19 posts tagged “tv”
Today has been long and packed. I had a little burst of energy that demanded that I clean the house. I threw away three bags of things which is like a holy act. I love throwing things out. We also got laundry done. I wish we could have gone throw the bookshelf in the livingroom. Maybe tomorrow. We also had time to go to the gym and I did some working out and then I did 30 minutes on the bike. It was cool enough that I didn't even sweat. It was nice.
I have been talking to a friend of mine who worked on a music project called My Little Hyptno Assassin and he sent me the cd he made called Holding the Strings of Iron Kites and it is so so so good. I love Castaway and Dust & Air and Night Comes Around and Ins & Outs and basically all of the songs. Curtis is really talented and I wish I lived in the same city as him because I would be all about finding out what he was working on and urging him to make more music. *sigh*
I saw this BBC show called Sinchronicity a couple of years ago and I loved it, It has Jemima Rooper in it and she is just the hottest thing in the world. But I had it saved on a hard drive that failed and it's not available for our region on DVD and I want a Christmas miracle and I would like to have it again. Please
I haven't read in over 24 hours. I have plans to as soon. Things in my head aren't in the right place when I go so long without. And I kind of dropped off in the middle of hijinks in my book. I also picked up Bloodfever so as soon as I'm done with the Highlanders series I will be able to dig right in. D also said he will read them and that excited me because I want someone to talk to about the series. I also have all the Kiesha'Ra books. Wyvernhail will be here this week. I think on Tuesday we are going to the bookstore because the second The Secret Circle book is going to be available. I think I will pick up the Den of Shadows books. So many books so little time. I'm kind of glad I'm not tired tonight.
There are so many books I want. I'm, sadly, learning the LA Public Library doesn't carry most of them. I was able to find The Vampire Academy and Frostbite on a message board last night. So, I have them on ebook with two other Richelle Mead books, Succubus Blues and Succubus on Top. I got the first three House of Night books by PC Cast. I was also able to find the first five Black Dagger Brotherhood books by JR Ward. What I wasn't able to find that I wanted to was Glass Houses by Rachel Caine or the Lords of the Underworld books by Gena Showalter. I was able to find Melissa De La Cruz's Blue Bloods books at the library but that was the only thing I was able to find. I bookmooch wishlisted what I couldn't find. I do have more than I could want to read. I find so much comfort in books I want to pull them to me by the arm full and get lost in them so I don't have to deal with my unhappy life. That's pathetic isn't it?
The last thing I watched was 90210 and it is such a small blip on my radar. I'm not really invested in the characters. It's not funny. I do have to say that Shenae Grimes might be the ugliest thing on tv. I really hope that at some point Ethan and Annie will actually hook up because Naomi is just a hideous beast. And Dixon and Silver, just not believable. He's like some horrible characature of a stereotype of the black kid who is whiter than bone. Silver could do better. Hell, she should come out and date Naomi. I would find it more believable.
I should get back to Vampireville or I will be reading this book in my grave.
Oh and I got Vesa on my fantasy hockey team! Woohoo. Go Leafs! Yay for Vesa.
So all I have been doing is watching Gossip Girl so I have nothing more to report. How sad.
And LOA this week finished up the Sword of Darkness. I guess it's really kind of mamby-pamby and mushy but I liked it. It was very different from what I envisioned from the book. The Adoni were supposed to be these flesh-tasty warrior lovers and in the comic the come across as knights. Weird kinda. Also I kind of had the impression that Morgen was Barbie on PCP. I did still like seeing it. The artist wasn't my favorite, everyone is sinewy and too built. Like weightlifters, even Seren. She doesn't really come across in those frames as Kerrigan's little mouse. I will float the next book if it goes to comic life though. Knight of Darkness should be the next story. I should go over to her calendar and see if she has a time frame for it yet.
David told me that they aren't having Laura Harris play Daisy Adair and that is a bit disappointing. But Callum Blue is going to be playing Mason and I think he might be one of my most favorite parts. Mandy Patinkin isn't playing Rube though, they are introducing a new character, Cameron Kane to be played by the guy who played Desmond on Lost. The trailer which I will hook you up with, looks pretty funny. I love the part with Mason when he meets Cameron and says he met his sister, Candy. Ahhh. I have missed watching this show and I own it so there is no real excuse.
