Days of the Week

I did enjoy the movie; it was entertaining, the action sequences were well done and Uhura got a couple of Nice Moments, making up for the last movie. (Still a bit in the 'most of her character development is as 'Spock's girlfriend' though.)

( One thing that's bugging me... (spoilers) )

I need a Jane icon, although my monster girls icons will probably do fine in a pinch.

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Brought to you by vodka-induced lack of anxiety

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1. My laptop is dead and my charger has given up the ghost, so for the moment my computer time is...flexible. Let's call it that. That sounds nice.

2. I have a surprisingly wide excitables list for next year. Black Sails, Sleepy Hollow, Gothica, tentatively Almost Human...but like Defiance, I think I'm going to try and wait it out until season one is finished before I start watching. I've discovered I do much better that way? BUT IT'S HAAAARD

3. I'd be excited about Epic - and I'm seeing it everywhere - except Fungus Grotto is a carbon copy of their plot, only progressive. Like, the 'goes to the miniature/otherwise alien-yet-familiar world is a familiar plot points, especially with fairies and lost parental figures and size shifts (I think Alice in Wonderland influenced the form that a lot of Western 'under the mound' type stories take hugely) and it looks like this takes a seriously different form, but at the same time I keep thinking - I saw this. It had a WOC as a lead, with a live and active female beloved parental figure, and I waaaaant that one. Anyway, who knows. It would be a good family film so when it comes out I might use it to tug Mom and Sam out of the house, and I'll keep an open mind.

4. I thought I was fully done with TVD, but I went back out of curiosity to watch the last episode, and now the events of the finale (which I knew better than to watch) have been so vile to hear about I suspect my brief dip in the pool has left me scummy with lingering investment.

5. I am drinking REALLY GOOD VODKA tonight.

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The heating/AC system is switched over manually twice a year, so we can't have heat and AC on successive days. Given New York has mild enough summers there are only a few times I actually use AC (mostly at night, because it helps me sleep), this normally isn't a problem...

... except there always seems to be a couple of days that get unseasonably cold right after or right before the changeover. Like today. It's currently 8° C/46° F outside at 11 AM. Which would be a nice day... in January. (My apartment is 66° F; it might have been warmer except I forgot to switch the thermostat over to 'cool', so it was trying to warm the apartment without the heat being on... which doesn't work.)

Thankfully I have plenty of blankets. On the other hand, the urge to just build a nest in them and not come out until the temperature cracks the double digits in Celsius is pretty strong.

Between

+ The rough draft of the last bit of research I'm doing being with my adviser who is...
+ ... in Brazil for the week with half our research group (so no group meeting) and
+ ... no classes so no normal events at the office,

I'm tempted to just take this week and spring clean the hell out of my apartment. There are a few work-related things I can do, and a job or two I can apply for (though two of three recommendation letter writers are out of the country), but really telling myself I can procrastinate by cleaning is kind of nice. Maybe it'll motivate me to clean my storage closet or bring some of my used books and clothing to places that are not my apartment and can use them.