Fall is my favorite. It took me a little by surprise this year. I was driving to work, as I do, sitting up straight and clutching the wheel like usual, when I passed a tree with a vine climbing up it that was bright orange. I haven't been feeling very well for the past ... months, but seeing the vibrant colored leaves everywhere makes me feel a little happy and calm despite myself. Man, the Temperate Deciduous Forest rocks.
It's also that time of year when my mother insists that I get a flu shot, and I don't.
Tuesday
How many feminists does it take to review Veronica Mars?
That's not funny.
[Begin Spoiler for Veronica Mars 3.3 - "Wichita Linebacker" — Highlight to view]
Ugh. It's almost ironic, though not quite because I am reaching for comparison, that this episode's plot featured a poor painter when the episode itself was done entirely in unflattering broad strokes. See? See what I did there?
I'll give the episode credit. It really, really wanted me to like it. It tried real hard. "I think that's just because they don't know how" made me laugh out loud. They quoted the Big Lebowski. I would honestly watch The Keith and Weevil show all the time if that were possible. And "[gasp ] ... No." Yes. Veronica Mars listens to Neko Case. Of course. And I was floored.
Seriously though, I hated this episode a lot. There were places where I winced. There were places where I emitted ugly and involuntary noises. I liked Logan much better when he was not just allowed, but expected to be an asshole. The longer he and Veronica date, the less I like him, and the less I like Veronica. I'm sorry to anyone reading who thinks they're the perfect couple. I don't know who wrote this episode, but it sucked. Again, broad strokes. That's really all I care to say about it.
This borders on being off the topic, but I was pissed off by the peripheral "guest" "stars." The chicks anyway. They can't act. Actually, that's not true. I don't know that. But they're not acting. They are not working at all. What about the craft? The art? The actual work that it takes to make an actual good performance? Don't any of these people care? I care. I care very much. This is so important to me I could cry about it. But this entry is not about me and how I'm dissatisfied with my life. Maybe in a future composition. (Oh boy?)
No, this entry is about my favorite television show, and how I really didn't like it this time.
[End Spoiler]
[Begin Spoiler for Veronica Mars 3.3 - "Wichita Linebacker" — Highlight to view]
Ugh. It's almost ironic, though not quite because I am reaching for comparison, that this episode's plot featured a poor painter when the episode itself was done entirely in unflattering broad strokes. See? See what I did there?
I'll give the episode credit. It really, really wanted me to like it. It tried real hard. "I think that's just because they don't know how" made me laugh out loud. They quoted the Big Lebowski. I would honestly watch The Keith and Weevil show all the time if that were possible. And "[gasp ] ... No." Yes. Veronica Mars listens to Neko Case. Of course. And I was floored.
Seriously though, I hated this episode a lot. There were places where I winced. There were places where I emitted ugly and involuntary noises. I liked Logan much better when he was not just allowed, but expected to be an asshole. The longer he and Veronica date, the less I like him, and the less I like Veronica. I'm sorry to anyone reading who thinks they're the perfect couple. I don't know who wrote this episode, but it sucked. Again, broad strokes. That's really all I care to say about it.
This borders on being off the topic, but I was pissed off by the peripheral "guest" "stars." The chicks anyway. They can't act. Actually, that's not true. I don't know that. But they're not acting. They are not working at all. What about the craft? The art? The actual work that it takes to make an actual good performance? Don't any of these people care? I care. I care very much. This is so important to me I could cry about it. But this entry is not about me and how I'm dissatisfied with my life. Maybe in a future composition. (Oh boy?)
No, this entry is about my favorite television show, and how I really didn't like it this time.
[End Spoiler]
Thursday
Take two!
[Begin Spoiler for Lost 3.2 - "The Glass Ballerina" — Highlight to view]
Once again, I greatly preferred this second episode to the premiere. I liked it so much, in fact, that I'm totally going to bitch about the show.
I think one of the biggest missteps this show has made is the time frame. These people have been through all kinds of crazy crap. They fallen in love, broken up, and made up again. They had terrible tragedy and made deep personal connection with each other. ... They've been on the island for 79 days. Come again? We've been watching the show for two and a half years, the characters have been together for two and a half months. We know these characters better than they know each other. But they act like they've been together for years. They're written like they've been together for years. But then every once in a while they throw something out there to remind you that they actually haven't been. And I don't know about you, but it rips me right out of the story. They really should have thought that one through a little more.
Aside from that, wasn't this episode great? I'm so excited! After the big night shootout thing on the boat, I turned to my mother (with whom I watch the show) and said: "Well that was exciting!" And it was! And I don't care a fig for the Jack/Kate/Sawyer love thing, but I thought the kiss was the best romantic bit this show's ever done. She was all sad and tired! And then he kissed her! That was great.
