Sunday, January 13, 2008

After the last entry I did eat and shave and shower, and get dressed. I felt great! I called Michael and he said he'd meet me at one of the bookstores and I was off. On the way to the bookstore I noticed that my neck was hurting, which is usually a sign that I've slept on it wrong (which I doubted, since I'd been awake for quite some time) or strained by cack in some way. I still have no clue how it happened, but it's really easy to hurt my back - and the pain can be like a killing blow.

Anyways, Mike met me at Borders where I bought this cool fantasy art book for my walls. I also helped this guy figure out what order to read the latest Trek books in. Seeing all the Star Wars books next to those made me miss that series as well, which I'll get to eventually. At least I'm reading the books I have now instead of just buying them and putting them away. That's one of the reasons why I'm trying so hard to keep up with my reading...

Mike followed me home, and then I drove us to Aut Bar where I introduced him to some people. I had some painkiller and a drink for my pain, which worked very well indeed. We talked and chatted with other people too. Mike finished his drink, and then we went to Metro Cafe to see if Jeremy was working, which he was. It was great to see him! His friend Aidan was working as well, and said that I gave the best hugs and requested one. People are always complimenting me on my hugs, cause I'm not afraid to get in close. So Jeremy still had some of my DS9 discs from like 8 months ago and he got them for me, and let us know that he won't be working for the next few weeks as Monday he's getting his tonsils out and his deviated septum fixed. He and a coworer or two were going to head over to Aut Bar around 1am to get drunk; head already been drinking...he was smiling and flirting and it was fun. I told him we might meet up with him later if I was awake.

Mike & I went to my place, which was messy, but I wasn't really expecting company. I was feeling no pain at this point. And Mike and I had a really intense fucking session. By the time we were done, I would have had just enough time to rush to the bar and give Jeremy anther hug, but I was exhausted, and thought it best to just send him a message or something. I went right to sleep as Michael left.

I woek up around 40 minutes ago. The whole right side (well, my right side from my perspective - left from anyone who isn't me, or standing behind me) of my back is in terrible pain. I have no idea what I lifted wrong to do this to myself. The first time this happened, years ago, it was an empty box. I kid you not. So...I'm sitting here trying not to move and hurt myself. I also woke up with my stomach upset, but that's mosty taken care of now.

I checked my e-mail and I'd gotten new messages from Chris and Paul. I thought that Chris's message would be an "I'm sorry for not calling" message, which I had forgiven her for without a message being sent, only I was supposed to call her - it was there plain as day! Oh. She'd forgiven me too, just as I had done for her when I thought the shoe was on the other foot...so it was kind of ok, but I just felt stupid. Then the message from Paul...he'd contacted me about getting some Doctor Who stuff, and I offered to give him the newer stuff, but apparently he wanted the older stuff. I've been making copies for Mollie...because she lives in Hell and I like to distract her from that - but making the copies is like a kind of Hell for me, and I swore I'd never do it again. It's just incredibly time consuming, plus it's all time that I can't use my computer, and it's extremely expensive, and in the end I've spent money I barely had, and wasted time I'll never get back, and while talking to Mollie about Classic Who is great, and I love that she actually enjoys it and hasn't just thrown it away - it's not easy...and not really fun to actually do all that. So...after reading my messages I felt lousy for not remembering to call Chris, and turning Paul down on the older stuff. He says he might like copies of the recent specials, plus Sarah Jane, and Torchwood Season 2 - and I'd be happy to send him those ;-0)

I can't express how much my back hurts right now!!!

3 days until Torchwood! If I just concentrate on that..........then my back will still be killing me.

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   Monday, January 14, 2008

Work went well last night, I think, considering that my back was killing me. I worked with Ruki & Bill. Bill & I actually had some fun conversation while working. The Little Caesars crowd offered me drugs I think. lol. Or maybe I was hit on. I'm not sure. lol. But the point is, my back hurt, but I made the most of my night. I went grocery shopping after work, and was exhausted by the time I got home.

