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Didn't feel well today or most of the weekend. No clue why. Possibly a combination of things - allergies, barometric pressure changes in the weather, blood sugar/diet, IBS...and not getting enough sleep.
At any rate, I'm relieved that I have tomorrow off. It would be hard to take it as a sick day - since I've a three day holiday.
Trying to figure out what to watch tonight - and got overwhelmed with content choices. Dear god there's a lot of content available on television now. It's kind of like getting lost in a multi-tiered blockbusters video store and you can rent anything for free (well not exactly free - I do pay for some of the services).
In attempt to find the first episode of "Gotham Knights" (it's currently airing on the CW and I've got everything but the first episode) on HBO Max (it's not there - which is odd. The Winchesters is there, so is well a lot of other things on CW but not Gotham Knights - maybe Netflix will get it?) - I ended up flirting with Designing Woman (Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall - which threw me, I didn't know they made a movie together - appears to be the 1960s (?) since both look older and its in color and directed by Vincent Minelli - so 1960s. It's leaving by April 20th - probably going to the MGM streaming service. I don't think I'll watch it before then - it's kind of annoying.). The Music Man - which made me hunt down the Hugh Jackman version on Youtube (it's available - people filmed various sections (long sections) in the audience - not great, but watchable), which sent me down the Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster Broadway performances rabbit hole on Youtube. (By the way, almost the entire show - Boy from Oz is available on Youtube - this is the bio-musical of Peter Allen's life, so is a recording of Hugh Jackman and Russel Crow singing the confrontation scene from Les Miz - which I still think the How I Met Your Mother castmates do a better job of, but watching those two go at it in a pub - is fun. )
Remember when it was hard to find content?
So far today..
1. I've watched:
New Amsterdam - I like the characters even if the plots are kind of fantastical at times. US medical shows aren't that realistic. This one, actually, is more realistic than most. The most fantastical is Grey's Anatomy and it's lasted the longest - hence the reason they are fantastical.
* Superman and Lois - darker than most of the Superman series, gritty, filmed like a film series. Also surprising - I thought they'd spend more time on the kids and parent/child relationship - but instead the focus is more on Superman and Lois's relationship and issues. It does like to deal with tragedy though and torture it's leads. Lois is kind of put through the ringer. But it does, by far, have among the best versions of Lana Lang. I also like this version of Superman, he manages to get the dorkiness of Clark Kent across - which not everyone can. ( Read more... ) (I'm on the third season? HBO Max should have the other two?)
* a lot of Youtube videos - mainly Spike videos from Angel and Buffy, which I stumbled upon looking up something else. I can't remember what it was. I'm tempted to try a re-watch, but I'd have to hunt them down, since I no longer own a DVD player.
**
* Completed a painting (which I've mixed feelings about) - I was struggling with perspective, and I think the woman's physical body is kind of off in places that is noticeable. Not from a distance, but definitely close up. There's not enough space between waist and legs, also her legs are almost too short? The guy is more or less fine, just his face is slightly off.
* Started a new one (also mixed feelings about) - I screwed up the hands on the kid. Hands can be hard to draw and paint well. I can draw them, but drawing and painting them ...not always. Actually I do better with just a hand, it's when it is attached to a human and actually doing stuff that I struggle with it.
* Worked on revising my novel - which is slow going. I keep debating whether certain sections need to be deleted. Particularly ones that deal with supporting characters that kind of eventually drop out of the novel. My general rule is - do they further the plot and lead character's arcs at all. If they do, I keep the scene.
* Read more of the Diabetes book (it's overwhelming and depressing - which is an accomplishment actually, if you think about it - so kudos),
* Watched Church service on Zoom (Unitarian Universalists have interesting Easter services - the sermon today was on "the rock" blocking Christ's tomb. ( Read more... )
* Took a walk - meant to go to Greenwood Cemetery. Instead walked by Scean Casey Animal Shelter - which apparently has always been opposite the school on the way to the Cemetery, I just never noticed it. ( depressing )
The animal shelter depressed me. But it was a lovely day. Blue skies. Flowering trees. Crisp wind that went right through me.
I came home and felt a bit woozy. So drank tea. Had a little chocolate. And watched television, painted, and tried working on my book.
