| WISCON |
[17 May 2013|07:09pm] |
Guess what I'm gonna be doing in a week's time???
Hanging out with a bunch of wildly amazing, intelligent, creative, geeky types who are interested in social justice issues and sci-fi and fantasy genres. WOOT.
There will be parties. There will be panels. There will be delicious food things. There will be crushes on gender non-normative folks. There will be lists and lists of new books to read.
I. CAN'T. WAIT.
But also? I have a crap-ton to do before then and very little energy with which to do it. *flails*
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Also, for everyone I'll actually be seeing at the con (EEEEEEE) - some tips on me:
1. I have bad facial recognition skills. At any point I might either not recognize you at all even if we've met before, think I know you when I really don't, or confuse you with someone else (possibly even someone you don't even look like as I tend to go a lot on how people seem to me energy-wise).
But also because I know this about myself, I make a thing out of trying to remember who people are. So if it surprises you that I know who you are because we only met that one time for like five minutes two years ago? I promise I'm not stalking you. I probably just thought you were lovely and a made a mental note to try and remember your face next time I encountered you.
2. I'm also, unfortunately, bad with names. And details. Look, I have a crap-ass memory in general, okay? So I'll likely forget things like your correct* [edited to change from preferred to correct] pronouns or if you do/don't like hugs or where you live or what TV shows we have in common. I try really hard, but if I forget, please feel free to remind me. I'm likely to apologize and laugh at myself and not feel judged or anything.
3. I mostly go by Rosemary, but you can call me sophy/sophygurl if you want. I know that folks who mostly know me online think of me with that name, and that's cool. You can also call me Rose, and I'll respond to it, but I prefer Rosemary.
4. I have a number of disabilities that are basically invisible. I might have either my cane or my walker with me - or neither - at any given time. But I'll likely be sore and tired no matter what I look like or have with me, so keep that in mind.
WisCon is my one big event of the year, so I tend to shove aside all of my physical ailments and squeeze every last ounce of fun I can out of it, so you might see me dancing at parties, or staying up late and getting up early, or just generally looking like a healthy bodied person. But I'm not. I'm just hopped on a balanced mix of adrenaline, caffeine, and pain pills.
So, be gentle with me.
5. Touch is iffy for me. Sometimes I love it and sometimes it freaks me out. Just ask, or even do the lean-towards-me-with-question-mark-eyes thing and I'll gauge how I'm feeling and respond appropriately.
6. I'm not constantly connected to the internet. I might sometimes check in on a friend's laptop or in one of the public computers, but I don't have my own laptop or tablet or iphone or whatever - so I likely won't get your emails or see your live tweets in a timely manner. I do make sure to have my cell phone on and with me at con (unlike the rest of my time anywhere ever), so that's a way to reach me. Message me for the number if you want it.
7. I don't do crowds well. Actually, I do some types of crowds okay. Strangely, things like dances are generally cool. But sitting in a large audience in a tiny chair with no hope of escaping without making a big scene is frightening to me. So I don't go to things like the opening ceremonies and goh speeches. Instead, I take those as my very rare rest periods each evening.
8. Some of my close local peeps also go to the con and we tend to hang together, but I'm totes open to talking to other people too - some of you I only get to see the once a year!
OTOH, I have enormous, like Enormous, imposter syndrome when it comes to WisCon, so I'll probably be sitting there thinking you're too cool for me and don't really want to talk to me. So, uh, please do come up and talk to me? hee
9. I'm local, so I know things about the city. BUT I'm no long really local to downtown, as in, I go there so rarely that I feel like a tourist!
10. I watch more TV than I read, so I'm less likely to get all of the literary references, but super likely to be able to give you good TV recs if you want them! :)
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| TV - canceled, returning, and new shows from now through next year |
[17 May 2013|01:06am] |
Now that all the info is in from the various assorted networks, I can make some of my listy posts about the current, past, and future seasons of television. :)
For starters, what's been canceled?
Of shows that I watched:
( canceled showsCollapse )
There are a few shows that are still unknowns.
For me, it's Sister Wives, which has been reported as having a fourth season pickup, but no info on when this might happen.
And then my two ABC Family gems - Bunheads and The Lying Games - which apparently the network is waiting to see how their summer shows go before decided on signing contracts for these. Which, sadly, might be bad news either way, as that open contract time means the actors might sign on to new projects in the meantime. Crossing my fingers hard for these two - especially The Lying Game, which is not as cracktastic as Pretty Little Liars, but it pretty darned close.
