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Blogocentric Formulations

Logocentric (adj). Regarding words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality (especially applied as a negative term to traditional Western thought by postmodernist critics).

Sometimes I just write whatever I feel like. Other times I respond to prompts, many taken from the following places:

"The Soundtrackers Group"

"Blogging Circle of Friends "

"Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise"

"JAFBG"

"Take up Your Cross"

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Aiva Raine

Nov 6, 2024 at 4:49pm
In response to "October Watch List"

Grin. I loved Psych! I rewatched White Collar approx a month ago. Having issues finding good new shows so I've resorted to rewatching my favorites from old.

Currently rewatching Castle, Supernatural, and Buffy/Angel.

Enjoyed The Great and Lady Jane Grey, sad they both got cancelled. The "I made a teddy bear" episode on The Great was so funny hubby and I had to rewatch that scene 4 times before we could finally stop laughing hysterically at it.

Thanks for your recaps of shows- it's given me some new items to add to our lists.

Jeff

Nov 6, 2024 at 3:20am
In response to "October Watch List"

Aiva Raine

- I've actually watched all three! PERSON OF INTEREST was a really good show, but WHITE COLLAR and BURN NOTICE (along with another great USA Network show called PSYCH) are some of my favorite television shows of all time. I actually just started rewatching WHITE COLLAR a few weeks ago!

Aiva Raine

Nov 5, 2024 at 3:08pm
In response to "October Watch List"

Wasn't aware that there was a movie for "What we do in the shadows"- thought it was just a TV show on Hulu. Thanks for sharing that tidbit- will find the movie and add it to our watch list. The TV show is quite humorous.

I also enjoyed the Lincoln Lawyer- need to watch the newest season.

Have you ever checked out Person of Interest, White Collar, or Burn Notice? If so, did you enjoy them?

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Aiva Raine

Aug 3, 2024 at 11:10pm
In response to "Man on the Moon"

Just missed seeing the moon landing by a few years and as one of those "old people", I will admit to being depressed at our lack of space progress. Sure, we've got great new telescopes that are letting us see wonderful things way out in space, but we still haven't even put a man back on the moon again after all this time. Putting someone on Mars looked promising for a while, until Elon Musk went all nutso and can't stop mucking up everything. Yeah, he's got reusable rockets, but we aren't really progressing much beyond that.

I truly hope I can live long enough to see humans do some real space exploration. Because even though I didn't see the original moon landing in person- watching it on TV after the fact still was pretty freaking cool. Although watching the Challenger blow up from our desks at school sucked. Here's hoping we get to bring the astronauts stuck in space home soon. Maybe NASA can work with someone besides Boeing for that!

Aiva Raine

Aug 3, 2024 at 11:01pm
In response to "July 2024 Watch List"

Only seen the Fall Guy and Deadpool & Wolverine. Both fell a bit flat for me. I think because the first Deadpool was just so awesome. This last one felt a bit Disneyfied. Yes, I know- tons of gore and the occasional sex joke, but it just, meh. There wasn't any real "bite" to it.

The first one had a real plot. It made you belly laugh hard. And you cared a bit about the characters. This last one, I didn't really care at all. About anyone. I laughed, but most were the "oh wow- that's so over the top it's funny" laughs, not "that's freaking hysterical and I'm still gonna be laughing about that on the way home".

Fall guy- it was more cheesy than funny or entertaining. It wasn't that memorable at all. So not memorable that I'm trying to remember anything I hated or liked about it and well, I can't. I do remember at the end going, well, not sure that was worth the 2 or so hours it took to watch.

There really hasn't been a movie lately that's wowed me. Everything seems to be trying to follow the whole Marvel action movie formula and they just don't do it for me. There's only so many explosions, fart jokes, and over the top gore scenes all done special effecty that you can do before you've completely lost me. I quit watching Marvel or Superhero movies a while ago, but went to Deadpool because- it was Deadpool and my son asked me to go for a Mom/Son outing.

I've tried watching many of the newer shows that get all the hype and they fall flat. I've gone back to watching reruns of shows I actually enjoyed- like Leverage, or White Collar. I'm on rewatch # 3 of Supernatural, rewatch 2 of Vampire Diaries, got about half-way through rewatch 2 of Originals before I gave up.

I did enjoy "The Great" and was bummed they killed it after 3 seasons. That was funny!

I loved the Bridgerton series, but this last season left me a bit unimpressed.

