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shadowkatSluggish weekend. Air quality was better yesterday, today it's kind of overcast with a bit of a haze. Around 80-126, which is unhealthy for sensitive types. I think this is going to be a bad summer for allergies.
Blood sugar has been higher this month, for well, reasons, and as a result, sleep has been harder. Not that it was excellent when the blood sugar was low, exactly.
Oh well, have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday - we'll see if he has anything interesting to state.
I'm kind of between television series at the moment, not sure what to start next. Binge watched most of the Yellowstone Episodes saved on the DVR for S4 or is it 5? (Have lost count - I skipped over S2, and only saw half of S1, mainly because S2 was white supremacist/nazis, and S1 was watching the lead female characters get beaten up repeatedly and raped, and hard pass. But the ending of S2, plus S3 - S4, are rather good. It's a series that gets better as it goes.) At any rate I stopped - after the last episode of Yellowstone (Whisky, Cigarettes, a Meadow, and You) because it got preachy about how wonderful ranchers are and how horrible environmentalists, city dwellers, and urbanists are - and I thought, fuck you, Taylor Sheridan and the horse that you rode in on. I don't need to watch this shit.
I'm only watching it for Kelly Reilly who plays Beth - she's utterly amazing in it. I've a girl crush on the actress and her character.
For those who've never heard of or watched this series - it's a dark "modern" Western that airs on Paramount Network (although not yet Paramount Plus). Written by Taylor Sheridan (who was in Sons of Anarchy and is kind of the Cowboy version of Sons of Anarchy). It's not quite as dark and gritty as Deadwood. Kevin Costner plays the ruthless anti-hero rancher who will do anything to keep his thousands of acres of land intact, no matter the cost. Kelly Reilly is his tough as nails daughter, with Luke Grimes, Cole Hauser, Wes Bentley, Teri Polo, and Wendy Moniz rounding out the cast. Sheridan apparently has a lucrative deal with Paramount because he has about six series on the air - all anti-hero series.
The series is at its best when it delves into the characters and the cowboying. At it's worst when it gets political and violent.
I recommend - if you liked Deadwood, The Shield, Sopranos, Sons of Anarchy, Breaking Bad, or the hyper-realistic anti-hero series. If you don't? Pass. Anti-hero series aren't for everyone. Although the series is apparently very popular, so apparently for more people than one would think? It is ending this year - with a spin-off being heralded by Mathew McConaughy. Costner and Sheridan had a falling out, so they decided to end it this year.
Tried to watch Last Night in Soho on HBO (now called MAX) but fell asleep during it. This happens a lot. I may go back to it. Max was acting oddly in how it was presenting the content on the screen - but finally snapped out of it. Max - is actually easier to find stuff on now than it was before - because considering it was "impossible" before - this isn't saying much. Sorry, Disney and Hulu are still the easiest of the streamers to find anything on. Everything else requires a search button and a lot of patience.
Did manage to watch The Pale Blue Eye on Netflix, starring Christian Bale, Timothy Spall, Toby Jones, Gillian Anderson, and the guy who played the Dursley kid in the Harry Potter series as Poe (he looked like Poe).
It was haunting, and better than expected, but I was admittedly amused by the subplot that felt like it was hand-lifted from the Fall of the House of Usher, also Poe's speech to Landor at the very end would have worked far better if Landor hadn't had to save his life twice.
Poe's life is in danger a lot, and I kept thinking - okay movie, we know he's not going to die, stop teasing. He's Edgar Allen Poe and he's not written anything yet. Unless this is some AU version of his life. It would have been more suspenseful if they put someone else's life in danger.
Also, it does have the cliche ...man needs to revenge a female family member's savage rape in there. Warning - that's a major plot twist and may trigger and annoy folks.
So I had mixed views regarding it.
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Niece made it out to Sequoia National Park without too much mishap. She did have to go to an auto shop in Vegas to fix her rear breaks which were making a grinding sound. And then stopped by a Target to stock up on supplies. Her family uses Target more than I have recently. Granted - I don't necessarily live near one, and the one at Atlantic Avenue Terminal is annoying.
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Started reading The Witch King by Martha Wells - so far it's rather entertaining. I don't know if I'll stick with it or not.
I don't suppose anyone has any television recs?
Should I start watching:
1. The Night Agent
2. Manadlorian S3
3. Firefly Lane
4. Finish Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
5. Re-watch S1 of the Witcher, so I can watch S2 and S3?
6. Strange New Worlds (finish S1)
7. 1923 - Yellowstone Prequel
8. Finish Vox on Amazon - the Anime series
Something else?
