pathofthebear

Another weekend is ending (and it was a 100^o+ one here). I spent some of it reading Idol entries (mine is here, and Idol could really use more readers and voters right now). Some of it involved forcing myself to go outside and bike in the hot garage (ugh). And there was also a Naked Gun viewing, about which I will say that nobody could ever reproduce Leslie Nielsen's comic genius, but the new movie is funny and Liam Neeson is better as the straight man than I would have expected.

Other viewings (since I'm about to stop streaming Acorn and Apple TV, but will keep Brit Box for now):
Apple TV
Silo - I enjoyed this a LOT, because you know I love a good dystopian setting! My one complaint is that too much of it takes place in the dark, and now that people are no longer using blue light to indicate "dark," it is almost impossible to see parts of the action.
Dark Matter - Multiverses with a side of romance, and I was sorry when it was over.
Constellation - OMG, let me fangirl for a bit over this. An astronaut survives a fatal incident on the International Space Station, but parts of her life don't seem quite right afterwards. Mismatched multiverses play a part in this one, and not just for that one character. Jonathan Banks (better known as Mike Ermentraut) plays a JPL scientist who also experiences similar effects. Loved it, and the space sequences were fantastic.
Mr. Corman - The characters aren't exactly endearing in this series about a 5th grade teacher with regrets, but the show grew on me, and some of the fantasy-sequences are bizarrely entertaining.

Acorn TV
Keeping Faith - A lawyer's husband goes missing, and disturbing secrets surface. It's kind of a hot mess, and the main character makes a lot of impulsive and rash decisions, but I watched it to the end.
Bariau (Inside) - Only 1 season available. Takes place inside a Welsh men's prison, and I liked it for the quantity of Welsh language in it. About 2/3rds of the show are in Welsh, with random detours into English--sometimes within the same sentence.
The Accident - Four-part miniseries about the collapse of a factory caused by teenagers who sneaked in to vandalize the place. Really well done.
The Gone - WHERE is the second season of this Tasmanian show with the visiting Irish detective?

And in other TV news, I dived into Wednesday, S2 on Netflix and quickly ran out of episodes. Only half of S2 is up, with the other half set to drop in early September. Which means scrambling for entertainment tomorrow, as it's another 100-degree day and I will be stuck biking in the garage AGAIN.

HalfshellHusband is off getting his pacemaker replaced, which means he's outlived it! Cause for celebration. It's there mainly as a defibrillator, since he had a blackout about 10 years ago that we've never known the cause of. Probably low blood pressure, but better safe than sorry.

Our son finished taking the California Bar Exam yesterday. Boy, is he glad to be through with that. Ideally forever, though we won't know until early November. But for now... massive brain purge! And sleeping. So much sleeping.

Now I'm trying to plan a vacation for August for the 3 of us, before our son starts work in September. Running into some resistance from The Boy, because he's reluctant to leave the cat with a sitter for very long. Which I don't think is ideal, either, but this will be his last hurrah, and the cat will survive. Even with the enticement of Hawaii, it'll be an uphill battle. \o?

For my Idol story this week, I used a fairytale setting with the chance to skewer some of the weirdnesses fairy tales always seem to contain. In particular, there was a reference to Froggie Went A' Courtin', which I know as a song but it's older than that. Obviously, Bob Dylan's version is not the one I'm familiar with, but the lyrics match. Can't remember the original context, though. I know we had a record album that had some children's songs on it, so it might have been on there? The only one I definitely remember was along the lines of "Marisu, Marisu, cook some pierogies." Have I mentioned lately how repetitive children's songs tend to be?

About to go biking on another hot day. There was a reprieve last week (highs only in the low to upper 80s!), but it came with a lot of wind. This week? I'm grateful for the days that are ONLY in the low 90s. Summer in Sacramento--ugh.