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Kind of depressed. Trying not to be. It's a combination of things, not worth going into or boring folks about. Also talking about it won't make me feel any better -I know because I've already deleted five potential posts on the topic. Focusing on depression just depresses me more - it's best to focus on positive things and things I can control.

Pretty day. First one in awhile that was sunny with clear blue skies. Makes me appreciate my living room windows, which are good size and show me the tops of the trees, rooftops, and sky.

Cool crisp breeze. I took a walk to the grocery store earlier today.



( more photos of pretty trees on a pretty day )

Intended to work on my artwork, novels, and writing - but couldn't focus. Struggling with various creative blocks. And slept through most of the morning hours. Got up at 9:30, took a shower, had scrambled eggs, listened to an audio book, turned on FB to watch the UUA church service and promptly fell asleep during it. So I basically slept to 9:30, and then from 11:15 to 12:45. Then took a walk and went grocery shopping. (I needed items that were low in carbs and wouldn't increase my blood sugar. Basically fish and vegetables and greens. Plus cheese.)

What I'm reading

Gave up on: "Bride by Alix Harwood" - the writing isn't working for me. I made it to the 75% mark and realized I was just skimming at that point and no longer cared about any of the characters, so it was time to call it quits. (I may be burned out on the romance genre?) So started the latest Illona Andrew Kate Daniels Book - Magic Gifts or Magic Claims, the Wilmington era.

Also gave up on the audible version Tina Brown's Vanity Fair Diaries read by Tina Brown - she was beginning to grate on my nerves. She reads in a kind of chatty monotone. Jumped over to John Scalzi's Starter Villain as Read by Will Wheaton - which is slightly better so far. It's typical Scalzi - except with cats. The character reminds me a little of the character in Project Hail Mary.

Still working my way through Yellowface - which needs to be a touch darker to work. It's almost too realistic for its own good. And satirizes publishing Twitter more than any other medium. Twitter is kind of old hat now. ( Read more... )

[As an aside, I like this time of day - evening, or twilight, when the sun hits the leaves softly, and the light is soft and quiet, as is the world outside my window. I should start taking walks between 6:30 pm -8pm this spring and summer.]

I need to finish Yellowface - so I can start a more interesting book. I'm considering giving up on it and doing that anyhow. There's so many books I've given up on.

I did pick up the one old college buddy rec'd: The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies .

Here's ( the synopsis )

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On the Television Front:

Not doing great.

* The Wish - Disney Plus - it's a poorly conceived film, that if they'd tweaked it a bit here and there, would have been much better? The animation is okay. There's some interesting sight gags here and there. But, it falls flat in the plot, song, and character departments, and relies too heavily on time-worn cliches. The plot? ( Read more... )

* Bodies, Bodies, Bodies - Prime Video or Paramount Plus. [I think Paramount, because there were no commercials. Oh, Paramount Plus has Showtime with it now. Which is lovely!]

Slightly more entertaining than The Wish. I didn't like anyone in it. I watched it mainly for Lee Pace, who is barely in it, and has almost no role. It's a satire and kind of makes fun of the "Then There Were None" murder mystery trope. Where you have a bunch of people stuck in a house during a storm, cut off from the general population and despise each other. Someone dies. Everyone points fingers. Then one by one, people are killed off, until there's only one or two people left.

It has a nice twist to it, and plays out differently than the cliche. Usually the murderer is either the first person allegedly killed, someone we never see but heard about, or the last person standing. In this one?
Well, they came up with a realistic and third option that hadn't occurred to me. So kudos.

Just wish I liked the characters a bit more than I did. It leans a bit too heavily into satire on that score - in that all of the characters are beyond annoying, and I was kind of rooting for them to be killed off?

*Resident Alien - eh, I don't know about the 2nd Season, it's getting a bit too dark for me, humor wise. The alien is building a bunker and planning on pulling Asta in it with him to survive the aliens killing everyone on earth. (Eww?)

* The Ark - on Prime, it's animated. I want to like it more than I do, but the animation is kind of so-so, and I'm a little bored with the video game aspect of the story and plotting.

* X-men 97 - I ignored the Jubliee storyline, and focused on the Storm Life/Death story. ( Read more... )

Off to make dinner.