Monday yawns...but is otherwise okay
Aug. 18th, 2025 06:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatIt's a Monday. But at least the weather for the most part was pleasant. Over cast most of the day, until I got home, but in the low seventies. I took a long walk to McNally's Book Store, and back. Picked up a book that I'd been eyeing the last time I was there. I told myself if I could find it again, I'd grab it. And after a little browsing, there it was, front and center in the recommended section. Took five minutes. Bought. Left. Jumped into the cookie store and wisely decided I did not need a giant chocolate chip gluten free cookie. (They had a lot of cookies, but only the chocolate chip were gluten free. This is becoming a pattern with bakeries - apparently it's impossible for these folks to make anything gluten free but chocolate chip cookies? Someone could make a killing if they could figure out how to do everything else, put all the other bakeries to shame.)
What was the book?
Sociopath: Memoir by Patric Gagne PH. D
It's actually cheaper on Amazon. I paid $21 for it at the book store. But hey, support your local independent book store and all that.
Sigh, now I want a cookie. Think of a cookie, want a cookie - like Pavlov's Dog.
I'll make baked salmon with veggies instead. Better for my blood sugar. Proof that I am not Pavlov's Dog.
I did not take photos, besides you've already seen all of them from this area. It would just be repetitious. Not that this has stopped me in the past, but I was walking briskly there and back, and popping in a visit to the book store and the cookie store in the midst of it.
Got back a little after 1 pm, not too bad. Left at 12:27 pm and got back at 1:10 pm. About thirty-five minutes? Next time I should do the walk before I eat my lunch not after.
Entertainment Items of note
1. To anyone who watched Angel the Series (and more importantly still remembers it well enough to answer this question) - someone on Facebook thinks Angel was turned human by Wolfram and Hart then turned into a vampire again because he had to fight the monsters in LA. They are referring to the fifth season. To my recollection, the only time Angel ever became human was in I Will Always Remember You. Granted it has been some time since I've seen Angel the Series, but I'd think I'd remember that? (Considering how many metas and reviews I wrote about it.) Anyone remember Angel turning human in Season 5? Or is this person completely deluded?
2. Buffy Revival - it's not a Reboot, although people keep calling it a Reboot, and people keep fighting over whether it is one or not, which I find amusing, because they've managed to completely confuse the fandom.
At any rate, Charisma Carpenter has finally clarified that she is not in it, she's not been contacted, and has no idea where they are with it, nor is she in contact with anyone involved. She's only made it known that she'd like to be in it.
I think the people who have been contacted and may be involved are Gellar's friends: Marsters, Hannigan, and Seth Green. They appear to know something.
But I could be wrong. Those are the three she still appears to be close to on some level and in contact with.
3. Alien Nation - the newest thing by Noah Hawley - who is best known for the television series: Fargo and Legion (he also worked on Bones for a bit). No, Ridely Scott isn't involved at all. And I could tell - after seeing the first two episodes. Scott is scarier. I can't watch Scott's Alien.
Once again, folks are fighting over whether it is a reboot. (It's not. It's an expansion on the previous series. Similar to say the Star Trek franchise.)
The first two are intriguing? But I'm on the fence about it. It's biological sci-fi leaning towards horror. [Anyone else see it?]
4. Alan Cummings reports loving filming Avengers Doomsday
"Cumming, however, has spoken at length about his distasteful experience making “X2.” The actor/host wrote about his experiences on the film in his memoir, “Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life,” speaking to a troubled production at the hands of [Bryan] Singer.
“Doomsday,” Cumming said, was a much different experience.
“It was actually really great to go back. And especially, I’m 60 years old. I did not think I would be doing stunts, playing a superhero in my 60s. So that was great,” Cumming said. “And everyone was really nice. And I got it done really quickly because I couldn’t go, because of ‘The Traitors,’ when most of my scenes were being shot.”
[They have some old guys doing an action superhero film - Ian McKellan, Patrick Stewart, Harrison Ford, Alan Cummings, Robert Downy Jr...which I guess is good? And yes, everyone hated Bryan Singer. Jennifer Lawrence refused to work with again. ]
***
Music and Religion
Finally, I decided to listen to the Superman 2025 soundtrack, Punkrocker, Nine Inch Nails...I need album recs. I only really have listened to Downward Spiral and Pretty Hate Machine.
Also Jimmi Hendrix's Machine Gun, rec'd by a Franciscan Priest on loan to a Unitarian Church during a sermon on how to tell the Jesus story. (Yes, I was intrigued by all the contradictions in that sentence as well.)
Mother: Wait. What is a Franciscan Priest doing at a Unitarian Church?
ME: No clue. But I find it intriguing. More intriguing than the wannabe Rabbi playing Unitarian Minister actually. Plus he's doing bible studies.
And is a Jimmi Hendrix fan. What are the odds? [And having done the wannabe Rabbi's bible studies, I'd like to try the Franciscan Priest's bible studies.]
I like contradictions. I'm contradictory. These are my people.
What was the book?
Sociopath: Memoir by Patric Gagne PH. D
It's actually cheaper on Amazon. I paid $21 for it at the book store. But hey, support your local independent book store and all that.
