I am not a morning person. It’s not the time of day, it’s the waking up. It’s the re-syncing with the rest of the world shock mixed with the mental recap of the day before.
If you ever see me walking around, doing morning people stuff? I’m probably pretty grumpy about it and I might snap when I talk. That or I haven’t been to sleep yet and I’m going to sound a bit loopy.
Anyways, most of the time I like to think that I’m entertaining.
Ghost Whisperer is playing on Ion. It’s the marathon show of the day.
Could you imagine talking to Melinda?
Me as the Ghost Whisperer: jerking around every two minutes. Talking and yelling at people that aren’t there. Suddenly bursting out with obscenities.
I’d be a nervous wreck in a year.
I only just started watching this show and there’s currently only 6 episodes, but it’s become one of my new favorites.
You can see it on DramaFever and Hulu.
Oh My Ghostess
Genre: kdrama, supernatural, romance
Summary: Na Bong Sun (Park Bo Young) may be a skilled chef, but she lacks the self-esteem to shine professionally and socially. Beyond her cooking talents, however, is an uncanny ability to communicate with ghosts. One day, her mystic senses go out of control when the seductive ghost of Shin Soon Ae (Kim Seul Gi) possesses her. Imbued with a fiery new “personality,” Bong Sun starts turning heads, including that of Kang Sun Woo (Jo Jung Suk), the hottest chef in town and Bong Sun’s secret crush!
Park Bo Young (remember her from Werewolf Boy?) is extremely versatile in this. She plays two different characters and it seems really plausible that she’s both Bong Sun and Soon Ae. She’s also super adorable. This is a great role for her.
I like the interactions between Soon Ae as Bong Sun and Sun Woo, and I’m really curious to find out how Soon Ae died. I feel like I should probably keep some tissues handy.
Here’s the first episode:
Or if you can’t see the episode, here’s the teaser for the show:
That’s the Soon Ae possessed Bong Sun trying to seduce Sun Woo. Soon Ae died as a virgin, so she’s what’s called a virgin ghost — always hungry for experiences and constantly trying to have sex. She needs to find a man of vitality if she hopes to lose her virginity, settle her debts, and pass on before the third anniversary of her death. Because if she doesn’t pass on within three years she will become an evil spirit, doomed to haunt people and places, never able to rest. And she’s already been dead for two years.
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CAKE: The Time of Her Life [TTHL]
Author: Harper Kingsley
Tags: Dahl Quinzant, serial
Summary: Drabbles strung together in the Cakeverse. Shifting POVs and styles.
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I am a constant hand washer. To the point that people have begun to make jokes.
Seriously, I wash my hands because I know where my hands have been. I’m always cleaning up after messy people. And sometimes there’s not a pair of gloves handy.
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The strangest thing about Dahl Quinzant was her obsession with vinyl gloves and cleanliness. She had a well-known obsession with washing her hands.
Books had been written about her hand washing obsession and various interests in hygiene. Psychologists and commentators produced hundreds of vlog entries about it.
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One of the first jobs she was able to get after her breakdown was transcribing videos and creating blog posts for a popular vlogger. With a single blog editor account she was able to submit content for the admin to publish. And once a month she got that desperately needed $1000.
It had taken a while, but she’d finally been able to afford a Life Manager. It was a program that worked naturally with Dragon and other transcription programs. And it put her life into desperately needed order.
She spoke commands to her LM, and it created her daily schedule. It was able to add things to her schedule, but could not remove them without her voice and touch commands. So there were always fresh options popping up, custom-built to her profile specs.
Once she had a Life Manager, she didn’t have to be so afraid all the time. There was always a guiding voice offering her options and possessing a near-human personality and responsiveness. Even knowing LeM was nothing more than algorithms strung together, she began to like speaking with him. So much so that even after she was able to afford an actual human manager, she still used LeM for her personal notes.
He spoke to her manager when she was having a No Contact day. When the very thought of having to talk to an actual person made her want to scream. In those times the only people she wanted around her were her family, and she found herself being snappish with them.
It was during No Contact times that LeM truly shone. He suggested and sent emails and smoothed ruffled feathers. He kept her moving when she would have happily curled up in a ball on her bed and given up. He was her rock when she felt like falling down. Without him her life would have unfurled like a thread caught on the nail of her mental health. By the time she’d realize what was going on, it would be too late to fix any problems.
But LeM kept her on track. He protected her when she didn’t have the wherewithal to take care of herself. It was because of him that no one knew how messed up in the head she was.
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Throughout the latter half of her life, Dahl Quinzant was never without her aide LeM. She had the LeM program installed into the Personal Doll she bought in 2089 and every one after it.
There has been some question as to the mental state of the actress. A known introvert that battled weight issues, Dahl had been known to suffer verbal outbursts at various times in her life. There were rumors that Dahl had suffered some form of physical assault in her youth that resulted in her personality disorders. [These statements have not been verified and there has been some question as to their veracity. Use at your own risk.]
TBC…
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