BlackberryJam

In the past 7 days, my mother (80) had discovered tiktok. She texts me things like, "Did you see that tiktok video of that girl wearing that pink thing?" And then gets pissed at me when I tell her I have no idea what she's talking about. JamMom still has all of her mental faculties, drives, lives alone, etc, but I should have watched every tiktok video so we can discuss or I'm some how not interested in her life. Yeah...I want to smack the stb-nephew-in-law for loading that app on her phone. I thought the Wilde/Pugh thing had to do with Wilde's custody fight with her ex who is a friend of Pugh's? I dunno, but if it's truly Shia LaGetTheFuckOffMyScreen based or has to do with pay inequity, I might actually care. I mean, not enough to have skin in that game, but enough to like one side more than the other. Do female directors actually get to make the call on pay scale? I'm sure if you're Spielberg...or hell, even Ben Affleck, you probably have pull along those lines. But female directors seen to have to scrape and claw for every bit of authority and power they can get in a film.

I wish I had the ability to ignore the very presence of co-workers I can’t stand. Instead, I just go full Chris Pine. I really don’t care about Olivia, or Harry, or Florence. I’ve not seen Florence or Olivia in any films. I wouldn’t know a Harry Styles song if I heard it. I’m interested in the film for Chris Pine and Gemma Chan and because it’s visually appealing. However, I’m kind of hoping it gets Oscar buzz so this promotional trainwreck can keep wrecking.

Got Peacock and decided to do a rewatch. This world had a lot of potential, and would have been much, much better as an HBO show. Have I said that already? Probably.

Jeremy Scott is no Tyra Banks.

I will love Serena forever and I want her to win!

For me, it’s not a matter of trusting someone’s opinions as being open to what different people have to say and willing to give things a shot. I don’t expect every single book I read to be Fitzgerald quality, but if I read a review and it seems genuine and points out things I like, I’m going to give that book a shot. If I read a detailed negative review and I find those same things annoying or offensive, I’m going to not give that book a shot. Reviews are like window shopping. They get me in the door. Doesn’t mean I’m going to want the final product. Not sure these are cozy, but I’ve been listening to the Widow’s Island mysteries by Kendra Elliot. Kindle Unlimited Listen and Read for Free, and they are about that quality. About 3 hours each, which means I don’t have to invest too deeply. Does anyone read the Miss Fortune mysteries by Jana DeLeon? CIA operative hiding in a small Louisiana town and she connects with two senior citizen women. It gets a bit madcap, but they were fun for the…first…6? Books. I’ve stopped reading them and wonder if they’ve improved. Anyone know if there will be more Flavia DeLuce books? I really enjoyed those.

I have no idea what people mean when they say he's not aging. His skin...especially under the eyes. Dude is looking papery. I'm sure he's fun, but he's not...sexy. I mean, he's a guy you'd be comfortable trying the kinky with because he's adventurous, but he's not a guy that makes my knees weak. He's...fine. Like...guy you flirt with in the elevator fine. Not FOINE.

*raises hand* He's all right. I mean, he's like your friend's dad that your mom thinks is hot, but you're just like, "he's Jennifer's dad, ew." Rege-Jeal Paul - ONLY hot in Bridgerton. Not hot in anything else. He definitely benefited from the costuming. Rodrigo Santoro is a BILLION times hotter than Leonard DiCaprio. Oh these is are unpopular opinions, Keanu Reeves looks at least 60. Paul Rudd is DEFINITELY showing his age.

Hot guys? James McAvoy HOT (and superhot voice in The Sandman Audiobook) Tom Sturridge NOT HOT in any Sandman versions. Too pouty. A River Runs Through It Brad Pitt is peak Brad Pitt. It's been all down hill from there. Johnny Depp is not hot. Tom and Lorenzo call him an elderly gay windchime and it's so true. Also not hot, Jon Hamm. He looks like a serial killer. Armie Hammer was never hot, no matter how much he was shoved into. Tom Hardy, SO HOT. Viggo Mortenson, only hot when he's dirty. Mads Mikkelson, super hot.

Jensen Ackles is so bland. He’s like warmed over toast. Adam Driver, however, is a stone fox.

I applaud you! I also have unpopular opinions about who is hot and who is not. Dempsey? Not hot enough to make GA worth my time. Eric Stolz, Esai Morales and Sasha Ruiz? A triumvirate of enough hot to make me slog through Caprica.

I will continue to watch a show just for hot actors. I'll watch a show that doesn't look good for a hot actor. If there are no hot actors in a show, and there is one hot actor in HOTD and he's barely there (hey there, Fabian Frankel), I'm less inclined to give it a chance.

So many bad wigs that I couldn't care much about keeping them straight. Far too many bland white dudes. Cristen Cole was hot.

