the saints can't help me now
- My long black wool coat, which I wore literally until it fell apart, fell apart this morning. Sigh. At least it is finally warming up? A little? The blue wool coat is too heavy for 40-50 degree days, which is where we are now, so my blue jacket will have to suffice. But I loved that coat. It fit well and was roomy enough to wear a fleecy and a big sweater under and also had inside pockets like men's coats do. I wonder if they still sell it. I mean, it's a long black wool single-breasted coat. It shouldn't ever not be available right?
- So. My review went well, as these things go. They said a bunch of really nice things about me, so there's that. There are of course improvements to be made and also I at least now know who my direct supervisor is going to be going forward, and hopefully there will be some more transparent communication forthcoming in terms of stuff they want me to know about so I can do all the stuff they want me to do.
- I can't even discuss last night's Flash without an inappropriate amount of anger, which I know has more to do with timing and personal stuff than the show (though the choices made would have still made me angry prior to now, I probably would have shrugged it off a little bit more). I mean, at least it wasn't Cisco or Barry (WHY WAS HE NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM? WTF?) who ripped the amulet off Caitlin to revive her as Killer Frost even though she EXPLICITLY TOLD THEM SHE'D RATHER DIE. And as I said, perhaps if I'd seen this before my brother, sister, and I stood in an ICU corridor to discuss signing off on a DNR for my dad, I might have been angrier about why Caitlin's powers IMMEDIATELY TURN HER EVIL rather than Julian overriding her explicitly stated choice - and I mean, I am still angry about that, but I just had a white hot flare of rage when Julian did the thing, even though I totally knew he was going to do it. And if he hadn't, I would have been enraged that they killed off a female main character after basically giving her nothing interesting to do most of the time, while also replaying the other main female character's death OVER AND OVER again. I just. What the fuck, Flash writers? What the everloving fuck? That's without even addressing the other moral fuckery going on. I mean what.
- reading meme! It's been a few weeks, huh?
What I've just finished
DC Bombshells volumes 1 and 2, which I highly recommend if you like lady (adult) superheroes kicking Nazi ass up and down the European theater while lady (teenage) superheroes hold down the fort in Gotham (and elsewhere, but we only see the ones in Gotham). And why wouldn't you?! Do I think the Trump metaphor worked? Not all that well. Did I overall enjoy these two volumes a lot? HELL YES I DID. We've got Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Stargirl, Batwoman, a whole roster of Batgirls (and one Robin!), Catwoman, Zatanna, Mera, Huntress, Harley & Ivy (I feel like I might be missing someone? I'm still surprised Canary hasn't shown up yet), plus Amanda Waller. I even like the cheesecakey art, which is loving and fun, rather than gross and off-putting.
Technically I did not finish The Guineveres because it had to go back to the library and I guess I wasn't really feeling it, since it felt like a chore to open it up even on all the long trainrides I had this month.
What I'm reading now
I put aside Hidden Figures, which I own, in favor of library books, so now it's Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, which I am enjoying immensely. I plan to get back to Hidden Figures soon.
I'm also in the middle of volume 3 of DC Bombshells but they are clearly not collecting them fast enough for me.
What I'm reading next
I kind of went on a book-buying spree recently when there was a sale of ebooks for $2.99 and under, so I have even more stuff to choose from. And there's always the library, ready to spring something on me all unawares. So who knows?
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- So. My review went well, as these things go. They said a bunch of really nice things about me, so there's that. There are of course improvements to be made and also I at least now know who my direct supervisor is going to be going forward, and hopefully there will be some more transparent communication forthcoming in terms of stuff they want me to know about so I can do all the stuff they want me to do.
- I can't even discuss last night's Flash without an inappropriate amount of anger, which I know has more to do with timing and personal stuff than the show (though the choices made would have still made me angry prior to now, I probably would have shrugged it off a little bit more). I mean, at least it wasn't Cisco or Barry (WHY WAS HE NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM? WTF?) who ripped the amulet off Caitlin to revive her as Killer Frost even though she EXPLICITLY TOLD THEM SHE'D RATHER DIE. And as I said, perhaps if I'd seen this before my brother, sister, and I stood in an ICU corridor to discuss signing off on a DNR for my dad, I might have been angrier about why Caitlin's powers IMMEDIATELY TURN HER EVIL rather than Julian overriding her explicitly stated choice - and I mean, I am still angry about that, but I just had a white hot flare of rage when Julian did the thing, even though I totally knew he was going to do it. And if he hadn't, I would have been enraged that they killed off a female main character after basically giving her nothing interesting to do most of the time, while also replaying the other main female character's death OVER AND OVER again. I just. What the fuck, Flash writers? What the everloving fuck? That's without even addressing the other moral fuckery going on. I mean what.
- reading meme! It's been a few weeks, huh?
What I've just finished
DC Bombshells volumes 1 and 2, which I highly recommend if you like lady (adult) superheroes kicking Nazi ass up and down the European theater while lady (teenage) superheroes hold down the fort in Gotham (and elsewhere, but we only see the ones in Gotham). And why wouldn't you?! Do I think the Trump metaphor worked? Not all that well. Did I overall enjoy these two volumes a lot? HELL YES I DID. We've got Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Stargirl, Batwoman, a whole roster of Batgirls (and one Robin!), Catwoman, Zatanna, Mera, Huntress, Harley & Ivy (I feel like I might be missing someone? I'm still surprised Canary hasn't shown up yet), plus Amanda Waller. I even like the cheesecakey art, which is loving and fun, rather than gross and off-putting.
Technically I did not finish The Guineveres because it had to go back to the library and I guess I wasn't really feeling it, since it felt like a chore to open it up even on all the long trainrides I had this month.
What I'm reading now
I put aside Hidden Figures, which I own, in favor of library books, so now it's Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, which I am enjoying immensely. I plan to get back to Hidden Figures soon.
I'm also in the middle of volume 3 of DC Bombshells but they are clearly not collecting them fast enough for me.
What I'm reading next
I kind of went on a book-buying spree recently when there was a sale of ebooks for $2.99 and under, so I have even more stuff to choose from. And there's always the library, ready to spring something on me all unawares. So who knows?
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This entry at DW: http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/919859.html.