I'm currently rewatching Warehouse 13 with hubby who has never seen it. We watched Eureka before then. Somehow- all these older shows are much better than 99% of the newer shows and I honestly want to know why.

Why do most of the newer shows suck? Lazy writing? AI writing? What's the story? I'm really curious?

Kåre เลียม Enga

Aug 3, 2024 at 4:46pm
In response to "July 2024 Watch List"

I don't go out or have a television. I would watch more on-line but the internet has been wonky recently.

Two Thai BLs:

"1000 Year Old Vampire"

So... uneven. Some of the premise makes sense in a supernatural way. A vampire can't die even though he's bored of living. He's old... very old... and keeps meeting the same human/alien again and again. That 'love story' has some merit. The final scene is moving.

12 episodes could've been condensed to 4 or 6 (so... 160 - 240 minutes total; even a 90 minute western movie would've been better). I could take the final words "Wave goodbye, Master Yoh" and rewrite it as a prequel, having it placed in 1940 (not necessarily in Bangkok), ending in 2000... with it being 'reborn' in 2020. I like the idea, not just how it's done.

"Love Sea"

Good acting, great chemistry, edgy at times. It tackles sex-for-pay, family abuse/neglect, criminality, and the age old "what happens when we fall in love". I love a romance when there are layers of other genres and when it takes me to a time and/or place. Episode 2 is steamy and geo-restricted but it's fitting to get past the 'sex' because that's not the story.

Both main actors are top-shelf and work well together. The niece Meena is adorable. The father is chilling (evil wrapped up in normality). It hasn't finished yet. There are 10 episodes. #9 airs August 4th.

"1000YO" gets about a 6.5 rating at MyDramaList ... and that's about right imho for PG silliness. "Love Sea" is rated 8.0 and that's a tad low. The story may be a bit too 'real' for some audiences as it's 18+ and serious.

These are the opening episodes to save time looking for them! IMHO, it's getting harder to find some things on-line.

1000YO: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8sq35e
LoveSea: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9037r4

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Jul 29, 2024 at 12:01am
In response to "Hiding behind humor"

"I was just joking" can trigger my traumas and make me distrust someone. I want to respond, "I'm not laughing" ... without an apology or smile. It's too akin to bullying.

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Jul 28, 2024 at 11:55pm
In response to "Man on the Moon"

The original Star Trek was 1966-1969. And let's not forget the Jetsons. Both forecast new technologies... as people looked to the future.

The future seems more dystopian now. And since the Moon has little commercial value, money has gone elsewhere. NASA has a $25 billion budget; Pentagon ... $825 billion.

When there's a military base on the Moon... or when it's found to be made of gold instead of cheese... then it will become a priority.

Sumojo

Jul 16, 2024 at 2:16am
In response to "Memorable Places"

Hi, Jeff, I’m reviewing this interesting blog post as next in line for I Write in 24.

I’ll comment on each of your memorable places in turn.

Flathead Lake (Polson, Montana
I could feel the connection you had to this place, but also to the memories of your grandparents. I couldn’t quite envisage the boathouse though. To me a boathouse is a shelter for a boat! But obviously it wasn’t just that.
I could also feel the sadness when you returned there, even if it was just on line. It’s distressing really to see the new owners had messed with a place you held so dear.

Zuma Beach (Malibu, California)
Now here you showed your true romanticism. What a beautiful plan you devised to recreate the table setting of your wedding day. Your wife would have been so happy.

Gare du Nord (Paris, France).
I understand that feeling when you become the foreigner when you first land in a country whose language is not yours. I felt it when we were in Vietnam, even the street signs weren’t in English and finding one’s way around was daunting.
I believe though that the French people are willing to speak English if one makes at least an attempt at French.

Edmund D. Edelman Children's Courthouse (Los Angeles, California).

A different feeling and experience here. I was a little taken aback when I saw a courthouse as a place you had strong memories about until I read the rest of the post. Yes, a location can leave a person traumatised. Your experiences at that particular courthouse are mixed. The applications and endless paperwork involved in the process which allowed you to adopt your precious children would certainly have left you with mixed feelings of that location.

The Walt Disney Studios Lot (Burbank, California)

Now this location isn’t one where many people can put as their workplace. You certainly have an interesting job.I would have loved to hear more about your experiences in the movie business.

Overall I throughly enjoyed the blog post. Thank you so much for sharing.
Sue.

