random thoughts – Day 1,344 – (Tuesday) – frost season

Frosty.

 It was cold this morning. The car was coated in frost, but using remote start meant the front and rear windows were defrosted and the seat and steering wheel were warm by the time I got into the car to leave. The side windows still had some delicate frost designs. 

The walk to the building from the garage included some shattered ice on a sidewalk on John Street and a quick pace to get the the office and inside. Before leaving for the office, I had planned to go to the bookstore at lunchtime, but that was forgotten until 5:00 when I was leaving for the day. Once at my desk, I was there to stay. Maybe tomorrow.

At home after work, it was quality time in the living room with soup, crackers, cranberry and jalapeno dip, and The Family Business. This show is killing me (along with a lot of criminal on criminal death).

Held hostage.

There is a storyline across several episodes where Consuela is being held hostage in a stone cell. Allegedly, she’s been there for a while, and is begging the guy who brought her food for several days to let her out so she can shower. She’s claiming her hair is a mess and it’s been so long since she’s felt water on her skin. Meanwhile, her clothing is neat, her hair is not the slightest bit grungy, and her makeup is perfect. Even every one of her nails is long and perfectly manicured. It wasn’t the slightest bit convincing. The makeup team dropped the ball on this.

Of course, it’s supposed to be an entertaining telenovela type show and not a documentary crime drama. There is a reddit thread on the series and it’s comforting to know that I’m not the only one who thinks this is a hot mess of a production, yet none of us can tear ourselves away. Some people are unhappy it deviates from the book, and others claim is is true to the book. 

I’m in Season 4 right now, and once it’s finished, that will be it for a while, defined as “until Season 5 comes out.” If there is a Season 5. I hope there is.