Are You Ready For It?

Gird Your Loins
Michael Shinafelt

Here comes 2025! Are you ready for it???

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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Heading Into 2025

See Paul Rudd, See Paul Rudd Run, See Paul Rudd Run on the beach, run Paul, run!

2025 is coming at ya whether you prepared or not. There are many reasons to proceed with extreme caution. There are also many reasons to throw said caution to the wind. 

Ever since the Pandemic Lockdown I've been having trouble getting my fitness groove back and losing a much needed 20lbs (I've already started)

Well I'm using 55 yead old Mr. Rudd as my spirit animal, being a man in my 50's as well. Now I don't ever think I will reach the heights that he has, but I will obtain my personal best like I did pre-lockdown while I was in my early 50's.

Thus whatever your personal goal, heading into 2025 bend it like Paul. Or whoever you choose to be your motivational warrior.

That's all.

Paul on IMDb -

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748620/  

Sh!t Eminem Says -

Self awareness is a quality that is necessary in the world we live in, yet many do not possess it. When I saw this quote straight outta Eminem I thought: Good for him, he knows he's mellowed, yet owns how he used to be.

Thus today I decree we shall bend it like Eminem. I already do. But may of you need to get clue and catch up.

Mic Drop.

Eminem on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/eminem/ 

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow...

I was sad to hear that Olivia Hussey had passed away yesterday. I remember first seeing her in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet my Freshman year in college in my humanities class. I was quite smitten with her from then on.

She also starred in one of my favorite horror movies, Bob Clark's Black Christmas 1974. It was ahead of it's time and was the blueprint for many other movies in the genre.

The odd part is I had been thinking of her these past couple of weeks as I follow her on Instagram and noticed she hadn't posted in a while (she posted pretty regularly.) I knew something was up, just not what.

Parting is such sweet sorrow...

Olivia  on IMDb -

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001377/ 

Deeper And Deeper

Are Bananas A Carb?
Madonna & Co

"Deeper and deeper, and deeper, and deeper

Sweeter and sweeter, and sweeter, and sweeter

I can't help falling in love
I fall deeper and deeper the further I go..."

Hey Minions, I hope you enjoy this still of Madonna & Co. from her classic hit Deeper And Deeper going bananas.

TGIF!

Madonna on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/madonna/?hl=en  

Michael's Musings

Being You, The Myth
Michael Shinafelt
Photo:
https://www.instagram.com/jessemerrellphoto/

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas yesterday! I did what everyone in Los Angeles does for Christmas. "Yes" I went to the movies.

Now that it's all over, moving into 2025 it's time to take inventory of yourself and tend to you! It's the one thing you truly own and you need to make sure it's paid in full.

F#ck being demure. Be as bold, brave and weird as you can, that's all

If Jesus was the son of Mary and Jesus was the lamb of God. Does that mean Mary had a little lamb? Asking for a friend 

People just don't moon each other the way the used to (sigh)

Oh, you're wondering what movie I saw yesterday? Babygirl with Nicole Kidman, quite good and quite provocative

Finally got around to seeing The Whale with Brendan Fraser. He definitely deserved the Best Oscar Actor for it, amazing!

Remembering the great George Michael, it has been eight  years since his passing yesterday

309 day until Halloween...

So Carry-On is one on Netflix's biggest hits. I watched it Christmas Eve I couldn't get into it. Jason Bateman was terrific as the villain though!

Woman Crush of the Week - Nicole Kidman who is the perfect "Babygirl"

In case you were wondering I'm Team Blake Lively

Christopher Nolan is filming Homer's The Odyssey coming July 17th 2026...I can't wait!!!

Have you seen the video for Kim Kardashian's cover of Santa Baby? It's like John Waters and David Lynch had a love child

And now for something completely different...

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Ho! Ho! Ho!

"Santa Claus won't make me happy with a toy on Christmas Day" - All I Want For Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey 

Enjoy your day and find your own bliss. Me? I'm seeing Nicole Kidman in Babygirl. 

I don't need the kind of toys Santa Claus brings...😉

Babygirl on IMDb -

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30057084/