Sorry for the lack of posts and communication in general. Life got a bit complicated recently. Personal stuff. Nothing horrible, just some life stuff that happens in times of economic crisis. I'm fine job-wise for now but my kids aren't exactly in great shape. Have a lot less time to blog and other fun stuff. I think if I were still obsessed with LOCI I'd be more communicative but that's pretty much dead for the moment. Still love it and want to watch it and love Vincent and Kate and Jeff and Julianne but I really just don't care to know anything until the show starts.
Miss all of you - well, my political forums have been seeing a bit more of me lately since I dropped the LOCI obsession. But music forums and LOCI forums have been quite abandoned and I do apologize for my lack of participation but like I said, I real life does intrude on my online life more than I like but you gotta do what you gotta do.
I did watch the return of Life on Mars. They pulled one of those aired out of order things LOCI does all the time so no resolution for Sam and his father yet. But the episode they did air was fun. Will try and get my review up sometime before the next one airs. I'm really loving Sam Tyler and Gene Hunt. Here's hoping they make it for another season.
And I wanted to share this with you all. Don't know how many of you watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report on the Comedy Channel on a regular basis. I know there are a few fellow fans who read this blog but for those who may not have caught last night's Colbert Report, it was quite a gem. Paul McCartney was a guest. He was interviewed by the absurd but very sharp and witty Mr. Colbert and Sir Paul was also quite up to the challenge. It was fun, Paul played along and got his jabs in, too. It was all in fun and I must say I just find Paul McCartney to be as adorable as ever.
So enjoy! Hope you are all doing well!
[NP: Elton John - Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters]
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Things Just Keep Getting Better!
It was nice to hear President Obama (I just so love saying that!) tell those pouting Republicans that he won! It's true. America has voted and told the Republicans we are tired of your hateful, divisive, arrogant, outdated way of thinking. We want thoughtful, intelligent, progressive thinking. THINKING being the operative word here. We can hold to our ideals without compromising our security.
Lately I've been watching FIX news and laughing. They're so screwed up and scared they don't know what to do. Most of the country can see they're a joke now. They're freaking out over everything and in the old days they would have come off sounding obnoxious and jerk-like. Many people still probably see them that way but I laugh at their stupidity. The fact that those morons felt safer with DICK and Dumbass in charge makes me feel sorry for them. So they can't keep illegal immigrants out but they kept the terrorists out? Really? How did they do that? Give me a break.
Speaking of DICK, he's been kind of hanging Dubya out to dry with things he's been saying. He's also covering his own ass...or trying to. All those complimentary things he's been saying about Lewis "Scooter" Libbey, his former chief of staff, I'm sure is to try and make Scooter feel less like wanting to write a tell-all book about how DICK and Karl probably gave him the marching orders and he had to fall on his sword to protect them. Here's hoping Scooter is bitter and angry as many former Bush Administration lackeys seem to be.
Oh and the one asshole I wish someone would take a shot at - except the only people who would do that kind of thing are probably his fans - is Rush Limbaugh. I don't like to wish death on anyone. Not even the big DICK. I mean if he died I wouldn't cry but wishing death is kind of bad karma and really not something I feel good about. In Limbaugh's case, I feel I am justified.
He's a fat headed gas bag. His latest outrage? He is hoping President Obama fails. That means he's hoping this country fails. Is that just to justify his hateful views? Because if Obama succeeds then all his loud mouthed asshole ideology would be proven WRONG?
Limbaugh is the worst kind of human being. Hypocrite first and foremost. All those horrible things he said about people who got addicted to pain pills, etc. Then he turned out to be an addict and I don't know if he ever apologized or if it ever made him more humble about the subject. He's such an ass. Then those insensitive remarks he makes about even those among us who are ill. The Michael J. Fox debacle for which he actually apologized. I'm surprised and wondered if hell was frozen over now. I'm sure he wasn't really sorry. He shows no ability to empathize with anyone except maybe that simp Sarah Palin.
Ah well, they can stew in their own hate. I'm happy to say, they are now irrelevant. In the progressive, forward thinking, intelligent America, they're just a minor road bump.
Stem cell research is going full steam ahead now, too. After all those years of ignorance, we are finally able make progress. This is going to be great for the medical community in this country.
Yep, life is definitely getting better! Conservatives don't like it? Tough. He won. The American people - the ones with brains - won. The ones who know that creating an atmosphere of hate and mistrust doesn't make us safer. It makes people hate us more.
If former die hard conservatives like my brother-in-law have given up on the Republicans, it's a bad sign for them. They're left with the neo-cons and evangelicals. Scary combination. Religious zealotry with fascist-like attitude are on the wane. May they be banished from mainstream politics from here on out.
[NP: Bruce Springsteen - The Rising]
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Random Happy Thoughts
So far so good! President Obama (I love, love, love saying that) has already fulfilled the promise of making steps to close that abomination known as Guantanamo. He's also declared we will NOT torture. The shine is getting brighter on this country now that the dust of all the hateful, dark and evil thoughts and ideas left over from the Bush Administration are being blown away with the wind of change that is now sweeping through Washington, D. C.
