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shadowkat1.Well, Stumptown was interesting -- and weirdly satisfying, in how it handled the questionable relationship drama/triangle.
Well, satisfying if you don't like Grey all that much. And, I don't.
So, Dex and Liz wake up with no memory allegedly of what happened the night before.
Well, at least Dex has no memory of it. Liz is naked in Dex's bed, and Dex is partially clothed. Dex has no memory of what happened, she got so drunk she blacked out.
Anyhow, Ansel tells Grey about it. Grey confronts Liz. Who tells him that she doesn't remember anything but thinks something may have happened and basically throws Dex under the bus.
Grey throws Dex to the curb, more or less, with an extremely hypocritical spiel about how she brings chaos wherever she goes, messes up everyone's happiness, etc. And how he can't have her in his life any more -- she should find a different bar.
How is this a hypocritical? Grey is an ex-con, who a mere three episodes ago almost got Dex's brother killed, and put Dex in danger, because of a man he'd stolen money from coming after him. He was a safe-cracker, and worked with murderous thugs.
Dex put her life on the line to save his ass.
If someone had done that for me, and they told me that they couldn't remember what happened, and felt they were being falsely accused -- I'd give them the benefit of the doubt. But, no, it's all about Grey.
Hoffman deals with it much better -- he realizes he can't hate Dex for it, because hell, he did similar things in his life and really hurt people he cared about. If he threw Dex to the curb over it -- he'd be little better than a hypocrite. Hoffman is more self-aware.
I knew Grey's words were going to come back and haunt him. And they did, when Dex sent him security footage from the gambling footage depicting Liz pouring her drink into Dex's -- it became clear that Liz set the whole thing up to sabotage Dex, who she saw as a threat to their relationship.
This was rather well-done -- it's not only noirish, but it puts Grey on the opposite side of the conversation he had with Dex. He tells Dex that she sabotaged both her relationship with Grey and Hoffman, and ruins everything -- when she attempted to tell him she felt falsely accused. Now he's in that place, having lost both Dex and Liz.
Liz also is a bit stupid to attempt to sabotage a Private Investigator in this manner and at a casino, said investigator has ties with and had gotten the chip from in exchange for doing a job. Did she not realize there are security cameras everywhere?
Sue Lin was correct in telling Dex that -- she has a problem. It should not have happened at all. If Dex wasn't trying to escape her pain through alcohol and booze, Liz wouldn't have been able to get her drunk. And the reason what Grey said hurt as much as it did -- is Grey told her that she wasn't handling her problems.
At any rate, Hoffman's partner gives him good advice, telling him to tell Dex how he feels and stop hiding. And the case of the week also highlights -- the problem of being an addict, there's a tendency to bring others down with you.
2. I'm doing laundry at the moment. This is a good time to do it. I'm between people. And I more or less have the room to myself. They've also cleared it of all toys, books, everything but shelves. I'm guessing for the new electrical upgrade, which will have to start in the basement. I don't know if they really have to do my apartment, I've not had any issues to date. But whatever. My lightbulb in the fridge went out last night, so am going to have to find a replacement. It's finding the right size that may be an issue and not breaking the lightbulb in my hunt for it.
Also need the super to snake my shower again, it's not horrible but it's getting there. And he's procrastinating. I was second on the list and he's skipped over me and done others that came long after. I'm being patient. But if nothing happens by Monday, my patience will cease, since I'm leaving town on the 20th.
It's drab outside. The sky looks like dirty white socks again. The sort you've worn too many times and just seem incapable of getting clean. The trees are naked except for a few stray and stubborn dead leaves that refuse to fall. And the houses are a row of beige, against a drab sky. I don't like this time of year. No wonder people go nuts with cheery lights and Christmas/Hannukka style decor. Otherwise we'd all be horribly depressed -- no wait that's January through March.
I like the quiet though. After all the noise this week, it's nice to have just the air from my air purifier whispering through the apartment. It's so quiet, I can hear myself typing on this computer. My work place is noisy, and the commute more so. I wear Bose noise-cancelling ear phones off and on pretty much all week long -- with my apple music account. I tried Spotify but is was useless with my phone and most of my purchased music was through apple itunes anyhow. Having burned out on Country finally, I've been listening to Classic Rock. (I keep trying to get into Pop and Hip Hop, but it's just not happening.)
