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shadowkat1. Entertainment Weekly's Fall Television Preview came in the mail today - the dang thing is thick. It also has small print. Each year it gets thicker and the print gets smaller for the fall television issue. Also, it's the latest scoop on "!37" of the biggest shows. Seriously, on just 137 of the shows. Making one wonder how many shows actually are on the air.
It's weird, but the more television shows that pop up, the more my interest in television generally speaking wanes.
At some point, I may cancel my subscription. The content is becoming increasingly irrelevant to me - it's geared towards 18-35 year olds or rather people born after 1985. (Suffice it to say I'm over 35). And the print is tiny - I can barely read it.
2. Commute
F train was delayed. So when it finally arrived at 42nd Street, it was packed. I didn't get a seat until 34th Street. Then two stations later, packed again, at West 4th. Sometime after we hit Brooklyn, around Jay Street, the conductor's voice came over the intercom.
Conductor: This train is going express after Smith and 9th Streets. Last Stop is Church Avenue. (They have been doing this all summer long, half the trains go express after Smith and 9th, and stop at Church. Which works fine for me, since I get off at Church, but not so much for people who live at one of the 10 or so stops after that point. Or for that matter, the folks who live between Smith/9th and 7th Avenue, and 7th Avenue and Church.)
Passengers/Strap hangers: So it's stopping at Smith and 9th?
Me: Yes. They've been doing this all summer long.
Conductor: This train will go express after Smith and 9th, stopping at 7th Avenue, with Church as the last stop.
Sometime later. I look up. There's the same packed crowd of hipsters standing around. And 7th Avenue is being announced as the next stop. I think okay, that was fast and why is the train still crowded with the same people?
Passengers (about twenty people standing around me and sitting next to me): He just skipped Smith and 9th Streets?
Me: Wait, did we stop at Carroll or Bergen?
Passengers: No.
Me: And we skipped Smith and 9th?
Passengers: Yes.
Cute boyish hipster Male passenger: And I had stuff I have to return at Smith and 9th at 5pm.
Me: So the conductor basically lied to us?
Passengers (disgruntled): Yes. (they get off at 7th Avenue).
ME: Sigh, blasted MTA has the worst communication skills on the planet. (They never tell people it's going express and Church is the last stop until the last possible minute, making it impossible for them to plan.)
Will state that subway travel is never dull. It's different every day. The people are actually sort of nice and very polite, most of the time, and always interesting. Tattoos are currently in -- I've no idea why.
3. Political conversation on Facebook amongst extended family members (my father's side):
Uncle D: So I've been chosen randomly to provide one question to Clinton's running mate, Tim Caine, at the PA Town Hall Debate. No clue what to ask -- reaching out to my family for help?
Cousin T: Good God. This is going to be ugly.
Uncle D: Look, I'm serious, I'm asking for help here.
Cousin T: Then you should ask him to clarify how voters can select between two candidates that are basically not that different than choosing between coke and pepsi.
Cousin in law GM: That's actually a brilliant analogy of Trump vs. Clinton. How did we get such a horrible slate of candidates? (Except for Saint Bernie of course who can do no wrong in their eyes.)
Aunt D: Choose Doctor Pepper.
Uncle D: Family apparently is no help. Anyone else?
Uncle P: Ask him what relevance he has on the election and obtaining votes, considering all he does as VP is act as President of the Senate to break ties, and play lots of golf?
I am restraining myself from responding to this thread. So I vented to my mother.
Me: Our crazy family members or rather Uncle D's family thinks Hillary and Trump are similar to a choice between Pepsi and Coke.
Mother: Good god, you are kidding me!
Me: No. Unfortunately not. I restrained myself from entering the fray.
The problem with "hate" and "anger" is it makes people stupid. Somewhere along the way, their brains switch off, and pure emotion takes over. If politics makes you angry? Take my advice? Stop paying attention to it.
It's weird, but the more television shows that pop up, the more my interest in television generally speaking wanes.
At some point, I may cancel my subscription. The content is becoming increasingly irrelevant to me - it's geared towards 18-35 year olds or rather people born after 1985. (Suffice it to say I'm over 35). And the print is tiny - I can barely read it.
