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rachg82I think it's high time that I got back to my tv rambling. This won't be quite the same in-depth rambling as you guys are used to though, but I do have a few things to say about ladies figure skating the other night & the most recent episodes of Caprica, and I figure it's better to say something & get back in the groove of things than keep getting further behind. Plus, once I'm caught up on Caprica, I can finish my thoughts on Dollhouse & then finally get back to BSG. Hopefully before Bones comes back, but this hiatus is passing by quicker than I thought it would and my stupid real life butt its head in & interrupted everything, so there's probably gonna be some overlap. Oh well. There's plenty of fangirling to go around, right?
My mom never called me back last night, and never called my sister to see how she was at all. Figures. To top it off, my sister spoke with my grandma today who got all up in her grill about why I told her (even though she later acknowledged we couldn't have hid it forever, whatever that's worth), and about how we should just continue to see him but somehow keep our distance. Because he "won't hurt us," and we don't have to "let the kids be alone with him," and we can "not get close to him ourselves", etc. Um, whatever. He's ALREADY hurt us. I understand she comes from the generation of hiding everything, and that she's trying to smooth everything over for my mom (who btw Nanny told my sister was "fine" when she talked to her today, so it sounds like she's staying with him. There's no way she'd be fine otherwise). I get it. But here's the thing: I matter too. My sister matters too. And I'm tired of everyone looking out for our mother at the expense of our own mental well being. I'm not going to act like everything's hunky dory & continue going over there & seeing him like nothing happened. The idea of it sickens me. My mom can do whatever she wants; it's her living situation, not mine. But I don't want to hear about him, I don't want to see him, and I'm done letting her cause chaos in my life as well. If she's willing to respect those boundaries, great. If not, then she can enjoy her self-destruction on her own. I'm done being other people's collateral damage.
Which is not to say that any of this is easy for me. It's really, really not. Not even cutting my stepdad out of my life, let alone dealing with my mother & laying down ground-rules with her. I lay around feeling depressed the last two days over it, and could barely get myself off my couch today to take a shower (but in my defense, I will also say that I've been sick as well. That didn't help. My ears hurt![/whine] But the depression really didn't help). But eventually I did, and I took a long walk to clear my head, because life goes on, you know? It has to. Tomorrow I'll go back to work, and I'll keep going. None of this is easy, especially when even those I love (like my grandma) can't be fully supportive, but it's necessary for me. I won't ever be able to get over my lifetime of baggage & live a peaceful, happy life if I continue letting these people hurt me as an adult. At some point it's gotta stop.
And now, with all that said, let's move on to tv, shall we?
Ladies Figure Skating
I haven't finished watching tonight's events yet, so this will cover Tuesday night only. I thought Rochette did a wonderful job considering what happened with her mom and I really admired her composure & spirit. When she broke down crying afterward, I teared up too. I really hope she gets a medal tonight.
Aside from that, there really weren't any super memorable moments for me, although I think most of the women did a great job. Kim Yu-Na was solid as a rock, and I think she's a pretty strong shoe-in for the gold tonight. I kind of miss the days when I would fangirl out over certain people though, like Michelle Kwan & Sasha Cohen. But it's still good times anyway.
I'm getting kind of ready for the olympics to be over though, like![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jasminelily said today. I need my sleep! And I miss my shows. Heh. But don't worry olympics, I still heart you. You just need to stop expecting me to stay up 'til midnight when I have to work the next morning.
Caprica
As I said above, this won't be my usual verbose rambling, because I didn't take notes & what-not this time, but even so here are some quick thoughts on the last few eps:
Things that need improvement
-The constant "remember, she's Zoe too!" back-and-forth stuff between the cylon & Zoe. I don't know why it bugs me, but it does. I don't need to be reminded every second that she's in there. I already know! I think they did better with it in the most recent episode though, because it was done more sparingly.
-The continuity issues with there being this whole monotheistic group existing that NO ONE felt the need to mention on BSG. Annooooooooying. (also, and this isn't necessarily a continuity issue, but it did raise a question for me: if drugs were legal in Caprica back in the day, why weren't they legal in BSG's day? Wasn't Kat involved in illegal drug-running? What happened to make them illegal again if it took decades to legalize them, according to the tv show host?)