You know, my conservative colleagues who have been drinking the nasty Kool Aid served up by the Bush Administration asked me what has Obama done for me that I'm so flippin' happy. My answer is that he has restored my faith in this country. I am proud to be an American again.
I look at the face of President Obama and I see the face of the future of this country. I'm sorry that they can't get on board with it but I suppose if I were someone who lived in the middle of conseravativeland where everyone looked like me, had the same religion as me and the same cultural background as me, I suppose I'd be scared a little, too.
Barack Obama has also given me the sense that this country is finally living up to it's promise. As a minority in this country, I finally feel like we can all be accepted now. Misao doesn't need to change her name to Mildred. It's okay to have an ethnic name. It makes me wish my parents were alive to see this. How far this country has come in just my life time.
I know he can't fix things overnight but we certainly are off to a good start.
Even the winter seems brighter. All the snow that has come and is still hanging around because it hasn't been warm enough to melt yet is okay by me. It makes things look brighter. When I'm feeling like it's warm when the temperature is at 20 degrees Fahrenheit, it's definitely cold! LOL
Here are a couple of photos I took while driving out and about - I stopped when I snapped the photo so no lectures about driving and doing stupid things at the same time ;-) - on Tuesday.
Wall of snow across the street from my community of houses.
Sunset same day.
Actually, snow is good because it makes things look cleaner. Until the green starts sprouting, it's either snow or mud. I'll take snow.
[NP: John Mayer - Waiting for the World to Change]
You know, my conservative colleagues who have been drinking the nasty Kool Aid served up by the Bush Administration asked me what has Obama done for me that I'm so flippin' happy. My answer is that he has restored my faith in this country. I am proud to be an American again.
I look at the face of President Obama and I see the face of the future of this country. I'm sorry that they can't get on board with it but I suppose if I were someone who lived in the middle of conseravativeland where everyone looked like me, had the same religion as me and the same cultural background as me, I suppose I'd be scared a little, too.
Barack Obama has also given me the sense that this country is finally living up to it's promise. As a minority in this country, I finally feel like we can all be accepted now. Misao doesn't need to change her name to Mildred. It's okay to have an ethnic name. It makes me wish my parents were alive to see this. How far this country has come in just my life time.
I know he can't fix things overnight but we certainly are off to a good start.
Even the winter seems brighter. All the snow that has come and is still hanging around because it hasn't been warm enough to melt yet is okay by me. It makes things look brighter. When I'm feeling like it's warm when the temperature is at 20 degrees Fahrenheit, it's definitely cold! LOL
Here are a couple of photos I took while driving out and about - I stopped when I snapped the photo so no lectures about driving and doing stupid things at the same time ;-) - on Tuesday.
Wall of snow across the street from my community of houses. 
Sunset same day.Actually, snow is good because it makes things look cleaner. Until the green starts sprouting, it's either snow or mud. I'll take snow.
[NP: John Mayer - Waiting for the World to Change]
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
It's Official!
We have a new president and his name is Barack Hussein Obama. I can't tell you how it gave me goose bumps to hear that. As a minority in this country it made me feel good to know that most people in this country aren't ignorant assholes who buy into the bigotry and fear of the unknown or the different. We rose above the right-wing hate speech and rhetoric and chose a man who represents the new face of America. A young, multi-racial country. A country where all people are accepted. Dissention is not seen as unpatriotic.
Never have I felt so good about a new president. Not even when Clinton won in 1992. He came with some baggage that we chose to ignore. Obama comes in without any of that.
I found it fitting that DICK Cheney was leaving in a wheelchair. A symbol of the broken country he left. Biden comes in with the idea of putting things right in the vice president's office. Scaling back the power to a more traditional role.
Goodbye Mr. Bush. I may have hated your policies and just about everyone in your administration but as I look back on it, I know you probably meant well. You were just ill equiped to deal with the office and problems you confronted. It's a shame you still don't realize all the harm you've caused to this country. Perhaps it's for the best for you. I wouldn't be able to live with myself.
A new dawn in this country and I was alive to witness it. Several times I found myself getting teary eyed. Even the old dinosaur naysayers around me couldn't dampen my enthusiasm and good feeling. Thank goodness the negative, mean spirited and hatefulness of the previous administration hasn't dampened my outlook as it seems to have for those who for inexplicable reasons (to me anyway) still think Bush wasn't so bad. Guess that's what listening to FIX news exclusively does to a person.
And on a sadder note, it's official that LOCI won't be coming back until summer 2009. That's it for me. I will still watch the show and I still adore Vincent and Kathryn but it just seems like the way things are going, it's going to find it's last hurrah with season 8. How it can survive being gone from the public eye for a year is beyond me.
Well, I'll be back with more thoughts soon. My little blogging vacation has come to an end. Lots to say, lots to think about and I miss you all! Will be back to making my blog rounds with fellow Vincent and LOCI fans. You're the one thing that keeps me hopeful for the show. :-)
[NP: U2 - City of Blinding Lights]
Never have I felt so good about a new president. Not even when Clinton won in 1992. He came with some baggage that we chose to ignore. Obama comes in without any of that.
