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  1. here’s a positive bit of mental health story, because once in a blue moon I’m capable of generating those in my life too. I made friends with the elderly gentlemen at radiation therapy. The way to make friends with elderly gentlemen, I find, is to be able to give directions to lost patients better than them. They are really adorable people and since we started chatting they no longer look at me like I have two heads. Because the first time I walk through a hospital door and meet new patients, especially male patients, there’s always this disbelieving shock on their face which morphs into pain and then into discomfort. But now we made friends I can chat to them and be cheerful and nice and they don’t feel bad for me and we are just people in the same boat. And that’s beautiful and it gives me life and I hope it gives all of us life. My most favorite and comforting activity at this point is making friends with fellow patients. Because nobody understands the way we understand one another.
  2. I finished The Hobbit. I do appreciate it and the style has sort of grown on me, but I still stand by my previous statement that the ideal age to read this book for the first time is 10-14. What was interesting to me is the difference to the movies which I had seen ten years ago when they came out. At times it felt like the movies colored in the pages with details, other times it felt like “oh so that was fanfiction”. Either way, I do appreciate The Hobbit and if and when I have a child of my own, I will be sure to read it to/with them.
  3. 3 season late, but Bones the series finally asked the question I’ve been asking since season 2: how are Angela and Brennan even friends? of course they didn’t answer the question just glossed over it with a lofty gesture. Oh well.
  4. I wouldn’t be so sure of that. We anticipated the same last September
  5. I had been telling my mother to do this for 20 years because if she flunks them she’s only making extra work for herself. Not sure if it was age or lockdown that softened her eventually, but she curves tests now too. And I learned a new expression.
  6. Starting radiation therapy today, can’t wait to have two heads and go on a vacation when the 4 weeks are up. This is also an excuse for me to have breakfast and coffee at an artisan bakery every. single. day. for 4 weeks because I deserve a reward system. And I also deserve new athleisure clothing items because who wants to commute to radiation therapy early in the morning dressed ugly OR uncomfortable? It’s only the simplest yet purest logic.
  7. About two tablespoons of leftover dal tadka, and inch of leftover Camembert cheese, an apple, two slices of leftover Gouda cheese and four pieces of Manner Neapolitaner. I guess it’s all going to the same place.
  8. I’ve got back to Bones season 5 after the Last Kingdom detour. I’m quite pleased with my facial recognition and face memory as google promptly proved that the Russian villainess is, as I within 30 seconds of screentime thought, played by Jane the Virgin’s Justin Baldoni’s wife Emily Baldoni who went by a different surname at the time of Bones. Aside from that,
  9. @Jez Bell thank you so much for hosting the game and coming up with so many creative ideas for rounds and even bonus rounds! We really really appreciate you!!!!
  10. Anytime anybody asked me what was my pet peeve I could never really give a proper answer because I thought I didn’t have one. No particular thing annoyed me in a way that stood out from other things that annoyed me. Until now. This one thing always annoyed me, per we, but with my social circle aging to late 20s-early 30s my level of annoyance at it quadrupled. I know what my pet peeve is now. It’s when an adult, a grown-ass woman approaching or just past 30 years of age is unable to run her life and entertain herself for 5 goddamn days on her own without a partner/spouse, who’s away for business or leisure without her. STOHP IT. You can take the trash down on your own, you can get to work on your own, you can spend your free time on your own, your life makes sense if you eat a meal alone or step out of your apartment alone. And trust me, believe me, neither the thunderstorm, nor the emergency repairman you have to call yourself is going to kill you. I realize that my level of hyper independence is also not in the healthy range of the gauss curve but dude no adult should break down in hysterics when they have to manage without their partner for days, not even weeks, day-yz that I can count on one hand. FFS.
  11. The Last Kingdom for all the shortcomings of season 5, the series finale delivered. Battle choreography was glorious, characterization was strong, there’s nothing like a fine after battle celebration as we know since Star Wars, and overall I was left happy for the protagonist. It was a worthy end to Uhtred’s journey and a believably positive ending to the web of plot they have woven over 5 seasons. a few minor complaints
  12. Sh good luck with the dissertation, you can do it, you can do it! haha, you’re right I should! I might as well
  13. Last Kingdom I’m not saying the execution isn’t powerful, because it is, the actors are pulling the weight, the shots are beautiful. But the story is really struggling to generate itself. costume design is a disgrace. You cannot have a baby-faced actress who isn’t even 30 play the grieve stricken dowager Queen and expect the scene to be taken seriously. Eliza Butterworth acts the stars down from the sky as Aelswith, but it just doesn’t work because her character should be at least 50 years old, and Eliza is and looks twenty-something. She stands out in every group shot, she looks younger than her daughter and could barely even pass as Aelfwynn’s mother. How do you not use cgi or prosthetics or even simple drugstore makeup to make her face drier, older, more worn out, more sunken. I understand that she’s a naturally beautiful actress with amazing skin, but this is not the time or place for flashing her good genetics and skin care. It just takes so much away from the scene and the moment.
  14. My condolences to you and your family @Howlin' Howland May she rest in peace.
  15. I am a literal needle cushion. my belly hurts and there’s no room for more hormone injections. My left arm vein is inflamed because there’s only so much blood work and contrast agent branulas it can handle. Looks like a proper heroine addict, I could be an arm double in a movie. So I’m going to an art gallery and shopping and I’ll have a croissant for breakfast because I deserve that at least, if Hollywood won’t hire my arm.
  16. I finished Intercept which proved itself as an interesting and for me, just deep enough discussion of internet, data, cyber security and what they meant for international relations and espionage throughout the 20th century. I also listened to Genghis Khan the making of the modern world this one was a cognitive orgasm for me, it’s been ages since I consumed a book that I enjoyed to this degree. All the game of thrones spin offs can go F off, I want a series about Genghis Khan. What a life, what a legacy, what a book. (I don’t care about how historically accurate this work is, I’m sure there’s professional disagreement and varying interpretations, the point for me is and was that listening to this book sent fireworks into my weary brain and it was the best non fiction read of the past 12 months at least). The book is quite strong at storytelling, it’s not scientific, boring or dry at all (in fact in the beginning I felt like the author was being super dramatic - emphasized by narration as well). Highly highly recommend. I am however struggling to finish The Hobbit. Yet again this is something I should have read in my early teens and would have appreciated it a lot. Now it’s just not enough to stimulate my brain. But I would read it to my hypothetical child.
  17. I’m sitting on the tram thinking about how late I am and how much I wish I had time to stop for a coffee and snack, and this billboard rolls up: I’m not late, the world is the one to hurry. So I wish, mate, so I wish.
  18. That Sounds perfect, I would have been happy with end of Friday as well, but this is even better.
  19. 24???? How? I’m requesting an extension now, please!
  20. Yaaaaay, what are your plans? Any cool trips, travel destinations on the table? I really really really want to plan some staycations at least, perhaps a Vienna day trip or something similarly close. Not sure anything farther will happen, but I’m a spring/autumn traveler anyway. And if things go well I might make it to the UK for an early autumn vacation. But that’s more of a wish than anything else at this point and I’ll be okay if it doesn’t happen.
  21. I’m watching Last Kingdom season 5 - yes I’m very late to the game. But I need to finish the series before I watch the film, right? wheeeeeeeeeeellllllll
  22. No significant news. Still waiting for results to start treatment. To pass time I’m getting my eggs frozen for a future fertility safety net. Not that the world needs my genes or any poor soul my parenting. But you know, never say never.
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