Monday, September 1, 2008
We got slammed at work tonight. Also, LC screwed up my food, and I ended up getting it for free, but it sort of knocked me for a loop. I survived the night, but just barely.
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I spoke to Mollie, Michael & Corey online last night, but I didn't last long as I was exhausted, and went to bed, where I read a chapter of my book and then slept until 10am. I watched Doctor Who's "Last of the Time Lords", as Chris had mentioned that she'd just seen that one, only I didn't stop there and continued with "Time Crash", "Voyage of the Damned", "Partners in Crime", "The Fires of Pompeii" & "Planet of the Ood". Donna is definitely my favorite companion; and it was nice to revisit her early adventures.
I got a call from my dad, wishing me a happy labor day. I called my sister Janice, who isn't feeling well at all. Hopefully she'll get some rest; her kids start school tomorrow. I told her to give me a call if she's feeling better later this week.
I took a shower. I'm about to have a snack. I think I'll try to finish my book now, or at least come close. I haven't decided if I'm going to Necto tonight or not. I might just chill with Michael. Or perhaps we'll play AVP again? I don't know.
I do know, that I'm proud of myself for saving my money this weekend, when almost everyone around me encouraged me to spend. I've only got a bit over $200.00 in the bank, and that scares the hell out of me. But I should be getting a check soon from work, and I'll deposit whatever I have left after groceries this week, and that should help a bit. I've got stuff preordered on Amazon; Star Wars & Star Trek books; Doctor Who / Torchwood / & Sarah Jane dvds. But a lot of that was reduced in price by my amazon birthday gift card, so that's taken care of I think.
I need to organize a new Mollie care package. ;-0)
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I started reading, but fell asleep before even a page was read. I'd taken some pain killer for a potentially killer migrain, and when I woke up there was no pain, so I'm counting it as a win. So I haven't gotten any reading done today. But I'm not worried about that, I got a lot done yesterday. The thing is, there is the upcoming trilogy of Trek books, which spans several different series of Trek books, and is said to shakeup the status quo, and I've been reading books all year to prepare for it. I've got 5 more books, plus the one I'm reading now, to finish before I'm ready for the trilogy. The first book of the trilogy is set to come out in October, though we may get it in late September. The next volume comes out in October/November, and the final book comes out in November/December. As long as I have all the books read before the final volume of the trilogy comes out I'll be happy. The books in question are:
Titan #02: The Red King (reading now)
Articles of the Federation
Titan #03: Orion's Hounds
Titan #04: Sword of Damocles
Next Gen: Greater Than the Sum
Enterprise: Kobayashi Maru
Destiny #01: Gods of Night
Destiny #02: Mere Mortals
Destiny #03: Lost SoulsThere will also be several followup novels to the trilogy in 2009, so that's another reason I want to read these as they become available.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
I finished my book Monday night, before getting ready for the bar. The crowd was a bit different tonight, but it was still fun. Though there has been an annoying trend lately, where they play only half a song before switching to the next, and Yoda keeps SHOUTING out to the dancers, which he's mostly only done at the end of the night - which I find fucking annnoying. If it continues, I may have to give up Monday nights. I managed to have fun though, by chatting with Jeremy & Kelsey (whom I met Sunday night at Hollywood), their friends, my bar friend Dwayne, and my other bar friend Charles, who I got to kiss and grope. ;-0)
I'm home now, obviously. I have a new voicemail from Mark...which says he'll try calling me again later, only that seems unlikely. Michael couldn't come to the bar because he's got class at 9am. I don't know if I'll start reading the next Trek before I sleep, or if I'll just pass out. I work today at 1pm.
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Just woke up. And I was wrong; Mark did try to call me back, and 3:55am. Why he thought I'd be awake at that time when I've been sleeping at night for over a week is beyond me, but it's just the time difference; is there one? lol My back is killing me. I'm going to have to make a concious effort to sleep differently; position wise, I mean.
I just called in my perscription of Midrin. I still have over half a bottle of my last refill, but today is the last day I could order my final one, so I made the call.
I still feel tired. Perhaps I should nap for another hour or something?
