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Aug. 17th, 2015 10:32 amApparently, the Arnold voice on Waze was only for a limited time. :( Now it's back to the boring voice selections from before. I wish you could install your own voices. I'm sure someone somewhere would find a way to bring the Terminator back.
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I've been working every evening on the outline for my book, but I'm starting to get nervous because I don't see an end in sight. I don't know how to bring it all to a conclusion! So I just keep having stuff happen, that the characters then need to react to... but what's the payoff moment? Or the ultimate conclusion? I DON'T KNOW.
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jade_okelani and I watched -- well, partially watched -- the leaked pilot episode of Lucifer, which stars an actor we both love, Tom Ellis. I am sad to report that the show is TERRIBLE. Or rather, that the pilot is terrible. It's loosely based on a comic book character from Neil Gaiman's The Sandman? No way. If by "loosely" they mean "to the point of no resemblance at all" then sure. It's seriously awful. You know those "paint by numbers" books for kids and adults with no artistic talent whatsoever (me)? It was the TV show version of that. It's like every single detective show ever -- Castle, Dexter, Psych, Forever, etc. -- only with Lucifer in the detective role. Except unlike those other shows, there is absolutely nothing charming or unique about it. Well, okay, Tom Ellis is charming, but even he can't make this dreck work. Every character is predictable, the lines are cheesy, the situations retreads... ugh. Of course the tough lady cop is immune to his Satanic charms (which are murkily established, so they can change course and make other shit up later, I'm sure). And of course she's a tough lady cop. And of course, even though he's the effing DEVIL, within the first episode we already see him care about someone (who of course gets killed, which sparks his desire to detect stuff), a total random character, which means the devil caring about someone isn't even a special thing -- which you'd think it would be. And given his powers, why the hell (pardon the pun) would he need the help of any human beings at all? And yet he's all excited that the cop will let him tag along on her investigation? UGH.
I sort of want the show to succeed, if only to spite right-wing Christian groups who are criticizing it for "glorifying Satan." They're actually doing the show a favor by creating all this publicity about it and making people like me want it to succeed. If they'd just shut their traps, the show would go away on its own because it is legit terrible. Maybe if it gets really good later I can give it another shot, but it's starting from such a low place I don't know if it can improve that much. There are certain shows that are right on the cusp of being decent/watchable, and just need the right push, but this isn't one of them.
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jade_okelani has never seen Psych, and I haven't seen the last season or two, but to wash the taste of Lucifer from our mouths we started watching it. I remember being "meh" on the show initially, but the beginning is better than I remember... maybe because in comparison to Lucifer it's completely brilliant, but more likely because I already know and like the characters this time around. :))
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Due to
adelagia's bad influence, and YouTube vids, I've been experimenting with a lot of hair products recently (it's fun!). I'm a new fan of using a flat iron to curl one's hair. It's quick and easy, and burning myself isn't a high probability.
I've also now used a curling wand, which is basically a curling iron without the clamp. ( The good and bad. )
( Some products I've used recently! )
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I've been working every evening on the outline for my book, but I'm starting to get nervous because I don't see an end in sight. I don't know how to bring it all to a conclusion! So I just keep having stuff happen, that the characters then need to react to... but what's the payoff moment? Or the ultimate conclusion? I DON'T KNOW.
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I sort of want the show to succeed, if only to spite right-wing Christian groups who are criticizing it for "glorifying Satan." They're actually doing the show a favor by creating all this publicity about it and making people like me want it to succeed. If they'd just shut their traps, the show would go away on its own because it is legit terrible. Maybe if it gets really good later I can give it another shot, but it's starting from such a low place I don't know if it can improve that much. There are certain shows that are right on the cusp of being decent/watchable, and just need the right push, but this isn't one of them.
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I've also now used a curling wand, which is basically a curling iron without the clamp. ( The good and bad. )
( Some products I've used recently! )