Medulla Oblongata

open letter to Major Crimes production

After faithfully watching both The Closer and Major Crimes since day one, and being a major freaking fan of Mary McDonnell, AND having dedicated countless hours to nitpicking through the wonderful, beautiful, incredibly SMART set-dressings of Sharon Raydor's condo (and lesser degree, office), I humbly request the following:

1. Interior shots of Sharon Raydor's bedroom 

2. Interior shots of Sharon Raydor's bathroom

3. Daylight interiors of condo. All those rich dark colors are so muddy to the eye when attempting to ID items. I'm looking at you bar/console area.

4. Balcony shot

5. Quality shot of vases/knickknacks in dining room shelf

6. I WANT THE  HALLWAY ACCENT TABLE UNDER SHARON'S WINDOW, BETWEEN RUSTY'S ROOM & the BATHROOM. I WANT THAT TABLE. FIND A WAY.

That is all.

Sure, it's a uniquely driven perspective that may have nothing to do with the storyline at this point...I can't help it. I like the damn set. I like the thoughtful decorations and intelligent interior design.

Although, WHO DROPPED THE BALL ON CHRISTMAS? The angels were pedestrian. I could really have helped out there. The majority of tacky ornaments sort of undermined the classy Sharon feel I get from the character. While IDing those terrible ornaments, I found so many really good ones, that I think someone must have rushed that particular process. Sorry. I've been sitting on that since the angel episode. Brrr.

Please. GIVE ME THE TABLE. I cannot find it. I may have to steal it. I'll do a lousy job. I'll get caught. I'm an adult. I can't be treated as a juvie, no matter how immature I am. I'll have a record. My mother will be appalled. My partner will not be surprised, but she will be disappointed. No one will understand. I'll have to fashion license plates, or baskets, or rewire lamps or whatever, in the hoosegow.

some vases in Raydor's expedit shelf

The variety of small vases and sundries in Sharon's Expedit shelf have remained mysteries and I believe most of them always will--but as decent images are available, I'll post here.

A couple of the vases/pots look like they could be old Ikea stock from a few years back--but it's too hard to say without good, sharp close-ups. I'll back-post some blurry images from Season 1 I saved later, but for tonight, figured I could put up a couple vases spied behind Jackson Raydor at breakfast:

And actually, these might be new vases this season. Season 1 it was more reds--there was a red vase sitting where this polka-dot/swirl vase is now. Could just be that items have been re-arranged.

 

 Glass and ceramic read pretty similarly. And honestly, I just can't recall what blurry items Sharon's had in that shelving unit. Will dig through pic files over next few days.

 

I want to say I've seen an Ikea Salong vase there--and some kind of acrylic red planter--but there are several companies that have strikingly similar blown glass vases, so even that's a guess.

 

I'm very curious about that pretty blue...thing...under the top vase--that colorway and the variegated line dividing the blues should help narrow the selection. 

 

And there you have it. Two unidentified but neat objet d'art. 

Update 7/25/23:

Could the blue, two-tone vase be this one from Crate & Barrel? "Tavo" vase:

I think it very well could be--still tricky to tell from that little sliver we see, but looks promising. The blues are similar, the variegated line is too. Only thing that's 'off' is there's less dark blue on this vase than the one on set--but that can be easily explained away via the hand-dipping process. Pretty sure I nailed it.

7/26/13: Not updates, just some possibilities from very blurry pics:

Gonna add some small vases/pots that could be some of the things Sharon has in her Expedit shelf--NOTHING VERIFIED--just some things that pop into my brain as I strain to understand what's stocked on those shelves:

The Ikea Salong vase I mentioned earlier. Ubiquitous. Many variations on this theme made by mulitple producers--but here's Ikea's version:

Love that picture of the whole family, but these straight-on shots are easier to understand the shapes:

  

One of the blurry blobs could be the medium-sized Salong vase. These guys run about  $8.00 - $12.00.

Another guess about another blob on a shelf--maybe Ikea Grapefrukt plasic plant pot?