I found it fitting that DICK Cheney was leaving in a wheelchair. A symbol of the broken country he left. Biden comes in with the idea of putting things right in the vice president's office. Scaling back the power to a more traditional role.
Goodbye Mr. Bush. I may have hated your policies and just about everyone in your administration but as I look back on it, I know you probably meant well. You were just ill equiped to deal with the office and problems you confronted. It's a shame you still don't realize all the harm you've caused to this country. Perhaps it's for the best for you. I wouldn't be able to live with myself.
A new dawn in this country and I was alive to witness it. Several times I found myself getting teary eyed. Even the old dinosaur naysayers around me couldn't dampen my enthusiasm and good feeling. Thank goodness the negative, mean spirited and hatefulness of the previous administration hasn't dampened my outlook as it seems to have for those who for inexplicable reasons (to me anyway) still think Bush wasn't so bad. Guess that's what listening to FIX news exclusively does to a person.
And on a sadder note, it's official that LOCI won't be coming back until summer 2009. That's it for me. I will still watch the show and I still adore Vincent and Kathryn but it just seems like the way things are going, it's going to find it's last hurrah with season 8. How it can survive being gone from the public eye for a year is beyond me.
Well, I'll be back with more thoughts soon. My little blogging vacation has come to an end. Lots to say, lots to think about and I miss you all! Will be back to making my blog rounds with fellow Vincent and LOCI fans. You're the one thing that keeps me hopeful for the show. :-)
[NP: U2 - City of Blinding Lights]
Sunday, January 18, 2009
It's a Beautiful Day!
The snow is still falling and it's freezing but it's such a beautiful day! Just finished watching the concert on the mall in Washington and I'm quite happy and relieved. On Tuesday we begin a new chapter in this country. To those who don't feel it or understand it, I feel sorry for you. There are people here where I live in conservativeland - or the land of denial as it seems - that seem to be angry and cynical and skeptical. They are not happy because they've been drinking the Kool Aid served up by the Republican neo-con/evangelicals. It amazes me that they don't see it. It's also sad that they're unable to be hopeful. Guess if I followed the negative, mean spirited, cynical and just plain nasty folks who were part of the Bush Administration, I'd be dismayed as well since I would be told by the people who hand out the Kool Aid that it's a bad thing.
It's wonderful to see the entire world celebrate. It almost seems as if Barack Obama is going to be the president of the entire world. I wish him all the luck in the world and hope things get better for all of us. Even those who don't like him or agree with him.
Watching all those people out there and hearing the upbeat and uplifting music has got me feeling incredibly hopeful and happy. Bono thanked Obama for choosing their song City of Blinding Lights to celebrate his nomination. I actually got a little teary eyed over that one. I've been a supporter of U2 since they first came upon the scene in the early 80's. For a short time I kind of thought Bono was getting a little full of himself but really, he wasn't. It was just the way the press kept wanting to annoint him a saint. But having discovered all the things he's done and the way he's lived his life, I have to say while he's not a saint he's definitely a decent human being and an inspirational figure.
This is such a great moment. I want to enjoy and celebrate before the tough work begins. For now I'll be happy and celebrate the moment. I feel like it's one of those moments you want to say you witnessed. Like the moon landing. I get goose bumps just thinking about it!
So I leave you with a YouTube video of U2 performing in New York City. I'm sure someone will put up a video of today's concert but for now, here's the song City of Blinding Lights to help us all celebrate the inauguration of President Barack Hussein Obama.
It's wonderful to see the entire world celebrate. It almost seems as if Barack Obama is going to be the president of the entire world. I wish him all the luck in the world and hope things get better for all of us. Even those who don't like him or agree with him.
Watching all those people out there and hearing the upbeat and uplifting music has got me feeling incredibly hopeful and happy. Bono thanked Obama for choosing their song City of Blinding Lights to celebrate his nomination. I actually got a little teary eyed over that one. I've been a supporter of U2 since they first came upon the scene in the early 80's. For a short time I kind of thought Bono was getting a little full of himself but really, he wasn't. It was just the way the press kept wanting to annoint him a saint. But having discovered all the things he's done and the way he's lived his life, I have to say while he's not a saint he's definitely a decent human being and an inspirational figure.
This is such a great moment. I want to enjoy and celebrate before the tough work begins. For now I'll be happy and celebrate the moment. I feel like it's one of those moments you want to say you witnessed. Like the moon landing. I get goose bumps just thinking about it!
So I leave you with a YouTube video of U2 performing in New York City. I'm sure someone will put up a video of today's concert but for now, here's the song City of Blinding Lights to help us all celebrate the inauguration of President Barack Hussein Obama.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Winter Wonderland?
Or the frozen version of Hell?
It started like this:
Then got swept up like this.
Then ended up looking like this in the lot across from the paper and the lot outside the property manager's office of the community I live in.
I like snow and all but I'm about ready for a thaw.
I've been watching Obama's train trip to Washington, D.C. all day and am watching the Foo Fighters in concert right now. Such a great band. I know Nirvana is considered a better more significant band but I really love Dave Grohl and his band a lot better.
