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1. Almost done with Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - finished S4, which has about seven episodes, maybe eight (can't remember). The last two episodes are actually fairly good. But there are three in the middle that are close to impossible to get through - due to the cringe-inducing comedic routines.
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Compelling in places, frustrating in others. Not helped by Amazon's tendency to kick me out. Yet, obviously compelling enough to keep me hooked.
2. Burn it Down - Hollywood, Complicity, a Call to Change by Maureen Ryan
Well, I just finished the chapter on IP Properties. Basically the emphasis on adaptations of or sequels to pre-established works or intellectual properties, and ownership of IP by the executives, with the writers being work for hire.
Ryan goes into detail on how overwhelmingly white and male the executive power structure is in Hollywood. DC, Marvel, Lucas Film, Dune, Star Trek, are all franchises run primarily by men, with few people of color or women involved. Same with Game of Thrones, and other long-running properties (Outlander).
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This is an interesting read, but a bit dry in places, and the narrator who is reading it aloud (I have the audio book version), sucks at doing other voices - so I often have no idea who else is talking. Too date the people who are best at others voices are: Trevor Noah (the king), Viola Davis, Bryan Cranston and James Marsters. Everyone else I've read, kind of sucks at it.
3. Making headway at transferring my film, book and television reviews on A03 to Squidgeworld and Word Press. As a result of this - I've acquired more subscribers and readers of my Word Press Blog. So go me?
It makes it less painful to transfer works that go applause over at Ao3. I'm transferring them - because A03 threatened to delete anything that they didn't consider a transformative work (reviews, recaps) if I didn't. And would delete my account - if they had to warn me about it again.
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4. Slept horribly last night, I was edgy and allergies were bugging me. Plus blood sugar is running slightly higher than I'd like - I'm at 6.8 AI, and I prefer to be at 6.1. Hope to sleep better tonight. Not getting a lot done this weekend. Although I did manage to buy a new toilet seat online and Bose headphones. (The ones I have are wearing out - there's a tear in the toilet seat, and the headphones are getting worn out.)
Also vacuumed, cleaned some of the bathroom and kitchen, and took out the garbage.
Working on book. Finished one watercolor, working on last one of the "People I saw on the Subway Painted from Memory Series". Next I may do fictional characters on the subway, or people dressed up like them. I want to do a heavy-set potbellied Captain America, sitting next to Robin Hood or better yet, Storm.
( spoilers )
Compelling in places, frustrating in others. Not helped by Amazon's tendency to kick me out. Yet, obviously compelling enough to keep me hooked.
2. Burn it Down - Hollywood, Complicity, a Call to Change by Maureen Ryan
Well, I just finished the chapter on IP Properties. Basically the emphasis on adaptations of or sequels to pre-established works or intellectual properties, and ownership of IP by the executives, with the writers being work for hire.
Ryan goes into detail on how overwhelmingly white and male the executive power structure is in Hollywood. DC, Marvel, Lucas Film, Dune, Star Trek, are all franchises run primarily by men, with few people of color or women involved. Same with Game of Thrones, and other long-running properties (Outlander).
( Read more... )
This is an interesting read, but a bit dry in places, and the narrator who is reading it aloud (I have the audio book version), sucks at doing other voices - so I often have no idea who else is talking. Too date the people who are best at others voices are: Trevor Noah (the king), Viola Davis, Bryan Cranston and James Marsters. Everyone else I've read, kind of sucks at it.
3. Making headway at transferring my film, book and television reviews on A03 to Squidgeworld and Word Press. As a result of this - I've acquired more subscribers and readers of my Word Press Blog. So go me?
It makes it less painful to transfer works that go applause over at Ao3. I'm transferring them - because A03 threatened to delete anything that they didn't consider a transformative work (reviews, recaps) if I didn't. And would delete my account - if they had to warn me about it again.
I'm annoyed with A03 - ( Read more... )
4. Slept horribly last night, I was edgy and allergies were bugging me. Plus blood sugar is running slightly higher than I'd like - I'm at 6.8 AI, and I prefer to be at 6.1. Hope to sleep better tonight. Not getting a lot done this weekend. Although I did manage to buy a new toilet seat online and Bose headphones. (The ones I have are wearing out - there's a tear in the toilet seat, and the headphones are getting worn out.)
Also vacuumed, cleaned some of the bathroom and kitchen, and took out the garbage.
Working on book. Finished one watercolor, working on last one of the "People I saw on the Subway Painted from Memory Series". Next I may do fictional characters on the subway, or people dressed up like them. I want to do a heavy-set potbellied Captain America, sitting next to Robin Hood or better yet, Storm.