Outdoor movie time! A movie chosen by the newly 40 year old birthday boy (my brother), you'll never guess the terrible movie he's chosen*

Popcorn and cookies and a friend brought me one of those new Nitro Pepsis, non-carbonated soda is my dream

*Answer in next post

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

The cake is ready for later, I baked the vanilla sponge cake and brought it in a Ziploc bag, then added the raspberries, jam and whipped cream frosting just now so the flavors can mingle but not get soggy 🎉

A friend who couldn't come this weekend wanted to contribute to the food fund, so they gave me $50— I made carnitas and all the necessary taco fixings and fed 7 people for $7 a piece 💯

A very nice weekend! I'm only slightly sunburned and nothing bad happened on the way home, it was a success

I never showed you what the house we rented looked like

@Taweret hormborger

@Louisa great grill dadding

@witchfynder_finder thank you! 😌

@Louisa one of my favorites! Inspired my brother and I to read a lot of the books the various characters were from

@Louisa this might be the worst movie I’ve ever seen. Thoughts and prayers.

@dustin that 1000? 2000? foot submarine that just cruises around the London docks and the canals of Venice, so ridiculous

@dustin @Louisa Counterpoint: this movie is so slapdash that it whips unprecedented amounts of ass.

@nsmckinnon @dustin perhaps you're forgetting American actor Shane West struggling very hard to have a convincing American accent

@Louisa @nsmckinnon @dustin I saw this movie in theaters with friends, then I forgot about how much I didn't like it and wound up buying it on DVD on impulse. I still keep it around because I feel like releasing it back into the world would be bad karma

@infernusgoatus @Louisa @dustin I rented it. Multiple times. When I was a kid I thought the concept was cool as hell but this movie was the most unhinged way possible of rendering it.

IIRC Connery came out of retirement to do it!

@nsmckinnon @Louisa @dustin oh no, no it's the film that's largely cited as sending him into retirement

@infernusgoatus @Louisa @dustin Oooooooh, gotcha. What am I remembering then? Did he come out eventually and do another stinker?

@nsmckinnon @infernusgoatus @dustin it's bonkers that he lived so long after this movie came out, he looks a thousand years old already

@Louisa @infernusgoatus @dustin He was being kept alive by his desire to evade taxes.

@nsmckinnon @Louisa @dustin I think he came out for voicing a character or narrating a documentary or something like that!

@Louisa @dustin no, no, that is *exactly* why it whips ass. It’s like a masterclass in what not to do, especially because he later went to ER and didn’t seem to have any trouble there!

@Louisa Ooooh! That looks so yummy!

@Louisa Louisa please save me a piece, this looks amazing

@Louisa that looks so fresh and delightful 👏👏👏

@jendrawscomics thank you!! 🎂🎂🎂

@Louisa Your vacation coverage is literally sustaining me right now.

@deneb ahh I'm so glad! We're having a great time!!

@Louisa >:(

@breakfastgolem you've got access to real Mexican food!!! Hit the bricks

@Louisa what a great thread, food looks delicious!!

@Louisa goddamn that's a house

@infernusgoatus I think the rental people must have built it, and it's a weird mix of rustic logs that are just whitewashed inside, and ultramodern bathrooms with walk in showers

@Louisa I love it

@Louisa thank you for taking us on a vicarious vacation!

@mayor I'm glad you enjoyed it!! 😁

@Louisa Nice!!!

If there's ever some sort of epic mastodon meet-up, I nominate @Louisa as cook.

@apLundell I'll do it! 🥂

@Louisa yum! 😋​