Funniest joke in the whole movie: “YOU’RE GOING THE WRONG WAY!!!” “He says we’re going the wrong way.” “Oh he’s drunk! Going the wrong way. How would he know where we’re going?”

I think we’re meant to root for Neil both to get home and to understand Del. We know he loves his family and is trying hard and just has a short fuse for people like Del. A less artful movie would have him constantly saying things like “I can’t miss another Thanksgiving, my wife will kill me.”

I always feel like the movie wants you to think Neil is a workaholic absent father, mostly because of two moments (“what’s going on, Neil?” and “like your work, love your wife”), but I don’t know I think movies like Jingle all the Way and Elf just conditioned me to think that.

I think it’s so important that we learn very early on that Del is a really good person and not just an annoying stooge, then he spends the next hour being an annoying stooge. You always remember to root for him no matter how bad it gets.

The last time I tried to listen to Screaming Life I’d been listening to a lot of Badmotorfinger and it was like, “yeah give me more of this, what were they doing before,” and it’s so different it didn’t work for me at all. But I get it now. It rules!

I don’t mean early Soundgarden is bad. It’s just a little more scattered and noisy, and there’s like none of the heavy metal stuff of like Outshined or Spoonman. It has way more in common with other mid-late 80s Seattle rock than it does later Soundgarden.

You know what I take it back, the first Screaming Trees album is pretty good. Those dudes definitely understood songwriting earlier than many of their peers.

Speaking of espressos I gotta get some moka pot ground coffee. It’s cafe cubano season (I’ve been really sleepy lately).

He had zero interest in Mother Love Bone but tolerated Pearl Jam. Don’t think we’ve tried Alice In Chains yet. Don’t know why we’re going so grunge heavy, it’s just what I’ve been in the mood for lately and it’s the same ballpark as RAtM to an extent.

“What is 6 7, what does that even mean?” “It’s from a rap song.” “About what?” “About Lamelo Ball.” “….ok I’d like to go back to it not meaning anything please.”