Hoppers Movie Review

Note: this review may contain spoilers

I recently went to the movie theater to watch Hoppers. I enjoyed the movie a lot. The premise was interesting and the animation was good too. In the beginning, I wasn’t a big fan of the drawing style, but as the movie went on, it grew on me. I wasn’t a big fan of the main character’s personality – the main character is a young impulsive Asian girl in who has trouble regulating her emotions and lashes out against people who don’t agree with her views. However, I think this personality seemed realistic.

Anyways, the main character loves animals and spent most of her childhood with her grandmother sitting in front of a glade (pond) and enjoying nature. However, after her grandmother died, she has a hard time coping. When she realizes that the city is planning on building a road through the glade, she is determined to do whatever she can to stop it.

I would recommend this movie to animated movie enjoyers of all ages. I don’t think there will be a sequel, but who knows, they are making sequels out of everything nowadays 🤷‍♀️

GoMyWayVA Mobile App Review

I recently got referred by my coworker to download a mobile app tracking your location. It is called GoMyWayVA. It is a mobile app that is partnered with a number of northern Virginia organizations focused on helping people travel in the northern Virginia area. The app developer doesn’t seem to be the Virginia government, but the Virginia Department of Transportation is advertising its use. The best part is that it rewards you for using the app. 1 coin is worth 1 dollar in a gift card. Each trip has a certain probability of earning coins. I’ve done 10 trips so far and I’ve earned about $9.

Using the app is pretty simple, you just put where you want to go and then you select the navigation option. Then, you can navigate using the built in navigation or Google maps. After the trip is over, go back to the GoMyWayVA app and click the end trip button. It then tells you if you’ve won coins for the trip.

If you want to try it out, download the app and use my referral code dJrj8VqgXY to receive 3 reward Coins when signing up!

https://2iwpb.app.link/11Ui4ovST0b

Dicks Sporting Goods Mobile App

I recently saw a social media post about why the Dicks sporting goods mobile app has risen in popularity on the app stores. Apparently, they have a feature that gives you points for each day you exercise. Those points can also be redeemed for a gift card used at the store! I downloaded the app and it is true – 3 points max per day for completing either 10k steps, 30 minutes exercise, or 3 mile walk/run. When you accumulate 300 points, you can get a $10 gift card. I wish I knew about this earlier! What are you going to buy at Dicks?

Floss before brushing or floss after brushing

I’ve read a few articles about this topic and all of them say that flossing before brushing is better for clean teeth. But, the articles later include that flossing of any kind is better than not flossing at all. In my experience, I think that flossing before brushing is better, but it is hard to remember to do so – I’ve brushed before flossing for years and only recently changed the order 🪥🦷

🏈 Football Playoffs 2026 Cheatsheet 🏈

I was walking to work and I was thinking that I could benefit from learning some more about football now that the Superbowl is almost here. Then, I was thinking that if I had a cheatsheet, I could read over that and then I’d be able to feel more comfortable if I ended up at a Superbowl party. So, I consulted the internet and created a cheatsheet. I think it turned out pretty decent and thought that I should share it.

Feel free to download and donate if you like it 🙂

https://buymeacoffee.com/jeffreysthoughts/extras

Spenga Review

I did my first Spenga class about 6 months ago and completed my second class today. The first class I did through Classpass and the second one I got a free class because the manager wanted to see if I was interested in coming back. Both times I’ve thought that the workout was pretty good. It consists of 20 minutes of cycling, 20 minutes of strength training, and 20 minutes of yoga. The cycling really gets tough when moving back and forth with the resistance and the speed of moving your wheels. The strength training is also pretty tough since there’s barely any rest for the 20 minutes. The yoga is the only restful part and at that point, I’m just glad not to be exercising anymore. Certainly not the most intense workout class I’ve taken, but if you follow all the instructions from the instructor, it can really kick your butt. I’ll probably go again if I get another chance to go.

Creating manga using AI

One thing I wanted to try to do was creating manga. I’m not much of a drawer so I never got around to do it. Since I read a lot of manga, I thought it would be cool to see how well AI would be able to do. I gave Gemini and ChatGPT the same prompt and they came up with completely different outputs. I thought that ChatGPT created a more in-depth story and chapter, but I constantly hit image generation limits since I’m on the free version and the images generated had inconsistent styling for the background and characters. See what the two generated below:

Gemini

ChatGPT

Do I ever see wild animals?

Do you ever see wild animals?

Yes. Not sure why this is a daily prompt, but I guess there are people who may never have seen wild animals. But on a daily basis, I don’t see many wild animals. I think birds and squirrels are the wild animals I see most frequently. But now that I think about it, I don’t see them that often either. Oh, I see bugs pretty often and those are wild. Would I prefer to see wild animals more often? Sure? At least the ones that aren’t dangerous. 

The Long Walk Movie Review

I watched The Long Walk after hearing my coworkers talk about it. I knew the premise of the movie coming in so I wasn’t surprised to see what happens after someone stops walking. Basically, the movie is based in the US and the general population is not doing well financially. For some reason, the society came up with a challenge where 50 men, one from each state, walk until they cannot walk any longer. The winner gets one wish from the organizer and a lot of money.

I thought the two main characters were cast well. They had a great camaraderie, got along with the other people in the challenge, and were trying to help people. They were also realistic in the sense that they dealt with hardships and wanted to use the challenge to fix things in their lives or fix things in other peoples lives. There were some odd characters in the rest of the group, but I think that there are a lot of odd people in the world and this is an odd situation. Even though this challenge is voluntary, they mentioned in the movie that everyone they know volunteers. I guess it is because the prize is so attractive, but I think the cost of losing is also pretty devastating. Maybe it is worth it in this society. It was a bit gross to see people have to pee and poop while walking because people are not allowed to stop walking in this challenge.

In general, I thought the movie was good. I didn’t like the ending since I thought the winner was going to wish for something else. After reading some reviews and commentary online, I think it made sense. It seems like the movie ending is different than the book ending. It is possible that the book ending would have been even less satisfying for me.

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