It's a different energy. Not as dark and a lot more upbeat and quite fun in many cases. Grohl is - and this is just my opinion Kurt Cobain fans - so much more talented. If I were twenty years younger I'd probably have a huge crush on him, too. LOL As it is, I'm 49 and I think he needs a hair cut and shave. Ah well, we all grow up sooner or later. Still love the music, though.
Can't wait for Tuesday! I'm so ready for Bush to be gone I can't stand it!
[NP: Foo Fighters - Everlong]
It started like this:
Then got swept up like this.
Then ended up looking like this in the lot across from the paper and the lot outside the property manager's office of the community I live in.
I like snow and all but I'm about ready for a thaw.
I've been watching Obama's train trip to Washington, D.C. all day and am watching the Foo Fighters in concert right now. Such a great band. I know Nirvana is considered a better more significant band but I really love Dave Grohl and his band a lot better.
It's a different energy. Not as dark and a lot more upbeat and quite fun in many cases. Grohl is - and this is just my opinion Kurt Cobain fans - so much more talented. If I were twenty years younger I'd probably have a huge crush on him, too. LOL As it is, I'm 49 and I think he needs a hair cut and shave. Ah well, we all grow up sooner or later. Still love the music, though.
Can't wait for Tuesday! I'm so ready for Bush to be gone I can't stand it!
[NP: Foo Fighters - Everlong]
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Five More Days!
At this point there are five more days before we say goodbye and good riddance to George W. Bush and his horrible administration. The more he and DICK Cheney speak to the press, I more I am convinced these people are deluding themselves. They refuse to take responsibility for anything and despite all the evidence to the contrary they think they are 100% in the right.
Let's see, first on my bitch list about things Bush said in his farewell press conference is that Bush claims his one success is that there has not been an attack on American soil since 9-11. He believes the draconian measures he's taken towards torture, secret wire tapping of American citizens, suspension of habeas corpus and other offenses against the constitution have actually made us safer. We're safer? So all those illegal immigrants coming across the border but not one terrorist? Okay, sure, George, in your mind you made us safer. Did you know the Clinton administration could site several times they stopped attacks against us, too? Did you know they did it with all of our constitutional rights intact? Sorry you and your gang were too stupid to figure out how to keep us safe under the constitution. Sorry you have no faith in the principles of this country.
Oh and that leads to annoyance number 2. He was asked why he felt that he failed so miserably at being the "uniter" he wanted to be and ended up being such a "divider." He said he had no clue why the rhetoric got so bad.
Well, let me clue you in George. Your people - Karl Rove and other neo-cons in your administration - started calling those of us who disagreed with you and your ilk "unpatriotic." You know, that's how that simp Sarah Palin go the idea in her other-wise empty little head that there are more "pro-America' parts of the country. Pro-Americans apparently don't have much regard for our constitution unless it's about their rights to own guns - which I'm all for btw, but I am for all the other rights that the Bush Administration took away.
They're xenophobic attitude and the lack of taking responsibility is just astounding. Bush I can see. He's not the brightest bulb in the box. But Cheney? Apparently the man is just deranged. Or more suited for a totalitarian regime. His kind of intelligence we don't need.
I just saw last night's edition of The Daily Show - I had to sleep early last night so I could get up early and drive through a mini-blizzard for a story - Jon Stewart expressed everything I feel about Bush and his excuses. Here's what he had to say.
He also expressed some thoughts about Sarah Palin that I totally agree with!
I love Jon Stewart!
[NP: Smashing Pumpkins - Stand Inside Your Love]
Let's see, first on my bitch list about things Bush said in his farewell press conference is that Bush claims his one success is that there has not been an attack on American soil since 9-11. He believes the draconian measures he's taken towards torture, secret wire tapping of American citizens, suspension of habeas corpus and other offenses against the constitution have actually made us safer. We're safer? So all those illegal immigrants coming across the border but not one terrorist? Okay, sure, George, in your mind you made us safer. Did you know the Clinton administration could site several times they stopped attacks against us, too? Did you know they did it with all of our constitutional rights intact? Sorry you and your gang were too stupid to figure out how to keep us safe under the constitution. Sorry you have no faith in the principles of this country.
Oh and that leads to annoyance number 2. He was asked why he felt that he failed so miserably at being the "uniter" he wanted to be and ended up being such a "divider." He said he had no clue why the rhetoric got so bad.
Well, let me clue you in George. Your people - Karl Rove and other neo-cons in your administration - started calling those of us who disagreed with you and your ilk "unpatriotic." You know, that's how that simp Sarah Palin go the idea in her other-wise empty little head that there are more "pro-America' parts of the country. Pro-Americans apparently don't have much regard for our constitution unless it's about their rights to own guns - which I'm all for btw, but I am for all the other rights that the Bush Administration took away.
They're xenophobic attitude and the lack of taking responsibility is just astounding. Bush I can see. He's not the brightest bulb in the box. But Cheney? Apparently the man is just deranged. Or more suited for a totalitarian regime. His kind of intelligence we don't need.