-The portrayal of lgbt & poly relationships. I like Baby!Adama's uncle though, so I do think they're doing a decent job with him. But I'm still torn on whether it feels a bit token, and how I feel about the fact that he's a criminal and the other bisexual on the show--who's also poly--is involved with terrorists. And the poly characters are SO poly, like Big Love times ten-poly. Couldn't they have just had her in a relationship with a couple people? Sheesh.
-The intensity level. One of the things I loved about BSG was that it bounced back & forth between slow character-centric stuff and in-your-face action. One minute you'd be on the edge of your seat OMG-ing all over the place and the next you'd feel like writing an essay analyzing the inner thoughts of various characters & their decisions. When Joseph threatened to kill Graystone's wife, I finally felt like a little of that intensity was showing up. Though I'm glad he didn't kill her, heh. 'Cause I like her and all. But I want more of that sort of intensity.
-Baby!Adama's non-blue eyes. I will continue protesting this until I see action. Heh.
Things that I like
-Baby!Adama's uncle. Like I said above, I dig him. And I like that he cares so much about his brother.
-Baby!Adama in general. I still think he's adorable and kinda want to squish him.
-The Graystones. I find them interesting and I like the actors. I find myself very invested in their grief over their daughter, and how they can move on from it. They seem way too happy together though (well, maybe "happy" isn't the right word. Good together, perhaps?). I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop. RDM doesn't usually let married people stay happy for long, God knows. Thank goodness Roslin & Adama didn't get "married" until the end, heh.
-Grandmadama. She's kinda bad-ass, y/y? I don't think I'd want to tick her off, I'm just saying.
-The principal/headmistress/whatever you call her. Hotness.
-More background info on the colonies. They celebrate Winter Solstice! Now I totally want to read a fanfic about everyone on BSG being all festive. I'm sure there's some out there, right?
(also: Caprica music is pretty good, am I right? It's kind of fun hearing it & seeing their television shows, etc)
-Bear McCreary! There hasn't been much from him so far, but everytime his music comes on I flail a little.
-The preview for this week's ep. Looks a little bit awesome. I'm looking forward to seeing Tamara again, especially if it's going to be all full of her wigging out in virtual reality land.
I'm sure there are things I'm forgetting here, but that's the stuff I wanted to say off the top of my head. Overall it's no BSG for me so far, but I still find it interesting & entertaining. I'm going to keep watching as long as I can still say that.
I haven't come across any good Caprica fanvids yet, so what's the next best thing? A BSG vid of course. And considering that Caprica is at least partially about the birth of the cylons, I figure it's more than appropriate to post this vid by ChemAttraction that deals with the BSG skinjobs we all know & love. Enjoy:
My mom never called me back last night, and never called my sister to see how she was at all. Figures. To top it off, my sister spoke with my grandma today who got all up in her grill about why I told her (even though she later acknowledged we couldn't have hid it forever, whatever that's worth), and about how we should just continue to see him but somehow keep our distance. Because he "won't hurt us," and we don't have to "let the kids be alone with him," and we can "not get close to him ourselves", etc. Um, whatever. He's ALREADY hurt us. I understand she comes from the generation of hiding everything, and that she's trying to smooth everything over for my mom (who btw Nanny told my sister was "fine" when she talked to her today, so it sounds like she's staying with him. There's no way she'd be fine otherwise). I get it. But here's the thing: I matter too. My sister matters too. And I'm tired of everyone looking out for our mother at the expense of our own mental well being. I'm not going to act like everything's hunky dory & continue going over there & seeing him like nothing happened. The idea of it sickens me. My mom can do whatever she wants; it's her living situation, not mine. But I don't want to hear about him, I don't want to see him, and I'm done letting her cause chaos in my life as well. If she's willing to respect those boundaries, great. If not, then she can enjoy her self-destruction on her own. I'm done being other people's collateral damage.
Which is not to say that any of this is easy for me. It's really, really not. Not even cutting my stepdad out of my life, let alone dealing with my mother & laying down ground-rules with her. I lay around feeling depressed the last two days over it, and could barely get myself off my couch today to take a shower (but in my defense, I will also say that I've been sick as well. That didn't help. My ears hurt![/whine] But the depression really didn't help). But eventually I did, and I took a long walk to clear my head, because life goes on, you know? It has to. Tomorrow I'll go back to work, and I'll keep going. None of this is easy, especially when even those I love (like my grandma) can't be fully supportive, but it's necessary for me. I won't ever be able to get over my lifetime of baggage & live a peaceful, happy life if I continue letting these people hurt me as an adult. At some point it's gotta stop.
