Sunday, January 11, 2009

I finished Season 3 of Ally last night and started Season 4, but had to stop the first episode and sleep. I had crazy dreams about sex (HOT) and BSG (interesting). I had morning wood when I woke up.

I took a shower. I read some news and wrote this. My life has been pretty internalized lately.

5 Days until BSG 4.5. Apparently Edward James Olmos (Admiral Adama) and Mary McDonnell (President Roslin) will be on The View on Thursday. Hopefully someone will post it online.

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Very cool retrospective on 2008 in film:

I used to see so many movies; I saw 2 in theaters last year ("AVP:R", "Hellboy II"), and there's only one in this montage of 99 or 100 movies that I've seen. Kind of makes me sad. But I mostly saw movies with Mollie, and seeing them without her feels weird. Plus I usually caught movies when they came into work and I missed a big wave of movies this year, as the ones that did come out on dvd already were right around the time I left Hollywood.

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My stomach is still upset. But not as much as it was yesterday or this morning. And the weather is a lot more inviting than it was yesterday; it's not snowing and the sun is out. I should go to the store(s) and I probably will.

I just watched a video interview with Edward James Olmos talking about "The Plan", which he directed. He raved about it, and said the fans will be so glad that they made it. He also said that it might run longer than 2 hours, and if so it will all be on the dvd. Hopefully these means a longer cut (like "Pegasus", "Razor" & "Unfinished Business") rather than just a set of deleted scenes. I find it hard to watch deleted scenes because I'm almost always bummed they were removed from the episode...and I feel like if they weren't in the episodes than they don't count. The only exceptions to this, for me, are the Razor minisodes that didn't make it back into the Razor extended cut, because those WERE aired online before Razor aired on television.

Anyways - I saw the above interview at this fun site (which I found through this other fun BSG site), where you can see a lot of BSG commentary. I plan to watch more of their webcasts when I get home from the stores.

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   Monday, January 12, 2009

So I ended up going to the stores yesterday, with Mark. I was planning on going alone, but then realized I missed him and wanted to spend some time with him. Which went well; even though he forgot his wallet and I ended up driving us everywhere and paying for everything. lol. He did get me some cash and it was no big deal. It was fun actually.

First we went to Hilldards. My ex-bf Michael was working. It's always weird seeing him there. I don't know if he doesn't notice me or he's trying to avoid me. I don't like going up to him there because he's a captive audience in that situation, you know? I don't want to corner him for a hello. He took me off his myspace and facebook pages for a reason, and while I don't understand it, I've tried to respect that. I wouldn't even go to Hillards, but it's the only place we can find (Mike clued us in, during better times) that sells the Dannon Water that I like so much. Mark needed a funnel and we got that there too, plus 2 bottles of the wine that I like, for cheap.

Then we expressed to Meijer where I got pills and Boost and almost bought The Dark Knight. I've still not seen it. But I figured I could go to Hollywood and rent it. I picked up Dark Knight, The Women, Iron Man & Prince Caspian. Only they'd raised the prices to $4 something. Now, that may not seem like much, but I'm used to getthing them for free, and I just left without getting the movies. Mark wanted to help me get them another way but at that point I was so frustrated I just wasn't in the mood to watch them anymore.

We went to the bank and to Kroger for groceries, then to Little Caesars where we ran into an old Hollywood customer of mine named Pam. We embraced and talked about missing each other and traded stories of the new (lame) Hollywood Video; she told me she got in a huge fight with the assistant manager, and othe tales. It was nice.

We got our food and headed home. We ate separately, both watching different things. I watched more BSG related stuff online - I'm ACHING for the final 10 episodes now. After the really good food, we got the groceries out of the car, and went our separate ways again.

My stomach was still a bit upset last night, but seemed better by morning. I slept for about 8 hours. I had several interesting dreams. One involved my cousin Jennifer having a beautiful little daughter. Jennifer is pregnant right now, and I'm going to have to ask if she knows the sex of the child yet. lol

I watched and read more BSG related stuff when I got up. I got Mark out of bed for work. I watched the final webisode with commentary. I watched the holiday episode of Graham Norton. I watched last weeks new episode of Nip/Tuck; LOVED it. And then I left Mollie some obscenely long messages on her voicemail.

I got on facebook to reply to a message from my nephew, Jordan. Then I responded to an e-mail from Carrie, during which she sent me a message on the facebook messenger. Then I chatted with her, and Chris and Cara. It was fun. And now I'm writing this.

