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[pensnest]

Not a great day today.

I had a row with my Boy on MSN chat last night—I don't think there is any other human being who can exasperate me so much—and have been feeling bad about it all day.

I looked at the script of the next show I'm up for directing, found what I consider to be major problems, and after several rewrites today communicated my concerns by emailing some of the members of our management committee. One of whom leapt into action and another of whom promptly resigned. So I'm feeling pretty bad about that, too.

Period started today without any of the usual warnings. Grump. I shouldn't complain - it's actually quite good timing. But I cannot rejoice.

On the positive side, Socks has in the past few days been permitted to sit on Beast's lap and he has been stroking her. As he has spent the last sixteen years firmly warding her off, this is rather nice. I can't decide if the cat has extraordinary patience or merely the memory of a goldfish.

Beast also looked strong and manly as he mowed the lawn. There's just something about jeans tucked into wellies…

And for Father's Day I found the Hulk and Captain America films in the exchange shop. Somewhat to my surprise I found the former more satisfying than the latter—perhaps Chris Evans' glorious bottom was insufficiently on display. (Also, my Sidekick Kink kicked in most obviously once Cap was all muscled and tall—his Best Friend suddenly looked much cuter to me.)

Comments

[laughingrat]

Oh man, maybe it took a couple of movies before Hollywood knew how to take best advantage of Chris Evans' glorious behind. Must be it. I've heard the Hulk movies are awful--not so much, though? Maybe I'll check into them.

[pensnest]

Well, I quite liked the Hulk film, probably because I approve of the kind of difficulties that hero had to deal with—though I'd expected to see a different actor as Banner, having seen 'The Avengers' first. I enjoyed Captain America too, but not as much because the hero was doing exactly what he wanted to do after a while, ie Being Heroic, which is fun but just not as interesting.

Admittedly the Decorative Female in 'Captain America' was much more interesting than the one in 'The Incredible Hulk'. I have taken to pointing out to my man the fact that, for example, *all* the trailers on the CA dvd featured precisely one female amongst the group of males. He hadn't noticed, but once it had been drawn to his attention he was a bit dismayed.

[laughingrat]

That's something I loved about Avengers--I don't think any of those women felt decorative to me. Pepper Potts came close, I guess, but it's also obvious that she's a brilliant scientist. Plus, I love that she looked like a normal middle-aged lady (which the actress is), rather than super glammed-up and photographed to look 20 years younger. So that was kinda nifty?

[pensnest]

Now, that is true, and a good thing to see. There were multiple women with actual *purpose* in the Avengers film. It made a nice change! Though it would be nice to see a super-strong female superhero (possibly played by Serena Williams!) in the group. If men can be dosed with mysterious liquids that make them bigger and stronger, so can women!

[laughingrat]

IKR? What about She-Hulk?

[turps]

That does sound like a sucky day. I'm glad it had positives too.

[pensnest]

Boy and I had another MSN chat yesterday, and apologised to one another - the fact that he apologised to me straightforwardly, without prompting (other than my apology) and recognising what he'd done wrong was quite happy-making. So it worked out quite well.

[ephemera]

I'm glad to hear that - being at odds with people you love is never a good feeling

[pensnest]

Indeed it is not. My Boy is such an odd little duck, too.