Catchup in Teddyville

[teddy_radiator]

I have a much-needed three days off this week, which is good because I need to clean house, which I'm not doing, and bad because it means a low paycheck next week, oh well. It's been pretty good, no body part giving me any particular misery, just the creaks and groans of increasing age. I have developed a bit of arthritis in my left jaw, which means that chewing can be a little tiresome on certain days. I think this is nature's way of telling me I've eaten too much over the years and now my jaw is no longer under warranty.

I'm settling back into being a blonde, and with it has come this insane urge to wear my hair in victory rolls and bandanas and actually wear makeup - they seem to go together like cookies and milk. I haven't bought any makeup since before MISTI 2013, so I'm woefully unprepared for that part. Bandanas are cheap - makeup isn't. But I have a $3.50 off coupon and a little money left on my Ulta gift card from Christmas, so I'm going to try and get a few bits and pieces this week.

TheHubs™ and I finished Episode 8 of our Teddy & The Bassman podcast, and I am deliriously proud of it - it is our best yet. I would love for you to have a listen and tell me what you think - just click on Sevvy below to listen:

After receiving my fantastic MISTI-Con swag, irishredlass offered TheHubs™ roomie space at MISTI-Con 2017 - we mention it in the podcast, as well as Masters of Sex, pumpkin spice, theatre, and TheHubs™ reads an excerpt from Her Minder, the section in which the two characters meet the first time - and even though I'm a bit biased, I think you will agree with me he is brilliant!

I have so much fun putting these together. I think they're mildly entertaining - I'd love for you to have a listen, or rec us to friends who like to listen to podcasts. Every time TheHubs™ does our ident 'Captain Flashheart' stylee I crack up - every. single. time.

It's also got me thinking I want to do some more podfics now that I have better equipment.

I opened the next two chapters of Labour of Love this week, and I'm in conference with stgulik on how to proceed. I know I'm going to have to put some work into this to bring it all together. I had painted myself into a corner, and knew I'd have to really hustle to fix it. But as irishredlass so wisely observed, "then it's time to paint a window and escape".

It also took me reading the Divergent series to appreciate you can't be lazy.

The first two books of the series weren't bad - decent world building, characterisations, etc. Then she set up an elaborate final book, and ran out of steam, inspiration, something, and killed off her main character. Now, this character had told the entire story in first person up to this book. It was lazy and completely unsatisfying - and resolved nothing. A terrible move and a waste of a decent character just to end the story. I'm not going to do that, even in a fanfiction.

TheHubs™ is in a play which begins a week from today. He has a really juicy part, with an American accent no less. He is going through his pre-opening night checklist - upset stomach, patchy sleep, achy, flu-ey symptoms. Poor guy - he is such a fine, solid performer, but he still has those jitters.

Well, I'm off to see what I can get into today. Wish me luck - hugs to all who needs 'em.  ♥

Comments

[hbart.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the first two books in the Divergent series, so I read Allegiant as soon as it came out a few years ago. My memory of books is so bad, but when I finished it, I remember not knowing how to feel about it. Usually I read something and immediately can categorize it into loved it, hated it, or moderately enjoyed. I just really couldn't even put any more thought into it, and I was going to go back and reread or get on message boards hoping that what others said about it would spark something from me, but I never did any of those things. I wasn't bothered by the death, I think it was more just feeling confused, or overwhelmed, or not really caring ... I can't remember what put question marks above my head upon finishing. I will say, that this is one of those REALLY rare instances where I have enjoyed the movies more than the books. Maybe the final installments (why does every final book have to be two movies now?!?!) will rectify some of the book issues. Maybe.

In other news, I LOVE the cat pic!

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

I completely understand your confusion. I read through it and at the end, I thought, 'what was that all about? What did that death accomplish other than to put all her readers off balance?'

By that time, though, I was, like Gesley, thoroughly done with them doing stupid things just to connect the dots. At the very least, Tris' death should have felt like a cataclysmic burning of a city, not a postscript. She handled the death of her main character with such indifference her readers became indifferent, too.

When a main character dies, you need to be sobbing and wailing! ;)