I did start the next Trek book. It's a political novel that follows the trials of a new Federation President throughout the year 2380. It's often praised and compared to the West Wing, which I never watched. Hopefully it doesn't bore me. I won't be reading it straight through. There are other Trek novels that I haven't read yet that also take place in this year, and I know at what points I'm supposed to read them...there are at least 3 novels set within that year that I've already read, not having been aware of this order, and I'd like to reread them actually, but I don't have the time if I want to be ready for that cross series Destiny trilogy. Maybe next time. ;-0)
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I got a call while I was eating this morning, asking if I could come in an hour later than normal on account of our labor woes. That worked fine for me. Later, during my lunch, Bryan said it would be fine if I go home, as we were getting chewed out about labor, again, and so I left. Meaning I worked like 2 hours today. Still, better than nothing...just kind of a waste. The economy sucks. And Hollywood is becoming less fun as a result.
I talked to Mark on my break; said his vaction has been fun, and that he's been relaxing, which is just what I wanted to hear. I have to pick him up from the airport tonight; hopefully that goes smoothly.
I want another AVP LAN party NOW! ;-0)
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The Sarah Jane Adventures begins in just 26 days!!! Just 26 Days and we'll be back in the Whoniverse, for another 12 weeks of episodes...with returning villains such as the Sontarans, the Graske and the Bane! And with the return of The Brig, and a rumored appearance by The Doctor himself! But even if that proves to not be true, The Doctor will return in this year's Christmas Special just over a week after the finale of Sarah Jane! 13 Adventures in the Whoniverse coming our way, starting in just 26 days!
Ok. I'm ok now. :0)
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog is now available for download on Itunes; the soundtrack I mean. ;-0)
Word is trickling down, and Heroes, Volume 3 sounds amazing - and the final episodes of BSG are said to be "brutal"; I wouldn't expect anything less. ;-0)
Ok. So now that the geeky stuff is out of the way. Michael, Chris & Erica came over last night to play AVP, which was loads of fun. I guess that's still geeky stuff. I even got some Michael/Jason moments of bliss. The game was a bit odd, as they started playing the different races this time, and they all wanted to play aliens, which meant that I couldn't, as they can't really kill each other (as facehuggers), so that was odd. Now I understand why you can limit how many aliens are in a game, and will take advantage of that feature next time.
We played until Mark called from the airport, having landed back in Detroit quite a bit earlier than expected. All my pals left, with a very nice hug goodbye, and then I picked up Mark. It was great to see him, and hug him, and he drove us home. I'd forgotten to take my prilosec, so my tummy was slightly upset. Mark had several adventures on his trip, which sound exciting, but like things I wouldn't have enjoyed, which makes me even happier with my choice to remain home. Still, Mark is home, and last night was good.
I had a lot of trouble getting to sleep last night, but once I did, I slept well, and had good dreams, if slightly scary dreams. I mean...they were kind of nightmarish, but I dealt well with them in the dreams, so I'm rating them as good dreams.
I decided to put the political Trek book on hold, and dive into the next Titan book instead. It's seems better to me, to just read all 4 available Titan books, chronology be damned...which isn't like me at all, but I'm cool with that.
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Thursday, September 4, 2008
Good news first. 25 Days until Sarah Jane. I'm loving my Trek book. I got my drugs and groceries. I got to talk to Mollie & Karen. Had a fun day with Mark. Got to see Bryan & Chris. And last (but not least), a member of my extended family came out, though I can't say who it is, or when it happened, as not everyone knows yet, and might not know for a long time, though several key people now do. I'm very proud of this person, and will love them forever.
Bad news. We had a flat tire today. $600.00 for new tires. DJ, the best manager I've ever had, was fired. I'm now 2nd to only Bryan in the amount of time, currently employed by Hollywood. I don't see myself staying there after this. I've already put in a change in my availability to only Sunday nights, and I'll start looking for work, and possibly pick up some slack working for Mark. I just don't want to work there anymore. The politics and backstabbing have reached a new low, and while I've enjoyed my time at Hollywood for the most part, that has been on the decline for some time now (as my close friends can attest). I don't care if I have to work at Kroger or Blockbuster or whatever...I fucking want out. I can't imagine enjoying another job as much as I've enjoyed this one, but the fun times have soured in the last year or so, and I know I'm not the only one that feels that way.
I'm tired. I'm slightly depressed. I'm very angry. And I'm a lot confused. I'm tempted to wander up to Aut Bar, but I'm not convinced that I'd enjoy talking to anyone so what's the point?
