Secret secret secret secret wedding!
May. 11th, 2018 04:59 pmSecret wedding update
Obligatory Avatar: The Last Airbender song break:
Secret wedding!
Secret wedding!
Up in Sydney!
Secret, secret, secret, secret wedding!
It happened. Mum posted one photo on Facebook. I am still trying to understand how she justified two of her children not being at the wedding or responding to the photo, but that's obviously going to be a mystery for the ages. My Aunt who was smuggled into the country contacted me on facebook to ask if she can come visit, which I have arranged. Nobody said nothing about no wedding.
It's so weird.
Brain update
I'm weaning off desvenlafaxine and changing to escitalopram. Since the desven seems to be doing nothing at all, I think it's time for a change. IDK, brains are so annoying. I wish there was a better way.
Fire Nation update
Two of the peat fires are out, yay! One continues to smoulder, but should be out soon. The CFA called in experts who did lots of stuff with drones and IR sensors and long, long pipelines of water. (It was really well handled and reported.) Schools are back. The evacuated nursing care patients have been sent home. I'd say the air quality is better but now that we've had some rain and the fire danger is not extreme, everyone is burning off their heaped rubbish as well as running their wood fired heaters. So things are a little hazy, and it's not just me changing my meds.
Media update
The Good Wife:
Four episodes to go! I have my fingers crossed that Peter Florrick ends up alone and in prison.
My Favorite Murder:
Is now My Favorite Podcast, or at least the one I'm mainlining for sanity. It's oddly soothing to listen to. Also, I learn interesting facts, like Ed Kemper records audio books for the blind. I like the way they talk about mental health. And being safe. Fuck politeness!!
Lost In Space:
I have seen the first and a half episodes and am desperately in love with Maureen Robinson. I am less entranced by how very evil Parker Posey is. For some reason - maybe it's the murder podcast, maybe it's the endless court scenes in The Good Wife - I'm tired of the clever, charismatic sociopath. It's sad, because I love Parker Posey. Maybe when I'm feeling less frazzled I will want to have another go.
Infinity War:
Decided to read this Buzzfeed round-up of memes in lieu of watching the movie. I regret nothing.
Twitter:
I logged into mine for the first time in almost a decade, to change my password. It's a lot different now, isn't it? Ads and political scrums. I also discovered that I had a st_aurafina instagram back in the day. I don't know if I'm going to start using Twitter again, but I had a little tidy up and so on while I was logged in so maybe. (Actually, an hour into scrolling through Twitter and I started to get a tension headache. Maybe it's a good thing I'm not on it? Is there a way to do Twitter joyfully these days?)
The Handmaid's Tale
I am not allowed to watch this. This will send me into an apocalyptic spiral of doom. If I feel the urge to watch it (because it's streaming free on SBS) I have promised to run to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lilacsigil and confess. She will save me from myself.
I really want to watch it tho.
Eurovision:
I am saving the semi-finals for the weekend for a long binge, while I crochet the five million projects I must complete. I think my town is having a low-key baby boom, even counting the impending triplets as one.
The Great Painting Challenge:
First there was the Great British Bake-off, then the Great British Sewing Bee, then the Great Pottery Throwdown, and now there's the Great Painting Challenge. These are all excellent and low-stress competitions with very skilled and very kind competitors. I think Pottery Throwdown was my favourite non-baking challenge - the judges are amazing and eccentric and passionate (there are often tears of joy and sorrow at the judging end of the show) but the Painting Challenge is also really good. I'm watching S1, and one of the judges (*coughs* LACK-LAN) is an annoying smartarse who offers little in the way of constructive criticism and much in the way of sassy remarks he thinks are hil-AIR-ious. But the other two judges make up for it with their own comments, and the mentors are lovely. I am not an artist, but I think I've learned how to look at art from watching how the competitors construct paintings each week.
Here's the official website: BBC1: The Big Painting Challenge.
Westworld S2:
Ooooh, so many theories. So many crack theories. So far, my favourites: ( spoilers are wearing a black hat )
Upcoming (hopefully soon): Killing Eve, takinglilacsigil through AHS: Coven because I think she'll like it, The Expanse S3, the Deadpool movie (after watching this Celine Dion video, Ashes - from the Deadpool 2 soundtrack I thought we should see the first movie. Also it has the actress who plays Verity in The Exorcist), and Legion S2 (this teaser All in Your Head shows why Aubrey Plaza needs to win all the awards.)