I just saw last night's edition of The Daily Show - I had to sleep early last night so I could get up early and drive through a mini-blizzard for a story - Jon Stewart expressed everything I feel about Bush and his excuses. Here's what he had to say.
He also expressed some thoughts about Sarah Palin that I totally agree with!
I love Jon Stewart!
[NP: Smashing Pumpkins - Stand Inside Your Love]
Monday, January 12, 2009
24 Season 8
24 debuted season 7 last night. Jack Bauer is back and it was definitely classic 24. If you know nothing about the new season and want to watch it, stop reading about here.
S
P
O
I
L
E
R
Tony Almeida is back!!! Yep, he's apparently not really dead. You know, like Jack and all of us who watched that season witnessed when he was killed in front of us. I mean he was even pronounced dead and everything, then he was "whisked" off and not seen the rest of the season or even the following season. Now he's back and he's doing things that make it look like he's a bad guy.
Jack finds his ass hauled up in front of Congress who seem to be very mad at him for torturing people and doing really, really bad things. Never mind that he saved President Palmer's life, saved the country from terrorists and sacrificed all kinds of things like oh, his family, for the country. It was really fun to watch Kurtwood Smith (he played Eric Foreman's dad Red on That 70's Show) play a senator who was fed up with Bauer's tactics and with the way CTU ran things. Apparently it's been dismantled so there's no CTU and Jack is in Washington, D.C.
Before the hearing could conclude, some FBI agents come in and stop the proceedings to whisk Jack off to help with a situation. This is where Jack discovers Tony is alive.
From there it progresses with Jack helping them locate Tony. They actually do this when Jack convinces the pretty FBI agent, who claims she's going to keep Jack on a short leash, that they have to go it alone when it seems the FBI has been compromised.
It's typical 24 after that. Jack and the FBI agent manage to catch Tony, who doesn't look very happy at all. He even grew a beard to look more like Satan or something.
Don't get my sarcasm wrong. I find 24 to be quite fun. It's great escapism for me. In real life I'd probably really not like Jack Bauer and his tactics. Because in real life torture doesn't really work. Only the truly sadistic believe the opposite.
But for an hour a week, I can suspend my disgust and watch as Jack Bauer gets into impossible situations and manages to somehow pull through. He's like Superman. LOL And for an hour I hold my breath and stress out because 24 kills people off like you wouldn't believe.
Despite being somewhat formulaic, 24 still holds my attention for an hour because I care about Jack Bauer and his tortured soul. The man is not a saint but he's not a horrible person either. He's complicated character that falls into that gray area that and that makes him fun and fascinating to watch.
Okay, so now I have two shows I'm enjoying and perhaps a third one if USA network ever pulls its head out of its ass and puts LOCI on the air.
In the meantime, here's the trailer for those of you who may be interested. You can view episodes of this show on the official site for the show because like ABC, FOX does nice things like that for fans. Unlike USA.
Jack's Back!
[NP: Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper]
P
O
I
L
E
R
Tony Almeida is back!!! Yep, he's apparently not really dead. You know, like Jack and all of us who watched that season witnessed when he was killed in front of us. I mean he was even pronounced dead and everything, then he was "whisked" off and not seen the rest of the season or even the following season. Now he's back and he's doing things that make it look like he's a bad guy.
Jack finds his ass hauled up in front of Congress who seem to be very mad at him for torturing people and doing really, really bad things. Never mind that he saved President Palmer's life, saved the country from terrorists and sacrificed all kinds of things like oh, his family, for the country. It was really fun to watch Kurtwood Smith (he played Eric Foreman's dad Red on That 70's Show) play a senator who was fed up with Bauer's tactics and with the way CTU ran things. Apparently it's been dismantled so there's no CTU and Jack is in Washington, D.C.
Before the hearing could conclude, some FBI agents come in and stop the proceedings to whisk Jack off to help with a situation. This is where Jack discovers Tony is alive.
From there it progresses with Jack helping them locate Tony. They actually do this when Jack convinces the pretty FBI agent, who claims she's going to keep Jack on a short leash, that they have to go it alone when it seems the FBI has been compromised.
It's typical 24 after that. Jack and the FBI agent manage to catch Tony, who doesn't look very happy at all. He even grew a beard to look more like Satan or something.
Don't get my sarcasm wrong. I find 24 to be quite fun. It's great escapism for me. In real life I'd probably really not like Jack Bauer and his tactics. Because in real life torture doesn't really work. Only the truly sadistic believe the opposite.
But for an hour a week, I can suspend my disgust and watch as Jack Bauer gets into impossible situations and manages to somehow pull through. He's like Superman. LOL And for an hour I hold my breath and stress out because 24 kills people off like you wouldn't believe.
Despite being somewhat formulaic, 24 still holds my attention for an hour because I care about Jack Bauer and his tortured soul. The man is not a saint but he's not a horrible person either. He's complicated character that falls into that gray area that and that makes him fun and fascinating to watch.
Okay, so now I have two shows I'm enjoying and perhaps a third one if USA network ever pulls its head out of its ass and puts LOCI on the air.