2. Commute
F train was delayed. So when it finally arrived at 42nd Street, it was packed. I didn't get a seat until 34th Street. Then two stations later, packed again, at West 4th. Sometime after we hit Brooklyn, around Jay Street, the conductor's voice came over the intercom.
Conductor: This train is going express after Smith and 9th Streets. Last Stop is Church Avenue. (They have been doing this all summer long, half the trains go express after Smith and 9th, and stop at Church. Which works fine for me, since I get off at Church, but not so much for people who live at one of the 10 or so stops after that point. Or for that matter, the folks who live between Smith/9th and 7th Avenue, and 7th Avenue and Church.)
Passengers/Strap hangers: So it's stopping at Smith and 9th?
Me: Yes. They've been doing this all summer long.
Conductor: This train will go express after Smith and 9th, stopping at 7th Avenue, with Church as the last stop.
Sometime later. I look up. There's the same packed crowd of hipsters standing around. And 7th Avenue is being announced as the next stop. I think okay, that was fast and why is the train still crowded with the same people?
Passengers (about twenty people standing around me and sitting next to me): He just skipped Smith and 9th Streets?
Me: Wait, did we stop at Carroll or Bergen?
Passengers: No.
Me: And we skipped Smith and 9th?
Passengers: Yes.
Cute boyish hipster Male passenger: And I had stuff I have to return at Smith and 9th at 5pm.
Me: So the conductor basically lied to us?
Passengers (disgruntled): Yes. (they get off at 7th Avenue).
ME: Sigh, blasted MTA has the worst communication skills on the planet. (They never tell people it's going express and Church is the last stop until the last possible minute, making it impossible for them to plan.)
Will state that subway travel is never dull. It's different every day. The people are actually sort of nice and very polite, most of the time, and always interesting. Tattoos are currently in -- I've no idea why.
3. Political conversation on Facebook amongst extended family members (my father's side):
Uncle D: So I've been chosen randomly to provide one question to Clinton's running mate, Tim Caine, at the PA Town Hall Debate. No clue what to ask -- reaching out to my family for help?
Cousin T: Good God. This is going to be ugly.
Uncle D: Look, I'm serious, I'm asking for help here.
Cousin T: Then you should ask him to clarify how voters can select between two candidates that are basically not that different than choosing between coke and pepsi.
Cousin in law GM: That's actually a brilliant analogy of Trump vs. Clinton. How did we get such a horrible slate of candidates? (Except for Saint Bernie of course who can do no wrong in their eyes.)
Aunt D: Choose Doctor Pepper.
Uncle D: Family apparently is no help. Anyone else?
Uncle P: Ask him what relevance he has on the election and obtaining votes, considering all he does as VP is act as President of the Senate to break ties, and play lots of golf?
I am restraining myself from responding to this thread. So I vented to my mother.
Me: Our crazy family members or rather Uncle D's family thinks Hillary and Trump are similar to a choice between Pepsi and Coke.
Mother: Good god, you are kidding me!
Me: No. Unfortunately not. I restrained myself from entering the fray.
The problem with "hate" and "anger" is it makes people stupid. Somewhere along the way, their brains switch off, and pure emotion takes over. If politics makes you angry? Take my advice? Stop paying attention to it.
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Date: 2016-09-08 11:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-09 10:48 pm (UTC)1. Conviction - female lead, about an attorney and her team overturning wrongful convictions
2. Notorious - female lead, black male lead, about a television producer and attorney who do high profile cases for a tv show.
3. Pitch - black female lead - about a female major league baseball pitcher
4. This is Us - black male lead, fat woman lead, white male lead...
5. Frequency - female lead
6. Timeless - team - female lead, black male, on white guy, white guy villain
7. Van Helsing - female lead
8. Better Things - female lead
9. Queen Sugar - all black female leads
10. Some show on USA or TNT with Michelle Dockery playing a female con artist
11. Sweet/Vicious - MTV - female leads
12. The Good Place - female and male lead
13. Chicago Med - ensemble - black, white, male, female
There's a ton of new shows with female leads. And a lot of returning shows with female leads. More than ever before, actually. And a lot of diverse casts. Far more than there were a year or so ago or even ten years ago.
That critic is an idiot.