I feel drained just reading about the current situation on LJ. Applause to those spear heading efforts to force Live Journal/Six Apart to re-evaluate. I know many people are considering moving to other blogging sites. That just seems too daunting a task for me. And I hope that between fandom outrage and news sites beginning to pick up the story Six Apart will pull their heads out of their collective asses, back track, and do the right thing. I'm sure a few disgusting sites were eradicated, but a lot of innocent people had years of work vanish without a word. Would it have killed them to have people investigate the comms before suspending them? Most of us surf LJs before friending people and we can tell pretty quickly if it's someone we want to be 'friends' with or not. This just seems like they didn't even make an attempt to look before they leaped.

There's a lot of links and discussion out there which I'm sure most of you have come across. I'm just going to point out this brief write up at boingboing.com because a) it's brief ;) and b) it sums up some things about Six Apart nicely.

I did end up archiving my journal last night. It's something I've been meaning to do for awhile and since everyone else was doing it...here's the archive I used that most people were linking too. I got a wee bit confused after clicking on download and then download again. Under the latest releases section I (eventually) clicked on 32-bit windows and it was smooth sailing from there.

Now back to the regularly scheduled entertainment news...

( Really, really brief thoughts on the season finale of 'House'. )

Because Ausiello has been increasingly pissing me off (there is a difference between sarcasm and rudeness dude) I've been exploring other entertainment news sources. TV Squad had a couple of links recently that I thought might be of interest to some of you.

The 'Veronica Mars' That Could Have Been.

And for those wondering about a certain obscured plot point in the season finale of 'Lost'.

Now I shall go do some work I brought home from the office. ::grumbles::

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Current Mood: exhausted

This weekend I was one of the billion people who saw Spiderman 3. My short non-spoilery thought on the film is that it was not as good as the first two, but still better than many of the big budget summer blockbusters unleashed upon us. My big fear going into the film was that instead of focusing on a single villain as they had before they were giving us three plus Peter/Spidey’s turn to the dark side and thus the story would lack focus. My fear was well founded, plus, as one reviewer put it so well, they gave us everything but the kitchen sink.

( And now for a more detailed breakdown of what worked for me, what didn’t and what made me laugh in the good way and the bad. )

And for tonight’s TV viewing…( House – Resignation )

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Current Mood: blah

I'm back home. I've actually been back home since very late Monday night, but between work (don't ask) and catching up on sleep and other stuff I haven't been very active online. I've done a lot of skimming and believe I am all caught up on your lives.

Chicago was awesome. Just a wee bit windy and chilly on Thursday when writteninstars and I arrived. I managed to get sick during The Decemberists concert that night, but I'll spare you the details. I don't think it was the bands fault. ;)

Starting on Friday the weather was beautiful and lasted until we left. Much shopping was done though I managed to restrain myself from buying too much. I kept thinking about Illinois 9% sales tax to Michigan's 6%. And spent several hours at the Art Institute looking at some marvelous works and some others that made me debate what constitutes art. In addition to hanging out with my dear, mostly sweet writteninstars I got to spend some quality time with x_h00ine, her hubby mr_booze, lynnb, and dragonfly0303.

Did I mention the chocolate buffet? Yes, there was a chocolate buffet at the Penninsular Hotel and apparently there is a limit as to how much chocolate I can eat.

I am waaaaay behind on TV having not yet seen Ugly Betty, Heroes or Doctor Who and thank you friends list for being so good about cut-tags. I did catch House last night and have a few thoughts on that. ( Housetraining )

House is making available for purchase 'Everybody Lies' tees made for the cast and crew. Proceeds benefit the National Alliance of Mental Health and can be purchased here.

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Current Mood: relaxed

(  'Airborne'. Really? That's the best title they could come up with? )

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Current Mood: sleepy

( Brief thoughts (Really!) about tonight's 'House'.  )

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Current Mood: blah

First House because I LOVED this episode. Yes, I know it's bad form to put reactions outside the cut, but since this is a positive one I think you will forgive me. ;-)

( House Squee! )

( 'Heroes' or, as I like to call it, 'The Bennet Family Story'. ;) )

Nathan Lane is going to be on 30 Rock this week. Nathan Lane and Alec Baldwin together. If you don't hear from me afterwards it's because I died of laughter.

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Current Mood: happy

Now if I can just get this excited about BSG, my life will be complete! ;-)

( One Day, One Room )

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Current Mood: happy

I think my icon says it all, but...( let me add a few things. )

In House related news, Jesse Spencer and Jennifer Morrison are engaged. Which given Cameron's attitude towards Chase tonight proves she can act. ;)

And I don't know if people are spoilerphobic about casting for the show so just in case...( news about a guest star for upcoming episode )

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Current Mood: aggravated

( Really, really brief thoughts on 'Finding Judas'. )

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Current Mood: blank

( House - Whac-a-Mole )

And in terrifying news, I'm actually thinking about downloading the latest ep of SGA to see how the mid-season cliffhanger gets resolved. Though I guess 'Stargate' is on the same schedule as us?

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Current Mood: exhausted

Work: In the past week, in narratives for disbursement entries, I had to type Lee County, DiAnna, and, I swear to God, Galactica.