Thursday I went to see the midnight showing of Wanted with D, Belle, Susie, Alex, Jenneca, Amanda and Paul at the Arclight. It was so good that I went to see it again last night. The movie is just awesome. James McAvoy is fantastic in it. He is perfect and his delivery and intonation is just incredible. Angelina Jolie plays the part of Fox and she is pretty solid through out the movie. Common played the Gunsmith and I thought he did a great job. I loved the Repairman and the Butcher too. Oh and Cross is excellent in my opinion too. There were a few parts in the trailer that I was looking for in the movie that must not have made the final cut.
I have been reading like a fiend. Maybe 5 books since Wednesday. I am reading Jillian Hunter's new title, Wicked as Sin at the moment. It's Gabriel's story. It feels a bit different then the other books. I think it is because this one isn't sticking with the naming convention she set up for her Boscastle books. I'm about half way through and it's nothing great but it isn't so different that it sucks either. I think I will read Wanted, the graphic novel, after this and then Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen. It all depends on the mood I'm in after this. I would like to read the new Julia Quinn novel, The Lost Duke of Wyndham soon too. I think I'm reaching critical capacity with books I'd like to read soon. I will have a pile bigger than reality will allow to read. It will make me feel slow and that always sucks. I need to pace things out more.
Stephenie Meyer's concert/book tour with Justin Furstenfeld is all sold out. There is a sweepstakes to win a trip to the New York one. I am thinking of entering it. It would let me take Belle with me if I won. If of course. If is the magical word. The rumors about the TwiMoms Mafia buying out the venue appears to be true. It seems a bit sad to me that they are so singular and selfish. I don't know if I'm jealous or if I think they are just wrong. It makes me feel like it's the world against them. They tarnish everything. But the book signing should prove fun. It will be different and I can always bring a book with me so I can read if it is boring. ...or to hit TwiMoms with.
I don't know what this weekend will hold. I am hoping for a trip to Pinkberry. I hope to read a lot. A quiet weekend might be nice. We shall see.
Today is an inspired entry, 20 things that are good, just to remind myself that not everything sucks. So here I go in no special order.
1. Kitties. They are always good. I think mine are better than yours but kittycat people around the world should gather for the biggest cuddlefest in the known universe.
2. Angel: After the Fall. I like it much better than Season 4 Angel and almost as much as Season 5. It maintains the characterization from the TV show while pushing the limits of the Buffy/Angel-verses. I have to say that it's much better than the Buffy comics which just went places because they no longer had to deal with the limitations of the known budget and believability. 50 ft. Dawn and Lesbian Buffy, my ass.
3. BOOKS. Where do I start. I feel like my time on earth screws with my ability to read as much as I possibly could. There are too many good books. So hard to imagine a world without them. I think they are so much better than food and air. Books are true necessities.
4. Awake is the New Sleep by Ben Lee. I love this CD. I could listen to it on repeat for hours or not listen to it for a month and it always gives me the same warm and tinglies no matter what. I just don't get how Ben Lee can be so amazing and still be a mere mortal.
5. Lentil Loaf or Rice Loaf. The one thing I really miss about not eating meat is meatloaf. Lentil/rice loaf is a pretty good substitute. I wish I had it more often.
6. Diet Snapple. I'm a big fan of the Peach, Lemon and Raspberry and haven't tried the Plumagranite. Is that what it's called. Now I embarrassed myself not knowing the name of it.
7. The Gap. I am a Gap girl. I love it. I wish that the workers weren't such nazis but I can handle my own, sort of. Fall. Into. The. Gap.
8. Tide pools/Sea stars. I could spend all day at the ocean looking for sea life at the tide pools. There are days when I count how many sea stars we can find... the most was 14. I wish I could find the picture Aaron took with me and the giant sea star in Carpinteria.
9. 300. I don't know exactly what I love about this movie but I do, sincerely, love something about it. I know the humor is a bit stick to your ribs but it makes me giggle everytime. Gerard Butler is fantastic and it has Michael Fassbender in it and I think there is something about him. I loved him in Hex too.
11. Raspberries. I like to eat them out of the container, with little to no ceremony. An entire 6 oz plastic tray is barely enough for me. I also get raspberry iced teas from Iso: Fusion Cafe and it is made from syrup of raspberries. Mmmmmm.
