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unikorento) wrote2019-01-07 05:42 pm
unikorento) wrote2019-01-07 05:42 pm
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January Journal-ish Day 7
I didn't have a prompt for today, and today's Snowflake challenge didn't tickle my fancy, so I'll just write a regular old little entry. The point is to try and write every day, right? So I'm keeping with the spirit of January journal.
Today was the first day of teaching after Christmas holidays, and all in all it went a lot better than I expected it would. The holiday had clearly been good, since the kids were focused rather than wrung out and restless. I, on the other hand, really could have done with a nap. I must have been nervous about getting back to work on some level because I started the day with only a couple of hours of sleep under my belt. ASMR, Potterless, boring newscast, guided meditation: nothing helped. I'm not at all the insomniac type, so it was a weird night.
The day's highlights include:
- A class of 38 16-year-olds having no idea who Ewan McGregor is. I'd like to try and cobble together some kind of exercise using clips from Moulin Rouge and Trainspotting. It could be fun. Not sure about the educational value, though.
- My Gmail filling with notifications about all the new DW connections I've made in just a few days.
- My corner shop still selling riisipuuro, despite the holidays being technically over.
- Not having to leave the apartment at all today now that I'm home. I miss my dog, but when the weather is like this, I'm really happy he's still at my sister's for another week.
The day's lows:
- I got three extra credit essays handed in, all of which were terrible. I genuinely can't tell if this one kid is really this terrible, or if he didn't read the story and is trying to cover it up. I also have no idea how to ask him which it is without possibly killing his motivation to try and do better in the future. I mean, he voluntarily wrote an extra credit essay. Why would someone try to cheat on something like that? Right?
- The schedule for this week. Thank heaven it really is just this week.
- My Great Marvel Re-watch getting off to a bad start. I can't find Iron Man on Netflix, Viaplay or HBO. Boo.
Chronologically, this is where the re-watch starts. I made a lot of notes while I watched (that was surprisingly fun and a lot easier than I thought it would be), but I'm not sure how to translate them into a journal entry of any value. Maybe just some highlights?
1. Every interaction between Bucky & Steve is gold, and I love it.
2. The "I could do this all day" line is somehow the least effective in this film. It's been amazing every time he's said in the other films. How is that possible?
3. While I love Peggy Carter as a character, I intensely dislike most scenes with her and Steve. She gets the shittiest lines. "You have no idea how to talk to a woman, do you?". Just. Fuck whoever wrote that. Fuck him and the horse he rode in on. No woman in the history of women has ever said that. You know why, shitty script man? You know why? Because women don't consider themselves to be a different fucking species with whom you need to use special vocabulary to communicate. No. Just no. Peggy deserved better lines. That being said, their final conversation is heartbreaking and beautiful.
4. The movie had a montage. I'm a sucker for a good montage.
5. This movie has an inherent problem with how it presents masculinity. I don't blame the movie itself, though. That problem is inherent in the original comics. I love superheroes, but let's not pretend that the ultimate message in all of them isn't that violence is the way to solve problems and that men who choose not to do violence are somehow lesser. I'm pretty sure I'll be repeating this particular point during every single movie.
6. I would have wanted to have more scenes where Steve & Howard Stark develop a friendship. It would've added more spice to Steve's & Tony's issues later on.
7. Bucky saying "No! Not without you!". Yup.
8. How had I not realized that Bucky picks up Cap's shield just before he dies? Obvious foreshadowing? I love it!
9. The last 30 minutes of the movie is boring nonsense, but the very last scene of Cap waking up in New York is wonderful.
In conclusion:
My original impression of the movie stands. It's the least charismatic Marvel movie. Not much of a plot, and yet not enough character interaction to make up for the distinct lack of it, and not even that many funny lines. The casting is spot-on for everyone, though. Sebastian Stan is hot but has a dumb hat.
Today was the first day of teaching after Christmas holidays, and all in all it went a lot better than I expected it would. The holiday had clearly been good, since the kids were focused rather than wrung out and restless. I, on the other hand, really could have done with a nap. I must have been nervous about getting back to work on some level because I started the day with only a couple of hours of sleep under my belt. ASMR, Potterless, boring newscast, guided meditation: nothing helped. I'm not at all the insomniac type, so it was a weird night.
The day's highlights include:
- A class of 38 16-year-olds having no idea who Ewan McGregor is. I'd like to try and cobble together some kind of exercise using clips from Moulin Rouge and Trainspotting. It could be fun. Not sure about the educational value, though.
- My Gmail filling with notifications about all the new DW connections I've made in just a few days.
- My corner shop still selling riisipuuro, despite the holidays being technically over.
- Not having to leave the apartment at all today now that I'm home. I miss my dog, but when the weather is like this, I'm really happy he's still at my sister's for another week.
The day's lows:
- I got three extra credit essays handed in, all of which were terrible. I genuinely can't tell if this one kid is really this terrible, or if he didn't read the story and is trying to cover it up. I also have no idea how to ask him which it is without possibly killing his motivation to try and do better in the future. I mean, he voluntarily wrote an extra credit essay. Why would someone try to cheat on something like that? Right?
- The schedule for this week. Thank heaven it really is just this week.
- My Great Marvel Re-watch getting off to a bad start. I can't find Iron Man on Netflix, Viaplay or HBO. Boo.
Chronologically, this is where the re-watch starts. I made a lot of notes while I watched (that was surprisingly fun and a lot easier than I thought it would be), but I'm not sure how to translate them into a journal entry of any value. Maybe just some highlights?
1. Every interaction between Bucky & Steve is gold, and I love it.
2. The "I could do this all day" line is somehow the least effective in this film. It's been amazing every time he's said in the other films. How is that possible?
3. While I love Peggy Carter as a character, I intensely dislike most scenes with her and Steve. She gets the shittiest lines. "You have no idea how to talk to a woman, do you?". Just. Fuck whoever wrote that. Fuck him and the horse he rode in on. No woman in the history of women has ever said that. You know why, shitty script man? You know why? Because women don't consider themselves to be a different fucking species with whom you need to use special vocabulary to communicate. No. Just no. Peggy deserved better lines. That being said, their final conversation is heartbreaking and beautiful.
4. The movie had a montage. I'm a sucker for a good montage.
5. This movie has an inherent problem with how it presents masculinity. I don't blame the movie itself, though. That problem is inherent in the original comics. I love superheroes, but let's not pretend that the ultimate message in all of them isn't that violence is the way to solve problems and that men who choose not to do violence are somehow lesser. I'm pretty sure I'll be repeating this particular point during every single movie.
6. I would have wanted to have more scenes where Steve & Howard Stark develop a friendship. It would've added more spice to Steve's & Tony's issues later on.
7. Bucky saying "No! Not without you!". Yup.
8. How had I not realized that Bucky picks up Cap's shield just before he dies? Obvious foreshadowing? I love it!
9. The last 30 minutes of the movie is boring nonsense, but the very last scene of Cap waking up in New York is wonderful.
In conclusion:
My original impression of the movie stands. It's the least charismatic Marvel movie. Not much of a plot, and yet not enough character interaction to make up for the distinct lack of it, and not even that many funny lines. The casting is spot-on for everyone, though. Sebastian Stan is hot but has a dumb hat.