Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Geekly Daily 47 (Wednesday January 9th):

Now playing:  Star Wars Battlefront 2

Now Watching: DVR

Now Listening: Podcasts

Now Reading/Writing: Urban Fantasy


Now I can whine here about my job or life and not feel bad that people were reading it thinking it was important, because now you guys know if it was important I'd have given it a title, and therefore everything I'm writing here is completely dis-interesting and you should move along. Now I'm gonna vent.

I had a shitty day at work. The person replacing me came in late, and I had to rush my paperwork. Instead of 19 minutes, I had 9. And in so rushing, I messed up and on my way home I get a call. So I turned around and took another bus all the way back, and fixed up the paper work right... and the yelled at me a whole ton anyway. Not just for the paperwork, but because I hadn't been putting new smokes with the expired smokes "Just cause it bothers you" 'No! I just didn't want someone accidentally selling a customer expired product' "Oh so you think we're dumb!" or "You keep putting the spare lottery tickets back in the drawer wrong." 'I'm sorry, I've been putting them in order 1,2,3,4,5,10,20,30' "Well thats not how we do it. You have to do it our way." 'Okay, well what is the logic of your way?' as in how can I remember, but she took it as I think my way is better and was like "There is no logic, it's just the way we do it and you have to do it to." for some weird reason they put them in the drawer like 1,2,10,4,3,20,30,5 and they're just like "You just have to remember that like we do" and there's no reason behind it, but apparently by putting them back in a way I can remember, I'm just trying to argue that my way is better than theirs, when I swear its not. But of course here I am always exhausted as shit having to try to defend myself from attack by people who take my hard work as interfering with the way they've been doing things.

Ugh. I wish to god I could just write for a living. Instead I live in a constant hellscape of nightmares. :( This world sucks.

Geekly Weekly TV Rankings ( for new):
  1. Les Miserables *****
    Great second episode, even if it absolutely lives up to its name. This episode was mieserable. Watching the fall of Fontine was heartbreaking, and you couldn't do anything but watch. For me the hardest part was her selling her front teeth. Like jesus christ. That was rough. Can you imagine how much that would hurt, they were healthy teeth! It was also interesting, watching the dynamic between Javert and a hiding Jean Val Jean. I know this story just so well, but it's still be worth it watching the events play out one more time with these amazing performances. I just wish they would play out different this time. Its hard to watch. Finally, the sets are amazing. I feel like that needed to be said.
  2. The Orville *****
    Yes, that's 5 stars. Count them. Now it's not like I can make an arguement that "Yeah, you know when Game of Thrones gets 4 and a half stars? This episode is better than that." No, no, sometimes shows have to have a scale within themselves. What I mean is, a show has a certain amount of potential. And that's not even to say certain shows should get special treatment. Just means that know all shows aim to achieve the same goals. What I'm saying is, this show was absolutely the best Orville episode yet, and if that's not worth 5 stars, then nothing does. It followed my least favourite character too! Worf is equally my least favourite Trek character, Klingons my least favourite race. But I love how Bordis' storylines, as similar to work has he is, generally revolve around gay sex and homo relations as opposed violence, and pain, and self harm. Also, the B plot of the planet collapsing, and the primitive people trapped inside was awesome. The visual effects were insanely good, clearly this show has an improved budget. And the twist that they had to leave most the people behind was surprisingly touching. I actually teared up, I was sure they'd come up with some way to save everyone, and then the shuttle takes off and the planet explodes behind them and it's like "Oh, okay, no they're definitely dead." The episode actually made me care. And it's pretty impressive, a comedic show willing to get that dark and morose with its subject matter. It seems like THe Orville want's to play in all genres, to be all things to all people. And this episode they actually pulled it off. I don't understand how this wasn't the premiere. The equally character focused previous episode, minus the furious action and amazing special effects of this episode, would have made a great second episode, a more "bottle" episode making up for the high budget of this one. Apparently they decided to try something different, either that or the insane special effects for this episode just weren't ready yet.
  3. Young Justice ****1/2
    They released 3 episodes in one week, and that's probably good because the first episode ended with the story really just beginning. I'm just glad they didn't just drop the whole season at once. I'm really liking everything DC has been doing with their streaming service so far. It's too bad they don't offer it in Canada and other territories. The three episodes sort of made up a complete arc, and it played with both old and new characters alike. Like the Orville above, it isn't shying away from tragedy despite the genre it decided to play in.
  4. Family Guy ****
    Fun episode of Family Guy this week, continuing its trend of meta references, self-referential humor, and subverting norms. This show knows itself so well now, and the types of jokes it can get away with. There were some great lines and moments, even if the overall plot of the episode just seemed like a slapped together mess of an episode. How we exactly got from Peter's house being a murder house to him lying like Fox news on TV and joining Trumps white house is a little beyond explanation, but the fun was the journey that got us there. I kinda hope next week DOES continue where this week's left off. But I doubt it.
  5. The Gifted ***Another meh episode of the Gifted. Okay, I'm not saying that there weren't moments I enjoyed. I heart Lorna so much, she's so awesome and hot and all Marcos has to do is put up with her shit, and it totally seems worth it to me and I would too. Aww, I would put up with all her shit to date her. But the part where she was all like "I didn't think she would go this far." this is only exactly the thing Marcos was warning her about, and exactly the reason why he didn't go with her, and NOW she's listening. It just reminds me so damn much of Trump supporters, but their so happy calling me dumb, and childish, and they are living every benefit of being a confident aggressive douche. Maybe if they were all hot pale goth type babes like Lorna I'd be more willing to put up with their shit.
Geekly Weekly Talk Show Showdown:
  1. Vice News
  2. Stephen Colbert
  3. The Daily Show
  4. James Corden

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