Another year, done and done. Personally 2022 was better than the last two previous years.

Without getting too political; Republicans are just losing their marbles, and I stand with Ukraine.

Stars we lost that meant a lot to me:

Fred Ward, Gilbert Gottfried, Louie Anderson, Olivia Newton-John, Kevin Conroy, David Warner, Nichelle Nichols, Kirstie Alley, Bob Sagat, Ray Liotta, William Hurt, Alan Ladd Jr., Anne Heche, Coolio, Robbie Coltrane, and most especially... Jason David Frank.

With the bad outta the way, let's focus on the good.

Got done a fair bit in the last 6 months alone:

I finally built my shelves for my Transformer toys, cuz man, I needed the space.

I finally reworked my Christmas lights where I don't have to decorate any of our front lawn plants. Cuz I've ALWAYS hated doing it, and it never looked good.

On that note, I finally convinced my Mom to decorate Christmas early, and we were able to enjoy the decorations.

Started doing regular check-ups.

I got myself an EBT card after applying for insurance, and boy was that unexpected.

Got into seeing Knight Rider, and got the whole DVD set. So I hope to marathon it more next year ^^

My Dad came to visit for the summer and we got to marathon: All the Harry Potter movies, all Lord of the Rings movies, all of Beast Wars and War Planets, and all the Jurassic Park movies leading up to Dominion, finally seeing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Picard, and unexpectedly seeing the Karate Kid movies, which led me up to finally wanna check out 'Cobra Kai' on Netflix.

Me and my Dad found a movie theater close to where I live, up in Yorba Linda, the 'Regal', and I've been going there since September. And that's where my Dad FINALLY got to see Spider-Man: No Way Home in theater (the extended version). He saw it on DVD when I visited him and my Grandma in May. He couldn't see it in theaters cuz it was always so packed where he lives)

Got to go with my family to really fun fairs in Pomona and Anaheim, and I hope to do them again in 2023 ^^

My Mom and I got to go up to Yuba City to spend a Christmas with my Dad, Uncle, and Grandma. And I had a great time there ^^ And there, got to finally eat an Panera, and boy I gotta go again ^^

I FINALLY got to check out all of the X-Men animated series on Disney+ for the first time in over 25 years, and I'm really excited for the continuation coming in 2023.

I bought a crap-ton of She-Hulk comics, old and from 2022, following her series on Disney+

Finished up Amphibia and The Ghost & Molly McGee for 2022, and loved both shows. ^^

A friend of mine with her baby FINALLY moved out and is now living in South Dakota. My Mom visited her in September and saw the sights, got some souvenirs. And got a taste of how cold it was with the friend saying; 'it doesn't get real cold here.' 9 degrees says otherwise.

I became a backer on Hasbro Pulse last year for the Haslab Victory Leo, and just got him this Christmas, and boy oh boy he was worth it. Became a backer for his nemesis, Deathsaurus, for 2022, and looking forward to getting him in 2023.

Since October I've started collecting the Power Rangers Lightning Collection, and I can't wait for more. ^^ That, and the Marvel Legends figures of the MCU. And managed to find a screenplay of Captain America: The First Avenger. ^^

I started getting the Super Minipla models of my favorite Megazords this week, starting with Gaoking/Wildforce Megazord ^^ In fact it just arrive TODAY as of this journal's post. XD

Shout Factory FINALLY releases more Super Sentai on DVD, and I got both Fiveman and Abaranger. And Let me tell y'all something, I am EAGER to get Dekaranger this February.

Saw Zenkaiger and I absolutely LOVE it. ^^

The KOOKIEST show on Netflix that I saw while in Yuba on Christmas that my other family were watching is 'Manifest'... holy crap is it crazy... and another season's on the way, and I gotta know what happens! GAH!

