the blog

All is well in my land. No worries, so those of you worrying where I went and why no blog posts know that I am fine, just not in the mood to blog. Quite possibly due to the massive headache I’ve had for oh, I don’t know 5 days? LOL. It just is what it is.

I did want to give my TV junkies a heads up before Sunday, and I was remiss. I hope you all got a chance to see the Season Two premeir of ‘Legend of the Seeker’  if not, I think it is on the Internet somewhere (HULUperhaps?) and I think you should see it. It was awesome (and I am still letting go of the fact that it is nothing like the books, which I love and want to reread soon). Ms. Carpenter was awesome as a Mord Sith; honestly ANY one would be good as a Mord Sith because they are awesome. (haters will be ignored) So, the beginning of Season Two was really good, and I look forward to all the hi-jinks that will be apparent with the whole Death trying to take over thing. (ala The Keeper) I know they probably can’t work in the Empire or any of the political uprising and socialism gone bad like in the books (too similar to some realities) but it is good fun just the same. AND! I love Cara.

Now, I did watch V this weekend (it was DVR’d) and while there is Whedon-verse good ness in it… I am not yet hooked. I will keep trying it, for a little while longer at least, but there just seemed to be something missing, some key thing… oh! Right! GOOD WRITING. I mean come on people. Let’s make TV shows with GOOD WRITING that is thought provoking and enlightening as well as entertaining (ala BSG?)(Oh! And I did watch THE PLAN this weekend too. I want to watch it again before I comment. ;p ) So. V. Not to awesome. Not as awesome as I hoped. Even with Andy in it. Who is awesome. *frown* But let’s see what happens this week. Perhaps it will get better?

What’s For Dinner?

No clue. Seriously. Been cooking up a storm, but that storm is passing. Think I may make Tuna Helper. Score!

I am becoming disheartened with some of the ‘new’ television that has been released to the masses. And maybe the true crux of it is in that statement. entertainment for the masses.

I am cynical. I know that.

Tonight is BONES though. And if you are a regular reader, you know I love BONES. Because; mystery, forensics, CAM! I love Cam. She is the highlightof my week, and I think for sure she is up at the top of the list of my ‘character’  crushes. I crush on Cam, moreso than I crush on Tamara Taylor. Not to say Tamara isn’t lovely. Because she is. And she is a great actress and she moves along the waves of the WhedonVerse. And all things point back to the WhedonVerse. All praise Joss. But, there is something about the snappy, snarky, hard as tacts character that is Cam. The hard nosed cop with the heart of gold. You know, I have read a few of the Kathy Reichs books (that the Bones character is based on) and I certainly think that Cam is a little more like book Dr. Brennan than Emily’s Dr. Brennan. Which isn’t a slight in any way to Emily. More to the fact that the television show is, in this very rare case, better than the original character art. The BONES TV show is way better than the books by Kathy Reichs.  In a way that Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show was better than Buffy the movie. (no brainer there) I get a girlie squee in my heart when I realise early in the morning that it is Thursday and I will be watching BONES. ALMOST as much as I used to on Tuesday nights. (for Buffy) Not as much, but really darn close. I think I will check out TNT(in HD) later to catch up on some BONES. Or I could watch the DVDs… but, there is an excitement to letting the tv programming decide my fate. To a point.

I have been doing a lot of personal researching lately. Er, on the Internet. Looking things up, reading about things. And I am still engaged in my quests to find a decent blog to read. le sigh. This is taking WAY longer than I thought it would. WTF? I know I am not the only blogger, I know I am not even a good blogger; I can’t even get my BFF to read my blog; but STILL, there has to be something interesting out there to read!!! Please help. *wink wink*

Totally freak out that was so subdued yesterday evening at 8:10pm… that’s right gentle readers, there was an earthquake in Western Washington. A little baby one. But still! I was sitting in my chair, Mare was in her’s and I felt the floor roll, and I didn’t even look away from the TV, and said ‘We are having an-‘  ‘yes, Yes we are.’ Mare replied. We were both in that deadpanned if we make not a big deal it won’t be a big deal frame of mind. It would have been hilarious if scripted. All of you screen writers? Come have drinks with me sometime, I will give you gold.

