Hard truth…
I can speak freely because I’m 65 years old and my pocketful of fucks is seriously depleted.
Working as a paralegal at various studios in LA for thirty years…I had the opportunity to observe studio executives closely.
They’re generally a slippery and clueless bunch who shouldn’t be allowed near anything remotely creative…but the new regime at Paramount is straight up evil.
I assure you.
These soulless bastards have nothing but contempt for a show about grace and redemption and the struggle against fascism.
ATLA is a mystery to them.
They. Do. Not. Value. The. Franchise.
Fans have noticed a bizarre coincidence involving ‘JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’ creator Hirohiko Araki.
Araki was born on June 7, 1960 (6/7 in Japanese date format), and will turn 67 years old on June 7, 2027, making his age and birthday line up as 6/7 and 67.
Now Gonna End The Day With A Second Showing of #ScaryMovie6! Me And My Friend Just Got Out of #PowerBallad And I HIGHLY Recommend That Movie To You All! I Saw Scary Movie 6 Already The Other Day But I Am Looking Forward On Seeing It Again With My Friend!
I'm Gonna Be Doing A Double Feature Today With A Friend Starting With #PowerBallad! This Is A Paul Rudd Movie That Seemed Interesting To Me As We Follow Him Trying To Prove The Jonas Brother, Nick Jonas Stole His Song. After This I Will Be Seeing #ScaryMovie6 Again With Him!
I Am Finally Seeing #ScaryMovie6! I Have Waited So Long To See The Wayne's Brothers Back With This Franchise And I Can Not Wait To Finally See The Return of Stoner Ghostface Once Again!
I Am Officially Seeing My 100th Movie of This Year Now With #MastersofTheUniverse! I Am So Happy That Not Only Can I See This Early Showing of This Movie, But I Also Managed To Break My Record of How Many Movies I See In A Year! I Can't Wait To See The Total Number By The End of The Year!
Since Summer Has Began I Am Gonna Start It With One of My Favorite Animated Films, #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantMayhem! This Is My Favorite Ninja Turtles Movie And I Am Happy I Can See It Again On The Big Screen For Just A Dollar!
Shipping Update. June 1st. 2026.
Had a great meeting with MacMillian to discuss where they’re at and the small of the issue they’re running into with international orders. They have fixed it.
We had about 100+ orders kick back during Round 1, where they manually tracked down and fixed the addresses. After that first round, only about 15 orders got kicked back from Batch 1, Round 2 which is actually a huge improvement.
Usually this means the address is unreadable, incomplete, or the computer system doesn’t know how to interpret certain non-English keyboard characters. We had a couple Arabic addresses that had trouble transferring between systems. And UK addresses are still causing a few issues but less so now.
We even had someone put their name as "My Email My Email" which... haha maybe that's a real name, idk.
So we’re reaching out to those people directly to update addresses or track down whatever information we need.
International peeps, the good news is: they’re figuring it out and pushing through it all. I’ve already seen a few of you getting tracking numbers, which is awesome.
We also now have tracking data for orders up to and beyond the 10,000-ish mark they went out today, which is great. It really feels like everyone is starting to hit their groove.
MacMillian has honestly been crushing it, and I’ve been boots on the ground too packing, taping, shipping, unloading. Not a spare hand is being wasted getting these things out.
This week we entered the phase of shipping orders roughly in the BATCH 3: 10,000–16,000 range while simultaneously packing 16,000–20,000-ish. And a few in BATCH 2 international.
Also worth mentioning: before we started shipping, I had a choice between faster automated packaging kind of a cold-press cardboard Cheez-It box style that automatically packs and labels or the slower, stronger, more expensive cardboard T-fold boxes.
We tested both.
I hated how the faster packaging looked and felt. It would have moved WAY faster, but it simply wasn’t as strong. We even had one test where a puncture went straight into the book.
Look, damage is unavoidable with shipping. It’s going to happen regardless of what happens, we even had a Midnight Edition get damaged and it was in a cardboard box while inside a bubble mailer haha. That’s why I set aside thousands of books that aren’t for sale purely for replacements and exchanges.
I chose the slower route knowing it would add a little more time... but also a lot more protection.
Was that the right move?
I think so. I like doing things right the first time. Usually that means things move a little slower.
But sincerely, thank you for the patience.
The job isn't done, until you all have your books. Onwards!
-O
@CentroLeaks A Champion that antagonizes the main character?! Yes, finally! Not does it sound like we'll finally get a rival that will talk down to us but it will be the freaking Champion! A character that makes sense to look down on us since we would be beginners in our journey!
A new PokéPick video has been revealed for the 30th anniversary. This month’s theme is to meet/encounter new people!
Next month’s theme will be going out.
Now Going To End My Horror Movie Double Feature Today With #Backrooms! I Have Heard A Lot of Great Things About This Movie And While I Don't Know Much About This Franchise This Movie Should Hopefully Be A Good Introduction For Me To Get Into It!