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Magic hats and going nowhere
Mar. 26th, 2012 05:32 pmAdam is home! *clapping, dancing*
Nine days in New York City via New Jersey. He wasn't able to bring home bagels or pizza, but that's fine. We can go to Bagel City or Bagel Town. He'll go to New York again soon enough.
We greeted each other with enthusiasm several times, and then later, each cat got their hugs in.
Now there is Playstation and internet.
I've been in some incredibly vicious amounts of pain and spastic hypertonia in the last few days, requiring daily multiple pain pills. Not what I like to do, but it's what those pills are for. Also, stretching, and as much walking and qigong as I can handle every day.
I was very glad that I decided to watch the newest episode of "Once Upon A Time." Anything involving Wonderland makes me happy. Sebastion Stan as the Mad Hatter was magnificent.
As far as the series over all, I have not been watching regularly. I get bored with it quickly, particularly the real world scenes; the fairy tale world is what intrigues me. The character of Emma irritates me with her unbelievably stubborn skepticism and cynicism week in and week out. She's too slow, too stubborn, and almost kind of dim. (And for some reason it bothers me that she is supposed to be 28 yet the actress, Jennifer Morrison, looks much older, even though she's my age and is in fact younger than me by six days. It could be the layers of makeup and the expressions she keeps pulling that age her face.)
I was pleased that "Hat Trick" finally had Emma starting to realize that maybe she should start believing in everything magical that's been hitting her over the head with sledgehammers for half a season. Is she really that dense? I was completely on Jefferson's side when he berated her for refusing to acknowledge what was happening, for deliberately ignoring signs, for calling everyone crazy.
I want to like Emma, I really do. She kicks ass, is really strong, is adamant about her personal autonomy, and is sensible and well-rounded. But I want to shake her, slap her, and yell at her to wake up and look around. Jefferson's story and the proof in Henry's book means that she may finally be ready to wake up.
Poor, poor Jefferson. I actually cried for him at the end, alone in his room of hats, screaming for just one magic hat to work to take him home to his daughter. Also, the brief yet epic glimpse of the Caterpillar was... oh, priceless. With the voice and face of Roger Daltry, murmuring "Whooo... are you? Who, who? Who whooo?" HAH. Good one, writers. And the fabulous terror of the Red Queen; the sheer beauty of the place itself. I want to go back to that Wonderland. I want to walk through Jefferson's looking glass at the bottom of his magic hat's rabbit hole.
Next week's episode should be worth viewing, as they finally get to the reason why Regina hates Snow White. I think the episodes will get better once Emma starts believing and things get more interesting. But so far, the entire series feels like a long book filled with infodumping and twists going nowhere, encouraging me to want to skip to the end just to see the resolutions already. Too bad television won't do that.
Time for more qigong. Damn it, muscles. A tag team of fibromyalgia and cerebral palsy is much less interesting than it sounds.
Nine days in New York City via New Jersey. He wasn't able to bring home bagels or pizza, but that's fine. We can go to Bagel City or Bagel Town. He'll go to New York again soon enough.
We greeted each other with enthusiasm several times, and then later, each cat got their hugs in.
Now there is Playstation and internet.
I've been in some incredibly vicious amounts of pain and spastic hypertonia in the last few days, requiring daily multiple pain pills. Not what I like to do, but it's what those pills are for. Also, stretching, and as much walking and qigong as I can handle every day.
I was very glad that I decided to watch the newest episode of "Once Upon A Time." Anything involving Wonderland makes me happy. Sebastion Stan as the Mad Hatter was magnificent.
As far as the series over all, I have not been watching regularly. I get bored with it quickly, particularly the real world scenes; the fairy tale world is what intrigues me. The character of Emma irritates me with her unbelievably stubborn skepticism and cynicism week in and week out. She's too slow, too stubborn, and almost kind of dim. (And for some reason it bothers me that she is supposed to be 28 yet the actress, Jennifer Morrison, looks much older, even though she's my age and is in fact younger than me by six days. It could be the layers of makeup and the expressions she keeps pulling that age her face.)
I was pleased that "Hat Trick" finally had Emma starting to realize that maybe she should start believing in everything magical that's been hitting her over the head with sledgehammers for half a season. Is she really that dense? I was completely on Jefferson's side when he berated her for refusing to acknowledge what was happening, for deliberately ignoring signs, for calling everyone crazy.
I want to like Emma, I really do. She kicks ass, is really strong, is adamant about her personal autonomy, and is sensible and well-rounded. But I want to shake her, slap her, and yell at her to wake up and look around. Jefferson's story and the proof in Henry's book means that she may finally be ready to wake up.
Poor, poor Jefferson. I actually cried for him at the end, alone in his room of hats, screaming for just one magic hat to work to take him home to his daughter. Also, the brief yet epic glimpse of the Caterpillar was... oh, priceless. With the voice and face of Roger Daltry, murmuring "Whooo... are you? Who, who? Who whooo?" HAH. Good one, writers. And the fabulous terror of the Red Queen; the sheer beauty of the place itself. I want to go back to that Wonderland. I want to walk through Jefferson's looking glass at the bottom of his magic hat's rabbit hole.
Next week's episode should be worth viewing, as they finally get to the reason why Regina hates Snow White. I think the episodes will get better once Emma starts believing and things get more interesting. But so far, the entire series feels like a long book filled with infodumping and twists going nowhere, encouraging me to want to skip to the end just to see the resolutions already. Too bad television won't do that.
Time for more qigong. Damn it, muscles. A tag team of fibromyalgia and cerebral palsy is much less interesting than it sounds.
