Woo hoo!

Woo hoo and Thank God!

You may notice, gentle readers, that today is Tuesday. Therefore, you may note I am short one Angel review. Due in part to the fact that I have not slept in an entire month, and the fact that my mother took off from work yesterday (as she sometimes tends to do), I thought yesterday was Sunday. All day. Which is why I was not in front of my television at 5PM yesterday, and why I did not tape Angel.

This came to my attention at 2AM this morning. After ... some quiet hysterics, I thought perhaps I should look at my TV listings to see if perhaps Angel would be shown in the morning also. It was! That helped me get through the night. Sadly, I learned this morning that they were, in fact, showing "Bachelor Party." Crushed again. Then! I remembered that on the tape I was originally using to record the show, I had a bunch of random, out-of-order episodes from early in the season that I hadn't seen. Guess what was on there! Yay!

In other news, starshine called me on the phone, which was unexpected and quite entertaining. Sadly, I still had wet hair, so it dried into a big frizzball, so now I have it in rollers.

Also, my mother and I cleaned out the garage over this unnaturally extended weekend. SO MANY SPIDERS! Anyway, yesterday I sustained two bug bites (I'm assuming mosquitos, though I was not able to squish the bastards), and I'm worried now. I have decided that I have either developed a severe allergy to mosquito saliva, or I've contracted some fucked up tropical disease.

The last couple of times I've been bitten, I've gotten that flat and raised irregularly shaped patch. This is normal. However, I also had a 3-inch diameter circle of bright red around the bite area. Without having scratched at it. Yish! In addition, the bites I got yesterday are now resting in nickel-sized lumps on my thigh and arm. NICKEL SIZED. It's like a welt. It's like I was hit in the arm with a mallet.

Shit, I hope I don't die.

ANYWAY! Two reviews, one day! (Other to come later.)



[Begin Spoiler for The Cautionary Tale Of Numero Cinco — Highlight to view]

The teaser was really long, yo. Seriously. Many minutes. And it was full of stupid phrases that I didn't really understand. "If wishes were horses"? The fuck does that mean? "My old tumble"? The fuck does that mean? Although, "You're kind of like a woman." "That's not a compliment." Heee. Me too, Fred. Me too.

Okay, now into the episode. Man. This was ... weird. I don't even know what to rate this. It was good, and I really *wanted* to like it, but too much of it was kind of fuckedupweird.

I loved Number Five. ... Numero Cinco ... eh, I'm gonna call him "No. 5" because that looks cool. I LOVE No. 5!! He's a little old man! He delivers mail! He tells you stories of the past! I want to take him home and feed him soup. ... If he weren't, you know. This makes me sad. I hope good stuff happened to him after his brothers mysteriously materialized and then they all myseteriously dematerialized. I love you No. 5!

Anyway, yeah, let's start there. What the fuck? That was totally creepy! Let's just all, pop out of our graves! That's not weird at all! I can't even begin to think about what was going on there, because it makes my brain hurt.

I think Joss Whedon hates injuns! Hates 'em like he hates his father. What was up with that dude? Was it explained why he didn't look like an actual human, or was that just ... supposedly explained by the fact that he was evil? Also, did we ever determine why he needed the Hearts of Heros? I mean, yeah, they had that supposition that he was feeding off them, but then we switched gears and he was just all after the talisman. So, what's up with that? Is it because he's an Aztec, so lets have him cut out some hearts? That would be in keeping with the above theory! Oedi, yo.

Also, Wesley's theory? IS STUPID! Or maybe it's not. I don't know. I don't even know. I can't decide and am conflicted. To be a hero, you need to believe you're a hero, deeds are irrelevant? That idea ... bothers me. I can't decide why. Personally, I think the beef jerky explanation was far superior. 'Cause ... yeah!

Also, and this is important, What was the cautionary tale??? Seriously! What is it? What lesson was taught by the plighted life of the celebrated Mr. 5? "Ask before you throw people through glass"? (uhh, the glass bothered me) "Don't swallow talismans"? "Don't be disconnected"? Was that supposed to be it? That's ... awkward.

Oddly though, in contrast with the last episode, I do feel like watching this again. It was good, maybe? It seems like I should try to understand it more, but a larger part of my brain is telling me, "No, it actually is stupid, don't bother." So, that's my bottom line: "I liked it, but What The Fuck?!"

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