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Manhattan Excursion
Apr. 23rd, 2022 09:37 pmSo made a little excursion into Manhattan to see my niece. Aided her in getting to her parents friend's house, where she was spending the night. Tomorrow she'd stay with her friend, whose Birthday is this weekend.
I basically got myself wedged into the weekend - in order to see her. Which is okay, actually. At least I have a niece to see - and at least she wishes to see me. And at least we get along and text message. Glass half full and all that. I feel like I'm on the opposite side of an argument though. I have flashes of my Aunt Kathy, and other Aunts finding time to spend with me in the city, each of us navigating around our busy lives. And feeling hit by their envy of opportunities I've had in my life that they wish they did.
Life, isn't a contest, a competition or a race. We all have journeys. Separate from each other - and we're lucky if we have companionship or even cross paths alone the way. (Sorry, I'm watching Station Eleven as I write this.)
At any rate, spent most of the day on public transit, but then so did she. Also on the plus side - transit moved smoothly and without any disruptions for once. Also, I was able to get a seat for the most part.
N: I've forgotten how dirty the NYC transit is.
Me: London tube is cleaner?
N: So much cleaner. But folks don't hassle you as much on NYC transit. Over there I prefer the buses, over here I prefer the subway.
Me: Well the buses are fun to ride over there, they are just dangerous and stressful here. Not that they aren't dangerous over there - just less so and lot more fun. [That and London buses unlike the Tube run 24/7. I loved the London buses. Which by the way are also in Wales and other places. (OR at least they were when I went over there in the 1980s. I traveled by bus through most of Wales. ]
Me: do people wear masks on transit in London?( Read more... )
***
Station Eleven - reminds me a lot of Cloud Atlas. Also a few other series - where you follow five separate point of view threads, all connected via the focal point of view characters relationships with each other. Intersecting when they come into contact. I'm trying to remember what it reminds me of - it's not Cloud Atlas exactly, but something else.
However I've seen this gimmick done a lot, recently in New Amsterdam, and it can work if done well. If done poorly - it can be difficult to follow.
"This is US" does it, as well. Station Eleven similar to This is US, jumps about in time. The last episode shifted to and from in time multiple times, and it took me a while to figure out where I was in time and the narrative through line. (It was the relationship between the Hollywood actor and his ex-wife, as seen from her point of view.)
I think this what attracted my brother to it - he loves narrative gimmicks and film gimmicks. While they tend to annoy me, once I figure them out.
That said there's some interesting character sketches in this series, and it is compelling, if slow in places.
The theme of this episode - is what if I'm living the wrong life? What if I'm doing it all wrong, wasting time doing art or some meaningless thing - only to die? Did I put importance on the wrong things?
It doesn't quite provide an answer, except that we have no way of knowing.
**
Moon Knight
Continues to be interesting, if kind of wackadoodle. It does remind me a little of Legion in how it is filmed and told. Mainly because we're in the point of view of a mentally unstable super-hero. We basically have Batman with DID. Legion also had DID.
I like it better than Legion, mainly because the lead is a touch more likable and it has a remarkably strong female lead character. Plus all of the Egypitan mythology, and archeology, and I'm sold.
The wackadoodle doesn't bother me - I read comics. However, I am growing weary of the whole insane asylum trope that the writers pull out whenever a character is being psychologically manipulated or tortured by the bad guys.
Assuming of course, it's the bad guy doing it.
After Moon Knight - we're getting Ms. Marvel with Kamala. I tried to find Naomi on the CW - but I can't and gave up. Highly annoyed by that.
***
Sensors - or the whole Glucose tracking thing I plugged into my arm.
* The readings are interesting. When I eat it goes up. When I don't it goes down. Sometimes. It was at 240 at 12 am, then dived to 140 at 1am, went back up to 241 at 12pm, then went down to 148 at 3pm, then up to 210 at 7pm, an has dove down to 100 now. Granted I just started on Friday, so may need to wait and see if it stabilizes first.
I do not have finger sticks and have never used them. So am new about this whole thing. Also it is Type 2, not Type 1, so no insulin shots, just meds.
Mother keeps getting confused.
