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They Promised Me a Thunderstorm
Ah yes, another beautiful week in the rat race. Ha! Been thinking about rats an awful lot as I'm still going over The Finster Effect draft for what I hope will be the last time before it goes to the editor... if there's a new editor to be had sometime soon. You know, on the off chance that the book got picked up but I haven't actually announced it yet because the contract aren't in hand.
Wouldn't THAT be something?
Newsroom season finale was last night. Aaron Sorkin, I've never really watched your stuff before, but I am digging the hell out of this.
True Blood finale as well. This whole season has been a giant Fuck You to fans of the show. I imagine it's much worse for people invested in the source material. There's no reason on earth that the writing should be this bad on an HBO show. I honestly suspect that someone is deliberately writing the worst shit they can just to prove that people will still watch.
The word FUCK replaced potentially interesting dialogue at least 12 times an episode. Bill's entire descent into dicketry was flat and unbelievable. That bullshit with Eric and his sister, and Lilith? Lame as fuck.
I get it, Alcide is an attractive man with animal magnetism. We don't really need to see that heaving, panting thing he does every damn episode.
Russel Edgington's demise was absurd. The Salome thing should not have even worked since we already know Vamps don't die just because they have silver in them.
Jason's character has also become stupid(er) and just plain asinine. His antics in the finale were just...dammit HBO, do you think only Jersey Shore fans are watching anymore?
Tara and Pam turned out to be, by a wide margin, the most entertaining thing about the season. Nice for them. But seriously, Fuck You, HBO. Fuck you.
Happily, I made enough money from it that it didn't actually cost anything.
Thank Lilith for small favors, no? ;-]
This week I'm testing for a new day-job gig. If I don't pass, I'll need to get set up with Windows on Ye Olde Mac (something I've been avoiding hardcore) so I can do this transcription gig I heard about. Honestly, I'm kind of a typo-monger, so who knows how that'll go. Anyway, hoping to pass this test so my income will, at least, be less erratic.
EDIT (Mon, 9:30ish pm) I passed part one!
Tomorrow, I start part 2 and think it might take a long, long time.
They gave me 161 pages of stuff to read, which took a long time for some reason.
H bought organic quinoa at the store. Man...I fucking love quinoa. I'd eat it exclusively in place of rice if we could afford it. Considering a bag of rice is 79 cents and regular quinoa is $9.50 for slightly less (this one was on sale for $6), it's a tricky thing to talk H into. Anyway, a little chicken stock and some veggies, and deliciousness is sure to ensue. It's also great in soup.
In pondering news, I'm stuck on how many of our sociopolitical issues begin with people believing things about others that aren't actually true.
Wouldn't THAT be something?
Newsroom season finale was last night. Aaron Sorkin, I've never really watched your stuff before, but I am digging the hell out of this.
True Blood finale as well. This whole season has been a giant Fuck You to fans of the show. I imagine it's much worse for people invested in the source material. There's no reason on earth that the writing should be this bad on an HBO show. I honestly suspect that someone is deliberately writing the worst shit they can just to prove that people will still watch.
The word FUCK replaced potentially interesting dialogue at least 12 times an episode. Bill's entire descent into dicketry was flat and unbelievable. That bullshit with Eric and his sister, and Lilith? Lame as fuck.
I get it, Alcide is an attractive man with animal magnetism. We don't really need to see that heaving, panting thing he does every damn episode.
Russel Edgington's demise was absurd. The Salome thing should not have even worked since we already know Vamps don't die just because they have silver in them.
Jason's character has also become stupid(er) and just plain asinine. His antics in the finale were just...dammit HBO, do you think only Jersey Shore fans are watching anymore?
Tara and Pam turned out to be, by a wide margin, the most entertaining thing about the season. Nice for them. But seriously, Fuck You, HBO. Fuck you.
Happily, I made enough money from it that it didn't actually cost anything.
Thank Lilith for small favors, no? ;-]
This week I'm testing for a new day-job gig. If I don't pass, I'll need to get set up with Windows on Ye Olde Mac (something I've been avoiding hardcore) so I can do this transcription gig I heard about. Honestly, I'm kind of a typo-monger, so who knows how that'll go. Anyway, hoping to pass this test so my income will, at least, be less erratic.
EDIT (Mon, 9:30ish pm) I passed part one!
Tomorrow, I start part 2 and think it might take a long, long time.
They gave me 161 pages of stuff to read, which took a long time for some reason.
H bought organic quinoa at the store. Man...I fucking love quinoa. I'd eat it exclusively in place of rice if we could afford it. Considering a bag of rice is 79 cents and regular quinoa is $9.50 for slightly less (this one was on sale for $6), it's a tricky thing to talk H into. Anyway, a little chicken stock and some veggies, and deliciousness is sure to ensue. It's also great in soup.
In pondering news, I'm stuck on how many of our sociopolitical issues begin with people believing things about others that aren't actually true.
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Eden Foods has a 25lb bag, probably for much cheaper than an equivalent weight of 16oz bags. Do you know a restauranteur who could order it for you?
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* I haven't tried it as a meat substitute in anything other than chili, but as far as the chili goes, I ate half the bowl before someone said "what do you think of the quinoa?" and I finally noticed there was no meat in it.
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Good call!