Back home.
Even with a seamless trip it's a grind.
But we did manage to go out to brunch twice, which is a nice new thing for Jacqueline.
Mostly she wants to sleep and her appetite is wonky but she dug in.
Mighty fine shindig.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - May 29, 2023 9:49:22 am PDT #22444 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
erikaj - May 29, 2023 10:46:55 am PDT #22445 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Tina passed suddenly, but I'm grateful, since she tended to be an anxious little kitty, that no hard choices were required. Hec, glad to read that JZ is feeling more lively.(ETA)
Sheryl - May 29, 2023 2:27:00 pm PDT #22446 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm sorry, Cass.
Back from Balticon. It was a good con.
Cass - May 30, 2023 12:00:29 am PDT #22447 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I’m glad the con was good. You guys need some decompression time.
Tom Scola - May 30, 2023 7:52:09 am PDT #22448 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
A big article just dropped about the toxic culture on Lost: [link]
Matt the Bruins fan - May 30, 2023 10:46:41 am PDT #22449 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Whoa, that's quite a read. At least Lindelhof had the self-awareness to appear shamed and remorseful by all the accounts that the writer brought up. Cuse's responses sound very much like "How could I, a powerful white man with the latitude to fire anyone I wanted, possibly have done anything wrong?"
Jesse - May 30, 2023 11:44:12 am PDT #22450 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Damn. And Javier Grillo-Marxuach expands even more in a statement linked here: [link]
Tom Scola - May 30, 2023 12:11:04 pm PDT #22451 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
And that's just one chapter of her book where she talks about other shows like SNL and Sleepy Hollow.
Dana - May 30, 2023 12:22:37 pm PDT #22452 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
It's really interesting, given that Lindelhof went on to make the Watchmen series. (Interesting, in the sense that nothing excuses creating or supporting that kind of shitty environment.) It seems like he's learned better, for whatever that's worth to people.
askye - May 30, 2023 1:32:47 pm PDT #22453 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I'm definitely going to read that book. I'm not surprised about Lost being a toxic set. I can't really pin point why but just from things I'd read about storylines and choices that were made it seems to make sense.
I've had an interesting day. M's uncle went in to get a stent placed in his heart and we ended up with M's cousin (ML)'s son at our house, her son lives with her parents and not with her (no idea why) and then they heard that M's uncle is going to have open heart surgery tomorrow morning, they discovered he was a "walking heart attack waiting to happen" so that is good. But it may mean that ML's son will be staying with us. I'm not sure his grandmother came and picked him up and now he's gone and I don't really get told stuff. Not sure why he can't stay with his mom.
And then I got an email from the dr's office saying I'll owe just about $1200 for the colonoscopy on June 1. So first why is anyone getting told that 2 days before they are supposed to pay up. Second I thought it was covered as a preventative test. I tried to call them, after 15 mins wasn't through so I tried to call United Health and I expected a fight. What I got was the very nice customer service rep saying that my plan covers 1 colonoscopy a year preventative AND diagnostic and that the dr's office must have just sent a generic letter. She emailed me information AND said that if the dr's office pushes back on this at all to have them call United and they will get it straightened out. Work apparently has a plan with a conciergerie service so it's easier to get through. She assured me that they would cover it and not to worry.