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Happy Memorial Day! I have had a pretty fantastic weekend. A big part of that had to do with Eric coming home Friday night. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite for good, but more on that in a moment. (Got a little TL;DR so I'm cutting to spare your friend's list) ( Friday morning - playing hooky )( He's coming home! (sort of) )( reunion! )( Saturday )( Sunday )Today turned into errand day. Eric and my older son went for a run before breakfast, and then I took advantage of still having an adult in the house and ran to the grocery store for kids free food shopping. After another couple of songs on Rock Band, in which I crashed the trio by adding my vocals, he left at about noon. If all goes well he should be back by Wednesday afternoon / evening. Hopefully, worst case is Thursday. But here it is, only four hours after he left, and I'm trying not to think about how much I miss him. Instead I've been throwing myself into my to-do list. I took a break about an hour ago, when I went out back with my laptop and a beer and composed this entry. My brother went to Charlotte to see the Nascar race. He's had nothing but rain, and the last I heard they are still trying to get the race in today in between rain. I had to send him a picture text showing how bright the sun was shining here. Now I'm debating - should I have another beer? I promised myself the last one was it, but it is a holiday... Tags: real life
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My morning workload was just cut in half, so to celebrate - a post. I think this is the first time I've done one of these, or at least dedicated a whole post to "So why doesn't everyone think the same as me?!?" - Bones season finale - I thought was brilliant. I thought for sure people were going to be falling over themselves writing fic about ( spoilers ) But not only was I wrong about that, I didn't realize how passionately people hated the episode. I'm not crazy about the last thirty seconds, but I want to see where they are taking this. On a side note this ep proves how important it is for your DVR to record the whole episode. Not only did my DVR decide it wasn't going to tape the show, a fact I realized at 8:07 Thursday night, but it also cut out the last minute. I tried to watch the episode from the seven minute mark and was hopelessly lost. So first, I went on-line, watched the beginning and then proceeded to finish the rest of the ep. When it cut off the last scene, I foolishly wondered if I had missed anything important. A second trip on-line showed, that yes I did.
- Christian Bale - I can't stand him. I was never a big fan of his, which is why I didn't make an effort to see Batman Begins. I watched Dark Knight for Heath, and Christian Bale's Batman turned me off. Then he had his much publicized meltdown, and I hated him even more. Now he's John Connor, and I would be so excited for this new Terminator movie, but I can't because of him, and that pisses me off. He was on a talk show this morning that was on at the gym, and just seeing him on screen made my blood pressure rise.
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The world's longest series watch is continuing in my house. I just finished disk 3 of season 3, and this show is killing me. I just don't care about any of the characters this season, and all of the problems they are having. There isn't enough Buffy/Angel for my taste, and at this point I just want to finish this season so I can start watching Angel to see if I like that any better. As a subset of this, I don't think I'm a huge fan of Eliza Dushku. Which may be one of many reasons I gave up on Dollhouse after a couple of eps.
ETA: Damn you Fox and your Sarah Connor cancellation! Not that it comes as any surprise, but I was holding out hope. I guess Bones is the only thing left on Fox that I will watch next year. Tags: tv
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I'm having a very lazy day. I woke up with that 'uh oh, I think I caught a cold' feeling. I'm not surprised as my co-worker was sick with not-swine-flu all week, and since he insisted on coming in as much as possible I knew it was only a matter of time before I caught something. I'm still hoping it's only allergies, and I wake up tomorrow feeling better. As a precautionary measure, and since I really don't feel like doing anything, I'm giving in to the laziness. So far today, I've gone on-line, read some fic, wrote some fic, took a nap, and watched old school SG-1. The husband gave me seasons 1 and 2 for Mother's Day last year, but they sat untouched until now. With Mother's Day fast approaching again, I figured it was finally time to start the SG-1 rewatch I've wanted to do for nearly a year. This was the first time I saw the non Sci-Fi version of Children of the Gods and I had the "Why hello there, Share's boobs and more!" reaction. I also had the 200 spoof scene with the puppets in my head during parts of it, which brought my enjoyment of the episode to a whole new level. So, we're now in May which means that in less than three weeks Eric will be back in the States as his mobilization ends. If the Navy gods look on us with favor, he should be home for Memorial Day weekend. Worst case is that he still has to finish checking out after Memorial Day, which means the boys and I will probably spend the weekend somewhere in Virginia with him. Either way not a bad scenario, but I'm really hoping he does make it back sooner as opposed to later. We did have a very nice Easter break week together. It turned out to be a little more hectic than I was hoping for, and the weather and my grandfather's health issue did put a damper on a few days that. But I got a night away with a friend at the new MGM Grand in Foxwoods, he got lots of bonding time with his boys, and many a song on Rock Band was played. My son also had a really nice First Communion and birthday, which was the main things I was hoping for. One last note - to everyone who's gone to see Wolverine this weekend, I want to live vicariously through you. I probably won't get a chance to see it until Memorial Day weekend, so until then I want details on all the hotness in the movie! Tags: real life
