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Mar. 23rd, 2022 09:49 pm1. Spiderman No Way Home is finally available to buy on streaming - Apple TV, Amazon and Vudu. I'll probably buy it this weekend for $20. Ditch my 12.95 a month National Theater Live subscription.
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2. I love this song by "The Chicks" and sung by Beyonce with the Chicks.
Daddy Lessons
and here's The Chick's version of it:
I love both - but Beyonce's voice nails some of it.
3. On a personal note? I got my blood pressure meds. They had them. I'm so relieved.
Mother: You must be relieved.
Me: Yeah, I had this whole worrisome storyline played out in my head on how it would go on down - and it didn't happen at al.
Mother: You are definitely my daughter.
Later she told me a story about the day I was born. We were discussing moments of being touched by "grace" or "god" or "the universe".
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Another bit of good news - I was right, my entire little group, managers included - unanimously does not want to go to head honchos party. BYT said their intent may have been in the right place, but just no. It's not only a pain to get there, but it's still a pandemic, and some of us are germaphobes, and don't particularly want to go to a crowded office party without masks, and everyone breathing on the food.
Plus, it's not like we aren't busy or anything.
There's not many of us in this little group - just seven.
4. And here's... Redesigning Women by the Highway Women
And..a gender flip on The Highway Men ...The Highway Women
And the original version Highway Man.
5. Today once again, I was reminded of how differently people view things...
Gabe posted on FB and keeps mentioning at work all the things she does. She studies on her commute, reads books on botany, and on her phone watches youtube videos educating herself. She wants to be a professional florist and landscape designer. People are impressed with how much work she's doing. In an attempt to be snarky - she quips : "What are other people doing on the phones and commutes?"
And I thought, not everyone has the same job or life you have. Some sleep.
Some relax. Some read. Some eat. Some play games. Some text their kids. Some post amateur photos.
And on Soap Twitter - where fans were upset that a character they despised was doing something nice, and having a nice conversation with a character they preferred. And both were shown in a nice light - they couldn't whine about her. Their reaction was fury.
They felt the character was out of character. That for years she had an ingrained misogyny because she preferred hanging with men. Etc. (Women were calling her a tramp to her face.) And people who disagreed or saw it differently were in bizarro world - because of course their view was the only valid one.
This same group of fans? Gets upset when one of their fav's gets slammed.
My god. I wonder if people see themselves or rather read themselves? Do we?
I ask myself if I am a hypocrite sometimes without meaning to be. I think so. Contradicting myself.
At any rate - I've been restraining myself from fighting with folks on Soap Twitter over a fictional soap opera character. It's really not worth the bandwidth or the time and energy. Been there done that with television characters in the past, still have the battle wounds.
Also...I kind of like this statement from Twitter:
"A fighter never knows when it's the last bell. He doesn't want to face that. We have distorted views, pictures of how our lives should be.'"
It's raining finally. And it is time to sleep. Good night.
( article )
2. I love this song by "The Chicks" and sung by Beyonce with the Chicks.
Daddy Lessons
and here's The Chick's version of it:
I love both - but Beyonce's voice nails some of it.
3. On a personal note? I got my blood pressure meds. They had them. I'm so relieved.
Mother: You must be relieved.
Me: Yeah, I had this whole worrisome storyline played out in my head on how it would go on down - and it didn't happen at al.
Mother: You are definitely my daughter.
Later she told me a story about the day I was born. We were discussing moments of being touched by "grace" or "god" or "the universe".
( Read more... )
Another bit of good news - I was right, my entire little group, managers included - unanimously does not want to go to head honchos party. BYT said their intent may have been in the right place, but just no. It's not only a pain to get there, but it's still a pandemic, and some of us are germaphobes, and don't particularly want to go to a crowded office party without masks, and everyone breathing on the food.
Plus, it's not like we aren't busy or anything.
There's not many of us in this little group - just seven.
4. And here's... Redesigning Women by the Highway Women
And..a gender flip on The Highway Men ...The Highway Women
And the original version Highway Man.
5. Today once again, I was reminded of how differently people view things...
Gabe posted on FB and keeps mentioning at work all the things she does. She studies on her commute, reads books on botany, and on her phone watches youtube videos educating herself. She wants to be a professional florist and landscape designer. People are impressed with how much work she's doing. In an attempt to be snarky - she quips : "What are other people doing on the phones and commutes?"
And I thought, not everyone has the same job or life you have. Some sleep.
Some relax. Some read. Some eat. Some play games. Some text their kids. Some post amateur photos.
And on Soap Twitter - where fans were upset that a character they despised was doing something nice, and having a nice conversation with a character they preferred. And both were shown in a nice light - they couldn't whine about her. Their reaction was fury.
They felt the character was out of character. That for years she had an ingrained misogyny because she preferred hanging with men. Etc. (Women were calling her a tramp to her face.) And people who disagreed or saw it differently were in bizarro world - because of course their view was the only valid one.
This same group of fans? Gets upset when one of their fav's gets slammed.
My god. I wonder if people see themselves or rather read themselves? Do we?
I ask myself if I am a hypocrite sometimes without meaning to be. I think so. Contradicting myself.
At any rate - I've been restraining myself from fighting with folks on Soap Twitter over a fictional soap opera character. It's really not worth the bandwidth or the time and energy. Been there done that with television characters in the past, still have the battle wounds.
Also...I kind of like this statement from Twitter:
"A fighter never knows when it's the last bell. He doesn't want to face that. We have distorted views, pictures of how our lives should be.'"
It's raining finally. And it is time to sleep. Good night.