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I did end up wandering up to Aut Bar...very slowly. I didn't get there until after 1am. But I saw some bar friends (Keith, Patrick, Michael, Robert & Redcloud) and made a new one (Richard), whom I'd met a few years before, but not in such detail. It was a nice distraction from my shock. Still shocked that DJ's gone from Hollywood. It's just not Hollywood without him. Or should I say that its just Hollywood without him, as I feel he mostly kept the corporate shitheads at bay. Oh well.
After I got home, I chatted and cuddled with Mark some more. We had watched "Meet the Robinsons" on Wednesday. While out and about I picked up a copy of "The Last Unicorn", which I started watching, and then paused while I tumbled into sleep.
I've been awake for a few hours now but haven't really accomplished anything. Though I did see the trailer for "MILK", which I'm greatly anticipating. It's definitely the highest profile GLBT movie since Brokeback Mountain.
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I'm doing laundry (still). Mark is watching a movie, "Doomsday". I read the new issues of Buffy & Angel today. Buffy is almost always fantastic, while Angel is often so...odd as to be rendered incomprehensible; the art is weird; I have a hard time telling who's who at times, and the dialogue often doesn't sound like the characters. Buffy was less than satisfying though, as it's Part III of IV and didn't provide any of the answers I was looking for. If I had any self control I'd wait for the graphic novels every few months just so I could read the series without the gaps. Oh Well.
So for those of you who don't remember (or missed) the Preston drama, you can now CLICK HERE to read about this mid-July - early-August blip on the map of my life. Everyone caught up? Good.
So I saw that Preston was online on AIM & Yahoo, so I left him a hello, and said that I hoped he was well. That's it. A polite hello and a well wishing. And what did I get for that? Well no response there, but he later called 5 times, and didn't leave a message. This worried me, as I thought maybe he was in trouble or something, so I gave him a call back, he answered, said "Hey" and then hung up on me. Then a few minutes later he called back and hung up before my phone had even completed ringing. I picture him doing this in front of his friends, laughing, like what he's done is so cool, when all he did was slightly amuse a guy who actually cared about him. He's obviously still completely insane. I thought maybe it was just a phase that was heightened by his then heavy drug use. Oh well. No one can say I didn't try. People are scary.
I read some more of my Titan book, which continues to entertain. I think it's the best of the 3 I've read so far. They've actually gotten better with each volume, which is great. I've decided I'm skipping the political Trek book all together at the moment. I know a lot of folks really love it, but politics in general bore me to tears, or disgust me, and I'm pretty sure I'm getting enough background on the political figures in the books I've been reading. I can always read it later, with the "A Time To..." series, which I also skipped. I've now heard that the trilogy I've been preparing for will have elements of the New Frontier series, which I love, but haven't finished. Once I'm done with the books I planned to read first (4 more to go) I might read some New Frontier if I have the time. ;-0)
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Friday, September 5, 2008
It's come to my attention that I'm a rather slow reader, unless I'm reading a new Harry Potter book, in which case I read very, very quickly for fear of being spoiled. Yet I enjoy reading, slow as I am. lol.
24 days until Sarah Jane!
I just saw a manip of Elijah Wood in which his 'wood' was surprisingly large. I'd post it here, but as I don't own it, I can't. lol
Mollie should skip this next paragraph as it may kill her with illness or giggles - and force her to leave violent commentary on this blog. lol
My Trek book continues to surprise. I just read a loving moment between Riker & Troi, that bordered on erotic, without making me want to retch, and I'd say it's because the actors involved in such scenes aren't on display in the book, but I picture them that way, so they kind of are. All I know, is that I'm gay and at this point I actually want to fuck councilor Troi (we don't call her councilor botox unless she's being forced to pretend she's 10 years younger than she actually is in a travesty of a finale for Enterprise - here she's acting her proper age and is all the hotter for it). Still not excited about Riker though. If it helps, there are at least 3 gay crewmembers, and I'm cheering for all of them as well. :-0)
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I'm reading all kinds of fun info and rumors about upcoming Whoniverse episodes. It makes me smile. We're not getting as many episodes between now and 2010, but what we are getting sounds great so far. Hope it's awesome! It's gonna be hell collecting all those Sarah Jane episodes and not sending them to Mollie until I have them all in December. She'll probably watch them on YouTube though, despite the lack of quality there. Ooh...and I read somewhere that we'll be getting lots of Ianto goodness in the 5 Torchwood episodes this season, but lots of people are saying these 5 episodes are the end of the show, which is coming from people who wouldn't know, so I'm assuming they're just speculating...badly.