So what’s the deal as of late with terrible movies? Did someone suck the creativity out of Hollywood – and is that statement even valid? Is there any creativity in Hollywood anymore? (besides the rareified few like Joss and Richard?)
Seriously though, movies as of late have sucked: Transformers 2, Star Trek, (and WTF with Mutant Chronicles? went to PPV, then it was on SciFi over the weekend for free, and I DVR’d it and haven’t gotten through the first 25 minutes without thinking ‘this sucks!’) and there seems to be way more movies that suck, but these are the ones I dropped money to see. What gives? Are they only going to make movies for 14 year old boys now? The audacity of them putting out these films makes me want to scream (and I will let the amazing Henry do it or me).

I totally miss the days of the bigone era. The big days of Hollywood. Luckily I just got some noir books to help take me back to the day (cain & chandler, respectfully) and a copy of Thoroughly Modern Millie came in the mail. So all is not lost. Yay!

And where have all the good blogs gone? They are poofed.  And there is little to nothing out there to see and read. It’s like a wasteland on the net. Everything is all news and or media slanted. It’s lame. And sad.

Mucho Happening in the next 48 – 72 hours. ROAD TRIP, and then family festively fun with hicks, cowboys and girls, and log carvers thrown in. I better get some good street food in me too. What else is an ole timey small town Americana celebration without some. Hurray.  Highlights on SUNDAY!

happy 4TH of July!!

Now I don’t normally talk about work here in my little blog, or rather get too detailed about work, because well, this is the modern age and I am sure someone could find this, and I like working… okay I like the pay checks, but anyway. This morning. This picture of Henry sums up how I felt this morning. Because when I get my lazy ass up early for my bi-weekly meeting that should be changed to a respectable hour, but noooo someone at COMPANY X doesn’t want to change it (for the past 4 years!) I get up early, and I get ready for said meeting… and then this morning all hell breaks loose. Well not really. I lost forgot my pass code for my conference bridge, and I had been sick (big time food poison-esque sick, TMI? Deal. lol) all morning, and then THEN… no one showed up for the meeting. No one. Not the COMPANY X people, not my people. No body. WTF? So I was channeling Henry in my uncorked rage.

Then I dialed it down, went to myspace, and got my happy back on.

Yesterday I mentioned that I would tell you about the reoccurring weird ass dreams I have been having as of late staring someone I don’t know but think is really cool. And of course now I suffer from bloggers remorse. I should have just taking the two minutes to write it down for you then, because now I am not recalling the humorous way I thought about dialogueing it yesterday. Damn you bloggers remorse! ANYWAY. The gist is simple.  Zooey Deschanel keeps showing up at the park bench where I am sitting in the shade reading, and works on convincing me that she needs to teach me how to play Parcheesi. For the record, I don’t even know how to spell Parcheesi, let alone play it. And why I am dreaming of her coming along lalalala down the trail to where I am sitting on a bench in a park, is sort of comedic in and of it self. At least she is not only smart, and entertaining, but hot too. (way hotter than her sister – sorry ‘Bones’ I love you, but it is true!!) Did any one else see Tin Man? It rocked, you should rent it. Not only for the nuances and coolness, but there are kilts. What, where was I? See! I told you, this would have been so much funnier if I told you the story yesterday. Bah.

At any rate, I wonder if she will show up again, like she did last night when I expressed emphatically that Parcheesi was not my game, she allowed us to switch to Uno, which in fact I know and was able to play; like any remedial third grader; and we had a rousing game, that took a turn when she started to win, and it became very ‘lost weekend’ with it being a strip game, and my dream shifted just as I lost my shirt to me picking up blue pebbles from the beach… no one said my mind made sense.  The only reason I can think of as to why I have been dreaming of Ms D, is that the other day I saw her Cotton commercial just as I was turning off the TV before bed (subliminal advertising at work!) and I just finished reading ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’, which being a book, still mentally/visually shows her in my head as Trillon. That’s the reasoning… I think. Perhaps you, in the vastness of time and space can better explain it. (besides telling me I have a thing for girls with blue eyes, because we all know that to be true)

Speaking of lack of sense… wait, its a good segue but a little too harsh.

