Things in My World

[tarotgal]

Watched Gotham... liked it. Started watched Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on DVD... loving it. Started watching Under the Dome... not bad, but don't know where this is going.

Work... officially, I am over it. I no longer like my job. I dislike my boss. But after 2 weeks of trying to fight him in order to stand up for my website users, I no longer have the energy and had to give in. I feel terrible about it, but I had to. I hope it doesn't cost us as much as it might.

Kitty... my family's cat, Sugar, is not doing well. I stopped by my parents' house on the way home from the library to say goodbye to her (not that she could hear; she's deaf) just in case her heart gives out or we have to put her to sleep tomorrow. My mother is distraught. I'm crying but holding out hope that she'll bounce back again.

Hip... is doing all right. I am feeling well, but it still hurts sometimes and gets tired. Luckily, my volunteer coordinators at my libraries have been finding me things to do while sitting down. I really, really needed the solace of the library tonight to zen out and escape for a little while. I pushed myself a little harder than I probably should have, but I needed to learn my limits and I'm fine now. So no harm done.

I've got another 140-something pages to read in The Silkworm before the book discussion meetup on Friday.

Comments

[smokeycat-430.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying Gotham and SHIELD. Have you seen Winter Soldier yet? I don't know how far along you are in SHIELD but if you haven't seen that movie yet you should stop watching the show before episode 17 (Turn, Turn, Turn) otherwise it will spoil the movie for you big time. I curious to know what you think of the show, though. ;-)

Also, I am definitely in the same boat as you regarding work. My contract with my job is up in about three weeks and there is no way in hell I am renewing it. I have a class I'm going to be taking in December that is going to prepare me for a new job I will hopefully be starting in the spring so...*fingers crossed*. But yeah, can't stand the work, environment, supervisors, and more than half of my co-workers. *sigh*

Sorry to hear about your family's kitty. I remember when you posted that your family had gotten an all white cat and it was something I really wanted at the time. I have my own all white cat now and he is deaf as well so I am partial to white kitties. I hope Sugar bounces back as well.

How is The Silkworm book? Is it as good as the first Strike book? You know you got me to read that one so I guess I will have to read this new one as well sometime.

[tarotgal]

I have not seen Winter Soldier yet (I don't know how it could spoil me, but I know that there's a crossover ep). I'm only 2 discs (9 or 10 episodes) into the series but I have both disc 3 and Winter Soldier coming to me in the mail today, assuming Netflix is on time, because I knew I needed to see the movie before finishing part of the series. I'm really liking the cast and Coulson getting to do some of the things he does best like team-building and not giving up on people and being a badass SHIELD agent as well as a commander.

I'm so sorry you're feeling like that about work. I like the coworkers who sit near me at work, but there are others who I am less fond of, so I know exactly what you mean. It's tough trying to work in that kind of an environment.

Mom didn't call me in the middle of the night to tell me Sugar passed away, so that's a good sign. Poor little kitty. I'll hold out hope until I hear otherwise.

I like Silkworm. It goes into a bit more of Strike's past. It jumps POV between him and Robin, sometimes several times on the same page, which is a bit strange to me. But I like it a lot. I just have no idea how the book is going to turn out. In this mystery, a novelist goes missing, so it's fun exploring the publishing/writing world through JK Rowling's eyes/creations. heehee

[smokeycat-430.livejournal.com]

Maybe you already know went on in Winter Soldier so it wouldn't spoil you anyway but I think that crossover episode takes place after the movie so it would make more sense to watch it chronologically. I know that some people were mad because the movie came out on a Friday and show was on a Tuesday so it only gave them four days in between and some couldn't go see the movie in that time and then they were spoiled by the show.

[tarotgal]

I suspect I know the basics of what went on in the movie (and I am already familiar with Bucky's various character storyarcs from Marvel comics/other series) but I had indeed planned on watching Winter Soldier in the middle of watching the series. My Netflix queue was set up for the first 3 discs of the show, Winter Solder, then the last two or three discs of the show. But I definitely appreciate the heads-up. I don't like being spoiled any more than necessary, especially when it can be avoided!

[wig-powder.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear about your boss and your family cat. I hope the cat gets better and your boss eventually realizes that you were right.

I'm glad your hip seems to be recovering. May that and your stomach problems soon be a thing of the past.

And if you have room in your TV watching schedule for one more show...May I suggest ABC's "Forever?" It starts a certain Welsh actor we know and love, and, well...it's Fetish Fuel. Seriously. They wrote in a plot device that will have any seasoned fetishist rubbing their hands in glee. I wrote a musing on the subject at my journal before it even aired, that's how strong the fetish vibes are. Besides which, it's shaping up to be a decent show, so it's worth watching for more than just that.

Sorry, I'm just...really invested in trying to get more people to watch this show. I think it shows.

[tarotgal]

Unfortunately, after weeks of fighting with him about it, I think we're stuck doing it my boss's way and compromising the privacy of out 50,000 website users intentionally. I'm devastated and disappointed in us.

I've got the first two episodes of Forever on my DVR, as well as NCIS New Orleans, just haven't watched yet. It's Ioan and immortality--how could I NOT watch that show? Awesome to hear there's a fetish component as well! Squee!

[wig-powder.livejournal.com]

I'm so very sorry. Hopefully if this blows up in your company's face, your boss will get the brunt of the blame, not you.

I should warn you that there is no actual sneezing in Forever as of yet, but certain things they wrote in are pretty much a giant neon sign to fetishists saying "WRITE FIC GETTING THIS CHARACTER SICK."

If you're interested and don't mind very vague spoilers (this was written before the show aired), you can read my musing on the subject here: http://wig-powder.livejournal.com/10415.html

[melydia.livejournal.com]

So sorry to hear about your kitty. And your job. Glad the library helped a bit.

How is the hip pain compared to how it was before? Is it better, worse, different? Was the aim here to just reduce your pain or eliminate the cause entirely? Anyway, glad to hear that it's not cutting you off from the rest of your life too significantly.

[tarotgal]

Just got a phone call from Mom. Sugar's heartrate is down from 300 BPM to 150 BPM. She's got a low fever and still isn't eating, but Mom's going to try force-feeding her and see if that works. She's done this before; we even had to put a tube in her throat once to feed her for a week directly that way. So we'll see what happens. I'm much more hopeful now that her little heart didn't give out overnight and is more normal now.

The hip pain is different from what it was--it hurts from having surgery, not from the muscle tear. The aim was to eliminate the cause entirely. So here's hoping it does that once the surgery-related pain is gone and the muscle is trained to move in the right way again.