Because I love John Spencer and his presence in this series it's been a joy to watch it all over again.
Thank you Mr. Spencer. I miss your performances and I'm glad you're here, on my DVD's.
- Location:1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
- Mood:
contemplative - Music:'Hail to the Chief'
- Location:La Push bonfire
- Mood:
amused - Music:Vienna - Billy Joel
This morning, as I lay in the small bed of my high school days, I realized that I felt happy. I thought that it was likely the fact that I didn't have to worry about finals today, whatever/however I did on them, they were done...so it couldn't be that. Then with a little mind jump I realized that it was because I had, over two semesters at school, acquired a seriously amazing group of friends that I wouldn't trade for the world (or naked pics of Kyle Schmid - but that's another story). I really hadn't realized until yesterday that I had amassed a group - not one that's purely cohesive, but is coming together for me quite nicely.
There's the aforementioned Jay- closest in age to me at 27ish and fabulously worldly. She did a military stint and is so amazingly calm about everything that I oft envy her even keeled nature. She is totally unflappable and quite attractive - blond, built and knows what she's doing - the total package. There's Sakina the crazy German girl who has made me laugh every day for two semesters, listened to my whining (and told me to quit) and reminded me that it's ok to be bummed sometimes, but not all day everyday.
Idealist Chris and Confident Chris are two very, very different people but equally talented and beautiful. I/C is such a giver, he sees all the things wrong in the world and wants to illuminate the fixes, not just the problems. He's the anti-frat boy and that makes me like him even more. C/C is the most amazing 20-something I've met in a long, long time. He's charming and clever, sweet and cool and makes most of the girls in our class alternate between undying love and significant hate. I've never known one person who can inspire so much division inside one group - I think there was a girl in our discussion section who would have shanked him at the water fountain on the way out of class and then gone home to mourn his passing. He's just that kind of guy - I of course think the world of him and his painfully honest ways but I also like the fact that he's always on top of whatever is happening, he's informed, enlightened and interested; things you don't find very often in people his age.
Finally, I must mention my dear LF a girl for all seasons. She's an athlete (practice at 5 AM, anyone?) a great student and (as I found out recently) an amazing musician/vocalist. I was shocked, truly shocked, when I heard her playing earlier this week. I'm still thinking about it and it's still making me smile to know I have such a talented friend.
I'm going to miss them so terribly over the summer. Sakina and Confident Chris are going to summer school. Idealist Chris is going to South America - something about docu film making. Jay is going to summer school and working all summer and LF is going back East for the summer...but they'll all be back in town in August and slowly we'll all catch up with each other and make plans...and it will be a fun Fall - I always did like fall better than spring semester.
- Location:down the street for amazingness
- Mood:
okay - Music:You Get What You Give - New Radicals
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windwhisp posted this and asked me to do the same, I'm asking anyone who's interested to answer...seriously, why not? It'll only take a few seconds and you might like to see some of the answers. - Location:across the street from everywhere
- Mood:
accomplished - Music:Hotel California - The Eagles
I learned a lot on Wednesday...first off that the shorts I had on Tuesday night have sucky pockets (my ID wallet fell out in Husband's car - he found it - thank God!), second, that I was brilliant to leave my parking card in my car (otherwise I don't know what I would have done about parking all day Wednesday) and third (and likely most important) that the people I work with are some of the nicest people I've met in a long time. Everyone that I work with heard my sad little story through the office grapevine and came by to ask if I needed to borrow some money or if they could help me in anyway. It made my bad day so much easier to deal with because those folks genuinely care about me and my well-being. I know that I'm only a student worker, but they treat like a member of their staff, and that makes my work day and work life so much better.
As for the Math dept, well I worked that sitch out too. I think that the advisor I saw, while he didn't want to waive the pre-req's, did so because I'm an "older" student and because I basically begged. (Without this class, I can't get into the Calc sequence I need to attain my degree.) The funny thing is if I change my major the Calc I already have (transferred in) will be all the math I need and this will be a moot point anyway.
Sometimes I wonder if the universe isn't trying to send me a big ol' message "Hey Dork Girl!!! Get a clue!" Oh well in the end all seems to be going well...considering the disaster-y beginning.
;)
- Location:lookin' out my window
- Mood:
bouncy - Music:I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Finally, I encourage anyone who loves or even likes the books to see Stephenie Meyer in person if you have the chance. I saw her last year and she was a pip!! She's smart, funny, charming and quite down to earth...and she just might (slighlty) remind you of a character in the books. :)
Stephenie's calendar page: http://stepheniemeyer.com/calendar.html
- Location:somewhere out there, out where dreams come true...
