Dr. Seuss eat your heart out.

It's podcast time guys, and today is half and half for nerd shit vs. real-life content. I was at a wedding, the official BM of the ceremony if you will. Having been married last year I can safely say attending a wedding is probably more fun than hosting one. Yes, not as special as your own wedding, and it's not for you, but daaamn I had very little to do at this wedding besides have fun. Whereas at my own wedding (and I'm sure at lots of yours) a lot of time was spent running the show, dealing with drama/family, kissing your spouse in front a thirsty crowd banging the table and chanting, etc. Anyway it was a nice time, Mazels to two very special peeps in my life. Besides that just expect more wadding into the dad pool. Lil' Art is every bit as cute as ever, but has become nocturnal and avoids sleeping at night at all costs. So that's fun. Complaints are limited though, as wifey definitely is getting the worse end of the stick.

Let's talk about Pokemon Sun and Moon. I actually hated this show for a while. I caught the first few eps. when it came out, just couldn't get into it. Smoother (some will say "less detailed") animation styles replaced the more line-heavy anime flavor of its predecessors. The unfamiliarity of another cadre of young protagonists did literally nothing to interest me, and I flaked out. But after binge watching it (because it was on in the background, the baby was sleeping, and no one wanted to move) it grew on me. Now this isn't a Stockholm Syndrome type thing. I just came to the realization that there's weird merits to the show.  It's much more self-aware than other previous seasons, allowing for a handful of meta jokes and self referential humor that obviously pays a bit of homage to older viewers. More than that though, the region they are in (Hawaii- I mean "Alola") is totally different from what we've seen. Not just because of the cool island breezes, but this is by far the most dangerous place to be. The humans and Pokemon live much more closely than in the traditionally painted cannon. For example, a gen 1 farm would have pigs/cows/chickens and maybe a Growlithe for protection. In Alola, the farm is Miltanks and any other livestock style creature. Mostly this is fine, but people keep getting attacked by Pokemon. And that's gonna straight up kill someone. It's also a lot of why I watch the show. Most Pokemon irrespective of their type or size, can easily kill a human being with their 4 abilities. Trying to catch a Weedle near you house? Ahh poison sting, guess you're dead. Trying to hike with the family on a local rocky trail? Geodude uses Self Destruct, 16 dead in the area. It's dicey out there.

Anyway, Pokemon is neat. Hopefully I'll be able to catch Detective Pikachu soon, but thanks for listening guys and enjoy the groovy June weather while it lasts.

Cheers!