13. Spoons. No one could have too many. Spoons are glorious. The only things that compete with them are straws. Spoons rock.
15. Barnes and Noble/Borders/Amazon. This sort of leads us back into number 3, but these are places not things. These three places are akin to Mecca. I just wish that they were more giving with their pricing of things. I guess they try with all the coupons and discounts, but books shouldn't be so expensive. Don't anyone bring up libraries... it's like prostitution for books. I like them being mine and mine alone.
18. Fountains and waterfalls. Maybe it's just water or could be the facade of happy waters. I do like rivers and oceans too. I am constantly taking pictures of water. Just today I took a pair of photos for my assignment from Dr. Moore, of a fountain.< Worst construction of a sentence commited in a long, long, long time.
19. Root beer. I know it is points damning but I love knee high bottles of Route 66, Sioux City, Boylan's, etc... I love Galco and I could spend hundreds of dollars there in no time.
20. Volvo commercial with the terribly adorable chatterbox little girl. I love her to death. If I were guaranteed to to have one just like her, I might explore other options.
Speaking about movies David and I are watching Can't Hardly Wait and it is such a six degrees of separation film. Lauren Ambrose gets licked by Eric Balfour who plays her boyfriend in Six Feet Under. Seth Green hits on Paige Moss who plays Veruca in Buffy. Also Amber Benson is in one of the kitchen scene intrigued by a banana. Of course those two are connected via Willow in Buffy. One of the guys that hits on Amanda after her big confrontation with Mike is Owen from Never Kill a Boy on the First Date from Buffy Season 1. And then there is Ethan Embry, I can't connect him with anyone else but he is in Empire Records which I love. And while I'm mentioning connections and nonconnections, I must mention Mike Dexter, aka Peter Facinelli, the man who plays Carlisle Cullen. This movie is awesome. Oh! and I just noticed Jason Segel too.
Speaking of celebrities, I had a badger moment at Mann Chinese 6 in Hollywood. David saw Robert LaSardo a little over a week ago in Santa Monica and today he was in Hollywood. He's smaller than he looks on TV. His tattoos are really dark and he is just covered all over his torso and arms. He's a bit menacing but so small that it takes away the edge. I was very happy to see someone. I rarely do. Woohoo for a Nip/Tuck spotting though.
Today has been a good day. I plan to read more in Sebastian after the movie. I might try to get some emails done. Just try to keep today mellow.
You know those days that just leave you feeling like you are on the chopping block? Today was one of them. I didn't know the international language for small talk, I laughed inappropriately at things that weren't funny and just generally felt out of place. Today felt very out of sorts. As I write this I am in bed and feel like it's the first correct situation of the day. Thank the gods for bed.
Today I saw two movies, Jumper, from Netflix, and Get Smart in the theater. I didn't hate Jumper and to it's credit it seemed to fly right by. I think Jamie Bell played my favorite character. I'm not a Hayden Christensen fan. I generally like his movies more when his character dies at the end. I know, my bad. Rachel Bilson didn't do much for me either way. She just didn't move me. I didn't feel it, like it was a soulless performance. Just there to collect the check. All in all, I am happy I didn't pay $14.00 to see it in the theater.
As for Get Smart... it was rather predictable. Wind up Steve Carell and let him do his schtick. Personally, I am bored with his character. I'd like for him to branch out to something else. Leave Michael on The Office set. But looking passed that Anne Hathaway was pretty good with her brand of physical comedy and Dwayne Johnson stole a lot of the scenes he was in. I would like to mention Masi Oka was adorable. I am still holding over from Heroes. I hope he gets more recognition and lands even bigger roles in blockbuster movies. I am a Masi Oka fan.
After we watched the movie, we went to Pinkberry. Neither Connie nor myself had ever tried it before. I know we are woefully behind the times. I thoroughly enjoyed mine which I had with kiwi and raspberries. I wanted seconds and that was not a good idea. I had already blown my WW points for the day in the theater when I ate a box of Junior Mints. I have been really bad with my points the last few days. Bad, bad me.
It's supposed to be rather warm the next few days. Today was in the nineties and tomorrow should reach well into the hundreds. We haven't made any plans of yet... knowing that I sleep the day away leaves it to be even harder to plan for things. I am sure we won't want to spend the entire day in the apartment. We will have to see where the day takes us.
