Sunday, June 13, 2010
Shortly after I laid down (see last entry) Mark returned home with bad news. The $200 he thought we'd lost (after thinking we'd lost $700, making the $200 sound like good news) turned out to be around $900 putting us in a worse money situation than we'd first thought. Hello STRESS. Add to this that Mark's former employers have still not given him his severance package (he was fired 6 months ago) and that we'll be losing his unemployment benefits in 2 weeks...AND he's used money that we had to pay back money they loaned us for help...and our money situation looks pretty diar. I mean...I pay for all my own groceries and for my drugs and doctor bills, but I rely on Mark for the other stuff...and if I have to get a job to not lost our home I lose my insurance and my ability to get my medications and my life, which is already on the grim side goes to even worse. :-0(
To add insult to injury, he brought in the mail which included a book that I'd ordered (and probably can't afford now) which I'd been told featured some really cool info for a special project I'm working on...only it doesn't (or at least I don't see it) so I was disappointed about that as well.
My headache was getting worse. I lay down. Mark woke me to go to the bonfire but my head still hurt bad and I was depressed about the money situation so I thought it best to stay in to take care of my head (and save on the gas money required to go to the party). I slept. Michael called later (I'd left him 3 messages earlier in the day) to say that he'd been sleeping on and off. I told him what was going on and he told me to call when my head was better...only it never was. He texted me at 2:45 am to say goodnight. I went back to sleep and woke at 6am.
I had dreams that I was in a car accident in Milan and distracted by a trip through the woods to a family friend's home. Later I was in a mental institution and writing angry messages on my face and shocking people with mentionings of porn. Later I was at a gay inclusive school, leaving some friends for a boy I liked. Later still I was being put in drag for a dance. Much later, shortly before waking, I dreamt of killing spiders with hair gel. lol. Strange dreams, but oddly happy ones.
posted by Bald Jason at 07:15 AM
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Still awake. Getting hungry. Very excited about Doctor Who again. Really enjoyed the last 2 episodes. Really looking forward to the next episode. This season has been a bit rough, but Seaosn 31 of the Whoniverse has been a huge transitional year with lots of characters dying or leaving and places being destroyed, and with just as much drama behind the scenes as well, I'm willing to cut the season some slack. But Season 32 will hopefully be better ;-0)
Thinking of chilling today. Reading. Doing the farm. Possibly working on my DCAU order thingy. ;-0)
And I'm very glad to not have a headache! Made need to get groceries at some point.
posted by Bald Jason at 09:29 AM
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Got some DCAU stuff done! Listening to Prince on random play (U Got The Look is playing now). Having a better day.
Purple Rain just arrived.
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Monday, June 14, 2010
Slept until about 2:30am. Got some Facebook messages from Josh Gerding. Replied. Did Farm Town stuff. Chatted with Chris Gordenier. Had a shake and worked on my DCAU page which...I MAY have found an order for years 1996-1998. I say maybe because I could find some flaw in it, though I think it's harder to place these episodes, not because you could get so much wrong, but simply because most of them could go in any order and I had to find an order that I like, while following the basic continuity that exists there. I do have to make some checks...and then probably watch everything, which will take a long while.
I slept more. Woke up feeling gassy. Fun. lol
New Predators TV Spot:
Here's an alternate trailer for the 2-part finale of Who. Don't watch it unless you're all caught up as it shows a lot of what's come to pass of late and you'll be spoiled:
And here's the longer, even more spoiler-ridden version that aired after the last episode (5x11 "The Lodger"):
Also, for the record, this is how the season stands at this point:
5x01 The Eleventh Hour ****
5x02 The Beast Below **
5x03 Victory of the Daleks *
5x04 The Time of Angels [Part I] ***
5x05 Flesh and Stone [Part II] ***
5x06 The Vampires of Venice ***
5x07 Amy's Choice ***
5x08 The Hungry Earth [Part I] ***
5x09 Cold Blood [Part II] ***
5x10 Vincent and the Doctor ****
5x11 The Lodger ****I'm hearing rumors that the finale will tie into all 11 previous episodes in amazing ways; if true and the finale is brilliant, these final episodes could raise the star ratings of the previous episodes involved...or if the finale sucks, this bit of continuity could possibly lower them.
