Many more than 5 for Friday
Dec. 2nd, 2016 10:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lunabee341. All my holiday cards have been sent, so you should start to receive them shortly, my friends.
2. The X-Rays of my knees showed no arthritis (which apparently sometimes it doesn't show up in X-Rays), so I can either get an MRI or my GP can refer me to an orthopedist. Whatever. I think I'll just go on as I have been. I don't have time to deal with trying to get in to see another doctor right now.
3. My appointment with the urologist is on Wednesday, so I'll know more then about whether or not I might have IC.
4. My dad is doing well. He is responding really well to this second kind of chemotherapy. His numbers are looking really good. They are flying out to Dallas this month for the initial consult for the stem cell transplant. I hope he'll be able to have the transplant early in the new year.
5. I've lost 34 lbs now! I realized the other day that since Fiona weighs 32 lbs, I've lost an entire Feefers from my body. Thinking about it that way is extremely surreal. My mother in law bought me some clothes from Talbots that didn't fit, so I took them today to get store credit. I tried some things on but didn't buy anything yet. I can't tell you how gratifying it is to go into the store and try things on and have them fit. I'm in a L in tops and a 14 in bottoms but I'm not far from a 12 (of course, all sizing wildly varies from brand to brand, so that's not set in stone). Every pair of pants I tried on today fit beautifully; however, I'm having a hard time allowing myself to buy pants because I don't want to spend money on something I'm just going to size out of soon. Tops I will continue to be able to wear as I continue to lose weight, and I feel comfortable going ahead and investing in those. But I've decided that even if I continue to lose weight, I'm going to use the Talbot money to buy some pants in January before school starts because I really only have one pair of pants that fits me properly right now and the rest are getting way too big. Even if I can't wear them for more than a few months, it will be okay.
6. We saw Fantastic Beasts over Thanksgiving and loved it. I was surprised by how dark the movie was (not unpleasantly, just surprised). I mean, the original HP series is pretty dark, but this movie seemed a bit more open, less subtle, about that darkness if that makes any sense. The child abuse, the violent deaths, and the death potion room were really intense.
I liked Newt. I liked his uncomplicated love of both creatures and people. I am interested in learning more about his star-crossed love with a Lestrange.
I loved Jacob. He was hands down the best thing about the movie for me. I somehow hadn't really paid attention to the trailers and didn't know that he's a major character in the movie. I thought he was just going to be around for the duration of the joke of their briefcases being exchanged, but then he stuck around and became the heart of the movie. I love his joy and wonder at the magical world; he's definitely proof that at least some of the non-magical world is ready to embrace their magical brothers and sisters. The scene where he's obliviated had me and Emma in tears. When Newt said he liked Jacob and declared his friendship, we both teared up. I love that the oblivation isn't complete, and I hope that he will be able to pick right back up where he left off with Queenie. I was tellingzulu that I love the idea of them having a clandestine relationship under the Ministry's noses.
I was also tellingzulu why Tina's character didn't quite work for me. I feel like they didn't make a big enough deal of her getting kicked off the force. They did enough telling her to get out because she'd been kicked off, but no hints of why until the very end. She should have talked about it before then, and somebody at her work should have been sympathetic because rage at child abuse is justifiable. In fact, when we saw her memories in the death potion, I thought the big reveal was going to be that she was fostered by the abusive mom or maybe even her actual kid. I think telling that aspect of her story differently would have helped the character a lot for me.
Queenie was perfect. I love the way they show her using magic to cook and dress herself. I know some people object to her being such a skilled Legilimens when Snape makes it sound like in the books that it's an extremely hard skill to learn and very few people can do it at all much less with the facility that Queenie demonstrates. I'm just assuming she was some kind of prodigy; she says she can't really help it, so I don't think it's a talent she deliberately cultivated.
I think the Obscurus as a metaphor for what happens to children when they are abused, mistreated, forced to deny part of their identity, etc. is really, really powerful and very sad.
Grindelwald should be hot. He's described as being super attractive in the books; the guy in the movies who is young Grindelwald in the picture is hot. Johnny Depp as Grindelwald is not hot. Also, isn't he too old? What is the timeline supposed to be? I know wizards live longer than Muggles, but I didn't think he and Dumbledore were supposed to be old already in the twenties. Anybody know?
7. I just finished reading Guy Gavriel Kay's The Last Light of the Sun. Kay is very good at telling stories through tangential characters. Someone will come into the narrative for a page or two and then her part in the story is done even though the story continues on without her and her story continues on without us. I think he really does see storytelling as a kind of tapestry (as articulated in Fionavar), and this was beautifully done here. Really cool commentary about religion and belief in this novel; many of the characters struggle to deal with evidence of a supernatural world that runs counter to their religious beliefs. Absolutely beautiful prose and one hell of an ending. Highly recommended. I'm giving this to everybody for Christmas this year.