Interesting that Sun keeps letting people take the fall for her. HAAAAAAAAAA. I kill me. Seriously though. It's okay, I still love her. But I could have done without Jin's macho "I am your husband!" posturing. Didn't we work out those issues last season? It seems like we keep retreading the same ground with these two. The only thing we've learned now is that Sun's baby might not be Jin's baby. Which I think most people suspected anyway. Results still inclusive!
Poor Jack. His paradigms had to shift wildly to incorporate that information about the Red Sox. It's okay Jack. We all understand.
I want to punch HenryBen in the face. Really hard. His creepy, bulging unblinking eyes remind me of my acting instructor. Punch!
Sayid disappointed me. That's all I have to say about that. He's the Lostaways one hope!
[End Spoiler]
Once again, I greatly preferred this second episode to the premiere. I liked it so much, in fact, that I'm totally going to bitch about the show.
I think one of the biggest missteps this show has made is the time frame. These people have been through all kinds of crazy crap. They fallen in love, broken up, and made up again. They had terrible tragedy and made deep personal connection with each other. ... They've been on the island for 79 days. Come again? We've been watching the show for two and a half years, the characters have been together for two and a half months. We know these characters better than they know each other. But they act like they've been together for years. They're written like they've been together for years. But then every once in a while they throw something out there to remind you that they actually haven't been. And I don't know about you, but it rips me right out of the story. They really should have thought that one through a little more.
Aside from that, wasn't this episode great? I'm so excited! After the big night shootout thing on the boat, I turned to my mother (with whom I watch the show) and said: "Well that was exciting!" And it was! And I don't care a fig for the Jack/Kate/Sawyer love thing, but I thought the kiss was the best romantic bit this show's ever done. She was all sad and tired! And then he kissed her! That was great.
Interesting that Sun keeps letting people take the fall for her. HAAAAAAAAAA. I kill me. Seriously though. It's okay, I still love her. But I could have done without Jin's macho "I am your husband!" posturing. Didn't we work out those issues last season? It seems like we keep retreading the same ground with these two. The only thing we've learned now is that Sun's baby might not be Jin's baby. Which I think most people suspected anyway. Results still inclusive!
Poor Jack. His paradigms had to shift wildly to incorporate that information about the Red Sox. It's okay Jack. We all understand.
I want to punch HenryBen in the face. Really hard. His creepy, bulging unblinking eyes remind me of my acting instructor. Punch!
Sayid disappointed me. That's all I have to say about that. He's the Lostaways one hope!
[End Spoiler]
Tuesday
Veronica Mars again!
The new theme music isn't that bad. I mean, it's not any good right now, but I'm warming to it a lot faster than I did to the original version. I'm not really sure how I feel about the Dandy Warhols, to be honest with you.
Anyway, I enjoyed watching this episode much much more than I did the premiere.
Details available upon request.
Anyway, I enjoyed watching this episode much much more than I did the premiere.
Details available upon request.
Friday
Oh no!
I only got Exceeds Expectations this time! 
In other news, my mother has broken her toe. The same toe, the same way, that I did several months ago. It's kind of cute, really. In a, uh, painful way.
In other news, my mother has broken her toe. The same toe, the same way, that I did several months ago. It's kind of cute, really. In a, uh, painful way.
Thursday
This post is rated TV-MA for language.
[Begin Spoiler for Lost 3.0 - "A Tale Of Two Cities" — Highlight to view]
I'm tired of the Others. I don't know. I've been having trouble getting back into the swing of television, but I haven't been excited by anything that I've been given so far. I'm a bit over the Others right now. I do not find them intriguing or menacing.
See, there's this thing that bothers me, and I've really only come across it in movies (mostly horror), where our hero is dealing with irrational and inscrutable people who treat him like he's the crazy one. There are lots of variants of this, I guess. The most common is where he's shouting "The murderer is out there murdering people!" and the people he tells try to drug and/or commit him. That doesn't happen in real life, does it? They investigate that sort of shit, usually, right? That type of thing sticks in my craw. I guess this episode falls in those lines, with these Others sticking people in aquariums and shit, and responding to rational conversation in a horrible, ridiculous manner. They don't even have the decency to seem legitimately crazy. It makes me hate them. I don't understand them, and I don't want to, I just want to kill them with stones. What I guess I'm driving at is, I hope Jack rushed the door again. That's what I would have done. Then I would have kneed that blonde woman in the gonads for eating my sandwich in front of me. Tool.