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I'm not sure if I'll make it on-line tomorrow, so if not Happy Easter to all that celebrate. Every year about this time I have to go on-line and find the correct way to boil eggs. I know it's not rocket science, and I think I know what to do, but the fact that I do have to do research into boiling eggs is a testament to my culinary skills. So, very exciting day - the husband is on a Lufthansa flight heading to Newark airport as we speak. He's not scheduled to land until after dinner, so I'm trying to get the day to move along as fast as possible. So far, I've succeeded pretty well. I started with watching the FNL season finale, and then broke up my serious loafing time with dish washing and a quick trip to the supermarket. A friend is dropping her boys off in a little bit so she could get in her Easter shopping without kids. I'm glad my kids are going to have company because they are excited to see dad - especially the younger one. And if I had to listen to him all day long, I might have lost the remaining hold of my sanity before DH gets here. Oh and look at that as if on cue, here comes crying from the basement. Before I head off to do a load of wash, some quick comments on TV from the last few days (spoilers!) ( Bones )( TSCC )( FNL )( Life on Mars Series Finale )Tags: bones, real life, tv
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So a couple of days ago, I was scanning the flist and came across ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) svilleficrecs's comment about Taylor Kitsch playing Gambit in the Wolverine movie coming out next month. I loved the X-Men movies (okay, maybe not the third one as much) so I've been pretty excited about it. I have watched the trailers several time, and even had an in-depth conversation with DH over it, as we tried to figure out who all the mutants are. (Which brings up a side question, I could swear I saw a trailer that actually flashed up the names of the mutants but I can't find it. Maybe I dreamt it.) But I never clued into the fact that it was Mr. Tim Riggins himself as Gambit.
And well, the idea broke my brain. I'm not sure why as while I do realize Tim is quite the hottie, I've never caught myself mesmerized by his FNL scenes. Maybe it's the idea that he's a high school student? I didn't think I was a big Gambit fan either. But Taylor playing him just works so well in my mind, and I might have watched the trailers a few more times. And downloaded icons.
I'm starting to think it's the hat.
Anyway, along the same lines, I do have to write a small ode to Friday Night Lights. I haven't openly squeed about it, especially as there are others on my flist that are more eloquent about it, but I do love so very much this show. I realized after the last episode that it really is one of my favorite TV series of all times. I especially give it props because other shows that made my top series of all times, seem to fizzle out somewhere around the 3rd season, but FNL is still going strong. It did stumble a bit last season, but it came back and gave us some great episodes this year (as opposed to say, BSG for example, that seemed (to me at least) hit bottom in season 3 and then started digging). I want to do a series rewatch, but I'm torn as to whether dive in after next week's series finale, or wait until DH gets back. I've been telling him for months to start watching the show, but as far as I know he's resisted. I know he won't be swayed by the hotness of Tim Riggins, but I think he would really enjoy the football aspect. And I think he could be a Coach/Mrs. Coach shipper. He is a Smallville Clark/Chloe shipper afterall.
( Very Spoilery comment for Sarah Connor )
One last TV in general comment. Didn't shows use to end their seasons/series in May? What's with all the shows ending in April? Tags: tv
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I tell you, I can procrastinate with the best of them. This morning my son has his First Communion breakfast after church, and I promised myself I would be up bright and early doing something productive around the house. Especially as yesterday I got very little accomplished around the house. So here I am, having been up for forty five minutes, and I'm still making excuses to not get out of bed. So, BSG - I watched the finale in semi real time Friday night. Since at the time part 1 aired a week ago, I was stumbling back drunk to our hotel room in Dublin, I saved it to watch all three hours in one shot. I avoided LJ for most of the week afraid that I was going to come across spoilers from part 1, but after watching it I realized I had nothing to worry about ( cut for spoilers for all three hours )( Rant about spoilers using vague reference from finale )Despite me not being nearly as attached to BSG as I once was, I still felt like it was an end of an era. Especially here in LJ land. As I was reading 'the last day' posts, I realized a lot of us joined LJ at the same time, and it was right around the beginning of season 1. So while the show has disappointed me frequently in the past, the flist hasn't. Sure there were times when I was more heavily invested in the show and people's comments would piss me off, but for the most part it was fun reading post ep reactions. This weekend I've been refreshing non-stop waiting to get yet another post on the finale. As for the show itself, I do want to get the series disks if it comes out (which I'm sure it will). I'll probably watch Caprica and The Plan, although the idea of the latter scares me a little. I'm not all that excited to see more revisionist history of the series. Tags: bsg