Obligatory Avatar: The Last Airbender song break:
Secret wedding!
Secret wedding!
Up in Sydney!
Secret, secret, secret, secret wedding!
It happened. Mum posted one photo on Facebook. I am still trying to understand how she justified two of her children not being at the wedding or responding to the photo, but that's obviously going to be a mystery for the ages. My Aunt who was smuggled into the country contacted me on facebook to ask if she can come visit, which I have arranged. Nobody said nothing about no wedding.
It's so weird.
Brain update
I'm weaning off desvenlafaxine and changing to escitalopram. Since the desven seems to be doing nothing at all, I think it's time for a change. IDK, brains are so annoying. I wish there was a better way.
Fire Nation update
Two of the peat fires are out, yay! One continues to smoulder, but should be out soon. The CFA called in experts who did lots of stuff with drones and IR sensors and long, long pipelines of water. (It was really well handled and reported.) Schools are back. The evacuated nursing care patients have been sent home. I'd say the air quality is better but now that we've had some rain and the fire danger is not extreme, everyone is burning off their heaped rubbish as well as running their wood fired heaters. So things are a little hazy, and it's not just me changing my meds.
Media update
The Good Wife:
Four episodes to go! I have my fingers crossed that Peter Florrick ends up alone and in prison.
My Favorite Murder:
Is now My Favorite Podcast, or at least the one I'm mainlining for sanity. It's oddly soothing to listen to. Also, I learn interesting facts, like Ed Kemper records audio books for the blind. I like the way they talk about mental health. And being safe. Fuck politeness!!
Lost In Space:
I have seen the first and a half episodes and am desperately in love with Maureen Robinson. I am less entranced by how very evil Parker Posey is. For some reason - maybe it's the murder podcast, maybe it's the endless court scenes in The Good Wife - I'm tired of the clever, charismatic sociopath. It's sad, because I love Parker Posey. Maybe when I'm feeling less frazzled I will want to have another go.
Infinity War:
Decided to read this Buzzfeed round-up of memes in lieu of watching the movie. I regret nothing.
Twitter:
I logged into mine for the first time in almost a decade, to change my password. It's a lot different now, isn't it? Ads and political scrums. I also discovered that I had a st_aurafina instagram back in the day. I don't know if I'm going to start using Twitter again, but I had a little tidy up and so on while I was logged in so maybe. (Actually, an hour into scrolling through Twitter and I started to get a tension headache. Maybe it's a good thing I'm not on it? Is there a way to do Twitter joyfully these days?)
The Handmaid's Tale
I am not allowed to watch this. This will send me into an apocalyptic spiral of doom. If I feel the urge to watch it (because it's streaming free on SBS) I have promised to run to
lilacsigil and confess. She will save me from myself.I really want to watch it tho.
Eurovision:
I am saving the semi-finals for the weekend for a long binge, while I crochet the five million projects I must complete. I think my town is having a low-key baby boom, even counting the impending triplets as one.
The Great Painting Challenge:
First there was the Great British Bake-off, then the Great British Sewing Bee, then the Great Pottery Throwdown, and now there's the Great Painting Challenge. These are all excellent and low-stress competitions with very skilled and very kind competitors. I think Pottery Throwdown was my favourite non-baking challenge - the judges are amazing and eccentric and passionate (there are often tears of joy and sorrow at the judging end of the show) but the Painting Challenge is also really good. I'm watching S1, and one of the judges (*coughs* LACK-LAN) is an annoying smartarse who offers little in the way of constructive criticism and much in the way of sassy remarks he thinks are hil-AIR-ious. But the other two judges make up for it with their own comments, and the mentors are lovely. I am not an artist, but I think I've learned how to look at art from watching how the competitors construct paintings each week.
Here's the official website: BBC1: The Big Painting Challenge.
Westworld S2:
Ooooh, so many theories. So many crack theories. So far, my favourites: ( spoilers are wearing a black hat )
Upcoming (hopefully soon): Killing Eve, taking
lilacsigil through AHS: Coven because I think she'll like it, The Expanse S3, the Deadpool movie (after watching this Celine Dion video, Ashes - from the Deadpool 2 soundtrack I thought we should see the first movie. Also it has the actress who plays Verity in The Exorcist), and Legion S2 (this teaser All in Your Head shows why Aubrey Plaza needs to win all the awards.)