There are about as many web-series, webisodes, whatnot, out there as there are people with digital cameras. Some of it is good (the guild & Angel of Death) some of it not so much, and some in the middle. I ran across a link to ‘Feed‘ last week and have been occasionally watching it. While the lesbian undertones are nice, I am having a heard time with the inconsistency of the clips. Perhaps it is just what is up online, that there was a technical glitch or something. It just doesn’t flow as well as some of the other things I have seen. But still, it does get a shout out mention from me. And not just because the Maura (played by Amanda Deibert) is a hotty, but because the concept is good, the production good. The acting is so so, and the lesbian scene would have been SO MUCH hotter if they had a clue, and didn’t make it so forced. (note to webbie folks, kissing is under rated and a sure fire hotness maker.) I am hoping for Season Two they work out the kinks. (like in ‘Family Business’the bleeping out of the cuss words. Seriously? This is a webisode. Cuss!)

Wow. Long post. See what happens when I work a research project for 5.5 hours. Ugh. Brain mush.

Why oh why do some things just stick in your head?

“I Kissed A Girl”

This was never the way I planned, not my intention.
I got so brave, drink in hand, lost my discretion
It’s not what I’m used to, just wanna try you on.
I’m curious for you, caught my attention.

[Chorus:]
I kissed a girl and I liked it,
the taste of her cherry chapstick.
I kissed a girl just to try it,
I hope my boyfriend don’t mind it.
It felt so wrong,
it felt so right.
Don’t mean I’m in love tonight.
I kissed a girl and I liked it (I liked it).

No, I don’t even know your name, it doesn’t matter.
You’re my experimental game, just human nature.
It’s not what good girls do, not how they should behave.
My head gets so confused, hard to obey.

[Chorus]

Us girls we are so magical,
Soft skin, red lips, so kissable.
Hard to resist, so touchable.
Too good to deny it.
Ain’t no big deal, it’s innocent.

[Chorus]

I have blogged about this song a little in the past. Mostly in the context of those annoying straight girls you see at the club/bar/on TV who are deciding to make out with another girl to get a rise out of their male partners or a laugh from their friends. Which I find annoying and oh so tiresome. Really. Seriously. Honestly. Lame. (different that those girls questioning their sexuality, which I understand – and have dated in the past) But watching the clip from ellen again made me scratch my head. I think Katy Perry is hot. I think she has a really awesome voice. But I think she is playing the card that will get her the most fame the fastest; and hey, you know what? Kudos to her for playing the game. Going from uber Born Again Christian Girl – to Gay Club Anthem Girl takes balls.

I just still kind of scratch my head. Because I LIKE the sound of the song. I just don’t like the content. So annoying that my brain won’t cooperate and let me pick a side. To love or to hate. Bah!

I’m reading an interesting anthology-ish book currently. Dagger: On Butch Women . It’s pretty good. Interesting. As I fall more on the Butch end of the queer spectrum. Which may be another reason for my angst when it comes to wanna be’s. And further explains why I don’t really bother to go to clubs/bars anymore. The fun is no longer part of the equation. Aw well. It’s a pretty okay book, if you are so inclined to read it. (perhaps 3 stars? I’m not yet finished with it)

In HouseKeeping news…
I finished the migration of all the blogger entries here. My home base of operations. And while the blogger was ‘hidden’ and I liked that aspect of it, keeping everything in one place is far more concise and makes more sense. I am attempting to streamline things in my life this year, and this is one of those things. A small thing sure, but an item to check off the to do list, nonetheless.