Oh, Claudia. You're seriously one of my favorites. Happy New Year!

My sister lives in Milwaukee! If a sour, bitchy girl in her early 30s comes in, be nice to her, okay? She might be getting pushed out of her job soon.

Grandma Balls babysat for us tonight. We went out at 8 pm, got some drinks, tacos, and overpriced hipstery molten cakes and a flight of caramel drinks. Then we promptly Ubered home at 11 pm. So this is what being in your late 30s with a kid is like.

Yeah, I think it's a google-translate fail.

Happy New Year's, AVClubbers! Had my two year commentversary a couple of weeks ago, and although I haven't had much opportunity to post this year due to my work schedule/only being able to read/comment on my phone at work, but I've genuinely enjoyed reading some of you people's comments this year.

There's a Stride Mother gimmick account that made me laugh for about 5 minutes straight last night.

Ice Cream! I just talked to Creeper around here. I've been meaning to hop onto the TI and say hello to everyone, but life has been nuts the last few months. I've seen your updates about Westminster — I'm so glad that it's going well and that you like it. Thanks for saying hello.

Watched The Force Awakens again with my wife and sisters. Still loved it, the humor still seemed to work a second time around, and I think I noticed some more clues about where the story might head in Episode VIII. I did notice some plot holes I hadn't noticed because I had such a fun time when I first watched, but…

That's actually the battery model for my Suunto. Twice I have bought the wrong size and had to go back. For all the wonders of being able to Google this on your phone in-store, it'll still backfire if the info isn't accurate.

*removes El Santo's mask*

They wore them on their belts, which was the style at the time

I haven't, but I seem to remember it being mentioned when I was in law school.

Yeah, I actually don't mind it too much. I can still watch that one and riff on it. I find TPM basically unwatchable, though.

I thought about mentioning that, but I was posting from my phone and adding nuance requires soooo much effort. Agreed that the perception at the time was that they were outmatched by an overpriced dream team, not that they were overwhelmingly incompetent.

Hey, I'm seeing double! Four Dirtbike Milksteaks!

Eh, I found the recurring beat of them trying to build each other's confidence with gentle reassurance in the middle of a kidnapping trial to be kind of funny. Then again, I was a teenager during the original trial so had a pretty good grasp of what they were riffing - that people kind of generally maligned the…

Yes, the key demographic of children 10-12 and men 15-24 months left in prison.

Man, this is upsetting. I gonna head down to the bar for a Frank Schlong to take the edge off.

Doing pretty well! Been working again for the last few months as a child welfare social worker, which is really fucking exhausting. I've been meaning to drop in to the TI but whenever I have spare time, I'm usually watching my daughter or catching up on tv or sleeping. Plus I've had enough extracurriculars eating up…

Well, one of those is a perfectly cromulent theory.