DearEvette

His Children of Time is my next up ebook. I always read two books at once, one in audio and one in ebook. Right now my audio is a re-listen of the Words of Radiance (the second book in by Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive) The last book I read win the series was Oathbringer (book #3) back in 2017. The most recent book #5 was released this month and I really want to catch up but I don't remember much of anything. So a re-listen it is. My ebook is A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. I've been leaning into Sci-Fi esp. Space Opera and first contact-like books (since the romance genre is annoying me a lot lately). I've never read Tchaikovsky and am looking forward to it.

I liked this episode and thankfully Gina Rodriguez wasn't on it enough to really annoy me. It was a nice balance of procedural story, long term story and humor. Actually the one scene with her and Will talking about their pets with Will showing adorable pictures of Betty while the not-bright criminal was sitting there was great. They've done a good job rehabbing Ormewood as a character from last season. Not in an obvious overhanded way, but in an incremental way. I also liked his terrible DMV photo, and his Goblin energy. At first I was wondering why Sunny wasn't screaming her head off in the mall. But then I remembered, she's black, he's a cop, it's Atlanta. He might have persuaded people that she was the problem, a thief or something, and they would have gotten her to him much faster. I love that the board was not impressed with Angie. While on the one hand, I have come to hate AI generated words (you guys should see some of the crap that students submit that you KNOW is AI) and it did read as if she was trying to shortcut her way through the process. But, otoh, some people really can't write a good written statement and need help. I don't ding her too much on that. I know the last scene with Amanda and Sunny was largely to show what a culture shock it will be for never-had-a-child Amanda to be with a teenager. But I don't think a girl like Sunny would have been that disrespectful to an adult. Unless Rafael was super permissive and she had no interaction with Grandma, then Sunny would have been more receptive to Amanda's rules of her house. They practically had her sucking her teeth. It didn't feel realistic for that dynamic, imo. And of course Amanda's house is as fab as her wardrobe. Looking forward to see how this all gels. And finally, one thing (among many) this show excels at is it's guest star writing and casting. They've had so many memorable people who have very short stints but the writing for them is great and the actors really rise to the material and work the hell out of it. We've had that black lady asthmatic wedding guest on during that wedding episode last season. And of course we can't forget Bon Bon and Josiah from the episode with the Drag queens. With this episode I'd add Delores the DMV lady and especially Rafael who slides effortlessly between Ghetto Fabulous friend of Will to Concerned Dad to Ruthless gangbanger.

Yeah, the Vulture article the AV Club is referencing is really something. I read it this morning. Dense, with a lot of information. Outside of the shocking stuff, i.e. the young son being in the room when he is messing with some of these women, what struck me is how predatory he just came off. At least two of women quoted in the article were in real personal distress -- no money, no resources, imminent loss of homes -- etc. that directly related to their relationship with Gaiman and his wife. He just comes off as incredibly manipulative. Amanda Palmer doesn't come off well either. I got the feeling she allowed 'friends' to speak for her (there are some things in that article that could only have come from her or Neil) to make herself sound sympathetic but she feels complicit to me. Honestly they sound like they were having some sort of twisted power struggle and some of these women got caught up in it. I have never been a fan of either of theirs .... him because I just never gelled with his books even thought I like fantasy and hers because she always felt like she was trying too hard to be edgy. I never actively disliked them or anything, but just wasn't a follower or a fan so I largely ignored them both. But this just makes them both just seem so gross.

I thought this episode was rather charming.

Sure... now I just have to find it. LOL. This show made me want to look it up myself. I read it as part of an anthology in college.

I am glad this show is back. I loved the Will Trent title card. It is a little thing but it is an element of the show that I love. How did I not know Betty's full name? Betty Maria White Trent!! And yes I love how she obediently looked away. Oh Angie. I was never a fan or her and Will. But I do like Angie as a character. I think she got off easy for covering up a murder. But oh well. The irony of her and Ormewood lamenting about cops getting a bad rap. LOL. I did like her scene with Frank. That feels like good, natural long-standing chemistry. Also Doodoo file cracked me up. I feel like Ormewood and Faith drifting into a friendship with the loss of their respective partners was a nice touch. Now I am trying to remember if he became aware of her diabetes issue because of hanging out with her and Will over time or if she told him about it. Because if it is the latter it signals a fair amount of trust. I love how the show signaled it, no big exposition or anything but Ormewood straightening her jacket and forcing her to keep her blood sugar up. Loved the fight scene set to Din Daa Daa in the background. Not a fan of Gina Rodriguez. Sigh. Oh well.

