delga | Entries tagged with m watches way too much tv.

I have just discovered that our local Matalan is open until 8pm weeknights and as tonight is Thursday (aka the night both rentals are at home) this means we can take the car and go to said store! I have not been since it opened. It is massive. Enormous. Part of a retail park, which is not a place I frequent too often. HUGE.

The reason I am randomly excited about the prospect of shopping (not a default setting) is because my feet hurt. I'm majorly flat-footed/have no arch which means my weight falls on the inside of my feet, so sooner or later the heels on my shoes either erode at an angle or cave in on themselves. This results in uneven weight distribution on my ankles (which, if you recall, I wrecked during uni by forever twisting them, especially that one time I went through the cut through and my foot swelled up like a balloon? Yes?) and subsequently wrecks: my ankles, my shins, and my back. I walk everywhere. I need new shoes.

This past week the weather has been good so I've taken to wearing my champal (indian fliflops) to work. They are fancypants, so they are kind of appropriate. I used to live in champal, so it's not a great hardship on my feet to walk in them for a long while. Except for the part where, having worked for the last year and a half, and having spent that time in Real Shoes, I'm getting stress on my feet in places where I wouldn't usually get stress. Also, the top of my left foot is bruised? So. Anyway. I NEED NEW SHOES. Desperately. I have my heels which I wore once last week, but I just can't walk in them (so. flat. footed. Seriously). And I am excited about the prospect of having usable footwear! I don't know. Desperate times.

Whilst I am at Matalan I plan to buy one of those dresses I solicited opinions on. Everyone gave good comments! I am still undecided.

The Dad has left for work (it is 6am) so it's another long commute. Maybe the bus will be early today? It hasn't been on time at all this week.

I watched Lost (enjoyed it! Sincerely!) and then went to work on Tuesday and spent 20 minutes answering my co-worker's questions on it. ("James said that [spoilers]." "...James has completely missed the point of the whole show.") That was...odd.

Yesterday I watched Glee, whole swathes of which left a bad taste in my mouth, although I loved the costumery and also everything about Naya Rivera. New Saving Grace made me cringe at points (CLAY. WHAT.) and I watched United States of Tara which was hugely redemptive.

This evening I have a date with Timothy Olyphant's hat.

I-- need to go do something else.

Oh god, I have been awake for FOREVER. It is almost 6am; I've been up since 4.45. It is so WARM right now. Don't get me wrong, I like the sun, but I also love the breeze. Of which we have had none. I slept okay until about 4am when my temperature rocketed, as it does. (Sidenote: this is a thing my body has taken to doing; rapidly throwing up and turning down my core temp. Normally it just makes me sick and unable to stand. Today it would. not. let. me. sleep.) Oh god.

Also, in about an hour I will be on a bus, trying to not be anxious about catching the direct train. Hi, life, what the hell.

Tonight is the Ashes to Ashes finale. I am excited! Considering two weeks ago all I'd seen was the most recent series, I feel I have come a long way. Nothing has persuaded me to watch Life on Mars yet, and if that show's legion of fans continues on the way it has done since ever, nothing will. But tumblr could tip my hand yet, who knows.

I am also excited because there are so many finales right now and I am sort of relieved about this! ( LOOK, FANDOMS, WE NEED TO TALK. etc. )

Yesterday we were going to go to the cinema but (predictably) The Dad didn't want to go. So instead we went out to eat! Huh. That was great, actually, and also something different. It was a nice evening, in the sense that the weather was just right, and there was a bit of a breeze, and it was still light out at 9pm.

Guys, I love Kingdom of Heaven. I just do. Maybe it is long-winded. Maybe y'all dislike seeing Orlando Bloom with some weight (I do not). Maybe it just bores the shit out of you. But I love it. It is so perfect in its grandiosity. There is so much sand! There are many swords! I-- I have a thing. It's true. I am not ashamed. Bring me swashbucklers and mead drinkers. Who could ask for more?

And also, yeah, I may have rewatched King Arthur at some point. Pfft.

I fully intend to participate in femgenficathon this year, but I have to remember to get there on time. I loved it the firs time I did it and then subsequently forgot about sign-ups for two years running.

The thing is, there is a big bang challenge running this year for female characters and I am sorely tempted to sign up! Except for the part where squeezing even a thousand words from me is like taking blood from a stone. Also: I can't plot! But also: I WANT TO DO THIS. Like. I really want to do this. But jeez, that's some pressure right there.

So, in calmer tones, I loved the new Who, and I am excited for more. Matt Smith was totally a rugby player at some point in his life, right?

Things I actually sat down and caught up on yesterday: Bones; Saving Grace; Justified (I had seen everything but the last 10 minutes). I enjoyed all these things! Now I am going to watch Iron Man. All will be well.

