Monday stuff
Sep. 12th, 2005 08:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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shadesong is sick and resting.
Work.
Will be busy. Very busy.
Kid
I introduced Miss Kid to the wonders of Boggle last night! She loved it, thankfully. I kicked her butt a lot in the first two games, but for the third, we made three-letter words verboten for me, and she was starting to get the hang of looking for letter combos and along zigzags, so I only won by about eight points. She's already requested more tonight, which is of the good. :-)
Today is picture day, which means thatshadesong and I are currently praying for the nice outfit Elayna has on to stay clean until after the photo. :-)
Condolences
muse0fire's wonderful cat, Phaedra, passed away this weekend. Phaedra was the first cat I ever met that I liked (like our own Max and Jack, she loved cuddling with and hopping on humans), and a major touchstone on my road to becoming a cat person*. She'll be missed.
Jets
Oy. There's losing, and then there's blowing. They blew.
TV
Speaking of blowing, I caught the season premiere of The Simpsons last night. Unlike many other folks, I've been defending the show for years, as I've quite liked the surreal trips they've gone on, the self-referential stuff, and the exploration of some of the minor characters. But this episode was by-the-numbers and bad as anything. There's simply no point in turning in another "Homer pisses off Marge" episode (especially, what, six eps after the last one -- the one where he bought the mobile home?), especially if there's no sense of either drama or fun to it. Some of the moments with the manatees were fun, but otherwise, the ball was dropped right from the opening scene, which practically begged for an appearance by Comic Book Guy to remind them that Homer's had his football betting issues before (involving Lisa, even).
That said, the season premieres of Family Guy and American Dad were both better. FG was good, if not their best (too many of the flashbacks fell flat), but AD was at its best. Gotta love Patrick Stewart's character. Best joke of the night on any show: Reagan Smash!
Also caught up on Cowboy Bebop -- I've now watched the entire series, with only the movie to go. That's an amazingly fine anime.
Rome, Harvey Birdman, and Slings and Arrows await us on Tivo tonight.
*By which I mean "person who enjoys being around cats," not "like one of Malcolm McDowell or Nastassja Kinski."
shadesong is sick and resting.Work.
Will be busy. Very busy.
Kid
I introduced Miss Kid to the wonders of Boggle last night! She loved it, thankfully. I kicked her butt a lot in the first two games, but for the third, we made three-letter words verboten for me, and she was starting to get the hang of looking for letter combos and along zigzags, so I only won by about eight points. She's already requested more tonight, which is of the good. :-)
Today is picture day, which means that
shadesong and I are currently praying for the nice outfit Elayna has on to stay clean until after the photo. :-)Condolences
muse0fire's wonderful cat, Phaedra, passed away this weekend. Phaedra was the first cat I ever met that I liked (like our own Max and Jack, she loved cuddling with and hopping on humans), and a major touchstone on my road to becoming a cat person*. She'll be missed. Jets
Oy. There's losing, and then there's blowing. They blew.
TV
Speaking of blowing, I caught the season premiere of The Simpsons last night. Unlike many other folks, I've been defending the show for years, as I've quite liked the surreal trips they've gone on, the self-referential stuff, and the exploration of some of the minor characters. But this episode was by-the-numbers and bad as anything. There's simply no point in turning in another "Homer pisses off Marge" episode (especially, what, six eps after the last one -- the one where he bought the mobile home?), especially if there's no sense of either drama or fun to it. Some of the moments with the manatees were fun, but otherwise, the ball was dropped right from the opening scene, which practically begged for an appearance by Comic Book Guy to remind them that Homer's had his football betting issues before (involving Lisa, even).
That said, the season premieres of Family Guy and American Dad were both better. FG was good, if not their best (too many of the flashbacks fell flat), but AD was at its best. Gotta love Patrick Stewart's character. Best joke of the night on any show: Reagan Smash!
Also caught up on Cowboy Bebop -- I've now watched the entire series, with only the movie to go. That's an amazingly fine anime.
Rome, Harvey Birdman, and Slings and Arrows await us on Tivo tonight.
*By which I mean "person who enjoys being around cats," not "like one of Malcolm McDowell or Nastassja Kinski."
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Date: 2005-09-12 01:11 pm (UTC)And I dare anyone to call the ending of the series anything less than stunning.
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Date: 2005-09-12 01:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-12 01:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-12 01:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-12 02:13 pm (UTC)I would also not recommend it for little ones as there is some heavy violence.
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Date: 2005-09-12 02:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-12 02:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-12 02:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-12 03:11 pm (UTC)What bugged me the most was that Marge left the kids with Homer, while the film crew was still there. That seemed completely out of character for her, and stinks of sloppy writing, IMHO.
*shaking head* And yet I still watch... *grin*
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Date: 2005-09-12 03:30 pm (UTC)JSM
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Date: 2005-09-12 03:30 pm (UTC)JSM
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Date: 2005-09-12 03:31 pm (UTC)Yes, the Jets did blow. And as an old-school Chiefs fan, may I say I enjoyed every minute of it. :)
JSM
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Date: 2005-09-12 04:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-12 09:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-12 09:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-13 12:09 am (UTC)Also caught up on Cowboy Bebop -- I've now watched the entire series, with only the movie to go. That's an amazingly fine anime.
The Bebop Remix is out now, as in 'a preorder arrived today in an undisclosed but very happy location'. Apparently it's already sooooo much better than any previous sets... :)
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Date: 2005-09-14 02:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-14 02:20 pm (UTC)BTW, 2nd rec on Champloo. The aforementioned
Another BTW -- the FMA manga is just starting to get licensed American translation, yay!
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Date: 2005-09-15 10:17 pm (UTC)I'm hoping they pick up GitS: SAC Second Gig as well.
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Date: 2005-09-16 02:15 am (UTC)I am very happy to hear that there is a second season to FMA.