Monday, January 7, 2008

Emily's Interview

Emily was interviewed last week about her Hallmark card contest entry. Here's the video. Please vote for her through this Friday, January 10!

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Torchwood

Oh, also, I've been watching Torchwood. John Barrowman is a god. And I'm liking the show.

This WGA Writers' Strike Thingy is Getting Tricky

Happy New Year (except for the writers' strike).

Tonight is something of a dilemma. The only thing on that's not football, reality show or repeat is a 2-hour Law and Order. Tomorrow? ER is the only new scripted show(more on that in a second). That's not gonna do it for me.

Thankfully, the little red envelope has come to the rescue. I received five DVDs from NetFlix today. So, here's the plan to avoid Omorosa vs. the Combover: Timeshift L&O to tomorrow before ER.

So what do I have to choose for tonight?
Dreamcatcher. mmm, Stephen King on a cold dark night? I don't think so. I rented this again after watching the first two seasons of Deadwood. I don't remember Timothy Olyphant in it.

Bhagam Bhag. I love Bollywood movies. I think I rented it to see Akshay Kumar. It's a comedy about a theater troupe.

Caché. I have no idea why I rented this. Maybe on the recommendation of my friend Sylvia. It's French and according to imdb has little to no continuity. And no musical score at all.

Live Free or Die Hard. Hmmm. Not quite long enough at 2:10. And probably really loud, too. I don't know if I want to deal with the explosions.

Krrish. Ah, this has promise. Hrithik Roshan as a superhero. And it's almost three hours. Recommended by a friend at bigbrotherupdates.com I think we have a winner.

Now, about ER. Why, you ask? Well, I've been watching ER since Dr. Mark Greene got some lovin' from his wife in his on-call room (S01E01). I used to work in an ER, as a clerk. I know that stuff like that actually happens (and a lot more, that I'm not about to write about!) I've gotten comfortable watching it on Thursday evening. And I'll watch every episode until it's over. Because I want to. Stupid subplots be damned, ER is an old friend. You don't turn your back on your friends.

Coming, Hrithik! Bye, now.

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Caught up with Monk

Well, four days later and I've finally watched the latest episode of Monk. Watching shows back-to-back is a good and a bad thing.

The bad is Adrian himself. He's so self-absorbed that it gets tiresome hour after hour. I ended up just wanting to smack him. It stopped being cute and lovable, I guess.

The good is all of the inside jokes. In the season 6 Christmas episode, the truck that's blocking the intersection is marked "BBQ" the quarry Monk and Kroger's son got buried in. Randy Disher is wearing the sweater his aunt sent him, the red one that she said she made, but one of the other cops knew came from the local big-box store. And the best part is they weren't mentioned, they were just there, as little Easter eggs to constant viewers.

What happens with my iTunes Store subscriptions to Monk and Psych are still unknown. They said they'd get back to me, but they haven't so far. I may have to resort to waiting to rent them from NetFlix again when the DVDs come out. Not a smart move, NBC/Universal. Happy New Year, y'all!

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Monk

Today I'm catching up on season's 4-6 of Monk. I bought it (I think I mentioned...) from the iTunes Store, and all those episodes have been sitting on my hard drive and iPod, just waiting for me. I'm enjoying every scrump-diddly-umptious episode.

Life on Mars, Season 1

Liking it so far (after 4 episodes). Dense story, requires attention, but worth the effort.

I can't deal with it this morning, however, so I'm on to season 4 of Monk (yeah, I'm behind). Monk's mild humor is more my style today.

More later.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Psych, Season 2

I caught up with Psych today. Better than going to the movies!

I love this show's heart. James Roday and Dulé Hill have such great chemistry together. The show goes over the top without making me roll my eyes at it, and I love, love love all of the pop culture references (even the ones I don't quite get and have to Google!).

I bought a season pass for both Psych and Monk from the iTunes Store. When the Grinches at NBC/Universal pulled their content, it included these shows; USA Network is part of NBC/Uni. The CSRs at the iTS have told me that they're trying to work out what happens to the rest of my season pass.

About that I am not amused at NBC/Uni.