And today the air is hot and wet and does not smell like the sea, which means it's just sort of steambath-y. My hair at once reacted accordingly. The cats have melted onto the hardwood. Conditions had better improve once the sun goes down.
1. Can anyone recommend me a heroic Jewish starship captain who is not Ivanova in Season Four of Babylon 5 (1993–98)? Books, TV, film, whatever. Brought to you by thinking that Jason Isaacs' character on Star Trek: Discovery is not going to be it.
(Just to be clear, I had no expectation that he would be. Isaacs is Jewish, but his characters rarely are; the captain of the Discovery is named Lorca, so, sure, he could be Sephardi, lots of people are, but Hollywood and associated American media never seem to remember that Jews can be found in natural habitats outside of New York. Also from the promotional material it sounds as though the character will be some kind of spectacular fuck-up, but that's less relevant, especially since from the promotional material I thought Michelle Yeoh would be part of the regular cast. I just suddenly realized I wanted some Jews in space who were not aliens in a cultural metaphor. Really I should be re-reading Phyllis Gotlieb, but most of my authors starting with G are still in a box.)
2. I have been listening to this song a lot lately: The Clientele, "Lunar Days." It's gentle, drifting, a little haunted; it's more autumnal than the weather right now. When it's late November and you're lost in the leaves / And you speak in beaten copper tongues that nobody hears / And I'll come up and see you if I get out alive / I quit work at half past nine on Friday night.
3. The trailer for Alex Garland's Annihilation (2018) looks pretty great.
1. Can anyone recommend me a heroic Jewish starship captain who is not Ivanova in Season Four of Babylon 5 (1993–98)? Books, TV, film, whatever. Brought to you by thinking that Jason Isaacs' character on Star Trek: Discovery is not going to be it.
(Just to be clear, I had no expectation that he would be. Isaacs is Jewish, but his characters rarely are; the captain of the Discovery is named Lorca, so, sure, he could be Sephardi, lots of people are, but Hollywood and associated American media never seem to remember that Jews can be found in natural habitats outside of New York. Also from the promotional material it sounds as though the character will be some kind of spectacular fuck-up, but that's less relevant, especially since from the promotional material I thought Michelle Yeoh would be part of the regular cast. I just suddenly realized I wanted some Jews in space who were not aliens in a cultural metaphor. Really I should be re-reading Phyllis Gotlieb, but most of my authors starting with G are still in a box.)
2. I have been listening to this song a lot lately: The Clientele, "Lunar Days." It's gentle, drifting, a little haunted; it's more autumnal than the weather right now. When it's late November and you're lost in the leaves / And you speak in beaten copper tongues that nobody hears / And I'll come up and see you if I get out alive / I quit work at half past nine on Friday night.
3. The trailer for Alex Garland's Annihilation (2018) looks pretty great.
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