TV Watch List Spring 2017

Fall 2016 Continued

• Supergirl - continues to please; hope Cat Grant, Miss Martian, & POTUS WW return; KaraMel & Sanvers otp.
• The Flash - still exciting and great, but they better not kill Iris!! WestAllen & QuickWest otp.
• Jane the Virgin - good bye, sweetheart Michael. T_T still great dramedy.
• Superstore - still witty, relevant, and funny.
• Gotham - now clip-watching, only for baby BatCat otp, which is so pure, and Bruce's beautiful development into the man who would be Batman, plus Alfred.

Spring 2017 Additions

• The 100 - ahh, finally, S4! higher stakes, better drama, Adventure Squad & Bellarke (otp) leadership dynamic back, yesss!
• Powerless - new workplace comedy set in DCU, changed from Pilot's insurance company to R&D at Wayne Security; so far, cheesy but charming, geeky, & funny; great cast (Vanessa Hudgens, Danny Pudi, Alan Tudyk, et al.)
• iZombie - too bad S3 will be shorter; Liv & Ravi brotp.
• Reign - S4, sadly the last season but could be the best when focused on political & personal intrigue of 3 fierce queens; Frary forever otp.
• Riverdale - love Archie Comics, but aside from names, this new teen soap doesn't have much in common; despite that, some questionable relationships, & crazy parents, Riverdale is an intriguing enough small-town murder mystery with teen angst & romance (& Luke Perry??), will follow, for now; Betty & Jughead brotp.

Binge-Watch

• Merlin - new fav for me & Mom! classic family-friendly fantasy action-adventure (like Hercules, Xena, or even Charmed), sometimes silly/cheesy but consistently well-written mysteries with magic, friendship, romance, and some royal court intrigue; Arthur/Gwen (Arwen ;) otp. (edit to add: S5 is such Greek tragedy, so sad it's over! T_T)
• The Musketeers - 3rd & final season; so sad it's over! ;_; wonderful action-adventure w/ camaraderie, chivalry, intrigue, & romance; great, fitting, happy ending. <3
• Wallander - 4th & final season; beautifully stark & compelling crime drama.
• BrainDead - political satire/sci-fi horror/dramedy? ^^; hard to describe but surprisingly cohesive & addictive, very clever & timely for insane 2016 Election; unfortunately not renewed for S2, but S1 wrapped up nicely so good as standalone series; Laurel/Gareth otp.
• Silk - short British legal drama, quite interesting, but unsatisfying ending :/, Martha/Clive otp.
• Grease Live! - finally saw the magical live stage/TV production of the musical fav; amazing, charismatic, fantastic homage to the original Broadway & classic movie, plus slightly updated/adapted; in love w/ cast (Aaron Tveit, Julianne Hough, Vanessa Hudgens, Jordan Fisher, et al.)

Coming Soon

• The Ray - new CW Seed animated web series, first show with gay lead superhero!
• Justice League Action - new DC animated show looks like a lot of fun! (w/ better style than current DCAU.)
• Luke Cage - Marvel/Netflix series 3; already out & interested but can't watch until finish JJ.
• Sherlock - S4, post trippy "The Abominable Bride" Christmas special episode.
• Shadowhunters - S2. Malec, Sizzy, Clace otp.
• American Gods - based on Neil Gaiman's bestseller (on my to-read list), about the war between old & new gods; sounds really interesting; plus the lead is Ricky Whittle from The 100.

To Be Continued(?) - Elementary, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Vixen, Arrow, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Agents of SHIELD, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Fresh Off the Boat, This Is Us, Designated Survivor...

Maybe Someday(?) - Lucifer, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Salem, Primeval, Chuck, Teen Wolf, Star Wars: Rebels...

Hydrangeas

While shopping at Lowe's, went to the garden section to snap some pretty pics of my favorites, hydrangeas. ^^

 

Art & Algorithms Festival

Beautiful spring evening at Sand Point Park for the Art & Algorithms Digital Art Festival! There was a small gallery of digital art work, an iPad art demo by artist Corliss Blakely, a Tilt Brush demo (kinda made us dizzy), a sampling of virtual reality tours (through cardboard smart phone VR "goggles"), and a cool Augmented Reality Sandbox that detects your movements and manipulations as you play with the sand and projects the topographical layout over the "landscape," showing mountains "eroding" into hills and valleys filling with "water" and turning into lakes. There was also a short film festival, but we didn't attend any of the screenings (maybe next year).

While waiting for the demos, Mom and I walked around the park, enjoyed the cool breeze, and took in the lovely view of the Indian River!

...and the Max Brewer Bridge lighting up at dusk.

 

 

 

 

Another feature of the festival was Arboria - Architects of Air, an inflatable, whimsical "luminarium" filled with ambient lights, colors, and shapes. I didn't think it was worth the $6 admission, but maybe someday? Looks cool from the outside too.

 

Then I took 7 pictures of the same tree under a color-changing spotlight. ^^;

 

 

 

The highlight of the evening was the performance by Nova Era, the "classical with groove" trio. We first saw them at Disney Springs in Fall 2015, and I've been wanting to go back (but it's so farrr). When I read that Nova Era was coming to town, I was very excited, and honestly, they were the main draw of the event for me.

We stayed for 2 of the 3 sets (45 minutes each), and they played updated classical favorites like Pachelbel's "Canon in D",  Mozart's "Symphony #40 in G Minor", and Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", plus instrumental versions of Disney favorites like "Beauty and the Beast", "You'll Be In My Heart" from Tarzan, and of course, "Let It Go" from Frozen. I loved the mini concert! :D The small audience did too, with little kiddies tumbling and older couples slow-dancing to the music.

 

 

 

After 9pm, when we'd listen to "Canon in D" for a 3rd time, we decided to go home. But first, I walked by the small caravan of food trucks. There were mostly fried snacks, some Mexican, lobster rolls, chicken nuggets, etc. I decided to try the trendy Chicken & Waffles. It is literally fried chicken strips on top of a round waffle with cups of honey mustard sauce and maple syrup on the side. Pretty tasty on their own, but I don't really see what all the fuss is about with this combo?? Anyway, it was a good ending to an enjoyable evening out. ^^