Mark worked all weekend to give me my new improved blog! Thank you Mark! I was so tired & cranky after I got home last night that I found it hard to appreciate his efforts as much as I should have. I wanted to delay the exploration of his gift until I was more awake, but he obviously needed some feedback so I tried my best. He knows me pretty well, so I'm sure he understands, and knows how much I appreciate what he's done for me here. He's been talking about doing it for years now...and here it is. People can now leave comments for each entry. And I can post picture links to what I'm reading, watching or listening to. Cool, huh? ;-))

I downloaded the new L Word last night, and then dowloaded the first episode of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" which I'm hoping is good, but I don't have a lot of expectations for. But if it's good that will be a nice surprise. I wathced The L Word, which rocked, but I'm waiting to watch Terminator...not sure why. But I'll probably watch it this week sometime; possibly tonight. After The L Word, I started watching the Family Guy Blue Harvest special, but fell asleep.

I woke up around 10 or 11am. I wasn't really paying attention to the time, so I'm not sure exactly. My back feels a little bit better I think, which is great news for me. I sent some e-mails. Exchanged some myspace messages with Michael. And then I worked on my webpage for at least an hour, before reading the entertainment news, which put me in a good mood. Lots of potentially cool things brewing:

"Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins" is slated to begin production in late April. McG is directing, with Christian Bale starring as John Connor, with a hoped for release date in late Summer 2009. But there's also an animation spin-off project in the works called "Termination" which will utilize anime and animation auteurs to do individual segments inspired by the Terminator franchise, just like the Animatrix did for The Matrix films, which incidentally, I loved. A similar project is underway for Batman, though I don't know that I care.

The new Wolverine movie has new cast members. Hopefully that movie turns out well, as I love the X-Men trilogy.

The new Underworld prequel is sounding more and more interesting. I hope that one does well too, as I really enjoyed the first 2, and if the prequel does well, there is talk of a 4th that will continue where the "Underworld: Evolution" left off.

Also, there's a new rumor that the final Harry Potter book will be split into 2 movies, which would suit me fine, as long as they were released a few months apart like the Matrix sequels, and not a year apart like the Lord of the Rings.

Speaking of which, Elijah Wood has said that if it made sense, he'd be up for a cameo appearance in the 2nd of the 2 hobbit movies that they're making. The first movie will actually adapt The Hobbit to the screen, while the 2nd one (and the more interesting of the two in my opinion) will be set somewhere in the 60 years between Hobbit and Rings. Nice. :-0)

And that's the kind of entertainment news I like to read. ;-0)

Ok. I'm going to finish watching that Family Guy thing now.

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I just played this game, which tells you which member of Torchwood you would be. I wanted to be Jack because then I'd have Ianto. But I wanted to be Ianto as then I'd have Jack. But I wanted to be Toshiko because if I was Toshiko she'd be so much more interesting. But I wanted to be anyone but Owen because Owen is scary. Turns out I'm Gwen, which is fine as I love her, but sadly this means that I've slept with Owen, which is almost worse than actually being him. lol

So, I broke down and watched that Terminator show. It wasn't bad. It wasn't fantastic, but it wasn't terrible. It was better than the new Bionic Woman by a long shot, which is good since I loathed that one. Anyways - I'll watch this season and see how it progresses.

Now I'm going to close my eyes, and view my own special episode of Torchwood, in which I, as Gwen, get pulled into a friendly threesome with Jack & Ianto. :-0)

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   Tuesday, January 15, 2008

I was going to go to Necto tonight. That was my new plan. Things have been slightly stressed lately. My back was feeling mostly better though, which is great news. But my boyfriend has some health issues at the moment so I'm worried about & for him, and my grandmother is in the hospital instead of at home where she belongs, and Mark just told me that his home business which he's been running for a decade now is in serious trouble, which was my backup job if anything should go wrong with my current one...and that was it. Mark told me that, and I came down with the muther of all stress headaches. Blah

It's officially Tuesday, which means officially, Torchwood Season 2 begins Tomorrow. But really we have just under 48 hours before I'll most likely be able to watch it. Still. It's getting towards that time. That's my good news.

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Been awake since 10am. Haven't really accomplished a whole lot. I talked to Michael on the phone earlier about his classes. If he were here right now I'd fuck his brains out...but he's not. Working on my room. Want to get a lot done with my room today. And the D9s arrived today, so I think I'll start burning dvds for Mollie while I work.

Torchwood airs tomorrow!