Current Mood:  nostalgic
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Holy shit, I'm exhausted. I'm recovering from the latest round of shoveling. It doesn't look pretty, but I think I have removed enough of the 8-13" of snow that covered my driveway this morning to at least get the car out of the garage tomorrow. I intended to go one more round to try and get more driveway and less snow showing, but since I'm now feeling twinges in my back and legs, I might just chalk it up to 'good enough'. So color me shocked that the big Nor'easter they forecasted actually came to pass. It's the most snow we've seen at the shore since we moved here in 2004. Needless to say the kids had a snow day (their second of the year, which is also a recent memory record for this school district). It's been a pretty good day. My older son has a friend over, as he had parents that, unlike me, absolutely had to go to work today. I caught up with a friend who was also snowed in in Massachusettes, did some laundry, did a little cleaning, paid some bills - you know, the general household stuff. I also uploaded some photos and videos from recent events to share with my husband, which leads me into the title of this post: The Good! - DH got his orders to come home last week. He's still there until the end of May, but knowing there is actual paper proof that he is coming home, made us all very happy. - In ten days and a few hours I will be on a plane to Dublin to hook up with DH for a weekend filled with drunken debauchery. - My older son crossed over yesterday from Cub Scout to Boy Scout at the Blue and Gold dinner. It was kind of sad, as it seemed like the end of an era and yet another example of how he's really not a little guy anymore. But he was so excited and proud of himself, that I couldn't help but feel the same. The Bad - This news made me so very sad: http://www.bnlmusic.com/ I'm really not shocked that Steve is leaving the band, as he ran into a host of problems last year. I also think it's commendable that the remaining four want to continue BNL, but it's not going to be the same. I've always been more of a Steve girl, as I think he has an incredible voice, and the idea of never seeing BNL do Break My Heart or Call and Answer really is kind of a bummer. That's a quick summary of the last week or so. I'm still catching up on Sci-Fi Friday. Sarah Connor had me wondering what the hell was going on (but in a good way) throughout most of the episode. I really enjoyed BSG, which is why at first I was surprised by the mixed reactions on my flist. I understand though, where a lot of people are coming from, and I had intended to write my own BSG thoughts down, but the weekend passed and I don't have the energy now. I started watching Dollhouse, but only made it to the opening credits. I enjoyed last week's episode, but afterwards when I really started to think about the central premise of the show, it started to really bother me. So that was all I could focus on when the latest episode started. Man, I could really go for a hot shower and a nap. Tags: bsg, real life, tv
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Today is my second consecutive work day at home (yesterday was a holiday). Since my older son has been sick since he came home from school on Thursday, he spent the whole four day weekend not feeling good. I found out yesterday after an early morning visit to the pediatrician that he had Strep throat. I also found out that the younger one, although displaying no symptoms since a couple of days of fever last weekend, also had it. So a round of antibiotics for both of them were prescribed. The older one was still feeling less than 100% and despite the pediatrician clearing him for school after 24 hours on the antibiotics, he stayed home. I did go into work to grab some files, and touch base with my boss to get the game plan for the week. I brought home three reports to do, and finally finished a set of drawings that I have been working on for months. To celebrate, I took a Livejournal break. So I was thinking that this working at home thing isn't so bad. I'm trying to decide if I would have gotten more or less accomplished the last couple of days here or at work. Obviously, I wouldn't have called it quits at 2:30 to start reading LJ in work, but with phones ringing and other distractions I also probably wouldn't have finally finished the drawings that have been a thorn in my side. It took me a couple of days to catch up on all the TV goodness from Friday night. I still want to rewatch BSG since I've read quite a bit of meta on it yesterday. I thought Friday Night Lights was it's typical very good self, and I absolutely loved Psych. I thought that was one of the best episodes they've done. I need to rewatch this chunk of the season because most of the times it was on, I was distracted by a computer game, and wasn't paying attention to the episode. Kind of meh on Dollhouse, though. Oh, and my one mini rant about TV in general, and Brothers and Sisters in particular - I hate when they blatantly lie in the previews. I don't want to spoil what supposedly happens in two weeks, but I read on-line that what they teased happens, doesn't. It's one thing to pull a fake-out, like cutting clips so it looks like one thing (which bugs me too) but to totally hype an event that doesn't happen, just pisses me off. I also read my first 'not only made for the Kindle, but about the Kindle' e-book over the weekend. Stephen King wrote a short story / novella exclusive for the Kindle, and it proved that I would not only buy anything fictional Stephen King writes, but enjoy it too. It was a little eye rolling in the beginning, and a couple of paragraphs were blatant commercials for it (and as much as I love my Kindle, I even scoffed at some of the descriptions) but then he went off in his typical fantastical style, tying it into his multi-universed Dark Tower. So it was a pretty cool little read, and perfect for the bit of insomnia I had Sunday morning. One last note, my husband, after much prodding, finally joined Facebook. He's doing it strictly as a way to upload his many photos of his many trips around Europe. He told me he disabled many of the notification options, because as he said 'he doesn't want to get involved in the Facebook bullshit'. But I'll take the fact that he actually updated his status this morning, that eventually he'll cave :) Tags: tv, work
