Celebrating with Pokemon Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Hello again and welcome to my weekly blog! I'm going to resume the way I normally write here now that we are into the month of December. I can't give away all the goods (of my novel) but I do appreciate all of the very positive feedback I've received thus far. When I finish it officially everyone who came here and showed me love, will be the first to know what the next steps I take are. Again I want to THANK YOU so much for all of the continuous love and positivity, and welcome you back for another riveting (very late) weekly blog by yours truly--Danii Grimm.

As some of you may know I celebrated my 8th anniversary with the hubbers this past month and though we didn't do a whole lot we ended up doing a few little things that really counted and that is all that matters right? As our anniversary also falls on his birthday, we took a walk after our Thanksgiving feast--which consisted of Cornish hens, Ham, Mashed Yams, Green Bean Casserole, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. We ate it over the course of a whole day, this meal, because I only have a stove top and a convection oven to work with here. My fucking idiot landlord, doesn't replace anything, nor does he bother to repair anything and the gas company pretty much said--"hell no you can't use this part of the stove!" As they are the professionals, and my landlord is a damn oaf, I think I'm going to take their word--and thusly we bought and currently often use a convection oven (please kill me!) but its better than nothing.

For our walk we ended up store bound on Black Friday; after searching an entire store that had basically been cleaned out of everything you could imagine nothing really appealed to us. So, instead of focusing on stuff we might want, we focused on stuff we needed--and still couldn't find the simplest things. Like, for example, medicated lip balm. Which I need every winter. It was a huge bummer. I couldn't find anything for myself other than this charcoal face mask peel that I'd been looking for, for a long time (videos and reviews coming soon on that, so keep an eye out!), so I bought that.

My hubbers, got himself a couple of "Shining Legends" pokemon pin collection boxes, and if you want to see his awesome pulls thanks to my (usually shitty) AWESOME good luck, check it here. I was very tired and a little silly/stupid when I almost fucked up an entire video for him but at least we managed to get something good from it! And on a birthday pull too! Fucking A!  If you want to check out the rest of the pulls from his collection then check his Youtube Channel for more great content.

Other than that our "Black Friday" was relatively uneventful. Aside from the parental unit that obviously failed his very young, very sick children. He was in the same aisle as us, and letting his children freely cough all over us and the cards around us--so that was obviously fun. My daughter is starting to show symptoms now and I'd like to personally send him, and all the parental units out there like him, a fuck you shout out! Fuck you very much. I'm glad a deal is more important than the life of your child but I'm not interested in being apart of the plague you've introduced to my house--thanks. Oh, and I was going to get some cute underwears--but ya know...kinda hard to do when Larry the Cable Guy is chillin, mouth breathing all over you shoulder while his big bimbo blonde girlfriend watches you look for your size----NO THANK YOU. I'm still shuddering, can I never physically go shopping again? please and thank you!

Now that we're done with all that let me get into the real good stuff--as I said, I ended up with a face peel and nothing else for my anniversary gift. My wonderful husband didn't think that was enough, so when we had our bills properly paid, and were paid again--he took me to see Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. In case any of you are curious about what that actually is I've linked the trailer to the current movie which is just as breathtaking as the first and twice as wonderful.

I don't want to be the bringer of spoilers so I'll just give a brief summary here about the first movie before getting into the second; based loosely off of J.K. Rowling's "Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them." A textbook/encyclopedia of the "wizarding world" written by Newton (Newt) Scamander a "magizoologist", the first movie brings us to the ports of New York City in the year of 1926. Newt's reasons for being in the America's are not something he openly speaks of but he says he's there to purchase a magical creature which he believes is being bred in the area. Unfortunately due to some events he ends up needing to stay longer than intended, and runs into some trouble along the way. He picks up a few friends, and even a love interest--which is BIG for an introverted animal loving weirdo like Newt, but he also has his very own run-in with Grindelwald himself--which leads us to the new movie.

If you want Rotten Tomatoes reviews and ratings they're included in this blog but only because I respect the opinion of others. I think that it has the ratings it has because it's so new and is still in theatres but without spoiling anything I mean I am just in awe. This entire movie gave me something that the first one, and even the other films in the Harry Potter franchises have never been able to give me--and that is the true wonderment the books exposed me to as a child.



I want to preface this with saying that I am NO fan of Harry Potter the person, by no means. The boy was just lucky and knew the right people in my opinion and I actually started to hate him after a while. I totally relate with every fucking Slytherin in existence on that level---that and the giant old man crush on Severus Snape but, well that's for another blog/vlog/time. No, Harry Potter never truly impressed me but the wizarding world? The people within it around Harry? Oh my glob yes please!


Everyone has their favorite characters in these movies/books/series but I have too many to list for so many reasons. In this movie, it was no different. I found myself loving so many of these people and their faces that I was scared to lose them and I knew it was a real chance that I could--because of past experiences we do not speak of (SIRIUSSSSSS! NOOOO WHYYYYYYY!!!!! LUPIN I LOVE YOU NOOOOOOO!!! SEVERUSSSSSS *SOBS HYSTERICALLY*) but I had hope. Rowling has a way of roping you in by bringing on relatable and wonderful characters, and stabbing you hard in the heart with losing them after you've gotten to know them. But god do I love the pain.

The movie starts off on a somber note, and I remember having mixed feelings and being on the edge of my seat through the entire thing. I don't want to spoil anything but GO WATCH IT. IT IS SO GOOD. The effects are really cool, the story is very interesting but also very political (a little more os than the first). And this time it is set in Paris in the year of 1927. I remember being so into this film though, that 134 minutes FLEW by, and well, that is a rare thing for me. I love all the creatures we are introduced to, and how much Newt is so heart eyes over them, like a giant child with a pet.  I wonder what is next in store for us. I know there will be another film based on the ending of this one, so I can only imagine! Tons of possibilities are running through my mind. So many reveals happened I know there will be a ton of theories based off of this very soon (if there aren't already now) but I'm holding my breath for what the Pottermore queen herself says.



Alright this is where I tell you all that I am truly grateful for you....because, I really am. I have noticed a pick up in my traffic on my social medias and my blog and I have you to thank for that so--from me to you. THANK YOU. Thank you for coming back each week and giving a fuck about what I have to say or write. Thank you for encouraging me to further be myself. Thank you for keeping me company in the mornings when I drink my coffee. Thank you for believing in me every day, even on the days where it's hard to believe in myself. And a BIG thank you to those who reach out, you know who you are, my friends, I love you all. Catch you next week! Have a wonderful and safe week.

*~Danii_Grimm~*

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