© by Gerald So | 7:30 AM
The final season of Netflix's final Marvel show picks up in the aftermath of Trish (Rachael Taylor) receiving cat-like powers through surgery and killing Jessica Jones' mother. While this puts them at odds, Jessica meets Erik Gelden (Benjamin Walker), who can sense evil in people, but not what specific evil they've done. Trying to protect Erik, she learns one of his marks is serial killer Gregory Sallinger (Jeremy Bobb).
Season 3 examines Trish's and Jessica's divergent approaches to being a hero. Trish is eager to make a difference as she believes Jessica always has. Jessica, still reluctant, knows the impact of using her powers better than Trish ever learns. This flaw in Trish turns wrong everything she tries to do to set things right.
Episodes alternate between Trish's and Jessica's views of the same events, but this way of filming doesn't bring enough interest on its own. Admittedly, my opinion of the season is influenced by my opinion that Trish and Rachael Taylor are the weakest links in the show's run.
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Father's Day
© by Gerald So | 5:30 AM
My father was a stoic, often sarcastic man. I was an articulate, expressive son. He pushed me to get top grades. I very seldom did. He liked gardening and fishing. I didn't. Nonetheless, I felt his love for me in quiet moments: watching movies or baseball, having a little breakfast before he went to work.
He was the kind of dad who never praised me directly. I'd have to hear he was pleased from his colleagues or my mother. I heard he was as surprised and pleased as I was when I received a high school graduation award for excellence in English. I heard he was proud to hear my office voicemail, "For Professor So, please dial..." That's how I know he'd be proud of my career, and it makes all the difference.
He died from pancreatic cancer in 2001, almost six years after surgery saved his life. I don't feel I've lost him. Hopefully I've learned and will continue to learn the right lessons from our time together.
My father was a stoic, often sarcastic man. I was an articulate, expressive son. He pushed me to get top grades. I very seldom did. He liked gardening and fishing. I didn't. Nonetheless, I felt his love for me in quiet moments: watching movies or baseball, having a little breakfast before he went to work.
He was the kind of dad who never praised me directly. I'd have to hear he was pleased from his colleagues or my mother. I heard he was as surprised and pleased as I was when I received a high school graduation award for excellence in English. I heard he was proud to hear my office voicemail, "For Professor So, please dial..." That's how I know he'd be proud of my career, and it makes all the difference.
He died from pancreatic cancer in 2001, almost six years after surgery saved his life. I don't feel I've lost him. Hopefully I've learned and will continue to learn the right lessons from our time together.
Saturday, June 01, 2019
The Quest for Sleep
© by Gerald So | 6:00 AM
In early April, my 21-year-old innerspring mattress finally became un-sleepable and I spent the next few late nights researching a replacement.
With only space for a twin, I ruled out several luxury, pricier options. Not swearing by innerspring or memory foam, I was intrigued by Tuft & Needle's promise of a different-feeling, proprietary adaptive foam.
Two T&N mattresses were in my price range on Amazon: the original, $280, with a 3-inch adaptive foam comfort layer and a 7-inch polyurethane support layer, and the Amazon-exclusive T&N Nod, $220, with a 2.5-inch comfort layer and a 5.5-inch support layer. I went for the greater height.
With the mattress decided, I had sheets that fit lower, 6-inch models. Luckily one sheet served for a week while I researched new ones, going with 300-thread count 100% cotton percale, about $40 from Pinzon and Boston Linen Co. respectively.
Next, not wanting the hassle of a comforter and fearing a cotton blanket would shed itself to death in the dryer, I chose a bed-length lightweight fleece, $12.99 from Utopia Bedding.
Finally, for a pillow, since I liked the T&N mattress, I bought T&N's $75 standard size pillow. Unlike the majority, shredded foam-filled pillows, the T&N pillow is a 5-inch-thick slab of adaptive foam. Other pillows whose mattresses I didn't own cost $75 or more, and I had had enough of less expensive, wrong pillows over the years.
The pillow arrived yesterday and my first night on it was good, but off-gassing was more of lingering issue with the pillow than with the mattress. With my head on the pillow, my nose was closer to the gasses released since unpacking. Support-wise the pillow held up.
I think I've made the right choices for me. My thanks to the people behind GoodBed.com, Mattress Advisor, Mattress Clarity, The Sleep Judge, Sleepopolis, The Sleep Sherpa, and The Slumber Yard.
In early April, my 21-year-old innerspring mattress finally became un-sleepable and I spent the next few late nights researching a replacement.
With only space for a twin, I ruled out several luxury, pricier options. Not swearing by innerspring or memory foam, I was intrigued by Tuft & Needle's promise of a different-feeling, proprietary adaptive foam.
Two T&N mattresses were in my price range on Amazon: the original, $280, with a 3-inch adaptive foam comfort layer and a 7-inch polyurethane support layer, and the Amazon-exclusive T&N Nod, $220, with a 2.5-inch comfort layer and a 5.5-inch support layer. I went for the greater height.
With the mattress decided, I had sheets that fit lower, 6-inch models. Luckily one sheet served for a week while I researched new ones, going with 300-thread count 100% cotton percale, about $40 from Pinzon and Boston Linen Co. respectively.
Next, not wanting the hassle of a comforter and fearing a cotton blanket would shed itself to death in the dryer, I chose a bed-length lightweight fleece, $12.99 from Utopia Bedding.
Finally, for a pillow, since I liked the T&N mattress, I bought T&N's $75 standard size pillow. Unlike the majority, shredded foam-filled pillows, the T&N pillow is a 5-inch-thick slab of adaptive foam. Other pillows whose mattresses I didn't own cost $75 or more, and I had had enough of less expensive, wrong pillows over the years.
The pillow arrived yesterday and my first night on it was good, but off-gassing was more of lingering issue with the pillow than with the mattress. With my head on the pillow, my nose was closer to the gasses released since unpacking. Support-wise the pillow held up.
I think I've made the right choices for me. My thanks to the people behind GoodBed.com, Mattress Advisor, Mattress Clarity, The Sleep Judge, Sleepopolis, The Sleep Sherpa, and The Slumber Yard.
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