  

Just some ideas...

 

 

 

 

Amazon instant video quality

No, thank you, Amazon prime live HD streaming video, for the excellent picture quality and ease of viewing. Bravo. I'm paying PRIME? And this is why I'm using Vudu. 

Sharon-Fucking-Raydor

So I'm trying to figure out Tumblr, because it's always confused me AND because of this next tragedy:

My blog, here, is being completely taken over by Sharon-Fucking-Raydor. The woman herself. And I need a separate space for my shameful fan-girling. Because it's that bad. No, really. I have reached the point where I must compartmentalize my lurve for Sharon-Fucking-Raydor. Or Laura Roslin. Whateves. Two sides of a coin. A really shiny, pretty coin. Oh, sorry. I went somewhere.

I'm gonna the prop-identification thing here, cause that's my deal. And occasional pretty pics because, honestly, who doesn't want to look at someone old enough to be their grandmother and skeeve on her hard time? Oh? Only perverts, you say. Okaaay.

Tumblr feels like shorthand. Here, at my blog, I can go into greater depth about props, related props, things that they are reminiscent of--and alternative options that folk might be able to find.

For whom am I doing this? I assume there are ppl out there like me, who have weird skills: and those should always be shared. So for that person who manages to find my site--and who isn't good with interior/industrial design--you've got me. I'm your girl for prop identification and you may go forth and shop, shop, shop for that desired prop. I do my best to provide all pertinent information that I can find.

I think I'm the only former interior designer/propper who is into, say, all 100 of her pepper grinders. Or mugs. Or pens. Or tables. Or lamps. Or...well, you get the picture. But in order to keep the Prop-IDing here pure, I'm gonna try and dump the pretty pics at Tumblr. 

But ALL that fucking ballet stuff just stumps me. I've been crawling for IDs on some of those ugly ballet sculptures forever and come up with nothing. Ballet's not really my thing either, so the urge to ID is low.

I am sorry to do this to you again...

I am. I'm sorry. But Jesus, this had to be posted again. WTF. I don't even understand how this is possible? I can't even make my mind work. McDonnell's rack FTW! Epic.

How? How is even conceivable that this woman is Sofa King Hot? Look at that! How can you not just be dazzled by the epic allness of it all? She has hair like a lion, for pity's sake. Those smiley-eye wrinkles are beautiful. Who, seriously, WHO has beautiful wrinkles?! It's all too amazing. And just YES YES YES! to the boobs. Thank you for that, Mary McDonnell. Patron saint of elder boobs. Somebody, please.

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Horror movie tip #1

When your basement starts to talk to you, and tells you that it "wants your family?" It's time to move.

iconic "S" chest shield of Superman

Superman's Logo

illustrated by Maurice Mitchell

Superman infographic

Wow! Just WOW! From the Superman Homepage comes this amazing infographic. Steve Younis, in collaboration with the Superman Homepage staff members compiled this incredible collection of Superman's "S" shields, as they have changed and evolved (devolved?) from Superman's first appearance to present day.

The shields are drawn from a variety of sources. Quoting Steve from the above linked site "...we felt it was time the Superman Homepage stepped in to create our own detailed chart, truly showing how Superman's "S" Shield has evolved over the past 75 years, using Superman's regular comic books, original graphic novels, Elseworlds, and other publications, as well as cartoons, TV shows, animated movies, films and more."

Kudos to you folks! Outstanding effort. My image below is much reduced. Very large, high quality original at the Superman Homepage. Go check it out!

 

Superman toy shields

From Fengschwing's flickr site, various Superman action figure shields:

Oh my gosh--for a small collection, so many fantastic shields represented here! Favs would be:

Top row: #1: Red Son, #2: Superman Red, #4: Kurt Swan: Showcase Superman

2nd row: #5: First Appearance Superman

3rd row: #1: Earth Two Superman, #2: Bizarro!  

4th row: #2: Superman Blue, #3: Kingdom Come Superman

5th row: #1: Dark Side Superman