Friday, September 28, 2007

20 years ago tonight, Star Trek: The Next Generation aired for the first time, and I was there. Crazy. I'm currently reading a Star Trek - Deep Space Nine book called The 34th Rule by Armin Shimerman & David R. George III, which is one that I've been meaning to read for years. It's consistantly well reviewed, and with good reason. The book is fantastic. After this one, I've got about 10 more on this single shelf alone to read, and then just multiply that by 4 or 5 and you'll see I have a lot of reading to do before I'm done. lol But it's a lot of fun for me, so that's cool.

I visited my Grandparents yesterday. I visited my mom, and saw my Aunt Marge, and one of my Uncle Mikes (I have several). I also saw my little sister Jamie, who apparently hates me. It's so weird. People walk on eggshells around her. Nobody will tell her she's being a brat, but they all admit it behind her back. It's like an episode of the Twilight Zone, and they're all afraid of her. I don't really understand it. I don't understand her anger towards me. I don't understand her at all anymore, actually. I'm not around very often, and she didn't even say hello to me, or come talk to me. She said her cat was good (not to me) because it growled at me. She parked behind my car so I couldn't leave, though there were many other places she could have parked. When I asked her to move so I could leave (politely) she refused at first, and when I asked again she went out and moved it about 6 inches. When I asked her to move it completely out of the way the berated me. And when my grandfather moved the car for me, she yelled at him, and then insulted me. I finally told her to go to hell, which in retrospect I shouldn't have done, but she was just impossible. Ugh.

Jamie made me late picking up Mark, but he didn't mind, I don't think. I talked to Janice on the phone in the car on my way there, which helped. I was nearly in tears. Mark & I went to Staples and Kroger. We came home; I had a very light snack, as I hadn't had anything to eat save some toast before my trek to Grandma's, and then I fell into a deep sleep, that was disturbed only once, when one of my earings got caught on my pillow case and went flying out of my ear! lol

After I woke up around 5am, I checked my voicemail and text messages and there were a few from Luke saying he wanted to talk to me. These were left around midnight and 2:30am, but I had been asleep that whole time. He says he has stuff he needs to talk to me about, and he wrote this really interesting thing about his life the other day on myspace. He's a really nice guy, and I have fun with him, and I could see us becoming a lot more, but he's so...he goes really fast into these things, and he seems to think that if I'm not moving in with him or something to that effect that I'm not serious, which just isn't the case. I've only seen him in person about 9 times now. And we've only gone out once. And he's been really good about not standing me up lately, but he did stand me up 6 or 7 times before we started seeing each other again. I just move a lot slower than he does - and I don't think that's a problem, because if it's real, it will stand the test of time, and if not, then it's just not meant to, and that's ok too. It's nobody's fault. But he's so afraid of being alone. When that pressure isn't there though, we have a good time. At least I think we do. He says he does. I don't know. I hope he still wants to see me, because he's a nice guy, and I'm enjoying the getting to know him part. But if he's not happy, then I suppose there's really nothing I can do to change that, as it seems like something he has to work on for himself. Oh well. At the very least I regret nothing on this one, which is a nice feeling.

I found my earring.

So, Wendy is coming over tonight, and staying at least until tomorrow. We're going to Necto. We're watching Doctor Who. I close the store Sunday night, but I have to sleep as soon as possible that night, because my medical tests start Monday morning. Then I have more tests Tuesday morning. I work on Wednesday. And then I have Thursday-Saturday off.

I saw the new Bionic Woman show. It had a lot of good stuff, but it had some annoying stuff too. It feels like a copy of ALIAS, with a less satisfying star. I liked the updated feel to the Bionic Woman concept, and I actually really liked the violence of it. But I don't really find the star of the show very compelling. The relationship between her and her sister was the only one that I found interesting, or to carry any depth. Every other interaction in the show seemed slightly forced. The show could be really good; it has potential...but I'm not holding my breath.

I also saw the first new episode of Heroes. It was ok. But there were major things that I hated about it, that I know are going to annoy me for the rest of the series. And there were some moments that I enjoyed too. But how I feel right now, is that the first season should have had a more epic ending, and have been THE ENDING. I'd rather have the entire 'Volume 2' focus on just the previous generation of heroes. But that's just me. I'd say what annoyed me but I don't want to spoil anybody.

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