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Lucifer and other things
1. Saw Lucifer -- while Tom Ellis was extremely hot in it and the story for the most part was really interesting, particularly in regards to Lucifer and his relationships, and motivation.
I find Welling's Pierce extremely vomit worthy and unwatchable. I don't know why. And fast-forwarded through most of his scenes. I don't know why he makes my skin crawl but he does, he didn't when he was playing Superman in Smallville, but he does now. I can't watch him. It's not as if I'm a Chloe/Lucifer shipper -- I'm not. Frankly, Chloe has been annoying me lately -- she's extremely dense. Also, I've realized I don't like Pierce with anyone and his scenes with Chloe make me cringe. This is a problem or will be a problem if the series doesn't kill him off and soon. We only have two episodes left, I think? So not a lot of time. Shame, I like everyone else, except when they have scenes with him.
On the other hand, it's possible ... It appears the asswipe (Pierce) has lost the Mark of Caine, and can have a life with Chloe, apparently Chloe loving him is enough? Why she loves him is beyond me. He makes my skin crawl. And I think he's ugly. But again, Chloe is bugging me at the moment. The character is written as being a bit erratic and we have not been in her point of view for some time. It's also worth noting that I have zero patience for love triangles.
I actually preferred the Detective Dan/Chloe/Lucifer love triangle, because I liked both Det. Dan and Lucifer, and I'd have been fine with Chloe ending up with Detective Dan. But Pierce...Ewww.
They really miscast this role. I would have loved it if they had Johnny Barash who played the killer of the week in it instead. That actor is good look and can actually act. Welling has two expressions.
Anyhow it is frustrating me. Although if I take two or three steps back from it? I think they will kill Pierce off. Maze or Lucifer or someone will kill him. He can be killed now. The Mark of Caine is gone. And he'll go to hell, he's not been living the good life. In hell, he'll be reliving what he did to Chloe, over and over again. There's already foreshadowing for that. Which is a good story, I think. I just wish I didn't have to put up with Tom Welling. I hear he's a nice enough guy, but for some reason I can't stand watching him act.
2. Tired. Have been sleeping poorly. Averaging about 5-6 hours of sleep a night, which is making me cranky. Culprit? Dreaded heat flashes and nightsweates which either keep me awake or wake me up in the middle of the night. Also allergies.
Climate changes haven't helped. Since arthritis is acting up, I think. My right knee is bothering me and my lower back. So, I'm irritable.
Also buried at work. But doing one thing at a time. It's actually better when I'm busy, when I'm not I get antsy and anxious. I don't handle boredom or down-time at work well. I'd rather have a lot to do. None of it is overly stressful, since none of the projects are political. Which means management leaves me alone for the most part. Management doesn't handle stress or politically sensitive projects well.
I've come to the conclusion that most human beings do not handle the following well: fame, excessive wealth, and power. Seems to be toxic to the human consciousness.
3. What is in a name?
Not a hell of a lot. Although a lot of people seem to think so. I'm struggling to understand that perspective. I guess I can in a way, since I can't imagine being called anything else but what my parents chose to call me. But, at the same time, a part of me, knows this is not my true name. Weird but there it is. So it never has mattered all that much to me one way or the other. There are names I do not want to be called, and I do not like the variations on my name. I will only take two, no more.
But...it's a popular name. It's not rooted in family history. No one else in my family has it, while a lot of people I'm not related to actually do have it. Over 400 people on the internet, all colors, all races, all ages, and genders have variations or my exact name. There's a few who have a variation of my first name as their last, and my last as their first.
My last name? Hundreds have it. And when we tracked it all the way back to the 1700s in Wales, it turned out that it was the mother's name not the father's, she had a child out of wedlock and he was the only one who went on to procreate. She'd given him her last name, and as a result all his children carried her name, not his father's. Hee. I have a last name that stops on the matrinlineal line not the patrilineal. That's sort of cool.
The name is rather lame. It means "Gray". Seriously. And it is misspelled constantly by everyone, regardless of race or ethnicity. Although people from India and Middle Eastern countries in my company tend to misspell it the most. I enjoy this, because it means they can't complain when I mispronounce and misspell their names. Hah.
