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Two completely unrelated things
Mar. 17th, 2014 10:58 pm1.This is a sermon that I have mixed feelings about. Entitled Running Down the Clock. Partly because I'm admittedly having problems with whole time thing. I keep worrying that I've been wasting it on the wrong things...but can't seem to change that. Working at it. Working at leaping. Even if I seem to feel either paralyzed or falling down the proverbial cliff half the time.
It's an odd sermon - it discusses Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto and Eccelesties (the Bible) psalm on "Time", as well the ipod game "Real Racing". (All of which I've read or played at various points in my life.)
And it's about how we spend our lives on trivalities or playing games...but not necessarily connecting.
It's worth keeping in mind, I'm not a fan of preaching or lectures. Or religiousity per se. I don't like being told what to do. I prefer gentle guidance. That said...the sermon had some things in it...that I felt worth sharing, that are wandering about inside my head.
2. The Good Wife - this week's The Good Wife was exceptionally good. The Good Wife handles flashbacks well. It actually pulled off what True Detective attempted to pull off with flashbacks and failed miserably. True Detective - was attempting to pull of the idea that what we recall isn't always what is or how memory is colored by embellishment and emotion, or what we are saying isn't always what actually occurred. Visual vs. The Spoken.
And okay, maybe it didn't fail miserably, but I was disappointed because it started out well enough...then sort of fumbled. The Good Wife in stark contrast, shows that memory is emotional, we see it through the haze of emotion. And recall the bits and pieces that hit our gut and our hearts. Not necessarily what happened. Which is why two people might remember the same event, completely differently. They do it subtly, but quite well.
The other thing I adore about the Good Wife is how it handles the subtle conflicts in laws.
Each State in the US has different laws. NY for example will allow you to tape someone without their consent, but Illinois will not. As long as one of the people being taped consents to it. [I don't know if that's true or not, but there are other examples, such as alcohol laws, gambling laws, etc.] This is why a licensed attorney in Illinois cannot necessarily practice in NYC, without passing the bar in NYC.
I don't really ship any of the relationships in this series. Actually, at this point, I'm not certain I ship any relationships in any series. Which is a good thing, I think. I'm more interested in how they push forward the story.
Also, Elizabeth Toscano is back (aka the actress who also plays Arlene on True Blood and is married in real life to the actor who played Ben on LOST and is currently on Person of Interest. They are my favorite tv acting couple.) Amongst the other great guest stars?
Nathan Lane and Eric Borgosan.
It's an odd sermon - it discusses Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto and Eccelesties (the Bible) psalm on "Time", as well the ipod game "Real Racing". (All of which I've read or played at various points in my life.)
And it's about how we spend our lives on trivalities or playing games...but not necessarily connecting.
It's worth keeping in mind, I'm not a fan of preaching or lectures. Or religiousity per se. I don't like being told what to do. I prefer gentle guidance. That said...the sermon had some things in it...that I felt worth sharing, that are wandering about inside my head.
2. The Good Wife - this week's The Good Wife was exceptionally good. The Good Wife handles flashbacks well. It actually pulled off what True Detective attempted to pull off with flashbacks and failed miserably. True Detective - was attempting to pull of the idea that what we recall isn't always what is or how memory is colored by embellishment and emotion, or what we are saying isn't always what actually occurred. Visual vs. The Spoken.
And okay, maybe it didn't fail miserably, but I was disappointed because it started out well enough...then sort of fumbled. The Good Wife in stark contrast, shows that memory is emotional, we see it through the haze of emotion. And recall the bits and pieces that hit our gut and our hearts. Not necessarily what happened. Which is why two people might remember the same event, completely differently. They do it subtly, but quite well.
The other thing I adore about the Good Wife is how it handles the subtle conflicts in laws.
Each State in the US has different laws. NY for example will allow you to tape someone without their consent, but Illinois will not. As long as one of the people being taped consents to it. [I don't know if that's true or not, but there are other examples, such as alcohol laws, gambling laws, etc.] This is why a licensed attorney in Illinois cannot necessarily practice in NYC, without passing the bar in NYC.
I don't really ship any of the relationships in this series. Actually, at this point, I'm not certain I ship any relationships in any series. Which is a good thing, I think. I'm more interested in how they push forward the story.
Also, Elizabeth Toscano is back (aka the actress who also plays Arlene on True Blood and is married in real life to the actor who played Ben on LOST and is currently on Person of Interest. They are my favorite tv acting couple.) Amongst the other great guest stars?
Nathan Lane and Eric Borgosan.