Sunday, March 30, 2008

I chatted with Michael last night for a bit.

I talked with Mollie on the phone this morning. Great to hear her voice. We made each other laugh. We talked about Michael, and books, and dvds, and stupid people, and pain, and pain caused by stupid people, and fear of haircuts in the South, and fear of pain causing stupid people in the South. It cheered me up, and I hope it did the same for her.

I just got the new tv trailer for season 4 of Doctor Who; that's Season 30 for all the old fans. The new trailer shows less footage, and was somehow twice as brilliant as the theatrical trailer. Wicked. One week from today I'll have most likely seen the finale to the 2nd season of Torchwood, and the season 4 premiere of Doctor Who!!! I'm so excited! A week from tomorrow I'll send Mollie a disc with all of Tochwood Season 2, and the premiere of Doctor Who. I'll also send Wendy 4 discs with all of the available Whoniverse on them.

I'm in the middle of a movie called "Ice Men" which seems to be good, and probably is, yet I'm taking a break from it to write this. I'm finding it hard to concentrate on any one thing. I'm downloading the Battlestar Galactica specials that aired last night; I'm pretty sure I already saw one of them online already. Oh. I'll have seen the new Battlestar a week from now as well. ;-0)

I work tonight. I work Tuesday & Friday. I might go to Necto Monday night. I might visit Mark's mom on Thursday, but that's not a certainty.

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I finished that "Ice Men" movie this morning, then switched back to reading "The Golden Compass", as Mollie is reading it too, and we can talk about it. It's kind of dry at first, which is one of the things that we talked about at first. I'm left off part way through 'Chapter Three: Lyra's Jordan', and it's getting a bit better now, I think.

After reading a bit, I printed up some more Donnie Darko themed art to go with the others. I find myself taking artwork on subjects of different artists and combining them lately. It's kind of cool. I think. Or not. But it's what I'm doing.

Later, Mark got up and I showed him the new Doctor Who trailer. He said he liked it. I pointed out that a week from now we'll have seen the new BSG, the final Torchwood of 2008, and the first Doctor Who. I'm counting down the days now. Mark liked the pictures too.

I printed up one of the new Batman Begins sequel posters, with the Joker from behind, which Mark agrees looks great. I find myself interested in seeing this film, The Dark Knight, though I thought the first one was over-hyped, over-done, and under-produced / directed. I keep meaning to rewatch it and see if I'll like it better, but I never quite make it. Maybe sometime this week. I intend to rent Sweeny Todd tonight; maybe I'll get Batman as well.

Soon after printing the picture I took a nap. I thought I'd sleep right up until I had to go to work, but I woke up feeling pretty rested, so I might just stay up. I have to leave for work in about 3 hours. I have no idea who I'm closing with. I seldom if ever look, and I haven't been bringing home a schedule lately as my hours have been pretty constant on the same days, and so I haven't needed a reminder.

I'll probably go to the bank and the grocery store after work. Then probably home to bed. Maybe I'll read some more, or watch something. We'll see.

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   Monday, March 31, 2008

I read a bit more of 'The Golden Compass' before taking a nap and going to work. I closed with John, and worked with Ruki & Amanda. I didn't get all my sales goals, but I got all but the really hard one, and I did really great otherwise. It was mostly slow, but I didn't have any assholes coming in, so that was ok. I went to the bank and grocery store after work, just as I'd planned. I just got home. I'm tired. I'm gonna try to sleep or read - definitely both; just not sure what order.

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I slept for about 3 hours. I need to take my prilosec. I'm hungry. I kind of feel like avoiding the computer for awhile. Just taking a short vacation from it. I'm just going to try to spend less time on it today. Maybe concentrate on the book I'm reading...and I guess I could burn some discs for peeps. Hmm.

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I preordered the rest of the Star Trek books coming out this year, once I noticed they were all available. I also read a blurb about the upcoming 'Destiny' trilogy which peaked my interest, though I also found a quote from KRAD saying that there were things that were and were not accurate in the blurb, and that there was still much more to be revealed that wasn't even hinted at. Cool. Though I doubt I'll be caught up on all the older books in time to read them as they come out...still, so much to look forward to on the book front.

I continued reading "The Golden Compass". I'm enjoying it more now, though I can see why the Harry Potter books sort of eclipsed this series. Still, I'm glad I'm reading it. I'm glad I'm reading at all after the last few days. I'm going to have a snack and then continue on.

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I've had my snack. Mark is getting ready for work. I'm just starting chapter 8 of "The Golden Compass". It's an odd sort of book, but I'm enjoying it more as it goes. It just seems to move very slowly.

Torchwood's 2nd Season ends in just 4 days. Battlestar Galactica's final season begins in just 4 days. Doctor's Who's 4th Season begins in just 5 days. Those date roll over and over in my brain.

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I'm now in Part II of 'The Golden Compass'; the first part was called "Oxford", while this 2nd part is called "Bolvangar". I'm in Chapter 10, which is called "The Consul and the Bear".

I think I might work on the Labyrinth section of my wall today, and the thought of it inspired me to listen ot "As the World Falls Down" from the Labyrinth soundtrack, which I'm doing right now. David Bowie rocks. "Makes no sense at all; makes no sense to fall..." ;-0)

So I think I've preordered all the upcoming Trek titles now. These titles include the following:

Vulcan's Soul, Book III: Epihpany

Terok Nor: Night of the Wolves

Terok Nor: Dawn of the Eagles

DS9: These Haunted Seas (Omnibus)

Myriad Universes, Vol 1: Infinity's Prism

Myriad Universes, Vol 2: Echoes & Refractions

DS9: Fearful Symmetry

Next Generation: Greater Than the Sum

Enterprise: Kobayashi Maru

Corps of Engineers: Wounds

Destiny, Book 1: Gods of Night
Destiny, Book 2: Mere Mortals
Destiny, Book 3: Lost Souls

And I'm pretty sure that's all the books coming out this year. Now they'll arive at my door shortly after they're released.

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I woke up just a bit ago; not sure how long I was asleep. I have a headache, and I feel slightly dehydrated, which is odd because I drank some water while I was reading....

Just checked my e-mail. Several Amazon orders have shipped, including the Vulcan's Soul trilogy, and new Doctor Who dvds "The Time Warrior" & "Timelash". It will be nice to have them in my collection. The Doctor Who dvds, are stories that I already had access to through rips of old vhs copies, but the new dvds will obviously be of a much higher quaility, plus they tend to have really great special features. The Vulcan's Soul trilogy has been a long time coming as I've been waiting for each volume to be available in paperback, and the 3rd volume will finally be available tomorrow; 4 years since the trilogy started being released.

I also got this Amazon news thing saying that all their sci-fi stuff was on sale, so I checked out the Battlestar Galactica stuff, but only the newer releases were marked down, and those are the ones I already have. That's ok. I've spent enough on that lately.

I need to take my prilosec. I might have to take some midrin later too; I only have 3 pills left. I was going to have that filled today but I forgot. And I need more water. I like drinking this certain brand of bottled water, which is hard to find, and the last few times I've gone to the Westgate Kroger they've been out of it, and last night was sadly no exception.

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