Remember the days of long intro credits to tv shows? I've noticed streaming has returned to that. Watching old series, I've noticed the time creep smaller and smaller. L&O went from 70+ secnonds to 50 to almost nothing.
Apple tv and other streaming shows have returned to long credits. I just clocked 80 (8 clicks of fast forward 10 seconds, lest someone think I actually track).
I am happy it shows an appearance of resistance to ad dollars. But, am I wrong? I cannot imagine apple or disney giving up easy money.
Not sure I’m following but are you saying longer credits means less show time so less ad $$? Generally streaming services have a certain amount of ad time per hour regardless of show run time. It’s different for long form movies, but for shows the ad time is based on time spent viewing the platform, not the program.
I’m on like day 2 of 2 weeks of solo parenting. I got in a Peloton ride this morning and DS has a soccer game this afternoon. Then I told him we would go to a frozen yogurt place as a treat. It’s one of those places that you pay by the pound and I’m sorta obsessed.
I’m up early to hopefully have coffee with friends? I don’t know if anyone will show. Lots of, “We’ll see, I probably won’t get up in time,” messages last night. It’s nbd, but I’m not a wishy-washy person, so I struggle dealing with those who are. If you’re like this, please stop, lol.
Oh this would annoy me so much. They are essentially saying they don’t value you enough to make sure they make it to your plans.
I’m up early to hopefully have coffee with friends? I don’t know if anyone will show. Lots of, “We’ll see, I probably won’t get up in time,” messages last night. It’s nbd, but I’m not a wishy-washy person, so I struggle dealing with those who are. If you’re like this, please stop, lol.
Oh this would annoy me so much. They are essentially saying they don’t value you enough to make sure they make it to your plans.
Be a grown up and set an alarm for goodness sake!
I have really had to let go of feeling like that. It is a ton of work and I hate how much people don’t value others.
I don’t know if it’s just the area we live in or the generations I’m dealing with or just an overall cultural “me first” shift, but this is how friend stuff goes, kid stuff goes, etc. Everyone can maybe make it but probably not. They start gung-ho and then never show.
After years of letting it bother me, they’ve beaten me into submission.
I’m up early to hopefully have coffee with friends? I don’t know if anyone will show. Lots of, “We’ll see, I probably won’t get up in time,” messages last night. It’s nbd, but I’m not a wishy-washy person, so I struggle dealing with those who are. If you’re like this, please stop, lol.
I would love to have coffee with friends! You're not in central WA state are you? I'd meet up and wouldn't be wishy washy either.
I have very few local friends and they have high needs kids or are chronically unavailable for various other reasons. I have one friend who if we lived in the same city would be up for regular coffee dates. We've both lamented that we can't do that due to distance; we live 2.5 hours apart.
I've been traveling a lot for work lately. I have 0 regrets getting the non-expandable suitcase. It's forcing me to edit. Also. The number of people who take their shoes off in the terminal or on the plane is truly shocking. To quote my daughter, put the dogs away.
Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Apr 13, 2024 12:12:19 GMT -5
BIG BIG MOM BRAG-
My daughter (15) got in to an art school summer program! She will live in the city for 3 weeks and take college level classes and stay in a dorm. She’s a sophomore in high school. And? SHE GOT A SCHOLARSHIP! I would’ve made the money happen, but yay! She did that!
Oh this would annoy me so much. They are essentially saying they don’t value you enough to make sure they make it to your plans.
Be a grown up and set an alarm for goodness sake!
I have really had to let go of feeling like that. It is a ton of work and I hate how much people don’t value others.
I don’t know if it’s just the area we live in or the generations I’m dealing with or just an overall cultural “me first” shift, but this is how friend stuff goes, kid stuff goes, etc. Everyone can maybe make it but probably not. They start gung-ho and then never show.
After years of letting it bother me, they’ve beaten me into submission.
Oh for sure it’s a me first. I see it all the time, everywhere.
My kids have a friend whose family is super flaky. I never tell them we have plans until it’s basically time to meet up. They’ve been disappointed too many times .
My daughter (15) got in to an art school summer program! She will live in the city for 3 weeks and take college level classes and stay in a dorm. She’s a sophomore in high school. And? SHE GOT A SCHOLARSHIP! I would’ve made the money happen, but yay! She did that!
My daughter (15) got in to an art school summer program! She will live in the city for 3 weeks and take college level classes and stay in a dorm. She’s a sophomore in high school. And? SHE GOT A SCHOLARSHIP! I would’ve made the money happen, but yay! She did that!
DH is home pretty much just for the afternoon and dinner, then heading back to Baltimore. It's weird for him to have a months-long operation going this close to home- it's nice to see him but it also feels like we should drop everything while he's here for a few hours, which isn't really feasible since it's kind of unpredictable.
Post by wanderlustmom on Apr 13, 2024 14:45:13 GMT -5
emilyinchile, happy wedding day!
not much going on today and it's been nice. I switched to half caffeinated coffee the last two days. Hoping it will help with my perimenopause but I'm dragging for sure. 17 year old DD took her ACT, glad that's over. She was extra stressed the last couple of days but nobody likes those tests. DS liked the ACT better snd she likes the SAT better.
Went to a power yoga class, took the dog to a playdate, watching television and DH is making homemade pizza tonight.