***
Anyhow...going to try and revise a bit more of my book then bed. I got cold when I returned home. So I'm wearing sweat pants (LL Bean joggers - which feel like pjs), sweat shirt, and no socks. Yet, feet are oddly okay.
Weird.
I basically got myself wedged into the weekend - in order to see her. Which is okay, actually. At least I have a niece to see - and at least she wishes to see me. And at least we get along and text message. Glass half full and all that. I feel like I'm on the opposite side of an argument though. I have flashes of my Aunt Kathy, and other Aunts finding time to spend with me in the city, each of us navigating around our busy lives. And feeling hit by their envy of opportunities I've had in my life that they wish they did.
Life, isn't a contest, a competition or a race. We all have journeys. Separate from each other - and we're lucky if we have companionship or even cross paths alone the way. (Sorry, I'm watching Station Eleven as I write this.)
At any rate, spent most of the day on public transit, but then so did she. Also on the plus side - transit moved smoothly and without any disruptions for once. Also, I was able to get a seat for the most part.
N: I've forgotten how dirty the NYC transit is.
Me: London tube is cleaner?
N: So much cleaner. But folks don't hassle you as much on NYC transit. Over there I prefer the buses, over here I prefer the subway.
Me: Well the buses are fun to ride over there, they are just dangerous and stressful here. Not that they aren't dangerous over there - just less so and lot more fun. [That and London buses unlike the Tube run 24/7. I loved the London buses. Which by the way are also in Wales and other places. (OR at least they were when I went over there in the 1980s. I traveled by bus through most of Wales. ]
Me: do people wear masks on transit in London?( Read more... )
***
Station Eleven - reminds me a lot of Cloud Atlas. Also a few other series - where you follow five separate point of view threads, all connected via the focal point of view characters relationships with each other. Intersecting when they come into contact. I'm trying to remember what it reminds me of - it's not Cloud Atlas exactly, but something else.
However I've seen this gimmick done a lot, recently in New Amsterdam, and it can work if done well. If done poorly - it can be difficult to follow.
"This is US" does it, as well. Station Eleven similar to This is US, jumps about in time. The last episode shifted to and from in time multiple times, and it took me a while to figure out where I was in time and the narrative through line. (It was the relationship between the Hollywood actor and his ex-wife, as seen from her point of view.)
I think this what attracted my brother to it - he loves narrative gimmicks and film gimmicks. While they tend to annoy me, once I figure them out.
That said there's some interesting character sketches in this series, and it is compelling, if slow in places.
The theme of this episode - is what if I'm living the wrong life? What if I'm doing it all wrong, wasting time doing art or some meaningless thing - only to die? Did I put importance on the wrong things?
It doesn't quite provide an answer, except that we have no way of knowing.
**
Moon Knight
Continues to be interesting, if kind of wackadoodle. It does remind me a little of Legion in how it is filmed and told. Mainly because we're in the point of view of a mentally unstable super-hero. We basically have Batman with DID. Legion also had DID.
I like it better than Legion, mainly because the lead is a touch more likable and it has a remarkably strong female lead character. Plus all of the Egypitan mythology, and archeology, and I'm sold.
The wackadoodle doesn't bother me - I read comics. However, I am growing weary of the whole insane asylum trope that the writers pull out whenever a character is being psychologically manipulated or tortured by the bad guys.
Assuming of course, it's the bad guy doing it.
After Moon Knight - we're getting Ms. Marvel with Kamala. I tried to find Naomi on the CW - but I can't and gave up. Highly annoyed by that.
***
Sensors - or the whole Glucose tracking thing I plugged into my arm.
* The readings are interesting. When I eat it goes up. When I don't it goes down. Sometimes. It was at 240 at 12 am, then dived to 140 at 1am, went back up to 241 at 12pm, then went down to 148 at 3pm, then up to 210 at 7pm, an has dove down to 100 now. Granted I just started on Friday, so may need to wait and see if it stabilizes first.
I do not have finger sticks and have never used them. So am new about this whole thing. Also it is Type 2, not Type 1, so no insulin shots, just meds.
Mother keeps getting confused.
***
Anyhow...going to try and revise a bit more of my book then bed. I got cold when I returned home. So I'm wearing sweat pants (LL Bean joggers - which feel like pjs), sweat shirt, and no socks. Yet, feet are oddly okay.
Weird.