Resident Alien and life on this planet

We're living in uncanny times, and Resident Alien expresses that. It's a dangerous gambit to make an alien learning to ways of America, the gimmick can get old quick. There have been some interesting lines, and funny moments. I also like it that the female stars don't have Cameron Diaz proportions. But when the muslim girl makes friends with the boy who sees the alien, that gets me wet in the eyes. Hey I just got why the British call being emotional "wet". They had the stiff upper lip in World War 2, and had to get saved by their children. Americans have rugged individualism but it's so they can be nihilistic partiers.

Resident Alien has 10 episodes. It's a little Mork and Mindy, it's a little X-Files, it's a little Eureka and Northern Exposure, and part Our Idiot Brother. I don't like the day drinking jokes. I wonder if there's an uptick in human moments since Darth Vader was our president.

I wonder if we're increasing our tolerance for reality. Teen adoption. It's like The Perks of Being a Wallflower up in here. I watched Perks last night and quite enjoyed it. I think I have to watch the movie first, because if I read the book first, then I don't like the movie. Perks had domestic violence, like Resident Alien.

You can learn to be a doctor off Google, that should make a lot of doctors happy.

Alan Tudyk is a favorite because of his role as Wash in Firefly, and Gerhardt, who can't take care of plants, in 28 Days. Him playing basketball is hilarious, he does a pretty good weird alien. I didn't know he was Sonny in I, Robot. I watched that last night, an almost perfect sci-fi movie. Will Smith really has a good career of picking awesome scripts. That's one star I will see his movie because he's in it. I don't really believe in the star system. He's the exception to the rule.

I'm trying to think about what show has a predictably timed twist. Every show. A cliffhanger ends every episode.

I love the friendship between Sara Tomko playing Asta Twelvetrees and D'arcy Bloom played by Alice Wetterlund. They talk a lot about guys, but I think their friendship passes the bechdel test.

I've always liked the idea that kids see reality most clearly.

I love the friendship between the sheriff and his deputy. Their karaoke scene is amazing.

Nathan Fillion is the voice of the octopus!

The series has been renewed!

Manet and Degas

Brilliant video explaining the exhibit. Go to the Met and see the exhibit! It's really quite special. In the last gallery the painting this sketch is based off of, of the execution of a Mexican president. The painting has been cut into sections, and the surviving Degas has reassembled them. NY Times review

AOC

Dark Brandon meet Dark Alex. I see her advising the republicans to stick to their guns and never compromise. They don’t want to do anything, only obstruct. So they don’t actually need to be unified. Chaos isn’t organized. This is fine. Read all about it from Heather Cox Richardson , a historian who covers current events. "As their policies threatened to lose voters by concentrating wealth upward and hollowing out the middle class, Republicans increasingly warned that minority voters wanted socialism and were destroying the nation to get it. Trump rode that narrative to power, and now tearing down the current government is the idea that drives the Republican base." While we're at it, here's another funny photo from the Onion: And then: I listened to the Times podcast about George Santos . He basically lied about, I don't know, 80% of his resume, and has a mysterious $700k in his "corporation" which has no clients. So he's a Russian or Chinese plant, o...

6 month old podcast

Al Franken has a podcast , and he has my favorite Heather Cox Richardson , and they have an interesting discussion. He talks about the knife edge. She really explains the Republican strategy. Flood the zone with shit. Alternate facts, and fake news opens up the idea that there is no reality. It's basically reality versus false reality. The goal is to both get people to back away from politics, and to tell them how to specifically think. Developed in Russia, a system of overturning democracy. Running fake candidates, who switch parties, and running candidates with the same name. Blackmail is a technique. Create a fake reality that people come to believe. They're willing to vote for a narrative is not true, and they're willing to vote away their rights. You can flip it and use the same tools.You can weaponize social media by ignoring the shit, and fight back against all these techniques. People defend democracy. They're talking about community and caring for people and ...

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