Wednesday, November 18, 2009

I didn't sleep at all before the appointment on Tuesday. My abdoman hurt; I was tired and hungry, but couldn't eat for fear of lack of sleep making my already crabby stomach puke anything on the dentist. It was quite a drive to the dentist. The staff there was very kind. There's a $700 bite guard there that might help me; they explained that the guard I have now (just as I had suspected) probably made my condition worse. They also have this treatment that's $4200 that sounds exactly like something that would help me - but of course I don't have that money and I'm trying not to be down about it. About my jaw being locked, they basically said my muscles are bruised, most likely from a series of stressful emotional breaks (which I didn't explain to them, but made perfect sense to me, Michael & Mark); the disappointing part was that it could take 3 months to even a year to heal... I could be stuck this way forever. And I wasn't expecting to hear that. I'm very stressed about that and trying not to be.

Michael is giving me a break from being around him. He knows that my mind keeps replaying his betrayals (despite his amazing behavior since then); he's giving me time to chill, for which I'm extremely grateful. Things have been terrible emotionally, and unsurprisingly, physically, since September 7th, when I learned the truth, and in retrospect, have been terrible since May, the (probable) first time he cheated; I just didn't know, which makes me look back at 2009 as my least favorite year in recent memory. The cheating. The STD. The unimaginable pain of the truth versus the lie of several months. The stress of not knowing my HIV status. The gallbladder surgery. The vitiligo spreading. Much of this seems to stem from September 7. Now there is Mark's job loss, and Mollie losing her phone / internet - so she'll be lost to me as well. Things are so bleak right now, it's amazing my body works at all.

I've managed to relax a bit I think. I don't feel like leaving the house though and I need bread. Perhaps I'll go later. I've learned that Kroger carries many of the items that I thought only Whole Foods carried, and Kroger is open until 1am.

Mark saw the new (11th) Star Trek movie, but didn't enjoy it as much as me. He said it was confusing and didn't move him as much as "First Contact" (the 8th, and last truly great film in the series). I was so impressed with the new direction of the films, which I think they pull off gracefully and with style - making a proper sequel to the previous 10 films while starting a completely new series...that I find it hard to compare it to the previous entries, who's accomplishments don't even approach such heights.

Doctor Whoniverse News. As known before, the finale of Sarah Jane Season 3 will air Thursday & Friday nights. What we know now is that the animated Who adventure, "Dreamland", will air Saturday, December 5! That's just 2 weeks from Saturday. Just under 3 weeks after that we'll have the Doctor Who Christmas Special on Friday, December 25 - with the final David Tennant Special airing just 1 week later on January 1, 2010 (the latter date has not been confirmed, though it's HIGHLY likely). So ends Season 31 of the Whoniverse.

But what of Season 32? I had originally thought there might not be any Torchwood in that season, but there are rumblings of 4th Season in the works. Season 3 got the best ratings and reviews for the series so it seems likely a 4th Season will follow, yet the end of Season 3 also brought an amazing amount of closure so Season 4 seemed both likely, and unlikely at the same time. Will it appear? Who knows, but the rumblings are a good sign that we might have further Torchwood adventures, rather than rumblings to the opposite, so that's hopeful. If nothing comes of this, I'm fine with Season 3 being the end, but if it continues, I'll happily be there to see it.

Sarah Jane? No Series 4 has been greenlit, but the people behind the show are writing the scripts as if it has been, and it most likely will, as this season has garnered higher ratings (and better episodes IMO) than previous seasons. It's also rumored that a 1 Hour Special is also in the works.

K9? K9 Mark I will be back in a series all his own. 26 episodes long, it's very dark, very kid friendly, and very sort of crappy but lovable in the way that Classic Who appears today. It's too early to tell if it's a hit or a miss. It doesn't seem to mesh well with current Who (and because it's made by a different team, it's pretty much forbidden from referencing the other shows) - and my guess is it's set in an alternate timeline. I'll watch the series though and try to see how it all fits together; hopefully it will improve and something will happen that explains the differences between this and the other programs; it feels very much like an alternate universe to me. The premiere episode is called "Regeneration" and plays alright. 11 other titles from the remaining 25 episodes would appear to include include: "Feast of the Merons, Part I", "Feast of the Merons, Part II", "The Last Oak Tree in England", "Sirens of Ceres", "Dreameaters", "Devil's Den", "Jaws of Orthrus", "Oroborus", "Alien Avatar", "The Curse of Anubis" & "The Fall of the House of Gryffen".

And what about the Doctor himself? We're pretty much assured 14 new installments in 2010 featuring the 11th Doctor. We know that River Song will be returning, and the Daleks - and it's heavily rumored that the Silurians and possibly The Cybermen will be back as well. Here's how it's rumored next season of Who (which they're calling Season 1 for production reasons - but will be Season 32 in my book) will play out:

01 "The Eleventh Hour"
written by Steven Moffat
directed by Adam Smith
Continues where the final David Tennant story leaves off.

02 ???
written by Steven Moffat
directed by Andrew Gunn
Monks?

03 ???
written by Mark Gatiss
directed by Andrew Gunn
A Dalek story.
Possible Winston Churchill

04 "The Time of Angels" [Part I]
05 "Flesh and Stone" [Part II]
written by Steven Moffat
directed by Adam Smith
The return of River Song (the crash of the Byzantium); possible return of the Weeping Angels.

06 "Vampires of Venice"
written by Toby Whithouse
directed by Johnny Campbell ?
rumored to be set in 1580

07 ???
written by Gareth Roberts or Amanda Coe

08 ??? [Part I]
09 "Cold Blood" [Part II]
written by Chris Chibnall
directed by Ashley Way
rumored return of the Silurians

10 "Vincent and the Doctor"
written by Richard Curtis
directed by Johnny Campbell ?
Van Gogh vs. a yellow monster (confirmed)

11 ???
written by Gareth Roberts

12 ??? [Part I]
13 ??? [Part II]
written by Steven Moffat
rumored return of the Cybermen

Question: will these be the Cybermen of recent years, or the Cybermen of old? ;-0)

14 ??? (2010 Christmas Special)
written by Steven Moffat

And that's what we seem to know as of now.

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