This and that and the other thing

1. I may be cancelling my cable soon - I can't get NY1 unless I upgrade to the $120 a month option, and seriously? Not sure it's worth it.

Optimum appears to have fixed the problem - the DVR is working finally, as is the internet. ( Read more... )

2. I listened to several podcasts at work - because I was bored and gone were the days in which I had to entertain myself by doodling or listening to music or surfing the net... now, when I'm bored, I can entertain myself with podcasts on my mobile phone via youtube. Gotta love technology.

* Joss Whedon, His Life, His Work, He's Here via Connecticut Public Radio. ( Read more... )

* Willow, a podcaster, feels the need to talk about Neil Gaiman, prefacing it with the fact that she's been a huge fan of his works and now has to figure out how to deal with the fact that well...maybe she shouldn't continue to support him in any way The bulk of this - is the podcaster explaining why she's going to put her collection of Neil Gaiman books in a cabinet with the collection of Harry Potter books, out of sight and out of mind. And will no longer support him financially in any way - ie. by buying his books, etc.
But if people want to do something other than that - that's up to them and on them, and no judgement. (Actually there's lots of judgement, but she's trying very hard not to convey it.)

I also briefly listened to this Felicia Day Speaks to the Joss Whedon issue - basically she states: "I'm not going talk about Joss because I don't want my experience to negate someone else's experience with someone. He was an amazing friend and mentor to me, but at the end of the day, I can only represent me, and I definitely can't negate other people's experiences, so I'm not going to say anymore."

To wit, Michael Rosenbaum relates that he can identify - he knew Kevin Spacey, and never had any bad experiences. He did two movies with him, and never had any issues. But Day refuses to say more than, yes, that's the same thing she had with Whedon.

I give Day credit for that.
( my two cents such as it is )

3. Dancing with the Stars

Mother informed me that the people on this show were getting paid upwards to $650,000, and the winner got $50,000 on top of the signing fee of $100,000 or more.

I was shocked. I thought the contestants did it for free. They don't. They are paid for every episode they are in.

Mother got this information off of instagram or FB, she can't remember.

Also, apparently there was a huge controversy about Chandler (the Disney Star).

* I was apparently right, the audience didn't vote for her because they saw her as a professional dancer who hadn't improved.

* they resented that the race card was raised at all - since the audience didn't care about the race of the dancers. And considered it irrelevant.

* The husband of the choreographer, who did the final tennis ball dance number with the Bachelor and winner, was furious with Carrie Anne - the judge - for critiquing and ripping apart his wife's choreography, which he thought was fantastic. Carrie Anne wanted Chandler (Disney Star) to win not the Bachelor.

I looked it up. How Much Do they Make on Dancing with the Stars
( blurb )

Mother said the gymnast made about $650,000. The rugby player was up there as well, with at least $650,000 or more.

Well, that explains a lot. I wondered why some of these folks did this. I thought it was for exposure. Nope. Money.