What I'm Geeking Out About This Week - 12/04/15

Greetings!

Here's what is going on in my world this week:

• Thanksgiving Break

I enjoyed the holiday break last week by taking some time away from the blog (why there was no new post last Friday) and having a wonderful dinner with my mom and my partner. I also was able to just sleep in and take care of my life by getting all my dishes and laundry done. It's funny how such simple things can make a positive impact on our lives by helping us not feel so overwhelmed. I also always feel better with an empty sink and my favorite clothes ready to wear, but that's just me.

• Jessica Jones, A Retrospective

I finished watching all of season one of this spectacular Netflix show with my partner this past week. I was excited for it before watching and it lived up (or even exceeded) my expectations. On several different levels, I so glad this show exists. It explores themes of trauma, heroism, recovery, and so much more. It had a compelling story and great characters that I'm excited to continue to explore, like Luke Cage especially. I highly recommend it to anyone to check out. The fact that this exists in the Marvel Cinematic Universe but also just as a stellar comic book property. It continues the long positive trajectory of all the recent adaptations and I feel like it is an engaging and entertainment property for any viewer, comic book lover or not.

• Arrow/Flash Crossover

It has been a big week or so for comic book movie/TV geekery. In addition to my previous geek out, there was the first big Captain America: Civil War trailer, the newest Batman VS Superman trailer, and we had this awesome DC TV crossover event this week too! My heart has been happy with all this good stuff coming out. The trailers both look great and the two episodes of Arrow and Flash this week were a lot of fun. We got introductions to Hawkgirl, Hawkman, and Vandal Savage in this event. There was a lot of legwork for both shows to do on top of the plethora that has been done already to set up the upcoming Legends of Tomorrow. Nevertheless, this was an entertaining team up with all the comic book fun we've come to expect from these two shows, especially Flash (which is more of my favorite).

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What I'm Geeking Out About This Week - 10/30/15

Greetings!

Here's what is going on in my world this week:

• Jessica Jones

I finally got the chance to rewatch Age of Ultron the other day, and alongside the recently released trailer for Jessica Jones on Netflix, my enthusiasm for the continued expansion of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Jessica Jones continues the awesome work previewed in Daredevil. I hope they connect the Netflix shows more to things like Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter. I'm also really eagerly anticipating Civil War in May 2016, which should connect all of these disparate entities. Hopefully we all get to see a trailer for Civil War here soon (maybe alongside Force Awakens?!).

• HigherEdJobs

As I said last week, I'm currently job searching for a possible mid-year transition, and I just have to give a big shoutout for the resource that's been helping me out big time (and helped me about for my previous search as well). Especially with their recent site refresh, it is the best tool to find jobs in higher education that I've found. I know jobs are posted on other job boards, but I've had great success with HigherEdJobs, so I highly recommend it to anyone else pursuing a job on a college campus.

• The Office (US)

This show is one of my favorite shows of all time. It's one that I have been into since it originally aired and kept up week to week. I've been in a phase recently of preferring to revisit my old favorites versus committing to a whole new series. I've been sharing some choice episodes with my partner since the entire series is available to stream on Netflix. If you've never watched it, definitely put it on your list. It's a modern classic!

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