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shadowkatFallen in love with Peaky Blinders, which kind of reminds me of Breaking Bad, in that it is a dark anti-hero series about criminals. I like the characters better than Breaking Bad. My difficulty with Breaking Bad is I disliked the characters but loved the writing, one of the many reasons I didn't bother with Better Call Saul. Good dialogue, folks, can only get you so far.
Peaky Blinders has good dialogue, and I find the characters fascinating. Also helps that it is starring some critically acclaimed British character actors. And it's tight - six episodes per season. US shows aren't tight, we tend to have anywhere from 13-22 episodes. Six makes it tighter.
Don't worry, this is a short-lived love affair. I'm almost to the end of S4, and only have about 13 episodes to go. Allegedly there's a Peaky Blinders movie in the works to tie it all up.
Like most successful series - it has : 1) great soundtrack (the type you pause to listen to), 2) excellent production value, 3) good writing, and dialogue, 4) top-level cast and direction.
Some of the plots may be considered a touch on the outrageous side. (Chidi felt it was unbelievable that they got out of so many of the situations that they escaped from.) But keep in mind I watch a daytime soap opera,a lot of pulpy vampire soap operas, and loved Breaking Bad, this is clearly not an issue for me. If it has interesting and likable characters, I'll hand wave it. They don't have to be morally upstanding. Amoral or morally complicated characters tend to be more realistic and interesting. Plus, I care about dialogue - so if there's decent dialogue or above stellar dialogue - also there.
Loving S4 more than expected. The violence in the series is more cathartic than traumatizing, or more The Godfather, than say Batman Dark Knight or Breaking Bad. They kill their enemies - who the audience despises. But there are also consequences, and they kind of reap what they sow. There's a heavy anti-violence theme throughout, and anti-war theme.
Mother's into it too. MG had talked her into it. Actually we both did, separately. She told MG that she finished the first season.
Mother: Tommy Shelby is one sexy man.
MG: Yes, he can put his boots under my bed at any time.
Well, you know where our priorities are, don't you?
**
You can believe it or not, avoid bigoted assholes on social media. I've gotten good at it. I am for the most part oblivious to the political trolls and bigots online. I only know they exist because other people mention them occasionally in passing.
Of course my Twitter feed is mainly: Soap Twitter (just GH), Book Twitter (or Literary Twitter), Romance Twitter, Nature Twitter, Art Twitter, Music Twitter, Black Twitter, Poetry Twitter, and Cat Twitter.
I don't do political twitter. And I'm not into sports or gaming or reality television or celebrity gossip or the royals - all of which attract bigots for some reason.
***
Queer Historical Romance Novel is highly entertaining and has great dialogue. Making me think I should read more of these?
Viola (former Lord Marleigh, albiet no one knows that but her sisterinlaw Lady Marliegh): I did the embroidery on the gloves.
Lady Miranda (sister of Viola's oldest friend who doesn't know she was his friend Lord Marleigh): I can't do that at all. Although I am working on it. But every time I try, my stitching always looks like -- oh I can't say that.
Lady Marliegh: Oh, now you have to tell us.
Lady Miranda: I can't say it in front of Justin (her brother Lord Gravewood)
Lord Gravewood: Why can't you say it in front of me?
Lady Miranda puts up a hand to the corner of her mouth, blocking Lord Gravewood (as if that would prevent him from hearing): Everything I stitch looks like...the uh, male member.
Lord Gravewood: How do you even know what one looks like?
Lady Miranda: Well there are farms around, and kennels, and animals. So unless the human version looks different than the animal version - it doesn't does it?
Reader? I burst out laughing. In the middle of the subway. On the way home from work. With my mask on. So it was muffled laughter. People glanced at me, then away. There weren't that many people.
Traveling through public transportation depots or stations - provides one with excellent opportunities to people watch. And people are..interesting.
On the way from my office to the train platform, a man wrapped in what appeared to be bed comforter, pajamas, and a rolling suitcase passed me.
I did a double take. No, he wasn't homeless. Homeless tends to be ragged, dirty, and unkept. He was perfectly clean, well-kept, combed, just...had a bed comforter (a rather nice one) wrapped around him, and striped blue pjs, and a nice small suitcase. He was racing from the Air Train building to the Subway.
