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anyone remember Leslie Nielsen? Spy Hard was a terrible movie, but I have never forgotten that one dialogue exchange:

"You're gonna look like swiss cheese when they find you."

"Oh. That's no gouda."

:D Classic. *eats a slice of gouda"

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Things, in no particular order:

~ Had to take the mom to the ER Thursday night. She had a spike in blood pressure and panicked, or panicked and then had a spike in blood pressure. Take your pick. The result is she had a panic attack and high blood pressure, and due to her history of aneurysms, panicked even more because she felt like her brain was gonna explode, so we went to the ER. Only thing was she over medicated herself with blood pressure medicine so by the time we actually got into triage her blood pressure was down. But because she has had aneurysms, they said she should have a CT Scan. So, we were there until 4 am.

~ In case anyone was wondering, trying to write in the ER is hard. Especially if you're stuck on a scene.

~ Still went into work the next day because I had just gotten assigned a delicate claim that needed immediate handling. (read: asshole high uppity up writer needed attention)

~ the CT scan was fine. Her blood work is fine. She's fine.

~ While waiting for the scan, somewhere around 2 in the morning, mom was like, let's just go home. I was like oh no, lady, we're here till the bitter end.

~ A little while ago my bosses at work said, okay, you've legitimately have a lot on your plate, we're going to reassign some stuff. Only problem there was, the other two co-workers that have the same job title as me were away on vacation and/or had a death in the family, so that plan actually only lasted 2 days lol. Thanks for the break, which did nothing, and actually you will be the only one handling everything for 2 weeks yay? At this point I'm like whatever. It's fine. BRING IT ON MOFOS.

~ I'm coming out of this smelling like lilies, so I guess that's a good thing. Everybody loves me. Because I don't complain and still manage to tread water. And in truth, with how things are, it's a bit, "all hands on deck" right now.

~ Back to writing, I am at 30k words! SAY WHAT. Still not half way finished I don't think good lord help. How do I get out of the 1970s?

~ I know I say this every time, but seriously, I am once again writing a totally self-indulgent MCU story that no one but me is going to like. Why change things now?

~ I'm resigned to not finishing the story any time soon. It's definitely not getting done in the next week, before the double whammy of Endgame re-release and Spider-Man Far From Home. And really the only reason to try to finish before would be in case something in the new material throws a big wrench in the writing works.

~ Still haven't turned on my TV in weeks. Meanwhile everyone lost their collective minds over Good Omens. As was only totally inevitable, considering the combined duo of Tennant and Sheen, lets be honest. I once again have to overcome my weird Tennant love/hate issues lol, but i've admired Sheen since his incredible performance in Frost/Nixon, so that's all for the good. But who knows when I'll get around to actually watching GO, at this rate.

~ So, I did go see Dark Phoenix. Curiosity won out -- I wanted a cool Jean Gray film. And, ( Read more... )

~ I also saw the new Men (and Women) in Black International. Thoroughly enjoyable and largely forgettable lol. :D I am here for Chris Hemsworth/Tessa Thompson buddy team ups though. I'm not picky. Also also, Emma Thompson (oh hey, just noticed the same name thing neato) was pretty much incandescent in every scene she was in and if people aren't slashing her with Tessa's character, there is something wrong with this world.

~ I have procrastinated enough, and now must get back to the 1970s.

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Three day weekends are the BEST.

I had an all day day-drinking pool party on Saturday that involved way too much tequila and hula skirts (don't ask), an 8 am riding lesson following by Deadpool on Sunday, and brunch followed by Solo and ice cream on Monday. It's been a pretty good weekend.

( Deadpool, or that other other Marvel universe, I don't even know. )

My friends who went to see Solo did not have good things to say, so I went into it with pretty low expectations.

( Solo, A Star Wars Story )

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In other news, I had a birthday this month, so another trip around the sun, cross that off. My birthday involved a friday night bar excursion complete with lots of tacos, 4 (count 'em FOUR) *double* margaritas, a 90s heartthrob minor celebrity attending, and a foggy memory of how I got home. :D There were whole text conversations that I don't remember having. whoops?

I got birthday flowers. They were really pretty.

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Saw Infinity War three times so far. Want to go again.

( more quick thoughts )

I may or may not have started a totally self-indulgent Steve/Thor story that I'm pretty sure no one but myself is going to like lol. This doesn't bother me.

I need more MCU icons.

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hello friends, let's see if I can get through all the things I keep meaning to post about. Just realized I haven't posted since my birthday! I feel like a whole lot of things have happened at the same time that nothing much has happened haha. Ah life, you rascal.

this is largely a fannish post.