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4 Days Until BSG 4.5:

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   Tuesday, January 13, 2009

3 days until BSG: 4.5 - and I spent some of my morning working out some BSG related stuff I might talk about later.

It's looking more and more likely that Torchwood Season 3 won't be airing until June/July 2009. I dislike always having to wait more than a year between seasons, but at the same time I'm not aching for new Torchwood or Who episodes at the moment. I'm resigned to this being the Whoniverse Lite year, and so I'm less excited by any Whoniverse news of late.

I'm sleepy.

Mark called in today.

Mark brought home "Wall*E" and "Prince Caspian" last night. I'll try to watch those later, as they're due back tomorrow. He rented them from one of those vending machines at the store.

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I eventually sat down and watched "Wall*E", which I enjoyed. As a 'Hello Dolly' fan, I kept getting pulled out of the movie though. If I didn't recognize the musical stuff I would have enjoyed it more I think, which probably sounds weird as I knew about the link before I saw it, and I know others who love both. I also thought it was better before 'Eve/Eva' started talking, because I was thinking that it would be cool to keep Wall*E's love interest's gender a non-issue so the audience could decide for themselves. But it was still cute. I guess I was hoping for something a little edgier.

After the movie I was still tired; I didn't get a lot of sleep last night - so I took a nap, which was great. And I woke up feeling fantastic. :0)

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   Wednesday, January 14, 2009

I went to Hollywood last night and rented "The Dark Knight", "Iron Man", "The Women" and "The Mummy 3". I picked up a pizza and headed home. I ate. I chatted on Facebook with my old friend Willie. I had some wine. I started burning discs for Mollie. I settled in and watched "The Dark Knight".

Now anyone who's heard me talk about "Batman Begins" knows that I don't like that film, and that I find it impossible to understand how others enjoy it. I saw it in the theater with my best friend Mollie, and we were both unimpressed. It's just bad. The direction is bad. The actions scenes are either a confusing mess (in the first part of the film), or so over the top (in the 2nd part of the film) that I almost felt I was rewatching "Batman & Robin". The 'love story' was horribly written. Katie Holms took a lot of flak for this as she played the love interest, but really she's hardly in the movie and her storyline just wasn't told or written very well. She could have fucked it up; she just wasn't given a chance too. And for the first time, seeing a Batman movie, I questioned why anyone would be afraid of someone dressed as a freaking Bat? Why aren't they laughing I asked myself.

Last year I re-rented "Batman Begins" because I wanted to give it another chance. I wanted to like it. Why? Because I worked in a video store, and the way people praised that film...and the friends that I made there that loved that movie...I just felt like the odd one out. I thought maybe I'd been too harsh or something; maybe the print of the movie I'd seen in the theater was bad or something. Well I did like the film more the 2nd time, but not by much. The thing about watching it a 2nd time was that I realized what bothered me about it. The first half of "Batman Begins" (horribly edited as it is) feels very real (for a Batman movie) and then in the 2nd half of the film he becomes this comic book character in what has been built up as a very real world before the film explodes with a comic book ending. Previous Batman films were based in a very fantasy like setting so having a guy dressed like Batman didn't really seem that odd, but when it's set up as reality...having a guy dressed like a bat just seems really silly. The acting in the film is fine; it's just the choices made in the film that I find hard to take seriously. Anyways - I enjoyed the film more the 2nd time, and though it didn't make me embrace the film as so many others have, it did help me understand why I didn't enjoy it.

And so "The Dark Knight" was never a priority for me. The people who made "Batman Begins" made this film. And since I knew that, I was not thrilled to see this movie. Even after hearing the heaps and heaps of praise thrown at the film, and hearing about awards and the boxoffice - that was all muted, when the people praising the film then mentioned how cool the first movie was. Ick. But I've wanted to see it for some time now, just so I could get that out of the way. And last night I did.

"The Dark Knight" is the best Batman movie I've ever seen. It was a HUGE improvement over the first film, in almost every way. I wouldn't call it a superhero movie, because it really doesn't feel like one; it feels more like James Bond...only with a much better story than James Bond has ever gotten. The movie has balls. The movie has GREAT performances; Heath Ledger's Golden Globe win for supporting actor wasn't a sympathy vote. This was the first Batman story that ever made me afraid of The Joker. Two-Face was also given the best treatment I've seen of the character. Though for my money, Christian Bale's Batman will always come in 2nd to Kevin Conroy's Animated Batman. Is the movie perfect? No. There are plot holes (The Joker's plans are far too on the money; how did Two-Face get out of the car crash unscathed), and some weak moments (the love story was better served here, but not by much; Gordon's speech at the end could have been better) that recall the first film's problems, but these moments are surrounded by brilliance. Is it worthy of Best Picture? I guess it depends on the competition. Is it worth seeing? Yes. It is.