Mother: So did he just come from sleeping on the plane?
Me": Well, kind of, had to leave the plane, go through the airport, get to the air train, and to the street level and subway...which by the way is an ordeal, even without a blanket, pjs, and a suitcase.
Add to all of that? It was 45 degrees outside, dreary and looked like rain. It didn't rain. But it looked like rain.
The guy was in his late twenties.
***
I'm sending photos of sunflowers to myself at work, so I can print them off and use them for watercolors. Having decided trying to paint off pictures on the computer screen isn't going to work. Reminds me, I should bring photo paper. (Home printer isn't working.)
***
Book Twitter was amusing.
One of the posters commented on how you need to be wary of people who are unfamiliar with non-monogamous relationships - wanting to try one.
Apparently this guy discovered his wife was bisexual. Bored with their current sex life, and realizing her sex drive wasn't as well developed (?) as his, he suggested an open marriage. She went along with it. One problem, he expected them both to sleep with other women, and possibly do a three-some. But instead, his wife decided to sleep with other men, one of which appeared to be showing signs of wanting to date her - bringing her flowers and chocolates. When he confronted her - she said she couldn't sleep with just anyone, she had to only do it with people she clicked it - it really didn't matter what gender they were. He's not sure she is truly bisexual or knows what it means.
And he's asking Twitter or rather Reddit for help?
The commentator sees all sorts of red flags popping up here.
You think?
And people wonder why I'm still single.
Oh, and another commentator on Book Twitter warned me off of the new novel "How to Sell a Haunted House" which I'd been flirting with. Apparently it's a bait and switch. They stated - "Warning: if dolls and puppets are a hard pass for you, you might want to skip this one. Because this book is not kidding around in that department. At all."
Good to know. Dolls and puppets are a hard pass for me. My mother has a doll collection, and I grew up with one in my bedroom. And when I visit, there's Madame Alexander Dolls in the place where I sleep.
I stay away from anything with creepy dolls or puppets in it. That's a hard pass. This is actually my problem with the horror genre - there's too many things that are hard passes within it:
1. Spiders (arachnophobic)
2. Dolls/Puppets
3. Zombies or diseases
4. Body Horror
5. Metamphorsis (see #4)
Peaky Blinders has good dialogue, and I find the characters fascinating. Also helps that it is starring some critically acclaimed British character actors. And it's tight - six episodes per season. US shows aren't tight, we tend to have anywhere from 13-22 episodes. Six makes it tighter.
Don't worry, this is a short-lived love affair. I'm almost to the end of S4, and only have about 13 episodes to go. Allegedly there's a Peaky Blinders movie in the works to tie it all up.
Like most successful series - it has : 1) great soundtrack (the type you pause to listen to), 2) excellent production value, 3) good writing, and dialogue, 4) top-level cast and direction.
Some of the plots may be considered a touch on the outrageous side. (Chidi felt it was unbelievable that they got out of so many of the situations that they escaped from.) But keep in mind I watch a daytime soap opera,a lot of pulpy vampire soap operas, and loved Breaking Bad, this is clearly not an issue for me. If it has interesting and likable characters, I'll hand wave it. They don't have to be morally upstanding. Amoral or morally complicated characters tend to be more realistic and interesting. Plus, I care about dialogue - so if there's decent dialogue or above stellar dialogue - also there.
Loving S4 more than expected. The violence in the series is more cathartic than traumatizing, or more The Godfather, than say Batman Dark Knight or Breaking Bad. They kill their enemies - who the audience despises. But there are also consequences, and they kind of reap what they sow. There's a heavy anti-violence theme throughout, and anti-war theme.
Mother's into it too. MG had talked her into it. Actually we both did, separately. She told MG that she finished the first season.
Mother: Tommy Shelby is one sexy man.
MG: Yes, he can put his boots under my bed at any time.
Well, you know where our priorities are, don't you?
**
You can believe it or not, avoid bigoted assholes on social media. I've gotten good at it. I am for the most part oblivious to the political trolls and bigots online. I only know they exist because other people mention them occasionally in passing.
