Monday, July 21, 2008

I ended up reading on Friday. I started reading the first Star Trek: Titan novel, Taking Wing, as I need to read those 4 books before an upcoming trilogy. I also started reading the 2nd Harry Potter book, The Chamber of Secrets. I'm still reading the 2nd Terok Nor novel, and the first Xanth novel as well. I'm enjoying them all though, so I'm not worried about it.

Michael was talking about dropping by Friday night, so I had planned to visit with Wendy & Jeff, let them go to Necto without me, while I visited with Michael, and then hang out with Wendy & Jeff after they returned, and I'd taken a nap. But Michael cancelled, which was fine. It was fun to see Wendy & Jeff again. They talked me into going to Necto with them, which was fun, though I got tired really fast, having eaten with my magic drowsy pills (a fantastic pizza with Mark), then just not having gotten a lot of sleep.

DJ Jinx / DJ Dan ran into me at the bar, and told me that Tom Hanks and Drew Barrymore were in the VIP room. I looked for them, but couldn't find them...and I thought that maybe he was just really, REALLY drunk, but then I googled Drew Barrymore and found this, this, this, and this, plus tons more - so they probably really were there - how strange is that? lol

Oh. We met up with Wendy's friend Erica outside the bar. Erica had been to our condo once to play poker, which she won. She's a really nice, fun girl. She was my plus one when I got in free to the bar, thanks to my VIP Pass. Later I got a free drink from Becky, and then later still, Scott, the manager of the bar, ran into me and I told him about having been thrown out a few weeks ago, which he thought was hilarious. He bought me and my friends a round of cream bombs. ;-0) It's nice to know people. ;-0)

We left sometime after 1:30am. When we got home, we just sat, drank and talked for about an hour or so. I went to bed around 3:30am. Saturday morning, Mark woke me up, after not having slept much, to go to Toledo to visit his mom, twin brother, sister-in-law, and nephews - which was a lot of fun actually. I was tired most of the day, but it was great to see everyone. Maria (Mark's mother) and I have come a long way since she attacked me in 1996; I told her it felt like she was family, and she agreed that we all were now. Playing with Mark's nephew Nick, who is 3, was a lot of fun. Talking with Marcus and Julie is always a joy. The whole thing was just perfect. I know Mark wanted it to last longer than it did (you should see and hear him playing with his nephews - it just makes my heart smile everytime I hear Nick say "Uncle Mark") - but I was exhausted, and we all ate, so my pills just added to that - so much so that I was wobbling on my feet by the time we left, and I slept most of the way home.

We stopped at Barnes & Noble. I got the latest Who & Torchwood magazines. We looked at Manga for Mollie, but Mark decided to get it from Amazon, as it's cheaper and easier to send to her. This was all Mark's idea, which I completely support. I know he's worried about Mollie, and again, look how far they've come! But I think he's also a bit worried about me; I can get really down when I'm not in contact with my best friend.

Saturday night I put up more pictures in my room. I napped on & off. I read. I played video games that we rented from Hollywood Video on our way home, after going to the book store. Mark watched "Shooter" on Blu Ray. One of the video games was really pretty, but just kind of made me sad, because this is so a game that Mollie would rent and play - and it felt like Mollie should be there playing the game, and I should just be watching. It was a quiet night.

Sunday morning, Mark woke me up several times. Once he was on the phone with Marcus, and then when I actually woke up, and went downstairs, expecting Mark to still be on the phone with him, Marcus was actually here. He'd brought their old comic collection from their father's house (where it's been stored for years) to the condo, where it now resides, taking up a lot of room. They had wanted to open a comic shop when they were younger, and from the looks of it they were well on their way to owning every title available. lol

I worked on my collage most of Sunday, designing collages to print up and then tie into the already existing, ever expanding whole. The outside of my door is very nearly finished. Other sections have seen massive changed in the last few days, which I love to see happen. I might work on it a bit later, but I'm worried I'll get really into it, and then be forced to stop, as I'm nearly out of ink & poster tape. But I'm proud of what I've done so far. Marcus saw it for the first time, and seemed to enjoy it. Wendy & Jeff, who had seen it before, seemed to enjoy it even more this time. I wish Mollie could see it.