Next up is returning summer shows!
I've got:
May 23 – Rookie Blue
May 27 – The Glades
May 29 – Baby Daddy, Melissa & Joey
June 3 – Push Girls, Teen Wolf
June 6 – Burn Notice
June 7 – Continuum
June 9 – Falling Skies
June 10 – Major Crimes, Switched at Birth
June 11 – Pretty Little Liars
June 16 – True Blood
June 19 – Hot in Cleveland
July 16 – Covert Affairs
July 26 – Big Brother
Plus stuff that's already started and will run into summer a bit: Warehouse 13, Veep, and then Defiance and Orphan Black, which are both new this season but they've already started.
Next up is returning fall shows. Well, some might not come in the fall but be midseason or whatever. But they're all signed on for sure for another season sometime in 2013 or 2014, so that's good. I've got:
Americans, Banshee, Blue Bloods, Chicago Fire, Community, Cougar Town, Criminal Minds, Dallas, Dancing With the Stars, Elementary, Episodes, The Following, The Good Wife, Grimm, Hart of Dixie, Hawaii Five-O, Homeland (9/29), HIMYM, House of Lies, Justified, Lost Girl, The Mentalist, Mindy Project, Modern Family, Nashville, Neighbors, Nikita, OUAT, Parks, POI, Polyamory: Married and Dating, Revenge, Revolution, Shameless, SOA, Subrgatory, SPN, TTD, TWD, TVD
Perhpas later I'll do a review post or rank them by faves or something, but for now. Let's move on NEW shows.
( new summer shows arranged by date with very brief show summaries because I'm tiredCollapse )
And now for new shows coming in fall and beyond....
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Aaaaaand that's all I got. When I have more energy and am not gearing for WisCon, I'd love to talk about my shows in more depth. So, feel free to leave comments and we'll chat soon! :)
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| That Hyperbole and a Half post... |
[11 May 2013|06:43pm] |
As many of you know, Allie Brosh came back to her blog Hyperbole and a Half this week after an absence of over a year. She's been battling depression and in her usual style (for those unfamiliar with her work - she combines simple but adorable comics with frankly honest and funny text), she did an amazing job of summarizing what depression can feel like. A LOT of people related.
I did too. I reblogged a bunch of stuff on my new Tumblr and added comments of my own, but I wanted to make a full post here about it and how it made me feel because it just really struck a deep chord with me.
The post is http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html - It's called Depression Part Two, because her previous post a year and a half ago was titled Adventures in Depression. It was also really really good, but it's this second one that especially resonated with me. But to see the first one - go to http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adventures-in-depression.html
Also just check out the site itself - hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com - off to the side, there are quick-hits to some of her more popular posts, such as This is Why I'll Never Be an Adult with the now famous slogans of "clean of all the things!" and "internet forever!"
ANYway. On to the Depression Part Two post.
( long, with images, and trigger warning for talk of suicidal ideation as well as mental illness generallyCollapse )
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| 5 quick things |
[07 May 2013|05:35pm] |
1. The main thing I miss about having a paid account here is the polls. I could do without everything else, but I miss making polls a lot. I'm all the time still coming up with poll ideas. And then remembering. And being sad. :P
2. I'm enjoying Tumblr. So far I'm mostly using it for:
- gif sets of my favorite but super problematic ships
- anti-racism rants
- rude and hilarious Jennifer Lawrence quotes and gifs
- sexy gender bending pics
- and the occasional cat or random cute/pretty thing picture
I'm still sorting out how to best navigate and use the site itself, though.
3. SPRING is finally a thing here. And I'm really hoping to get to some gardening this year. I got a bunch of free seeds from the library and went and bought myself a big new bag of soil and am hoping hoping hoping to have the energy to do stuff with it all.
4. WisCon* prep has begun. I'm moderating two panels and on a third one.
My panels:
The Power of Play (moderating) Fri, 9:00–10:15 pm Senate B
"The concept of play includes many ideas: stress relief, a path to creativity, connection with others (and our younger selves), and more. Science fiction and fantasy fans enjoy playing around mentally, after all. Silly hats, clothes, footwear and toys are encouraged for panel members and attendees. This panel was a hit last year — let's do it again!"