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I've finished burning the first disc for Mollie, and done quite a bit of work on my room. I feel pretty good about what I've accomplished so far. Still so much to do though. ;-0)

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My 2nd disc for Mollie is...a coaster. My computer is being weird and annoying. But my walls look fantastic!

24 hours or less and Torchwood will hopefully be mine! :-0)

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   Wednesday, January 16, 2008

I worked on my bedroom for about 12 hours, before I finally had to clear some space and get some sleep. I woke up when Mark was leaving for work, but slept for another 40 minutes after that. My neck and back still hurt, but they're not as bad as they were on Sunday. My room is coming along nicely. My only real goal for it is to have at least 1 layer finished through the entire room by my birthday, so that if I have a party this year, my guests can see it. ;-0)

I just read a few pages of my Trek book, which I haven't touched in a few days. This one is slow going. I'm gonna have to scrap the plan I had for reading a certain series of Trek books and go back to the old plan, as I want to be caught up on the later books by December at the latest so that I can read a new trilogy of Trek books that will followup on many of the varying series.

I should probably eat something. I'm gonna rip some dvds for Mollie. I should call Michael; he'd mentioned wanting to spend time with me today, and as soon as I get this mess cleaned up, that's probably a very good idea.

And I continue to wait for a new episode of Torchwood, which I will hopefully be seeing tonight after waiting more than a year!

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So...I've eaten. And I've talked to Michael, who may or may not be joining me. We're both tired, and he's not feeling all that well, so it could really go either way right now. Plus he just got a call about a job he applied for, so...that's up in the air for now.

I just finished a 2nd disc for Mollie; this one works, which is good as these discs are fricking expensive. Plus I can't use my computer while they're burning. And they take forever!

I read more of my Trek book while I ate and it's getting a lot better now. Last I checked I had 185 pages left; I want to finish that by Saturday, which shouldn't be too much trouble. I can finish it today if I'm not busy, but I'd rather be busy with Michael than reading my book. ;-0)

I need to get the clothes from the washer into the dryer; load up the washer, shave & shower...

And still I wait for Torchwood.

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I got some laundry done, and did the shaving and showering. Michael came over; watched an episode of JLU. Had some fantastically rough sex. Showered. I hooked Mark up with Michael (business wise), which may prove to be extremely cool for both parties. Then I went to Whole Foods for those rice snacks I like so much; Hollywood Video where I rented Saw IV; went to Kroger for a few other things, came home and chatted with Mark for a bit before watching the new episode of Torchwood.

Yes. I have seen the new Torchwood
and it is fantastic! ;-0)

I'm going to fool around on the computer for a bit, which translates as I'm going on the net to read everything I can about that new episode (which closed with an amazing trailer for the rest of the season!). I'll probably also read some more of my book, watch Saw IV, and sleep. That's the plan anyways.

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   Thursday, January 17, 2008

I slept on and off today. I just woke up again. I feel...kind of dehydrated. Which is weird, because I've been drinking water. I've eaten. I just feel a bit off today.

Mark just got home; he's going to send Mike an e-mail and then watch some Battlestar Galactica. I finished an episode of that, which I'd started weeks ago, then started the next one. That was a few hours ago, while I was eating. Probably more like 8 hours ago.

I got an e-mail from Michael saying he was leaving for school, but that he'd watched Torchwood and that "it was awesome!" ;-0) I agree.

I watched Saw IV last night. I didn't enjoy it as much as the other 3, but a lot of that is it sets up a lot of stuff that we don't get to see in this chapter, and explains some set ups from the previous movie, while not giving us the answers in this one. Also, aside from the usual leaps of logic and stuff, there's this one plot thread that feels like a flaw, which I worry won't be explained in the upcoming sequels (there are going to be at least 6 movies all together). Hopefully the 2 movies left in the series will correct or explain this flaw. I don't really love any of the characters that were in this movie either. I liked characters that were in 1-3, and now they're all dead, and I didn't really connect with any of the new ones here. We'll see. lol

I did watch that Battlestar today, and I'll probably watch some more later. I read more of my book. I have just over 100 pages left I think. If I finish it within the next 24 hours I'll be happy.

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Mark's home from work and watching Battlestar Galactica. I'm feeling a bit better than I was...not feeling dehydrated now. I spoke to Michael on the phone, and my friend Bryan too, who wanted to know my middle name so he could write me into a book! How cool is that? I've written like 8 poems about Bryan (back in the day), but I don't think they're on my site as I never did the artwork for them. I should get on that.

