DramatistDreamer

^^It’s comforting to know that the VP is experiencing no symptoms thus far. With the removal of masks, unfortunately I felt like it was only a matter of time, especially since just about everyone in her immediate circle was getting infected. At least he has vowed to get vaccinated now. He is very fortunate to have survived, likely because he was admitted to his area hospital at a time of lower caseloads when staff weren’t so overburdened that they had to ration care. Had he been admitted a week or two later, who knows what the outcome would have been? https://news.yahoo.com/unvaccinated-sergeant-nearly-died-covid-180320786.html?ncid=twitter_yahoonewst_sjwumo1bpf4

Finally. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/brainard-wins-senate-confirmation-to-be-feds-vice-chair/ar-AAWCEt3

The news about the governor of Texas trying to rattle President Biden by having migrants bused into D.C., all expenses paid by the Texas taxpayers, only to have the appreciative migrants be welcomed into D.C. just sends me. 😍

Just having ventured into the B&B: From The Beginning thread, gave me an idea of a storyline that I would have written. I haven’t watched the show in, well ages, but hear me out.😉 If Zende is back on the canvas, as I have read, what’s the reason for not having Kristen make appearances? Hell, I would have brought back Clarke Garrison as an instructor at the local fashion institute (L.A.’s version of FIT) and have he and Zende meet, bond, have Clarke mentor Zende’s path to stepping up in design (is Zende a designer? He should be). When Kristen returns to L.A. she finds out and is thrilled that Zende is so passionate about pursuing design, has only heard briefly about an amazing design instructor but would like to know more about them. Meanwhile, Kristen is concealing the fact that her marriage has grown stagnant and she and Tony have agreed to a trial separation.

Apart from few actors here and there, B&B was never really known as a playground for big talent, lol. I have long since ceased to watch but hearing what some are saying about Kristen and Felicia being off the canvas, it seems odd that they wouldn’t at least appear for short storyline arcs. Seeing these early years, I have developed a fondness for the original actress for Kristen. Yes, I know the acting was not the best but she and Daniel McVicar did have really really good chemistry, despite Clarke being a cad and her exit storyline being not very good. Felicia and Kristen are both designers yet the fact that both have been marginalized seems so counterproductive to the very premise of this soap.

People used to refer to it as the “soap opera effect” with derision, but it worked well for decades. The same effect that people will look on in derision with soaps, will look on it with affection and appreciation in classic films. That gauzy effect of the 1970s “Great Gatsby” is looked on with great affection but had that been a soap opera, it would have been talked about as a laughing stock. Soaps need to realize that many of their main characters are over 50s and many most have not defied age, most look good for their age but most look their age, so these soaps need to have better, kinder lighting for their stars, especially since they center most of their stories around their elder characters.

Diane could have used the icebreaker about not adding to Nikki’s body count, so a little appreciation on Nikki’s part would be nice. The lighting looks less garish than the usual promos.

Dang! R.I.P.

The DeSantis followers are most likely bots. The analyst said as much, without being explicit about it. If this deal does in fact go through (by October as has been hinted) as predicted, I think Musk doesn’t have a clue what he’s in for. Susan Collins is already advocating for Trump to be allowed back onto the platform. Prepare for the possibility of Twitter to turn cesspool later in the year, if not sooner. Having never joined MySpace or Facebook, I would be perfectly fine if Twitter went away tomorrow. I would probably be more focused on actual writing and other creative work. Sometimes it feels almost like I’m overstimulated, so I wouldn’t have to even think about resisting the urge to check Twitter for the endless flood of tripe that usually ends up somehow seeping into my timeline. I’d get over it.😂

OTOH, Ron DeSantis seems to have acquired 92,500 followers over the same period, according to social media analysts who are examining the possible root of this sudden rise in followers.

Parsons Boulevard is in Queens.

This morning I read that the Holocaust Memorial Twitter page said they’ve lost 35,000 followers in one day. They didn’t mention any reasons, just astonishment. It would be my guess that this was loss of followers due to deactivated accounts. It’s unlikely that I will be posting much embedded tweets, but this one seemed especially pertinent.

What I say about FB.

I also just deleted all my DMs, which I should have done ages ago. Fortunately for me, most of the ones I follow are on other platforms. I am signed up with one or two other artist-centric platforms, so maybe I’ll dust those off and see what’s happening there. Some people are already looking to jump onto other apps but I would rather take a careful approach. So many People have been signing up for CounterSocial that it got overloaded, but there is already talk that the creator is allegedly a George Zimmerman fan (that psychopath has fans??!) There were some aspects of Twitter that were becoming a chore, in terms of posting. I was using it more like a news aggregator and a way to circumvent paywalls, lol. At least I won’t have to take a weekly dose of those infamous Twitter death hoaxes.

Oh. That should give you time to scoop up your archive(s). I left a link on how to request that under today’s status for @ChitHappens.

Any word from RG?

Did you request your archive? I am waiting to get mine first before suspending and or deactivating my account.

Not to mention, this: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-03-25/black-tesla-employees-fremont-plant-racism-california-lawsuit

Sounds like the Brexit effect imo.

I agree with you there. The timing was right for Will, the real life person that he played is truly the star, the Williams Sisters is the most compelling sports story in the last two decades overall, and none of the other nominees in his category campaigned for the Academy Award this year. I don’t expect those confluence of factors to come together for Smith again. I definitely got the sense that he was one and done for that kind of prestige, even before the slap. I also believe that Smith will be just fine, career-wise. If nothing else, he can always produce. His instincts as a producer are much better that that of his acting, imo. He has done a great job with Bel Air, although I know some people don’t like the series.

The fallout continues. Neither Netflix nor Smith are doing all that well movie-wise these days. TBH, I have never seen the first Bright movie.

You wouldn’t know he even won if you listened to BBC news. To them it wasn’t a resounding win because Macron is respected but “not loved”. That his margin of victory was only healthy because he was the only candidate standing in the way of the far-right. Do they not remember that Macron had to beat out other candidates (including Mélenchon) to get to the runoff, while Le Pen barely squeezed into the runoff herself? And Macron being the only alternative to LePen, well, isn’t that how it works when there are only two candidates left? Never mind the fact that Macron is the first French President to be re-elected in twenty years. Now they’re going on about the “unsexy” parliamentary elections. It appears that BBC suffers from the same media disease as the U.S.: a fever for a horse race narrative. If they can’t find one, they’ll create one. They didn’t have much to say about Slovenia.😂

Maria Arena.

No offense to B&B, but what other soap could you see someone leap from fashion consultant to writing staff in less than two years?