I was on this one last year and it was fun. I'm hoping to make this year's even more fun - we're discussing some games or activities we could get the audience in on. :)
Feminist Male Writers of Fiction Sat, 2:30–3:45 pm Assembly
"Whether in literature, television, movies, graphic novels, or comic sketches, there's a lot of fiction being put out there by men who call themselves feminist. Neil Gaiman, Jim C. Hines, Patrick Rothfuss, Geoff Ryman, Andy Samberg, John Scalzi, and Joss Whedon are just a few examples. What do these guys get right and wrong? How does their male privilege affect their writing? And what of more controversial examples who haven't self-claimed the feminist title but get assigned the labels of both feminist and sexist equally, such as George R. R. Martin and Quentin Tarantino? How do we critique their work in a feminist light? Should more male writers come out as feminists, or should the ones who already do be less vocal about it? Do these men feminists get more attention than women? Why?"
I actually wrote up this panel description and am feeling quite a bit intimidated about actually being ON it for a number of reasons - including that some of the names listed are folks likely to be in attendance at this year's WisCon. But I've been doing lots of reading up on the subject and feel like once I get some notes down for myself (I am not good at winging it or doing extemporaneous speaking) I'll be feeling more confident? But, also. Halp?
Taking Our Slurs Back (moderating) Sat, 10:30–11:45 pm Assembly
"The panel for fatties, crips, sluts, bitches, whores, crazies, old farts, queers, and more. Who is reclaiming language and how? How can we address intergenerational conflicts about reclamatory language? What about tensions when it comes to who is 'allowed' to use it?"
I'm both very excited and somewhat nervous about this one. It has the potential to be really fun, really informative and interesting, but also really failey. But my fellow panelists are so far being super great about discussing the ways things could go wrong and how we can avoid/minimize that, which I really appreciate.
Non-panel related prep lists need to be made! I'm already planning out my outfits, making lists of which programming items I want to go when and freaking out about how to choose between different ones, and just generally feeling excited! YAY my favorite thing all year is coming up!
5. Here, have a cool link I found:
Feminism for Nerds has a lot of good links for learning about feminism and privilege and stuff - both specifically in geek/nerd culture and just in general.
* WisCon - for anyone new who doesn't already know or for folks who may have forgotten - is a big feminist sci-fi/fantasy convention that takes place in my hometown of Madison, WI every year over Memorial weekend. It's the best thing ever and from now until probably mid-June I will be talking about it. A lot.
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| I'll tumblr for ya |
[24 Apr 2013|09:05pm] |
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I went and made a tumblr. As with everywhere online but here, I'm sophygurl. Feel free to follow me, tell me who you are, give me tips and tricks for how you make tumblr work for you, and rec me some good tumblrs to add. We'll see how this goes.
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| Checking In |
[15 Apr 2013|06:24pm] |
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Everyone out East okay??
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| Sometimes I am an asshole. |
[12 Apr 2013|10:25pm] |
No, it's true. I can be an asshole sometimes. Like, words come out of my mouth - words that I call other people assholes for saying - and I cringe and am like "WTF ASShole, why did you SAY that?"!
The latest example, was saying - to a close friend - on an issue relating to disability - "it was just a joke, calm down!" Like, I'm lying here - I didn't just say it, I yelled it. Like, in her face. While she was visibly upset.
And then I immediately hated myself times a million and knew I was an asshole.
It took me a few minutes to un-rile myself and apologize and admit I was all levels of wrong.
But damn. I just ... wow, self. Wow.
I'm supposed to know better. I've had been called a Social Justice Warrior on the interwebz. I'm disabled myself. I absolutely hate the meme that it's okay to be offensive if it was a joke. I think telling people to calm down when they are upset is terrible. I ... literally, days later, cannot Bee-LIEVE myself.
But there you have it. I fuck up sometimes.
[BTW, don't even think of commenting in any way that defends me because I was wrong and because the person I hurt can read this and she's the only one who should be defended. Also don't give me cookies for owning up to it because ... no. Basically, I'm only looking for comments that will help to dissect this in a meaningful way. If your planned comment doesn't do that, don't post it. Thanks.]
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| stage 3 |
[11 Apr 2013|05:31pm] |
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Yesterday we got the test results back from the vet. Cleo is now in stage 3 of kidney failure. There are 4 stages.
Overall, the vet still seems positive about how my baby is doing and doesn't have any major new changes to suggest.
