Live Deliciously or Die Trying

A version of Infinity Pool that had an 80% decrease in random trip/dream sequences and 80% increase in feral Alexander Skarsgard on a leash would not necessarily have been a better film, but I would definitely have enjoyed it more.

First my laptop tops itself, then my fridge died, then my steamer stopped working, then my replacement laptop is defective, and now my TV is in paint by numbers mode. What Fucking Next????

I wish if GOT+ projects were going to push "diverse" casting they would actually be casting diversely. As far as I know we've had one single actor so far who wasn't white or black, for Mysaria. And like, if she were one of many, picking an Asian woman to play a spy and former prostitute would be fine, but when she's the single Asian of note in the whole series?? Looking... not great in uncomfortably stereotypical ways? Making the Velaryons black necessitates a lot of connected casting decisions but there have still been plenty of chances to pick actors from other racial and ethnic backgrounds for other roles: Tanselle could easily and accurately have been played by an actress from middle eastern or north African background, but a mixed black actress was cast instead; Nettles, a "brown girl" is a major player and could have been feasibly played by an actress from any number of racial backgrounds but her role was cut and given to one of the black cast members; I dont think they've even set an ethnicity for Tyroshi characters in-show, and the most well-known Tyroshi in GOT was played by white actors, they had free reign with casting for Kiera of Tyrosh but went with a black actress again. You can't claim diversity when the real world talent pool and the fictional setting both have a huge amount of racial and ethnic variety yet there are basically only two races represented on screen (and one token like 1930s Asian throwback.) It's starting to weird me out, especially when there are such obvious opportunities to cast non-white and non-black talent and they're ignored.

New laptop arrived finally, got it set up and everything looks disgusting. My blog is gray, there's almost no color at all on the dash. Went through an entire calibration process and no improvement. So obviously nothing that involves color precision, from moodboard making to big posts, is going to get done anytime soon.