Friday, October 7, 2005

I hung out with Mollie & Mark Tuesday evening; we got Mollie her phone, and we got a card for Shawn's birthday, which is Saturday. I bought the Desperate Houswives game; it looked like CLUE, and it is, but it also has a bunch of trivia from the show so Mark (who isn't interested in it) couldn't play, so we put the game on hold until Mollie, Carrie & Adam can finish watching it.

We played the LOTR Movie Trilogy Trivial Pursuit but I was so tired, and though I was winning (I needed 2 more slices & I think Mollie & Mark had only 2, if that) I thought that I had answered a group play question and had gotten my next to last piece only to find that I apparently hadn't. Mark answered the question, and then when it became an all play question I answered the question "more precisely" - meaning that mine actually matched the answer that was given by the game. Mark & Mollie both pointed out that we had let Mollie's answers slide a couple of times before, but one of those times it was a question to HER & not possible for either of us to answer better, and in the other she guessed something correctly from an image before Mark & I, and though I agreed with her answer - I couldn't remember what the blasted thing was called - so not only did she beat me to figuring out what was changed, her answer was on par with my own, giving her the clear advantage. It pissed me off royaly. I quit the game, but after a few minutes to cool down - and not killing them - I thought I'd rejoin. I was so far ahead of them I figured that my time away would help the game be more even - and my victory would be more exciting, but they had quit too, and just not told me. I tried not to piss anyone off, and just try to regain the fun of the night, which I think I accomplished. Took Mollie home shortly after (with a pitstop at a Walgreen's drive through to pick up a controlled substance); came home and went right to bed.

Wednesday I drove Mark to work, and then went to the post office to drop of some packages (3 or 4 for Mark's business, and 1 for Shawn). I took Janice & Jamie to see the 2:40pm showing of SERENITY at Showcase Cinemas. If anyone reading this hasn't seen it, I strongly reccomend it. It's not doing all that well at the theater; but perhaps it will make up for that overseas, and I'm sure it will kick ass on DVD, as the Firefly DVDs are STILL selling well, and the rental copy at our store is a hot property. Jamie & Janice both enjoyed it, though Janice made really annoying comments through the whole movie, which made me wish that I hadn't brought her. We used to like the same kind of movies, but then she got married, and I came out, and we went our seperate ways entertainment wise. I did get a few good comebacks in though, which I can't express here, for fear of revealing spoilers to the un-initiated.

After the movie we discussed Coleen's betrayal of Jamie - not to mention the man whore who started all this shit. I really don't like them. Jamie seems to have some dim sense of hope that nothing is going on between her best friend & her ex-fiance, but given all the evidence, even she is only hanging on by that thread. It's so sad!!! I just want to burn C & M Bullshit Factory to the ground. Mollie wants to help - this could potentially be fun.

I picked up Mark; we traded in his phone; I flirted with Craig the salesguy; we went home, then Mark went to Meijer to pick up some stuff for me, which he very kindly volunteered to do. Heidi came over & we talked about all sorts of dramtic things. It was really nice; we were in my dimly lit room, listening to relaxing music, just being there for each other on my bed - only not in a sex way. lol It was just a really relaxed, comforting exchange. When Mark got back we all talked for awhile and then went to Red Robin where eating & more conversation ensued; I started getting really tired again, as I've been sleeping at night all week. We headed back to the condo, and we hugged Heidi goodbye; I went right to sleep.

Yesterday I continued reading my Buffy book. It's not a fantastic book, but it's set up as the 8th season of Buffy, which would have crossed over with the 5th season of Angel so the book kind of pays attention to all references to Buffy from that 5th season (which were few and far between, but still), and the book got all that stuff right; I've been rewatching the 5th Season of Angel as well. I finished the book just before going to sleep last night & the ending felt really rushed, and was such a horrible let down, and not what I was hoping for at all! Pretty much all the momentum that had been picked up throughout the book led nowhere, and I guess the writer just wasn't up to the task. It sucked.

I watched the 3rd second season episode of Desperate Housewives; it sucks only watching them one at a time; they seem so short. I watched the new ALIAS with Mark, which was ok I guess; the show is going through this heavy transition, and I'm not sure the show is going to survive it. In my opinion the 1st season of the series kicked ass, and the 2nd season improved on that formula - bringing the series to new heights of coolness. The 3rd season was less successful because of things going wrong behind the scenes (Lena Olin & Gina Torres were unavailable to return), but managed to hold it together; mostly; though a plot hole was revealed to those paying attention, that has never been fixed by the writers which has tainted the show somewhat for this viewer. The 4th Season continued the mixed feeling from season 3, though it eventually improved, with random episodes reminding me why I watched the first 2 seasons, and ending with a bang, except for a line of dialogue that I just didn't accept. The 5th Season has taken care of that line of dialogue, but it has also brought great change to the series, which could possibly 'jump the shark' or it might save it. It's too early to tell. The show is often entertaining, but it's nowhere near as good as any of the Joss Whedon shows have been. whatever.

I've also been continuing to organize my collection of slash art, and seeking out still more, and I think I'm finally getting on top of that. I just had a notion to expand my Trek pages with some info that I'd like to share. Apartment Zero arrived in the mail yesterday; a film I'm proud to have in my collection. I work today, 1-5:30. I have tomorrow off; I most likely close on Sunday, and then...I don't know.

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