After "The Dark Knight" I started watching "Prince Caspian" (which is due back today), but I was really tired, and kind of tipsy from the wine, so I went to bed. I had a series of strange dreams. The Joker made an appearance. And some of the scenes were quite nightmarish, but I was fine with them. In one of the earlier dreams I went over to Shawn Foreman's new apartment, and it turned out he was now living on Mooreville Road (the street I grew up on), and the apartment complex was next to the cemetary, in a spot with this cool house I've always wanted to see the inside of, and I actually said to Shawn that I've always wanted to see the inside of these apartments. lol.

I woke up from that series of dreams around 9am. Pissed. Told Mark that I probably wouldn't get to see 'Prince Caspian' as I was still tired. He said that he didn't have to leave for work until 1pm. I said I was still tired and went back to bed.

More strange dreams.

I dreamt mostly about Mark in this one. We were living in our old apartment, only it was now also located in Mooreville, where my Aunt Marg's house is. I had been thinking about her back yard the other day, and how I used to love playing over there...and how I never just walk over there when I visit my relatives; I should do that next time. Anyways - it showed up in my dreams. Also the other day, Mark asked me how Shawn & Jonathan are doing and if they're still together, which I did, giving him all the new info I had, which explains maybe why Shawn was in my previous dream, and why he showed up again here. In this dream, Mark was talking to Shawn on the phone, and I came over to listen in on their conversation, and it became the oddest vision. You know, how in movies or tv shows they will show 2 people on the phone in separate locations, but it will be split screen and you can see them both? When I listened in it was like we were all in split screen; we could all see each other (me & Mark, Shawn & Jonathan). It was so weird. And while I was seeing them in their apartment, which was still up the road in this dream, it was also FAR away in their new digs. It made perfect sense in my dream. Shawn was naked from the waste down, but was lying on his stomach on the floor. He was talking about something sexual to Mark, but I got sidetracked looking up at Jonathan, who was working on a video editing project (which I remember thinking that was a strange assignment for an RN to have to do), and he was naked from the waste down too (well his underwear was around his knees) but he wasn't facing me. I was gonna compliment his ass, which he'd obviously been working on, but I didn't want to make anyone uncomfortable. In a way, the dream wasn't sexual at all; it was the height of casual. It was like me and Mark hanging out naked, which we do all the time, and it's not sexual. It just is what it is. I woke up about that time...which was 12 noon.

Then I wrote this, while taking breaks to answer e-mail; myspace and facebook comments.

2 Days Until BSG: 4.5! :0)

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I'd like to see this movie. You can read about it here.

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   Thursday, January 15, 2009

I had a mostly good day. I chatted. I shaved my head and showered. I read more of my Xanth book, and was actually enjoying it. It's a really short book, yet it's taking me a long time to read it. Xanth books are hard for me to read; they don't come naturally to me. I have to push myself to read them; even the volumes I've enjoyed. Don't know why that is. But I've got nearly all 30 some books in the series and I'm gonna read them damn it!

Mark's having some troubles at work. He's been unhappy there for some time. His problems are almost all beyond his control. He's been with this company for over 6 years; and was part of the first iteration, when they were just working out of this guy's basement. They've moved up in the world since then, but Mark's been underpaid per industry standard for all those years. He was promised a raise in October which never materialized, but even if he'd gotten it, he'd be underpaid. He's constantly working for these people, even when he's home. Even when he's home sick. It's nearly impossible for Mark to relax. Mark is stressed out and understandably so. I wish there was more I could do for him...only there isn't...so I get stressed and things just get worse. It sucks.

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I spoke to Mollie yesterday, and her mother's health is hitting another rough patch. I hope Mollie is ok.

I got a message from my friend Karen, letting me know one of my former co-workers, and an old friend of mine named Varian is working in the area and wants to see me. I hope I get to see her soon; I've missed her so much. She used to be a greeter at Meijer, and I'd visit her during her night shift and talk for hours. It was great.

No real news today.

BSG 4.5 starts tomorrow night.

I watched the movie "The Women". It was a chick flick. It wasn't terrible, but I wouldn't recommend the movie to anyone either. There was nothing special about it in my opinion. It was just there.

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   Friday, January 16, 2009

I got most of Mollie's BSG discs done yesterday. I had a fun, somewhat relaxing day. Interesting dreams. I have 110 pages left in my Xanth book.

