Stranger Things: Part 5 Predictions

 Hi all, this is a different kind of post than what I usually do cuz it's comic strips instead o' music. But these're ideas that I wanted to get posted with a time-date stamp on them, due to the time-sensitive nature of them.

See, a few weeks ago, while working on - what is basically - my comic strip diary, I started writing about Stranger Things. There were some eerie connections between Season 4 of Stranger Things, and some of my art that I had done back in 2020 and 2021. I wanted to write about that, and the comic strip eventually evolved into some predictions I ended up making - it's my idea of what might happen in Stranger Things: Part 5. Here's how the whole thing starts out:

You might have to click on the image to make it big enough to read.

On this next page, I keep on riffing on the theme of connections between Stranger Things and stuff in my own life. Then the predictions start up:

I think this next page is fairly self-explanatory:

This next one might need a little bit of unpacking...see, in Stranger Things: Part 3, you see that Billy has a double of himself in the upside down, but you don't really find out why this came about. I describe my own ideas about how doubles of some people end up in the upside down. 

I heard that there's been some speculation about bringing back the character, Eddie, who dies in season 4. I initially thought that was stupid - he died an honorable death - let's just leave it at that. But then my brain churned out a way for the audience to still get to see more of Eddie (whom most of us love), but in a way that doesn't involve necromancy. 

What if there's a double of Eddie in the upside down? This goes into that possibility:

This next page keeps on going with the possibility of a double of Eddie being alive, and it speaks to other stuff, too. The last panel is some of my regular old comic-strip-diary-type-of-stuff. I left it in there because it's got a clock in it and a cassette tape. It was odd and uncanny - I didn't even see the connection between that frame and Stranger Things till after the fact. Like, whoah, there's another instance of a girl looking at a clock (a different kind of clock than the Stranger Things one, but a clock, nevertheless). And there's a cassette tape - the very type of thing that saved Max's life. 

I dunno if I'll come up with any more predictions, but if I do, I'll either post 'em here, or later on in my blog. 

There, now I can breathe easily, knowing the world knows my predictions for Stranger Things: Part 5. Yippee!

Just a side-note: this song that I posted last week came from all these musings about doubles of people and stuff:

He Said I Look Ugly When I'm Tired

He Said I Look Ugly When I'm Tired

This is the next song in the fucked up relationship album. It's one of the chopped up songs - it's about that trip to Germany the last two songs are about. We were in an airport in Munich (I think it was Munich), and I was all tired from not being able to sleep on the plain. My eyes were all baggy. Mean-Boyfriend-Man made fun of me and said stuff that implied that I looked ugly when I'm tired. He got all mean and angry when I wanted him to take it back. Shoot, man, I hope this album isn't sounding whiny. The story starts movin' along at a hearty clip pretty soon. Or, well, at least, I think it does.

The lyrics are:

He said I look ugly when I'm tired

He said I look ugly when I'm tired

I told him that it hurt my feelings and it made me sad

He got all mad at me - he got so very, very mad

He said I'm ugly when I'm tired

We were waiting for a connecting flight

In Munich airport and I took a hike

I walked to the bathroom and I

Looked in the mirror and I said, "oh, my!"

My eyes were so very puffy

But I thought I was still pretty and stuff, see

Then I told Mister Boyfriend Man that

I look really tired, and I can't be-

Lieve what he said next - he said I

Look like a corpse and I already died

He said I look ugly and stuff,

I said, "take it back." - he said enough

He is tired of my sensitivity

When I cry, he gets especially mean

So, I'll put my feelings away

Then he will not be irritated

He said I look ugly when I'm tired

My Cats Buried Their Poops With Things They Found

 

My Cats Buried Their Poops With Things They

 The melodies of this song came from a dream, and the words came from a thing I saw today. Every once in a while, my cats will bury their turds in their litter box, and then they'll try to bury them even more. They take things that are lying around and put 'em on top of their turds. Today, it was a shopping bag. I've found all sorts of strange things in their litter box that they've put there in an attempt to bury their turds even more than they're already buried. What strange kitties.

I put the litter box in a different place than usual for the picture I took, cuz the kitties didn't wanna pose next to the litter box when it was in its usual place. There, you can see the shopping bag they put in there.

The lyrics are:

My cats buried their poops with things they found

They buried their poops with things that were lying around

They used a bath mat and a small, plastic kitty toy

It made me wonder if there's a reason for that - oh, boy

I saw their litter box and they had put weird stuff in it

I guess it was just a new way of burying their shit

My cats buried their poops with things they found

They buried their poops with things that were lying around

They used a sock and a plastic bag that was right there

And I must admit  that they have a creative flair

They took a towel off of the rack and put it on their turds

And they started to make as tack of stuff - I've never heard

Of cats putting weird objects on their poops - like shopping bags

And slippers on their kitty john, and stuff like old dish rags

My kitties are so special - they must have a reason why

I'd like to understand, yet I'll not even start to try

My cats buried their poops with things they found

My cats buried their poops with things they found

  

Well, That Sucked

Wow That Sucked

 This is the next song in the fucked up relationship album. The narrator begins to tell you how the trip to Europe (specifically, Germany) went with her boyfriend. It was not as good as she'd expected it to be.