Names aren't ethnic as folks believe. I've met African-Americans named Kevin, Charlie, and Melissa.
I've met white people named Rashia, Yvonne, Sharona, Marquetta, Absalome, Issac, etc.
You can't tell if someone is Jewish by their name. My mother's last name is the same as Woody Allen's actual last name. It's German. And I'll have you know we had a lot of Jacob's in my family.
My online name is as popular as my own one. Try finding me by my name -- very hard to do.
Added to all of this? I can't remember names very well. Often mispronounce them, because the majority of names aren't spelled the way they sound. And, well, I have a sort of auditory dyslexia. I flip sounds around. Particularly consonants. Took me forever to figure out the difference between "S" and "Th" -- they sound the same to me. And "AA" and "AOU". Also G and Q sounds are difficult for me to distinguish. I have troubles distinguishing soft consonants. It's why I struggled with spoken French, I could read it fine, just couldn't hear it.
What saved me, weirdly, was taking theater classes. Up until then, I had a pronounced lisp, and struggled articulating certain words. But taking drama classes, memorizing the lines, practicing in front of the mirror and mimicking how others talked -- got me past it. I need to hook it into a story. I couldn't do it via phonics or just sounds, I needed something more concrete.
Still struggle with names though. And I don't name things. I never have. I name characters in stories, of course. But not computers, not stuffed animals, etc. Because to me, names are rather irrelevant. I don't really understand when someone gets upset or particular over how their name is pronounced.
I have noticed that a lot of POC seem to take issue with it. Folks, if you have a name that is difficult to pronounce regardless of your ethnicity, people are going to screw it up. It's not racist. It's that you happen to have a name people can't pronounce. For instance? Ra-Keen, is not easy for everyone to pronounce. I actually find it a lot easier than Thingamanga, which I can't pronounce at all, but is rather cool. Or Valenguez.
Living in New York City is challenging, eighty-five percent of the people I work with, play with, and well etc, have names I can't pronounce. I spend a lot of time avoiding using their name.
Stupid parents. You couldn't just call people something simple?
4. Resisting the urge to do a Buffy/Angel rewatch. When in reality, I just want to watch certain episodes featuring Spike and ignoring others. Like all television series, Buffy and Angel had episodes I loved, and episodes that made me want to run from the room screaming or with an odd desire to hunt down the writers and either strangle them or shake them, asking repeatedly "what were you thinking??"
In the case of Buffy, I remember getting annoyed and a tad disappointed half-way through S6, when I figured out where they were going and had really hoped they'd do something else. But no, they fell into the cliche television/comic book soap opera serial trope. Stupid writers. I personally preferred some of the ideas the fandom had dreamed up. Which is another problem with television serial fandoms is often the fandom or the folks speculating and writing fanfic come up with better ideas than the television writers. Mainly because they are more focused on the story, not worried about pleasing anyone but themselves, and don't have a network to answer to. Also don't have to worry about advertisers and ratings. Whedon, unfortunately, fell into the soap opera/comic book writer trap of going for "shock" value or what can I do to shock or stir up the audience? It's a trap, avoid at all costs. Meanwhile the fanfic writers seemed to be more interested in other things.
Examples?
* Warren figures out how to manipulate Spike's chip, so he's forced to do Warren's dirty work. To the point that Spike begs Willow to kill him or give him a soul. Dark Willow gives him a soul, which short-circuits the chip, and drives Spike insane.
The gang calls in Angel to help Spike. I can't remember the name of the story or exactly what happened, but is was really disturbing and far more interesting from a metaphysical standpoint than the series.
* Spike gets Dawn involved in his demon egg business, hoping to get money to help Buffy. And ends up almost getting Dawn killed. He goes to get a soul, because of his transgression.
* Dawn is still the key, and her power begins to go out of control and effect reality, breaking it down. Or now that Glory is gone, Dawn begins to de-stablilize as the key.
* Anya goes full venegance demon.
They could have done all sorts of interesting things.
It's a great show, but for the character arcs and the characters, not really the plotting.
The other shows I'm resisting the urge to watch are Gilmore Girls and Dawson's Creek (which I didn't really watch when it aired, because it irritated me). Also it's not like I don't have enough television to watch. Barely getting through the shows saved to my DVR, and haven't made it to the one's on Netflix.