BSG 4.5: "Sometimes a Great Notion" will air in less than 18 hours. It's about FRACKING time! It's been exactly 6 months since the previous episode. 9 weeks from tonight and the series finale will air. And then we BSG fans will just have "The Plan", the dvds, and Caprica to look forward to.

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I think I'm going to bed. I'm tired.

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Apparently I didn't follow my own advice, because I'm still awake. Maybe now I will sleep.

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I slept well. I got Mollie's BSG disks finished. I need to finish some other discs and package them all up; hopefully I'll get them out ASAP next week.

I've taken a very pro-active role in getting Mark to work on time the last few days, and it's fun. And he appreciates it. And I've been supporting him in other ways. It's good.

Mark came back right after I wrote that. lol. He forgot his longjohns yesterday and was freezing all day; did the same today and came back in while the car warmed up. I helped as best as I could to hurry him. He was smiling.

Battlestar Galactica is on in less than 9 hours. :-0)

Here's some Caprica News.

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I watched "Iron Man". It was pretty good, as far as super hero movies go. It was better than the 2 Fantastic Four movies; better than "Superman Returns" or "Batman Begins". A good beginning. It's about on par with the Spider-Man or Blade movies, which I think are ok, but not something I want to rewatch. My favorite comic movies are the X-Men series, The Dark Knight, V for Vendetta, The Crow, Sin City.

A little over 4 hours until BSG! ;-0)

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I tried watching "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" earlier. It was so very easy to shut it off and take a nap. I'll probably give it another go later.

BSG is on in 49 minutes. :0)

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So I was talking to Mark last night about me hooking up with guys that I don't end up dating and he doesn't like it. I knew this on some level because Mark is always really cruel to me after I've had a guy over; he's grouchy and acts like he wants me to be ashamed about my actions, even when I'm really happy about them. Actually, he feels like these men are laughing at him, which I don't quite understand, as it doesn't bother him when I'm dating someone. But for me...having sex with a guy is part of my process of determining if a guy is boyfriend material. There are lots of things that are important in a relationship, but if we're not sexually compatable, I want to know before I'm too emtionally involved. I've been through that a couple times and it's beyond terrible. Yet I don't like having sex with guys that I'm not connected with one some basic level. I need something of a connection or it's pointless. And now that I know how Mark feels about it, I come to the conclusion that for Mark's feelings to be spared I'll have to hide this part of myself from him when possible. Otherwise he spoils the fun of it, and if I can't get passed that then I'll never end up dating anyone ever again. But it's not easy to keep this from him when he's usually home when I have guys over. I don't feel safe going to another guy's place. Plus even if he's not around, he reads my blog, which means anything I post about the guys I've gone out with he'll read anyways. Maybe I'll have to start posting spoiler warnings that tell him not to read any further. I don't know what the solution will be, but it's on my mind.

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20 minutes. Maybe I should get some food ready.

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So I saw the first of the final 10 episodes of BSG. So much was revealed, or implied. Still so many questions needing answers. It was strange watching it on television, with commercials. Plus, it comes in so bad on our tv that it's almost like seeing it in black and white, with static and stuff. I look forward to seeing it again in blazing color. I'm in shock I think. So much happened, and there's so much that I need to think about it. One of the revelations was kind of lame in my opinion, but there were other things that were awesome. We'll see how I feel about it once I watch it again. Oh...and one musical choice really moved me; I hope it's on the soundtrack.

I think I have the flu. Either that or my pills have just starting having no effect at all.

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   Saturday, January 17, 2009

“Sometimes I live in the country. Sometimes I live in the town. Sometimes I get a great notion. To jump in the river and drown.”

Ok. I'm completely haunted by tonight's BSG episode, "Sometimes a Great Notion". I was laying in bed, drifting off, and parts kept coming back, and I started crying. I'm of the opinion that it was brilliant, but that we're obviously not in posession of all the facts...which is annoying. It will be interesting to see the series when it's all available. If I could just wait 9 weeks, but I so can't. lol.

And "All Along the Watchtower" is back in my head. Blah.

Mark thinks they're going to fuck up the story to a point where it doesn't make sense. I have more faith than he does, because I trust these writers, yet I have my doubts as well. It's easy to have doubts between installments. So much easier on dvd to just jump to the next episode, and the next, and the next.

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I had dreams about my childhood; about friends and family fighting to save lives; and about us all struggling to stop the cycle of war and death on Earth, Kobol, Caprica. lol. Yeah. Argh.

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