Dirk Gently Friday
Oct. 20th, 2017 11:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickI said I was going to set aside some time to watch the first episode of Season 2 on BBCAmerica, and I stuck to that! Watched it this evening with my ice cream. Main takeaways consist of:
-->SOMEONE has to write a Dirk Gently Aperture AU, seriously. That beginning sequence in Blackwing was just -- pure Aperture
-->Farah needs a vacation
-->They really missed a trick not doing a Dirk/Todd bodyswap in the first season, because Elijah proves he can play Dirk-in-Todd here perfectly with Todd going a little nutso looking for connections
-->I am fascinated to see how Suzie's arc is going to go
-->WHY DID NO ONE WARN ME TODD'S PARARIBULITIS ATTACK INVOLVED CHOKING ON BUGS WHY D:
Aside from that truly nightmare-fuel moment, though, the show remains good and I am raring to go for episode 2! . . .Which I'm not sure how I'm going to watch, thanks to not having BBC America, but I've seen some talk of livestreams. . .
Other things that happened today:
-->A little more backing-up practice in the parking lot of Stop & Shop -- I'm actually getting better at getting into the spot -- straightening out still remains tricky, though. As does not going too far back, but -- yeah. We also took a night drive around some of the nearby neighborhoods to get me more used to driving at night. Found some truly terrible roads (seriously, it amazes me just how badly a road can sink in over a sewer line) and actually got lost briefly because we ended up in a unfamiliar, ritzy 'hood. Got to see some cool Halloween decorations, however -- a lot of people around here really like the inflatables! Nice to have such excitement for the holiday.
-->Finished up another part of "The Technicolor Phase," though I think I'm going to end up editing it since I feel like I wasn't able to properly express one of the key themes -- getting colors from people who are important to you. I like what I wrote, and I'll probably keep the same basic idea, but I think I need to do a sort of "prequel" bit at the beginning where I go back to the rehearsal and properly establish Victor getting a color from Barkis. Yes, Barkis -- anyone important can give you a color in this verse, and "important" doesn't necessarily mean in a good way. Emily and Lizzie both get colors from their murderers after all.
-->I also made some edits to my two latest Forgotten Vows Verse shorts on AO3 -- neither had a proper summary, so I went ahead and fixed that. Much better. Thinking of reordering them too, so they come between "Finding You" and "Forgetting You" like they do in the timeline, but that can wait a bit, I think.
-->Cleared out most of the messages in my inbox -- I've just got one last thing, and I'm mostly done with it, sooo. . .
Current project -- get my Valice Multiverse queue done, then maybe watch some of the things in my Watch Later queue to free up some space. Got a busy weekend ahead -- tomorrow we go and check out the actual spot of the road test. *bites nails* I'm sure it won't be bad, it's just -- you know. The reality of the situation really hitting me. . .
Well, I don't have to think about it too much tonight. Off to see about my replies -- night all!
-->SOMEONE has to write a Dirk Gently Aperture AU, seriously. That beginning sequence in Blackwing was just -- pure Aperture
-->Farah needs a vacation
-->They really missed a trick not doing a Dirk/Todd bodyswap in the first season, because Elijah proves he can play Dirk-in-Todd here perfectly with Todd going a little nutso looking for connections
-->I am fascinated to see how Suzie's arc is going to go
-->WHY DID NO ONE WARN ME TODD'S PARARIBULITIS ATTACK INVOLVED CHOKING ON BUGS WHY D:
Aside from that truly nightmare-fuel moment, though, the show remains good and I am raring to go for episode 2! . . .Which I'm not sure how I'm going to watch, thanks to not having BBC America, but I've seen some talk of livestreams. . .
Other things that happened today:
-->A little more backing-up practice in the parking lot of Stop & Shop -- I'm actually getting better at getting into the spot -- straightening out still remains tricky, though. As does not going too far back, but -- yeah. We also took a night drive around some of the nearby neighborhoods to get me more used to driving at night. Found some truly terrible roads (seriously, it amazes me just how badly a road can sink in over a sewer line) and actually got lost briefly because we ended up in a unfamiliar, ritzy 'hood. Got to see some cool Halloween decorations, however -- a lot of people around here really like the inflatables! Nice to have such excitement for the holiday.
-->Finished up another part of "The Technicolor Phase," though I think I'm going to end up editing it since I feel like I wasn't able to properly express one of the key themes -- getting colors from people who are important to you. I like what I wrote, and I'll probably keep the same basic idea, but I think I need to do a sort of "prequel" bit at the beginning where I go back to the rehearsal and properly establish Victor getting a color from Barkis. Yes, Barkis -- anyone important can give you a color in this verse, and "important" doesn't necessarily mean in a good way. Emily and Lizzie both get colors from their murderers after all.
-->I also made some edits to my two latest Forgotten Vows Verse shorts on AO3 -- neither had a proper summary, so I went ahead and fixed that. Much better. Thinking of reordering them too, so they come between "Finding You" and "Forgetting You" like they do in the timeline, but that can wait a bit, I think.
-->Cleared out most of the messages in my inbox -- I've just got one last thing, and I'm mostly done with it, sooo. . .
Current project -- get my Valice Multiverse queue done, then maybe watch some of the things in my Watch Later queue to free up some space. Got a busy weekend ahead -- tomorrow we go and check out the actual spot of the road test. *bites nails* I'm sure it won't be bad, it's just -- you know. The reality of the situation really hitting me. . .
Well, I don't have to think about it too much tonight. Off to see about my replies -- night all!