Blood sugar has been higher this month, for well, reasons, and as a result, sleep has been harder. Not that it was excellent when the blood sugar was low, exactly.
Oh well, have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday - we'll see if he has anything interesting to state.
I'm kind of between television series at the moment, not sure what to start next. Binge watched most of the Yellowstone Episodes saved on the DVR for S4 or is it 5? (Have lost count - I skipped over S2, and only saw half of S1, mainly because S2 was white supremacist/nazis, and S1 was watching the lead female characters get beaten up repeatedly and raped, and hard pass. But the ending of S2, plus S3 - S4, are rather good. It's a series that gets better as it goes.) At any rate I stopped - after the last episode of Yellowstone (Whisky, Cigarettes, a Meadow, and You) because it got preachy about how wonderful ranchers are and how horrible environmentalists, city dwellers, and urbanists are - and I thought, fuck you, Taylor Sheridan and the horse that you rode in on. I don't need to watch this shit.
I'm only watching it for Kelly Reilly who plays Beth - she's utterly amazing in it. I've a girl crush on the actress and her character.
For those who've never heard of or watched this series - it's a dark "modern" Western that airs on Paramount Network (although not yet Paramount Plus). Written by Taylor Sheridan (who was in Sons of Anarchy and is kind of the Cowboy version of Sons of Anarchy). It's not quite as dark and gritty as Deadwood. Kevin Costner plays the ruthless anti-hero rancher who will do anything to keep his thousands of acres of land intact, no matter the cost. Kelly Reilly is his tough as nails daughter, with Luke Grimes, Cole Hauser, Wes Bentley, Teri Polo, and Wendy Moniz rounding out the cast. Sheridan apparently has a lucrative deal with Paramount because he has about six series on the air - all anti-hero series.
The series is at its best when it delves into the characters and the cowboying. At it's worst when it gets political and violent.
I recommend - if you liked Deadwood, The Shield, Sopranos, Sons of Anarchy, Breaking Bad, or the hyper-realistic anti-hero series. If you don't? Pass. Anti-hero series aren't for everyone. Although the series is apparently very popular, so apparently for more people than one would think? It is ending this year - with a spin-off being heralded by Mathew McConaughy. Costner and Sheridan had a falling out, so they decided to end it this year.
Tried to watch Last Night in Soho on HBO (now called MAX) but fell asleep during it. This happens a lot. I may go back to it. Max was acting oddly in how it was presenting the content on the screen - but finally snapped out of it. Max - is actually easier to find stuff on now than it was before - because considering it was "impossible" before - this isn't saying much. Sorry, Disney and Hulu are still the easiest of the streamers to find anything on. Everything else requires a search button and a lot of patience.
Did manage to watch The Pale Blue Eye on Netflix, starring Christian Bale, Timothy Spall, Toby Jones, Gillian Anderson, and the guy who played the Dursley kid in the Harry Potter series as Poe (he looked like Poe).
It was haunting, and better than expected, but I was admittedly amused by the subplot that felt like it was hand-lifted from the Fall of the House of Usher, also Poe's speech to Landor at the very end would have worked far better if Landor hadn't had to save his life twice.
Poe's life is in danger a lot, and I kept thinking - okay movie, we know he's not going to die, stop teasing. He's Edgar Allen Poe and he's not written anything yet. Unless this is some AU version of his life. It would have been more suspenseful if they put someone else's life in danger.
Also, it does have the cliche ...man needs to revenge a female family member's savage rape in there. Warning - that's a major plot twist and may trigger and annoy folks.
So I had mixed views regarding it.
***
Niece made it out to Sequoia National Park without too much mishap. She did have to go to an auto shop in Vegas to fix her rear breaks which were making a grinding sound. And then stopped by a Target to stock up on supplies. Her family uses Target more than I have recently. Granted - I don't necessarily live near one, and the one at Atlantic Avenue Terminal is annoying.
***
Started reading The Witch King by Martha Wells - so far it's rather entertaining. I don't know if I'll stick with it or not.
I don't suppose anyone has any television recs?
Should I start watching:
1. The Night Agent
2. Manadlorian S3
3. Firefly Lane
4. Finish Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
5. Re-watch S1 of the Witcher, so I can watch S2 and S3?
6. Strange New Worlds (finish S1)
7. 1923 - Yellowstone Prequel
8. Finish Vox on Amazon - the Anime series
Something else?
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