I find Welling's Pierce extremely vomit worthy and unwatchable. I don't know why. And fast-forwarded through most of his scenes. I don't know why he makes my skin crawl but he does, he didn't when he was playing Superman in Smallville, but he does now. I can't watch him. It's not as if I'm a Chloe/Lucifer shipper -- I'm not. Frankly, Chloe has been annoying me lately -- she's extremely dense. Also, I've realized I don't like Pierce with anyone and his scenes with Chloe make me cringe. This is a problem or will be a problem if the series doesn't kill him off and soon. We only have two episodes left, I think? So not a lot of time. Shame, I like everyone else, except when they have scenes with him.
On the other hand, it's possible ... It appears the asswipe (Pierce) has lost the Mark of Caine, and can have a life with Chloe, apparently Chloe loving him is enough? Why she loves him is beyond me. He makes my skin crawl. And I think he's ugly. But again, Chloe is bugging me at the moment. The character is written as being a bit erratic and we have not been in her point of view for some time. It's also worth noting that I have zero patience for love triangles.
I actually preferred the Detective Dan/Chloe/Lucifer love triangle, because I liked both Det. Dan and Lucifer, and I'd have been fine with Chloe ending up with Detective Dan. But Pierce...Ewww.
They really miscast this role. I would have loved it if they had Johnny Barash who played the killer of the week in it instead. That actor is good look and can actually act. Welling has two expressions.
Anyhow it is frustrating me. Although if I take two or three steps back from it? I think they will kill Pierce off. Maze or Lucifer or someone will kill him. He can be killed now. The Mark of Caine is gone. And he'll go to hell, he's not been living the good life. In hell, he'll be reliving what he did to Chloe, over and over again. There's already foreshadowing for that. Which is a good story, I think. I just wish I didn't have to put up with Tom Welling. I hear he's a nice enough guy, but for some reason I can't stand watching him act.
2. Tired. Have been sleeping poorly. Averaging about 5-6 hours of sleep a night, which is making me cranky. Culprit? Dreaded heat flashes and nightsweates which either keep me awake or wake me up in the middle of the night. Also allergies.
Climate changes haven't helped. Since arthritis is acting up, I think. My right knee is bothering me and my lower back. So, I'm irritable.
Also buried at work. But doing one thing at a time. It's actually better when I'm busy, when I'm not I get antsy and anxious. I don't handle boredom or down-time at work well. I'd rather have a lot to do. None of it is overly stressful, since none of the projects are political. Which means management leaves me alone for the most part. Management doesn't handle stress or politically sensitive projects well.
I've come to the conclusion that most human beings do not handle the following well: fame, excessive wealth, and power. Seems to be toxic to the human consciousness.
3. What is in a name?
Not a hell of a lot. Although a lot of people seem to think so. I'm struggling to understand that perspective. I guess I can in a way, since I can't imagine being called anything else but what my parents chose to call me. But, at the same time, a part of me, knows this is not my true name. Weird but there it is. So it never has mattered all that much to me one way or the other. There are names I do not want to be called, and I do not like the variations on my name. I will only take two, no more.
But...it's a popular name. It's not rooted in family history. No one else in my family has it, while a lot of people I'm not related to actually do have it. Over 400 people on the internet, all colors, all races, all ages, and genders have variations or my exact name. There's a few who have a variation of my first name as their last, and my last as their first.
My last name? Hundreds have it. And when we tracked it all the way back to the 1700s in Wales, it turned out that it was the mother's name not the father's, she had a child out of wedlock and he was the only one who went on to procreate. She'd given him her last name, and as a result all his children carried her name, not his father's. Hee. I have a last name that stops on the matrinlineal line not the patrilineal. That's sort of cool.
The name is rather lame. It means "Gray". Seriously. And it is misspelled constantly by everyone, regardless of race or ethnicity. Although people from India and Middle Eastern countries in my company tend to misspell it the most. I enjoy this, because it means they can't complain when I mispronounce and misspell their names. Hah.
Names aren't ethnic as folks believe. I've met African-Americans named Kevin, Charlie, and Melissa.
