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Monday, October 5th, 2009

Sesame Street does Mad Men

“Good job, sycophants.” Hee!

mood: okay
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Friday, September 11th, 2009

supernatural

Woobie boys are woobie!!! (see uschickens for a good, nuanced description of the woobie) also I still love that they start with a vid! AC/DC vid! And other stuff too, but basically episode made me happy :)
mood: pleased
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Reading Rainbow

I just saw that Reading Rainbow ended Friday after 26 years on PBS. As a child of the 80s, Reading Rainbow played at least a part in my love of reading and books.

This NPR article discusses why the show ended.

Grant says the funding crunch is partially to blame, but the decision to end Reading Rainbow can also be traced to a shift in the philosophy of educational television programming. The change started with the Department of Education under the Bush administration, he explains, which wanted to see a much heavier focus on the basic tools of reading — like phonics and spelling.

Grant says that PBS, CPB and the Department of Education put significant funding toward programming that would teach kids how to read — but that's not what Reading Rainbow was trying to do.

"Reading Rainbow taught kids why to read," Grant says. "You know, the love of reading — [the show] encouraged kids to pick up a book and to read."

mood: teary
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Tim Gunn

How did I miss that Tim Gunn will be a Marvel superhero? They talked about it on the Daily Show tonight. This makes me happy. (A sweet moment was when Tim Gunn said it was too emotional for him to watch the Bravo Project Runway rip-off show, and Jon Stewart told him he didn't need to see it because it sucked.)
mood: okay
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in which I start to have crushes on Swedes???

Blondes aren't usually my thing, but seems that I'm developing ( a couple of crushes... )
mood: hyper
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Friday, August 14th, 2009

warehouse 13

Is anyone else watching Warehouse 13 (on stupidly re-named network, I think). I just saw the first episode (on iTunes, looks like some are on hulu too).

It's like cheesy (not scary) X-files with museum curators (or archivists)!

Things I found charming:
-the ferret
-the purple stuff
-the steampunk aesthetic
-the use of Renaissance art
-the mysterious b&b proprietor

Things I found annoying:
-how sterotypically the characters are presented initially, but maybe that's the first episode and they develop? There seem to be some movements toward better development later in the episode.
-the interpretation of the painting was utter bullshit (also the style wasn't Italian, Northern Renaissance/Baroque, even though the story was also popular in Italy at that time and it showed an interest in Italy by the Northern artists. I know, but you math and science people get irritated by your field-specific stuff too.)
-the cheesiness (but when has that stopped me before), cool that it seems self-conscious, but just not self-conscious enough (the vibe reminds me of Eureka).

Basically Middleman could have taken this plot and done it better, but I think show has potential. I'm up for another episode or two.

eta: bonus Dartmouth sweatshirt on main dude (which I'm assuming means alum)
mood: recumbent
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Sunday, July 19th, 2009

lazy Sunday

Just back from my BIL's apartment. We spent a lazy Sunday afternoon there. Jasna made lunch with fried chicken, cevapi (croatian spiced meat thing kind of like sausages), tomatoes, roasted potatoes, and cucumber and sour cream salad. Then we hung out and played computer games (Bruno on WoW, Slavica on several things, Minka played poker), and watched the last 2/3 of the 1st season of Flashpoint that my BIL had downloaded. They have the computer hooked up to a huge tv in their bedroom so we hung out on the bed and the kids (and dog) wandered in and out. It was awesome. I'm torn between missing Denis and being a little homesick for all my friends in DC, and wishing my in-laws lived around the corner.

eta: oh and I briefly talked on the phone to my other two nieces Lena (short for Magdalena, we have the same birthday, she's 12), and Katerina (the youngest, she's 8) who are still at the seaside. Slavica informed Lena that she had to translate for me because I can't understand it when they talk fast (which I understood), :) Lena's English is excellent, she said she got a 4 (guess that's like an A). Can't wait to see them in person next week.
mood: content
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Saturday, July 11th, 2009

torchwood children of earth episode 5

( torchwood CoE 5 with a little Dr. Who thrown in )
mood: sad
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009

torchwood

( episode 4 kinda spoilery but mostly reaction, eta: now with added conjecture! )
mood: distressed
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

children of earth

Torchwood = Holy Crap Awesome! RTD, Moffat has you beat on mood and pacing hands down, but you can really rock the crazy-ass action stuff. Why is it only 5 days!!!
mood: enthralled
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Monday, June 8th, 2009

trapeze 2

This should be trapeze 3, but my last class got rained out in Baltimore. Then there was moving week so it's been 2 weeks. This was my first class in downtown DC. The rig is in the parking lot at 9th and H St. NW so if you're local check it out. It was really hot today (but no rain!). I forgot my socks, but a very nice woman (Anita I think) lent me hers. I also chatted with Amy who I met in Beantown back in March. I worked on split (again). Got close to making it catchable but not quite so caught knee hang catch again. I need to go more regularly so I can get the darn split.