And now, with all that said, let's move on to tv, shall we?
Ladies Figure Skating
I haven't finished watching tonight's events yet, so this will cover Tuesday night only. I thought Rochette did a wonderful job considering what happened with her mom and I really admired her composure & spirit. When she broke down crying afterward, I teared up too. I really hope she gets a medal tonight.
Aside from that, there really weren't any super memorable moments for me, although I think most of the women did a great job. Kim Yu-Na was solid as a rock, and I think she's a pretty strong shoe-in for the gold tonight. I kind of miss the days when I would fangirl out over certain people though, like Michelle Kwan & Sasha Cohen. But it's still good times anyway.
I'm getting kind of ready for the olympics to be over though, like
jasminelily said today. I need my sleep! And I miss my shows. Heh. But don't worry olympics, I still heart you. You just need to stop expecting me to stay up 'til midnight when I have to work the next morning.Caprica
As I said above, this won't be my usual verbose rambling, because I didn't take notes & what-not this time, but even so here are some quick thoughts on the last few eps:
Things that need improvement
-The constant "remember, she's Zoe too!" back-and-forth stuff between the cylon & Zoe. I don't know why it bugs me, but it does. I don't need to be reminded every second that she's in there. I already know! I think they did better with it in the most recent episode though, because it was done more sparingly.
-The continuity issues with there being this whole monotheistic group existing that NO ONE felt the need to mention on BSG. Annooooooooying. (also, and this isn't necessarily a continuity issue, but it did raise a question for me: if drugs were legal in Caprica back in the day, why weren't they legal in BSG's day? Wasn't Kat involved in illegal drug-running? What happened to make them illegal again if it took decades to legalize them, according to the tv show host?)
-The portrayal of lgbt & poly relationships. I like Baby!Adama's uncle though, so I do think they're doing a decent job with him. But I'm still torn on whether it feels a bit token, and how I feel about the fact that he's a criminal and the other bisexual on the show--who's also poly--is involved with terrorists. And the poly characters are SO poly, like Big Love times ten-poly. Couldn't they have just had her in a relationship with a couple people? Sheesh.
-The intensity level. One of the things I loved about BSG was that it bounced back & forth between slow character-centric stuff and in-your-face action. One minute you'd be on the edge of your seat OMG-ing all over the place and the next you'd feel like writing an essay analyzing the inner thoughts of various characters & their decisions. When Joseph threatened to kill Graystone's wife, I finally felt like a little of that intensity was showing up. Though I'm glad he didn't kill her, heh. 'Cause I like her and all. But I want more of that sort of intensity.
-Baby!Adama's non-blue eyes. I will continue protesting this until I see action. Heh.
Things that I like
-Baby!Adama's uncle. Like I said above, I dig him. And I like that he cares so much about his brother.
-Baby!Adama in general. I still think he's adorable and kinda want to squish him.
-The Graystones. I find them interesting and I like the actors. I find myself very invested in their grief over their daughter, and how they can move on from it. They seem way too happy together though (well, maybe "happy" isn't the right word. Good together, perhaps?). I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop. RDM doesn't usually let married people stay happy for long, God knows. Thank goodness Roslin & Adama didn't get "married" until the end, heh.
-Grandmadama. She's kinda bad-ass, y/y? I don't think I'd want to tick her off, I'm just saying.
-The principal/headmistress/whatever you call her. Hotness.
-More background info on the colonies. They celebrate Winter Solstice! Now I totally want to read a fanfic about everyone on BSG being all festive. I'm sure there's some out there, right?
(also: Caprica music is pretty good, am I right? It's kind of fun hearing it & seeing their television shows, etc)
-Bear McCreary! There hasn't been much from him so far, but everytime his music comes on I flail a little.
-The preview for this week's ep. Looks a little bit awesome. I'm looking forward to seeing Tamara again, especially if it's going to be all full of her wigging out in virtual reality land.
I'm sure there are things I'm forgetting here, but that's the stuff I wanted to say off the top of my head. Overall it's no BSG for me so far, but I still find it interesting & entertaining. I'm going to keep watching as long as I can still say that.
I haven't come across any good Caprica fanvids yet, so what's the next best thing? A BSG vid of course. And considering that Caprica is at least partially about the birth of the cylons, I figure it's more than appropriate to post this vid by ChemAttraction that deals with the BSG skinjobs we all know & love. Enjoy:
