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Owel, never posted about TG this year, the first time I haven't spent it in NYC. I mean, I zoomed with the fam, but I hated missing out on the feasting. Its funny, because last year was prolly one of our biggest Thanksgiving's ever, what with Uncle C and his family coming since A came down from Cornell in addition to the usual guests.
But people from non-contiguous states need to quarantine, and obviously I didn't have time to do that. Plus, I'm not gonna be on a metal tube for a couple hours with a bunch of people and possibly get something and spread it to a bunch of 70 year olds.
Anyways, did get to do some feasting since I went to the ex-roomie's. I don't go anywhere and he doesn't go anywhere, so we figured it was pretty safe it was just the two of us. And he's a great cook. Man, his turkey was great, the skin was melt in your mouth buttery. But yeah, had lots of good fixins and got to take some home.
Alas, won't make it to NYC for Christmas either. Which again, I'm not going to get on a plane and then potentially bring disease with me and risk the fam. But it sucks not to be there and there won't be a feast. I mean, even if I was up there, its not like there's anything to do since everything is closed. So no shows to see. Not that we did anything last year.
Which is a perfect segue to Netflix's "The Prom". I think the reviews are scattered, but I really enjoyed it. I know the biggest complaint was Corden leaned a little too heavy into the gay stereotype, which he did, but it wasn't as off putting to me as it was to others, so it didn't ruin the experience.
Also, what's up with them having an Ashley Garcia Christmas Special when the show is canceled? Its just cruel and mean. They don't even address the cliffhanger, everything is fine and hunky-dory. So when Ashley hit her head and imagined herself in the future and asked Brooke why Tad and Stick weren't talking to each other, I laughed. Like the answer on the ep was she left and their friend group fell apart, but I couldn't help but think of the cliffhanger and be all, "Ida know, maybe because you were dating Tad and Brooke was dating Stick and everything was cool between everyone, then your recording where you admit you had feelings for Stick before he started going out with Brooke accidentally got leaked to all of them?!"
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Man, I am loving the end of the week lately, with Star Trek Discovery on Thursdays and the Mandalorian on Fridays. I'm enjoying the current Discovery season. But heh, something just occurred to me yesterday. During Mirror Philippa's training session, I realize, that must be an actual gym with real equipment and not a holo deck? Because they kinda missed holodecks. Since Discovery started during the TOS era, they predate holodecks, and then they jumped a millennia into the future, so the crew never got to experience that. And I doubt they could retrofit Discovery with one.
Anyways, I love any incursion into the mirror universe, so last ep was fun. But wait, so even though they're hinting Owosekun and Detmer might be a thing in the prime universe, are they enemies in the mirrorverse? Because Joann is the head of Philippa's honor guard, but during the unveiling of the Charon, it sure seemed like Keyla was one of Michael's fellow conspirators!
And man, the Mandalorian bring all the cool guests and great action. I know some people are upset at the deep dive into all things Star Wars. Like those really were Dark Troopers from the games, and Operation Cinder was actually a Star Wars Battlefront II reference, so they're really digging into all sorts of things. But whatever, I love it.
Also binged the Hardy Boys on Hulu this week. I enjoyed it. I think its the show people were hoping they'd get when CW's Nancy Drew was announced, and it turned out to be friggin crazy. Now as much as I like that show, its pretty out there, people are just like, "Oh, hauntings and ghosts and vengeful spirits, sure, that's a thing!" But yeah, the Hardy Boys is way more grounded- now there is a slight supernatural element, but otherwise its pretty much just two young brothers and their friends trying to figure out a big mystery.
Other stuff I've been watching? Been watching some Anime- Magical Girl Spec Ops Asuka, and Gate: Thus the JSDF fought there, and all of the Certain Magical Index/Certain Scientific Railgun/Certain Scientific Accelerator stuff. Which, I really like that universe. And thankfully its dubbed on Funimation. But I'm so used to being late on this that I was shocked that the dub for the latest season of Railgun hadn't been done yet, so I had to wait a week or two to see the last ep in English.
Same for Fire Force. I'm on the second season of that, and while the second season is done, its only up to ep 14 in English. The dubbed ep 15 should be out today though.
Then there's hallmark, binged a whole lot of those. I think my favorites so far are "One Royal Holiday" with Aaron Tevit and the cute Laura Osnes, Holly and Ivy where Mona Van Der Waal resolves to fix up the house she bought with the help of Winn Schott so she can adopt a dying Hermione Lodges' kids before she croaks. Then there's "Christmas With the Darlings", where Nyssa Al Ghul helps her boss' brother with a N'er Do Well Reputation take care of their orphaned nieces and nephews.
Oh, I guess I also liked "A Timeless Christmas", where the Pink Time Force Ranger helps a dude who was thrust forward a century in time.
Heh, this past week's "A Little Christmas Charm" with Ashley Greene, it was a little frustrating because the manufactured drama was because she overheard the main guy's texts because he had it set to dictate them when they came in. Like, who does that? Granted, he was cooking, but at the same time, he also had a guest coming, so I would think to avoid awkwardness, you wouldn't turn that feature on.