As far as I can tell, we'll be getting 23 or 24 episodes in Season 31 of the Whoniverse. That's 12 Sarah Jane episodes, 5 Torchwood episodes, at least 6 Doctor Who episodes, with a possible mini-episode for the Doctor to bring the total up to 24. And we'll be getting at least 14 episodes (of Who) in Season 32 - with an unknown # of Torchwood and Sarah Jane episodes. Even if Sarah Jane & Torchwood were to end their runs, Doctor Who seems set to continue for years to come.
I'm tired, but not sleepy. Blah.
Of the New Who characters (not including the Doctor), Jack has made the most appearaces (40 Episodes), Rose Tyler comes in 2nd with (34 Episodes), Gwen Cooper & Ianto Jones tie for 3rd (with 28 episodes each), Tosh comes in 4th (with 27 episodes), & Owen Harper (the only Torchwood main character to never appear in Who) comes in 5th place (with 26 episodes). If this were a top 10 the list would go like this:
10 Maria Jackson (11 Episodes)
09 Luke Smith (13 Episodes)
08 Jackie Tyler (14 Episodes)
07 Donna / Mickey (15 Episodes)
06 Martha Jones (22 Episodes)
05 Owen Harper (26 Episodes)
04 Toshiko "Tosh" Sato (27 Episodes)
03 Gwen / Ianto (28 Episodes)
02 Rose Tyler (34 Episodes)
01 Jack Harkness (40 Episodes)
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I'm awake now. That's the name of a Goo Goo Dolls song. DJ loves the Goo Goo Dolls. I don't want to go to work. The thought of going in on a Friday, on which he would have worked and been smiling, and given me a hug (he was always doing that) just kind of kills me now.
*is depressed*
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After I got up and around, showered, shaved, set up a ride to work, Bryan called to let me know Dennis was going to be in the store today. Dennis fired DJ. I'm not going into work, which helps them with labor, and helps me not say something I want to say to Dennis and get fired.
Feeling more depressed I called my Grandmother. I don't talk about her a lot here, but I try to call every week and see how she's doing. She had an Endoscopy yesterday. I spoke to her last night and she seemed tired; if I'd had known about the procedure, I'd have walked up to the hospital to be there for her, but she doesn't like to worry me. They found she had an ulcer. I called today to check up on her, and I guess I just missed Janice (who I'd called just before calling Grandma), and Grandma sounds lots better and that made me smile... And then I asked about Jamie, my younger sister, who's been cruel to me for over a year now with no explanation... I always ask my Grandmother & family how she's doing, because I can't stop caring about her even though she's been a total bitch to me... And she told me that my little sister got married on Saturday, and I was the only member of the family not invited. Janice, my grandparents, my parents, they were all there. I'm sure no one told me in advance because they didn't want to hurt me... And now I'm crying again, because of her. I've asked her why she treats me this way, and the only answer I got from her was "Because you're you." - like - what the fuck does that mean? None of my family members understand it either. And there's this little voice at the back of my head, that says they must not care about me either, because they don't question her actions towards me directly. I had the car all weekend, and could have made it to her wedding...but instead I was home, alone.
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I talked to my sister Janice on the phone for about an hour and I feel a lot better. She always helps me feel better about the Jamie situation. I still feel weird about my job, job hunting, all of that... When I got hired at Hollywood the job market wasn't that great, and now it's worse. But I'll be ok for now, and there's no use worrying about what's to come; that won't help me or anybody else. I also talked with Janice about her troubles, and that helped too. Plus we talked about stuff that we really needed to talk about, or at least stuff that I really had to say, and it went well I think.
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I should get ready. Mark & I are going to Best Buy when he gets home from work, then going to see my Grandma.
That Star Trek trilogy that I've been preparing to read (for like 2 years now), Star Trek: Destiny - well the first volume (which should come out either late this month or next month) has gotten it's first review, and it's a good one. Yay! There is also a good interview with the author David Mack (who I've traded barbs and praise with in the past) here.