London was fabulous on Friday, even if we did get caught in torrential rain. Hung out with the girls, bought an AMAZING dinosaur t-shirt, and came home in one piece. Excellence all around.

To conclude: eventually I will follow through on my promise to post more Paul Guest.

Oh man, I really want to do the Annual Postcard Exchange again (especially now that I have actual stamps) but I have TWO issues: one, I did it late last year so this is more like the every-6-months Postcard Exchange, and I'm pretty certain there were a couple of you who didn't get cards (aie, I hate when that happens); two, I kind of want to send letters instead? Which totally defeats the point of pretty picture cards. So. We'll see.

Today I plan on catching up on a week's worth of fandom, barring Big Love which I can't seem to find.

Tonight is the next episode of Being Human but that will have to wait for tomorrow because it now airs at an obscene hour.

GUYS THE MISANTHROPE WAS SO GREAT. I mean, the trip to London as a whole was wonderful, if not beset upon by a sudden attack of snow, but HI I MADE EYE CONTACT WITH D LEWIS I AM NOW TALKING TO YOU FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE. It was a millisecond but it was amazing. The play was hugely enjoyable, too. Keira Knightley was great to watch, barring her annoying American accent, but she played off against Lewis really well, and his manner of enunciating was just lovely. My diction kink, let me show you it. A great adaptation, especially the verse form. I really enjoyed it.

I basically spent the day riding the tubes and hanging out in Piccadilly Circus before meeting up with an old school friend to see the play. After leaving her at the tube station, I met up with Denz and we talked about her wedding, went to see Nine, and then met up with more friends at a restaurant. It's been YEARS since the four of us have been in the same place and it was exactly as insane as always. Bish's hair now has blue streaks; Maya is prepping to go to India for most of this year; and Denz is getting married (obviously) in May. Whaaaaaaat. Life is fucking weird.

BASIA BULAT'S NEW ALBUM SOOON.

Driving lesson this morning was so-so. Didn't do too badly considering it's been a month since my last lesson. Later today Baby Cousin is having her birthday part (her birthday was a week ago) but I won't be going due to the high number of infants that will be present. She came over yesterday and showed me her main Christmas present which was a pink Nintendo DS, and then we did what we always do when she comes over: had mad times with the webcam. Teaching her the rock-on sign is easily one of the best things I've ever taught her.

Things I am still obsessed with: Merlin; the delicious that is Angel Coulby; Bradley James and Colin Morgan's wee ridiculous babyfaces. GOSH GUYS WHY SO LUDICROUS.

I have read so much poetry lately but I must be suffering fatigue because none of it is registering. Face of woe! Face of woe!

Current Music: Basia Bulat: Go On.

So, in case it wasn't clear, I spent the majority of the day ripping my room apart trying to find my tax return forms. I was unsuccessful in locating them. This is frustrating because the deadline for the paper forms is the end of this month and I tried to do them back in April when I actually got them and The Dad verbally flipped me off. And now I can't find them, and I probably through them away because I am a MORON, and frankly I am a bit stressed. An example of my stress levels - I woke at six today because I was thinking about it in my sleep and then had to get up and get dressed so that I could do something about it.

In between bouts of searching I managed to get some filing done, have a driving lesson, and watch the latest episode of Defying Gravity. The latter continues to be tres enjoyable and I am SORELY disappointed that this has been shit-canned. I also watched Fringe and then spammed Tumblr with other people's picspams because that's pretty much what I use Tumblr for.

I'm working at the subsidiary office tomorrow because there's a team meeting. This means I can make up some hours which is double plus. I am sort of EXHAUSTED by the prospect of another week of work but also sort of resigned to it? I don't know. I've only been there six months.

I forgot, though, that I'd set up a direct debit to my savings account and so now I am probably massively overdrawn, so I should make a trip to the bank already and sort that shit out. I am still an anxious/compulsive shopper but I do tend to return things to the shelf before I reach the tills these days.

On Friday I took the afternoon off and sat in a restaurant eating pasta and writing Ziva meta, as you do. Then I sat in the ~new~ library, watched Australia on my nano, and researched the Garden of Gethsemane. I need to go back to school, but only for the not-stressful parts, obvs.

I have c.60 poems to bookmark. I'd go ahead and sort that out but my netbook is being a bitch. Dell installed extra shit when they took it to be repaired, but then didn't install the pre-existing software. So now I have a netbook which is running a lot of crap in the background (that I'm apparently unable to switch off) which further prevents me from running the stuff that I actually want to use. This is Very Annoying, guys.