1. After watching all of Friday Night Lights, I rewatched it all the way through again because I wasn't quite ready to let it go. I read all the fiction that was decent (and although I started off giving it side-eye, my favorite pairing turned out to be Tim/Julie say what) and was sad that there wasn't much. Then I finished watching the final season of Bloodlines and it's just so WEIRD because Coach Taylor is now a murderer! Okay, not really, and I will follow Kyle Chandler wherever he chooses to take me. But, watching John Rayburn after watching Coach Taylor is a trip. (season 1 of Bloodlines is masterful and frankly the series should have stopped there, the other 2 seasons are messy. But even so I have huge fondness for the cast -- so I enjoyed the series despite this).

2. Because I am here for all things MCU, I did sit through Iron Fist even though everyone said not to haha. Yeah. Okay, so, it was really .... tedious is the word I think. And it's hardly worth discussing anymore. Danny reminded me of this guy I knew once who I had to travel around europe with and who I wanted to push off a train. Also, I spend a good amount of time trying to make jokes about the hand fighting the fist. HAHA. Easily amused, I am. I did like some parts! Okay, no, actually, the only part I liked was Claire. Everything else was gross. I started off with fondness for the other characters that would have normally carried me through any dislike for the show but one by one I stopped liking them except for Claire. I am going to watch the Defenders, though, and just hope that Danny annoys me less.

3. Wonder Woman was amazing and fun and as awesome as I could have hoped and I've really enjoyed all the excitement and discussion around it. The little girls dressed up as Diana, the fan art, seeing Gal Gadot everywhere because I have loved her for years and she is lovely. It's great to have a decent DC film. I enjoyed the heck out of it in the theatre, but only saw it once. I'm sure I'll see it again whenever it's available. I have to admit though that I felt a bit removed from it. I couldn't let go of how similar it was to CA:TFA. Casting Chris Pine didn't help, imo (although don't get me wrong, I adore him! If someone forced me to rank the Chrises, he'd be at the top). It's not that one or the other film is better or DC vs MCU or anything dumb like that, it's just that I felt like I was watching a remix. Still enjoyed it though!

4. AND I also saw Spider-Man: Homecoming. Which I loved <3 <3. ( cutting just in case )

5. Also, talk about late to the party but I am just now getting around to watching Band of Brothers. Yes, I know. That is so 2001. What can I say? I finally caved and got a subcription to Amazon Prime and there's tons of stuff on it. I watched all of the Sopranos, too, and that was also something I hadn't ever watched despite the hoopla. Anyway, I just finished watching season 2 of Billions, so watching a young Damian Lewis as Winters is kind of a continuing treat. Winters is nothing like Bobby Axelrod, which is probably a good thing.

6. Billions is outstanding, fyi. Highly highly recommend but it's not a fannish show.

7. I started watching 13 Reasons Why on Netflix, and fully agree with the critics about the treatment of suicide in this thing. Yikes.

8. ETA - Forgot to mention that I INHALED all of the new Anne of Green Gables, Anne with an E on Netlfix. I watched it in 2 days which I never do. Normally I stretch out a tv show for weeks. Anyway, to say I loved it is an understatement. It is not the Anne of Green Gables of my youth. And I don't care. It was awesome. Amazing. I want all the more seasons it deserves to be. ALL OF THEM.

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In other news, my mental vacation from writing is at an end I'm diving back into rewriting the second book. OY. REWRITING SUCKS YO. haha I just realized that oy and yo are the same two letters flipped. It's the little things.

I would also like to tackle some fan fiction I got brewing, and although the last 2 months would have been ideal to knock some of those out, apparently my brain had other plans. Like sloth. haha. Whatever, I will manage somehow.

I am going to Spain! For two whole weeks! In September. And considering I am allergic to olives and olive oil I might die! I have no idea what I'm going to eat while I'm there. Pray for me.

Mother continues to have misadventures in this new life after moving back to Los Angeles. That's a post for another day.

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So, I haven't mentioned it (or have I? Now I can't remember and I'm too lazy to check past posts) but my remaining parental unit (my mother :D) has moved back to the US.

She and my dad retired about 8 years ago and because neither made any plans for retirement and only had social security and because they like to make life difficult for themselves, they moved to Mexico (Ensenada, an hour south of the border). For a few years now, I've been saying she needs to move back. But over the recent holiday I put my foot down and was like THIS HAS TO CHANGE. NOW.