In the meantime, here's the trailer for those of you who may be interested. You can view episodes of this show on the official site for the show because like ABC, FOX does nice things like that for fans. Unlike USA.
Jack's Back![NP: Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper]
Sunday, January 11, 2009
I'm now addicted to watching HDNet
So I haven't been online a lot lately. We now have HD and we discovered HDNet, which features concerts by many artists I absolutely adore. Just finished watching Gwen Stefani in concert. Later there's Todd Rundgren. Also featured this monthThe Moody Blues, Melissa Etheridge, Coldplay, U2, Deathcab for Cutie, Wynton Marsalis, Dave Matthews, Placido Domingo, The Hives, Rusted Root, Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox Twenty and Daughtry (he's the rocker who got his start on American Idol - who would have thought an American Idol contestant would turn out to be interesting to me) and more next month I'm sure. I'm in music heaven.
I've pretty much given up on network television. Tonight is the return of 24, though. I am rather fond of that show. It's weird because we skipped a year due to the writer's strike so I thought I lost interest but really, it just wasn't there. Didn't watch the movie they aired a while back that supposedly fills in the blanks about where Jack Bauer has been all this time since we last saw him. Oh well, here's hoping it's something I can get into again. It hasn't disappointed me before.
At the end of the month Life on Mars returns! As for LOCI, because USA is gigantic piece of crap, we still don't know. That was one short honeymoon for LOCI on that station wasn't it?
Yeah, I know, get over it. Sorry, I can't help it. They're hindering my obsession and it's annoying. Well, off to see what I've been missing this weekend online.
[NP: George Harrison - Crackerbox Palace]
I've pretty much given up on network television. Tonight is the return of 24, though. I am rather fond of that show. It's weird because we skipped a year due to the writer's strike so I thought I lost interest but really, it just wasn't there. Didn't watch the movie they aired a while back that supposedly fills in the blanks about where Jack Bauer has been all this time since we last saw him. Oh well, here's hoping it's something I can get into again. It hasn't disappointed me before.
At the end of the month Life on Mars returns! As for LOCI, because USA is gigantic piece of crap, we still don't know. That was one short honeymoon for LOCI on that station wasn't it?
Yeah, I know, get over it. Sorry, I can't help it. They're hindering my obsession and it's annoying. Well, off to see what I've been missing this weekend online.
[NP: George Harrison - Crackerbox Palace]
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Stupidity Never Goes Away
So Joe the Plumber, a/k/a Joe Wurzelbacher, has a job as a reporter. He's going off to the middle east as a reporter. Yep, because those of us trained in the craft have too much of a grasp of the situation? We speak proper English? We can understand that Barack Obama's plan is better for Joe the dumbass plumber than John McCain's? We would show up if invited to a rally by our chosen candidate? We are not losers?
It's infuriating to think he and that media spotlight loving moron Sarah Palin are being offered jobs not because of their qualifications but because they're fun to laugh at. Seriously. That's the only purpose those two serve. They are proving that the news is becoming more and more like the Jerry Springer show. Let's feature dangerously inbred stupid people and make them into media stars. No wonder people think Americans are stupid.
If we didn't elect Barack Obama, I would be worried. However, we did elect him and it does show the world that we do value intelligence and thoughtfulness.
To those who read this blog who aren't Americans, please believe me when I say these two are for entertainment purposes only. We don't really want to put them in charge of anything important. Now I have to hope that Ohio doesn't put Joe the dumbass plumber in office. It's been said he's planning to run for office there.
[NP: R.E.M. - Electrolite]
It's infuriating to think he and that media spotlight loving moron Sarah Palin are being offered jobs not because of their qualifications but because they're fun to laugh at. Seriously. That's the only purpose those two serve. They are proving that the news is becoming more and more like the Jerry Springer show. Let's feature dangerously inbred stupid people and make them into media stars. No wonder people think Americans are stupid.
If we didn't elect Barack Obama, I would be worried. However, we did elect him and it does show the world that we do value intelligence and thoughtfulness.
To those who read this blog who aren't Americans, please believe me when I say these two are for entertainment purposes only. We don't really want to put them in charge of anything important. Now I have to hope that Ohio doesn't put Joe the dumbass plumber in office. It's been said he's planning to run for office there.
[NP: R.E.M. - Electrolite]
Let it snow, let it snow....somewhere else
After scraping off my car windows for the third time today I have come to the conclusion that mother nature hates my guts. All morning when my car was nicely tucked away inside my garage, it was pretty nice weather-wise. The sun even came out for a couple of hours.
Then I proceeded to go about my day. I had to stop by the office, check messages, trade insults with the co-workers (all in fun - most of the time), go take pictures of Wal Mart pretending to be altruistic by donating some money to the local food pantry (okay, it's a nice gesture but Wal Mart is....well you fill in the derogatory comment of your choice here - I have a love-hate relationship with the store), stop by and interview the county road guy about the lack of funds and go back to the office to do write ups and all the other mundane office chores. Each time I was in transit, the weather was fine. Then while I was inside doing whatever it is I am supposed to be doing it would start to snow. A lot. And I mean a lot. So each time I went back to my car, I had to brush the snow off the car from the front and back windshields and the side windows, too. I think it waited to snow after I got to where I was going because it wanted to lull me into a false sense of security.
