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Movie Quiz August 2025

We were without our quiz-show companions, and it showed with a measly 114 points. Still, it was a fun night. And, as the theme was “heroes” Matt was on fire identifying many obscure super heroes I had never encountered.

Favorite names:

The Rambo Connection
August: Multnomah County
Spaceballs: The Quiz Team: The Quest for More Points
Lowest 2 Lowest Movie Quiz Score (they ranked twelfth, five spaces above us)
Too Close for Missiles, I’m Switching to Puns

K-Pop Demon Hunters Sing Along

Matt was introduced to K-Pop Demon Hunters by his niece and nephew. Like all media children are into, he went into it with a good-uncle attitude and didn’t expect to like it.

But he really enjoyed it. When he returned from Indiana, he showed it to me, and I also greatly enjoyed it, far more than I expected.

When I noticed there was going to be an in-theater sing along for two nights, I told Matt and he wanted to go. So we went.

First of all, I was surprised at the turnout because anyone with a Netflix account can watch this movie with the captioning turned on and sign along. No need for a separate trip to the movie theater.

I didn’t hurry to buy tickets, because Cinemark had it playing hourly and their theaters are roomy. But when I checked at noon, the showing we planned to go to in the evening was nearly sold out. Thankfully, there were still two seats together.

What I hadn’t counted on was all the kids (and adults) dressed like various demon hunters. They were incredibly fun to see. On our way out, two women stopped to take a picture of their character-specific hair.

The sing along was fun, but muted by the stadium seating. Count K-Pop Demon Hunters as one of the happy surprises of 2025

Anniversary Dinner at Mucca

For our fourth anniversary, we had the four-course prix fixe menu at Mucca. It was quite good.

Here we are with our desserts. I got the Tortino al Cioccolato and Matt got the Mousse di Pistaccio e Limone. Like all the things we chose, we traded halfway through.

They also gave us a little happy anniversary bonus, too.

I also really liked Cappellettie alla Norma, which was eggplant-filled cappellettie tossed in garlic butter, celery, and a red-wine gastrique roasted bell pepper tomato sauce

Matt and the Mud Sweat and Blooms Race

I missed being an athletic supporter for this race last year when it was called Mud, Sweat, and BBQ. It’s now Mud, Sweat and Blooms. Perhaps the BBQ was cutting into the fundraising.

Woodburn Rotary runs this race and it takes place at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm, which I’ve heard about every spring when the tulips are in bloom but have never visited.

They had some fun things for people not running, like these tables of farm-grown items. In the back you can also see a fun haybale structure that children climbed on. It was not, however a race where I could easily get to any of the obstacles, so my photos are limited.

The route was not long and Matt was done lickety-split.

Here he is muddy with all his spoils.

Another athletic supporter takes a picture.

I really like how these three oak trees have come together to create a large spreading canopy, as if they were all one.

Matt after he rinsed off.

That Edge Performance Fitness shirt has been to a lot of races.

The Movie Quiz, July 2025

This was a tough one, and I thought we had done very badly. But it turned out that we got our usual 120 points and were smack in the middle.

Fun names this round:

Garlic as Good as 10 Things I Hate About You
Bridget Jones’ Diary of a Mad Black Woman
The Rambo Connection
Edwoodington
Eddington in Peru
The OG Cast of Lady and the Tramp

More Things from the Wedding

We each had hand-lettered place cards, and got to take home a coaster. The cats on the coaster are smitten kittens, which is what Cheyenne’s daughter called Cheyenne and Renee.

As we went to our table Matt said, “Look, it’s that drawing thing you do!”

And it turns out that Cheyenne also Zentangles!

Cheyenne and Renee’s Wedding

Cheyenne and Renee met at the Rosetown Ramblers square dancing club, and they invited Matt and me to their wedding. It was held at the Nordic House, which was a lovely venue.

The brides:

The Nordic House, of course is also the home of the Ole Bolle Troll, which Matt and I went to say hi to.

There was a delicious dinner, and then there was strawberry shortcake.

But also with a small cake for cake cutting.

Cheyenne and Renee invited 16 Ramblers, enough to fill two tables, and we had a grand time.

Jason and gerry

Jeff mugs for the camera.

Susan and John talk.

Jim, Eileen, and Matt made up the rest of our table.

As was befitting a couple who met while square dancing, there was a community square dance.

The whirling nature of the pictures had to do with the light (the sun had set) but also probably reflects the three glasses of wine I had drunk.

I had a really good time at this wedding.

Yard Tools All Have Their Place

While Stephanie North was painting my bedroom, I got to work adding hooks to the 2x4s Burt installed during our Unwrecking Crew session.

I placed each tool in a spot in hopes that everything would fit.

With some overlap, it did, all except for the tree pruner.

I had to add two more 2x4s bits to the very top to get the final things up.

Then I swept everything clean and things are looking quite tidy.

I’m very pleased with the project.