Bridgerton Season 2

I binged all eight episodes of Bridgerton S2 Friday Night through Saturday. I should have gone outside - it was a bright and sunny day, but after the work weak (exhausting) I kind of crashed on Saturday, wanting to do little more than knit, watch a fluffy romance, and sleep. I did bake brownies. And take out the trash.

As luck would have it - I'm awake today and wanting to wander about - but alas it is raining. Wish I could flip Sunday and Saturday (the weather is not cooperating with me). Ah well, I am taking Monday off - as a personal day - to get blood work done and doctor's appointment. It's supposed to be sunny and cool tomorrow.

Bridgerton Season 2

Mother: I'm bored by Bridgerton S2. I liked S1 better.
Me: Hardly surprising, since you only watched S1 for the Duke.
Mother: That's not completely true -
Me: Yes it is, you liked the Duke. You watched it for the Duke. He's not in S2
Mother proceeds to try to spoil me on Season 2.
Me: No. I want to see it. Please don't spoil it for me, I'd like to enjoy it on my own.

You kind of have to be in the mood for this sort of thing. I watched it when I was in the mood. Last weekend - I was not in the mood for it, so watched other things instead. Mother's last big binge watch was Money Heist which she loved - so I don't think she was in the mood for Bridgerton. (I can't watch Money Heist right now - it's too stressful, violent, and frustrating. Me and thought provoking violent thrillers are NOT mixy things at the moment. I want fluffy romance and emotional dramas.)

I enjoyed it. Whizzed through all eight episodes. Wasn't bored at all. I found all the characters engaging and interesting. It is very bingable, and I think it actually works better if you binge it - as opposed to dragging it out, since each episode kind of flows into the next one. It is written to binge - kind of similar to a romance novel - which is written to read in one sitting. (I never do, since I read the things on my commute to and from work - but they are kind of designed for that. Which is why most readers of romance novels, like my mother, read anywhere from 10-100 books a month. They don't often remember them, and are known to re-read them. I take about one - two weeks to finish them - but again, I read them in snippets of time, on the train, on the subway, before bed, at lunch, which amount to anywhere from 5-20 minutes each time.)

Anyhow, I actually think Bridgerton S2 is better in some respects than Bridgerton S1. ( spoilers )

At any rate, I enjoyed this season far more than I expected. Next up? Possibly Moon Night, or Julia. There's so many.

COVID and the Grammys

Watching the Grammys - which is mostly musical performances, or I wouldn't bother with it. But I find it interesting that most of the performances and awards go to pop artists, seems oddly slanted somehow. Plus the Grammy's has the only standup comic I can tolerate at the moment, or have watched two routines from - Trevor Noah.

One of his jokes? "And if you don't win a Grammy, just remember what you do have that many people don't. Money. Lots of it. Yes, I know a Grammy is nice and all that - but it won't pay for your house."

This is the first time I've watched K-pop perform at the Grammy's (as far as I remember). BTS just did an interesting paired down performance. Now we have flipped to the MGM Grand and Latino Pop.

Prior to that? Didn't watch much - because binged 8 hours of television yesterday. Caught up on sleep. Worked on revising my novel. Spoke to mother twice. Next week shouldn't be as hectic work wise as last week was, although the week after will be. It's juggling separate projects, along with management's charts, and all the technological crap, plus commute that makes work so exhausting. I feel bad - because I don't even have half as many projects as my co-workers appear to. Although it's probably not fair to compare - since every project has its own separate challenges. Some are smoother than others. Also I'm handling new management and new processes and not everyone in my group is - three of them have had these managers since the beginning. While I worked with BYT and BB as my colleagues for about twelve years.

My respect for Daniel Radcliff continues to increase..."When asked about Will Smith hitting Chris Rock at the #Oscars, Daniel Radcliffe says “I’m just so already dramatically bored of hearing people’s opinions about it that I just don’t want to be another opinion adding to it.” - per "Discussing Film on Twitter".

Why do they drag out actors and singers who have long retired and struggling with memory issues, reading, etc? Joni Mitchell, Liza Minelli, etc at Awards Shows?

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COVID

Still wearing my mask - but less and less others are. For the first time in two years, I saw folks in the pharmacy without masks on today. Five. All men. Of varying ages and ethnicity. The store clerks wore them.

Also...they took down the plastic shields around the registers finally. (Not that they ever worked - actually there's evidence that they made it worse out there, but whatever.)

Meanwhile discussion with co-worker at work:
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I'm wondering if my Doctor is going to offer the fourth dose to me tomorrow. I'm waiting for it to be offered. The first three - I got through Crazy Workplace, most likely will get the fourth the same way. Crazy Workplace is kind of invested in getting everyone fully vaccinated, if you aren't vaccinated, you have to get tested and provide a negative test twice a week. It's a saliva test through Mount Sinai Hospital.

Regarding the Grammy's - no one is wearing masks. And it's a packed crowd.
This is making me edgy. I mean they got folks up their singing and performing. Yet, on the other hand, much like the Oscars, they are all fine, and all vaccinated, and tested negative prior to entering. So it's reassuring to see them do it - it shows that the virus isn't quite interfering with everything.

Although Lady Gaga has got to be the most versatile of singers. (She's a clever marketer and business woman like Madonna, but she has the talent and range that Madonna can't quite touch.) She's doing a lovely tribute to Tony Bennet.