{"id":331,"date":"2010-11-03T08:57:01","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T08:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=331"},"modified":"2010-11-03T08:57:01","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T08:57:01","slug":"power-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2010\/11\/03\/power-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/nikita\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-489\" title=\"2010.11.02.a\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/2010.11.02.a.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/30-rock\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-490\" title=\"2010.11.02.b\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/2010.11.02.b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>We awoke early this morning to beat the crowds at our precinct and cast our vote for mid-term elections. But while Pelosi lost her place at the speaker&#8217;s podium, other women of power entered our lives in the past few weeks. We recently embarked on CW&#8217;s new TV series <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/nikita\">Nikita<\/a>. Starring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maggie-q.net\/\">Maggie Q<\/a> in various stages of undress, the show is reminiscent of Fox&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dollverse.com\">Dollhouse<\/a> series, with similar motifs including a covert organization with an underground training facility, an army of good-looking but brain-washed recruits, a computer genius with no social tact, and a smoking hot female lead who can kick anyone&#8217;s butt. Compared to <a href=\"http:\/\/eliza-dushku.org\/\">Eliza Dushku<\/a>, Q has a more mature persona, which unfortunately make her performance a bit stiff and less fun to watch. We also missed the layers of complexity that distinguished Joss Whedon&#8217;s series. Meanwhile, we also started watching the 4th season of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/30-rock\/\">30 Rock<\/a> on our instant-watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netflix.com\">Netflix<\/a> queue. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinafeyfan.com\/\">Tina Fey&#8217;s<\/a> nerdy but adorable mid-level manager Liz Lemon, along with the quirky cast of characters, have kept us company over dinner at home. It&#8217;s nice to see the actors settling more comfortably into their roles and the show getting more hilarious with each season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We awoke early this morning to beat the crowds at our precinct and cast our vote for mid-term elections. But while Pelosi lost her place at the speaker&#8217;s podium, other women of power entered our lives in the past few &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2010\/11\/03\/power-women\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}