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And now, a random update post that really goes nowhere. Fun times.

Published February 28, 2018 by Malia

“Eagles may soar, but weasles don’t get sucked into jet engines.” Hands down, my all time favorite joke.

I completely lost the month of February. The flu was brutal; and then when I thought it was finally all over, I came down with post-infection bronchitis. I didn’t have the energy to do anything. I just stayed in bed, and slept through things on Netflix and Hulu.

I’m a week out now from the bronchitis diagnosis. I’m still not at 100%, but I’m starting to feel like maybe, just maybe, the worst is over.

March begins in a few hours, and I’m tentatively looking forward to it. There are changes headed towards me. I hope the changes are going to improve the boy and I’s life. Guess we won’t know until we’re actually into it. But at least I should have plenty to write about.

And now, I’m going to try to sleep, because tomorrow is my early shift, and I’ve found I’m more successful at my job when I’m not completely sleep deprived.

Even Netflix isn’t safe

Published January 3, 2018 by Malia

Have you noticed the new thing Netflix is doing? When I pick something to watch, they’ve started running previews for other things that I could be watching. I can, and do, skip the preview but they still start the preview before I actually get to start the thing that I picked.

Now, I understand the thinking behind this marketing. They want to make me aware of these other programs that they have, ones that I may not know about. But, I have a really hard time making decisions and if Netflix would just check their data, they’d see I spend way more time digging through their offerings trying to pick something, than I actually spend watching anything. So, these little previews that come up as soon as I’ve made my decision are almost like Netflix is saying, “Yeah, we don’t think you made a good choice. Here, watch Dave Chapelle instead.”

Because this is such a new thing, I keep forgetting that I’m going to have a preview come up. So, I’ll make my selection, and then am confused and surprised (and not the good kind of surprised, it’s more of a, “This really doesn’t look like Fuller House. Did I select the wrong thing? Why can’t I operate a remote correctly??? THE SKY IS FALLING!!!” panicked surprise) when something else starts playing. It’s not until I notice the little box in the lower corner of the screen with my show in it that I realize I’m watching a preview.

So, yeah, it’s very much a first world problem, but I swear Netflix has figured out how to make my constant indecision even worse.

Vampires Don’t Sparkle

Published June 11, 2014 by Malia

So…I’m a bit (and by bit, I mean several years) of a latecomer to this party, but I’m finally watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  Now, I’ve had Buffy sitting on my Netflix queue for years, but I’ve never been able to get into it.  I think I’ve tried watching the first episode three or four times, and just couldn’t finish it.  I finally decided to skip finishing episode one (for now) and just move on to episode two.  Turns out this was a brilliant idea.  I’m now hooked on the campy horror.

Even though I’m only in season one, I feel like I’ve been severely misjudging this show.  (It’s amazing how easy it is to misjudge something you haven’t actually watched.)  So far I’ve found that it’s well written, really funny, and even a chicken like me can watch it alone without getting too freaked out.

The other good thing about this?  Now when the boy makes Buffy references, I won’t have to sit there with this blank look on my face forcing him to explain.  In fact, I’m probably going to annoy him to no end with my new found love of the Buffyverse.

And on a non-Buffy related note, but a sparkly vampire related note, I leave you with this…

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I just wish the caption didn’t have the words “may” and “you” switched :/