The Dark

This damned blogging sucks away so much of my time, and profits me nothing. Not only did I fail to get to bed reasonably early in the latter evening yesterday, but it was probably around 12:20 a.m.

When my 6 a.m. alarm chimed to get me up, I felt pretty much physically devastated, and thus I remained in bed until almost 6:30 a.m. Even so, I was never to brave an exercise session out in the backyard tool shed ─ I had risen early for absolutely nothing.

This has to stop.

And even now I should already be started watching my evening shows and doing the allotted evening drinking, for my evening is begun.

Let's condense.

When my younger brother and I began watching our morning T.V. together shortly past 9 a.m. and I started operating our old T95Q Android 9 TV Box, I started us off with two shortish videos published earlier today to Rumble's ProgressiveTruthSeekers channel.

⬤ Brazil DEFIES The U.S. Empire - Russia Nuclear Deal Shakes European Control (9:38)

What looks like a technical nuclear agreement may actually signal a major geopolitical realignment.

During talks in Brasília, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin met with Brazilian President Lula da Silva to expand cooperation on peaceful nuclear energy... including small modular reactors, fuel-cycle services, and advanced infrastructure.

The timing is critical as Brazil weighs the future of Angra 3, a long-delayed nuclear power project that could now gain new momentum.

Beyond energy, the agreement reflects deeper coordination within BRICS and a broader push for strategic autonomy in a multi-polar world. Trade between Brazil and Russia is rising, and cooperation spans agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and technology.

For the United States, this raises difficult questions about influence in Latin America... long shaped by the legacy of the Monroe Doctrine.

Is Brazil redefining sovereignty in the Western Hemisphere? Watch for the full analysis.

The hostess was Lena Petrova.

⬤ Marco Rubio WOOS Europe - With OPENLY European SUPREMACIST Speech (33:15)

The description is far longer than I care to reproduce, so refer to the link to read it for yourself. As for my brother and I, he expressed that the two hosts were too annoying, and I rather concurred, for their analysis was hostile and one-sidedly elementary in scope; so after 24 minutes I tuned out.

Next I tuned in The Sinner ─ episode one (or "Part I") of season two.

We had watched season one back before the fake COVID pandemic, and never did get back to tuning in season two.

Following The Sinner, we watched a 23-minute (23:11) video uploaded November 6, 2022, to YouTube's Dates and Dead Guys channel: Indians Nearly DESTROY Colony | The Yamasee War 1715-1717.

Between 1715 and 1717 a conflict raged between the tribes of South Carolina and the English Colony. Years of colonial abuses as part of the of the deer skin and Indian slave trade lead to battle. Early in the war, the Native Americans were able to take advantage of surprise and their overwhelming numbers. The vast majority of the colonial population was forced to retreat to Charles Town in order to make their final stand, die, or escape by water. The Yamasee war, called such because the Yamasee fire the first shot, is the closest any established English colony got to full destruction.

There are references as well, so please refer to the original video description for those.

And we finished up with Inside No. 9 ─ episode two ("Mother's Ruin") of season or series eight. I had previously downloaded the episode, probably from this OK.ru link, if interested.

Thereafter my brother sought his bed rest. He was going to be making a beer run afterwards, and I had invited myself along, so I dared not allow myself to fall into a nap and therefore did my best to just rest deeply in my bed fully clothed.

I was to add another two dozen cans of Cariboo Malt (7.9% alcohol) to my supply, as well as another four-litre box of Sommet Rouge wine (12% alcohol). With taxes and deposit, the bill came to $84.10.

I did not have the money with me, so I had to use my debit card ─ something I hate doing when I shop anywhere in person.

My wife had a full workday today, so she rose shortly after 9:30 a.m. and was away about a half hour later on her fairly long drive to the Thai restaurant where she is employed part-time. I expect she will have her usual Wednesday off work.

In her absence this afternoon, shortly after 3:30 p.m. I used her vacant bedroom for some light exercising.

Right now it is 6:57 p.m. and I ate a short while ago, so I am going to break now to watch those shows here on my bedside computer. I will finish off this post in the latter evening.

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Alright, my first show and beer were done by 7:56 p.m. The show was Sight Unseen ─ episode four ("Mia") of the first season. My source was this M4uFree.cx link.

It was good; and towards the end, it was almost touching how lead character "Tess" ensured that her lovely agoraphobe in New York ─ "Sunny" ─ was going to continue being her partner for as long as she could make it happen. She would not ever choose to cut her loose.

My second show and beer were done by 9:32 p.m. However, when I first saw what show was next on my rotation list, I was frustrated, because I find the series so damned tedious and hopeless. In fact, I have been tempted to just discard bothering with it any longer.

I was especially exasperated when I saw that the episode to be watched was ─ commercial-free ─ just over an hour and four minutes bloody long! 

Considering how much I dislike the series, an episode this long was appalling. 

But after getting past its first 10 or more minutes, this episode proved to engrossing; and the final scenes in the woods involving the 'marthas' sacrificing themselves to save the young girls was extremely rousing. Hell, I stood here in the dark watching and my tears poured forth.

It might be obvious I am speaking of The Handmaid's Tale ─  the third season finale episode 13 ("Mayday").

Yes, initially I deeply rued that my evening was going to be eaten up with over an hour's worth of this show, but it just may have proven to be the best show I shall be watching this evening (I am writing this at 10:05 p.m.).

My source, by the way, was this TVSeries.video link.

I took the additional time of brushing my teeth, and could have opted to watch a sitcom and drink a little less wine than I desired. But I saw that my next show would be The Guardian ─ episode nine ("The Dark") of season two.

So I poured at least eight ounces of wine into a glass tumbler and tuned in the show at this M4uHD.cx link.

Nothing touched me as happened with The Handmaid's Tale, but this episode was still intense. I can't imagine how character "Nick Fallin" can possibly get through stress like was displayed in this episode. As I said, this was an intense episode, and made me feel sympathy because of some of what I dealt with when I struggled to remain employed in one of the most unlikely career fields I should have been in.

The episode ended a few minutes ahead of 11:30 p.m., but I still have to close up a lot of things here on my computer ere restarting. Why the Hell is this my rotten pathetic life.

I'm publishing ─ it is now 11:45 p.m.