What a Marvelous Night for a Moonrise

On Wednesday, the day of the equinox, Beth and I attended Moonrise, a fundraiser at Green-Wood Cemetery.

They had musical acts and refreshment stands throughout the place, and you could go inside the catacombs and a mausoleum.

The music in the catacombs was pretty weird, avant-garde stuff with the performers coming and going. At one point there was just a trombone, then a bassoon and some other woodwind instrument were added in.

It was kind of difficult to find the way around. Staff would give directions, but since all the paths there wind around a lot, they weren't always easy to follow. And while most of the ways to relevant places were lit up, not all of them were.

Occasionally there were signs that just said "This Way" and nothing else, like we were in a cartoon.

The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus performed throughout the evening, and we saw some contortionists, acrobats, and a sword swallower.

We also got to ride the trolley, which is actually a bus made to look like a trolley, as there aren't any trolley tracks. Wine tasting was included with the price of admission, but I generally don't care for wine and Beth only wanted a little bit, so that wasn't of much use to us in particular. They did have Pepperidge Farm Chessmen, which reminded me of my childhood. I think I used to like them more for the design than the taste, which isn't to say they were bad; they're just pretty standard butter cookies. I still eat cheddar Goldfish crackers all the time. Pepperidge Farm has its headquarters in Connecticut, but they actually used to have a factory in my hometown, although it's long since closed. I'm sure they remember.

Futurama did this joke first, but it was all audio.

We haven't really done much of anything this weekend, as Beth isn't feeling well and I usually don't go out on my own unless there's a really good reason. I've started going into the office full-time again, and while I'm sure I'll get a little more used to it over time, it now kind of feels like I've been working a week when it's only been a day or two. And it's not even the work itself that's tiring, just the whole production. I did want to mention my weird dream last night about Animal Crossing. There was some argument over Thanksgiving dinner (I saw a picture on Tumblr yesterday with the turkey character from the game, so that might well have inspired this part), so Tom Nook trapped everyone, including my character, in a pit. There was some way to manipulate things to flood the town, and it ended up not hurting anybody but just changing the landscape. I still play New Horizons when I get the chance, but since I've paid off my house and built the necessary bridges and inclines to make everything accessible, I'm not totally sure what to do other than just wander around. I probably should reorganize my house sometime; it's a shame that even in a completed house, you can only display a little bit of everything you collect. I also haven't collected any bamboo or star fragments, which are necessary for some do-it-yourself projects.

I'm sure anyone who cares knows that they released a partial cast list for the upcoming animated Super Mario Bros. movie, and the general consensus I've seen on social media is that it's annoying how they mostly chose celebrities over professional voice actors. And Chris Pratt isn't too popular a choice since it's come out how he's a right-wing homophobe, but I'm sure the majority of moviegoers neither know nor care about that. It is kind of difficult to imagine Charles Martinet's Mario voice being used throughout a full-length picture, but I'm also not saying he couldn't have done it.

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I do like that Foreman Spike is in it, as he's a bit of an obscure pull.

There seems to be a major trend these days of people guessing what will be in upcoming media based simply on a trailer or even less, and while I have no problem with people doing that if it's fun for them, I feel such articles or videos have a very short shelf life. I did notice that most of the characters confirmed so far are from earlier games, which COULD mean it's only going to cover things up through the first SMB game, but that's a huge supposition at this point. As a connoisseur of Mario-related media, I have to say that most of it isn't, strictly speaking, all that good. But a lot of it is still FUN, and I hope the film is as well.