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shadowkat2023 is becoming an interesting year in ahem, commuting mis-adventures? To date, I've been trapped in a subway and a long island railroad commuter train, albeit briefly. Now I just need to add Amtrak for overall completeness.
A few weeks back, I forgot to tell you that I got stuck in a deserted subway car, and the engineer had to release me. It was only for five minutes, it could have been worse in oh so many nightmare-inducing ways. What happened? I was reading my book, with the earphones on, and when I looked up - we were at Church (my stop is the first and last stop on the G train). I got up, freaked out. And turned to see The Train Engineer - a little guy, I'm guessing of Korean descent, looking up at me with a kind of world-weary look on his face - as if to state, "Really, Lady?" The subway was closed. The doors were closed. And it was just me and the Engineer. I apologized profusely, and with a kind of bemused shrug, he let me out.
Then yesterday - I arrived at the subway at 6:35 am, and we waited for about fifteen minutes for the engineer. Then we arrived at Fulton. Got to the train station at Atlantic Terminal around 7:10 am. Enough time to make the train at 7:29. Went downstairs, to track 1, which is the track that the 7:29 train to Jamaica and Long Beach usually leaves from. Actually it always leaves from this track. Once in a blue moon - it might go from another track.
So the train arrives, the people get off, I get on with a bunch of other people. I get myself comfortable. The doors close and I realize, wait, why am I the only one on this train? Then, frack, I'm the only one on the train! And there's announcements that there is a track change to track 4. I race to the doors, knock on them. Then down the train hunting a conductor. Luckily I find the conductor, who waves me down and lets me out. So that I can run down the length of the platform along with the rest of the passengers to track 4. This takes about ten minutes. There's no trains on tracks 4 and 5. Then finally after an additional ten minutes, the train shows up.
***
Television
The day floated away from me. Partly because I slept horribly last night.
And the dang robot vacuums have to be charged to work - and for some reason they didn't since I last used them. It's okay the apartment isn't that messy or dusty.
I finished watching Peaky Blinders which was wonderful. I love character centric dramas, and it is such an excellent character piece, with excellent actors at the center of it. I adored it. Plus the characters arcs, every single one, was actualized. Supporting and lead characters were well-developed and had full arcs. Few series take the time to fully explore the side characters. It's crucial to a good series.
I highly recommend. Also kind of miss it. Have to find something to follow it with. For now, watching S2 Bake Squad - so far, four episodes in, season 1 was better. S2 is kind of boring. The set up is four professional desert specialists compete against each other to make a show-stopping desert for a guest customer. People apply, and ask the chefs to create a pastry/desert for their big event. It can be a wedding, anniversary, birthday, party, whatever - that requires a big desert for a lot of people.
Then these professional experts, one in chocolate, one in sugar creations/pastry, one flavor/pies, and one in cakes - make competing show-stopping the deserts. The one the customer chooses - gets to be the show-stopper at the event, and on the wall.
The first season was better - because the events were things like "surviving cancer," or "reward for helping lots of people", or "off-beat weddings". The second season is basically 10 year anniversary (the first was fifty year anniversary), a batmitzah for a kid who watches video games and is into himself, and a baby reveal. The current episode is the best of the bunch - it's for a charitable event with a 1980s theme.
So we have a Rubick's cube cake, a chocolate boom box and cassette tapes, and something with a pet rock. Also dress cake, and tye dye pants cake. The fun of this show - is the emphasis is on what it looks like not how it tastes. Of course it tastes good - they are professional chefs.
After this palate cleanser...I'll go back to Lockwood & Company, then jump over to Picard on Paramount Plus, along with another episode of Wolf Pack.
***
Spoke to Wales.
We were talking about fantasy and science fiction.
Wales: Science fiction is science fiction. It's not fantasy. I dislike fantasy, so I know -
Me: No, there's science fiction-fantasy hybrids.
Wales: Ehhh..
Me: I'm kind of an expert. And I hate to break it to you - but fantasy isn't just swords, socereres, and hobbits. It's broader than that. There's dark fantasy like Gaiman does. There's stuff like Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey that's sci-fantasy in some respects. It varies.
Wales: Is Dracula fantasy?
Me: No, that's horror.
Wales: How about Anne Rice?
ME: Horror. Although some of Stephen King is. Neil Gaiman is.
Wales: Douglas Preston is fantasy?
ME: No, horror thriller.
Wales: Zombies are horror -
Me: Science fiction and horror -
Wales: How is it science fiction?
ME: It has a disease or biological pathogen aspect.
Wales caved.