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Saturday, September 6, 2008
So Mark & I went to Hollywood after he got home from work on Friday, where we returned our movies, and Mark rented more while I went in back to collect DJ's photographs so I could give them to him. Mike & Bill were back there and they broke the news to me that they're cutting hours beyond what anyone expected, with 1 person opening the store, and 1 person closing the store (as opposed to 2 or 3) between Sunday & Thursday, with 2 closing on Friday & Saturday. This is gonna bite them in the ass in the worst way. Sometimes on Sunday nights, even with 3 of us we get overwhelmed, and often times with 2 of us it's also happened...with 1, it's gonna suck for the closer, and it's going to suck for the customers who have to wait in line. It's pretty horrible. This also means my change in availability will most likely result in me not working at all, unless I work something out with Bryan or something. We'll see.
After that horror, we went to DJ's where I let him know everything that was going on, hung out, made plans for a DJ inclusive AVP session, and got lots of hugs (plus arts & crafts from one of his sons). It was very cool.
After that we visited my Grandparents, and my little sister and new husband were there. Instead of calling her a bitch and giving her the satisfaction of knowing she'd deeply hurt me by not iviting me to her wedding, I simply said "Congratulations Mrs. Scott" and then congratulated her husband and shook his hand, before sitting with Grandma and chatting her up. At first Jamie ignored me and Mark, but later she actually looked at me and spoke to me. And when Jamie & Paul took their leave, I made sure to get a hug from Jamie, and a handshake from Paul, who started talking to me about Doctor Who & Star Trek. After she & Paul left, Grandma smiled as we dicussed Jamie's talk with me; both of us happy that she'd been civil to me for the first time in over a year. It doesn't excuse her past behavior, but perhaps in my taking the high road I've finally prevented this randome and nonsensical war? I'm not holding my breath. But it was nice to be treated like family for once. The visit with Grandma & Grandpa, beyond just the Jamie stuff, went very well. I love them so much, and it was great to sit and talk with them, and have Mark there; they love him too.
We had originally envisioned going out to eat, but I was getting a headache so we came home instead. I was also planning on going to Necto, as several friends of mine were going, but I was tired too. Also, I cut my head shaving earlier, and Mark said it was way worse than I thought so he bandaged it up, and I settled in to finish watching "The Last Unicorn", which has aged very well.
I'll probably read a bit before I sleep, assuming I can get to sleep.
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Ohhh. :-0) I just bought the Torchwood soundtrack from Itunes. It's the score music from the first 2 seasons of the show, and I'm swooning at all the memories...especially "Jack's Love Theme" - the music played near the end of the episode "Captain Jack Harkness". Argh. I love soundtracks, and this one just made my night!!! :-0)
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I slept extremely well. Actually, I woke up all sweaty and irratable as the Central Air was turned up to 75; I turned it down to 70 and went back to sleep to more pleasant dreams. I dreamt that I applied at a bunch of jobs and they all wanted me. I also dreamed about fucking my cousin Michael, which was surprisingly hot; just the position was beyond odd. lol.
I don't want to go downtown as there's a football game on and the minute it breaks out the traffic will be killer!
I set up some stuff for Mollie on my webpage, and updated some other stuff.
I have my Doctor Whoniverse music files playing on random, and it's dreamy. 23 days until Sarah Jane!
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--> New Sarah Jane Adventures Trailer <---
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I ate. And slept as a result; my pills still make me sleepy. I woke up with the phone ringing. I don't remember what I was dreaming about, but I remember being upset that I'd left my ringer on. Actually my phone was almost dead. It was Preston calling. I didn't answer. After the call ended (without leaving a message of course) I clicked on his name, deciding to give his number a silent ring tone so it wouldn't bother me in the future, but the phone rang again and when I was pressing buttons it picked up. I could just here "I Kissed a Girl" which he loves, I was still woozy and didn't know what to do until he said hello, and I said hello back, expecting him to hang up, only he didn't. He asked me to come to Aut Bar because he & his friends are going there and he wants to talk to me about 'stuff'. I told him I might come. I asked him why he called a million times the other night and hung up, but he said something was wrong with his phone, which he just got fixed. I'm not sure I believe him at this point. Most of me wants to just ignore it, but what if he's telling the truth? And it's not like I hadn't considered going to the Aut Bar tonight anyways. Though...I have this shaving accident on my head; this huge scratch on my scalp - it looks like Freddy Kruger gave me the finger. lol Well...I'm probably going to go.
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