On the upside. Unlike last year when I had no garage, first thing in the morning - or today at noon - I didn't have to deal with the snow. Last year was horrible. I spent more time brushing off snow and scraping frost off my windshield in that one winter than I did during the entire 14 years I've been living here. So I figure mother nature is trying to get me now because she's pissed that she has missed seeing me fall on my ass like I did last year when I was trying to pull open my truck door which was frozen shut. And not being the brightest bulb in the box, I did it twice in a row.
Tomorrow if it's still snowy, I'll try to remember to take a picture. I didn't bother today because I was too busy scraping frost off my windshield and brushing the snow off my car.
[NP: Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way]
Then I proceeded to go about my day. I had to stop by the office, check messages, trade insults with the co-workers (all in fun - most of the time), go take pictures of Wal Mart pretending to be altruistic by donating some money to the local food pantry (okay, it's a nice gesture but Wal Mart is....well you fill in the derogatory comment of your choice here - I have a love-hate relationship with the store), stop by and interview the county road guy about the lack of funds and go back to the office to do write ups and all the other mundane office chores. Each time I was in transit, the weather was fine. Then while I was inside doing whatever it is I am supposed to be doing it would start to snow. A lot. And I mean a lot. So each time I went back to my car, I had to brush the snow off the car from the front and back windshields and the side windows, too. I think it waited to snow after I got to where I was going because it wanted to lull me into a false sense of security.
On the upside. Unlike last year when I had no garage, first thing in the morning - or today at noon - I didn't have to deal with the snow. Last year was horrible. I spent more time brushing off snow and scraping frost off my windshield in that one winter than I did during the entire 14 years I've been living here. So I figure mother nature is trying to get me now because she's pissed that she has missed seeing me fall on my ass like I did last year when I was trying to pull open my truck door which was frozen shut. And not being the brightest bulb in the box, I did it twice in a row.
Tomorrow if it's still snowy, I'll try to remember to take a picture. I didn't bother today because I was too busy scraping frost off my windshield and brushing the snow off my car.
[NP: Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way]
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
I'm not a very good fan...
...I sort of forgot it was Michael Stipes birthday on January 4. *sigh* Guess I can only be ultra-obsessed with one person at a time and currently that's Vincent D'Onofrio.
So I went in search of some R.E.M. videos from my favorites and came across this one. It was posted by Caybro on YouTube. This was R.E.M.'s second Unplugged concert on MTV and this is definitely one of my favorite R.E.M. songs.
Happy Belated Birthday, Michael Stipe. I still absolutely adore you.
So I went in search of some R.E.M. videos from my favorites and came across this one. It was posted by Caybro on YouTube. This was R.E.M.'s second Unplugged concert on MTV and this is definitely one of my favorite R.E.M. songs.
Happy Belated Birthday, Michael Stipe. I still absolutely adore you.
The Cat
A day late again as I'm back to work and it's interfering with my online activities! LOL
Wow, there are so many! I don't know if I could choose just one. I suppose the one I work on most in my life would be improving the quality of life for the elderly. Making sure no one feels like they have been forgotten as they often are in their old age.
On a worldwide scale I'd say educating people so we can help overcome bigotry.
2) What problem is the most common among people your age?
Dealing with grandchildren and aging parents at the same time. Personally I am past the parent stage but I was definitely there during the last years of my mother's life when she had Alzheimer's.
3) Who do you feel is the most underappreciated actor (male or female) in the history of Hollywood?
Oh definitely Vincent D'Onofrio. He's right up their with the best of the best, IMO and yet to my knowledge he's only been nominated once for an Emmy for his appearance on Homicide: Life on the Street. Lot's of shallow reviewers say either he's over acting or that he's not emotive enough on LOCI and it's just most frustrating to read. In fact I've pretty much started ignoring reviews in general. If you look at his entire career and what 's he's done, he's definitely under appreciated.
Well, not by his fans! :-)
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
Okay, my eyesight won't allow me to make out what those are! LOL Trash bags? Honestly. I think I need new glasses....
[NP: Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song]
Week Number 150
In case you missed the post last week, I'm backing down to three questions and the photo every week in 2009.1) What is the cause that you believe is the most worthy of all those available?
Have fun....
Wow, there are so many! I don't know if I could choose just one. I suppose the one I work on most in my life would be improving the quality of life for the elderly. Making sure no one feels like they have been forgotten as they often are in their old age.
On a worldwide scale I'd say educating people so we can help overcome bigotry.
2) What problem is the most common among people your age?
Dealing with grandchildren and aging parents at the same time. Personally I am past the parent stage but I was definitely there during the last years of my mother's life when she had Alzheimer's.
3) Who do you feel is the most underappreciated actor (male or female) in the history of Hollywood?