On that note (kind of, I realize this is not the most coherent review), is it just me, or is Jack's ex-wife a cold nasty bitch? What the hell! Now, I'm not really that fond of Jack, really. I mean, I he's nice enough, and all his flaws make him very refreshing and intriguing as a character. But he's a giant asshole. Admit it. And he does get obsessive and stubborn and, you know, assholish on occasion. But in this case? He was not in the wrong. Who does this woman think she is? She cheats on him, which is never okay in my book. She dumps him cold, which doesn't make her wrong, necessarily, but it does make her a jerk who needs to take some flak for how she handled things. He's not some monster. I'd say she fucked up more than he did. SHE OWES HIM SOME ANSWERS. She doesn't get to treat him like he's the asshole. Even though he is an asshole. Not in this instance.
I thought the flashbacks were less ham-handed than usual, incidentally. Though they could still stand to introduce backstories before the episode in which they're dealt with. Clearly. But this worked out okay. And I know, it's great of Jack to "let it go" and grow as a person and all that jazz, but I wouldn't have faulted him if Blonde Girl had asked: "What do you want to know about your ex-wife?" and he had replied: "Tell me, is she still a bruising cunt?" That's what I would have done.
I hope Claire is in the next episode. And Sayid. I like them.
Man. This review is really angry isn't it? Don't mind me. I'm at work right now and I've been ready to leave since Sunday night.
[End Spoiler]
In non-television news, they're cutting down and uprooting 8 trees on my little street today, to make way for the curbs that are a'comin'! I parked my car out in front of my house last night (for reasons I'm not getting into right now) so now it's covered with tree shavings. It's a little tragic.
I'm tired of the Others. I don't know. I've been having trouble getting back into the swing of television, but I haven't been excited by anything that I've been given so far. I'm a bit over the Others right now. I do not find them intriguing or menacing.
See, there's this thing that bothers me, and I've really only come across it in movies (mostly horror), where our hero is dealing with irrational and inscrutable people who treat him like he's the crazy one. There are lots of variants of this, I guess. The most common is where he's shouting "The murderer is out there murdering people!" and the people he tells try to drug and/or commit him. That doesn't happen in real life, does it? They investigate that sort of shit, usually, right? That type of thing sticks in my craw. I guess this episode falls in those lines, with these Others sticking people in aquariums and shit, and responding to rational conversation in a horrible, ridiculous manner. They don't even have the decency to seem legitimately crazy. It makes me hate them. I don't understand them, and I don't want to, I just want to kill them with stones. What I guess I'm driving at is, I hope Jack rushed the door again. That's what I would have done. Then I would have kneed that blonde woman in the gonads for eating my sandwich in front of me. Tool.
On that note (kind of, I realize this is not the most coherent review), is it just me, or is Jack's ex-wife a cold nasty bitch? What the hell! Now, I'm not really that fond of Jack, really. I mean, I he's nice enough, and all his flaws make him very refreshing and intriguing as a character. But he's a giant asshole. Admit it. And he does get obsessive and stubborn and, you know, assholish on occasion. But in this case? He was not in the wrong. Who does this woman think she is? She cheats on him, which is never okay in my book. She dumps him cold, which doesn't make her wrong, necessarily, but it does make her a jerk who needs to take some flak for how she handled things. He's not some monster. I'd say she fucked up more than he did. SHE OWES HIM SOME ANSWERS. She doesn't get to treat him like he's the asshole. Even though he is an asshole. Not in this instance.
I thought the flashbacks were less ham-handed than usual, incidentally. Though they could still stand to introduce backstories before the episode in which they're dealt with. Clearly. But this worked out okay. And I know, it's great of Jack to "let it go" and grow as a person and all that jazz, but I wouldn't have faulted him if Blonde Girl had asked: "What do you want to know about your ex-wife?" and he had replied: "Tell me, is she still a bruising cunt?" That's what I would have done.
I hope Claire is in the next episode. And Sayid. I like them.
Man. This review is really angry isn't it? Don't mind me. I'm at work right now and I've been ready to leave since Sunday night.
[End Spoiler]
In non-television news, they're cutting down and uprooting 8 trees on my little street today, to make way for the curbs that are a'comin'! I parked my car out in front of my house last night (for reasons I'm not getting into right now) so now it's covered with tree shavings. It's a little tragic.
Wednesday
I wasn't kidding!
I haven't even gotten my new layout yet!
Yesterday, mysteriously, The Crane Wife came to me. It's the new CD from the Decemberists, back with their offbeat folk fables and dark bedtime stories. "Cormorant" means pelican, I'm pretty sure. Break out the thesaurus just in case.
So that's what I've been doing since yesterday. So far I've given it my standard reaction of late, which is: "Pretty okay!" Unlike the last album, there wasn't a song on it that I didn't like. I can't even say that about Castaways and Cutouts, which is my favorite. Unfortunately, there wasn't any song that jumped out at me as completely awesome, either. Then again, it often takes me a while to warm up to new things. There are lots of songs and albums that I was cold towards when I first heard them, that I now love. So I'll have to see what happens here.
