Navel Gazing and TV watching
Science: It's a girl thing. Check the website. And the video.
This is supposed to be a campaign by the European Commission to promote scientific studies to young women and women in science.
Is this for real? Really for real? And why does the website look like a commercial for pads or tampons? (No, I'm sorry, it really is the first thing that came to my mind.) Maybe I could get it if this was sponsored by Elle or Cosmo, but the European Commission?
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I'm not writing. Because I'm on vacation I had imagined I would be writing. It was stupid of me, and I should have known better: I don't want to write when I can write.
The problem is that when vacation is over, I'm going to whine that I don't have the time or the energy to write because of work.
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In one month, about three different people have told me that I was too perfectionist and needed to relax and let got. One of them being Boss. I guess there is an issue when your boss tell you this kind of thing? That I would be feel better and be less anxious if I was less perfectionist and let go a bit.
And I... wow. Really? I had never thought of that!! How could this kind of thing have never come to my mind? I totally see the light now.
Yes. Add sarcasm to the list of my qualities. Or shortcomings, go figure.
(On a side note: This isn't bragging. It is an issue. I know it. Well, I think I know it: I don't feel like I'm 'too perfectionist', I feel like I try to do my best and end up with unsatisfying results. Either way I'm trying to work on it, dumbasses).
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Dear The Newsroom, I thought I liked you. And if one likes that kind of show, you're pretty good. But I'm not sure to like you, actually, and if I do like you, I'm not sure to like it. In short: I has issues with you.
[Spoilers up to 1.06]
#1
I've never seen Sports Night. (I think I watched the pilot, but meh.)
I loved the West Wing.
I didn't like Studio 60. Yes, Mr. Sorkin, you're a good writer. Yes, Mr. Sorkin, you're a better writer than most people. Yes, Mr. Sorkin, you write better shows than most people. (Or you know, you're free to believe it, and it may even be true, that's not the point here.) But when the show you're writing sounds like your soapbox to advertise yourself, and explain why your ways are the good - and possibly only - ones... it becomes an issue for me. Maybe - probably - this wasn't what Studio 60 was about. Sadly, I read it that way, and after a few episodes, I left. If I were petty, given the fate of the show, I'd say I wasn't the only one.
You're doing it again with The Newsroom.
#2
Women. Once. Just once. Just once, could the excessively brilliant, know-it-all, saving the day, bad-tempered, super-smart, smug character NOT be a white male in his forties or fifties? I know, it's a gary-stu closest thing to Mr. Sorkin, but just once, a tiny effort, pretty please. I'll grant you that, it's harder to sell when it's a woman: Will is a clever man with issues; Willa would be an hysterical bitch.
Women again. MacKenzie and the dishonest boyfriend? MacKenzie and the ring? Maggie in awe of a jerk of a boyfriend? Sloan and the 'girl' thing and the "I need wisdom" line assorted with puppy eyes? Seriously?
#3
The Internet. About ten or twelve years ago, the Internet has been mean to Mr. Sorkin.
GET OVER IT. It's already been addressed in The West Wing, it's old news.
As for The Newsroom, I love how Mr. Sorkin thinks how important it is to disclose full name, address and job to be a valid interlocutor. I love (not) how he forgot to explain why anonymity can be useful. I guess that at least, he does show how giving a full name, address and job doesn't prove or prevent anything?
#4
Recycling. Recycling is great for paper bags and water bottles, and if you have a garden, you can even make your own compost. (I won't. It stinks, and I only have a balcony, anyway). You should do it.
Recycling, though, is not so great for fictional characters, relationships between fictional characters, and issues of fictional characters. Then it becomes déjà-vu. Main character threatened to be fired on the pilot? Déjà-vu. Main character forced to work with sassy ex-girlfriend? Déjà-vu. Smartass, smartmouth shrink? Déjà-vu. It's tiny or bigger things, but after a while, above all, it's annoying things. It's not Author being Author; it's Author being repetitive.
So you know, The Newsroom... I like you because I agree with some of the things you say, and because you have great lines. But I'm not sure I like to like you.
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Dear Suits, I ♥ you quite a bit.
[Spoilers up to 2.07]Sure, I could have done without the cliché of the assistant falling for her boss, aka Donna/Harvey. Not that I don't like the idea of Donna/Harvey per se, but now, that way? Meh.
But Louis? Louis/Rachel? (I know, I know.) The mock trial/stake between Jessica and Hardman? And I can do with the hint of Lawyer falling for his Boss (aka Harvey/Jessica), because it's a nice change, and who wouldn't fall for Jessica anyway?
