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Not the greatest fashion authority on earth, and I am well aware of the Ciara character's wardrobe tendencies...but... On what planet are deep cleavage and see-through sleeves considered appropriate funeral wear? So glad she's heard the call of the open seas.

Far too much good taste in here, so...https://www.youtube.com/embed/Uuqup3BwU8Q?fbclid=IwAR1fkPHS_ZY0dp9siYOqLiA36NmimiF0Zfz4G0n0mL-PCAGwq7VVs4lv2Bs

Have a good Christmas and holiday, all of you! I miss you but not the show... pearlite (A Louis Wain picture from before he became a recent thing)

Well,so as not to be totally MIA, I did try to manage part of It's a Wonderful Phyllis. And I do not feel well for having done so. Twenty minutes, complete with St Sharon feeding the homeless and the smelly--but then, my girl Gloria... Except even she couldn't save this. What's happened to this show? I mean US Thanksgiving shows usually give me sugar-shock, but hey, at least Satan showed up on the DOOL version.

Well, cupid, looks like you listed Bobby Marchan recently... Major PearliteLite fave--I can't count the times I've listened to "There's Something on Your Mind," while courting liver failure on YouTube night: "You just walk out that door..." Great talk-over.

Umm, yeah. This is the reward I get for not FFing? In the Genoa City milieu, does Italian/Mediterranean spell dubious/lower-class, perhaps mobby? Have they checked out Gianni Agnielli? Oh why do I ask? You know, I accept the enduring block-headedness of show--it's Anglos Ahoy and Aspirational as hell--or are they just levelling the assumed-identity levels for "foreigners", what with Victor being originally German and all. And I accept and acknowledge that DOOL with DiMeras [Italian] and Kyriakoi [Greek--remembering that plural made my head hurt] and GH with Cassidines [Greek] work off the corrupt Old World vs New World thing. Mind you, where does possession fit here, enquiring minds want to know? But...GC is überAnglo, and Ashland Locke is pure soap Anglo naming. Okay, rant over. But that was a revelation? The culmination of months of turgid crap?

All online all the time, @Snaporaz! Colleges and most universities in southern Ontario are 90%+ online [only things like labs and editing suites have restricted live classes]--case loads are climbing again at least in TO, and the Delta thing is working its way in. Public and high schools are live, but that's probably more a matter of the provincial premier [an asshole] currying favour. I've worked online for over 20 years intermittently so it doesn't faze me. Set-ups and monitoring are time-eaters, but I keep learning new tricks and am I ever saving on gas, parking at the university, and stuff like that!

Uh, that's because nobody has drunk champagne out of smoked-glass chimney-style coupe champagne glasses since November 1972. I know I'm subsisting on morsels of props and costumes where show is concerned, but unless LA has fallen prey to a particularly ugly period of glassware design, I don't understand [and I was in that business]. And the show's prop people spent money on the entire suite of ugly-ass glasses--tumblers, wine glasses, and all.

We wonder whom MTS pissed off in Wardrobe, where that Menopause Blue [tm mother of pearlite] item is concerned. Why do they stuff her into dresses that have no drape, or even breathing room to them? Foundations are another thing--a one-piece garment and two sizes larger, and she might be able to work that dress. And while I'm on wardrobe notes...a sure sign of boredom for me...gingham, boes? I have learned from both DOOL and GH that gingham is making a comeback amongst the young folx. And finally, Sharon in gold lamé wraparound for daytime coffee shop maintenance? Well I never. Gloria can handle metallics but that Elvis album-cover thing Sharon is/was wearing? Maybe some day, I'll find something of interest on show.

Ah, my silver-haired cherub! When he had a short, but memorable stint on Y & R, I tagged him that, and yes it's great to see him again.

Oh, sweetie, I'm so sorry to hear this! I hope it gets no worse than what you're putting up with right now, and eases off quickly. Toronto is just wilfully ignoring the possibility of the Delta Variant--public schools opening in September, and so on, with standard cases on the rise again. Such stupidity where people's lives are concerned.

