I've already watched the first two episodes of Mozart in the Jungle S2, and I really enjoy it. I like seeing Rodrigo trying to be a tougher conductor, as I thought he was a little too lenient and likable in the first season. It's too bad we're not getting episodic reviews, I want to talk to people about each episode!

It's too bad this probably won't get episodic reviews, but I'm not surprised based on the number of comments last year.

Watched a bunch of Mozart in the Jungle (which I'm really liking) and binged Difficult People, which I liked but didn't love (I like the crassness, but it just didn't make me laugh the way I thought it would).

Grades for this year so far, in order: B, C+, C, C+, C, C-, B+, A-, B+. These past three episodes have been like a different show, way better than the norm. Hope the show can keep it up.

Catching up on Modern Family today. The first six or so episodes were pretty dire, but the last one and this one have been really good!

The first scene was by far the funniest in the episode. "That's some tricky wording there" - Dylan, when Phil asks if he wants to help.

Rewatched Star Wars: A New Hope in prep for the new movie (which I probably won't get around to seeing for another week or so), finished Transparent season 2, and started watching Mozart in the Jungle, which I'm really enjoying so far!

There are so many cringey scenes in every episode of this show. God.

The Overnight, The Overnight, a million times The Overnight.

Definitely "Face Your Fears" for me. The lyrics are hilarious, especially with the children's choir singing in the background. "Stars aren't that hot…" sung by the kids killed me.

I'm with you. How most people feel about Mad Max: Fury Road (which I still loved, evidently) is how I feel about Kingsman.

My top 20 so far:

My list of top 15:

The reveal that Gail had found a dummy already was a perfect way to end that scene. The idea alone that Phil and Todd would dig up the love of her life is awful (and hilarious).

I love the book. The essay is actually comparing it to Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad, with which I think it has a lot of common choices, both thematic (the passage of time, memory, death) and stylistic (a kind of fractured, non-linear narrative about a wide cast of characters). I'd love to hear what you…

I'm actually writing an essay on Station Eleven right now and taking a break!

I really liked most of this show, but a lot of that was because I thought it was a self-contained story. Even the finale I really enjoyed until the last few scenes, which I hated.

[slight Shameless spoilers referring to a comment Grand Moff made below]

Haven't really had time to read much outside of class this year, but I am taking a 'contemporary novel' class, so I just finished reading Claire Vaye Watkins's Gold Fame Citrus, which I enjoyed. She's a professor where I go to school, so she came in and answered our questions about it.

What if he had just stopped using his "disguised" voice? If he'd just dropped that and started using his own voice without pulling off the mask, Patty would've found out his identity and no one else would've.