***
I'm getting bored of the most recent book that I'm reading. I wanted the gothic horror, it's leaning too hard on the YA romance, which is boring me. We'll see if I continue or give up and just read a horror novel.
A few weeks back, I forgot to tell you that I got stuck in a deserted subway car, and the engineer had to release me. It was only for five minutes, it could have been worse in oh so many nightmare-inducing ways. What happened? I was reading my book, with the earphones on, and when I looked up - we were at Church (my stop is the first and last stop on the G train). I got up, freaked out. And turned to see The Train Engineer - a little guy, I'm guessing of Korean descent, looking up at me with a kind of world-weary look on his face - as if to state, "Really, Lady?" The subway was closed. The doors were closed. And it was just me and the Engineer. I apologized profusely, and with a kind of bemused shrug, he let me out.
Then yesterday - I arrived at the subway at 6:35 am, and we waited for about fifteen minutes for the engineer. Then we arrived at Fulton. Got to the train station at Atlantic Terminal around 7:10 am. Enough time to make the train at 7:29. Went downstairs, to track 1, which is the track that the 7:29 train to Jamaica and Long Beach usually leaves from. Actually it always leaves from this track. Once in a blue moon - it might go from another track.
So the train arrives, the people get off, I get on with a bunch of other people. I get myself comfortable. The doors close and I realize, wait, why am I the only one on this train? Then, frack, I'm the only one on the train! And there's announcements that there is a track change to track 4. I race to the doors, knock on them. Then down the train hunting a conductor. Luckily I find the conductor, who waves me down and lets me out. So that I can run down the length of the platform along with the rest of the passengers to track 4. This takes about ten minutes. There's no trains on tracks 4 and 5. Then finally after an additional ten minutes, the train shows up.
***
Television
The day floated away from me. Partly because I slept horribly last night.
And the dang robot vacuums have to be charged to work - and for some reason they didn't since I last used them. It's okay the apartment isn't that messy or dusty.
I finished watching Peaky Blinders which was wonderful. I love character centric dramas, and it is such an excellent character piece, with excellent actors at the center of it. I adored it. Plus the characters arcs, every single one, was actualized. Supporting and lead characters were well-developed and had full arcs. Few series take the time to fully explore the side characters. It's crucial to a good series.
I highly recommend. Also kind of miss it. Have to find something to follow it with. For now, watching S2 Bake Squad - so far, four episodes in, season 1 was better. S2 is kind of boring. The set up is four professional desert specialists compete against each other to make a show-stopping desert for a guest customer. People apply, and ask the chefs to create a pastry/desert for their big event. It can be a wedding, anniversary, birthday, party, whatever - that requires a big desert for a lot of people.
Then these professional experts, one in chocolate, one in sugar creations/pastry, one flavor/pies, and one in cakes - make competing show-stopping the deserts. The one the customer chooses - gets to be the show-stopper at the event, and on the wall.
The first season was better - because the events were things like "surviving cancer," or "reward for helping lots of people", or "off-beat weddings". The second season is basically 10 year anniversary (the first was fifty year anniversary), a batmitzah for a kid who watches video games and is into himself, and a baby reveal. The current episode is the best of the bunch - it's for a charitable event with a 1980s theme.
So we have a Rubick's cube cake, a chocolate boom box and cassette tapes, and something with a pet rock. Also dress cake, and tye dye pants cake. The fun of this show - is the emphasis is on what it looks like not how it tastes. Of course it tastes good - they are professional chefs.
After this palate cleanser...I'll go back to Lockwood & Company, then jump over to Picard on Paramount Plus, along with another episode of Wolf Pack.
***
Spoke to Wales.
We were talking about fantasy and science fiction.
Wales: Science fiction is science fiction. It's not fantasy. I dislike fantasy, so I know -
Me: No, there's science fiction-fantasy hybrids.
Wales: Ehhh..
Me: I'm kind of an expert. And I hate to break it to you - but fantasy isn't just swords, socereres, and hobbits. It's broader than that. There's dark fantasy like Gaiman does. There's stuff like Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey that's sci-fantasy in some respects. It varies.
Wales: Is Dracula fantasy?
Me: No, that's horror.
Wales: How about Anne Rice?
ME: Horror. Although some of Stephen King is. Neil Gaiman is.
Wales: Douglas Preston is fantasy?
ME: No, horror thriller.
Wales: Zombies are horror -
Me: Science fiction and horror -
Wales: How is it science fiction?
ME: It has a disease or biological pathogen aspect.
Wales caved.
***
I'm getting bored of the most recent book that I'm reading. I wanted the gothic horror, it's leaning too hard on the YA romance, which is boring me. We'll see if I continue or give up and just read a horror novel.