Apparently, it’s been a week since I last posted. Huh. It doesn’t seem that long. I’m on the last day of my five day mini vacation. WAH! I wish I had relaxed more. It’s hard for me to do nothing when I know there are things I could be doing. That’s part of the problem with just staying home. You’re surrounded by your stuff. You can see the projects waiting for your attention. Or the laundry in need of washing. On the Brightside, the magazine pile of doom has gotten much lower. The DVDs and CDs are now organized so I can find them easily. And the DVR is relatively cleaned up.

I didn’t do any marathon DVD viewing as planned, but I’m now well into Season 2 of Due South. Is it just my imagination or did the show try to become more serious in Season 2? And three eps in a row exploring Ray V’s love life when he couldn’t get a date in Season 1 seemed odd. I also feel that if it was going to happen it would have by now, so, for the record, I am not seeing the slash. It’s like Jack and Daniel on Stargate for me. There are moments where I can understand how others may see it or wish to create the scenario, but it’s just not happening for me. And just like Jack/Daniel, I love the Fraser/Ray V friendship. It’s awesome that these two friendless people - because who else could put up with them? - found each other and support each other no matter what. But I don’t want to envision them having sex together and there is enough evidence on screen that the thought would send them running in opposite directions from each other too.

All of which makes me want to sit down and think about why I see the slash when I do see it. I never even understood people being enamored with the idea until I watched the Hornblower films. Sure, Jamie and Ioan are very pretty, have a nice chemistry, and there were really no women to come between them, but is that it? I’ve read and written Lee/Helo and there are most certainly women to come between them and I support (most ;) of those ships. And now there is my little Oz obsession (which I need to write about at some point). On that series I don’t even have to use my imagination it’s there, a lot. Perhaps it comes down to the actors, the characters, and a need that those characters satisfy in each other (and I’m not just talking sex) that I, personally, find missing on DS.

I watched the Doctor Who premiere on SciFi Friday night even though, like many of you, I saw the episodes some months ago. danceswithwords had not yet seen ‘The Runaway Bride’ and it was interesting to get her take on it after viewing all of Season 3 and ( casting spoiler for Season 3/Season 4 )

Here are my thoughts from when I first watched ‘The Runaway Bride’ back in December. Reading them again I think it’s still a fair assessment of the episode. However, ( cut again for Season 3/Season 4 casting discussion )

I didn’t watch much of Live Earth, but I did manage to catch The Police and let me once again reiterate that Sting must have made a deal with Satan at some point.

Did I mention one of my coworkers had tickets to see The Police in Chicago last week? Yeah, hate her.

Considering the track records of networks swearing they’ll burn off the remaining episodes of a canceled series and then either change the schedule before they air (FOX, I’m looking at you with Drive) or air one episode then pull the series again, I’m not holding my breath on ABC’s decision to air the rest of ‘The Nine’. I suppose the one thing it has going for it is Tim Daly. Since he will be appearing on Peak Practice, perhaps the network wants to get his face on our screens before the new season starts.

wisteria_ finally ;) reposted a little ficlet she had written in comments inspired by exchanges we had in regards to one of Jamie’s more dubious (infamous?) fashion choices. It’s very cute (and God I wish it was the reason!) and very G rated because you all know I don’t do RPF. The Green Flip-Flops of Doom.

The fic writing has gotten off to a slooooooow start. You apparently can get out of practice. I need to find time to write every day. What helped was rewatching (most of ) the final three eps of Season 3. ‘The Son Also Rises’ didn’t hold up quite as well for me (though I could watch the Sam/Lee scenes on a loop), but I enjoyed ‘Crossroads Pt 1 & 2' even more (I could watch that Lee/Laura scene on a loop). And there were a couple things that escaped me the first time around. What, unfortunately, couldn’t escape me is the person William Adama has become or perhaps always was, they just disguised it better.

( Some Season 3 observations and venting. )

Oh, I did have one fairly major accomplishment over this break. I made a banner for bamber_news! Considering my limited software, lack of graphics know how (I *finally* figured out layers), and coding panic, the fact that I managed what I did makes me very happy.

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( The Last of the Time Lords )

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( The Sound of Drums )

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Even though it’s early, time for the weekend in review. Well, more like the Saturday in review. Thus far today I have eaten breakfast and made plans to watch some very bad TV with k_julia. We’ve decided it’s best to suffer celebrity crushes and the low points in their careers together. Which reminds me to say “Hi!” to my friends in Vegas. ;)

So, yesterday, I spent more money than I should have. I went to an arts fair with a friend and her mother and we both dropped quite a bit of money (by our standards) in one jewelry booth. It was hard to resist since the woman does nice work and her prices are about half that of other jewelry makers who do a similar style of work. Still didn’t manage to find a dark blue pendant which, of course, was what I was looking for. Of the two she had one had flecks of gold in it (I’m not a gold person) and the other was almost black it was so dark.

