Stress-ville, U.S.A.
I've returned to teaching myself Italian, which actually has helped with some of the Renaissance texts I need to read for class. The language is flowing and beautiful, with a wonderful soothing quality that I find comforts me.
I watched ABC's pilot premiere of Mind Games last night, about two brothers who run a problem solving firm that employs psychological manipulation. Clark is bipolar and schizophrenic, while his brother Ross was arrested for securities fraud. I was hoping it would be like Lie to Me, which I loved every moment of until it was cancelled. I realized that the reason I love Lie to Me, Perception, Criminal Minds - even Elementary and Sherlock, is my love for psychology. The way people think absolutely fascinates me.
The concept of psychological manipulation is fascinating and the premise of Mind Games is intriguing, but they added extra things like Ross's ex-wife being in love with Clark, and a ridiculous scheme that Ross used to get Clark fired from his university teaching position (Ross supposedly paid an grad student to seduce Clark and then paid the same girl to go away when Clark fell for said girl very, very hard). I know it's intended to make Ross seem sketchy and intrigue viewers with questions of his integrity and intentions for his brother - yet I found it took away from everything the writers had just built during the rest of the episode.
Overall, the ending just ruined the episode for me. I hate shows that get too wrapped up in side stories and drama, adding more and more characters, and eventually abandoning the entire premise of the show - like Scandal and Once Upon A Time... Last night's episode only had one instance of psychological manipulation. If they bring in more tricks like that, I will definitely continue to watch, I'll probably watch the next few episodes but it will need to seriously impress me and not cloud the interesting psychology for me.
I watched ABC's pilot premiere of Mind Games last night, about two brothers who run a problem solving firm that employs psychological manipulation. Clark is bipolar and schizophrenic, while his brother Ross was arrested for securities fraud. I was hoping it would be like Lie to Me, which I loved every moment of until it was cancelled. I realized that the reason I love Lie to Me, Perception, Criminal Minds - even Elementary and Sherlock, is my love for psychology. The way people think absolutely fascinates me.
The concept of psychological manipulation is fascinating and the premise of Mind Games is intriguing, but they added extra things like Ross's ex-wife being in love with Clark, and a ridiculous scheme that Ross used to get Clark fired from his university teaching position (Ross supposedly paid an grad student to seduce Clark and then paid the same girl to go away when Clark fell for said girl very, very hard). I know it's intended to make Ross seem sketchy and intrigue viewers with questions of his integrity and intentions for his brother - yet I found it took away from everything the writers had just built during the rest of the episode.
Overall, the ending just ruined the episode for me. I hate shows that get too wrapped up in side stories and drama, adding more and more characters, and eventually abandoning the entire premise of the show - like Scandal and Once Upon A Time... Last night's episode only had one instance of psychological manipulation. If they bring in more tricks like that, I will definitely continue to watch, I'll probably watch the next few episodes but it will need to seriously impress me and not cloud the interesting psychology for me.
I've been having a hard time staying focused lately. My mind tends to wander and I feel unmotivated. I even skipped dance this week! I just don't feel like doing anything - even something like dance that brings me immense joy and happiness.
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