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10 Days and Back Again

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I am watching through Season 3 of The Man in the High Castle and am feeling the urge to write because I haven’t written anything substantial in a long time—that show has a way of inspiring the muse.

I’m watching the final episode tonight, and the fictional stakes couldn’t be any higher, oh how turbulent my emotions are right now.

I’ve been avoiding spoilers by limiting my Internet access all week, while it is easy to do on days I work, the weekends are another story. I can’t wait until this self-imposed Internet exile is over with. I feel like I’ve been missing all the High Castle action on Twitter, but I just can’t binge good, thought provoking shows. I honestly tried!

There’s just something about the anticipation of waiting for the next episode and wondering about your favorite characters that I can’t resist. I love thinking about the previous night’s episode—What is John going to do next? How will Kido react when he sees something? Will Robert survive the trip home? —until I rush home from work to watch the next one. I wish I could beam that feeling directly into your mind! No other show has ever affected me this way.

The only thing I can compare it to is looking forward to the next chapter of a good book and devouring it on your lunch break because you are captivated by its story (okay, so it actually is a great book, but that’s beside the point!).

Here’s a sample of the great lengths I’ve gone to to avoid spoilers:

Smile and laugh, ha ha!

I couldn’t disappear completely, so I blocked off my monitor each night to tweet about each episode. That’s only some of my efforts to avoid spoilers. And with that being said, The Man in the High Castle is the only show I’ve ever gone to such great lengths for.

…Speak of the devil, my phone just alerted me with my weekly usage report, and my “screen time” is down. That’s going to change drastically tonight, ha ha!

After this is all said and done, I might do a how to avoid spoilers in 2018 post. I can’t say my tactics are successful yet since there’s still an episode to go!

Until next time (which will most likely be a review of Season 3), Tschüss!

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Here is a painting I finished this week in an effort to avoid spoilers. When I break out the paintbrushes, it is a solid chunk of time without being distracted or tempted by the Internet. 

TMITHC S3 is Just Five Days Away!

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Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle Season 3 will be here on Friday! THIS FRIDAY!

I can’t tell you how much I am looking forward to it. I mean, we’ve had to wait two years for it.
I’m already plotting avoid-spoilers-at-all-costs tactics because anything short of not using the Internet for 10 days is risky.

10 days = 1 episode per day because I like to savor each and every one! No show captures me quite like this one. I know that if I binge watch it, I’ll forget half of it…and then there is the fact that I cannot sit still for that long.

Here’s to hoping my tactics work!

Don’t forget:

EDIT:  The official TMITHC Twitter account says that it will be in the Hammerstein Ballroom at 6PM EST.

Link: Official  Tweet

Details:
October 04, 2018, 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM
NYCC Live Stage – Booth 174 – Javits Center

Guests:
Isa Dick Hacket
Alexa Davalos
Rufus Sewell
Joel De La Fuente
Chelah Horsdal

The Man in the High Castle S3 Trailer!

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I’ve been meaning to make a recap post ever since they dropped that badass trailer, but every time I sit down and think about it, I change my S3 theories and have more and more questions.

Here is the trailer for those of you who haven’t seen it yet or just want to enjoy 2 minutes of badassary:

Season 3 Official Trailer

I don’t even know where to begin! There are so many things going on in a multiverse of directions, that my head hurts (in a good way)! One thing is for certain: Season 3 is going to differ greatly from the previous two seasons. Is that good or bad? Only October 5th can tell.

My Takeaways:

1. The Resistance plays a huge role in this season with Juliana at the helm, gathering support, sharing the films, and lighting a fire under people who were otherwise complacent.   

2. There is a growing movement against Chief Inspector Kido that turns violent at one point (the clip they played at SDCC made it look like they were angry about fuel prices, but it seems to be more than that).

3. Someone new is controlling things at the Reich now that Hitler’s dead, someone even more insane—or so it appears, because the destruction of American artifacts like the Statue of Liberty looks like it came straight out of the mind of a comic book villain (my other theory is that the “Americans” decide to do this as some warped display of loyalty).

