Saturday is raining and overall dreary...so did chores

Well, the Sketchers UNO Black Sneakers finally got delivered. That was a lot of stress and bother over a pair of sneakers. I'm not ordering that again. ( Read more... )

Also I turned my mattress, and made the bed up clean this morning. The heat came on around 9, so I had to turn on some fans. But it's off now, and the apartment is a comfortable 73-76 degrees. No A/C, no heat. One small fan, and the window fan in the bedroom which I reversed the air flow to the outdoors.

Sciatica is slightly better? Still hurts when I get up, and I got to walk for a bit. I'm definitely taking up chair and bed yoga again. I'm hunting a balance disc.

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Made a pot of chili last night - using my mother's recipe, with some tweaks and from memory. ( Read more... )

Today - Had wild albacore tuna fish, celery, chopped onions and Helman's Mayo mixed together on seeded gluten free sourdough, toasted in George Foreman grill for lunch. It was a tasty lunch.

Breakfast was fried eggs, greens, and radishes. And some apple cinnamon almond flour muffins with walnuts.

Snack - green apple dipped in dark melted chocolate and walnut butter.

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I indulged another actor crush today - and watch Cillian Murphy's latest film - Steve - which just popped up on Netflix. ( Read more... )

(My actor crushes are: ( Read more... )

Christian Bale and Cate Blanchette are in another flick that just dropped on Netflix - "Knight of Cups" - which I found today. I thought - oh, goody, then oh damn - Netflix. Netflix has the worst interface of all the streamers. It crashes. You can't find anything on it. It's almost impossible to fast forward, pause, or rewind. It has a tendency to keep going to the next episode without telling you. And it is often unavailable - while I have no issues with Hulu or Disney + or HBO. Prime is getting wonky too.

You will have to pry my streaming channels along with my books and Apple music account out of my cold dead hands. ( Read more... )

Memage

9. Did you ever have one of those ‘magic’ painting books where you used water on the paper to bring out the colours when you were small?

I asked my mother about it. She had one. But I didn't, nor did my brother. So maybe they weren't a thing in the 1970s? She also didn't bother with coloring books, paint by numbers oils, or any of that - preferring to encourage us to draw and paint our own things, finger paint, use paints, brushes, pencils, and blank paper.

My mother was a frustrated artist and art teacher, who had horrible teachers - who told her she wasn't any good. ( rant about evil culture vultures/arbiters of taste who deserve to choke on their tongues )

10. It’s World Porridge (oatmeal) Day! Are you a fan?

I am. But I don't think it likes me all that much? ( Read more... )

I eat eggs over greens instead - easier to digest. Or coconut yogurt and nuts.

11. Do you own/use a food processor or blender?

Yes, but I rarely use it. I am single. It's huge. And I don't process much. Food digests better when I don't?

Television - Buffy Re-watch among other things..

1. Uhm, they actually did a graphic novel of the life of Ed Gein and scans daily scanned all of it. At work, one of the guys that sits near me (but works for another agency/department within my agency), was talking about the Ryan Murphy television series loosely based on Gein's life - entitled Monster : the Ed Gein Story - it turned his stomach, but he couldn't look away or stop watching it. The two people who did the graphic novel - didn't like the television series - which they felt took liberties with the story and exaggerated bits that didn't require exaggeration. ( more on the Ed Gein: Monster miniseries currently airing on Netflix )

2. Buffy S4 rewatch. I just finished watching "Wild at Heart" - the episode that marks the return of Spike to the series post-Angel, and the beginning of Spike's redemption arc. And the exit of OZ from the series, although he does briefly return later. Spike's entrance is brief and at the very beginning of the episode. And it's interesting that Spike collides with the Initiative (the actual big bad of the season) in the same episode that Buffy collides with them, although she does it later. And it's Buffy that brings them to Giles' attention as a potential threat - they'd delayed her in her pursuit of OZ (ironically I think they were also pursuing OZ). We also have "boy scout" Riley pop up and save Willow from being hit by a car - slowly building on his relationship with Buffy. He's kind of the Anti-Angel? Much like Angel, he is in the background. But not exactly lurking? Also he's trying to fight demons on his own - but is oblivious to Buffy as she is of him. The Initiative and Riley - is the writers expanding on the world and answering a vital question - which is, is anyone else fighting demons besides Buffy? Wouldn't the military or others be aware of them? They aren't exactly hidden?
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Marsters demonstrates his comedic chops in the entry of the episode...when Buffy laminates the lack of an appreciative audience for her puns and quips, Spike announces she shouldn't tempt the Universe - because here he is to answer that demand - when the Initiative soldiers come up behind him and taze him. ( Read more... )

I was certain there was a line about Willow's shirt by Veruca, and an exchange between Buffy and Willow about it. But I didn't see it in the episode, so maybe I misremembered it? It's possible?

I wish I can say I'll miss OZ. But no. ( Read more... )

I like Riley at the moment. I always did. I did not share the fandom's dislike for the character, and was more ambivalent. I didn't see him as being with Buffy for long - they came from different worlds, and wanted different things. He was a lot like Angel - and I think she may well have realized, being with him, why long-term with Angel wouldn't have worked.
Two Alpha characters or leaders don't work. ( Read more... )

I'm enjoying watching this again without having to argue with insane shippers. I was constantly biting my tongue. And not always very well.

3. Also watching mindless comfort shows such as : Great British Baking Show S13, Grey's Anatomy S22 (dear god, that show has actually been on 22 years, and Bailey looks exactly the same), 911 Nashville (it stars Chris O'Donnell - who makes me feel old, since he's a Dad with a grown son in the show, Jessica Capshaw, married to O'Donnell with a grown son) - but kind of like the others. I like Lone Star and the original better. This one is kind of soapy, which I'm not sure works with the trope? And "Call the Midwife" - S6. Of the comfort shows, the British ones are the best, hardly surprising, that. I just wish they were on better streaming services - Netflix is making me crazy.

Beware Flossie the comic book artist solicitator...

I should have posted this previously? If you get this comment anywhere, it's fraudulent.

[Comment left on "Buffy vs. the Buffy Comic Writers" on September 13, 2025]

Hello shadowkat67,
Hope you’re doing well.
I just wrapped up reading your story, and I truly couldn’t put it down. The imagery you create with your words is so strong that I immediately pictured it as a comic or animation.
I’m Flossie, an artist working mainly with comics, manga, and illustrations. What I enjoy most is collaborating with writers to give their stories visual life.
If you’re curious, I’d be glad to share some samples and talk about turning your work into a comic.
You can find me at:
Discord: floessie_the_artist
Instagram: flossie_the_artist
Email: floessietheartist@gmail.com

Looking forward to your reply :)
Cheers,
Flossie

They've contacted a lot of writers on Ao3.

I blatantly ignored them, after having read about them commenting on another social media friend's fic at Ao3 several months prior - that friend had already reported them to Ao3.

Although I didn't really consider mine a fic - so much as a meta-commentary of the comics. So, I rolled my eyes.

I've gotten a lot of these solicitations over the years. Folks? Don't solicit people that you don't personally know on social media platforms for work. Just don't. We aren't going to pay you. We don't trust you. It's a social media platform, we're all using pseudonyms. Hullo?