Of course my Twitter feed is mainly: Soap Twitter (just GH), Book Twitter (or Literary Twitter), Romance Twitter, Nature Twitter, Art Twitter, Music Twitter, Black Twitter, Poetry Twitter, and Cat Twitter.
I don't do political twitter. And I'm not into sports or gaming or reality television or celebrity gossip or the royals - all of which attract bigots for some reason.
***
Queer Historical Romance Novel is highly entertaining and has great dialogue. Making me think I should read more of these?
Viola (former Lord Marleigh, albiet no one knows that but her sisterinlaw Lady Marliegh): I did the embroidery on the gloves.
Lady Miranda (sister of Viola's oldest friend who doesn't know she was his friend Lord Marleigh): I can't do that at all. Although I am working on it. But every time I try, my stitching always looks like -- oh I can't say that.
Lady Marliegh: Oh, now you have to tell us.
Lady Miranda: I can't say it in front of Justin (her brother Lord Gravewood)
Lord Gravewood: Why can't you say it in front of me?
Lady Miranda puts up a hand to the corner of her mouth, blocking Lord Gravewood (as if that would prevent him from hearing): Everything I stitch looks like...the uh, male member.
Lord Gravewood: How do you even know what one looks like?
Lady Miranda: Well there are farms around, and kennels, and animals. So unless the human version looks different than the animal version - it doesn't does it?
Reader? I burst out laughing. In the middle of the subway. On the way home from work. With my mask on. So it was muffled laughter. People glanced at me, then away. There weren't that many people.
Traveling through public transportation depots or stations - provides one with excellent opportunities to people watch. And people are..interesting.
On the way from my office to the train platform, a man wrapped in what appeared to be bed comforter, pajamas, and a rolling suitcase passed me.
I did a double take. No, he wasn't homeless. Homeless tends to be ragged, dirty, and unkept. He was perfectly clean, well-kept, combed, just...had a bed comforter (a rather nice one) wrapped around him, and striped blue pjs, and a nice small suitcase. He was racing from the Air Train building to the Subway.
Mother: So did he just come from sleeping on the plane?
Me": Well, kind of, had to leave the plane, go through the airport, get to the air train, and to the street level and subway...which by the way is an ordeal, even without a blanket, pjs, and a suitcase.
Add to all of that? It was 45 degrees outside, dreary and looked like rain. It didn't rain. But it looked like rain.
The guy was in his late twenties.
***
I'm sending photos of sunflowers to myself at work, so I can print them off and use them for watercolors. Having decided trying to paint off pictures on the computer screen isn't going to work. Reminds me, I should bring photo paper. (Home printer isn't working.)
***
Book Twitter was amusing.
One of the posters commented on how you need to be wary of people who are unfamiliar with non-monogamous relationships - wanting to try one.
Apparently this guy discovered his wife was bisexual. Bored with their current sex life, and realizing her sex drive wasn't as well developed (?) as his, he suggested an open marriage. She went along with it. One problem, he expected them both to sleep with other women, and possibly do a three-some. But instead, his wife decided to sleep with other men, one of which appeared to be showing signs of wanting to date her - bringing her flowers and chocolates. When he confronted her - she said she couldn't sleep with just anyone, she had to only do it with people she clicked it - it really didn't matter what gender they were. He's not sure she is truly bisexual or knows what it means.
And he's asking Twitter or rather Reddit for help?
The commentator sees all sorts of red flags popping up here.
You think?
And people wonder why I'm still single.
Oh, and another commentator on Book Twitter warned me off of the new novel "How to Sell a Haunted House" which I'd been flirting with. Apparently it's a bait and switch. They stated - "Warning: if dolls and puppets are a hard pass for you, you might want to skip this one. Because this book is not kidding around in that department. At all."
Good to know. Dolls and puppets are a hard pass for me. My mother has a doll collection, and I grew up with one in my bedroom. And when I visit, there's Madame Alexander Dolls in the place where I sleep.
I stay away from anything with creepy dolls or puppets in it. That's a hard pass. This is actually my problem with the horror genre - there's too many things that are hard passes within it:
1. Spiders (arachnophobic)
2. Dolls/Puppets
3. Zombies or diseases
4. Body Horror
5. Metamphorsis (see #4)
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