4. Joe’s loyalties remain ambiguous, but that’s the strength of his character.

5. John has a much more powerful role now (not that he wasn’t powerful before).

6. John is directly involved with the multiverse machine and may even travel to one of the other realities.

7. What is this possible war John mentioned? You could hear the fear in his voice as he spoke to Helen. Is the Japanese empire going to head for war after all? 

8. A nuke explodes in the trailer, and my guess is that it is a test because of its location. The Japanese empire got the blueprints for building nukes all the way back in Season 1.

A book based theory:
If you’ve read the book, you know what happens to Joe Blake at the end. I have a gut feeling that Jason O’Mara’s character ends up being like the book version of Joe. It makes so much sense from clips of him I’ve seen.

1. He’s very friendly with Juliana
2. He knows she can get to the Man in the High Castle
3. It makes sense that someone would send a spy into her circle

Here’s to October 5th! 
I want to go back and look at my theories after S3 airs and see if I’m spot on, barely missed the mark, or am completely and utterly off base.

Mystery Box: 5 Things I’d love to unbox

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I’m a huge fan of the unboxing craze that’s all over the Internet right now. I love watching unboxing videos where the person’s excitement radiates through the camera as you watch them open the package and take out all the paper and packaging materials to reveal the thing inside.

I suppose this is why theme box subscriptions like Loot Crate are so popular right now. We all enjoy that awesome moment of receiving a package in the mail and opening it. It’s like Christmas all over again.

These trends quickly evolved to the next craze: mystery boxes. Go on YouTube and search  ‘Mystery Box,’ and you’ll find a bunch of videos. People are buying up $1, $50, and $100 mystery boxes and posting videos of themselves opening them. Some of them are gems, while others…not so much. Oh, and a few are hoaxes, so keep your eye out for pranksters. 

Since I’m not the gambling type (though I do understand how fun the element of surprise is!), I decided to create my own version of this!

My Mystery Box
Five things in my dream box

1. Something from the set of Amazon’s the Man in the High Castle (yeah. This is a shocker. I mean it’s not like I ever mention the show, ha ha!).

Juliana’s necklace, Tagomi’s pin, something from the Smith house, one of Kido’s hats, a film reel—anything! 

2. An antique from the 40s

A relic from WWII, an old typewriter, a stapler (check this beauty out!)—Anything!

3. Cash

You can’t go wrong with some good old fashion cash

2 dollar bills, y’all!

4. A replica of one of Helen Smith’s dresses

I want her entire wardrobe

5. Art supplies

These days I’ve been flying through sketchbooks like crazy!

What five things would you find in your dream mystery box?

New Years Eve

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 The future belongs to those who change it.

31 December 2017

Reflections

On a personal level, this year has been good to me. I got to travel to places I’ve never been before, I got to see my sister on the West Coast, and I’ve managed to improve my art.

I know I mention Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle in every single post, but I want to give the creative minds behind it, the actors and actresses, and all of the people who work on the show credit. Without them, I’d have never branched out into unknown and untested artistic waters.

I’d have never met some wonderful people whom I now consider friends.

I’d have never gotten into making black and white photo aesthetics.

So thank you.

Thank you a million times over!

A few highlights from 2017:

What will 2018 bring?

I know it will bring more travel (I have an awesome job!), more artistic endeavors, and new experiences (that goes without saying).

My goal for 2018 is to finally—once and for all—to crack out of my shy Internet-self shell! I’m not a Marvel character with a quick, witty quip for every occasion. I’m not the most hyper active conversationalist, especially on the fast-paced platform that is Twitter (home of High Castle happenings).

The challenge for me will be jumping into a conversation my way. In years past, I’ve tried to be that hot-shot comic book character with an instant, witty answer for everything, but it never worked for me because I either thought of nothing or posted something bizarre. [ lol ]

So here’s to 2018 cracking my shell and figuring out how to dive in!

My other 2018 goals are
1. Taking my art to new levels
2. Getting my novel, Sisters, polished and ready to publish
3. Creating more black and white photo aesthetics

Top quote is from (you guessed it) The Man in the High Castle.