But it was a big emotional blow to see how far along she is getting and to know that the next stage is the last one. I spent a lot of time last night crying my eyes out. Dave got emotional, too. We human roomies had a big long 3-way hug. I'm still struggling some today.
This cat, you guys. She is so important to me. She's the first cat I've had as an adult - the first one that's been just mine. I got her shortly after moving into my first apartment (before that I'd lived in dorm rooms and other people's guest beds for several years), so she's been with me for essentially my whole adult life.
She was with me when I was single and lived in a tiny studio apartment. We moved in with Dave together and he became her daddy. She was there for me when I became disabled and homebound. We moved to our current home with Angie together and she became her Aunt Angie. She helped me through the breakup with Dave.
She helps me get to sleep at night - I toss and turn unless she's cuddled up next to me. She helps me to wake up less painfully and depressingly in the morning - waking up with an armful of purring kitty really helps the day start off right. She spends most of the day by my side and takes any opportunity she can to snuggle with me.
Ever since she came into my life, I've had trouble leaving her alone. My friends back 13 years ago laughed at the way I'd sometimes leave a social outing early because I missed her. When I go away overnight I have to call home on a daily basis to check in with the roomies on how she's doing.
I call her my furry little soul mate, my buddy, my baby. I literally cannot imagine my life without her in it and any time that I try - I panic a little bit.
I'm a little attached, you guys. And while I know that she could still have several good years at the stage she's at now without anything getting any worse - I also know that she could start getting rapidly sicker any day now. And I ... I ... :(
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| fu fibro |
[07 Apr 2013|08:38pm] |
Ugh, sometimes it just gets so annoying that the kinds of things that take so much out me and that are celebrated as major accomplishments are things other people do on a regular basis without even thinking about it.
Today I asked Angie to shave my head for me because I haven't done that since fall and it was way past time. So then I took a shower because you kinda have to after getting your head shaved. And taking a shower has become a Big Effing Deal for me these days. Like, I'm way grosser than I'd like to be a lot of the time and even when I'm not gross - it's due to things like using wipes to give myself a sponge bath and washing my hair in the sink. Long story short - showers have gotten almost impossibly hard. But I did it today.
I still felt okay after that so later in the day I decided to bag up and take out the garbage.
Then I sat down and had the fatigue shakes for, like, two hours. GRRRR.
I mean - that's literally all I've done today - showered and taken out the garbage. Most people can do those things without even batting an eye. For most people, that doesn't even merit a mention on the to do list - it's just stuff you do as a natural course of the day. Not worth mentioning. Certainly not worth celebrating that it got done.
I just .... most of time I'm all in acceptance mode about this life I live, but sometimes it really does get to me. There are days when just brushing my teeth feels like I ought to win a prize for having gotten it done, you know?
This is just a "fuck you fibro" kinda day. So - fuck you fibro!
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| hard day, funny memory |
[06 Apr 2013|05:26pm] |
So far today I have:
- had horribly traumatic bug dreams
- woken up ass early
- taken my cat to the vet
- had trouble making myself eat
- gotten into an internet fight about rape
- and looked up info about bugs, triggering my phobias
I've decided to take the rest of the day off and just do fun things.
In other news, a funny childhood memory just popped into my head.
It was somewhere around 2nd grade, I think. The teacher was reading a story to us, and an older character was described as crotchety, making us all giggle because - crotch! She turned the book around to show us a picture of the character, and it was this small sort of triangular face with lots of folds and wrinkles and I said out to loud that his face DID sort of look like a crotch! Some of my classmates laughed and agreed with me.
The teacher then sort of surreptitiously explained to us what crotchety really means, but I remember sort of sitting there stubbornly thinking along the lines of "that may be, but his face DOES look like a crotch!"
This is making me giggle a lot to remember.
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| 5 point list format seems to work for me... |
[05 Apr 2013|03:40pm] |
1. Got my WisCon program assignments - going to be on 3 panels, moderating 1 of them. Didn't get on one of the ones I was MOST interested to be on, but like the ones I did get. Although, I am getting sorta imposter syndrome-y about one of them. I'll go into more detail about these later, though, once things are more finalized.
2. I've rediscovered Television Without Pity and am excited about the ability to have awesome in-depth conversations about all of my shows now.
But TWoP is a very discussey intellectual site that's all about dissecting and tearing apart the shows. Which is awesome and lovely and WANT. And there are fun ONTD communities for the jolly hilarious trashing of a show. But I am thinking more and more that I may have to join Tumblr for the sort of senseless squee variety of my fandom needs.