And I'm staying away from news, news related posts, etc for my mental and physical health and well-being. We'll see how my visit with my parents goes -- considering my father is addicted to CNN, PBS News Hour, and anything politically related. He's a frustrated history professor and policy wonk. Fighting him on it is a losing proposition. I may do what I did last time -- which is leave the room, and be sure to bring down the noise cancelling Bose ear phones. Then I can be in the room and just not hear it. It's what I do at work and on the subway ride home. (The morning commute - it's not as needed, since most people are half-asleep.)
The other thing that is horrible for my physical and emotional well-being is candy or anything high in sugar or fat, apparently. My digestive system aka gut hates it. I'm now officially done with the Rittersport Coconut Cream Milk Chocolat bars that I was addicted to. I had one this morning and it made me miserable. Flushed. Hot. Horrible Acid Reflux. Headache. Spike in blood pressure. Ugh. Also officially done with alcohol -- which results in similar issues. My esophagus has basically told me in no uncertain terms that there are certain things we can no longer have. I'm starting to listen to it and not my pesky brain who thinks it can eat whatever it wants to whenever it wants to. My brain is like a fifteen year old teen giving the finger to my body. Meditation does help, however. At any rate, because of said candy bar, my esophagus is still burning and my cheeks are red, and burning three hours later. This is how I gave up gluten and milk -- it made me sick and in pain. I don't like being sick and in pain, so I stop eating it.
3. Legacies -- is anyone on my flist watching this? Some used to -- but they appear to have left the building permanently. I'm enjoying it for the most part. Vamp Diaries was admittedly better - casting and writing wise. Although this one is better from a diversity perspective. Kaleb, who was one of the better things last year, along with MJ is underused. Those actors are actually much better than Rafe, maybe not as pretty.
The new addition, Sebastian, is hot. The actor is pretty in all the right ways, sexy voice, and moves well. He also is a good actor. Reminiscent of Ian Sommehandler in some respects.
They did need a better villain, the current one was a bit weak. They killed that one off - which surprised me. Although by the time they did, the villain wasn't really a villain any longer. But I thought they might be trying to redeem him? Then again, since I didn't care one way or the other, not surprising that they didn't. He wasn't that interesting nor was that plot line. It had grown stale, also it was apparent that no one was really in jeopardy.
Methinks they need to up the body count and the stakes to hold the fickle audience's attention? Also move away from annoying love triangles featuring characters like Landon, who...aren't that appealing. The MJ/Lizzie/Sebastian love triangle was a bit more interesting.
Well, satisfying if you don't like Grey all that much. And, I don't.
So, Dex and Liz wake up with no memory allegedly of what happened the night before.
Well, at least Dex has no memory of it. Liz is naked in Dex's bed, and Dex is partially clothed. Dex has no memory of what happened, she got so drunk she blacked out.
Anyhow, Ansel tells Grey about it. Grey confronts Liz. Who tells him that she doesn't remember anything but thinks something may have happened and basically throws Dex under the bus.
Grey throws Dex to the curb, more or less, with an extremely hypocritical spiel about how she brings chaos wherever she goes, messes up everyone's happiness, etc. And how he can't have her in his life any more -- she should find a different bar.
How is this a hypocritical? Grey is an ex-con, who a mere three episodes ago almost got Dex's brother killed, and put Dex in danger, because of a man he'd stolen money from coming after him. He was a safe-cracker, and worked with murderous thugs.
Dex put her life on the line to save his ass.
If someone had done that for me, and they told me that they couldn't remember what happened, and felt they were being falsely accused -- I'd give them the benefit of the doubt. But, no, it's all about Grey.
Hoffman deals with it much better -- he realizes he can't hate Dex for it, because hell, he did similar things in his life and really hurt people he cared about. If he threw Dex to the curb over it -- he'd be little better than a hypocrite. Hoffman is more self-aware.
I knew Grey's words were going to come back and haunt him. And they did, when Dex sent him security footage from the gambling footage depicting Liz pouring her drink into Dex's -- it became clear that Liz set the whole thing up to sabotage Dex, who she saw as a threat to their relationship.
This was rather well-done -- it's not only noirish, but it puts Grey on the opposite side of the conversation he had with Dex. He tells Dex that she sabotaged both her relationship with Grey and Hoffman, and ruins everything -- when she attempted to tell him she felt falsely accused. Now he's in that place, having lost both Dex and Liz.
Liz also is a bit stupid to attempt to sabotage a Private Investigator in this manner and at a casino, said investigator has ties with and had gotten the chip from in exchange for doing a job. Did she not realize there are security cameras everywhere?
