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#moodsnapshot #2018

OK, Rez. You ate food. You paid your 30-minute cardio debt to the Not Dying gods. You watched good TV that reminded you how exciting sharp dialogue can feel, and you found evidence of the same thing in your script.

Now shut the fuck up, quit fidgeting, and FINISH it, stupid clever cat!

#BasicallyADDThings

@LeDiva Oh holy crap, and I think that's the late Trish Keenan's Broadcast dubbed over the final scene. OK, I am in love with this show. :D

@LeDiva A bit, yeah? But it's got a much more leisurely pace than any Coen or Coen-adjacent production I've seen. It's got a much gentler touch than Lebowski, and... honestly, the humor almost feels more like Ken Keelerish? Just that, so much of it comes from constant little subversions of the joke you're expecting. And it's been pretty sincere about its occult/Pynchon leanings so far. Yeah, in general it just feels a lot more... earnest than Lebowski? More character than plot driven.

@LeDiva Of course, madam. The management would be pleased to provide you with this alternate selection.

After one episode, Lodge 49 is far better than I'd expected, and every bit as meandering. I'm enjoying how efficiently they're getting their character and story bits in-- so they can basically spend the rest of the episode "just kinda hangin' out." It really does feel very... Californian. Nothing happens, but it brings great ambition to that nothing.

@001zlnv I realize it's the wrong Sportsball, but the night I was stuck downtown overnight when the Red Sox won the pennant for the first time in umpty-whocares years was one of the most frightening experiences of my life. Fans are horrible. >___<

psych

but you are a good citizen for keeping up an interest in all this (though anyone who has to nope out for personal reasons is also good and valid)

so here is a ludicrous number of corgis as your reward <3

@001zlnv The slamhound is the goodest dog. ;_;

<3

This seems like a good day to get really stoned, turn the heat up until I'm disgustingly comfortable, put some good media on the background, pick a thing, and do the hell out of that thing until it's done, so I don't have to think about anything else.

The urge is about half hedonism and half "oh god blot everything else out so I don't have to sit here fretting over it." Pretty good for these days, honestly.

@hummingrain Heh, oops, sorry! It's early and large chunks of my brain are non-operational, and my timeline is flooded with Title IX stuff this morning.

Same principle, though-- the opposition is good at sounding puffed up and scary, but I don't think much of this is going to outlast Trump. Genuinely scary and hostile as they are, I've noticed this very encouraging trend of these people scattering the moment they have to actually BUILD anything or COOPERATE with one another...

Also note that this is NOT the first time, by a long shot, that the Republicans have made an assault on Title IX... that previous attacks have FAILED and been withdrawn... and that even Republicans in charge have basically said "Um... ignore that guy and do what you were doing" in response to these efforts. See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity_under_Title_IX#Texas_v._United_States

I can't promise for certain we're gonna be OK, my darling kittens, but we sure as hell haven't lost yet.

@Phorm @troodon @001zlnv But was all that fit that "this could never happen" negative? Gay marriage, weed legalization, and universal healthcare were never supposed to happen in the first place, either. Now at least the first two have proven unassailable, and the third has been pretty resilient despite this sleazeball and his allies' repeated efforts.

Sorry to be contrary! 😽​ But I think it's important to keep the good stuff in mind too.

@Phorm @troodon @001zlnv This is gonna be a real hard sell, outside the base, to a nation that already largely distrusts Trump and was already starting to think "Huh, TG folks are showing up on my TV and movies and acting like normal people. They might not be so bad." That won us the gay marriage debate good and hard, and while this is a much worse political clime... I'm hopeful this is the Far Right licking a big ol' cultural bear trap. :D