- Mood:
sleepy - Music:Vivaldi's Autumn
Sharon (CEO/MIC) and I struck up an email-ship earlier this year when she started the site. Needless to say, it was a rocky start at best but over the months we've had some really great emails back and forth. I know she and the whole famiy are very excited about the birth of their newest family member and she is in my thoughts this evening as I read my copy of Eclipse.
If you haven't been over to the Twilight Teez sight, run over there...there are pics of the baby and great deals on Tshirts for both the Edward and Jacob contingency. I myself am an Edward girl...I just don't think a girl can ever go wrong loving a night-walking child of the night. ;)
Happy Baby Day, Sharon!! Hope you and the new babe are home soon...
PS: Just so you know, if you buy a shirt (and who wouldn't) it might take a few extra days to get it to you...the TwilightTeez family has got there hands full right about now. :P
- Location:under the paper moon...
- Mood:
giggly - Music:Baby Mine - Bette Midler
I finished Harry Potter and the DH awhile back (the Monday after it was released) and have avoided any real detailed discussions with anyone regarding my feelings about the book. Personally, I wasn't impressed. The whole thing seemed lamely drug out and for no reason. I figure about 100+ pages could have been culled in edits and as readers we'd have been none the wiser. As for the ending and epilogue... well I don't have enough time to say how much I disliked the battle scenes - and the whole "19 years later"...trust me, I've read better fanfiction and have happily celebrated those stories much more than I ever will DH. To me, and this is only my opinion...the story seemed really boring. The only part that I was mildly upset about or surprised by was the early demise of Hedwig. I loved Heddy and I was sad that she was lost in the opening skirmish...it was a loss that could have been explored a bit more, as Hedwig was, for Harry, a constant link to the magical world especially when he was imprisoned on Privet Dr. each summer. Suffice it to say, that the book was a bit of a disappointment for me...most of my friends have liked it (except for the epilogue and the lack of H/Hr).
I'm ready for classes to start and being on campus everyday is making the paranoia I feel about the situation a bit better. I've learned the buildings around my office and I am trying out the bus system tomorrow morning (that is if I don't chicken out). I'm such a control freak, I can't think about not having my car readily available to me. Depending on what happens with my parking permit, I may be riding the bus everyday this semester...good lord...I'm not sure I can face that.
In other book news, Eclipse dropped today. I should get my copy via Amazon tomorrow. Let me rephrase...I'd better get my copy tomorrow via Amazon. I saw Stephenie Meyer on TV this morning...I think Stephenie is probably one of the most down-to-earth and sweet professionals I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. She's cute as a button and smart...very smart.
Ok, so that's what's been going on in my little universe.
Job = good
Deathly Hallows = not really all that good
Classes = hopefully good
Eclipse = probably very good
- Location:backing down the driveway...
- Mood: contemplative
- Music:The Scientist - Coldplay
Anyway, he'll be down here in a week and we can celebrate properly...food, family, and fun. At any rate...Happy Birthday baby brother...I love you and miss you and can't wait to see you...
-Your Big Sister
- Location:Somewhere off the coast of happiness...
- Mood:
distressed - Music:Son of a Son a Sailor - Jimmy
Denis is an interesting fellow with an often bitter sense of humor, but he's also an amazing source for the goings on of the show. So click here for the Denis' complete entry. Hopefully, this will make you feel better about the future of BT at least until October.
- Location:Queen's University
- Mood:
curious - Music:Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
Well it only took the entire season, but finally I feel like Grey's has made me a fan again. I've fluctuated between dislike, unhappiness and outright disappointment for the entire run of this season...but the last 3 eps have rescued me. The days of SGH being an oasis of love and mushiness seem to have come to an abrupt halt (thank god) and no one's okay this morning.
Everything that happened in "Didn't We Almost Have it All" was what needed to happen. So many things...so many things. When the new season starts there are places for all the characters to go and there are so many changes afoot, that you might need a scorecard to keep up with who's where. God! it's so great to see the angst and grief again...and not the "oh george and izzie have problems" kind of manufactured angst, but real, deep-seeded, snotty-cry angst!
Makes my heart weep with joy...ahhhh.