But people from non-contiguous states need to quarantine, and obviously I didn't have time to do that. Plus, I'm not gonna be on a metal tube for a couple hours with a bunch of people and possibly get something and spread it to a bunch of 70 year olds.
Anyways, did get to do some feasting since I went to the ex-roomie's. I don't go anywhere and he doesn't go anywhere, so we figured it was pretty safe it was just the two of us. And he's a great cook. Man, his turkey was great, the skin was melt in your mouth buttery. But yeah, had lots of good fixins and got to take some home.
Alas, won't make it to NYC for Christmas either. Which again, I'm not going to get on a plane and then potentially bring disease with me and risk the fam. But it sucks not to be there and there won't be a feast. I mean, even if I was up there, its not like there's anything to do since everything is closed. So no shows to see. Not that we did anything last year.
Which is a perfect segue to Netflix's "The Prom". I think the reviews are scattered, but I really enjoyed it. I know the biggest complaint was Corden leaned a little too heavy into the gay stereotype, which he did, but it wasn't as off putting to me as it was to others, so it didn't ruin the experience.
Also, what's up with them having an Ashley Garcia Christmas Special when the show is canceled? Its just cruel and mean. They don't even address the cliffhanger, everything is fine and hunky-dory. So when Ashley hit her head and imagined herself in the future and asked Brooke why Tad and Stick weren't talking to each other, I laughed. Like the answer on the ep was she left and their friend group fell apart, but I couldn't help but think of the cliffhanger and be all, "Ida know, maybe because you were dating Tad and Brooke was dating Stick and everything was cool between everyone, then your recording where you admit you had feelings for Stick before he started going out with Brooke accidentally got leaked to all of them?!"
More TV commentary:
Man, I am loving the end of the week lately, with Star Trek Discovery on Thursdays and the Mandalorian on Fridays. I'm enjoying the current Discovery season. But heh, something just occurred to me yesterday. During Mirror Philippa's training session, I realize, that must be an actual gym with real equipment and not a holo deck? Because they kinda missed holodecks. Since Discovery started during the TOS era, they predate holodecks, and then they jumped a millennia into the future, so the crew never got to experience that. And I doubt they could retrofit Discovery with one.
Anyways, I love any incursion into the mirror universe, so last ep was fun. But wait, so even though they're hinting Owosekun and Detmer might be a thing in the prime universe, are they enemies in the mirrorverse? Because Joann is the head of Philippa's honor guard, but during the unveiling of the Charon, it sure seemed like Keyla was one of Michael's fellow conspirators!
And man, the Mandalorian bring all the cool guests and great action. I know some people are upset at the deep dive into all things Star Wars. Like those really were Dark Troopers from the games, and Operation Cinder was actually a Star Wars Battlefront II reference, so they're really digging into all sorts of things. But whatever, I love it.
Also binged the Hardy Boys on Hulu this week. I enjoyed it. I think its the show people were hoping they'd get when CW's Nancy Drew was announced, and it turned out to be friggin crazy. Now as much as I like that show, its pretty out there, people are just like, "Oh, hauntings and ghosts and vengeful spirits, sure, that's a thing!" But yeah, the Hardy Boys is way more grounded- now there is a slight supernatural element, but otherwise its pretty much just two young brothers and their friends trying to figure out a big mystery.
Other stuff I've been watching? Been watching some Anime- Magical Girl Spec Ops Asuka, and Gate: Thus the JSDF fought there, and all of the Certain Magical Index/Certain Scientific Railgun/Certain Scientific Accelerator stuff. Which, I really like that universe. And thankfully its dubbed on Funimation. But I'm so used to being late on this that I was shocked that the dub for the latest season of Railgun hadn't been done yet, so I had to wait a week or two to see the last ep in English.
Same for Fire Force. I'm on the second season of that, and while the second season is done, its only up to ep 14 in English. The dubbed ep 15 should be out today though.
Then there's hallmark, binged a whole lot of those. I think my favorites so far are "One Royal Holiday" with Aaron Tevit and the cute Laura Osnes, Holly and Ivy where Mona Van Der Waal resolves to fix up the house she bought with the help of Winn Schott so she can adopt a dying Hermione Lodges' kids before she croaks. Then there's "Christmas With the Darlings", where Nyssa Al Ghul helps her boss' brother with a N'er Do Well Reputation take care of their orphaned nieces and nephews.
Oh, I guess I also liked "A Timeless Christmas", where the Pink Time Force Ranger helps a dude who was thrust forward a century in time.
Heh, this past week's "A Little Christmas Charm" with Ashley Greene, it was a little frustrating because the manufactured drama was because she overheard the main guy's texts because he had it set to dictate them when they came in. Like, who does that? Granted, he was cooking, but at the same time, he also had a guest coming, so I would think to avoid awkwardness, you wouldn't turn that feature on.