Cat Deely must feel like the executioner. Yay, Chelsea is safe! I like Chelsea, I'm happy she will be here next week. I knew it would be Susie. I'm glad that the judges agree with me. Oh wow, the second week in a row they picked a couple. Marquis isn't a bad choice to eliminate. I can't wait for next week now.
I was feeling nostalgic earlier today and I went on a scavenger hunt for pictures of Lacey and Kameron. I wish they did flashbacks of previous seasons. Or maybe I just should have kept all the episodes on my Tivo. I know they are on You Tube but there is no comparison between seeing them on the TV and watching the routine all pixelated and distorted. It would be nice if I could just whimsically order life to my terms.
The new meds that I am taking are kicking my ass big time. Dr. Scott thinks it's the Geodon reacting with the Clopazine so his idea is to just quit cold turkey, but that gives me sincere anxiety because it was doing the same thing last summer with the Geodon that put me in a tailspin. So I took less of the Geodon tonight and I'll titrate down over the next few days. I'm not one for sudden change but I did stop the Lithium. I'm flying without a net now. If Clopazine is this miracle drug that Dr. Scott thinks it is, then I should notice right away. This is the time that I should screw my courage to the sticking point. Optimism should come my way. I think I'll just sit here and wait for it. Considering I'm sleeping 12-16 hours a day, I have nothing better to do.
Today was nice. D stayed home from work to take me to see Dr. Scott and we started listening to a new book in the car, it's Robert Jordan's The Eye of the World. The reader has a bit of a goofy voice. His inflection is a bit silly but I'm trying to keep my head on straight and listen to the story. David listened to my stories, it's the least I can do for him in return. I found myself a couple of four packs of Diet Peach, Diet Lemon and Diet Raspberry Iced Tea Snapple. I can drink the stuff by the gallon and it's no points so it's guilt free. What I need is to buy it by the case. Maybe Target will have some Diet Snapple for me. The remainder of my day was spent on the internet playing with Amazon, Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader. There is truly nothing new on the internet.
I was impatient waiting for SYTYCD to come on. I don't know where the week has gone, it seems like it was only yesterday that Belle was here watching last week with me. I thought tonight was rather average. There was only one routine that blew me away and that was the Viennese Waltz that Kherington and Twitch danced. I thought they really performed and it was awesome to see Twitch with layers. My poor Matt and Kourtni couple... what can I say? They weren't the best they weren't the worst. I do have that tummy feeling that they will be in the bottom three though. It makes me sad. Please let me be wrong. Like last week, I liked Katee and Joshua, even though I hate Katee on the premise that she is a heinous whiner. I like Will but pray fervently that he and Jessica will be dancing for their lives. I would like Jessica gone on the grounds that her very breathtaking irritates a primal instinct in me to attack the ridiculous. I hope Susie goes soon too. Her whinging over not being able to handle something she claims is in her influence is absurd. Tomorrow would be excellent if they both went and then two guys were paired up for a while. I'm broad minded enough to say it would be a very progressive move. Oh, and lastly, Mia (take no fucking prisoners) Michaels is the very, very best judge. I was so over hearing Mary compliment each successively bad performance after another. I want a touch of Mia every week.
This weekend Get Smart comes out and I'm looking forward to seeing it. I really hope that Steve Carell isn't his usual knobiness. I'm not a fan of Michael when I watch The Office. I like Dwight and Jim a whole bunch more. But I'm not letting my dislike for Carell's comedy style color my opinion of the movie. I have some expectations. I don't mind dumb humor, as a matter of fact simple comedy does more for me than elaborate set ups. I can't wait to see Dwayne Johnson act in this. He tends to surprise me when I see him in a film. I usually have very low expectations so his being able to talk while moving his head is a feat in itself. And then there is Anne Hathaway. I expect the most from her. I really hope that she knocks it out of the park.
Tomorrow is a day to myself and I think I want to get further in my book and I'd like to organize some bookshelves. I don't even know most of the titles on my bookshelf in the livingroom. I feel like I'm reading at the slowest pace that I could possibly go. Of course it doesn't help that neither book that I'm reading is really keeping me occupied. Neither book is riveting. My whinging about books this is truly pathetic. I need to get over bad books, not take it personally or think of it as a failure of my own. But I'm so mind boggling compulsive to finish a book once I started it. Death wouldn't even be able to break these rules.