- Location:Mer's house
- Mood: happy
- Music:Babylon - David Gray
1. Total number of books I've owned:
Honestly, there is no way for me to know...I would guess somewhere between 500 - 1000. I know what you're thinking...She's makin' that up, but ask GG...she can tell you that between me and h we've got a metric ton of books that her h helped us pack up last year. (thanks for that btw!) :P
2. Last 5 books bought (or chk'd out):
The Traveler - John Twelve Hawks
The Sookie Stackhouse Books (aka: The Southern Vampire Series) - Charlaine Harris
The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
Storm Front (Harry Dresden Files) - Jim Butcher
Love is a Mix Tape - Rob Sheffield
3. Last book I read:
All Together Dead - Charlaine Harris. Can I just say that I loved this entire series and I'm now a huge, huge Sookie fan. How can you not love a girl who's loved two vampires, a werewolf and one very lovely tiger. ;)
I've since moved on to the strange but very interesting The Traveler by John Tweleve Hawks. If you're curious about this mysterious author here's a link to the Wiki page about him (?). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Twelve
4. 5 books that mean the world to me:
~ From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - E. L. Konigsburg
~Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
~The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
~ The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
~ Outlander (series) - Diana Gabaldon
*Short Story: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - James Thurber
**Honorable Mention: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling
5. Tag anyone and have them post to their LJ:
I'd love to hear from my dear, dear
grangergal- Location:Studio City
- Mood:
cool, and collected - Music:Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
If you haven't seen Dirt, get the DVD's (when they break) and watch 'em. Cox is a ruthless tabloid editor with a schizo-photog/paparazzi for a bff and a love interest in the delicious Josh Stewart (Third Watch, Criminal Minds (guest)). There are a number of interesting characters and creeps in this show and if you like other FX original programming (think Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me or The Shield) you'll likely enjoy Dirt.
Yay!!
Here's the article that also has a brief mention about Blood Ties.
http://ibc.broadcastnewsroom.com/article
PS: Here's more about some the upcoming summer season of original programming on FX and TNT.
http://midnites-angel.livejournal.com/13
Here's a rundown on Dirt.
http://midnites-angel.livejournal.com/55
- Location:The Dentist's Chair
- Mood:
good - Music:Glamorous - Fergie (yeah, I know...)
WOW!! Am I glad that I read that posting and got the first book Dead Until Dark because this series is terrific, in every possible way. Of course there are wonderful vampires but also an enjoyable population of otherworldly people/creatures/beings. The series is anchored in Louisiana and I think, for me at least, it adds to the supernatural feeling of the books. LA is the only state that I won't visit (or drive into) by myself. I've been there more than once and the feelings I get in that state give my heebie-geebies the heebie-geebies if you know what I mean. It's a lucious and beautiful landscape but full of all kinds of strange energy for me. Anyway, Louisiana doesn't play a huge role in the books, just geographical and atmospheric. The real importance of Louisiana is that it is smack-dab in the South...and that's really important to the characterization of the main and her family.
The real star of the series is Sookie Stackhouse and her amazing mind. (I don't write spoilers, so I won't elaborate ...) Sookie's life is turned upside down and at first she loves it...then the reality of seeing and knowing things most normal people don't hits home and rather hard.
Aside from Sookie, I love the vamps that populate the series...especially Eric and his employee(?) Pam. They bring interest and color to the stories. There are also any number of creatures that go bump in the night (and the day) and Sookie finds herself brought ever more into the center of all kinds of political and social issues of the supernatural world that exists alongside her (our?) own.
I think these books would be fabulous for fun summer reads...beach books, lake books, traveling books...you know, fun, sweet, mysterious and Dead-ly.
The series is as follows:
Dead Until Dark
Living Dead in Dallas
Club Dead
Dead to the World
Dead as a Doornail
Definitely Dead
All Together Dead
*The Charlaine Harris books are scheduled to come to the small screen via HBO as True Blood in the fall of '07 or early '08. Anna Paquin (The Piano) will star as Sookie. I cannot wait to see the adaptation and stories that the net will come up with. Thank god it's on HBO is all I gotta say. ;)
- Location:Merlotte's
- Mood: amused
- Music:Night Moves - Bob Seger
The link is to the Christina Cox Fan Appreciation Page...this site is pretty good and lists stuff about Christina - including her top 3 favorite songs. The interviewer is former Talk Soup host John Henson who is very funny on his own.
here's the link http://christinacox.personalfanpages.com/1
Watch and enjoy, folks.
- Location:6th and Lamar
- Mood: busy
- Music:Hellagood - No Doubt
Just as an FYI...this information has not been "cleared" by the Blood Ties production team so, while I think it's probably correct, I'm hoping for official word (via one of the fan forums) as a total 'thumb's up'. That being said, I'm thinking that the trade mag wouldn't publish w/o doing the background to know for sure.