3. Taking Cleo to the vet tomorrow (super early AM - UGH). We're past due for her rabies shot and waaaay past due for a bunch of tests for her various old-age ailments. I'm really hoping they're going to continue to tell us how amazing she's doing for her age, but am kinda nervous. At least I know this time Dave and I have saved up enough money to afford the tests she needs. Of course, if they find stuff and more needs to be done, we'll have to sort that out again... *sigh*
4. Am collecting info on which shows are getting canceled/renewed, what new shows are coming out this summer/fall, and when currently airing shows will be ending their seasons. Will have to wait until mid-May for all of the broadcast networks to finish their upfronts (cable networks have already started and will continue until about then as well) to know Most of the info, but a lot has been trickling in already.
5. It's been awhile since I've gotten any interactions from OkCupid, but someone messaged me recently and we've been chatting. I'll maybe post more about that under my dating/singledom filter. [which if you wanna be on it and aren't sure if you are, feel free to comment here. no guarantee that you'll get on, but likely yea.]
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| help me get my fan on |
[22 Mar 2013|11:09pm] |
With LJ being more and more of a ghost town (like, my flist is still fine so far but my communities ... where are all the ppl?), I've been wondering where I can go to get my fandom on.
Like. I watch approximately three bajillion television shows. And occasionally I like to talk about these shows and maybe only know one other person who is watching them, so I'm like "go to the internets and talk to the other fans!" - but then... I can't Find them.
So... where are places online where people actually have discussions about TV shows these days? And I mean - not just posting a picture or a vid or fic or whatever. But, like. Let's sit down and hash out this episode and all of it's subtext and argue about ships and rage/squee about the things going on!
There are still a few LJ communities that are kinda active for some of the shows I watch, but those tend to be ones that have been active for awhile so there's a dedicated member base. Forget trying to find a community for a NEW show anymore.
Anyway - anyone know? I have horrible googlefu and don't know where to look.
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| five quick things |
[21 Mar 2013|08:56pm] |
So, let's see... stuff going on with me:
1. Fandom March Madness was ridiculous fun this year. It ended up devolving into a bunch of fake campaigns for characters not even in the polls, joke campaigns for funny characters, and me having gif wars with people where for every pro-Hermione post I'd post a rude Jennifer Lawrence gif and then they'd post adorable Emma Watson gifs and back and forth for hours. IDK, I had fun. And it made me finally consider actually getting a Tumblr so I'd have a place to store all of the gifs I collected. Still not 100% on that yet, though.
2. I'm now involved in a FB Whedonverse March Madness. Last year they did episodes of Buffy. This year they're doing Whedonverse characters. As difficult as it is to have serious discussions on FB - I'm finding this crowd of ppl really interesting and able to dig into the nuances of the characters, which is fun.
3. I seem to have gotten back into obsessive TV watching after my hiatus into obsessive reading and gaming. Not that I'm not reading or playing games at all, but I'm actually catching up on all my DVR backlogs now. TV will always be my first love. It's my primary, I think. [I have some thinky TV thoughts percolating for a post soon I hope]
4. Really really hoping that spring starts beating winter and my annual spring return of energy hits again soon. I could really use it. Accomplishing one thing per day is just not doing it for me.
5. Got myself all registered for WisCon. Excited to find out about programming prolly sometime next month - which panel ideas made it through, if I get to be on any this year, etc. I also am gonna try and do some kinda small, light, brief volunteer thing this year. Each year I've been kinda bumping up what I'm putting in since I get SO much out of it. My spoons are so very limited, but I'd like to help if at all possible. It's entirely volunteer run, so I'm sure there will be something I'm able to do that needs to be done. *knows all of you on the concom reading this are rubbing your hands together thinking of things for me to do now* heh
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| a thing that made me cry |
[19 Mar 2013|03:03pm] |
"Sammy had said something wrong, something awfully wrong, and Gram and James knew what, but he didn't. If they didn't tell him, how was he supposed to know? How was he supposed to guess, without being told? And then, the way they were looking at him - like he should know, like they couldn't believe he didn't know. They were blaming him now for not knowing. It made him angry, even though he maybe ought to know whatever it was he didn't.
Sammy just looked around the table, feeling helpless, and wrong, and angry, and sorry for whatever it was."