The lyrics are:

Well, that sucked

And I'll tell you why it sucked

It sucked a lot

Is our relationship fucked?

I don't know if he's my very favorite person now

I'll tell you the details real soon

But I'll say I'm not over the moon

This trip to Germany really sucked

And this relationship might be fucked

I don't know if he's my very favorite person now

Nobody Knows Who the Double Is

 

Nobody Knows Who The Double Is

 This is another one of those songs that comes from a dream. It's, I guess, about how creepy it would be to see somebody's double. 

The lyrics are:

Nobody knows who the double is
Nobody knows who the double is
I do not know who the double is
Nobody knows who the double is

And I'm frightened, I'm frightened by this surprise
And I'm frightened, I'm frightened by this surprise

I do not know who is the double, and I do not want him to cause trouble
But we do not know who is the double, knocking down things until they're rubble

And I am frightened by this surprise
And I'm frightened, I'm frightened by this surprise

I saw the double, it was yesterday
He looked like trouble, and I'll plainly say
This is something from science fiction shit
And I feel so dumb cuz I don't get it

I don't understand
Where'd he come from, man?
He may not be grand
I am not a fan
Dunno if I can

Trust this man, who's from outer space

Who has an identical face
(Yes) to someone that I used to know
And he was dumb - his name was Joe Blow

And I have no doubt
That I am creeped out
What's this all about?
And I want to shout,
"Double-Man, get out!"

I have millions of people in me
But, when they have the same identity
I can tell you that I don't know what
To think but I know that I'm not a butt

I don't know what to think
I don't know, I don't know what to think

I Want This Thing So Bad

 

I want this thing so bad

I'm shooting for the sound of a bunch of people in church singing piously but very badly, praying for the thing I want to have come true...however...........

That picture above is of me all day today, hitting the refresh button and not seeing the thing I wanted to have show up in my inbox. Damn it all. I don't think this thing is going to happen, after all, even though I thought it was in the bag. But then I remembered that I am cursed, so of course this good thing is not going to happen. I can really relate to the character, Max, on Stranger Things, cuz she's cursed, too, just like I am. 

I'll Travel The Whole World With You, Man

 

I'll Travel the Whole World With You - Mix 2

This is the next song in the fucked up relationship album. It's about how the narrator is getting all excited about an upcoming trip to Europe with her boyfriend.

The lyrics are:

I'll travel the whole world with you, man
I'll travel the whole world with you, man
I'll travel the whole world with you because you are my,...

Very favorite person in the world
I cannot deny
That you are the person I want to
Get on a plane with and fly

I'll travel anywhere with you man
I'll travel anywhere with you man

I can't wait to go on my very first trip with my boyfriend
I am greatly anticipating the thrilling time we'll spend
We're gong to Europe for an academic
Conference about chaos theory and what makes the brain tick
And afterwards we'll go and see Europe and things
And with my boyfriend, my love flies on angels' wings
Much like the airplane that we will fly on, my heart flies up to the sky 'til it's gone
Up in the heavens with the singing dawn, and like our luggage, our love carries on

I'll travel the whole world with you, man
I'll travel the whole world with you, man

Much like the airplane that we will fly on, my heart flies up to the sky 'til it's gone
Up in the heavens with the singing dawn, and like our luggage, our love carries on

The Last Song Sucked So Bad

Last Song Sucked

 Here's the song where I apologize for how much the previous song sucked. I'm not sure if this one is any better, though.

Why Do You Like You?

 

I don't even feel like posting this song cuz it's so crappy, but in keeping with the spirit of "song of the week" I thought I'd better post something. I didn't really have time to come up with a decent song today, unfortunately, cuz I had too much stuff going on. Sigh.

Cool, Drunken Melody

Cool Drunken Melody

Let us take advantage of this cool, drunken melody.

In By 9

In By 9 Mix 4

In By 9 Mix 7

 This is the next song in the fucked up relationship album. It's about how the narrator's boyfriend requires her to be in by 9pm every night for a "good night" phone call, and if she's not in by 9, she gets in trouble. It kills her social life (as you can imagine).

I kind of hate the ending of the Mix 4 version of the song, but I'm leaving it up there, just in case you wanna have a listen to the original ending of the song.

The lyrics are:

I don't hang out with my friends anymore

And because of that I feel like a dork

He says I have to be in by 9:00

Every single night: My social life don't rock

My boyfriend says I have to be in by 9

My boyfriend says I have to be in by 9

I used to have a social life but
These days, I'm feeling more like I'm a shut-
In cuz my boyfriend demands that I
Be in by nine o' clock; that's no lie
My friends and I would stay out
Late but my boyfriend's demons all came out
He started to get angry at me
If I was not in by nine, you see
He said it was a good night phone call
Instead of being with friends - oh, balls
I must be in by nine o'clock
And, thus, my social life don't rock
If I'm not in by nine o'clock, for our bor-
Ing phone call, I will get in trouble for
Not being attentive to him, so
I'll be in by 9, and that does blow

My boyfriend says I have to be in by nine o'clock

I Don't Want to Go to This Meeting

I Don't Want To Go To This Meeting

 This song is about not wanting to have to go to a meeting. Meetings are boring.