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Lifetime will indeed split Blood Ties after the first 12 eps are aired this month. According to "Broadcasting and Cable: The Business of Television" the series will have a marathon run in September and then pick up the back 9 (or 10) in October. So, there we have it, official word, I guess from Lifetime via a trade mag/website.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/C
The network will hold one episode from the first group of 13, currently premiering Sundays at 10 p.m., and run the last nine over five back-to-back weeks in October.
Thanks to CoolSciFi.com for this update!!
http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/rec-arts-s
- Location:The Comic Book Store
- Mood:
dorky - Music:Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes - Paul Simon
For whatever reason my LJ has, as of late, turned into a TV journal. Really, it's kind of funny because I don't watch that much TV but what I do watch I am totally obsessed with.
Yesterday I went looking for info about Sci-Fi's Dresden Files (based on the Jim Butcher novels) and found that there is a good chance that Sci-Fi won't renew the series. I couldn't freakin' believe it because the show is soooo good - better than some of the other supernaturally stuff on right now and yes I do mean that one (even though I love that particular show and I'm into it, completely)...not that that's anyones fault, it's just that Dresden has more interesting writing, the premise is different and I think it's less romantic and more magic-y. Not that I don't like the romance angle, it's just not always the most important thing about a show...it's got a place, but shouldn't be the ONLY thing that the show's about. (Now, I'm hiding under my desk b/c I know I'm p*ssing somebody off, and it's ok, we're all allowed our opinions...right?)
Alright, now down to the bones of the matter...there is a pretty good movement afoot to save Harry and Murphy and Bob from the depths of cancellation hell...so if you love the show, if you love Harry (cracked as he is sometimes), if you love skull-dwelling Bob then I implore you to sign up for the Save Harry Dresden Newsletter at http://maenad.tripod.com/saveharrydresde
Anyway you slice it, Harry is so worth saving and Paul Blackthorne is quite nice in the title role. So go, scurry...write letters, send emails, sign petitions do what you must, but think about this...the next time you need to be sniffed up to find the were that turned you, who ya gonna call...'cause Harry probably won't be there. ;)
EDIT: For those of you who love Rory and Lorelai Gilmore...bad news from Variety.com today - this season will be the series' last. Read the official news here http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117964
- Location:Harry's office, talking to Bob
- Mood:
cranky - Music:Smile - Lily Allen
Where I grew up summer was the worst for TV viewing because we only had the big 3 network out in the country with only PBS as the very occasional bonus. As summer rolled around the inevitable re-run season would start and well, I might as well grab a book and read, because I'd already seen my favs during the regular season and back then I didn't re-watch stuff the way I do now. When I finally moved away for college and got my first real experience with cable, I was enchanted...MTV, VH1, movies 24 hrs a day. There was always something different on, no matter the time of day (or night).
Anyway, today summer viewing is so much better because the cable nets have smartly decided to air some great original programming in the hotter months. I love original programming...FX, TNT, Sci-Fi (don't even think about not renewing Dresden Files), hell I'm even into Lifetime because of Blood Ties. So I wanted to remind you of two upcoming original dramas that will open their new seasons in June.
1) TNT's -- The Closer -- Kyra Sedgwick as the incredibly awesome Brenda Lee Johnson a folksy, down-to-earth Chief of major cases in the LAPD. Sedgwick is amazing in this role and the series is #1 in all of cable land. I love this show and think it is one of the best out there. New season starts on 6/18 at 10e
2) FX's -- Rescue Me -- Denis Leary as Tommy Gavin. Leary is as close to filthy as network/cable can get and I love every dirty second of it. He produces and stars in this drama about NYFD firefighters and there bizarre/ribald personal lives. This is my favorite all-time piece of original programming from FX. New season starts 6/12 at 10e
So, if you're bored with what the network is dishing out..."The Real Wedding Crashers"?? or some other reality drivel, watch original programming this summer. You won't be disappointed, I swear on Tommy's turnout gear!
- Location:Uptown
- Mood: amused
- Music:KFOG - Live From the Archives
She comes across as smart, funny and casual...just like Vicki.
- Location:just down the street from Venice Beach
- Mood: thoughtful
- Music:Sunrise - Norah Jones
Perhaps now we'll start seeing some interviews with cast/crew and some good press regarding the show on mainstream US television. No...I don't want Kyle or Christina stalked by the paparazzi, but some good PR regarding the show wouldn't be so horrible.
Thank you Lifetime!!
(Just so you know, I'm still not watching Army Wives...)
- Location:Under the neon sky
- Mood:
chipper - Music:Coffee & Cigarettes - Michelle Featherstone
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