Movies: There are a bunch I want to see, but haven’t had the motivation to go to the theatre. The Fountain will change that this coming week though. And last weekend I caught The Iron Giant on TCM. I had never seen this film and now I’m wondering why it took me so long. It’s so shiny and pretty! And cute and funny and emotional without being cloying. I also may have teared up a bit.

Casting News: This is old news, but since I only saw one person on my Flist mention it. ( Casting for ‘Heroes’  )

Television:

Ugly Betty - This was the show I was just going to give a try based on positive pre-season buzz. This is the show I find myself rapidly becoming addicted to. No deep thoughts, no urge to hop online and discuss as soon as it’s aired, it’s just so darn cute and fun and I just adore Betty and Daniel. And Vanessa Williams is turning Wihelmina from what I feared would be a one note villain into a multi-dimensional character with more heart than I could have imagined. Actually, it’s pretty terrific how all the characters are shown to have at least a shred of goodness in them. My one criticism of the show would be Betty’s boyfriend. She deserves so much better than him and considering how we’ve seen her stand up to some pretty powerful people, I have issues with her settling in her personal life.

30 Rock - I want to love this show, but, thus far, I only love Alec Baldwin. He’s the only thing keeping me tuning in and as worthless as the Emmy’s are I still want him to win for his brilliant performance. Maybe Tina Fey spent a little too much time at SNL. Her product placement story was funny for the first couple minutes, but she didn’t seem to know when to quit. And when do you cross the line from satire to actually being the shill for the product? I mean, they went from doing the obvious placement plug for Snapple to going into a commercial for Snapple.

( House – Son of Coma Guy )

People Magazine: Wheeee!!! The rather small photo of Jamie on the People magazine website? It’s a two-page spread! The section is entitled ‘Steaming Up The Internet’. And he got a mention on the cover too! Well, I’m assuming that is the Jamie they are referring to.

There are some other notable hotties. Hugh Jackman in a GUH! Inducing photo. Eric Mabius who I may have to add to my list of TV Boyfriends. Johnny Depp, Wentworth Miller, Josh Duhamel, and the (male) cast of Heroes were some other great additions. It was only lacking Tim Daly. Maybe they can do a black tee shirt section next year?

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Too many shows, too little time.

( House: Que Sera Sera )

( The Nine: Take Me Instead )


Anyone have a BSG vid idea they’d like to see come to fruition? k_julia is doing BSG-only, Insanity-Light Vidding Project. All characters, pairings, and seasons are fair game. And while I know what you are all thinking, no, I did not ask for Lee/Laura vid. :p See, now you have to go look if you’re curious. ;)

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Current Mood: artistic

( Fools for Love )

For those who don’t watch CSI regularly (like me) a heads up that Alan Tudyk is on tomorrow night playing a convicted pedophile. Should be ineterstign since I’m so use to him in lighter roles.

So keswindhover mentioned on her LJ an alternative to NaNoWriMo, wrisomifu. The goal is to write at least ten minutes a day, every single day of November 2006. I'm not actually going to join the community because the chance of me posting there is nil, but I like the idea and am going to give it a go on my own. Last night I even tackled my long gestating L/L fic and that final scene that is kicking my ass.

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Current Mood: accomplished

( Dead Like Me – spoilers through this week. )

( Life on Mars – spoilers through finale. )


OK, marcee12 you can quit your bitching. :p ( Prison Break )

( House )


Standoff was better in its second outing, but I’m still not wowed. Bones just seems to be getting better and better. And Justice is providing some good, mindless entertainment. I still find Kerr to be the weak link, but am very thankful for the new coloring they are putting in Victor’s hair. :)

Fantastic Four is on HBO right now. This film looks awfully cheap for such a big budget. Oh God, they are talking now which makes it worse. Why do I have this on?

Am I the only person who starts a Community and makes it a work in progress? In case you can't tell, I suck at making decisions. :p

And a Happy Belated Birthday! to ascian3. Congrats on other things too. :)

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Current Mood: tired

Day 2 of awful cold. The worst part is I don't have the energy to do anything. So, sorry, no Con report yet. It took me a half hour to leave feedback on fic yesterday. :/

Actually, the worst part may be my cough which apparently has caused me to pull every muscle in my chest. To combat that I've been taking two Advil (for the pain) and a Benadryl (for stuffed up nose) and, last night, it caused me to sleep for ten hours straight. Fortunately, instead of relying on being up at noon to watch a repeat of E! News which Jamie was on I set the VCR. Phew! He was interviewed at the BSG Con and was very cute. I found it amusing that he mentioned how grabby fans can get during photo ops, yet one of the pictures he uses for autographs is him sans shirt in 'Scar'. :/

Did manage to catch some TV last night. Moving backwards, I watched Nip/Tuck which I don't normally watch, but I was coughing and couldn't sleep. I like the show when it doesn't focus so much on the grotesque and outrageous and, instead, focuses on the chacracters. The little revelation about Christian? Not really a shock.

I caught the premiere of Standoff and, damn, I was hoping this show was going to be better. I really like Ron Livingston and was excited about the possibility of seeing him every week. But while he, the lead actress, who I am not familiar with, and Gina Torres were good, the writing was a combination of cliche and over the top.

Now for the highlight of the evening, ( House )

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Current Mood: sick