Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Work was mostly fun. I worked with DJ, Jeef (who will soon be leaving us), Bryan, Bobby & Nate. DJ & I had several fun exchanges; it's a lot of fun working with him. It made me feel good to work on a day I wasn't scheduled as a favor to him; arriving early, getting my bundle goal, and doing all that stuff that's expected of me. It was nice. I was really tired around the time I had to leave.

I talked to Mollie & Janice on the phone, while waiting for Mark to get off work. And Karen too. When we got home, I was so tired, but I watched the Series Finale of ALIAS before sleeping. I have mixed emotions about the finale. SPOILERS AHEAD, SO THOSE NOT WANTING TO HAVE THE FINALE RUINED SHOULD STOP READING THIS ENTRY NOW!

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So...the flashbacks in the final hour - some of these were wonderful. Others were annoying. The flashback of Sydney putting together the Project Christmas puzzle seem to jibe with the flashbacks from Season 2 where the putting together of the puzzle was part of a training scenario - it was part of a sleeper cell program, which is why Sydney couldn't remember it until she was hynotized in season 2 - but here she does it on her own, which means she should remember the puzzle in Season 2. The scene with Francie. I can see why they wanted to do that scene and bring her back, BUT - the scene was reenactment of a scene seen in the pilot episode - and Syd looks completely different here - which is annoying for all kinds of reasons - 1 of which, is that the original version made more sense because Syd actually looked younger, because the pilot was filmed a while before the actual series. In the new version, it just doesn't feel real. Also, why bring back Francie, if we're not going to see Evil Francie (Alison) who has been alive and kicking but never seen again since Season 3? I would have preferred that they brought her back, and also used her in a completely different flashback as our beloved Francie. I didn't like that we didn't see the start of the Irina/Sydney fight. I did like that the prophecy finally made some kind of sense - though I'm still not clear on the part about the symbol of Rambaldi, The Passenger & the Chosen One. Plus we never got an answer about how Vaughn's dad could have saved Nadia if he had already been killed by Irina. And did we even find out what the deal was with those chips that were inside Vaughn/Rene? The only 2 scenes that I felt really worked for me, were the end of the Tom/Rachel thing (which was fantastic), and the scene where Syd says goodbye to her father. The rest felt rushed. I hated the scene where Irina died reaching for The Horizon - that seemed lame. But I loved Irina right up until the end; I believe her love for Sydney was real, but she was a character devoted to something more. Sloan's ending was fine...I guess. But it means that Sydney didn't really get to stop Sloan or Irina. She didn't really get to do anything, but save Marshall & Rachel. There was a lot that I would have changed. And I didn't like the end with Syd's daughter & stuff - I would have preferred to see the Vaugh/Syd wedding on the beach. In the end, I think ALIAS began as something spectacular; the first 2 seasons are incredible. The 3rd-5th seasons fuck that up, but with enough great moments along the way to allow them to be watchable, and at times recreate the magic of the first 2 seasons...but never for long. I'm glad the show ended. And I enjoyed watching it, but I don't think I'll really miss it. Buffy was similar in that the first 5 seasons were amazing, and I think that while season 6 & 7 were good, they weren't up to par with the rest of the show, and I was glad that they ended, as well, though they held it together so much better than ALIAS. Angel & Firefly didn't have a chance to reach their full potential. JLU ended with a lot of life left in it. Enough. I'm hungry.

A friend of mine, who will remain nameless at their request, tried to kill themselves last week. Thankfully they failed. Years ago I would have freaked out about this, but it just seems like old hat now. I don't mean that it doesn't bother me, but I would have been...I don't know...but it seems less dramatic now, even though it isn't...if that makes any sense?

I'm picking up Mollie around 3pm to go to the viewing (Karen's mom). At 4pm that ends, and we're going to see how Karen feels about getting some food. Then at 6pm I'm picking up Mark and taking him to the other viewing. Tomorrow morning I go to the funeral alone. I work on Friday. Saturday I'm hopefully visiting with Linda, and Marcus might be visiting this weekend. Sunday I close the store. Monday I'll probably work, and Tuesday I'm seeing X3 with Karen, Mollie, & DJ - before Buffy Board Gaming it with them, and Mark. We'll see how all this goes.

And pictures, pictures, pictures!!!

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