Post by mrsukyankee on Apr 13, 2024 14:46:22 GMT -5
Finally saw Dune 2 at the theatre. I enjoyed it - glad we saw it on the big screen. And very proud of my pup for being able to stay alone for 3-1/2 hours. That's the longest Cooper has been able to stay alone without freaking out. Yay. This means we can go out to dinner in our village w/o getting a dog sitter. Wahoo. We'll still get a dog sitter for more than 4 hours (when we go into central London, for ex), but this will save us a ton of money. Anxiety meds and lots of slow training for the win!
Just wrapped up my last volunteer day with VITA. This is a great program. If you are even remotely interested in tax preparation I urge you to look your local program. I have had the best experience and the clients are always happy to be helped.
Heading to the end of season celebration. It makes me chuckle that we are getting pizza. It reminds me of the memes going around about office pizza parties. I’ll take pizza as a payment. The experience alone was worth the effort
Feeling unsettled in life. Just one of those phases of adulting. DD is a big unknown for high school in the fall and if she will go (complicated reasons I have posted about before and likely has long covid). I have a medical mystery that should have some answers Monday, but I’m over it. I’m starting to feel lonely after 3.5 years of divorced life but no idea how to proceed. And lastly, I have a 10 month old puppy and I’m just not loving the dog mom life like I thought I would- feeling like a failure here!
Post by maudefindlay on Apr 13, 2024 15:11:31 GMT -5
The lunch after the memorial had an open bar. Hello Moscato! Two ladies in their late 70s sat next to us, bffs since high school and they were a hoot. One didn't like the other "because all of us girls had Polish noses except her!" And the other didn't like her "because she was too smart!". The non Polish nose looked like Mary Steenburgen in 10 years, stunning. Told us about the eclipse in 63 and how her then boyfriend/now husband grabbed a blanket and took her to the beach to watch it. So romantic. I can also now say asshole in Polish.
I'm sorry court26, that sounds like a lot. Are you lonely like you want to date or just looking for friends?
Thanks for asking. I’m not sure how it happened but I ended up without very many friends. I have work friends and a long distance best friend and a supportive family, but I’m definitely in need of finding some sort of company but can’t seem to make a move in that direction.
One of the horrible, horrible Trumpers who was elected to our state's board of education a few years ago made a post on Facebook back in October accusing a female athlete at a local high school of being trans. It's illegal for trans players to be on competitive school teams here (the player is cis), and this woman posted the kid's photo twice along with her jersey number and the name of her school. Of course she immediately started getting hate messages. The police had to give her a security detail for more than a week afterwards, and her school was placed on elevated alert due to threats people were making online.
Thankfully community outrage against the board member was so extreme that the state BOE, the governor's office, and the legislature (all very Republican) censured her. She was stripped of her committee assignments and forbidden from entering new agenda items until December. She's up for re-election this year, and earlier this afternoon lost her bid to compete in the primary.
Ding dong, the bitch is gone! I think this calls for cake!
One of the horrible, horrible Trumpers who was elected to our state's board of education a few years ago made a post on Facebook back in October accusing a female athlete at a local high school of being trans. It's illegal for trans players to be on competitive school teams here (the player is cis), and this woman posted the kid's photo twice along with her jersey number and the name of her school. Of course she immediately started getting hate messages. The police had to give her a security detail for more than a week afterwards, and her school was placed on elevated alert due to threats people were making online.
Thankfully community outrage against the board member was so extreme that the state BOE, the governor's office, and the legislature (all very Republican) censured her. She was stripped of her committee assignments and forbidden from entering new agenda items until December. She's up for re-election this year, and earlier this afternoon lost her bid to compete in the primary.
Ding dong, the bitch is gone! I think this calls for cake!
PDQ- DS’s friend, neighbor, classmate and teammate that we have known since they were 5 (they are sophomores) did something very inappropriate and unexpected last week at school and was videotaped doing it. It’s one of those things where it’s the least-likely person you would expect and so I can’t imagine how he will come back to school when his suspension is up. Everyone knows because, well, it happened at school and the police were called. Trying to talk to DS who is at his dad’s this weekend about it and reminding him that while you would never condone this and it might be awkward to support your friend, he is going to need friends so much in this moment. Aside from the obvious feelings of how it must be to have this happen to you or your child, I’m also very worried about the friend who did it for all the reasons.
Holy shit I just read about a lady who died from her injuries after a DEER crashed through the WINDSHIELD of a car she was in.
LIKE WHAT.
Give me the city all day long.
This is not uncommon, unfortunately. When I was a teenager, I swerved to avoid hitting a deer and totalled my car. When my parents came to help my mom said something like “next time just hit the deer” and the cop said he saw more severe injuries and deaths from deer coming through windshields than he saw from people swerving to avoid, and that the fact I was walking away meant I did just fine.
I'm sorry court26 , that sounds like a lot. Are you lonely like you want to date or just looking for friends?
Thanks for asking. I’m not sure how it happened but I ended up without very many friends. I have work friends and a long distance best friend and a supportive family, but I’m definitely in need of finding some sort of company but can’t seem to make a move in that direction.
Do you know if your town has any sort of newcomers group? Ours welcomes people who are both new to town or who have experienced major life changes within the past year, and there is a running joke that it's run by the newest crop of divorcees hosting fun get togethers. I thought about joining when we first moved to town and heard about it, but was overwhelmed with life and didn't, and then when I found out about how fun and lively the group really was, I regretted it (and it was past the year I was 'new' that point). I also don't know if meetup.com is still a thing, but you could look for groups in your area to join that sound interesting to meet new people if you are up for that if it is (how I found moms groups back in the day).