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Wordsmitty ✍️

Jul 15, 2024 at 12:12am
In response to "Memorable Places"

A nice time capsule of your life as well. Thanks for sharing.

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February 28, 2021 at 11:41pm

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Anyone

"The Soundtrack of Your Life" | Day 21

"Anyone"
by Justin Bieber

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I have a love-hate relationship with Justin Bieber. Which is to say that I mostly hate him, but I occasionally hate myself for loving one of his songs. Every so often he does manage to come up with a really good song that I find myself listening to on repeat, and this is the most recent one of those songs. I definitely think he's matured as an artist (and only moderately so as a human being), but it's still hard to admit that I actually like a Justin Bieber song in public. Still, I can't deny that ballads like this tend to find their way onto my playlists from time to time.

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February 28, 2021 at 11:32pm

#1005528

Lost

"The Soundtrack of Your Life" | Day 20

"Lost"
by Blake Rose

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Coming in off a late night
But I've got no one to lay by
Yeah, what I would do just to kill the wire
Telling me I've got to call
But living without you don't feel right
From the '75 playing the day by
To the cigarettes under the midnights
Yeah, maybe it won't hurt to call

Oh, yeah, you gotta, you gotta
You gotta admit we were so dumb, so dumb
And oh, no, baby, how did we, how did we
How did we manage to mess this up, mess this up?

I'm wide awake missing your face
Missing your taste, wishing you were lost with me
Now I'm driving your way in the middle of the rain
Wishing you were close to me
No, I don't wanna wait
I don't wanna say, "Remember what we used to be?"
'Cause I don't wanna live that way
So tell me that it's not too late

Pulling up on the 1-5
Trying to get you off my mind
Been telling myself that it's a waste of time
But maybe I'm dumb not to call
'Cause, baby, living without you ain't right
From stumbling home after midnight
To seeing the same films a hundred times
Yeah, maybe it won't hurt to call

Oh, yeah, you gotta, you gotta
You gotta admit we were so dumb, so dumb
And oh no, baby, how did we, how did we
How did we manage to mess this up, mess this up?

I'm wide awake missing your face
Missing your taste, wishing you were lost with me
Now I'm driving your way in the middle of the rain
Wishing you were close to me
No, I don't wanna wait
I don't wanna say, "Remember what we used to be?"
'Cause I don't wanna live that way
So tell me that it's not too late

So lost for you, so lost for you
So lost for you, so tell me that it's not too late
So lost for you, so lost for you
So lost for you, so tell me that it's not too late

I'm wide awake missing your face
Missing your taste, wishing you were lost with me
Now I'm driving your way in the middle of the rain
Wishing you were close to me
No, I don't wanna wait
I don't wanna say, "Remember what we used to be?"
'Cause I don't wanna live that way
So tell me that it's not one big mistake

Missing your face
Missing your taste, wishing you were lost with me
Now I'm driving your way in the middle of the rain
Wishing you were close to me
No, I don't wanna wait
I don't wanna say, "Remember what we used to be?"
'Cause I don't wanna live that way
So tell me that it's not too late

So lost for you, so lost for you
So lost for you, so tell me that it's not too late
So lost for you, so lost for you
So lost for you, so tell me that it's not too late

Blake Rose is an interesting artist for me because I actually don't like a lot of his other songs. Usually when I like an artist, I find a handful of songs that I like and listen to after coming across a first song that really speaks to me. In this case, I really, really dig this song, but that's about it. I've tried at least a half a dozen other songs by Blake and I'm not just that into them. Maybe he'll come out with something else that really connects with me but for right now he's a one-hit wonder on my current playlists.

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February 28, 2021 at 11:27pm

#1005526

My Heart Won't Let Me

"The Soundtrack of Your Life" | Day 19

"My Heart Won't Let Me"
by LANY

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I found LANY on Spotify when I recently started looking for other artists like A R I Z O N A and The Band CAMINO. They popped up with a number of different songs and I've been listening to them a lot lately. I enjoy a good alternative rock love song and these guys have some pretty catchy songs. I haven't listened to a wide variety of their songs yet, though, (just the couple I already know I like), so I think I'm due for a deep dive through their discography at some point.

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February 28, 2021 at 5:58pm

#1005493

Unconditionally

"The Soundtrack of Your Life" | Day 18

"Unconditionally"
by Katy Perry

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Bonus points for squeezing a six-syllable word into multiple places in a song and making it sound melodic.

