Martin Luther King Day

Also known as a Day of Service for many. Instead of celebrations, people engage in service activities in honor of the Civil Rights Activist whose actions paved the way for the signing of the Civil Rights Act, and providing Black Americans with voting rights, not to mention desegregation.

Letter from Selma: On the Trail to Montgomery by Renata Adler dated April 2, 1965

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And here's U2's controversial 1984 song entitled "Pride: In the Name of Love" which is about Martin Luther King, RFK, JFK, and Malcom X - all of whom were assassinated in the 1960s . [I loved this song in high school (I was a junior in high school in 1984) and listened to it endlessly and knew the lyrics by heart.]

This video focuses on Martin Luther King.

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Binging Television Shows..

Outside mother calling and telling me about the inauguration? I avoided it.
Boycotting the social platforms except for this one, of course. And binged My Lady Jane, also Ally McBeal.

My Lady Jane is a series adapted from a YA AU historical fantasy book about Lady Jane Grey (as a kind of what if - what if Lady Jane wasn't executed?). Unfortunately only part one was adapted to date, and the series was cancelled before a second season could be produced and aired. It didn't get enough viewer interest. I can kind of see why - it's on the wrong streamer - Amazon Prime as opposed to Netflix, and it fits the Netflix demographic model better (although I think Netflix would have cancelled it too).

I like it well enough - but I can see why it didn't catch on, and it's not like I watched it until now. ( Read more... )

Also been watching Ally McBeal on Hulu. This is a late 1990s to early 00s show. It started in 1997-98 and ended in 2002. So on around the same time as Buffy, Dawson's Creek, Angel, Friends, etc. By David E. Kelly and starring Calista Flockhart, Coutrney Thorne-Smith, and Greg German.
It's about a young woman who is being sexually harassed in her law firm, quits and joins a classmate's firm, only to discover their head litigator is her high school sweetheart, worse he's married, and his wife also works in the film. It's a comedy, kind of satirical in spots, and reminds me a great deal of the Mary Tyler Moore show - I'd say it's basically Mary Tyler Moore in the 1980s and in a law firm.

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Finally, watched Project Runway - S18 episode 8, I think. And while I love watching the process and the designs, I can't stand the judges, and some of the contestants I want to smack. ( Read more... )

I also completed another watercolor of another person. This time an MTA NYCT conductor. So I wasn't completely lazy on this cold holiday. Plus it snowed last night - not a lot, just a dusting really - maybe four inches? And not in the courtyard. But hey it was pretty outside my living room windows.