About Mollie. She's depressed. She's depressed, and not talking to anyone, that I know of. Perhaps she's talking to Adam and not to me. That's a kind of usetting thought. Maybe I've been annoying her lately, or...maybe I'm paranoid. Maybe she's dead. Maybe she's...I don't know what. I hate not hearing from her. I've done nothing but worry about her for the last year and a half, or however long she's been in that HELL HOLE. From the moment she got there, it's been nothing but trouble. Even her good times, were muted by her environment, and there's been nothing we could do to help her. I tried to stay in touch. I send care packages of books and tv shows and anything I can think of that might keep her spirits up, but I think that these things are losing their power to help her... And I don't know what I can do to help her, and so I feel...helpless. And it sucks. And I miss her. And it's constantly at the back of my mind, while sometimes it's all I can think about. It just sucks.

And to top all that off...lol...Mollie has watched every episode of Season 30 of the Whonvierse EXCEPT the 3 Part Finale, which is the HUGE payoff to all that's come before it. That 34 episodes she's watched to just stop cold turkey before crossing the finish line. I think part of that, is that she loves Donna and doesn't want anything bad to happen to her, despite all the prophetic things in the previous episodes that suggest she's in for a dire fate - but if I could just tell her that her story arc is tragic but beautifully handled, and probably not what she's expecting. It's what has clinched Season 30 as my favorite season of the Whoniverse. That, and that it gave us 2 amazing companions in Donna & River Song, who more than make up for the poorly handled Martha Jones storyline last season - who's character is so much cooler having left the Doctor behind. Anyways - I'm still aching for Mollie to see the finale, and it's a constant irratant that we haven't been able to have THAT conversation that follows the finale every season now.

Last night, Michael came over and checked out my room, sexed me up, and took me to see his new place, before taking me to Pizza House for extremely good food. I had a coke with my meal, which is still a special treat for me, having not been drinking any caffinated beverages for the last 7 years. It was good. And when he dropped me off, I was perfectly happy to flop into my bed.

This morning the first titles, for the first 2 stories of The Sarah Jane Adventures (Series 2) were announced:

01 The Last Sontaran, Part I
02 The Last Sontaran, Part II
03 Day of the Clown, Part I
04 Day of the Clown, Part II

That leaves just 4 more stories; 8 more episodes. It's interesting that the series opens with a lone Sontaran episode, which sounds like a perfect sequel to "The Poison Sky". This should also bookend the series, as it's widely been stated that the Sontarans (and the Bane / Mrs. Wormwood) will return at the end of this series.

I updated my website with the info, and also created a page explaining why I watch Season 29 of the Whoniverse in the order that I do. I'm sure it has some typos in it, but it's a good start, and once I correct the mistakes that I'm sure are there, I know that I'll love it.

Later I slept, and I dreamt I was watching the new Sarah Jane episodes, which morphed into watching a BBC Spider-Man tv series, which, fittingly, was really AMAZING. lol Fun dreams.

So I'm awake now, with not much to do.

In other news I may have forgotten to mention anywhere else... I don't work at all this week. Which sucks, because I need the money, and I didn't have anything planned until Thursday, which I'd requested off. I don't know why I wasn't scheduled, but I hope there's a good bloody reason.

It's been announced the final run of Battlestar Galactica episodes will begin airing in January, so in about 6 months, which isn't that bad. Between now and then we'll be getting 10 2 to 3 minute webisodes. We'll also be getting the Caprica pilot (set 51 years before opening scenes of the parent series), and possibly other Caprica episodes, and at least one more telemovie, which may focus on new characters. The finale of BSG is said to be 3 hours, and is getting high praise from the cast and crew. I have very little doubt that it will be a fitting end (these are the people who crafted the ending of DS9) - yet I know that not everyone can get what they've set out for, and I'm wondering how this will all play out.

They're making Scream 4 for 2010. It's been long enough, that a sequel doesn't seem as bad, as it would have if it had been announced right after the 3rd one, which seemed to tie up all the loose ends. But will a 4th film kill the series, which I felt remained strong throughout it's trilogy status? I don't know. But Jamie Kennedy has been talking about the film, which is a good sign I think.

The Batman Begins sequel did amazing business, breaking all kinds of records in the process, and is getting better reviews than the first one, so perhaps I'll see it sometime. I just want to enjoy it more than the first one, which was a mixed bag in my opinion, and didn't deserve the fantastical status that people seemed to give it. It's weird to see a movie that so many people enjoy, and then not like it. Especially when you're a Batman fan. So...I just felt kind of burned by the first movie, and I don't want to re-experience that sensation. Mollie would understand.

The L Word's final season (Season 6), which is now filming, will open the door to a spin-off series! :-0) But what is it, and how does that work? lol

And I think that's all my news for now.

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