After shopping it was on to Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer. I have found that one’s enjoyment of a movie is helped a lot if you go in with exceedingly low expectations. This film doesn’t require any in depth analysis. I’m not sure I can even remember the plot or if there was much of one. The world was in jeopardy and the Silver Surfer was part of that. Actually, if there was one part of the film I genuinely liked it was the Silver Surfer. By FF standards he was a relatively well developed character. ( Cut for some character spoilage. )

Other than that all I can say is this film was a bit better than the first (which I know is not saying much), Ioan looked very pretty, Johnny was more sympathetic, and Jessica had the worst wig… which may be why Reed kept looking at Victor the way he did. ;)

Next Friday will be the last episode of Stargate:SG1 EVER. ::cries:: Yes, yes, I have already seen it, but it will seem so much more final when it airs on my TV. My thoughts on the second to the last episode EVER, ‘Dominion’ are here. Nothing to add and looking back it seems to be one of my better write ups.

danceswithwords and I also watched SGA’s ‘Vengeance’ and discussed whether or not to post about it. Since my Buffy days I have had the mantra, if you don’t like it then just quit watching it and stop bitching about it. I also hate people who are hypocritical. So, with those two things in mind, I’m not posting about SGA. People do enjoy the show, I’m happy for them, and I don’t wish to lesson anyone’s squee. Still being a staunch BSG fan I know how negativity can get in the way of one’s enjoyment. And I fully admit for certain reasons I will definitely check out the first couple eps next season, but if I’m not wowed they’ll most likely be no Stargate in my future accept those direct to DVD films I can’t wait for. Yes, I did just type that.

Keeping with the theme of not posting when you don’t like something, some of you may have noticed my silence when it comes to Doctor Who. I haven’t been happy with the show since the first couple of eps of the season/series and was tempted to quit watching at one point. Luckily, I read some minor spoilage and it was enough to keep my going through this season at least. Last night, in part due to beccatoria’s before the cut comments, I decided to catch up on the last two episodes of ‘Who’. Much to my delight they were very good. Especially ‘Blink’ which I felt was a great hour of TV, period.

( Blink )

( Utopia )

Happy (belated) Birthday to abbylee! Hope you had a great one. :)

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I hope people enjoy Drive and for Nathan and Tim's sake I hope they have a hit, but the show is not for me. Putting aside some writing issues I have, my big problem is that I have a big problem with reckless drivers. So watching a show where innocent bystanders can get hurt and killed is not entertaining to me.

In other car related show news, I watched Doctor Who this afternoon. ( Thoughts on 'Gridlock'  )

I was going to link to my post for SG1's 'The Quest Pt2' back when I watched it in January, but apparently I didn't post! ( So brief thoughts on 'The Quest Pt2' and SGA, 'The Return Pt2'  )

I also caught Exposition Jane. My ironic renaming since with all explaining they did they told us nothing. I have no clue what the plot or point was suppose to be. I'm guessing the shows bible was written in pencil and rewritten to the point the paper got all smudgy and they could no longer read what was on the page. In case you haven't deduced I found the show to be crap. You know how in film you might say 'It's Phantom Menace bad' well for TV shows I'm using 'It's Painkiller Jane bad.' Oh, and while I will readily admit that government agents can be incompetent, the opening sequence of events was laughable.

I downloaded the first ep of Dexter months ago and finally watched it today. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Parts of it I find intriguing, but I'm not sure I can muster up much sympathy for Dexter. Sociopaths are a hard cell as quasi-heroes. I think I'll download a couple more eps before making a definitive decision.

I'm off to Chicago on Thursday and not returning until Monday. If you don't see me post it's because I'm on an actual mini break and not an LJ one. ;)

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Well, long for me anyway. If anyone was thinking that just because there in no BSG (still no podcast) I don't have anything to say, no, that’s not the case. I am well-rounded. Really! I just needed a little LJ/internet break, but didn’t feel like making an announcement to that fact since I really wasn’t gone. I’ve been doing a lot of skimming in order to not miss anything important with you all and commenting here and there. I just felt I was getting a little too consumed with certain things and needed to step back. Of course, in doing that I managed to get consumed with something else which I will share will you all after another 16 episodes. And, no, it’s not Due South. ;p

In the meantime, let me play catch up. I actually have been keeping a list of things I wanted to post about when the mood struck me again.

First off, I finished Season 6 of Stargate a couple weeks ago. Then SciFi decided to not air season 7, but go back to the beginning. Sigh. Fortunately, they are doing Stargate Tuesdays and airing Season 6 in the evenings so hopefully by May I can catch what I yet need to watch.

( And now for where I left off… )

( Doctor Who – the first two eps of whatever number season this is. )

I know many of us were geeked to learn WKRP in Cincinnati was coming to DVD this month. But have you taken a look at the changes? I can deal with musical substitutions, but it seems many of the episodes are the edited, syndicated versions and not the complete epidodes. Entire scenes have been cut. I have to seriously think if I want to buy this now.

I actually rented DVDs this weekend. I do this about three or four times a year. Though I am considering Netflix or the Blockbuster by mail deal. First up was Casino Royale which I enjoyed, but not as much as the majority of my Flist. Daniel Craig was good, there were some excellent character moments, and I liked how they laid the foundation for the cold, detached Bond I know and love. My problam was that the film, overall, didn’t feel like a Bond movie. I missed the over the top villains and action sequences. And as much as a love watching ‘Celebrity Poker’ having a poker game take up about one-fifth of an action film is not the best idea - nor is having about three endings.

I also watched The Departed which I liked far more than I expected, but this was not an Oscar caliber film. Best picture? No way. And while I thought Mark Wahlberg did a good job, why did he get singled out for a nomination? Leo, to me, was the standout, but I guess he couldn’t be nominated for this and Blood Diamond.

And a very, very, VERY, HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY! to jonesiexxx. I hope you had a fabulous day. Or that at least the arctic winds spared you. :)

And that’s enough for now, especially since my headache seems to be getting worse. :/

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