Quick fandom round-up: I am two weeks behind on Bones because I am a moron, and I am probably going to dump CSI: NY because I am finding it awkward to watch! Glee's musical numbers continue to be endearing; Stargate: Universe was fairly compelling viewing; Criminal Minds was boring; NCIS was gut wrenching; Californication is a disappointment thus far (I skipped most of the second episode, though I still fucking adore Marcie); Supernatural was terribly, terribly watchable; I forgot to watch Merlin; NCIS: LA has two excellent female characters and LL Cool J which is all that can be said in its favour; Mad Men hurrrrrrts; Dollhouse is terrible; Private Practice had an excellent season premiere; I hate everything about Grey's Anatomy and am going back to dumping it.

Anything else? No? Okay then.

It's awkward because I've totally forgotten how to update properly.

01. Crazy things that actually happened in Cambridge this past fortnight: a dog was juggling outside M&S; the electronica spaceman was back. Man, this city. I don't know.

02. I watched a lot of TV which is terribly unsurprising. I have skipped through all the things that I find annoying in Glee (which is unfortunately quite a bit) but I do love the musical numbers, and I do like the guy playing Will. Like. A lot.

03. I also watched - and enjoyed - Supernatural, and I hope we see Those Guest Stars again. I have a deep, deep fondness for Jim Weaver and for Titus Welliver, and I wish they'd had a scene together (Deadwood reunion!) Also: apparently the casting directors at Lost and Supernatural know the same agents (lols, Mark Pellegrino. Awesome). But, yeah, whilst the premiere was touch&go for me, I enjoyed this one a lot.

04. The Bones season premiere was completely delightful, and my love for Cam is so immense at this point that I don't really need to talk about it. My love for Caroline has apparently never been expressed before, so: I really love Caroline omg.

04b. Speaking of Bones, have a fic rec:

If you actually mapped out all the morsels of advice that Angela has doled out to Brennan over the years, analyzed them the way you would an author's canon of work, a few recurring themes might emerge: namely, in this order, [1] you (Brennan) want to have sex with Booth; [2] Booth wants to have sex with you; [3] you two are ridiculously perfect for each other in so many ways, whether you realize it or not; [4] you're not actually as failed of a human being as you think you are.

The above is from

daygloparker's fic The Forgotten Dialects of the Heart. She labelled it as "Ten untold stories about love that also have the benefit of being true". I labelled it as "the other side of canon". Which is to say: this isn't just a fic about Brennan and Booth and the whole friction of their relationship. It's a fic about every character that we know and love, and is equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking. There is a section explicitly about Hodgins that is so perfect and a whole section about Cam that will feel like a slap to the face. AMAZING. Go forth and read, and then tell

daygloparker how much you loved it. Because you will.

( so, this post was supposed to be quite short? Yeah, I don't know what happened. Other things M talks about: Defying Gravity, Fringe, The Lives of Others, Leverage, shows that are airing next week &c. &c. There are also links to FAB photos so skip this cut AT YOUR PERIL or whatever. )

This post was long. There are less trivial things to talk about but I am terrible at those things currently so we'll leave it be for now. It was supposed to be short wtf.

Current Mood: TALKY
Current Music: Glee: Don't Stop Believing.

Oh, Mitchell and Webb! SMASHING.

( Polite Jaws. )

Other things I watched last night:

Silence in the Library = still a favourite. Oh, River Song.

"Banjos for paedos."
"Bongos for psychos! He's got one for the homeless, too, Amps for Tramps!"

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Current Music: Dar Williams - Southern California Wants to Be Western New York | Powered by Las

I haven't been paying attention to the latest challenge at picspammy (mostly because I only read my flist whilst on the train, not the comms) but thus far it has yielded two gems. Firstly, a comparison of Spencer Reid and Sheldon Cooper which picks up on the best details (hands omg!); and secondly, Aeryn Sun = Spock + Hans Solo + Boobs which made me smile on this dismal, sleep-deprived, rain-approaching morning.

I bought new postcards for the exchange, and they arrived, huzz! Consider this post a prompter: drop me a comment if you're interested in participating. They're some fuck great cards, guys, even if I say so myself. Which I just did, so.

In other news, it is finale season and I AM MISSING OUT. Fuck, I'm so behind. I want in on these shenanigans! But first I have to catch up, which I am disinclined to do. Pout-o-rama. THIS IS SRS BUSINESS.

I did, however, watch NCIS' 5th season finale when it aired on terrestrial tv last night. ( a year later, I have other things to talk about re:Judgement Day. )

So, we're having this issue at work where the seniors are falling behind on their work so the work flow is fucked up across the team, and what this means for my co-workers is that they're doubly busy. What it means for me is that I have stretches of time when I have nothing to do and then a week or so of absolute insanity. ( I intended this as an example of how completely marvellous I am, but really it just highlights how I continue to be uncool in the worst way. )

The NCIS season 6 finale is making me FREAK THE FUCK OUT. Spoil me and I will stab you. BUT GUYS. I AM ALREADY CRYING THAT IS HOW AMAZING IT WILL BE.

This week's episode is already a favourite of mine. I was filled with glee for so much of it. Tobias, you push *up*. OH GOSH.

