We did it!

[lunabee34]

1. Warnock has been elected our Senator! What a victory, and I'm very happy to have been part of it.

2. I have finished grading, turned in grades, and put the semester to bed. I also had a book review to turn in at the same time, so I was writing that simultaneously with grading (which was actually kinda nice; just as soon as I got disgusted with grading, I could switch gears to writing). I got the review finished and got good feedback from the editor and started making headway on my classes for the spring semester. I think I am now going to do nothing for a few days. LOL

3. Josh and I watched Everything Everwhere All at Once, and I can't recommend it highly enough. I have not watched many TV shows or movies since the pandemic, even ones I am interested in watching, so when I tell you that this is must-see, the praise is high. This movie really touched me emotionally. I spent the last third of it in tears. The acting is so good. The writing is so good. The message is so good. Life is so damn hard and scary and unfair and cruel, but there is hope. There is optimism. We can choose to be kind to each other.

4. My endocrinologist has upped my thyroid meds, so crossing my fingers that will make a difference in my energy levels.

5. The Victorian Popular Fiction Association's Third Sex Reading Group read Night Brother this month, and it was a very interesting read. I enjoyed the book when I was reading it, but certain aspects of the novel fall apart on close analysis. None of us in the reading group could quite decide what Garland is trying to say about gender/sexuality.

The Night Brother by Rosie Garland

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I really enjoyed this. It's such an intriguing premise--that Edie and Gnome share one body and fluidly shift from male to female. Add in the Edwardian setting, and I'm hooked.



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Comments

[rydra_wong]

Woohoo congratulations Georgia! Well done! \o/ \o/ \o/

[lunabee34]

I am so relieved!

[nyctanthes]

1. YAY!

3. Also yay, but lower case. :P I love this movie so much. It didn't go where I expected it to, and that made me very happy. Satisfied!

[lunabee34]

I am so relieved.

It didn't go where I thought it would either. I didn't avoid spoilers and I thought I knew what the movie was about but I had managed to thoroughly misosmosis. I love what it did.

Re: Point 1

[dewline]

Yes! This is indeed good and helpful news, and as an openly meddling Canadian, I am also grateful for this victory!

Re: Point 1

[lunabee34]

<3

I am so relieved.

[sholio]

Congratulations on Warnock! That was such great news to see.

[lunabee34]

I am so relieved!

[princessofgeeks]

*confetti* for your end of term plus Warnock plus med tweaks. Here's hoping.

I still need to see that movie too. I am SO BEHIND ON ALL THE MOVIES BOOKS AND TV WOE IS I.

[lunabee34]

I am so relieved!

I really hope the med change will do something. We'll see.

I hear you on being behind. I have resigned myself to never catching up. Lol

[anagrrl]

1. Congrats!
2. Yay! The best feeling.
3. I really want to see this at some point.
4. I hope this medication change helps!

[lunabee34]

I am so relieved!

I am crossing my fingers this increase will help.

Hugs

[corvidology]

Great news about Warnock! It was amazing watching Walker try to talk sensibly about, well, anything!

[lunabee34]

I am so relieved!

Walker's utter inability to answer a single policy question was a feat in itself. Just wow.

[executrix]

One consequence of having an exhausting schedule (even for people in much better health than you are) is exhaustion, so I predict that the combination of Rx change and Dolce Far Niente will make you feel a lot better.

[lunabee34]

Ha. That is true.

I can already feel the unclenching beginning.

[mecurtin]

I am so grateful to you personally & to Georgia voters in general!

[lunabee34]

Hugs

I am so relieved!

[spikedluv]

I actually did a double fist pump when I heard the news on my way downtown today. Yes, that involved taking both hands off the steering wheel, but it was worth it. *g*

Yay for grading being done and getting good feedback on your review!

I hope the new meds help. *gentle hugs*

[lunabee34]

Heeee. It's news worth a little danger.

Hugs

I've got my fingers crossed. We'll see.

[goss]

Congrats on Georgia! \o/

[lunabee34]

I am so relieved!

[independence1776]

Yay Georgia! And I hope the med increase helps.

[lunabee34]

I am so relieved!

And crossing my fingers about the med.

Hugs

[wendelah1]

So pleased to see Senator Warnock's reelection.

Hope the increased dose helps.

The movie sounds great. I just requested it from the library.

[lunabee34]

Me too. After Abram's defeat, I was a little worried. So relieved.

I've got my fingers crossed about the meds.

I hope you like the movie. It really spoke to me, especially as the mother of daughters.

[teaotter]

Congratulations on your excellent senator! I am so thrilled that people turned out (again) to keep him!

