warm fuzzies, multiple, of the day

[chanter1944]

Not in any order, because they're all fantastic:

Most of my Christmas gifts and cards are out, including yours, camwyn. I'm still working on a couple of cards and a postcard or two, mainly because trying to find something specifically Wisconsin-local is not nearly as easy as it would be in a non-pandemic year (grrrr stupid virus grrrr). I've also got one more gift to pick up, which is happening this weekend.


The sun won The Masked Singer! :D I was pretty sure it would come down to her and the mushroom, which it did. I've been watching all season long, and the sun has blown me away almost every time she's taken the stage. I was not super surprised at her reveal, though I did wonder if she could've been Martina McBride; I was never a huge LeAnn Rimes fan when she was all over the radio, but oh my goodness, I've turned into one thanks to her performances as the sun!

As for the mushroom, I was hoping all the way along that the person under the mask was an enby and a they, especially given the lack of pronoun usage during clues, which seemed very deliberate, and the hint about current name not matching birth name. As it is, I have no idea who Aloe Blacc is, though I probably should. Not certain of pronouns, but people on the show were saying he post-reveal, so...

I still say the final three should've been the sun, the mushroom, and the serpent, though I have nothing against the crocodile. The croc is good, but there's a reason people were guessing performers like Leslie Odom, Jr., Christopher Jackson, and John Legend for the serpent. Daaaaang! <3


Not at all least, a dear friend of mine got the Covid vaccine today!!! :D She's an ER nurse as well as an EMT, she's an absolutely amazing woman, and... I'm just absolutely thrilled for her. I'm also a worrier where friends and family are concerned, so whew! Whew on top of whew, even.

Comments

[pauraque]

I'd never heard of this show and had to look up what it was! I'm a little surprised that they've been able to keep the identities of the singers secret since I see that some of them have been quite famous singers. I guess a lot of sighted people depend heavily enough on visual cues that it works.

[chanter1944]

Re visual cues: I suppose that is a thing, isn't it? I completely forget about that sometimes! I also know that, when the singers are in costume on set, backstage, etc, they're not allowed to talk to other people! This makes total sense, since their speaking voices are technologically altered once they're conversing with panelists, the better to maintain their disguises. It would be *ridiculously* hard for me to not talk to crew/other singers/whoever, were I on that show.

[alatefeline]

That last is great news!

[chanter1944]

:)

[manglefox]

Aloe Blacc is a rapper. Our favorite thing by him is a song called "I Need a Dollar" but some of his stuff's a little meh.

[chanter1944]

OHHH gotcha. Someone on the panel referenced that particular song as part of their guess during the finale, but I've never heard it. I may have to look this up. Then again, evidently he was also on the Hamilton mixtape, but I must've missed that track. Ack! I'll be remedying that in short order.