Lols, what - they renewed Dollhouse? Okay. I did enjoy the latter half of the season; I'm just surprised.

Oh gosh, it's so cold, and yet I woke up around 1-2am because I couldn't get cool/comfortable. Then I woke again at 6 because my internal clock is like that these days, and then I wanted to stab a bitch. Caught another hour of sleep then had to get up. And now I'm going to watch the Lost finale and hopefully avoid human contact all day.

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Current Music: none.

Dear flist, I love you, but please stop talking about the awesome that is Wolverine because I have yet to see it. In fact, it's been a damn long time since I've seen anything at a cinema which is nigh ridiculous because cinema-going is one of my favourite things to do. The Sister is currently racing towards A-Level exams so she won't go with me; xanitia is far, far away, and the rest of y'all are even further/have seen it already. CURSES, CURSES!

Which is to say: still haven't seen it. Still stupid excited.

I've been awake since 4am. Well. Awake on-and-off until 7, which is when I dragged my carcass out of bed. I have a driving lesson at 9am, and the weather looks good for it, of which I greatly approve. My first lesson was last Saturday, and I didn't panic in the car which is what I thought I might do. So. Plus one for me? Who knows. All I know is that the minute I have to start paying attention to more than one variable, things are going to get decidedly difficult. Guys, I still can't cross the road without a near-death experience, and if you think I am bullshitting, please consider that I have to cross 3 major junctions on my way to work and each time it's 50:50 whether I make it without a bicyclist or a motorist snapping at my heels.

Hmm. It occurs to me that I can probably go to the cinema on Monday? But with whom?! Ridiculous etc. etc.

Have been catching up with fictive drama. I can't believe how much I failed to care for Lost when it first aired and how much I love it now. Time-travel shenanigans! My very favourite.

I also caught up on two great Criminal Minds episodes. The first featured a truly amazing cloaked-interrogation scene between Prentiss and a suspect; the second did what a lot of great Criminal Minds episodes do, and shadowed the unsub. The young boy did a great job. In other news: if Emily, JJ and Garcia decided to set up their own Charlie's Angels-esque trio, I would not be against that. Just saying.

Hmm, what else? Watched the season 2 premiere of In Plain Sight which continues to be a curious mix of intriguing and plain stupid. The Unit did an episode recently which was typical of its brazenly masculine self, but that doesn't excuse the way it ended. Also caught up on NCIS which featured Trent Kort (\o/), a mention of Fornell (actual Fornell is needed before the finale, please), and Abby's best episode to date. What I liked about Abby's showcase this year was how in control she was which isn't always the case. She also seemed the most mature she's been since early season 1 which I miss. In other news, the Kort episode featured one of the best Ziva scenes I've seen in a while. I have another NCIS-and-women post to write but it's more about how feminising Ziva doesn't disempower her. But that's for later, and depends on how other things play out this season. (Have yet to see the first part of the back-door pilot.)

Relatedly: the first part of the S5 finale airs on terrestrial next week. I MIGHT CRY. Again.

I have Pushing Daisies and Dollhouse to watch, and I also need to tell you that thus far I have no love for Caprica. I am very behind on CSI: NY, and I've managed to get to the Saving Grace S2 finale (oh my god). Aaaaand. Oh, god, Bones. I have 5-6 episodes of that waiting for me.

Guys, this is what I do on a Sunday: lock myself up and succumb.

ONE MONTH UNTIL NEW TRUE BLOOD. !!!! When is Mad Men back?

I can't even remember the last time I read a novel, holy shit. I think it was Donna Tartt's The Secret History? Was talking to T on Friday about Lolita and how twisted/great that book is. I may have to read it again. I've spent a lot of my train journeys reading fanfiction on my phone, and I think it's probably high time I went back to paper.

Things that I love: there is blossom creating havoc outside my window. It's amazing. We get a ridiculous Westerly here in the Fen, and the blossom just breezes off the branches. It is so fantastic.

Other things that I love: ballet, apparently. Holy shit.

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Current Music: The Duhks - Mountains O' Things | Powered by Last.fm

I do not recommend the advice in the subject.

Oh gosh, guys, what a week. Work is good, but the days continue to be long. Plus, I hate taking days off in the middle because then the rest of the week stretches out into eternity, especially if it's a Friday. I went to see the derm doc on Thursday and she was basically no help whatsoever, and other stuff happened that I'll get to momentarily, and then I went to work yesterday and had loads to do because... okay, I need to start from the top obviously.

Before that, though: I ended up skipping half of the NCIS repeat to watch 13 Going on 30 again. Goddamn, I love that movie. Or, rather, I love the part that I saw (from Jennifer Garner's first scene through to just after the Thriller sequence. OH GOSH). That stupid film still makes me laugh.

