Hiding fandom in the underwear drawer since 1977

1. Pleased for the weekend, finally. Got the trash taken out. Did exercises. Slept in - so got the requisite 8 hours. End of a stressful work week. And, I discovered that it takes anywhere between 6-8 weeks to get insurance approval and additional four to order and receive the injection from the pharmacy - for the knee injections. So that doctor's appointment was pushed out to June. Means only PT, lab and maybe X-rays next week.
June's going to be dicey scheduling doc appointments around work.

2. Pending Strike

Sigh.

They are going to bully each other until the last minute, to see who backs down first. I'm guessing the agency, since the union is being backed by the Feds. And for once? I agree with the Fed's. The irony is not lost one me.

But the agency's contingency plan gets more anemic as we go. "Oh, we have a few buses lined up and are reading out to area businesses and schools to have folks just work remotely."

Some of my fellow humans need to be smacked upside the head repeatedly.

3. Mother felt the need to regale me with her new friend's past life on Long Island. Most of my mother's friends moved from New York to Hilton Head, Mother is kind of an outlier in that she moved from the Midwest. (We might as well all be from NY at this point, my brother and I have lived here longer than we've lived anywhere else and far longer than a lot of alleged born and bred New Yorkers have.) Apparently her friend's family was friends with the Fondas (as in Jane Fonda, Henry Fonda, Peter Fonda - the Hollywood family) - who lived out on Long Island. But her friend doesn't see herself as wealthy? (She is, she lived out in the Hamptons and Suffolk County....) I've learned that people who have a lot of money - don't see themselves as having all that much, and don't appear to understand or appreciate what they have?

People take things for granted. I want to force them to sit next to homeless folks on the subways. Then, they may change their tune?

Jane Fonda as a kid didn't sound all that interesting - outside of being in a body cast as a result of diving into a shallow pool and breaking her back.

4. From - I've binged S3 now, which wasn't quite as good as S1-2. S3 has a few really annoying story threads. I'll warn anyone intending to watch this? The last three episodes have a torture sequence that I could have done without. [*Note - it is no where near as bad as the torture sequences in Game of Thrones, and you don't see the torture - just the aftermath. So more implied - than actually watching it? While in Game of Thrones - they actually showed it. So it's nothing like Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, or The Last of Us - mainly because it's on MGM+ and not HBO and AMC. Word to the wise - if you don't like graphic violence and torture steer clear of these types of series on AMC and HBO.] I spoiled myself for it - so at least I knew it was coming and was prepared for it. S1-2 aren't quite as violent and unsavory as S3 (where the writers clearly got bored and decided to get a touch sadistic). Also, S3, suffers greatly from annoying character syndrome or disposable side-character syndrome, replacing some highly likable characters with a few new and highly annoying ones?

The writers have a tendency to show conflict by having various characters explode with rage (yelling at everyone and smashing things) or having mini-temper tantrums, often lashing out at other characters who are either trying to be helpful, or trying to communicate something, or just get them to calm down. No one listens to each other in this show? Communication is a major problem. If they could communicate and listen to each other - they'd probably figure it out and find a way out of the town. But alas, no. (That said? It is realistic. I'll give it that. People really are like that. So, hyper-realistic horror?)

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