I suppose I accomplished something today - just not what I'd planned - which was cleaning out a closet, going to church, and going to the Artist's Way. Oh well both will be there next week.
At any rate, I'm relieved that I have tomorrow off. It would be hard to take it as a sick day - since I've a three day holiday.
Trying to figure out what to watch tonight - and got overwhelmed with content choices. Dear god there's a lot of content available on television now. It's kind of like getting lost in a multi-tiered blockbusters video store and you can rent anything for free (well not exactly free - I do pay for some of the services).
In attempt to find the first episode of "Gotham Knights" (it's currently airing on the CW and I've got everything but the first episode) on HBO Max (it's not there - which is odd. The Winchesters is there, so is well a lot of other things on CW but not Gotham Knights - maybe Netflix will get it?) - I ended up flirting with Designing Woman (Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall - which threw me, I didn't know they made a movie together - appears to be the 1960s (?) since both look older and its in color and directed by Vincent Minelli - so 1960s. It's leaving by April 20th - probably going to the MGM streaming service. I don't think I'll watch it before then - it's kind of annoying.). The Music Man - which made me hunt down the Hugh Jackman version on Youtube (it's available - people filmed various sections (long sections) in the audience - not great, but watchable), which sent me down the Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster Broadway performances rabbit hole on Youtube. (By the way, almost the entire show - Boy from Oz is available on Youtube - this is the bio-musical of Peter Allen's life, so is a recording of Hugh Jackman and Russel Crow singing the confrontation scene from Les Miz - which I still think the How I Met Your Mother castmates do a better job of, but watching those two go at it in a pub - is fun. )
Remember when it was hard to find content?
So far today..
1. I've watched:
New Amsterdam - I like the characters even if the plots are kind of fantastical at times. US medical shows aren't that realistic. This one, actually, is more realistic than most. The most fantastical is Grey's Anatomy and it's lasted the longest - hence the reason they are fantastical.
* Superman and Lois - darker than most of the Superman series, gritty, filmed like a film series. Also surprising - I thought they'd spend more time on the kids and parent/child relationship - but instead the focus is more on Superman and Lois's relationship and issues. It does like to deal with tragedy though and torture it's leads. Lois is kind of put through the ringer. But it does, by far, have among the best versions of Lana Lang. I also like this version of Superman, he manages to get the dorkiness of Clark Kent across - which not everyone can. ( Read more... ) (I'm on the third season? HBO Max should have the other two?)
* a lot of Youtube videos - mainly Spike videos from Angel and Buffy, which I stumbled upon looking up something else. I can't remember what it was. I'm tempted to try a re-watch, but I'd have to hunt them down, since I no longer own a DVD player.
**
* Completed a painting (which I've mixed feelings about) - I was struggling with perspective, and I think the woman's physical body is kind of off in places that is noticeable. Not from a distance, but definitely close up. There's not enough space between waist and legs, also her legs are almost too short? The guy is more or less fine, just his face is slightly off.
* Started a new one (also mixed feelings about) - I screwed up the hands on the kid. Hands can be hard to draw and paint well. I can draw them, but drawing and painting them ...not always. Actually I do better with just a hand, it's when it is attached to a human and actually doing stuff that I struggle with it.
* Worked on revising my novel - which is slow going. I keep debating whether certain sections need to be deleted. Particularly ones that deal with supporting characters that kind of eventually drop out of the novel. My general rule is - do they further the plot and lead character's arcs at all. If they do, I keep the scene.
* Read more of the Diabetes book (it's overwhelming and depressing - which is an accomplishment actually, if you think about it - so kudos),
* Watched Church service on Zoom (Unitarian Universalists have interesting Easter services - the sermon today was on "the rock" blocking Christ's tomb. ( Read more... )
* Took a walk - meant to go to Greenwood Cemetery. Instead walked by Scean Casey Animal Shelter - which apparently has always been opposite the school on the way to the Cemetery, I just never noticed it. ( depressing )
The animal shelter depressed me. But it was a lovely day. Blue skies. Flowering trees. Crisp wind that went right through me.
I came home and felt a bit woozy. So drank tea. Had a little chocolate. And watched television, painted, and tried working on my book.
I suppose I accomplished something today - just not what I'd planned - which was cleaning out a closet, going to church, and going to the Artist's Way. Oh well both will be there next week.