So, the hierarchy of the place where I work is a bit weird. My line manager works in H. and I work in C. I work with people whose jobs are parallel to mine, and I work with their senior; their senior can't give me instructions, though, because she's not my boss. This sounds fairly straightforward except for the part where we're all the same team. We have two time-sharing seniors in the team (as well as my senior/line manager in H, and two other seniors in H and M) and one likes paperwork whilst the other doesn't. Senior S is currently on leave; Senior H started work on Wednesday. I was away Thursday for the derm appointment but when I came back on Friday, SH had worked through a month's backlog of paperwork which meant I had contracts to file, contracts to have signed, contracts to write, and all associated correspondence to sort out. INSANE.

Earlier in the week I'd basically just been doing filing because we were waiting for the dam to burst on the backlog. On Wednesday afternoon, I had more 1-to-1 training on our internal database which continues to be the stupidest way to do things, but whatever; I now know how to do just about everything I need to do.

Next week Rose, who has now transferred to H, will be in C on Tuesday to teach me how to do other contracts and then I should pretty much be set. I'm a little worried that I'm not processing the 'deads' correctly, but she'll fix that with me eventually.

Relatedly, travelling continues to be a burden. The bus drivers in the morning go so slowly; the ones in the evening speed and then brake hard to avoid missing my stop. I only caught the train I wanted to catch once last week. It's tres stress-inducing.

Yesterday evening the train was packed. I met a school friend and his girlfriend on the platform, and then ended up in the vestibule with a guy who'd just spent 9 months in Afghanistan. He was terribly nice, and made me take the first empty seat at the next stop, but I didn't sit down until I was sure he had a seat. He looked really tired; his kit was insane. I also met a girl who was on her way to Leeds and she asked if I was going anywhere nice. I was all, pshaw, no, I'm going home, lols. I can't explain it very well, but the conversation I had with the military guy affected me oddly. We didn't even talk about anything serious - I was laughing at these two Chinese tourists who were pushing through the train even though there was nowhere to go to; he was distressed at the state of the train.

I've been watching CSI as it airs on Five, and I am so bored which is disappointing because I thought new blood would excite things again. My bad. This won't stop me from watching, though. I've also been watching L&O: Awright Guv and LOVING it. It's making me miss L&O: Mothership which I used to watch religiously. Man. TV. I think I'm falling out with it?! Just watched Life and was made sufficiently upset by the ending, though Helen McCrory (dodgy extensions and all) made up for it in part.

I've been meaning to talk about Big Love and Battlestar Galactica for ages, but it's not really happening, so, whatever. Ditto everything else. I have been watching whilst on the train/platform/bus stop and I do have things to say, just no incentive.

And, also, also, also: I freaking totally missed in_a_name :(((((

I want to go to the cinema! I want to see a film! I WANT A LIFE, GUYS.

That said, last weekend was amazing. The Flatmate came on Friday and left on Sunday; met with xanitia on Sunday, too, and merriment ensued. I'm supposed to go to my cousin's 21st tonight, but that's not happening; was going to try to get to Surrey to meet other cousins, but that fell through, too. In a way this is actually very good because I am seriously shattered.

I have techonological yay! upcoming but I'll talk about that when I'm feeling more coherent. Also: I haven't read a book in ages, though I did buy a copy of Big Issue this week and read a tres interesting interview with Charlize Theron. Unfortunately: this does not count.

I went to the optician's and had my eyes checked, then picked up two pairs of glasses. They'll be ready for me next week, hurrah! The Mother then took me to The Store so that I could run some errands for The Father.

The Mother is driving me up the wall right now. ( annoying shenanigans. )

Goddamn, it is gorgeous out today.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Aimee Mann: She Really Wants You

For those that missed it: outtakes from a session in which Ricky Gervais meets Elmo. I have watched this repeatedly since I saw it yesterday and I LOVE IT. The ending is kind of scary? lols.

Things that happened today: ( &c. )

This evening Five aired Corporal Punishment (5.10, NCIS) so naturally I watched it again. Can now recite the dialogue pretty much verbatim. wishes_of_stone texted me during the first ad break and, because I don't have any credit, I called her on the landline during the second one. We spent four minutes omg-ing over everything (mostly Ziva, let's be honest) and then watched the rest of the episode before having another very similar conversation. GOOD TIMES, Y'ALL.

I have also rewatched parts of this week's Criminal Minds. I read a review of the episode which I agree with in the main, but disagreed with on some details. Sometimes I read reviews of episodes and I wonder if the reviewer and I even watched the same scene. I know interpretations vary but how so widely?

Anyway, but really, Paget Brewster was fantastic this week, guys, and I am going to keep saying it over and over again because I have yet to cap the scene and give you the play-by-play which proves it.

Bonus: blooper reels for S2 (the first one, with Mandy? SO WEIRD. SO GREAT).