Since my dad's passing, I've been telling her this can't continue, I didn't know how it was going to happen for her to move back, I just knew it had to happen. She has had to come up to LA regularly (like every other month) for doctor's visits and injections into her eye (wet MDG) and then over the thanksgiving/christmas time she was having serious blood pressure problems (variable blood pressure) she would constantly call in a panic about it, and when she comes up here she ends up staying with me for 2 weeks every visit. It was driving me insane. And it was unsustainable. And she's 70 fucking years old, driving all that way every other month on her own was getting more and more difficult. And also, I love her. I love my mom. But by the end of 2 weeks I want to kill her. And this is 2 weeks every other month! Not a once a year or couple times a year visit. This is every other fucking month. And I just couldn't do it anymore.

Anyway, long story short, when I finally made her realize (through a lot of tears. ugh, it was terrible) that this couldn't go on (because she fought me on it and fought me on it and fought me on and always denied that she was fighting me on it and I kept telling her if she wanted to move, the opportunity to move would appear because that's just how the universe works) she found a place in like no time, just like that, and has moved into a little converted garage she found through a friend of a friend, renting from a woman and her semi-famous 21 year old daughter. YUP.

And that's all a roundabout way to say that (now that she can call me and I can pop over to her place in 10 minutes..... this could be a good thing or a bad thing hahahaaaaaaaa) I accidentally went to the movies TWICE today. Because, I went to see Fate of the Furious, by myself, and didn't tell anyone because I'm jealous of my alone-movie time, and then she called me to see her new fridge and when I was there she wanted to go to the movies and so I ended up going to go see Gifted.

whoops.

( Fate of the Furious )

My one serious complaint about watching Fate of the Furious is that I like to go to this nearby theatre that still has cheapy matinee prices and has lovely reclining seats but they don't light their films enough or something so the whole thing was Very Dark. Like, I can't see anyone on screen because it's not bright enough dark. Which means, I have a nice excuse to see it again sometime at less cheapy place before it goes away.

Gifted was also lovely! Without being saccharinely endearing, which I appreciate. I had planned to see it, just not today. But it happened anyway. And it was a bit of a whiplash after FotF but that's okay. It was such an emotionally satisfying film, and I agree with

destina in everything she said about it. Also, can CE please act with Octavia Spencer in every non-mcu film (or mcu film, I don't care, find her a role) forever now? Please and thank you. Also also, Lindsey Duncan can pretty much act circles around everyone on the planet including CE (which, no shame, she's Lindsey Duncan ffs) but he held his own with her and it was great to see him challenged like that.

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Ack! I'm leaving on a plane today for the UK! ahahaha.

I have fannish things to talk about. :D

1. Despite swearing off the reboot films, I went to see Star Trek Beyond. It did not suck. Quick thoughts: ( Read more... )

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I also went to see Ghostbusters. Which was very charming! I laughed a lot. HUGE fan of Kristin Wiig so pretty much anything she's in I'm game and she never has failed to make me laugh. I have a picture of Dooneese on my fridge!

Anyway, I had seen the original Ghostbusters just a few weeks prior, in the big screen which was neat! and the reboot is great but damn that first movie was really fantastic. I hate to compare the two, especially with all the meta and criticism (and hate) about rebooting films with female casts (which I am 100 percent on board with!) but my favorite part of Ghostbusters was in the original:

"Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here."
"Is this true?"
"Yes, it's true. This man has no dick."

HAHA

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I watched all of Aquarius, and I don't really have much to say about it other than a) the actor playing Manson looks nothing like him. b) 3 of the men in this tv show look so much alike I get mixed up. c) I realized I hadn't seen David Duchovny act in anything else besides The X-Files and Twin Peaks. It was weird seeing him not be Mulder!

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Also watching Bloodlines, finished all of the Twilight Zone, almost done with Animaniacs. How's that for a strange mixture? Jeez.

Finished the most current season of Orange is the New Black. I'm still watching! It's hard to like anyone on the show though. And I don't want to comment on Poussey.

Also finished the current season of The Librarians. It's so cute and silly. I love it. Not quite up to the love of Leverage, but still enjoyable. I adore Jenkins.

Next up Stranger Things.

Still in love with Captain America. <3 (as anyone who follows me on tumblr is well aware)

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Since May? Or maybe April? I have been trudging through the first draft of another novel. writing is hard. /o\ Everything else in my life is on hold until I have a working draft. Right now the thing looks like a monkey with 8 arms and 12 eyes and maybe half a leg.

Although I am taking a break while traveling. YES.