Gary Busey, maybe he needs to be under a conservatorship? Oh wait…

I got all of that when I read it, let me see if I can remember. Her husband had been a financial adviser who'd embezzled people's money. She'd thought repeatedly throughout the book about her rough upbringing including being taught how to pick locks and scam people. As far as getting pregnant, accidents happen. She chose not to terminate. As to why she stayed with him? That's a good question. It sounds as though prior to her husband getting caught, they lived in they lived in a giant mansion with a very wealthy comfortable life. People enjoy that. Being a single parent with 4 kids is not as enjoyable. At the point we see her, she has been dealing with all of that in the past plus she's in the middle of another pregnancy, her mental state is going to be angrier at home, angrier at her husband and less interested in her current children based upon her personality. That doesn't mean the way she feels now is the way she felt all the time. She's a character in the midst of change.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That is all.

So much exposition with so little real explanation. Doltina (Because that’s how I feel about her right now. DOLT) learns nothing is real, everything is her memory and imagination so she wants to…PLAY A GAME? Is the game Global Thermonuclear War? The production values are so high that I want to watch, but the story is so bad that I don’t care.

Bummer about Stubbs. I’m fine with S5 if Caleb is gone forever. Bring back Hector and Armistice! Maeve and Angela!

Just finished Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare. It’s fine. I mean, nothing exceptional, but it’s fine. *sigh* I need something more entertaining.

I enjoyed Harlem Sunset but really felt like it was a mystery in the way I wanted it to be a mystery. The characters are great. The setting is fantastic. I just feel like the plot was letting it down. I’m looking forward to the third in the series. Books I started and then decided to skim to the end because they weren’t grabbing me: Ruby Red Herring by Tracy Gardner. Working Stiff by Annelise Ryan. The main character is a series of stupid decisions. This isn’t a spoiler, but if you find your husband mid-blowjob with another woman, why are you too scared to go back to your home to get your stuff months later? And being too scared to go to the bank to check out the joint bank accounts and use the joint credit cards? Yet, I’m supposed to think of her as a smart, capable woman who can be deputy coroner? Oh hell no. Making a character struggle financially without good reason to further the plot or as a reason for actions is just lazy writing. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. My sister and I decided to read it so we could discuss. It’d been 2 weeks and we are both dancing around talking about it, when finally she said, “I couldn’t get into it. It was so dumb.” And I was all, “EXACTLY!” Plague Doctor? Really? Ugh. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty. Stupid twist. Books I finished: Amateur City by Katherine V. Forrest. I enjoyed this but a couple of real sour notes. I know it takes place in the 80s, but having the main character refer to people in her mind as “Oriental” made me uncomfortable. A few other things like that. I’ll give the next one a try though. Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza. I really enjoyed this one. Pregnant Jewish mother of four who gave up a career as a profiler and a disgraced Asian reporter, investigating a gas station murder in small town New Jersey. Funny and smart. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman. Second in the Thursday Murder Club. I really enjoy these senior citizens solving crimes.

How can I care about hosts dying when they’ll just be back next season? Bernard? So don’t care. Charlotte? Really don’t care. Maeve? Second death for her this season. Vitruvian William? We still get murderous asshole William. Christina, Caleb, Frankie? They can all go anytime. The only characters who made me feel anything this episode were Stubbs and Teddy. Edit, but I forgot Akecheta, but he’s not really there anyway.

I’m watching because I started it and I feel like maybe they were going to pull something out that would make it worth it, and I like an hour of reliable TV Sunday night to let me release my weekend and get mentally ready for work. However, what a shitshow. I hate Caleb so much I would have thought I’d have enjoyed so many dead Calebs, but no. I want Caleb excised from the show. And take his dull daughter with him. I like the wife. She can stay. I DO NOT care about Frankie and I hope she dies a quick death in the first three minutes of the next episode so she and her crap father can be off my screen forever. Except it’s WW and the writers have such a boner for this duo that they’d come back. Ugh. Give me more Clementine. I felt more in her brief scene with Charlores than I did in ANY of the Caleb/C/Frankie scenes combined. And what happened to Angela? I liked her. Stubbs is always a delight, but wow, Bernard is such a downer. I’m not saying he has to be the life of the party, but everything that comes out of his mouth is doom and gloom and dreary. Throw Clementine and Jay (that was Daniel Wu’s name, right?) into a scene together and I’d probably be intrigued and invested. Why is this show getting it so wrong?

You root for a character only for that character to turn evil. I'm bored with Charlores/Chrislores. The "using humans as furniture" seemed a tip to Succession, but without Tom Wambsgams, I just didn't care about that scene and felt bad for the actors. So the twist is, "they are all in the same timeline!" I enjoyed Stubbs, as always. I appreciate Teddy. I feel terrible for Clementine. I enjoyed Vitruvian Man (in Black.) I miss Hector.

Fuck that.

Jon Hamm. Dude creeps me out.