Thank you to everyone who left me a comment or a message or an email earlier this week; I really appreciate it. I promise I will get back to you all individually soon enough. On Sunday I will have to go and buy my train ticket. I am hoping that I get to grips with the whole thing by then or else Monday is going to be a hell of a shock.

This tweet pretty much sums up my reaction to this week's Bones. Also, lols, David Boreanaz directed this week and it kind of shows? Not in a bad way. Just in a ...choice ...way. Or something.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Cry Cry Cry: By Way of Sorrow.

battlestar galactica. ( no spoilers. )

being human. ( no spoilers. )

big love. ( spoilers through to 3x07. )

bones. ( no spoilers. )

burn notice. ( no spoilers. )

criminal minds. ( spoilers for early seasons. )

csi: new york. ( no spoilers. )

csi. ( no spoilers. )

doctor who. ( no spoilers. )

grey's anatomy. ( no spoilers. )

life. ( S2 spoilers. )

merlin. ( no spoilers. )

my own worst enemy. ( no spoilers. )

numb3rs. ( no spoilers. )

private practice. ( no spoilers. )

pushing daisies. ( no spoilers. )

sarah connor chronicles. ( no spoilers. )

saving grace. ( no spoilers. )

spooks. ( vague spoilers for whole run. )

supernatural. ( no spoilers. )

the middleman. ( no spoilers. )

true blood. ( spoilers! )

united states of tara. ( no spoilers. )

x-files. ( no spoilers. )

I'm off to watch Saving Grace now.

Current Mood: bitchy
Current Music: Rilo Kiley: Go Ahead.

Am about to watch the Being Human finale. Oh gosh, guys. OH GOSH.

It occurs to me that my entries contain a lot of bitching. This one will likely be no different but I'll try against that by putting all my ails together and then moving on to other things. So, in no specific order:

laptop is dead for real this time
this keyboard (on the Home PC) is a nightmare to use
working tomorrow morning & then it's the coffee morning with the local college
am being kind of heinous to family for no real reason (& then feeling like shit about it)
no monies goddamn
no iTunes, which is actually more distressing than any of the above. I am a fickle creature
no NCIS or Criminal Minds this week; I want the next episode of CM so badly, guys, I can't even tell you

I'm sore tempted to do an Unpopular Fandom Opinions List but I'm aware that my mood is not optimal and that what I really want to do is bitch about all the tiny things that I can live with but which annoy me on a daily basis. So, just assume that part is here and that in an hour or so I will feel guilty about it.

My CRB certificate (the thing that certifies my lack of criminal record, huzzarms) came through yesterday which I'm hoping has set in motion various other, um, things. *is vague* But that's A Good Thing.

Another Good Thing is that I finished The Secret History today and promptly started The Little Friend (both by Donna Tartt). Tartt's prose is immensely appealing to me which I find surprising because the tone isn't something that I usually go for. No doubt I'll eventually quote large sections to you because that's the kind of mood I've been in recently.

I also watched a lot of crap today. ( swift/boring overview )

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Current Music: none.

Oh boy.

So, last Wednesday my laptop started playing up, which is to say: it kept blue-screening me and wouldn't let me turn it on. I managed to fix that by getting it (eventually) to boot from my XP disc and it went well until Sunday night at which point it blue-screened again and then basically died. It looked like one of the partitions had been corrupted so yesterday I ended up doing the thing I didn't want to have to do: I ended up wiping the laptop, formatting the hard drive and re-installing XP. (I'm hoping to make the jump to Linux eventually but first I wanted to make sure it was just the partition that was damaged. That pretty much looks to be the case.)

I managed to find my installation discs but: no sound, and no wireless. That was around the time I realised that, duh, I hadn't installed all the drivers. But what to do: last time I installed drivers I did it straight through the internet and I don't have an Ethernet cable to link up my laptop. I could use the router directly with my laptop (as opposed to the home PC) but it's difficult getting to the right wires etc. So now I've hooked up my external to the PC and I'm downloading drivers from the Dell site onto that. Hopefully I can then plug that into my laptop and get myself sorted out. In the meantime: gr argh.

I spent a couple of hours in a daze at the community centre yesterday morning and then went to the health centre to book an appointment with a doctor. ( M's ongoing war against her own skin )

Lols, Law and Order: UK. Guys: IT'S REALLY GOOD. I mean. It's pretty much L&O but there are plenty of delightful things to it. The guv made a crack about being a Yummy Mummy! The CPS Head is A Bit Wacko! Bradley Walsh totes Jamie Bamber around whilst the latter fights his natural inclination towards RP! Ben Daniels/NICHOLAS BROCKLEHURST still makes for compelling viewing!* MARTHA JONES IS A TRES ATTRACTIVE, TRES SMART YOUNG LAWYER ~~who has chemistry with many people~~! GUYS IT IS TERRIFIC AND I LOVE IT. I just have to remember that it's on, lols. Chung-chung!

