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Aug. 14th, 2011 08:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Today was one of those rare ones where neither Eleanor nor I ever left the premises for the entire day. She had a very early workday yesterday for a new gig at Wegmans, will have another one like it tomorrow, and in between we all toodled out to Shakespeare in Delaware Park last night, so we were both ready for and entitled to a day off from the world. Today was the first Sunday I've been home in close to two months where I didn't have to be in church this morning, and so we weren't. Pre-purchased groceries and wineage took care of themselves for a change, and I spent time with home-spun Netflixings through the afternoon (finishing Britfilm Fish Tank) and early evening with the missus (starting Froggiefilm The Class). Wrote nothing (until now), produced nothing (other than the promise of a trip to Rochester Tuesday to finish up with one particular client there), generally did nothing other than laundry and, yes, the cleaning of a fish tank.
Emily did make progress toward an escape plan for month-end, though, and she did get off-premise a little while ago to help Cameron with some babysitting, so there's that.
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Vera's gone, presumably not returning. Oswald and Jilly, gone from the episode and even the credits. But this moved things along about as much as I expected them to. The whole "45 Club" business in the teaser seemed to peter itself out as soon as they introduced it, making me wonder if it will reappear in the coming weeks. But I liked seeing Jack, more or less, take charge of a scene or two for a change, and I like the potential for cracks in the Phicorp wall (maybe this goes back to Amy's house?). I especially liked how the plainly gayest solider in the history of the U.S. Army wound up being potentially the savior of the species by taking out Geeky Oven Guy right before he "killed" Rex and/or Esther. Don't Ask, Don't Tell, My Ass.
I didn't catch any references to canonical backstory that would pre-reveal anything yet, but I'm fully expecting that in the next week or three before the thrilling conclusion.
Today was one of those rare ones where neither Eleanor nor I ever left the premises for the entire day. She had a very early workday yesterday for a new gig at Wegmans, will have another one like it tomorrow, and in between we all toodled out to Shakespeare in Delaware Park last night, so we were both ready for and entitled to a day off from the world. Today was the first Sunday I've been home in close to two months where I didn't have to be in church this morning, and so we weren't. Pre-purchased groceries and wineage took care of themselves for a change, and I spent time with home-spun Netflixings through the afternoon (finishing Britfilm Fish Tank) and early evening with the missus (starting Froggiefilm The Class). Wrote nothing (until now), produced nothing (other than the promise of a trip to Rochester Tuesday to finish up with one particular client there), generally did nothing other than laundry and, yes, the cleaning of a fish tank.
Emily did make progress toward an escape plan for month-end, though, and she did get off-premise a little while ago to help Cameron with some babysitting, so there's that.
----
Vera's gone, presumably not returning. Oswald and Jilly, gone from the episode and even the credits. But this moved things along about as much as I expected them to. The whole "45 Club" business in the teaser seemed to peter itself out as soon as they introduced it, making me wonder if it will reappear in the coming weeks. But I liked seeing Jack, more or less, take charge of a scene or two for a change, and I like the potential for cracks in the Phicorp wall (maybe this goes back to Amy's house?). I especially liked how the plainly gayest solider in the history of the U.S. Army wound up being potentially the savior of the species by taking out Geeky Oven Guy right before he "killed" Rex and/or Esther. Don't Ask, Don't Tell, My Ass.
I didn't catch any references to canonical backstory that would pre-reveal anything yet, but I'm fully expecting that in the next week or three before the thrilling conclusion.