I must stress that I enjoy 5x02 'The Beast Below' aside from some ANNOYING editing / script stumbles and the talking down to the audience. That must sound odd to say that about the episode and claim to enjoy it, but I do. I'm just used to my Doctor Who being better produced - and my Steven Moffat episodes to be BRILLIANT (all episodes written by him previous to this one have gotten **** or ***** so this was a big let down)
'Victory of the Daleks' was mostly lame and then EXTREMELY bad.
'The Time of Angels' / 'Flesh & Stone' would be 4 or 5 star episodes except they ignore a bit of Weeping Angel history and it grates on my nerves - but everything else about those episodes is fabulous, including River Song who comes of extremely well, which is why the episodes get *** stars, even with the major flaw. Again, these episodes had HIGH expectations based on who was writing them, but aside from the one flaw they're pretty awesome - there are scenes in here between River & 11, between 11 & Amy that I love.
The other *** episodes are all fine episodes; they're not terrible...they're just not great. They actually remind me of Classic Who a lot.
The 4 **** episodes are all very enjoyable IMO, yet there's the sense they could be slightly improved. But I'm extremely happy with them as is. I'm hoping the finale will explain a lot...I know it's got TONS of fanwank / continuity porn which I love, I just hope it wraps up this season's story to my satisfaction...while possibly setting up the Christmas Special (I hear it does) or the side trip to Sarah Jane (I here it doesn't, which makes sense).
I just downloaded the Season 3 premiere of True Blood, but I don't think I'll be watching it just yet as I'm consumed by DCAU & Doctor Who.
posted by Bald Jason at 09:33 AM
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Did more DCAU stuff. Spoke to Michael. Did more Farm Town.
I just saw a list of the filming 'blocks' for Series 5 of Doctor Who...which is to say that I've seen the order in which the episodes were filmed and if the pattern holds true I think I'll be enjoying the finale! Here's hoping! :-0)
I feel like taking a nap.
posted by Bald Jason at 02:14 PM
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Couldn't sleep. STILL awake. Watched True Blood 3x01 "Bad Blood". LOVED IT!!!
Read some new Doctor Who spoilage, which falls in line with some stuff I noticed yesterday. NICE. Not sure what it all means, but looking forward to finding out.
Sleep soon, I hope.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Finally slept last night. It was still light out when I fell asleep sometime after 9pm...and it was light out when I woke so I thought I was maybe out for just a few minutes, but it was morning. lol.
Got more messages from Josh. He's being cryptic. Save Me. That's what he said. But what does that mean exactly?
Here's a cool article about the upcoming Alien Prequels. I do hope they get to make both of them and that they're cool. I also hope "Predators" is successful and they make more of those; I think I read they would go to the Predators' homeworld next? I want to see the entire universe of AVP explored, only in films better than AVP:R, which was the worst movie I've ever seen in a theater.
There's also an article about filming on the final Harry Potter films coming to a close! Wow. Soon these movies will be in theaters and then DVD and we can watch the whole series of films over a week or something. 8 Films. A pretty impressive series if they pull off the ending.
There are also rumors afoot of MASSIVE changes behind the scenes of Doctor Who (which may explain some of the uneven crap we've gotten this season); some of it happening before Season 6, and some after...including Steven Moffat leaving as head writer guy, which, frankly, I'd like to see happen. He's doing a crappy job as head guy (lol - watch the teeth dude!)...um, but he's an AMAZING contributing writer. This season hasn't been a total waste, and I suspect that the finale will bring the season into focus even more, but it's nowhere near as good as the first 4 seasons. Apparently there has been fighting / bitching / corruption behind the scenes; and producers / executive producers are leaving as well. Hopefully they get the mix right sooner, rather than later, because I really think Matt Smith's 11th Doctor deserves to be in some really amazing adventures...and if they don't get the show right it could kill all the momentum they've built up - this season alone has been a bit of a rocky patch. Thankfully we have more Torchwood & Sarah Jane (both still run by the same peeps) to help balance this all out.
