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thenerdygirl) wrote2015-08-17 11:25 am
thenerdygirl) wrote2015-08-17 11:25 am
Faster than a speeding mullet
Today’s subject line is a chapter title from the electron resource Superman: the unauthorized biography by Weldon Glen. One of my favourite things about working at a library is just seeing the odd titles used. Sadly this resource was being removed when I saw it so I never got to read the chapter but I’m sure it would have been entertaining. I remember Superman's 90s mullet, along with that black and silver costume though I think it was still better than the Superman Blue/Red electricity look.
Overall my weekend was good but pretty quiet. Saturday was spent running errands, making tacos with John and watching Bones on Netflix, also with John. He’s a big fan of the show and related books so he’s gotten me into watching it. It’s interesting because I dislike the main character Temperance but yet find that I’m sort of addicted to watching it. At least I like watching the secondary characters. Have you ever watched a show where you hated the main character or characters but loved the secondary characters?
As for Sunday, I didn’t do much during the day but at night I went to a bridal shower for a woman named Sam who will be marrying my younger cousin Albert next month. I went because Mom didn’t want to go along and I was expecting it to be dull and awkward since I don’t know Sam or her friends/family but it was surprisingly fun. The party Great Gatsby themed, there were lots of great little games, and the two hours flew by. Normally I hate showers, baby or wedding so it was really nice to go to one and not spend the whole time wishing I could leave.
After the shower I went home, watched Defiance & a bit of Cutthroat Kitchen with John before heading off to bed. All in all, it was a nice relaxing weekend.
Random: Greek Mythology as described by tumblr. I always get a kick out of these descriptions so thought I'd share.
Overall my weekend was good but pretty quiet. Saturday was spent running errands, making tacos with John and watching Bones on Netflix, also with John. He’s a big fan of the show and related books so he’s gotten me into watching it. It’s interesting because I dislike the main character Temperance but yet find that I’m sort of addicted to watching it. At least I like watching the secondary characters. Have you ever watched a show where you hated the main character or characters but loved the secondary characters?
As for Sunday, I didn’t do much during the day but at night I went to a bridal shower for a woman named Sam who will be marrying my younger cousin Albert next month. I went because Mom didn’t want to go along and I was expecting it to be dull and awkward since I don’t know Sam or her friends/family but it was surprisingly fun. The party Great Gatsby themed, there were lots of great little games, and the two hours flew by. Normally I hate showers, baby or wedding so it was really nice to go to one and not spend the whole time wishing I could leave.
After the shower I went home, watched Defiance & a bit of Cutthroat Kitchen with John before heading off to bed. All in all, it was a nice relaxing weekend.
Random: Greek Mythology as described by tumblr. I always get a kick out of these descriptions so thought I'd share.
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Capslocked YES! I get that pretty much all the time, and especially with procedural shows, where they like to give their main characters all the angst of protagonist-driven drama shows, but less of the air time to actually, y'know, explore any of it. Lilly Rush on Cold Case is my go-to example -- she got a new breed of angst or potential development every week, but the show's focus was about 87% on the guest cast / crime of the week so she never got more than two scenes to actually deal with any of it.
Also, on a more petulant and shallow level, if I'm more interested in the background characters to begin with, especially ones with very little screen-time in the first place (looking at you, Fringe) I tend to get annoyed with the main character much more easily because I'm seeing so much more of them than the characters I'm actually invested in.
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