I've met white people named Rashia, Yvonne, Sharona, Marquetta, Absalome, Issac, etc.
You can't tell if someone is Jewish by their name. My mother's last name is the same as Woody Allen's actual last name. It's German. And I'll have you know we had a lot of Jacob's in my family.
My online name is as popular as my own one. Try finding me by my name -- very hard to do.
Added to all of this? I can't remember names very well. Often mispronounce them, because the majority of names aren't spelled the way they sound. And, well, I have a sort of auditory dyslexia. I flip sounds around. Particularly consonants. Took me forever to figure out the difference between "S" and "Th" -- they sound the same to me. And "AA" and "AOU". Also G and Q sounds are difficult for me to distinguish. I have troubles distinguishing soft consonants. It's why I struggled with spoken French, I could read it fine, just couldn't hear it.
What saved me, weirdly, was taking theater classes. Up until then, I had a pronounced lisp, and struggled articulating certain words. But taking drama classes, memorizing the lines, practicing in front of the mirror and mimicking how others talked -- got me past it. I need to hook it into a story. I couldn't do it via phonics or just sounds, I needed something more concrete.
Still struggle with names though. And I don't name things. I never have. I name characters in stories, of course. But not computers, not stuffed animals, etc. Because to me, names are rather irrelevant. I don't really understand when someone gets upset or particular over how their name is pronounced.
I have noticed that a lot of POC seem to take issue with it. Folks, if you have a name that is difficult to pronounce regardless of your ethnicity, people are going to screw it up. It's not racist. It's that you happen to have a name people can't pronounce. For instance? Ra-Keen, is not easy for everyone to pronounce. I actually find it a lot easier than Thingamanga, which I can't pronounce at all, but is rather cool. Or Valenguez.
Living in New York City is challenging, eighty-five percent of the people I work with, play with, and well etc, have names I can't pronounce. I spend a lot of time avoiding using their name.
Stupid parents. You couldn't just call people something simple?
4. Resisting the urge to do a Buffy/Angel rewatch. When in reality, I just want to watch certain episodes featuring Spike and ignoring others. Like all television series, Buffy and Angel had episodes I loved, and episodes that made me want to run from the room screaming or with an odd desire to hunt down the writers and either strangle them or shake them, asking repeatedly "what were you thinking??"
In the case of Buffy, I remember getting annoyed and a tad disappointed half-way through S6, when I figured out where they were going and had really hoped they'd do something else. But no, they fell into the cliche television/comic book soap opera serial trope. Stupid writers. I personally preferred some of the ideas the fandom had dreamed up. Which is another problem with television serial fandoms is often the fandom or the folks speculating and writing fanfic come up with better ideas than the television writers. Mainly because they are more focused on the story, not worried about pleasing anyone but themselves, and don't have a network to answer to. Also don't have to worry about advertisers and ratings. Whedon, unfortunately, fell into the soap opera/comic book writer trap of going for "shock" value or what can I do to shock or stir up the audience? It's a trap, avoid at all costs. Meanwhile the fanfic writers seemed to be more interested in other things.
Examples?
* Warren figures out how to manipulate Spike's chip, so he's forced to do Warren's dirty work. To the point that Spike begs Willow to kill him or give him a soul. Dark Willow gives him a soul, which short-circuits the chip, and drives Spike insane.
The gang calls in Angel to help Spike. I can't remember the name of the story or exactly what happened, but is was really disturbing and far more interesting from a metaphysical standpoint than the series.
* Spike gets Dawn involved in his demon egg business, hoping to get money to help Buffy. And ends up almost getting Dawn killed. He goes to get a soul, because of his transgression.
* Dawn is still the key, and her power begins to go out of control and effect reality, breaking it down. Or now that Glory is gone, Dawn begins to de-stablilize as the key.
* Anya goes full venegance demon.
They could have done all sorts of interesting things.
It's a great show, but for the character arcs and the characters, not really the plotting.
The other shows I'm resisting the urge to watch are Gilmore Girls and Dawson's Creek (which I didn't really watch when it aired, because it irritated me). Also it's not like I don't have enough television to watch. Barely getting through the shows saved to my DVR, and haven't made it to the one's on Netflix.