Rumored to be leaving Post Series 5
Executive Producer Beth Willis
Producer Tracie Simpson
Producer Peter BennettRumored to be leaving Post Series 6
Executive Producer / Head Writer Steven Moffat
posted by Bald Jason at 08:19 AM
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Had a slight headache, took some midrin, which knocked me out again. Dreamt I was arguing about Doctor Who on a forum. lol. Fun actually.
posted by Bald Jason at 01:30 PM
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Did the Farm Town thing. Spoke to Michael. Found some AWESOME SPOILER PIX for the WHO FINALE...which I'll probably post in my blog later; have to resize them and such. The pictures don't spoil anything for me as I already knew all this stuff was gonna happen, but it's got my hyped for the finale.
I wish someone would just go to the store for me! lol. Meaning...my drugs make me not want to do anything...and I need groceries. I've managed to not go anywhere since Saturday morning so I've done my bit to save gas, and I think I'm probably good with my grocery funds. I need food though, and though I have enough for tonight and maybe tomorrow - then I'll be all out. And I don't like being all out. :-0(
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More rumors about changes behind the scenes on Doctor Who. Apparently they aren't happy with the current TARDIS cause it's hard to film and that will be changed. If it's done for story reasons I can deal...but I LOVE THAT TARDIS!!!! :-0(
Other peeps that have suppodedly left include Ed Thomas & Ray Holman (Costume Designer). Also 11 will be getting a bit of a costume change with a possible coat / scarf. Hmmm.
My headache is threatening to return.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Had a long conversation last night with Josh G. I don't want to discuss the details here where anyone could read it. Suffice it to say, he said he was sorry for how he treated me way back in 1998...he's going through a crisis that's been building for years, and he needed someone to talk to. I forgave him a long time ago and was honored to be the someone that he turned to. I hope things work out for him.
After the long conversation the grocery store was closed so I couldn't go there. My headache was gone but my stomach felt weird so I stayed in. I talked to Mollie about True Blood and Doctor Who. I slept.
I woke around 9am with the headache back and my stomach in knots. I took my reglan / prilosec / midrin together with food and went back to sleep. I woke around 11am. Talked to Michael online (he's been working on his farm) and then on the phone. I told him about talking to Josh and Mollie. Michael is jealous of Josh now. I've basically been with Micahel for 14.5 months (and I love him so much) and in that time I've never cheated on him...yet he's always threatened when I have any kind of connection with any other man in any kind of way. It hurts me. It annoys. And it's always been an issue. Things happen that I think are wonderful and then comes and shits all over it. First time it was that my friend Willie was in town after not seeing him for like 13 years - Michael got upset that I went to see him at the bar (on my way to the emergency room to see Mollie) and Michael had already fucked 2 other guys (and then me too) that day! Then an ex-bf of mine found out he was HIV+ and I wanted to visit him...Michael got jealous again. If a guy looks at me Michael's upset. If I hang out with a guy Michael's upset. I know it's an issue having to do with Michael's past and the way he's been treated...it just feels like I'm not making any progress with him. And the thing is, these guys I'm connecting with are telling me all these really positive things about me that I need to hear and that makes me wonder why I'm not hearing those things from Michael...or why he's not excited that I'm happy about those things - like my new friend Charles, and now Josh have both encouraged me to get back to my writing...only Michael seems to think that's a bad idea or something. Erg.
Anyways...I'll see him later. He told me he feels alone. It's only been 4 days since I saw him last, and I've not been feeling well. And he could have come to see me in that time and I would have been fine with that. I'm shutup about that now.
So...I did the dishes and put them away. Put away some of my laundry. Did the farm thing...which I have to do again soon. I need to get groceries later and see Michael. I'd like to get all kinds of things done...yet I'm tired. I cleaned up my room a bit; made the bed and picked up the dirty clothes and trash.
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I showered and started shaving but ran out of hot water. I was about to start up again when Michael called, needing a ride to work cause he had a flat tire. I was happy to go (though I probably looked weird being half shaved!) and I tried talking to him about our problems in the car but said he couldn't talk about it now because he was already stressed. I get that, because when I get stressed I get super ill, but we're gonna have to deal with this eventually or it might rip us apart. Erg.