[lunabee34]

Me, too! I keep telling myself there is hope, you know? For all the darkness, there's light. <3

[lyr]

1) Congratulations! I wish we had been able to do that here. Maybe next time.
2) Woot! It feels so good to be done, doesn't it? I'm nearly there, and I also plan to take a couple of days to nothing much, if I can manage that while also getting my Yuletide story done on time.
3) I loved it too! There was a lot I found universal about the journey of women in the first and second generation of immigration to America.
4) Good luck! I hope it helps.

Movie Spoilers in Comment

[lunabee34]

OMG, this movie just got me in the feels so hard. First, I just love that the theme is kindness--being kind to everyone and finding a reason to be kind to everyone, even those who seem unlovable. I love Jamie Lee Curtis in this and the different versions of her character that she plays. Because at first she seems so joyless and horrible, this caricature of a corporate drone. But she's not. She's capable of empathy and kindness; she's someone that Evelyn could even passionately love in another life. As silly as those hot dog fingers are, that's a really beautiful message. I also love how kind Waymond is. No matter how mean Evelyn is to him, he always treats her with kindness. She stabs him in the gut and he still shields her body with his own because he loves her so damn much. I was full on sobbing at that point. But, of course, the arc with the daughter is what gets me the most because Emma is gay and I am her mother, and I would never ever ever treat her like Evelyn treats Joy--but I know the world does. And I know other people she loves like my parents would hurt her like that. And oh my heart hurts. But what I really identified with most is when Evelyn comes around and decides she's not letting Joy go. The mom rock following the daughter rock. Her telling Joy in the parking lot that nothing matters so basically everything matters and that she wants to spend the time they've got with Joy because she loves her. And then she accepts Becky. OH MY HEART! I am crying typing this out. Such a damn good movie.

Re: Movie Spoilers in Comment

[lyr]

Yes, you wouldn't really think scenes with hotdog fingers or mother-daughter rocks could be poignant and moving, but there it is. It's not the relationship I had with my mother, but it's a lot like the one I have with my grandmother, and like the one she had with my mother, too.

Re: Movie Spoilers in Comment

[lunabee34]

*nods nods*

[dariaw]

COngrats on Warnock!! And grading!

Thanks for that book rec, looks awesome!

LOVED Everything Everywhere!!!

[lunabee34]

I hope you like the book. It's a very interesting premise, and it's a very fun read. I'm just not sure what I think about it now that I've had time to mull it over. LOL

Yay, GA! We are moving into the 21st century slowly but surely.

[timespirt]

I'm doing the Snoopy dance over here about the election.

Fingers crossed about the meds thing, I hope it works.

Congrats to you hon on finishing everything you needed to get done. Now I hope you can have a nice Christmas holiday for you and your family.

"HUGS"

[lunabee34]

Thank you so much, sweetie, on all counts.

I am very excited about some down time and an excellent holiday.

I hope you have a good one, too.

[chelseagirl]

So happy about Warnock.

Also, the number of emails in my inbox is somehow half of what it was. ;-) I contributed twice, but.

I am in the midst of individual conferences with all of my seniors -- two classes worth, so almost 50 meetings. Grades are due in -- I'm not kidding -- on December 24th. *sigh* So that last week will be grading and, um, housework, as we have a guest coming either Christmas Eve or Christmas morning.

Michelle Yeoh is a goddess and especially thrives in strange movies.

Here's hoping about getting the thyroid meds right!

[lunabee34]

That should be criminal to make your semester go so long. I'm so sorry. *hugs* I hope you get some kind of break before it all starts back up again.

*crossing fingers about the new med dosage*

[amejisuto]

Yay for doing nothing! That's a good start to the holiday season! And I hope upping your thyroid meds gives you more energy.

[lunabee34]

Me, too!

*hugs*

The elves tell me Santa will be landing on the 16th. <3

[amejisuto]

Yay! I can't wait! ~spins around~

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks you for contributing to Warnock's victory!

[lunabee34]

I'm so happy and relived!

[sheafrotherdon]

I hope the thyroid med adjustment helps! And well done on putting the semester to bed - that is the best feeling. I hope you'll have a chance to rest over the coming weeks ♥ We're done too, but it's been so hectic for the last couple of weeks it hasn't felt like break. I'm hoping to get some packages in the mail today and then it'll feel more like I have some free time. (We go back January 3, so time is precious!)

[lunabee34]

Thank you. I hope so, too. *crosses fingers*

You go back so early. That's wrong!!

Classes start on the 10th or 11th, something like that, for us. I feel like I need a whole six months off to get to anywhere even approaching normal.