Sue Lin was correct in telling Dex that -- she has a problem. It should not have happened at all. If Dex wasn't trying to escape her pain through alcohol and booze, Liz wouldn't have been able to get her drunk. And the reason what Grey said hurt as much as it did -- is Grey told her that she wasn't handling her problems.
At any rate, Hoffman's partner gives him good advice, telling him to tell Dex how he feels and stop hiding. And the case of the week also highlights -- the problem of being an addict, there's a tendency to bring others down with you.
2. I'm doing laundry at the moment. This is a good time to do it. I'm between people. And I more or less have the room to myself. They've also cleared it of all toys, books, everything but shelves. I'm guessing for the new electrical upgrade, which will have to start in the basement. I don't know if they really have to do my apartment, I've not had any issues to date. But whatever. My lightbulb in the fridge went out last night, so am going to have to find a replacement. It's finding the right size that may be an issue and not breaking the lightbulb in my hunt for it.
Also need the super to snake my shower again, it's not horrible but it's getting there. And he's procrastinating. I was second on the list and he's skipped over me and done others that came long after. I'm being patient. But if nothing happens by Monday, my patience will cease, since I'm leaving town on the 20th.
It's drab outside. The sky looks like dirty white socks again. The sort you've worn too many times and just seem incapable of getting clean. The trees are naked except for a few stray and stubborn dead leaves that refuse to fall. And the houses are a row of beige, against a drab sky. I don't like this time of year. No wonder people go nuts with cheery lights and Christmas/Hannukka style decor. Otherwise we'd all be horribly depressed -- no wait that's January through March.
I like the quiet though. After all the noise this week, it's nice to have just the air from my air purifier whispering through the apartment. It's so quiet, I can hear myself typing on this computer. My work place is noisy, and the commute more so. I wear Bose noise-cancelling ear phones off and on pretty much all week long -- with my apple music account. I tried Spotify but is was useless with my phone and most of my purchased music was through apple itunes anyhow. Having burned out on Country finally, I've been listening to Classic Rock. (I keep trying to get into Pop and Hip Hop, but it's just not happening.)
And I'm staying away from news, news related posts, etc for my mental and physical health and well-being. We'll see how my visit with my parents goes -- considering my father is addicted to CNN, PBS News Hour, and anything politically related. He's a frustrated history professor and policy wonk. Fighting him on it is a losing proposition. I may do what I did last time -- which is leave the room, and be sure to bring down the noise cancelling Bose ear phones. Then I can be in the room and just not hear it. It's what I do at work and on the subway ride home. (The morning commute - it's not as needed, since most people are half-asleep.)
The other thing that is horrible for my physical and emotional well-being is candy or anything high in sugar or fat, apparently. My digestive system aka gut hates it. I'm now officially done with the Rittersport Coconut Cream Milk Chocolat bars that I was addicted to. I had one this morning and it made me miserable. Flushed. Hot. Horrible Acid Reflux. Headache. Spike in blood pressure. Ugh. Also officially done with alcohol -- which results in similar issues. My esophagus has basically told me in no uncertain terms that there are certain things we can no longer have. I'm starting to listen to it and not my pesky brain who thinks it can eat whatever it wants to whenever it wants to. My brain is like a fifteen year old teen giving the finger to my body. Meditation does help, however. At any rate, because of said candy bar, my esophagus is still burning and my cheeks are red, and burning three hours later. This is how I gave up gluten and milk -- it made me sick and in pain. I don't like being sick and in pain, so I stop eating it.
3. Legacies -- is anyone on my flist watching this? Some used to -- but they appear to have left the building permanently. I'm enjoying it for the most part. Vamp Diaries was admittedly better - casting and writing wise. Although this one is better from a diversity perspective. Kaleb, who was one of the better things last year, along with MJ is underused. Those actors are actually much better than Rafe, maybe not as pretty.
The new addition, Sebastian, is hot. The actor is pretty in all the right ways, sexy voice, and moves well. He also is a good actor. Reminiscent of Ian Sommehandler in some respects.
They did need a better villain, the current one was a bit weak. They killed that one off - which surprised me. Although by the time they did, the villain wasn't really a villain any longer. But I thought they might be trying to redeem him? Then again, since I didn't care one way or the other, not surprising that they didn't. He wasn't that interesting nor was that plot line. It had grown stale, also it was apparent that no one was really in jeopardy.
Methinks they need to up the body count and the stakes to hold the fickle audience's attention? Also move away from annoying love triangles featuring characters like Landon, who...aren't that appealing. The MJ/Lizzie/Sebastian love triangle was a bit more interesting.