jughead’s not fazed, but he should be. Your laptop can’t get you out of this, bud!

Oh my God, Nick is garbage: He says Veronica was “teasing” him all night at the party and attempts to make out with her. She literally has to force him off. He gets angry at this and tells Veronica he has the power to “implode” Hiram’s SoDale deal. This is 100 percent an attempt to coerce Veronica into sleeping with him, but she doesn’t fall for it: She slaps him in the face and walks away.

God, the Black Hood’s demands just don’t stop: Now, he wants Betty to cut out Jughead…and she asks Archie to do it for her. He goes to Jughead’s trailer to deliver the news minutes before the Serpents show up. They all clash. Archie’s pissed Jughead’s joining the gang. Jughead’s pissed at Archie for being Betty’s messenger. It’s all a mess, and it ends with Jughead jumping head first into his final Serpent challenge. (Which is essentially just the Serpents beating the shit out of him.)

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Goddess Alice certainly isn’t letting that mugshot bring her down: She shows up to the SoDale open house with a snake around her neck, just like New Taylor Swift, and tells her husband (Hal) to “shove it.” Meanwhile, Nick thinks a simple, “I’m sorry” rectifies sexually assaulting Veronica. He says he’s been in and out of rehab. Veronica doesn’t want to play nice, but she knows her parents are counting on her—so she appeases him.

And, yup, Nick is a monster: Cheryl shows up to the SoDale benefit, and he slips some type of pill in her drink. He attempts to sexually assault her, but Veronica and Josie and the Pussycats intervene before he does anything. And then they beat the shit out of him. It’s glorious.

Betty gets yet another call from the Black Hood after she dumps Jughead. He says his identity is hidden in some abandoned farmhouse, so of course she runs there to find it.

There’s a present in the middle of the house, and the Black Hood tells Betty to open it. Inside there’s—wait for it—a black hood, and he instructs her to put it on and look in the mirror. That’s the answer: He says they’re the same person. So…does this mean the Black Hood is a Cooper? Hal? Betty’s brother? Dark Betty?!? WTF!?

Oh, and WTF, part two: Toni takes Jughead and Betty’s “breakup” as an opportunity to kiss him. Does this mean they’re a couple now?! His beanie is still warm, girl!

Holy crap. It’s not over yet. The Black Hood calls Betty one last time and says he knows she’s been telling Archie about their chats—and now Polly’s going to pay for it. However, he says he won’t kill Polly if Betty tells him another person to kill. She hesitates and finally gives him a name: Nick St. Clair.

Parting thoughts: This show is woefully underusing Cheryl Blossom.

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E! News Exclusive: Jordana Brewster Calls Fast & Furious 9 Delay a "Bummer" E! News  http://www.eonline.com/news/885777/jordana-brewster-calls-fast-furious-9-delay-a-bummer Jordana Brewster is sharing her thoughts on the Fast and Furious 9delay. Last week, Universal Pictures announced that the ninth film in the franchise would be released on April 20, 2020, a year later than originally expected. A day after the release date was announced for Fast and Furious 9, it was revealed that a Fast and Furious spinoff starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Jason Statham would be released on July 26, 2019. This announcement sparked even more tension between Johnson and co-star Tyrese Gibson. Brewster was not in 2017's The Fate of The Furious, but she tells E! News in an exclusive interview that she would love to come back for Fast and Furious 9. As for the delay, Brewster calls it a "bummer" but she understands it could be for the best. "It is a bummer because the longer you have to wait…I mean, it's a bummer," Brewster says. "But on the other hand that gives everyone a little more time to ruminate and make it better, so that's good." After the spinoff announcement was made, Gibson wrote on Instagram on Oct. 4, "#PSA Congratulations to @TheRock and your brother in law aka 7 bucks producing partner @hhgarcia41 for making the fast and the furious franchise about YOU - And like you, DJ even if they call I will not be deleting this post - Gn folks see you in 2020 April #FastFamily right? Nah..... it's about #TeamDewayne #3yrs will it be worth the wait? #NoShaw just Hobbs will this be another #BayWatch? Guys guys just relax I'm just a passionate film critic." The actor has also made several comments in the past on Instagram about Johnson that have since been deleted. On Monday, Johnson shared a post on Instagram about the spinoff movie and used the hashtag #CandyAssesNeedNotApply. "Daddy's gotta go back to work ~ Hobbs," Johnson began. "Pumped to expand and build out the FAST & FURIOUS universe in a cool, exciting way with our @sevenbucksprod, writer/producer Chris Morgan, producer Hiram Garcia #fullexclusive @enews #followlink via @e_tv_p @eentertainment