There was a tv crew there (I stayed late to watch the reporter try it, hilarious, but points for being a good sport). They did a brief interview with me (sweaty, chalky, and babbling, awesome) as well as a few other people, so I might be on tv. But even if it's not me there will be a story about the school on ABC News 7 WJLA tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5pm EST. He said it will also be posted on the website, if that's the case I'll link to it here.
mood: sweaty
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

crossover potential

Hee some "Middleman" in my Dollhouse (ep. 2).

(Also Mark Sheppard is in everything. He's finally moved from "that guy" to actor who has a name.)
mood: busy
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Sunday, October 19th, 2008

skins

Is anyone else watching Skins on BBC America? I'm totally hooked at this point. This week's episode was pretty rough. The backdrop to the teen angst drama was the school play named "Osama the Musical" about Sept. 11th. Yeah.

(Do you want to feel more pressure about the outcome of the election? Watch the BBC America teasers for election coverage that are along the lines of "the fate of the world rests on the Americans' decision.)
mood: busy
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Friday, October 10th, 2008

Life on Mars

I watched the US remake of Life on Mars and I don't understand. Why would you make a bad copy of a show with almost the exact same characters and plot when you could 1. just buy the rights to the original 2. use the concept and add something too it instead of watering down the original.

Do they really think we have such an aversion to British accents? Or that we're just stupid and won't understand it.

At first I thought I might be overly sensitive, too swayed by the charming British accents.

And then I rewatched the first ep of the BBC series.
( my issues in detail (spoilers)/why the new series sucks )
mood: frustrated
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Friday, June 27th, 2008

I Love the Whole World

I adore this commercial for the Discovery Channel.
it might have made me cry, shhh don't tell anyone

It's the subject of XKCD today

and [info]jgesteve posted a link to the WoW version.

:)
mood: peaceful
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

belated sci-fi tv thoughts

I've had some thoughts on Dr. Who and BSG hanging out in my brain for a while. Probably should have posted them earlier, but here they are now. (Spoilers obviously, more for Dr. Who and BSG, the Sarah Jane stuff is pretty general.)

( Dr. Who--Midnight )
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( Dr. Who--Turn Left )
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( oh and while I'm talking about that, the Sarah Jane Adventures )
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( BSG )
mood: geeky
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007

anti-Santa

Heeee!

Bless you Kripke for reading Gaiman so closely.

OMG last scene, ooooooooh.
mood: silly
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Sunday, April 15th, 2007

driving

This Drive show is pretty good. It's the drama version of the Amazing Race the way Lost is the dramatized version of Survivor. Similar premise with hotter people and more mysterious backstories. We have Nathan Fillion acting angry and brooding (it's a stretch I know) and having sexual chemistry with hot, mysterious, acts-evil-but-is-probably-good blonde chick, crazy chick who's being beaten by her husband and just gave birth (and plays crazy chick on 2 1/2 Men), two newly reunited brothers Latino ex-con and upper class Yuppie joined together through the hatred of their father (and awesome car), dying father with Linsay-Lohan haired teenage daughter, soldier back from Iraq with annoyingly hot and lying girlfriend (wife?), and three random women in a truck (one from the wire).

Did I mention all the awesome car-chase/fast driving scenes? And cheesy driving-related remixes? Awesome.


(still sick and slightly worried about a brain tumor and/or being dizzy for the rest of my life, waiting for new episode of Dresden Files to come on, did I mention that D. floated Harry as a baby name--not pregnant but baby names are my favorite game--Harry not after the prince, but the wizard, not Potter, Dresden. Favorite recent bad baby names: buffalo (pronounced boo-fa-lo), carrots (pronouced ka-ro-tees), and krumpir (potato in croatian). Okay end of commercial break.)
mood: cranky
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imdb meme answers

Did anyone else see that Nathan Fillion is on some new Fox show that premieres tonight? Not sure if it looks promising or not.

( imdb meme answers )
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Thursday, April 12th, 2007

imdb meme

Spurred on by everyone else, here are my top 10 (okay 15) favorite (at least that I can remember right now) tv shows listed by IMDB plot keywords. A lot of these will look familiar so I don't think it's too hard.

1 genocide, theology, woman in uniform
2 friendship, murder, father daughter relationship
3 gun nut, wit, cargo
4 fish out of water, gadget, regeneration
5 destiny, graveyard, sister sister relationship
6 frenchwoman, scientific experiment, flashback sequence
7 family life, rocket scientist, vision
8 returning character killed off, strip club, domineering mother
9 interracial romance, family business, ghostly figure
10 small town, profanity, greed
11 baby, suspense, brother brother relationship
12 psychic, bear, good versus evil
13 private investigator, wizard, magic
14 human interest, gay interest, columnist
15 elimination, criticism, high heels
location: desk
mood: sleepy
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