Michael and I talked about his school and stuff, including news of this boy that he has a class with whom he "used to have a crush on" who is now hanging out with him and stuff. Sounds like the crush hasn't ended to me. But if he'd be happier with the other guy, then who am I to stop him? We're not married after all. Oh what the fuck am I talking about? lol

Currently, I'm writing this between burning discs for Mollie in my room, while I watch Justice League downstairs. I love the DCAU, and though I never thought about it before, Batman is the lynch pin of the entire thing. He's obviously in DCAU, and though I never thought about it before, Batman is the lynch pin of the entire thing. He's obviously in Batman: The Animated Series and it's continuation + 3 animated features (Mask of the Phantasm, Subzero & Mystery of the Batwoman). He's in "Superman: The Animated Series, Static Shock, Justice League & Justice League Unlimited, Batman Beyond, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker & The Zeta Project. For those that include the webisodes, he's not in Gotham Girls, but he's referenced quite a bit as it's centered around characters that originated on his show. And while he doesn't appear in Lobo, that's about all he doesn't appear in. It's crazed. It's cool. Now if they'd just release the webisodes, Static Shock & The Zeta Project I'd have the whole damned thing! :-0)

Now that I think about it...I think the reason I maybe haven't warmed to the new Chrsitian Bale Batman movies is that I have my favorite Batman already. I loved the old Adam West Batman when I was a kid. And I enjoyed Tim Burton's "Batman", "Batman Returns", and even loved "Batman Forever" (Tim Burton produced that one). The less said about "Batman & Robin" the better. But Batman from the DCAU, has all sorts of things going for him that the previous versions just can't touch. He's complex in most of his incarnations but ony in the DCAU do we see him over the course of his entire life...with so much explored. And he's the Batman I embraced between that last Batman movie, and the over-rated "Batman Begins" which gets the character right, but can just never compete with what the animated version has to offer. The same goes for newest animated "The Batman"; it's ok as is, but it will never have a chance to grow like my Batman. I doubt will ever see the character explored so deeply ever again. Which is too bad I suppose.

Before I spoke to Michael on the phone I was looking at my GLBTQ inclusive dvd collection. Most times I just take it for granted, but I was looking at it and it's really cool on a bunch of different levels. Like, it has all these movies like "Torchsong Trilogy" & "My Own Private Idaho" that were touchstones for me as Queer kid. Plus it shows that even in an inclusive collection there is a huge amount of subject matter and diversity. There are westerns, and dramas, and comedies, horror, science fiction, Christmas themed stuff...it's really neat. It's something that I'm proud to have. And it's something that I was obsessed about for awhile that looking back on, I can say that I'm still happy with the choices I made. There are actually a few titles that weren't available when I started it, that are out now. I mean...like older titles, not all the new ones that have come out since...I should get those. They belong on my shelf.

Anyways. I've got discs to burn and Justice League to watch. Later Kiddies.

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   Friday, January 18, 2008

Still awake. Doing laundry. Burning discs. I cleaned my room up, and put my freshly washed sheets on my bed. I'm tired, but I wanted to be sure to get my work clothes in the dryer before bed. I didn't read any of my book, so I doubt I'll be finishing it tonight. I'm just not into it at the moment, and I'm ok with that.

When watching Justice League earlier, I continued where I'd left off a few months ago, and skipped the stories I don't enjoy as much. I watched "Paradise Lost, Part II", "The Brave & the Bold, Parts I & II", "Fury, Parts I & II" & "A Knight with Shadows, Part I". All good fun. All from Season 1, which has a few slow spots. Season 2 was a huge improvement. Season 3 (aka JLU Seasons 1 & 2) is yet another grand slam. Season 4 (aka JLU Season 3) kind of treads water, but serves as a neat coda; the best they could do with half as many episodes as previous seasons.

Mollie left me some comments on the previous entries. I need a way to comment back. Hmmm.

I haven't seen Corey online lately, but I haven't been chatting much. I hope he's ok. Last I heard from him he didn't sound very good. I miss him.

I should get some sleep. I work later today, and I want to be on time and stuff. I want to be well rested and in a good mood and all of that. ;-0)

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