july 28, 2025
i honestly haven't been able to think about anything but the new Blackbriar album coming in august, but in the meantime here are some singles from other artists i've been really enjoying! :P
july 21, 2025
I've been outside a lot recently, and have had the privilege of witnessing a LOT of cool little creatures!
we weren't quick enough to get any original photos, but these guys are SOOO gorgeous. I love their eye markings too! They're so cool and alien looking, and their feathers are so pretty in the sunlight!
I love pikas, they're soooo cute! But recently we were privileged enough to see a BABY!! (at least, we suspect xD) He was hiding under some rocks and just futzing about by the side of the road while the bigger ones ran around, "eek"-ing and gathering hay and stuff. His fur was glittery from flecs of mica! :'D
OK, so this one we're not sure about. we *think* it's a pocket gopher? but this guy was SOOO silly looking! his little snout is so wide and broad, like a shovel. if you happen to know what it is, let me know at boredomarchive@pm.me!
this guy was SOOOO cool to see!! He was really riling up all the pikas, because i think he was looking for a snack. they were squeaking like nuts for the next 20 minutes after he ran through xD
Picture credit for all the original pics/photos goes to my boyfriend, because while i LOVE my dumbphone its photos leave a lot to be desired xD
july 15, 2025
This week's find is kind of a 2 parter! First is:
Bad Memory by Duane Franklet. you can read it for free on the internet archive, here!
It's about Barry Shephard, the president of a brand new direct-to-consumer computer shipping service for massive computer company Simtech. After a wave of incorrect shipments are sent out, angering customers, Barry unexpectedly becomes the point of contact for a ransom attempt on Simtech. They say no, underestimating the scope of the attack--but as the stakes raise for the company, so do the efforts to fight off the ransomers.
it's a computer/tech-based thriller written in 1997, which is soooo interesting from a modern perspective. there's like a revelation the characters have that the bad guy might not have direct access through a machine on site via ethernet. he might be using... a modem?! it also makes the technical stuff pretty easy to understand, since it's every day shit for most people now.
anyway, i found it to be satisfying and focused mostly on the action. while company politics and paranoia play a bit of a role, our main characters stay focused on finding solutions and not getting caught in the drama of it all! It reads like an 80's action movie, and watching the 2 sides trade blows is a LOT of fun!!
part 2 is: OMG. GO TO 2ND HAND BOOK SHOPS!!
i got this epic read in a 2nd hand bookshop near me for 5$!!! they have a whole room of hardcover mystery novels. even ones by big authors like michael crichton or dennis lehane! only 5$!! paperbacks were 3$!! and you'll always find stuff you never could've found anywhere else.
if you're looking for something new and unusual to read, i can't recommend 2ndhand bookstores enough!!
july 7, 2025
there is very little i enjoy in this world more than an action/horror creature feature, so i was overjoyed when i stumbled on this movie:
a bluray rip is available on archive.org!
Deep Rising feels like National Treasure with a monster & some gore. There's even a goofy tech guy! A proto-Riley! The visual effects were done by ILM, it looks shockingly great for 1998 and the monster design is fucking SO COOL!!!
Do be warned tho--while most of this movie keeps it light with Indiana Jones levels of gunfights and banter, there are a few sequences that are pretty gorey. If acid based deaths is something you're especially squickey about, you might wanna skip this one. without spoiling anything, there's one death that's so incredibly gruesome i'm shocked i hadn't heard of this movie before on a watchMojo "top 10 yucky deaths in horror movies" lists because yes--that is how i picked movies to watch when i was sick as a teenager.
it's an incredibly fun watch, with LOTS of bad guys to evelate that bodycount. it's goofy, gorey, and the vfx are awesome.
july 1, 2025
this week's interesting find wasn't a new find for me--it's one of my favorite museums of all time!
The Dinosaur Journey Museum in Fruita, Colorado was a genuine childhood OBSESSION of mine. Every time we were visiting family out west i'd beg my parents to make the 7 hour drive to go to this museum.
And i just had the pleasure of revisiting it with my boyfriend as an adult--it still RULES HARD!!!
It's small, but has a LOT of fossils. And, IMO, does the best job of any museum i've ever been in making you realize just how big and deadly dinos were!! From epic gorey animatronics:
(which weren't working while we visited, but are sick as fuck as statues too)
to how the skeletons are displayed at floor level so you can really appreciate just how big these guys are. Including an incredibly haunting life-size recreation of a t-rex leg that had me sweating.
tickets are only 10$ for adults! If you're ever in the area, i absolutely recommend making the trip!