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A new television show, some snark and a bit of eye rolling

~ Bon Steele ~ 4 Comments

While I was browsing around this morning, doing the normal coffee & email-read routine, I came across a site for a new FX TV show called “American Horror Story.” I was intrigued – I love a good horror show –  so off I went to their official site. Psychosexual thriller with a potential supernatural bent, eh? Sounds interesing. Cast looks good, some names that I recognize. Lots of pretty people. And you know, horror TV show.  In October, no less. *

Checking my sanity in at the door, I went to the FB site so I could “like” it and get updates, character information, upcoming episode information, etc., etc. social media ad nauseum, ad infinitum. Then I brainfarted and scrolled down to see what people were saying about it.

Dear god, the stupid. It burns.

*EYE ROLL*


I should know better by now than to read comments. Why on earth do people feel the need to argue in a public space about something that they don’t have any clue about? The show’s not even out yet but some of these higher primates feel that they have the sacred duty to rip it to teensy little pieces.

 

 

In spite of the rampant asininity on the Facebook site, I am still intrigued enough to tune in (or, far more likely, DVR it) and watch the premiere. As I said, I love a good horror show. Especially at this time of the year. If I can’t have pretty foliage and cooler weather, I will have spooky television. I hope that it’s good. I hope that it’s good for more than the first few episodes.
I don’t watch a huge amount of TV – because, for the most part, it sucks. Totally willing to give a new show the benefit of the doubt. History shows, however, that within a season this show will jump the shark.

 

Personally, I’d like to get a few of my more writerly-type friends together and put together a TV show. I am reasonably sure that we could turn out scripts that are at least as good as what one sees now. And, living in Austin, we have access to quite a few** studios. What do you say, writer friends?  Wanna put together something really scary?

 

 

 

*-  (unf, unf, unf)
** – Ok, eight. Eight studios, give or take.

Frumpy? You’re soaking in it!

~ Bon Steele ~ 1 Comment

Here’s a question: who determines the rules for fashion & hair style? They seem so irrational. As if they are designed to squelch unique fashion, while at the same time promoting a look that is designed for only young, hot people. Older folks* are pretty much expected to curl up in a corner and pretend that they don’t exist, except to buy clothing for young people.

I ask because I am in somewhat of a quandry. I am a 41 year old Mom with a kid in middle school. Therefore, I am expected by the fashion industry to look somewhat like this:

"I'll take a half-caff, half-fat soy latte grande with rose-scented syrup and whipped cream made from the milk of sacred cows."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But, I am also a tattooed gamer with a love of goth and stompy boots. RPGs, snark, Sci-Fi (not to be confused with Syfy, which is apparently a disease of the intellect) and music with a BPM higher than 140 make me super happy.
According to much and more on the internet, all of this also makes me a “dork.”


Wait. What do you mean that's a boy? PFFT. I know a goth-mommy when I see one

 

 

 

Heh.
There is always room for Marilyn-mocking.

 

 

 

 

The actual problem:

I am re-entering the professional workforce; or rather, attempting to re-enter the workforce. That means interviews. Which means that my lengthy, still somewhat streakily blue and yet gray at the roots hair should probably be styled. Or at the very least, snipped. Furthermore, I am getting touch tired of waking up with my hair wrapped around me like semi-sentient mummy bandages.

Bring Mommy the brush!

 

 

 

 

 

 

JIBBLIES.

What to do, what to do. I would like to get my hair styled. However,I know that walking into any standard stylist will be a frumpy mistake. And walking into a non-standard one will be a costly one.

“Oh, so you want to re-capture your youth while not looking like you are trying to do so? Bettie Page bangs for you!”
“You did notice that my face and body type are neither Betty nor Page, right?”
“Don’t worry! You’ll love it. That’ll be a beeeeelyun dollars, plus tip.”

Pictured: Not my face.

How do I convey to potential employers my value, my skill and my abilities without scaring them off because I don’t look like what they expect?

Let’s not even – right now – get into the whole ageism in the workforce. That is a post for a whole ‘nother day.

Feh, I say. Feh and fist shaking.

I am off to get a hair cut. When I return and if I like the results, I’ll post a picture of the outcome.
In the meantime, wish this “old” gamer good luck.

* – No. Forty is NOT old. I don’t buy into the whole “old” thing except as a measure of how you feel.

**ETA**
Seriously, WordPress?  The formatting of the images and text looked great until I published it.

DISCUSSION: Jail Time for Internet Trolling

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