No more BSG related spam after this, I promise
My mom called me to tell me she had tried two stores and no luck finding the BSG cover of TV Guide with, as she puts it, Jamie and "the little blonde girl" behind him. I told her I had tried five stores with no luck and explained that, sometimes, in TV Guide's infinite wisdom they only ship certain covers to certain areas. This is where she gets upset and tells me that she's going to call TV Guide and, as a subscriber, demand they send her an issue with the BSG cover because they can't just pick and choose where they send covers. And if that didin't work she was going to order a set so I could have the one cover. I talked her out of making any calls explaining that it's an old photo and not much of an article and it's not the end of the world if I don't get a copy. But can you tell I'm a spoiled only child? ;-)
My area actually doesn't have any of next week's TV Guides on display yet - they still have the ones with the listings for July 17-23. So it's possible that when they come in there will be some BSG ones. I'm also going out of town on Monday, so I'll definitely check stores there too!
What's lame is that since the article has spoilers I won't even want to read it until October, but I still have to buy it now since it's now or never. Oh well, at least next time BSG will be the *only* TV Guide cover. right?
I hope you find a copy. Thanks to the fangirl network (hee) I've already had an offer to feed my habit. ;p
Oh well, at least next time BSG will be the *only* TV Guide cover. right?
See, I thought they were going to have their own cover and that was the purpose of the recent photo shoot. So I'm hoping we have something to look forward to. However, TV Guide is horrible when it comes to spoilers so you may have to put that issue aside until the season is over!
Ah, the fangirl network. The most powerful force in the Universe. Well, maybe the second most powerful after the force of Jamie Bamber's hip bone.
Hmmm, the fangirl network - there may be an LJ community in that. ;)
The fangirl network would be the coolest thing in the world until we all got shut down hard. I would totally support it, of course, but then, I spread Ioan and Jamie around as much as possible. Sharing the love, dude. Who doesn't want that?
But it is very loving and sweet that she doesn't want to be the one to send you to prison. You have to appreciate the familial sense of bonding there.
I've ordered CDs from England and Australia because it's something I really wanted. There's also DVDs I'd love to have (it boggles me mind Hugh Jackman has films that still aren't available here), but the region coding prevents me from buying. Yeah, I know there are region free players, but I buy name brands and they aren't region free.
Then there is the problem with TV shows either not airing here or, like 'Doctor Who', we were far behind the rest of the world. And there's a show I'd pay for downloads if the BBC was forward thinking enough to make it available online. Of course, these are the same people charging $70-$100 for a thirteen episode season and thus keeping me from my promise that I'd buy the set as soon as it came out.
But it is very loving and sweet that she doesn't want to be the one to send you to prison. You have to appreciate the familial sense of bonding there.
Hee! It may also be self preservation. If she's ever incapacitated, I'm the one who makes the decisions. ;)
The other thing studios are doing to shoot themselves in the foot are continually releasing cult/collector series in multitudes of different boxes/box sets/etc, which make me even more reluctant to buy them, knowing that something better is bound to come along and for much, much cheaper.
Back in the day, my mom used to buy me magazines featuring my celebrity crushes, often eliciting, "But Mom, I don't like him/her anymore!"
I recall when I had my Bryan Adams crush my mother drove all over town looking for magazines for me. She hasn't quite adapted to the internet age where it's always available somewhere. :)
Hey, what are you doing up so late/early???
Early. And don't ask...
I hope to not get another Shatner book.
And I totally don't mind the BSG spam. ;)