Please, Suits, just don't end up making Louis too nice - too nice being all relative... you know what I mean ;)
This is supposed to be a campaign by the European Commission to promote scientific studies to young women and women in science.
Is this for real? Really for real? And why does the website look like a commercial for pads or tampons? (No, I'm sorry, it really is the first thing that came to my mind.) Maybe I could get it if this was sponsored by Elle or Cosmo, but the European Commission?
- - -
I'm not writing. Because I'm on vacation I had imagined I would be writing. It was stupid of me, and I should have known better: I don't want to write when I can write.
The problem is that when vacation is over, I'm going to whine that I don't have the time or the energy to write because of work.
- - -
In one month, about three different people have told me that I was too perfectionist and needed to relax and let got. One of them being Boss. I guess there is an issue when your boss tell you this kind of thing? That I would be feel better and be less anxious if I was less perfectionist and let go a bit.
And I... wow. Really? I had never thought of that!! How could this kind of thing have never come to my mind? I totally see the light now.
Yes. Add sarcasm to the list of my qualities. Or shortcomings, go figure.
(On a side note: This isn't bragging. It is an issue. I know it. Well, I think I know it: I don't feel like I'm 'too perfectionist', I feel like I try to do my best and end up with unsatisfying results. Either way I'm trying to work on it, dumbasses).
- - -
Dear The Newsroom, I thought I liked you. And if one likes that kind of show, you're pretty good. But I'm not sure to like you, actually, and if I do like you, I'm not sure to like it. In short: I has issues with you.
[Spoilers up to 1.06]
#1
I've never seen Sports Night. (I think I watched the pilot, but meh.)
I loved the West Wing.
I didn't like Studio 60. Yes, Mr. Sorkin, you're a good writer. Yes, Mr. Sorkin, you're a better writer than most people. Yes, Mr. Sorkin, you write better shows than most people. (Or you know, you're free to believe it, and it may even be true, that's not the point here.) But when the show you're writing sounds like your soapbox to advertise yourself, and explain why your ways are the good - and possibly only - ones... it becomes an issue for me. Maybe - probably - this wasn't what Studio 60 was about. Sadly, I read it that way, and after a few episodes, I left. If I were petty, given the fate of the show, I'd say I wasn't the only one.
You're doing it again with The Newsroom.
#2
Women. Once. Just once. Just once, could the excessively brilliant, know-it-all, saving the day, bad-tempered, super-smart, smug character NOT be a white male in his forties or fifties? I know, it's a gary-stu closest thing to Mr. Sorkin, but just once, a tiny effort, pretty please. I'll grant you that, it's harder to sell when it's a woman: Will is a clever man with issues; Willa would be an hysterical bitch.
Women again. MacKenzie and the dishonest boyfriend? MacKenzie and the ring? Maggie in awe of a jerk of a boyfriend? Sloan and the 'girl' thing and the "I need wisdom" line assorted with puppy eyes? Seriously?
#3
The Internet. About ten or twelve years ago, the Internet has been mean to Mr. Sorkin.
GET OVER IT. It's already been addressed in The West Wing, it's old news.
As for The Newsroom, I love how Mr. Sorkin thinks how important it is to disclose full name, address and job to be a valid interlocutor. I love (not) how he forgot to explain why anonymity can be useful. I guess that at least, he does show how giving a full name, address and job doesn't prove or prevent anything?
#4
Recycling. Recycling is great for paper bags and water bottles, and if you have a garden, you can even make your own compost. (I won't. It stinks, and I only have a balcony, anyway). You should do it.
Recycling, though, is not so great for fictional characters, relationships between fictional characters, and issues of fictional characters. Then it becomes déjà-vu. Main character threatened to be fired on the pilot? Déjà-vu. Main character forced to work with sassy ex-girlfriend? Déjà-vu. Smartass, smartmouth shrink? Déjà-vu. It's tiny or bigger things, but after a while, above all, it's annoying things. It's not Author being Author; it's Author being repetitive.
So you know, The Newsroom... I like you because I agree with some of the things you say, and because you have great lines. But I'm not sure I like to like you.
- - -
Dear Suits, I ♥ you quite a bit.
[Spoilers up to 2.07]Sure, I could have done without the cliché of the assistant falling for her boss, aka Donna/Harvey. Not that I don't like the idea of Donna/Harvey per se, but now, that way? Meh.
But Louis? Louis/Rachel? (I know, I know.) The mock trial/stake between Jessica and Hardman? And I can do with the hint of Lawyer falling for his Boss (aka Harvey/Jessica), because it's a nice change, and who wouldn't fall for Jessica anyway?
Please, Suits, just don't end up making Louis too nice - too nice being all relative... you know what I mean ;)