I'm "hot n cold" on Katy Perry (bad pun intended). Sometimes she does songs that I think are pretty unoriginal and, while catchy, not particularly memorable... and at other times she does songs like this one that just somehow strike a chord with me and are something that I end up listening to for weeks and weeks and weeks. I found this song while listening to a playlist of similar songs and haven't been able to stop listening to it since. The music video is also gorgeously shot.

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February 28, 2021 at 5:52pm

#1005492

Gonna Get Over You

"The Soundtrack of Your Life" | Day 17

"Gonna Get Over You"
by Sara Bareilles

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This is an older song, off Sara Bareilles' 2010 album Kaleidoscope Heart (which I still think is her best album). This song showcases a lot of her strength as a songwriter, combining catchy melodies with really sophisticated lyrics. Honestly, other than maybe Taylor Swift, I think Sara Bareilles is probably one of the most talented singer/songwriters of her generation. She always manages to write complex, evocative lyrics that seem really effortless when she sings them. This is one of the music videos that my kids love to watch over and over again, and I haven't gotten tired of the song yet, which is really saying something given how many times they've asked me to watch it.

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February 28, 2021 at 5:45pm

#1005491

Remind Me To Forget

"The Soundtrack of Your Life" | Day 16

"Remind Me To Forget"
by Kygo feat. Miguel

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I almost went with one of Kygo's 80s remixes (his version of "Higher Love" with Whitney Houston and "What's Love Got To Do With It" with Tina Turner are both regularly on my playlists), and I actually started writing an entry about his collaboration with Sasha Sloan ("I'll Wait"). But this song has been speaking to me a lot lately and I really try not to do any repeats during "The Soundtrack of Your Life"

. I can always appreciate a great voice paired with a savvy DJ/electronic music producer, and I think this song really capitalizes on the strength of both.

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February 28, 2021 at 5:35pm

#1005489

long story short

"The Soundtrack of Your Life" | Day 15

"long story short"
by Taylor Swift

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I still can't get over the fact that Taylor Swift dropped not one, but two unplanned albums in 2020. It's a really remarkable accomplishment, and while these two albums aren't necessary my favorites, there are a few songs on each of them that I think are really great and accentuate her talents as a songwriter. Even without a full studio production backing her, she writes affecting, catchy songs. This one is off her second album (evermore) and is probably my favorite from that album, although a few others like "willow" and "'tis the damn season" are good too.

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February 28, 2021 at 5:27pm

#1005488

Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)

"The Soundtrack of Your Life" | Day 14

"Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)"
by Jason Derulo & Jawsh 685

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I'm a sucker for a catchy song that causes a fun social media trend. This song reminds me a lot of "Gagnam Style" from PSY a few years ago where it just absolutely blew up and you could find people posting videos of themselves dancing to it absolutely everywhere. And who knows if it'll actually have any staying power or will fade away once the new trendy song pops up, but in the meantime this is a fun one to add to my playlists where I can just enjoy a song that makes me want to dance.

Jason Derulo is a hugely underrated artist, in my opinion. He's a great dancer and has a number of, if not great, than at least really catchy, really well-produced songs. I've been listening to him since "In My Head" and "Ridin' Solo" off his debut album, and each successive album he releases usually has at least one or two songs that I listen to for a decent amount of time.

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February 28, 2021 at 5:17pm

#1005487

Light On

"The Soundtrack of Your Life" | Day 13

"Light On"
by Maggie Rogers

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I could have honestly put any Maggie Rogers song from her Heard It In A Past Life album. All of the songs are great and it's honestly a serious contender for the album that I'm going to use for Musicology Anthology this year. Every song is soulful, but each one has a distinctly different sound and really compelling lyrics. She might be one of my favorite new artists that I've discovered in the past six months, and her entire album is featured on just about all of my current playlists.

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February 28, 2021 at 5:10pm

#1005486

Lean

"The Soundtrack of Your Life" | Day 12

"Lean"
by VHS Collection

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VHS Collection is another of the artists (like A R I Z O N A and The Band CAMINO) that I recently discovered and had a hard time picking just one song to feature because I've been listening to a whole bunch of different songs by them and I like a whole bunch of them. I almost went with "Waiting on the Summer" or "Sign" but ultimately picked this one because it was the song that first introduced me to the band. I think it might've been from an episode of SHAMELESS.

I really dig their retro sound; it's modern, but often feels like I'm listening to a song with 80s influences, which is the music I grew up listening to.

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