This is a for reals update
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lunabee341. I haven't watched Deadwood yet! It's on the agenda for soon. I am so stoked. Can't wait to squee with you, chelseagirl.
2. I did, however, watch the first episode of Good Omens, and I will say outside the cut that I am so happy with it so far. I was really worried about the actor playing Aziraphale; I don't recognize him from anything, and so much hinges on Aziraphale and Crowley being right. But not to worry! He is a fantastic Aziraphale, and I was not wrong in my belief that Tennant would be an amazing Crowley. The credits are also superbly animated; I know it's such a little thing that doesn't really matter, but I love that TV has decided that credits are important and should be an art form. I truly enjoy watching all the beautifully done credits.
I love Frances McDormand narrating as God; often that kind of narration doesn't work, but it is absolutely the correct choice here because she's essentially just reading the book, so viewers get all the lovely wit of Pratchett and Gaiman's prose in just about every scene.
It's funny! Really, really funny! And that might be stating the obvious, but so often funny in one medium does not translate to another, so I am deeply relieved that it is as funny as it should be.
There is a beautiful image of Crowley and Aziraphale walking into headquarters with Aziraphale going up the escalator and Crowley melting into the floor and then a mirror image of him on the floor going down the escalator. Really nicely done.
I do not like Crowley's name being pronounced with the long O; I've always said it with the short O in my mind while reading. I shall recover from this disappointment, however. LOL Looking forward to the next episode.
3. We also started watching Lucifer. OMG, I have missed this show, and the first episode is so so good.
I adore every single time Lucifer plays the piano and sings, so the opening montage of "Creep" really works for me. The show does montages really well; this is not the first time they've done a musical montage to show the passage of time/deterioration of a character.
Maze missing Trixie and then making up with her is my jam. Maze and Linda being BFFs again is totally my jam. Now that the show is on Netflix, I am really hoping for some canonicalI ran four miles to save you because I love you, Dr. Linda Maze/Linda.
I love Amenadiel really wanting to stay on earth and hinting around for reasons to do so.
Dan rejecting Lucifer hurts my heart. I'm so glad that Amenadiel is able to bring him some comfort, but I don't like Dan truly disliking Lucifer instead of just being exasperated by him. I hope their relationship heals over the course of the show. I'm glad the show is still mentioning Charlotte and acknowledging everyone's ongoing grief.
I have no idea what's going on with Chloe and the priest at the end. Eeeeep! Clearly she thinks she has to destroy Lucifer or something? IDK (Also love that you can totally tell that Chloe has never been Catholic because she doesn't genuflect before she goes into the pew.)
4. We watched Teen Titans Go to the Movies, and it was super cute. It makes delicious fun of superhero movies and superhero tropes. I really love the show because it is so silly and so meta, and the movie delivers that in spades. Excellent, excellent voice cast as well.
5. Fiona has heard me and Emma talking about Guardian enough that she decided to rename two of her stuffed animals Shen Wei and . . . Dinnel. She is very adamantly against Zhao Yunlan as a name, Dinnel is a fine name, thank you very much, I'm taking Shen Wei to the vet for his treatment before he marries Dinnel, go away, Mom.
6. We've been swimming just about every day for a couple weeks now. Love it. I have missed being in the pool.
7. Emma has drastically improved. She has so much more energy, no more random pains, and she's started cross country practice with none of the terrible muscle and tendon pain she was having before. I am tentatively calling it that the ferritin is the main issue that was impacting her health.
8. I am a mess. My exhaustion is not diminishing. I'm starting to have some other symptoms, but I can't tell if they are really anxiety about not knowing what's wrong with me or true symptoms if that makes any sense. Just waiting on labs now. :(
9. I'm sitting on a hiring committee this summer, and man the number of people who have no qualifications for the job who apply is staggering. I mean, if you don't have at least a master's degree in the subject area in question, SACS won't let you teach it, period, no matter how much you think your experience as a school counselor, prison guard, or high school principal qualify you for this position. LOL
chelseagirl.2. I did, however, watch the first episode of Good Omens, and I will say outside the cut that I am so happy with it so far. I was really worried about the actor playing Aziraphale; I don't recognize him from anything, and so much hinges on Aziraphale and Crowley being right. But not to worry! He is a fantastic Aziraphale, and I was not wrong in my belief that Tennant would be an amazing Crowley. The credits are also superbly animated; I know it's such a little thing that doesn't really matter, but I love that TV has decided that credits are important and should be an art form. I truly enjoy watching all the beautifully done credits.
I love Frances McDormand narrating as God; often that kind of narration doesn't work, but it is absolutely the correct choice here because she's essentially just reading the book, so viewers get all the lovely wit of Pratchett and Gaiman's prose in just about every scene.
It's funny! Really, really funny! And that might be stating the obvious, but so often funny in one medium does not translate to another, so I am deeply relieved that it is as funny as it should be.
There is a beautiful image of Crowley and Aziraphale walking into headquarters with Aziraphale going up the escalator and Crowley melting into the floor and then a mirror image of him on the floor going down the escalator. Really nicely done.
I do not like Crowley's name being pronounced with the long O; I've always said it with the short O in my mind while reading. I shall recover from this disappointment, however. LOL Looking forward to the next episode.
3. We also started watching Lucifer. OMG, I have missed this show, and the first episode is so so good.
I adore every single time Lucifer plays the piano and sings, so the opening montage of "Creep" really works for me. The show does montages really well; this is not the first time they've done a musical montage to show the passage of time/deterioration of a character.
Maze missing Trixie and then making up with her is my jam. Maze and Linda being BFFs again is totally my jam. Now that the show is on Netflix, I am really hoping for some canonical
I love Amenadiel really wanting to stay on earth and hinting around for reasons to do so.
Dan rejecting Lucifer hurts my heart. I'm so glad that Amenadiel is able to bring him some comfort, but I don't like Dan truly disliking Lucifer instead of just being exasperated by him. I hope their relationship heals over the course of the show. I'm glad the show is still mentioning Charlotte and acknowledging everyone's ongoing grief.
I have no idea what's going on with Chloe and the priest at the end. Eeeeep! Clearly she thinks she has to destroy Lucifer or something? IDK (Also love that you can totally tell that Chloe has never been Catholic because she doesn't genuflect before she goes into the pew.)
4. We watched Teen Titans Go to the Movies, and it was super cute. It makes delicious fun of superhero movies and superhero tropes. I really love the show because it is so silly and so meta, and the movie delivers that in spades. Excellent, excellent voice cast as well.
5. Fiona has heard me and Emma talking about Guardian enough that she decided to rename two of her stuffed animals Shen Wei and . . . Dinnel. She is very adamantly against Zhao Yunlan as a name, Dinnel is a fine name, thank you very much, I'm taking Shen Wei to the vet for his treatment before he marries Dinnel, go away, Mom.
6. We've been swimming just about every day for a couple weeks now. Love it. I have missed being in the pool.
7. Emma has drastically improved. She has so much more energy, no more random pains, and she's started cross country practice with none of the terrible muscle and tendon pain she was having before. I am tentatively calling it that the ferritin is the main issue that was impacting her health.
8. I am a mess. My exhaustion is not diminishing. I'm starting to have some other symptoms, but I can't tell if they are really anxiety about not knowing what's wrong with me or true symptoms if that makes any sense. Just waiting on labs now. :(
9. I'm sitting on a hiring committee this summer, and man the number of people who have no qualifications for the job who apply is staggering. I mean, if you don't have at least a master's degree in the subject area in question, SACS won't let you teach it, period, no matter how much you think your experience as a school counselor, prison guard, or high school principal qualify you for this position. LOL
