Spring popped finally...and it's kind of warmer?

[shadowkat]

Still cold though. Just not as cold? It got up to 58 today, and is 48 F now, and tomorrow - we may get a balmy 57 and Sunday, woo-hoo, 60? Also it keeps raining and it's not even April yet. So we're getting a kind of slant towards Spring, while most places in the US are getting a slant towards summer.

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I need to stop reading articles about the Buffy vs. Hulu/Disney fiasco - it's pissing me off. Disney is not looking good at the moment? They keep leaking things that are pissing everyone off? Bad Disney. (Actually Disney has been disappointing me for a while. They better not screw up Avengers: Doomsday.)

I texted my brother, who is also a Buffy fan (except he preferred Angel and I preferred Spike - we don't discuss that.)

Me: Hulu cancelled the Buffy Revival because its not "mainstream enough" for Hulu. Ugh. Bastards.
Brother: Nooo!!! But hey, at least we get the Peaky Blinders Movie finally!
Me: Yup. Netflix for the Win.

[Television viewing this weekend is Peaky Blinders Movie and The Pitt, I don't what else.]

Me: While I'm admittedly not surprised Hulu passed on the Buffy revival..I'm furious it did it partly because it wasn't "mainstream enough" for Hulu!
Mother: How's that possible? Hulu has a lot of non-mainstream content on it? How is Hulu mainstream? I don't think of Hulu as mainstream?
Me: Well..except for the Bachelor/Bachelorette which is mainstream, along with the Secret Lives of Mormon Lives..and god Disney and Hulu have a lot of horrible content.
Mother: Speaking of ..The Bachelorette got cancelled - not sure why.
ME: That's because the Bachelorette was charged with domestic violence - by her ex, and a video went viral of her attacking him with a chair. (I'm serious - it is real. It was on Instagram, and it was with a chair, while kicking him and hitting him and putting him in a headlock while her daughter was in the room...it's bizarre considering he's bigger than she is? If it was staged? It back fired? I feel kind of validated? After fighting with idiots on social media about how, yes, men can be the victims of domestic violence too and no, it's not a gender specific crime. I know because I have male cousins who are victims of domestic violence.) Honestly, they need to cancel that entire franchise. It brings out the worst in people. Reality shows do - they depict the worst in people and bring out the worst. Find something less toxic to entertain folks with - like, I don't know, Buffy?

Life at times, feels like a series of disappointments. Although, the struggle makes us stronger and appreciate the cool stuff more.

Why are they setting off fireworks? What holiday is it? Oh, Spring Equinox - I looked it up. Seeing nothing - just noise. (NYC which isn't supposed to set them off (it's illegal) - certainly does a lot of it.)

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Happy it's Friday. Happy I have a good book to read - finally. Not happy I have a dental appointment tomorrow. But decided not to put it off any longer. Also the PT has decided I need to see a vestibular therapist prior to continuing with PT or asap, since my vertigo/dizzy/balance issues keep interfering with PT.

Off to take a shower and go to bed.

Comments

[iddewes]

Have you now seen that Xander died? I guess the actor did have a bunch of health problems.?
I prefer Spike too, though also because I got a Cameo from him for my friend and he did it immediately and it was really nice.

[kazzy_cee]

I don't watch reality shows. I never think they reflect any kind of reality...

[mefisto]

The "health problems" were self-inflicted: substance abuse. A very sad story.

[shadowkat]

Just now - I saw it on FB - SMG's post on it. I was surprised. He was only 54. Although he'd been suffering from health and substance abuse issues for decades, along with mental health issues.

Marsters is genuinely kind to his fans. And his kindness comes across in the character he played.

[shadowkat]

Well, often it's more complicated than that? The substance abuse often is a complication or symptom of the mental and medical health issues. Back pain - subscribe pain meds - get addicted. And per a Q&A - Brendan had been sexually harassed and abused by a male music teacher as a teen, so that caused some issues. Plus the stuttering. Sad story is an understatement. And becoming a professional television actor - both helped and exacerbated the problems - because he ended up in the public eye. He made the mistake once of going on that narcissistic sociopath and sadist, Dr. Phil's television show, and dear god, Phil tore him apart on live television for ratings.

[shadowkat]

No, they are toxic. I find the unscripted reality series unwatchable - and they aren't real. I know they are made - I've met folks who worked on the crew and on them. The editors and producers manipulate situations to get the participants to react a certain way, and pay people more to play the bad guy or be disruptive. Nothing on them is real - they are manufactured social psychology experiments, where the people behind the scenes prod folks to be nasty to each other.

Even some of the US competition series do it - Project Runway does it, it's why I had to stop watching it - I found the nastiness unwatchable. It's why I loved Great British Bake-Off - they did the exact opposite.

[mefisto]

The shooting schedule on Buffy probably didn't help either.

[iddewes]

It sounds like it partly was but he also had a congenital heart problem. I am sure alcohol and cocaine made it worse though

[iddewes]

Yes, I don’t really like David Boreanaz so much for some reason so I also prefer Spike for that reason. I didn’t watch Buffy that much though.