I stopped at Kroger on my way home. Got paper towels. Soy & Coconut ice cream. Soy Milk. Tofu dogs. Pringles. Wheat Bread. And Cherry Crush. Now I'm hungry.
Oh. And a BIG THANK YOU TO MARK - who harvested my farm for me while I was out in Detroit with Michael! :-0)
posted by Bald Jason at 04:45 PM
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A book I've been wanting to read arrived at my door a bit ago: Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale. I chatted with my neighbor Alice for about 20 minutes. Came in; had a shake. Did my farm. I'd really like to shower off this stinky spray-on sunblock (I ran out of the kind I love) but showering after eating is often problematic for me. I'd like to shower though, and finish shaving, and go see Michael.
posted by Bald Jason at 06:31 PM
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Read a bit, then fell asleep. The phone woke me up. It was Michael. He told me to go back to sleep but I couldn't so I showered and finished shaving. I threw up a lot. Something about showers after I eat. It's never painful...it's just gross, and unfortunate. I fear that my pills have stopped working and I made need to try the surgery they suggested, even if it only works for 3 months. I'm afraid.
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Went to Michael's to sleep last night. Slept well. Cuddled well. Before going over Michael expressed again that he feels alone, and then that he wasn't sure he wanted me over...I'm not sure what that's about and we will have to talk about it.
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Some production art has gotten out and it appears that the Yeti may be appearing in this year's Christmas Special. Rumors are also afoot that Omega may be next seasons's villain.
And here are the spoiler pics from this year's finale that I promised (which have since popped up on many other sites).
Daleks.
Judoon, Autons, Cybermen.
Sycorax, Autons.
Silurians, Weevils (from Torchwood!), Autons.
The Pandorica.
The Pandorica in Under Henge.
11 being dragged into The Pandorica. Daleks. Sontarans. Autons. Judoon. Other aliens.
Other aliens that appear include the Roboforms & Uvodni (Kudlak's race from The Sarah Jane Adventures). A Hoix appears as well (seen in both Doctor Who & Torchwood), and a Blowfish (from Torchwood). With MANY other Who aliens mentioned as being there as well.
11 in the Pandorica.
Amelia Pond.
Amelia Pond & the Pandorica.
11 & Amelia Pond. Note the Vortex Manipulater on the Doctor's wrist!
11.
11 & stone Dalek.
Stone Dalek in front of Pandorica?
Amy Pond - Tardis Pilot? And in the crevice there..."
The Time Lord Victorius Lives!
That about does it. lol.
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Friday, June 18, 2010
Slept more after the last entry. Watched Doctor Who 2x01 "New Earth"; first time in at least a year. Nice. Went to Michael's around 12:30am to help him out with some trouble but couldn't lay down as my stomach was acting up. Harvesting my farm now and trying to not lay down...but I'm very tired and probably won't last much longer.
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Saturday, June 19, 2010
I did pass out after the last entry. Did mostly nothing on Friday. Michael was supposed to come over and join me, but our plans fell apart when one of his people called in and he had to stay at Arby's all fricking day. I was sad. But not mad. I stayed up to talk to him after work, but he had to let me go...said he'd call back. I fell asleep (this was around 2am today) expecting the phone to wake me up, only it was dead when I woke up so I'm wondering if it died...and then he called...only there's no voicemail. I hope he's ok!
Did Facebook stuff. New stuff on Farm Town; I don't have room on my farms right now though. I'll rearrange them tonight when my crops are ready.
I'm hungry.
I'm excited to see the new Doctor Who today (5x12 "The Pandorica Opens").
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Enjoyed the new Doctor Who. I'd rate it **** stars for now as it's Part I. If Part II brings everything out in a satisfying way this one could jumpt to ***** yet if Part II is crap then this one might actually lose some points. I really want this final story to be awesome as it incorporates bits from almost every story this season and if the story turns out to be a classic then it will help redeem some of the season, and give the rough patch of 5x02 "The Beast Below" - 5x05 "Flesh & Stone" a greater importance and more of a reason for being.
I reorganized my Farm Town. Gonna chill. Don't need to harvest anything until Monday.
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