- from Sons From Afar, by Cynthia Voigt
[this is how I feel when I feel stupid, which is a thing I'm currently working through again]
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| Let the Madness Begin! |
[06 Mar 2013|09:24pm] |
I am going to be in a heightened state of excitement, rage, and anxiety for the next week and a half. Don't expect to see regular-me again until March 18th - at which point I will likely be all emotionally worn out. Likely physically worn out too since I'll forgo things like sleeping and eating to make sure I see ALL of the comments and on-the-fly create campaign posts for characters I didn't even realize I loved until it came time to fight for them against some other character. Also, I might forget entirely to take capslock off once it's re-engaged. *sigh*
It's back guys.
Fandom March Madness.
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| not losing to February this year |
[22 Feb 2013|10:00pm] |
February is still going relatively smoothly for me.
I'm realizing that this is going to be a bit of a "wilderness" month for me even when the depression and PTSD and all are being managed well.
I still don't know WHY it happens this time of year - if it's an anniversary of one of the many traumatic things I don't really remember from my past or of it's just a convenient time of year for my soul to be all reflective about shit due to it being so far into winter. Either way, stuff gets stirred up.
The difference this year is in how I'm coping with that stuff. When something weird from my childhood suddenly pops into my head, stuff that in past years I would have turned around and around in my head and catasrophized and ended up in a pool of sad and vulnerable about - I'm now able to stop, catch myself, and go "huh. yep. that's a thing that happened to me in my formative years. it sucked. a lot. and it still affects me to this day and is part of what makes up who I've become. but it's over now and I'm better now and I can stop thinking about it."
And then ... guess what? I stop thinking about it!!
I can't even begin to tell you how much work went into my being able to do that. But yea, wow. I can do it now!
Still really longing for spring for dozens of reasons having to do with my physical, mental, and spiritual well-being as well as just - flowers and sunshine and shit! But. I can manage February.
I can even manage February while fibro crashing and menstruating. It's not fun. I need more chocolate than usual. But I can do it. And feel confident that I am doing it as I'm doing it instead of needing constant convincing from outside forces that I can do it. And that's ... something.
It's a big something.
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| Reading Wednesday |
[20 Feb 2013|07:45pm] |
[I keep meaning to do this, but then I never think of it on a Wednesday]
What are you currently/actively reading?
Blue Magic by A. M. Dellamonica, the sequel to Indigo Springs.
What did you recently finish reading?
Just finished The Runner and Come a Stranger by Cynthia Voight (part of the Tillerman cycle). They were okay, but I'm looking forward to the next books in the series focusing back on the four kids that started out with Homecoming and Dicey's Song.
Before that was the last in the Gemma Doyle trilogy - The Sweet Far Thing, by Libba Bray.
Before that was Reflex by Steve Gould - the sequel to Jumper.
What do you think you'll read next?
I have six other books out from the library, and the order might go something like this:
* Transition by Vonda M. McIntyre
* The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou
* Gregor and the Masks of Secret by Suzanne Collins
* Soul Thief by Jana Oliver
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine - Freefall (the first collected volume)
* The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinsin
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| Tell me why I'm wrong |
[14 Feb 2013|08:43pm] |
So I finished the Gemma Doyle trilogy (A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far Thing) by Libba Bray and I know a lot of people had issues with the series or simply didn't like it.
I've been waiting to find out why until I read it for myself and ... I find myself kinda scratching my head not finding anything obvious. But then, I tend to be very positive and excited about things right after consuming them, and only get critical on the re-read or re-watch or re-listen or whatever, so perhaps I'm missing some large horrible thing.
Anyway, here is a good place for you to comment and tell me what you didn't like about the series for my further enlightenment.
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| Super Intense Television |
[11 Feb 2013|08:57pm] |
Lots of intense television shows have started recently. It's been making me get all squealey and thinky and feeley. In addition to the intense returning shows (Pretty Little Liars, Nashville, Justified, Elementary, The Walking Dead, Revenge, etc.) these NEW intense shows are really keeping me on edge - in a fun way.
The Americans (FX, Wednesdays) - Kerri Russel and Mathew Rhys star as a Russian spies living as a married couple with kids in the US during the 1980's. Layers and layers of emotional intensity played expertly subtle by Russel and Rhys - it's beautiful acting and directing when you know exactly how a character feels without it being explicitly written into the script. And the 80's notes are fantastic - clothing and hair styles, etc.
