Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Oh, the narrative!

Viola Davis seems to think THE HELP (the movie she starred in, not the book) doesn't tell the whole story which is not something I can definitively argue against not having seen the film but the criticism as seen in the Yahoo! URL above doesn't strike me as a convincing argument against any film.  No film dives deep into any particular story.  There's always an angle with which the story is told a viewpoint from which the scene is filtered.  I don't understand the complaint against "white savior" archetypes.  Mass lynchings didn't end because black people killed all the KKK members.  It didn't end because of Malcolm X or the Black Panthers.  It was MLK's leadership inspired by the might of God's Word along with his team of protestors who began the end of most of the worst of racism.  But if the mostly white media hadn't tuned in, very few would've even ventured to care.  I don't really know the premise of THE HELP.  I know its' characters are maids but beyond that I'm left wondering where's the need of a savior?  Should the savior have been a black person?  If so, who?  How?  If this were a film that took place today yes it wouldn't be entirely necessary for a group of black maids being criminally underpaid or systemically abused by their employers to be saved by a white person.  Idk.  I probably shouldn't be running my big mouth having not seen the movie.

Sunday, July 5, 2020

GB artbook

https://www.amazon.com/Ghostbusters-Artbook-Insight-Editions/dp/1683837274/ref=pd_rhf_sc_p_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=W28FJDJBXC3WTDRPQQR3

I can't believe how many folks have fallen for this pretentious gimmick.  The dozen give or take drawings I've seen from this book are sloppy or very random in nature.  The film's aesthetic was concise and grandiose.  Much of the film looks reminiscent of a painting when you take it apart.  In that respect it sounds like a no brainer that an artbook would compliment the film.  But what do you fill it with???  Genius art doesn't just magically appear when you say Ghostbusters three times.  You can't close your eyes and will it into existence.  So you end up with the crap that graces these pages.  Ug. 

Thursday, July 2, 2020

The nature of a check mark; is it real?

Had to finally go ahead and email MyPoints.com customer service because I for the 15th time clicked on a checkmark and was directed to a graph that tells me how far away I am from amassing a specific qty of points with which I will/would earn a bonus in addition to.  The checkmark wouldn't be totally out of place except there's another aspect of MyPoints.com where you complete a specific set of task and regardless of how much or little you earn from those tasks, you get a bonus.  It used to be called "Daily 5", but it's now being referred to as "to-do list", which makes their use of the checkmark even more ridiculous.

OH well.  Was going to include the email I sent, see if I could garner a few laughs, but OK.  I copied it into my clipboard, but then I unwittingly inserted a screenshot into my clipboard.  Gysh!  Why can't screenshots be way more concise??  Ya know?  Like: CLICK! Done!  WThk?  They gotta make everything so damn complicated.





where's the bap?

Garg.  I'm up still, 3:37 A.M. + the time it takes to type this.
a little sleepy.  not a lot.

Wednesday was a definite improvement mood wise over Tuesday.  Felt nauseous and had a headache most of Tuesday and I was still sucked by Monday.  Today I don't know what to think about it.  I have an appointment with head pastor at a church nearby that I'd visited a few+ times.  It's at 3pm so if I'm awake by 1pm I'll be OK.  I just need to go to sleep no later than 7am.  And then I'll probably go to bed at 8pm and wake up at 2am.  Grr.
Been watching way more forbdn entrnnt than I really feel is even understandable from God's perspective.  I'm just way too out of it.  I kept meaning to read some of His word this past day, but never got around to it.  RRRR (yy!!!!!!!!).  It slips so easily.  Just a little distance and BOOM!  I need to do better.

Of course, watching 9or9 is only a side effect of the reality of my spiritual condition, which is my own doing,un.  I need to un-un-do it and keep it that way!!!  AAAYY! 

Ug.

idk if or when things will truly improve.  I anticipate wanting to crawl under the floor at about 3pm ish.