Happy Birthday, Dad. You’re the best dad, golfer, mathematician, and hero a girl could ever want.

Mood: Thankful

Exactly a year ago, I was sick. I remember because it’s Dad’s birthday and last year I had to take the PRAXIS II test (which I aced, btw) and I was too sick to hold my head up through the examination. Anyway, I’m sick again. I’m going to stock up on vitamin C and hole up in my house for the week prior to this weekend next year. I’m putting it on the calendar now. Hmmph.

Mood: Sick

I’m going to go out on a limb as say that SGA sucked. I watched the first few minutes, the last few minutes and fast-forwarded through the rest. Michael, hostages, blah blah blah. Even though Michael may actually be dead (a couple years too late), I can’t care. Pity, really.

Now that Primeval (which I love, btw) has finished its run and Merlin is wrapping up, Saturdays are going to be terribly boring for a while. Robin Hood isn’t starting anytime soon and I’m dreading the weeks of no new shows to love.

In the last two weeks I managed to live through two school trips unscathed. Score! Ooh, and this morning, I got to have a nice coffee date with my Dad and Jamie. I’m such a sucker for seasonal promotions. I had the Pumpkin Spiced Latte and a Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffin–and a lot of fun.

Mood: Okay

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Here’s a pic of my favorite Halloween family this year; Mr. and Mrs. Witch, Baby Witch, and Ghost Rider!

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Cage as Ghost Rider is all sorts of awesome

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Scotti was the cutest witch in the coven

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Dad bought me an early Christmas present. Yay!

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Mood: Tired

If you missed Fringe, or even if you didn’t, they’re re-airing it tonight along with the first bit of Episode 2. I am so excited, y’all. Seriously. I’m even going to do some of the online Fringe things…something I swore I’d never do.

[Edit: My moods here are all bunked up. Maybe I'll fix them later today. I've got two of some, and none of others. Where the heck did "Excited" go?!?]

Mood: Chipper

I skipped SGA, so I guess the love has really left me. I’m sad about that. At least we got “Turn Left” (Doctor Who) tonight. Now I’ve seen that episode at least 10 times, but having it on air is just cool.

The aforementioned dinner fell through, but Dad assures me that we’re going tomorrow. I can already taste the greatness. I beef.

[Edit: Because I hate this theme, I'll be getting a new one tomorrow, or at least going with my own that works. Iframes? Seriously?!? Ugh!!!]

[Edit Edit: I like this theme. Since I didn't create it, there may be bugs I don't know about. See any? I know that in my IE7, the right sidebar gets smooshy in places, and I cannot for the life of me figure out why or correct it. Oh well. Use FF or Opera anyway ]

Mood: Accomplished

Allow me, for a moment, to speak televisionally. LOST, as we knew and loved, is completely done. I have achieved closure now, and can nearly watch the show again. I’ve accepted that the show is about some old white men and their ridiculous dealings. What it is NOT is a show about the survivors of a plane crash. This became evident during the last episode, where it was “Elsewhere on the island, some people were seen on a beach.” The stories of Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Locke, Michael, Walt, Sun, Jin, Hurley, Charlie, Claire, Shannon, Boone, etc. are meaningless. They are nothing but side plots now. When all is said and done, they will be afterthoughts in the synopsis of the show. The end of the synopsis will read, “…and survivors of a plane crash caused by the island were featured in flashbacks and later, flashforwards due to their contact with Ben and Mr. Widmore.) *sigh* I miss the first year so much. Now that the smokemonster (which is a stupid device, anyway) can be controlled, there’s no inherent fear of the unknown. It really is a show about rich old men playing around with an island. Sad, really.

The two-part Doctor Who episode is here, and Part One was the best of the early season two-parters yet. I enjoyed seeing Martha and Donna together and I’m really looking forward next week. I’ve also started watching The Sarah Jane Adventures on SciFi. I’m content with just watching the episodes there, so I won’t be burning them to disc, but I’m really enjoying the show, kids and all. Lots of fun!

Thanks for the birthday wishes and goodies, Ben, Todd, Jesse, and Jonas! 

I can only hope that the parallel universe theory is true and there’s another me out there for whom everything goes right all the time. Bah. From the big things such as having a husband to the little things like random album art not showing up on my Zune, just bah.

As an early birthday present, Dad and Mom got my car fixed up a bit. I got a front-end alignment, new brakes and four new tires. Whee! The old rattle seems to be gone and now I’m not dreading all the trips I have to make this month.

I still look forward to Torchwood each week, but in our house it’s known as The Jack and Ianto Look At Each Other show. That’s just about the only reason we tune in, but it’s a good enough reason, I suppose. Survivor is back, and I don’t know how I missed it, but I’ve made up the first episode and it’ll do. Oh, congratulations, LOST. I actually *did* turn it off this week. My lord, could that one guy overact more?!? He might as well have a sign on that says, “Hey viewers, I’m odd and quirky, WATCH MEEEEE!” I think I’m just over how seriously the show takes itself. It’s a stupid show, based on stupid premises that the writers can’t get out of now, and yet they make it play out as if it’s Shakespeare. FFS. When it was a group of people on an island with “something’ out there, it rocked. Once the “something” became warring factions of others, scientists, and their ilk, it failed. Flash forwards suck, the flashbacks suck, everyone we’ve met since Season 1 sucks. Oh, and just kill Ben and be done with it. Geez.

As usual, my mom and dad went all out on the gifts and bought not only the Zune, but several accessories to go with it. In about 20 minutes, I had nearly all of my favorite vids loaded. The quality is actually much better than I had heard it would be. I have noticed that my vids made larger than standard look better, but it’s because the screen is actually a little bigger than 320×240. All the fanvids I’ve put on it (about 50 so far) look and sound terrific. I’ve even decided to carry a purse so I can tote my Zune around with me at all times. I’m love it.

( The rest of the undeserved haul )

Merry Christmas, everyone, and thanks for being the great friends you are!

Heroes was also awesome this week. I have made a complete turnaround in my intense dislike for a character to the point that she’s now one of my favorites. Brava, Claire. Well played! Mohinder, my dear, you have Sha’re’s your dad’s permission to, so go kick some serious butt now. Hiro, don’t let the ladies get in the way of your true destiny. Micah, off your mom, ok? Nathan, please fight Peter and win by a lot. Ooh, then cut his hair. Simone, are you getting decades older by the day? It’s called moisturizer and hair color. Look into it. Pixiegirl (Eden?), well done. Why haven’t you been useful until now? You’re awesome.

On a sad note, R.I.P. Robert Altman. Without you, how would my dad and I sing, “I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today”? For anyone who hasn’t seen the 1980 film Popeye, do it ASAP and tell me you don’t feel as if you’re watching the likes of something you have never seen. A master in his field, he will be sorely missed.

So, um, I went to Dad’s house to drop off Cage and caught him watching Laguna Beach. He admitted that he records and watches every episode and we even snarked on the girls together. My dad is soooo weird cool.

Hobbit and Istar are getting along really well. So far there have been no injuries and they seem to love chasing each other around the house. Hobbit seems really happy with him, and that was the whole goal of this experiment. If he can stop biting my toes, I guess we’ll keep him.

New (and default) theme in honor of October and Halloween. Please welcome Frankie back to the lineup.

My brain has turned to mush over the break and I can’t even begin to think of all the things I have to do at work tomorrow. Oh, and I’m supposed to try to register for another class over the summer.

Yeah, I’m spent.