"Not able to like anything?" That is so accurate where I'm concerned at this point. Yes, Mr Burgi brings it in every scene, and seems to have chemistry with any scene partner, along with bringing the silver-fox element. Now, can I think of anything else I don't FF through? Gimme a minute here...I don't actually fall into a light coma when Phyllis is on--and for me, that's a first. Now, let's not put SC and acting in the same sentence--oil and water. At best, she's one-note and one vague-eyed note at that. And for a real professional or whatever, and presumably a mother, she's just kind of vaguely [intentional repetition] tuning in to generalized concern over Mariah? As well, costuming has been making her look all lady-like with the dresses and so on. I presume this is to soften us up for the inevitable back-stab of Rey and the more than inevitable AA meeting...which in social-media stanspeak translates as "oh, she's so sweet, and you know they're meant to be..." and so on. As a great old standard's chorus runs, "But not for me."

Me, I really can barely watch the show at this point--and something's clearly off when I'm enjoying Phyllis, evidently. Why has poor Jack been sent back to Aunt Jack territory? Mr Burgi is really the only actor I like. That said, and having moved back to DOOL a while ago [currently on hiatus with Olympics], I have done the unthinkable and picked back up on GH. It's not too bad, as things go--at least it does deliver more than people talking about other people talking. And yes, I still read everyone's takes here, just in case something actually happens.

Time to catch up, CS: that was months ago. The flesh is now willing, as always, ready to take an AA meeting.

Not as many times as I'd threaten him, actually. Dream lover/psycho/untreated narcissist--too hot for words, apparently. The heart/nethers may want what they want, but let them do so in a parallel universe that isn't available on my internet provider. And the Sacred Shadam is so lukewarm at this point that it's just FBs + fantasy shots.

I'll join you over the bowl, Gingerella

Oh lawd, what a bunch of crappy plots! Already noted: I'm rooting for Phyllis these days--the apocalypse is right around the corner--when did my Thetan become a truth-teller in this mire of crap? Too bad the Tara actress is stuck in that wet paper bag she can't act her way out of. Running neck and neck with Atonal Adam for the "I'm trying as hard as I can..." award. Stans bedamned, and if you're an SC fan, read no further. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, and the wee donkey [tm. Line of Duty] are the writers baiting me? Fresh subcutaneous bloat does not excuse her bitching at Tessa to just ease up on the anxiety. Uh, inconsistency, thy name is Sharon--isn't Mariah kind of important to you? Oh, and BTW, as the young folks say, aren't you a tad familiar with baby-snatching, although the ex utero variety? And, and, is Stitch the only male of age in GC you have not enjoyed a pole-vault with? I really only watch the Victoria/Locke story with pleasure at this point--the rest of it is work. I have enough work, thanks.

Spode Gainsborough

With any other male character, you might think so. But the gravitational pull of the Golden Cooter and of thousand of stans panting in anticipation says, "Well, if I have to wait until next week...oooookay..."

Aww, my mother's [RIP] everyday dishes...

Waste of the actor--but diminishing him leaves room for more Adam... This is a not win for me though. Between MG's crappy acting and putting up with the suddenly lady-like Sharon [uh huh], I may be wearing out FF on the remote. But in the interests of attempting to say something nice: at least we got Beth M and Eileen Davidson! They both look well, but honestly the only thing I can say about the scenes chez Abbott [which BTW made me think of being forced to swim in Pepto Bismol] is that Traci seemed to be side-eye-ing Tara, while Ashley seemed to be doing a gooey backstroke. Hmf.

In a word, yes.

Thanks, snap! Sore arm and a bit wonky on second day--it's bearable; I'm stuck marking online and swearing a lot... PLL is super-ornery--never met a technique she couldn't beat. Canada Day not so good this year--news will tell you why, and not supposed to post about politics. That said, try this: https://www.narcity.com/video-of-a-beaver-stealing-a-canadian-flag-is-kind-of-iconic#toggle-gdpr

So far, so good. Hoping it stays that way and thanks❤️

Second vaccine this afternoon--newsy notes from the expired Target store turned into vaccination centre: something on offer called a "Modesty Room"! Where exactly are you getting this vaccination, may I ask? Plus a selection of mid- to late-80s music for the requisite 15 minute sitdown--I guess that, a few off-duty firefighters marshalling people, and the display of local artwork [using the term loosely] are supposed to be distracting or something. In this case PLL [who, I might add, managed to lose her Ontario health card just in time] as yet unvaccinated--chicken; came up with a regime, source unknown: a day before, take Tylenol or similar, drink some of those fizzy Vitamin C things, and drink some Gatorade or similar. Who knows? I tried, but I hate Gatorade. We'll see. Then I had a soft ice cream from our venue of choice :https://tomsdairyfreeze.ca I hadn't been in for years, so that was nice. Here's hoping tomorrow's okay.