I actually quite liked this. I liked the messiness of the story and the relationships. Amy probably still in love with her husband, the doctor who is in love with her and she likely has no idea who he is, and the woman doctor who is pining after him. None of these potential romances is interesting to me, and I thought Amy and young Dr. had all the chemistry of bread and milk. But I still like the messiness. Agreed on all counts. I hope Amirah has her own storyline as well. I liked that Amy is unlikable generally, but it is clear she isn't all bad. She is able to maintain close friendships with her BFF and her ex husband even if their work life is shown as contentious. And she looks genuinely happy and relaxed with her new boyfriend. And the young intern who was obviously mentored by her does not take her professional rebukes personally. And regardless of how she closed off after the death of the son, the daughter was all smiles and warmth when she came to see her and didn't hesitate to hug her. These shows are as subtle as hammers, if the daughter had any resentments we would have seen that. Which makes the upcoming stuff interesting (potentially). How much of your personality is just you and how much is formed by your history? It seems like before the kid died she was warm and loving and after her work consumed her and she became colder. I once read a book where a person with retrograde amnesia due to a TBI with some PTSD thrown in and didn't remember much about himself or his adulthood relationships. His pre-Amnesia self was A LOT. And he had burned some relationships. He was really different afterward. Had no connection to his former self at all and as he learned about his former self he always referred to his former self as if he were a different person. It was fascinating. In that vein, I hope they don't revert Amy back to that person we saw in the flashbacks, all warm and cozy. And I especially don't want a barrage of her being all conciliatory and apologizing while people revel in her condition. I hope they fall somewhere in between with her. And yeah I know we were supposed to on their side, but that pregnant couple just annoyed the hell out me. And then we have Scott Wolf. I didn't see him as super villainous at this point, but he is obviously her rival and the show is setting them both up to be ambitious above all else. He dislikes her like everyone else does and knows he would be the beneficiary of her getting ousted because of her attitude, she knows he is her likely replacement and in her exacting standards probably mistakenly caused the death of someone and she is willing to use that as her leverage to keep him from taking her job. Again it will be interesting to see how the show positions them. The show has the potential to be interesting if they don't fumble it too bad.

Definitely an A lister. She's also really huge in fashion circles. She and her stylist Law Roach are considered a fashion dream team. That is how she really popped on my radar. In addition to Spiderman, Euphoria & Challengers, she is also in the Dune films and I believe is second billed. Villeneuve was bragging on her to Spielberg about her directing instincts. That said, I am happy for them and hope they make it. Also can't wait to see how Law Roach styles her for the wedding.

Heh I've read so many on that list. The thing is, while some of those books are long, they really move. You are carried along on the story and they really are over before you know it. I remember thinking a 200 page book I read just dragged, but Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson all 1100 pages flew by.

Lauren Speed Hamilton's (season 1) father, known affectionately as Papa Speed, passed away on Christmas day. So sad. https://www.instagram.com/p/DEIVM-tPRRJ/?img_index=1

Aldi had a special on Chilean Sea Bass and Alaskan Sable fish (black Cod). I got abt 2 lbs of each. I made the famous Nobu Miso mairnated black cod and it really is as delicious as every says. Sablefish has the most silky, buttery texture! I can only imagine what the real thing in the restaurant must taste like.

This was a fun episode. I laughed quite a bit, starting with Iwith the whole Father Crime stuff at the very beginning. A priest coming out a la John Wick on a rampage, complete with two guns a blazin'. I love how much Kaya loves and knows about tv shows. And yet was so clueless even about MacBeth. In addition to all the meta-references there were some nice funny lines. I loved Capt Wagner asking with an exasperated eye-roll 'Ms. Tascioni why are you talking like Batman?' We already know that 'My people came over on the Mayflower' murder Judge is a classist snob, but the sly way he said regarding the fancy party: 'Some of us are born for it, and others are invited in for whatever reason..." is also giving racist. The look Wagner's face! Ooh child! Also given his mention of passing on the message to Elsbeth, I will bet he was a few steps ahead and flagged any requests on the trial transcripts. No wonder the clerk acted so suspicious. Finally, would a contentious divorce of an albeit rich/famous person in Chicago merit a major network tv news story?

Right. Also, this made me wonder.. granted I am not a theater person but I assumed in addition to singing, you have to also act in a Musical Theater production. All we saw was her singing we never saw her do a scene or anything that would show she could also act. Which leads me to rolling my eyes at the theater guy saying she was so much better than the person who got the lead. Why? How does he know that if he didnt't see her act. Or all the other students in the waiting area who bugged eyes at her voice. These are all (I assumed) Theater kids. Unless she was the second coming of Whitney Houston, girls with big pipes belting out tunes should not cause their eyes to bug out in awe. I am giving them the benefit of the doubt that their reaction was because maybe they thought she couldn't sing at all so expectations were low. But the scene didn't play that way, imo.

"I'm piss-apointed which is worse that disappointed because I'm Pissed!" Once again Lilah is the best thing about this show. Not sure how she'll get away with destroying those robo-server thingys. New roommate is annoying. Her brand of cutesy arrogance is never a good look. I am so happy Hetty from Ghosts read her. And she did it brilliantly. Best bit of writing for the show this season because that was how I felt watching the audition. Also, do they cast every potential (white) love interest from the same pool? All the guys this season are thin, boyish looking brunettes with slightly curly hair. So... is Whitney's new-new potential storyline is about college student stress? mental health? They really don't know what to do with her.

The last moments of the Season 1 finale of Fringe. That last shot of her in an office in one of the towers of the still standing World Trade Center was such a WTF moment!