Sigh, now I want a cookie. Think of a cookie, want a cookie - like Pavlov's Dog.
I'll make baked salmon with veggies instead. Better for my blood sugar. Proof that I am not Pavlov's Dog.
I did not take photos, besides you've already seen all of them from this area. It would just be repetitious. Not that this has stopped me in the past, but I was walking briskly there and back, and popping in a visit to the book store and the cookie store in the midst of it.
Got back a little after 1 pm, not too bad. Left at 12:27 pm and got back at 1:10 pm. About thirty-five minutes? Next time I should do the walk before I eat my lunch not after.
Entertainment Items of note
1. To anyone who watched Angel the Series (and more importantly still remembers it well enough to answer this question) - someone on Facebook thinks Angel was turned human by Wolfram and Hart then turned into a vampire again because he had to fight the monsters in LA. They are referring to the fifth season. To my recollection, the only time Angel ever became human was in I Will Always Remember You. Granted it has been some time since I've seen Angel the Series, but I'd think I'd remember that? (Considering how many metas and reviews I wrote about it.) Anyone remember Angel turning human in Season 5? Or is this person completely deluded?
2. Buffy Revival - it's not a Reboot, although people keep calling it a Reboot, and people keep fighting over whether it is one or not, which I find amusing, because they've managed to completely confuse the fandom.
At any rate, Charisma Carpenter has finally clarified that she is not in it, she's not been contacted, and has no idea where they are with it, nor is she in contact with anyone involved. She's only made it known that she'd like to be in it.
I think the people who have been contacted and may be involved are Gellar's friends: Marsters, Hannigan, and Seth Green. They appear to know something.
But I could be wrong. Those are the three she still appears to be close to on some level and in contact with.
3. Alien Nation - the newest thing by Noah Hawley - who is best known for the television series: Fargo and Legion (he also worked on Bones for a bit). No, Ridely Scott isn't involved at all. And I could tell - after seeing the first two episodes. Scott is scarier. I can't watch Scott's Alien.
Once again, folks are fighting over whether it is a reboot. (It's not. It's an expansion on the previous series. Similar to say the Star Trek franchise.)
The first two are intriguing? But I'm on the fence about it. It's biological sci-fi leaning towards horror. [Anyone else see it?]
4. Alan Cummings reports loving filming Avengers Doomsday
"Cumming, however, has spoken at length about his distasteful experience making “X2.” The actor/host wrote about his experiences on the film in his memoir, “Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life,” speaking to a troubled production at the hands of [Bryan] Singer.
“Doomsday,” Cumming said, was a much different experience.
“It was actually really great to go back. And especially, I’m 60 years old. I did not think I would be doing stunts, playing a superhero in my 60s. So that was great,” Cumming said. “And everyone was really nice. And I got it done really quickly because I couldn’t go, because of ‘The Traitors,’ when most of my scenes were being shot.”
[They have some old guys doing an action superhero film - Ian McKellan, Patrick Stewart, Harrison Ford, Alan Cummings, Robert Downy Jr...which I guess is good? And yes, everyone hated Bryan Singer. Jennifer Lawrence refused to work with again. ]
***
Music and Religion
Finally, I decided to listen to the Superman 2025 soundtrack, Punkrocker, Nine Inch Nails...I need album recs. I only really have listened to Downward Spiral and Pretty Hate Machine.
Also Jimmi Hendrix's Machine Gun, rec'd by a Franciscan Priest on loan to a Unitarian Church during a sermon on how to tell the Jesus story. (Yes, I was intrigued by all the contradictions in that sentence as well.)
Mother: Wait. What is a Franciscan Priest doing at a Unitarian Church?
ME: No clue. But I find it intriguing. More intriguing than the wannabe Rabbi playing Unitarian Minister actually. Plus he's doing bible studies.
And is a Jimmi Hendrix fan. What are the odds? [And having done the wannabe Rabbi's bible studies, I'd like to try the Franciscan Priest's bible studies.]
I like contradictions. I'm contradictory. These are my people.
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Date: 2025-08-20 10:21 pm (UTC)"Left his position as head writer on Angel (1999) after its third season in 2002 to join the new series Miracles (2003) as executive producer and head writer. But he remained consulting producer on Angel (1999) and stayed in touched with the writing staff in season four.
Returned after two years absence (remaining consulting producer, though) to Angel (1999) when he heard that the show was canceled in February 2004 to direct one last episode (5.20 "The Girl in Question")."
Greenwalt had power, and most likely knew a few things about other people. So Whedon most likely found a compromise. It's why I didn't believe Dochawk for the longest time. And questioned it.
But after Charisma came out with her statement - and that NY article - I thought damn, Doc told me the truth. (Doc's friend did not like Greenwalt - at all.)
Where's Greenwalt?
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339264/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
He landed on his feet - did better than Whedon, actually. And is married to the woman he married in 2016. I don't know if he was married when he was allegedly having an affair with CC, or not. Just that neither have publicly admitted to the affair, and CC has never talked about her son's father.