2. The X-Rays of my knees showed no arthritis (which apparently sometimes it doesn't show up in X-Rays), so I can either get an MRI or my GP can refer me to an orthopedist. Whatever. I think I'll just go on as I have been. I don't have time to deal with trying to get in to see another doctor right now.
3. My appointment with the urologist is on Wednesday, so I'll know more then about whether or not I might have IC.
4. My dad is doing well. He is responding really well to this second kind of chemotherapy. His numbers are looking really good. They are flying out to Dallas this month for the initial consult for the stem cell transplant. I hope he'll be able to have the transplant early in the new year.
5. I've lost 34 lbs now! I realized the other day that since Fiona weighs 32 lbs, I've lost an entire Feefers from my body. Thinking about it that way is extremely surreal. My mother in law bought me some clothes from Talbots that didn't fit, so I took them today to get store credit. I tried some things on but didn't buy anything yet. I can't tell you how gratifying it is to go into the store and try things on and have them fit. I'm in a L in tops and a 14 in bottoms but I'm not far from a 12 (of course, all sizing wildly varies from brand to brand, so that's not set in stone). Every pair of pants I tried on today fit beautifully; however, I'm having a hard time allowing myself to buy pants because I don't want to spend money on something I'm just going to size out of soon. Tops I will continue to be able to wear as I continue to lose weight, and I feel comfortable going ahead and investing in those. But I've decided that even if I continue to lose weight, I'm going to use the Talbot money to buy some pants in January before school starts because I really only have one pair of pants that fits me properly right now and the rest are getting way too big. Even if I can't wear them for more than a few months, it will be okay.
6. We saw Fantastic Beasts over Thanksgiving and loved it. I was surprised by how dark the movie was (not unpleasantly, just surprised). I mean, the original HP series is pretty dark, but this movie seemed a bit more open, less subtle, about that darkness if that makes any sense. The child abuse, the violent deaths, and the death potion room were really intense.
I liked Newt. I liked his uncomplicated love of both creatures and people. I am interested in learning more about his star-crossed love with a Lestrange.
I loved Jacob. He was hands down the best thing about the movie for me. I somehow hadn't really paid attention to the trailers and didn't know that he's a major character in the movie. I thought he was just going to be around for the duration of the joke of their briefcases being exchanged, but then he stuck around and became the heart of the movie. I love his joy and wonder at the magical world; he's definitely proof that at least some of the non-magical world is ready to embrace their magical brothers and sisters. The scene where he's obliviated had me and Emma in tears. When Newt said he liked Jacob and declared his friendship, we both teared up. I love that the oblivation isn't complete, and I hope that he will be able to pick right back up where he left off with Queenie. I was telling
zulu that I love the idea of them having a clandestine relationship under the Ministry's noses.I was also telling
zulu why Tina's character didn't quite work for me. I feel like they didn't make a big enough deal of her getting kicked off the force. They did enough telling her to get out because she'd been kicked off, but no hints of why until the very end. She should have talked about it before then, and somebody at her work should have been sympathetic because rage at child abuse is justifiable. In fact, when we saw her memories in the death potion, I thought the big reveal was going to be that she was fostered by the abusive mom or maybe even her actual kid. I think telling that aspect of her story differently would have helped the character a lot for me.Queenie was perfect. I love the way they show her using magic to cook and dress herself. I know some people object to her being such a skilled Legilimens when Snape makes it sound like in the books that it's an extremely hard skill to learn and very few people can do it at all much less with the facility that Queenie demonstrates. I'm just assuming she was some kind of prodigy; she says she can't really help it, so I don't think it's a talent she deliberately cultivated.
I think the Obscurus as a metaphor for what happens to children when they are abused, mistreated, forced to deny part of their identity, etc. is really, really powerful and very sad.
Grindelwald should be hot. He's described as being super attractive in the books; the guy in the movies who is young Grindelwald in the picture is hot. Johnny Depp as Grindelwald is not hot. Also, isn't he too old? What is the timeline supposed to be? I know wizards live longer than Muggles, but I didn't think he and Dumbledore were supposed to be old already in the twenties. Anybody know?
7. I just finished reading Guy Gavriel Kay's The Last Light of the Sun. Kay is very good at telling stories through tangential characters. Someone will come into the narrative for a page or two and then her part in the story is done even though the story continues on without her and her story continues on without us. I think he really does see storytelling as a kind of tapestry (as articulated in Fionavar), and this was beautifully done here. Really cool commentary about religion and belief in this novel; many of the characters struggle to deal with evidence of a supernatural world that runs counter to their religious beliefs. Absolutely beautiful prose and one hell of an ending. Highly recommended. I'm giving this to everybody for Christmas this year.
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Date: 2016-12-04 01:28 am (UTC)I'm proud to be a part of this momentous occasion.
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Date: 2016-12-04 01:29 am (UTC)Glad it arrived safely.
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