*) daygloparker, have you seen The State Within? BECAUSE YOU SHOULD PROBABLY GET ON THAT. I'm saying.

Yesterday, whilst waiting for my laptop to purge itself, I watched this week's Being Human. I then freaked out massively about every plot turn. Quick! Someone hold me! Why did they only order up 6 episodes?!

Anyway, am continuing to sort out laptop things; in the meantime I can (should) probably use this time to write my entry for picfor1000. And maybe consider what I'm going to post for in_a_name which I almost forgot about. I need to invest in a smartphone already, possibly a G1. I realised that I don't really use the laptop for more than its connectivity these days. Sure, I could do with having a small office package (word, data, maybe a presentation thing) and I like using PS, but I can get those online (well, gDocs, zoho etc.) and I don't know. I need to think about this some more.

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: none.

I was watching Being Human via the BBC website but The Gran interrupted me so I'm back to updating The Dad's numbers for him. Again. I really wish he'd sort this stuff out himself, but I'm aware I'm being churlish.

I've been exhausted all day today, mostly because my skin has been terrible the past few days and it kept me awake last night. It's very thin, so I could really lay down on it properly, and even when the pressure was okay, it would start to itch again, or I'd get random sharp spikes of pain which woke me up again.

I'm heading down to the health centre tomorrow after my morning shift at the centre; I've decided I'm not going to do my shift on the front desk because I can't stand that long and anyway, I'll make up that time next week when I work the coffee morning.

In the meantime I'd just really like to get some sleep before tomorrow morning.

Caught up with some shows today; I'd put them aside earlier this week in favour of The Wire. Caught up with Burn Notice and Eleventh Hour whilst cleaning my room, and then sat down to watch Battlestar Galactica (which I absolutely loved) and Sarah Connor Chronicles. I still like watching Sarah Connor Chronicles but I'm disappointed by the lack of direction in the show. We've had 15 episodes so far this season and they just haven't tracked as tightly as the 9 we got last season. However, plot aside, the episodes still have a good emotional core for the most part. Last night I re-watched Self Made Man which is a wonderful one-off episode even though very little happens. Actually, it benefits partially from a lack of plot - a lot of this season, much like Life, has been encumbered by too much plot: too many threads and not enough movement in narrative. I hope that changes soon. Having taken a peek at forthcoming teaser summaries it looks like things will heat up soon enough. Fingers crossed.

Am using last.fm's radio feature. I've never heard this song before but it's terribly good. Colour me impressed.

Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Garrison Starr - Superhero | Powered by Last.fm

Hahahaha, picfor1000: I TOTALLY FORGOT. So that's something else that I need to sort out now.

It's been almost a week since I 'properly' updated. I used to read people's journals where they were all, shit, I totally forgot to update! And I'd be sitting there thinking, wait, what? Except now I'm one of those people and it makes sense. I don't have anything to update about, really. Sometimes I think of things but I don't bother because, well, I don't bother.

Life at the community centre continues on apace. This week is half term which means I get Friday off. I should have Wednesday off, too, but a woman from the college wants to talk to me so I have to get up early and be in by 9am. Which is the time I'm usually in but things are taking me a little longer than usual this week because my legs really hurt, so I'm trying to stay on top of that.

We're in the middle of setting up another Family History course for March so even when I'm not in the centre my brain is filled with phone numbers I need to call and messages that I need to double up on. Yeah, my life is thrilling.

In other news, I spent Sunday and much of yesterday watching season 3 of The Wire. I got to about 3.04 last January and then stopped for whatever reason. This time I marathoned straight through the season. Some comments: ( spoilers. )

I should really talk about Battlestar Galactica and Big Love before there's too much to say and I forget but with both shows I'm still processing a lot. For the latter I will say, goddamn, Chip Esten, you're still damn attractive.

This week's Being Human was enjoyable as ever though I felt the ending created more problems than it solved. I'm not sure that was the point but, uh, okay.

I am having serious vocabulary issues recently. The word will be on the tip of my tongue and then it will just disappear. It's incredibly frustrating.

Current Mood: blah
Current Music: Ingrid Michaelson - The Way I Am | Powered by Last.fm

Fuck, guys, I am totally fulfilling my role as flister you'd most like to incarcerate: if you happen to get a particularly lovey-dovey email/comment from me it's because hi, I'm a freak. Please don't wig to the tenth? Yes. And thanks.

In other news: I'm trying to ~~reign~~ (wtf) rein it in.

Nothing is happening in my life. The remaining snow is all icy and gross and I hate it; I am still at the community centre (today I fought with a huge ass printer and nearly burned my hand off: true story); I have discovered that I like my notebooks to have heft but also front covers that don't easily come off. No, but really.