Transformers' Studio Series and Legacy just keep getting better, and not a bad one I can think of for 2022 while others will dislike. Got all 5 Stunitcons and formed Menasor. Got all season 1 Maximals and Predacons, making a dedicated shelf for them. ^^

And I think this year's Christmas Decorations at my house are the best I've ever seen. It wasn't so egregious and a pain in the ass putting them up this time as it was the last.

Movies I liked this year: Puss in Boots: the last wish, Black Adam, Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness, Hannukah on Rye on Hallmark (seriously, I ain't even Jewish and I loved it ^^), Thor: Love and Thunder, Strange World, Luca, Bullet Train, The Man From Toronto, Spiderhead, The Lost City, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Disenchanted, Lightyear, Jurassic World Dominion, The Batman, One Piece Red, Ambulance, Samaritan, Uncharted, and Death on the Nile. With my 3 favorites of this year being: Sonic 2, The Bob's Burgers Movie, The Bad Guys, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Turning Red, Glass Onion on Netflix, and Topgun Maverick ^^

Netflix Stuffs I liked this year: Cobra Kai, Kung Fu Panda: Dragon Knight (can't wait for season 2 come January), Sonic Prime, Transformers BotBots, R.I.P.D. 2, Dogs in Space season 2, the live-action Cowboy Bebop, The Sea Beast, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe seasons 2 and 3, A Perfect Pairing, Wendell and Wild, The Adam Project, Matilda the Musical, Interceptor, The Gray Man, Del Toro's Pinocchio, Drifting Home, Oni: The Thunder God, Is it Cake?, Enola Holmes 2, Kid Cosmic season 3, The Cuphead Show, Samurai Rabbit, and one of my top5 favorite Christmas Carol versions so far: Scrooge: A Christmas Carol. Oh, and started Blacklist 6 months ago, I gotta continue it.

Disney+ Stuffs I liked this year: She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, National Treasure: Edge of History, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, Werewolf By Night, Zombies 3, the Cheaper by the Dozen remake, Hocus Pocus 2, the live-action remake Pinocchio (Yes, I liked both versions), Moon Knight, And unexpectedly: Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers. XD

Paramount+ Stuffs I liked this year: Transformers EarthSpark, Star Trek Strange New Worlds, Picard, Halo, & Jerry and Marge Go large.

Movies I hated: The Lost City of Z on Amazon; the very first time I said 'fuck this movie' in front of my parents. On Paramount+ side; the Marksman.... ugh! And on Netflix's side, Pacific Rim The Black season 2. I will NEVER see that show again. Another on Netflix, the live-action Fullmetal Alchemist trilogy. Oh boy I really didn't wanna cast judgement till Is aw the whole thing, but now that I have... God, it's like Warner Bros of Japan just threw up their hands and just said, 'OK then'. The trilogy's so rushed and you can tell they just didn't care.

Movies I'm looking forward to in 2023: Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse, Antman and the Wasp Quantamania, The Marvels, Gaurdians of Galaxy vol. 3, Elemental, Mission Impossible 7 part 1, The Super Mario Bros. movie, John Wick 4, Ladybug and Cat Noir movie, the live-action Little Mermaid, and most especially Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.

Shows I'm looking forward to in 2023: The Mandalorian season 3, The Bad Batch season 2, Secret Invasion, What If... season 2,

Movies I'm squiffy about for 2023: The Flash, given it's production hell. Aquaman 2, cuz of Amber Heard still being cast. Blue Beetle, more excited it, but a tad cautious. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny; again, more excited. But after Crystal Skull... I just want this one to feel lively and not empty like Crystal Skull was.

Goals for 2023: I wanna lose some degree of weight for my health benefits, and I've been working on that. Thank God I don't drink or smoke XD

Like I said in a previous journal, come tomorrow there will be new art of Chasey. I'll be doing Year of the Rabbit Comm Specials if anybody's interested. And some of the Specials that've been up in the last couple months will be placed again in the future. ^^

And on that note, I hope everybody's has a safe and awesome New Years.

Here's to 2023.

Thanks for your time ^^