Banshee (Cinemax, Fridays) - recently released from prison, a thief steals the identity of a small town sheriff to get close to the woman he loves and his possible child with her. I've only seen the first of this new series so far, but it was major sexy times sexy in addition to being impossibly dramatic with a million or so twists and turns around every bend.
Continuum (Syfy, Mondays) - imported from Canada, this show is about a group of terrorists and the "protector" chasing them who travel in time from 2077 (where corporations have taken over everything) to today. Interesting political and moral questions are brought up about technology, violence for the sake of freedom, and other things.
Deception (NBC, Mondays) - about the childhood friend of a murdered woman who goes undercover with her friend's very rich and powerful family to discover which of them might have killed her. Soapy fun - not as intense as the others on the list, but still deserves to be listed.
The Following (FOX, Mondays) - about an imprisoned serial killer (played by James Purefoy) who has developed a cult following who he is teaching to become their own versions of killers, all the while focusing on the federal agent who caught and wrote a book about him. He taunts the federal agent (played by Kevin Bacon), telling him that they're now writing the sequel together and continually brings him in as the main character in his next round of killings. This show, by creator Kevin Williamson (the Scream movies and The Vampire Diaries) has at least one good jump-out-of-my-seat-in-terror moment per episode. Purefoy makes an excellent villain.
Monday Mornings (TNT, Mondays) - new medical drama about surgeons and the life and death actions they take every day - focusing especially on the consequences of those actions when death is the result. At regular meetings, the surgeons who have lost a patient present their case while being questioned by their colleagues. All learn, as a result, how to do better at their jobs - but it's not a particularly comfortable setting.
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And there are more coming soon:
Zero Hour - starts February 14th on ABC. Looks to be a big ancient conspiracy kinda story, like Dan Brown-eqsue, maybe. I may or may not check it out. (But if you do, lmk what you think)
The Cult - starts February 19th on the CW. So, there's this show. Called Cult (not The Cult like our show). And it turns out that fans of the show ... have a... you know... cult. Deliciously creepy Robert Knepper plays the cult leader/star of the show within this show.
Golden Boy - starts February 26th on CBS. Cop show that follows the youngest ever police commissioner in New York's history. Can't tell yet from the ads and reviews if I'm gonna like it or not.
Red Widow - starts March 3rd on ABC. A woman whose husband has recently died finds out that he was involved in organized crime and has to take over where he left off. The ads looks intriguing, but I can't glean too much out about it yet.
The Spies of Warsaw - starts April 3rd on BBCA. This show is about Europe in pre-World War Two and the international spies involved in the politics of the time.
Defiance - starts April 15th on Syfy. The first of it's kind, this show starts up alongside an online game of the same name with the same universe - apparently the show and game will be interactive. Since I won't be playing the game, I'm skeptical of how much the show alone will suck me in, but we'll see.
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[08 Feb 2013|06:46pm] |
Here it is, eight days into February and I am NOT depressed or traumatized! Woooooo! (usually this month is hard on me due to unknown ptsd-related reasons)
I'm not doing super awesome in every way, but I'm not feeling depressed or easily triggered, so that's fantastic in my book. :)
Last weekend, my glasses fell apart. Thankfully, I was able to get an optometrist appointment in just a couple of days. I'd been meaning to get my eye exam done for a couple of years, so I did that and also picked out some new frames. My prescription is mostly the same, and they were able to put a temporary fix on my current glasses to tide me over.
Got the call tonight that they're in, so Dave offered to take me to get them and run some other errands tomorrow.
Also last weekend, I had to go yell at my 20yo neighbors in the freezing cold Twice for loudness. I also made a complaint with the apartment complex manager and warned the neighbors that next time I'm calling the cops. Not fooling around with this crap - there is no reason we should be able to feel and hear their bass practically all the way across the apartment.
After my first encounter with them, I commented to Dave "young people are so stupid!" I feel about a hundred years old now, but whatever. Bass is the worst. It literally makes me sick and cranks up my anxiety and I don't think I should have to put up with it from other people in my own home.
Roomie says she can hear them every weekend (her bedroom wall is the one that we share with them), but this was the first time I could hear it out in the living area. I'm waiting to see what this weekend is gonna be like and if I'll be forced to call the cops or not. *sigh* I don't LIKE being a hundred years old, you know. :P
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