It's a lot more "rock" than their previous efforts. And some of the songs feel like I've already listened to them. "When The War Came" is pretty much "No Quarter." I know I tend to think a lot of things sound like Zeppelin, or that olde timey rock I likw, because that's what I know best. But it really does this time, I mean it. Ordinarily, that's not something I would go for. But it's the Decemberists. So I love it. The first part of second song, called "Come And See" is very much like some Pink Floyd song. I'm not too good with Floyd. I want to say "Young Lust" but I'm pretty sure that's wrong. Then they take over the sound effects of T-Rex's "The Slider" to simulate sloshing through water. Then they get into something that sounds like, I swear, Bon Jovi's "Blaze Of Glory" before finally becoming its own song.
I definitely recommend. Even if you don't already listen to the Decemberists. Kirk.
Incidentally, I've noticed that my monkey comments have stopped working. Oh no!! What tragic timing. But doesn't it just make you want to read all the more while wishing you could comment? No? Oh well. I tried.
Yesterday, mysteriously, The Crane Wife came to me. It's the new CD from the Decemberists, back with their offbeat folk fables and dark bedtime stories. "Cormorant" means pelican, I'm pretty sure. Break out the thesaurus just in case.
So that's what I've been doing since yesterday. So far I've given it my standard reaction of late, which is: "Pretty okay!" Unlike the last album, there wasn't a song on it that I didn't like. I can't even say that about Castaways and Cutouts, which is my favorite. Unfortunately, there wasn't any song that jumped out at me as completely awesome, either. Then again, it often takes me a while to warm up to new things. There are lots of songs and albums that I was cold towards when I first heard them, that I now love. So I'll have to see what happens here.
It's a lot more "rock" than their previous efforts. And some of the songs feel like I've already listened to them. "When The War Came" is pretty much "No Quarter." I know I tend to think a lot of things sound like Zeppelin, or that olde timey rock I likw, because that's what I know best. But it really does this time, I mean it. Ordinarily, that's not something I would go for. But it's the Decemberists. So I love it. The first part of second song, called "Come And See" is very much like some Pink Floyd song. I'm not too good with Floyd. I want to say "Young Lust" but I'm pretty sure that's wrong. Then they take over the sound effects of T-Rex's "The Slider" to simulate sloshing through water. Then they get into something that sounds like, I swear, Bon Jovi's "Blaze Of Glory" before finally becoming its own song.
I definitely recommend. Even if you don't already listen to the Decemberists. Kirk.
Incidentally, I've noticed that my monkey comments have stopped working. Oh no!! What tragic timing. But doesn't it just make you want to read all the more while wishing you could comment? No? Oh well. I tried.
Tuesday
OH NO!
[Begin Spoiler for Veronica Mars 3.0 - "Welcome Wagon" — Highlight to view]
Veronica must have diabetes!!!
[End Spoiler]
Veronica must have diabetes!!!
[End Spoiler]
Sunday
I hate to say it, but I really need TiVo.
Television starts this week! Which is to say, it's not that television ever stopped, but this week all the shows that I actually watch will begin to air anew. This spells trouble, because for months now I've been watching no television at all, except the occasional episode off the Home and Garden Channel when I stop in to watch it with my mother.
Tuesday is Veronica Mars. Wednesday is Lost. And I already have two and a half hours of Doctor Who sitting on a tape from Friday night. Will I watch it before I go to sleep tonight? Who can say!
I've been having this little problem lately where I can't seem to drum up the energy to do ... anything at all, really. Unless it's getting up and taking a shower and going to work. And then coming home and going to sleep. Yesterday I forgot to eat until 11:30, at which point I fixed myself a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats. That hasn't happened in a while, but I was busy fiddling with computer whatsits.
I don't think it's a good sign, however, that I'm anticipating the prospect of having to watch 3 hours of television a week and dreading it as strenuous work.
Tuesday is Veronica Mars. Wednesday is Lost. And I already have two and a half hours of Doctor Who sitting on a tape from Friday night. Will I watch it before I go to sleep tonight? Who can say!
I've been having this little problem lately where I can't seem to drum up the energy to do ... anything at all, really. Unless it's getting up and taking a shower and going to work. And then coming home and going to sleep. Yesterday I forgot to eat until 11:30, at which point I fixed myself a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats. That hasn't happened in a while, but I was busy fiddling with computer whatsits.
I don't think it's a good sign, however, that I'm anticipating the prospect of having to watch 3 hours of television a week and dreading it as strenuous work.
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