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So...OTPs. Do you have one that is truly your all time favorite? One that you've loved for years, maybe on and off, but still something brings you back in? And either you remember a canon scene, or a fic snippet and suddenly you're sucked back in to the awesomeness of the couple? Mine is Flint/Lady Jaye from GI Joe and I'm experiencing what is turning into an annual resurgence of love for them. It's not even due to the new comic, or movie or cartoon as Lady Jaye isn't in any of those versions yet (and how much do I hate the comic PTB that are purposely being coy on whether she is even alive in this new rebooted format), but the coming to life of a fic writing group that challenged us to look at old fics and continue them. I dove into my hard drive, and found some clunkers, some downright stinkers, but a few that I had the "Huh, I still like this idea" fics. So for now, I'm happy playing in my little worlds until canon decides to catch up to me (if ever). GI Joe has always been a rather small fandom, and the idea that this year will bring / has brought new toys, comics, cartoons and an actual live action movie is both cool and frightening. I wonder what will happen to my tiny fandom and if I will even recognize it a few months from now. Tags: gi joe
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I should be ashamed about how so freaking excited I am for tonight's TV line-up, but I'm not. (Although that reminds me that I haven't yet informed my DVR of the one-two punch of Sarah Conner and Dollhouse airing tonight). There was so little to watch this week, that tonight seems like a bonanza. It figures too that I time my Netflix to have my next Buffy DVD arrive this afternoon as well. To prepare I've had some wine, and now some cookies are baking (okay, it's my younger son's idea, but I don't have a problem partaking in it) and (now that I've set the DVR properly) I'm waiting for the shows to record and for the boys to go to bed, so I can properly get my geek on. Today was day one of a four day weekend. I was pretty stressed about it yesterday as I didn't want to take another day off of work, but I also didn't want to impose on friends to take my kids yet again so I could squeeze out a couple of hours at the office. However, by yesterday afternoon I acquired a project that could easily be done at home, so I was able to legitimately work at home today. It was especially nice since another round of sickness invaded our house last night. This time it was my older son that had the sniffles/fever/general crappiness. We'll see how the sickness effects the rest of the weekend. We have swimming lessons, rock climbing, skiing, and some family time with the grandparents planned. My mother received a cryptic call from my grandfather's new doctor that didn't sound good. She ordered a CAT scan of his chest, and told my mother that she wanted her along with my grandparents in her office Tuesday afternoon. Since this is the same doctor that scared the crap out of me a few years ago by ordering all sorts of tests on my husband (who was later given a clean bill of health) I'm trying to not to jump to conclusions. But it still reminded me that I should make more of a priority to spend time with my grandparents. Time to dish out the cookies! Enjoy the TV tonight! Tags: real life, sci-fri
Current Mood:  geeky
Current Music: I Carly
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Yeah, the work thing is just not happening today. Which is bad as things are starting to pile up around me, but I'm too distracted by the live feed on CNN.com and what people are saying here and on Facebook. Grrr...and the damn phone ringing forces me to turn down the volume yet again. Plus people keep asking me questions - come on, does it look like I want to work? Apparently I'm pretty lucky as my CNN stream is holding it's own. I've seen so many Facebook comments from people that can't get in. And how cool is it that CNN teemed up with Facebook for this? I've been trying to get DH to start his own page over there, but he's been resisting. I just e-mailed him and used this as another example of what he's missing out on. Speaking of the darling husband, he has this week off to go skiing in the Austrian Alps. It's an office sponsored trip, which means no leave is charged, which is pretty cool on their part. I assume it's going well as I haven't been able to talk to him since Friday night. As we do most of our phone conversations via Skype, and since we figured the internet was not going to be readily available at his hotel, I knew a conversation black-out was coming. Still, I'm missing out chats :( I watched BSG first thing Saturday morning (as I couldn't stay up to watch it semi-live Friday night - yes I am that lame) and I can't tell you how much I missed watching an ep and then diving into LJ to read all the reactions. Needless to say, my bitterness from season 3 has officially passed. While I still have some issues with the show, and I'm a long way from the mad love I felt for it early on, I am looking forward to seeing how the last few eps play out, and get the flist thoughts on it. Okay, okay. I will try to do something constructive now. Current Mood: optimistic
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