I watched Fringe, Leverage and NCIS. The first I loved; JJAbrahms loves to headfuck, and whilst I wish the light puzzle had been an actual puzzle (i.e. something that you could solve with enough intellect as opposed to literal brain power) I still kind of loved that. Also: The Observer totally freaked me out. Again.

Leverage was half awesome (Lauren Holly! Parker!), half fucking insulting (it was the skin colouring that really bothered me and the idea that the Indians in charge of the company didn't know their shit; fuck you). So. Yeah.

NCIS. Man. ( spoilers. )

Oh man, so, I'm watching CSI on five, yes? And it is kind of breaking my heart! It reminds me very much of the mood last season pre-strike (with all that melancholy) and I don't know. The show itself isn't as formulaic as, say, CSI:NY, but the cases don't really interest me any more. And yet all the character bullshit has me clinging on. Oh show. WHAT TO DO.

Tangentially: yeah, whatever.

Current Mood: fucking miserable
Current Music: Linkin Park - Leave Out All the Rest | Powered by Last.fm

Something that just occurred to me: does it bother any of you when I cuss in comments to your posts? I always think twice about it when I comment (and sometimes I'll self-edit) but it would be useful if you'd let me know if you'd prefer me to keep my potty mouth to myself whilst in your journal.

In other news, I have run out of Fringe and Generation Kill to watch. I want to watch Band of Brothers now but The Flatmate has my DVDs. All this really means is that I'll probably forget about Being Human because I'll be watching Jarhead. No, but really.

As it turns out, the war between me, myself and my skin is actually the war between me and my hormones. That makes things especially annoying because: ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow OW.

I swear, if the snow settles, someone's getting fired.

Current Mood: awake
Current Music: Tracy Chapman - The Promise | Powered by Last.fm

Today is my friend's birthday and I don't know if she'll be around to see this or not, but I wanted to take a moment to talk about how much I love her, and how much I hope that the world treats her with gentle hands. Girl's a fighter but she's got heart and gives so much to other people that I think sometimes she forgets to keep pieces for herself. Even when she is down she has reached out to me, and even when I am at my most selfish I want only good things for her.

Whilst I'm unwilling to name her here, I hope that in reading this you can think of someone you love, and wish good things for them, too.

Happy birthday, girl. With love.

My day was great, actually. I watched Battlestar, caught up with Burn Notice and The Unit (which I will eventually talk about at great length), and received a belated Christmas present from T.

I thought perhaps I was running through a covers playlist, but no, iTunes is just picking them out by itself. Currently: Cat Power brings a slice of tender to Oasis.

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: Cat Power - Wonderwall (Oasis Cover) | Powered by Last.fm

Was waiting for Big Love and realised there was probably a podcast to go along with the show; ended up watching a selection of preview/explanatory clips which made me even more excited for the show's return. I'm tempted to watch all of the previous two seasons before I dive in again, but that's not really practical.

Other fandom: finally watched CSI's season 8 premiere. ( spoilers. )

Hopefully I won't be at the store tomorrow night, so then I can watch the next one on TV.

I'm finally caught up with Private Practice, though I'm still behind on Grey's Anatomy. People: please explain to me why I keep allowing myself to get caught up in this annoyance. This show is about a bunch of grown adults behaving like teenagers, constantly going against patient privilege/request, and cheating on everyone. WHY AM I STILL WATCHING?

re: Grey's Anatomy, see above x100.

On the plus side: omg, United States of Tara! The parts of the pilot that weren't leaked in the trailer were good enough to make me want to watch again, which I would be doing anyway, if only for Rosemarie DeWitt who I have taken a great liking to. T is grating, but I really like Buck, and I hope we get to clue in to Alice asap. Plus, I really like the relationship between the brother and the sister in the show. So. Yay?

I must have seemed extremely frustrated at the centre this morning (I didn't feel it) because Boss Lady asked me twice if I was okay. It was a strange morning because there were a lot of people there but there wasn't really a lot for me to do. Then I had a shift at the reception after which I sent off a meeting report to the College Rep who visited on Friday. Hopefully that's all in order.

This evening I have to work the late shift at The Store. Again. Kill me; kill me now.

Current Mood: blah
Current Music: The Rosebuds - Nice Fox - The Rosebuds - Nice Fox | Powered by Last.fm

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{ in and out of consciousness; it breaks my heart to see you like this. }

{ I miss The Middleman, guys. }

{ go on, go on, I couldn't stand to lose. }

{ til now I always got by on my own. }

{ I have a lot of the Glee tracks on rotate in my MIND. }

{ and remember, remain indoors. }

{ this post is about a whole range of things, but mostly that's cover for NCIS-talk. }

{ I wished I loved Jesus the way my wife does. }

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{ get off Elmo! You're not supposed to touch Elmo! }

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