Oh definitely Vincent D'Onofrio. He's right up their with the best of the best, IMO and yet to my knowledge he's only been nominated once for an Emmy for his appearance on Homicide: Life on the Street. Lot's of shallow reviewers say either he's over acting or that he's not emotive enough on LOCI and it's just most frustrating to read. In fact I've pretty much started ignoring reviews in general. If you look at his entire career and what 's he's done, he's definitely under appreciated.
Well, not by his fans! :-)
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
Okay, my eyesight won't allow me to make out what those are! LOL Trash bags? Honestly. I think I need new glasses....
[NP: Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song]
Monday, January 5, 2009
I'm Stunned
Every time I think I've got a nice topic to rant on, things get more bizarre. I'm just so fed up with the news these days I loathe turning on the news.
Someone - I think on Hardball with Chris Matthews - said no one in Hollywood could come up with the scenario we've got in the senate this year. The war in the middle east is getting worse with both sides behaving badly. Why the world is angry only at Israel is beyond me. Oh right, the big guys are supposed to let the little guys kill them in small numbers because the big guys could kill a lot of the little guys but that would be wrong. What fucked up logic is that? I'm not saying it's not overkill on Israel's part but honestly, do you think Hamas is completely innocent? Who broke the cease fire first?
Let's see, oh yes, that asshole Governor Blagojevich has done the impossible. He's passed Tom Delay on my list of most disgusting shows of arrogance and assholeness in the face of all facts. Never mind the good of the country. It's all about them. Yet another politician on my long list of politicians who need to be punched in the face.
I'm pissed off about the Muslim family - they're Americans, btw - who got escorted off a plane and denied the right to fly because some redneck morons heard them discussing where the most dangerous place on the plane was - in case something went wrong, not because they were planning to bomb it - and reported them to some bimbo stewardess (yeah, I know they're called something else but I can't remember and don't give a damn because whatever she was, she was a bimbo), who in turn reported it to others who finally thought the family was dangerous. Federal Marshals escorted them off the plane and after discussing things with them realized that the airline employees and the passengers on the plane were retarded but fear and ignorance kept them off the plane.
I can't gell you how pissed that makes me. Why? Because members of my family were treated the same way during WWII. It's just so easy to discriminate against people just because they look different and aren't of the same religious beliefs shared by most of the country they happen to live in.
What it has taught me is that while we have overcome one prejudice - we elected a black man named Barack Obama to be our president - we still have a long way to go. I'm sure if Mr. Obama was a Muslim and not a Christian, that would not have happened.
So it's okay to be black now it's just not okay to be Muslim.
Oh and that reminds me, it's not cool to be gay in this country either. Why? Because the people of California, a very liberal state, have proven that religion is once again holding us back and preventing us from recognizing outdated taboos. We deny a group of people their civil rights and fall back on archaic beliefs that should be thrown out. Kind of like the teachings of the Catholic church when Galileo had the nerve to tell them that they were wrong and the Earth is NOT the center of the universe.
Let's stick out heads up our ass and pretend we still live in the dark ages. You know, when all progress we made went right out the window thanks to superstition and religion gone amok.
Bigotry is alive and well in America. Just because we have overcome one major roadblock doesn't mean we're enlightened all of a sudden. I'm just in a pissy mood over it all. It's sort of spoiling my happiness over the election of Barack Obama.
But, in the long run, I believe these things will work themselves out as well. It's just frustrating to have to deal with some days.
[NP: R.E.M. - Little America]
Someone - I think on Hardball with Chris Matthews - said no one in Hollywood could come up with the scenario we've got in the senate this year. The war in the middle east is getting worse with both sides behaving badly. Why the world is angry only at Israel is beyond me. Oh right, the big guys are supposed to let the little guys kill them in small numbers because the big guys could kill a lot of the little guys but that would be wrong. What fucked up logic is that? I'm not saying it's not overkill on Israel's part but honestly, do you think Hamas is completely innocent? Who broke the cease fire first?
Let's see, oh yes, that asshole Governor Blagojevich has done the impossible. He's passed Tom Delay on my list of most disgusting shows of arrogance and assholeness in the face of all facts. Never mind the good of the country. It's all about them. Yet another politician on my long list of politicians who need to be punched in the face.
I'm pissed off about the Muslim family - they're Americans, btw - who got escorted off a plane and denied the right to fly because some redneck morons heard them discussing where the most dangerous place on the plane was - in case something went wrong, not because they were planning to bomb it - and reported them to some bimbo stewardess (yeah, I know they're called something else but I can't remember and don't give a damn because whatever she was, she was a bimbo), who in turn reported it to others who finally thought the family was dangerous. Federal Marshals escorted them off the plane and after discussing things with them realized that the airline employees and the passengers on the plane were retarded but fear and ignorance kept them off the plane.
I can't gell you how pissed that makes me. Why? Because members of my family were treated the same way during WWII. It's just so easy to discriminate against people just because they look different and aren't of the same religious beliefs shared by most of the country they happen to live in.
What it has taught me is that while we have overcome one prejudice - we elected a black man named Barack Obama to be our president - we still have a long way to go. I'm sure if Mr. Obama was a Muslim and not a Christian, that would not have happened.
So it's okay to be black now it's just not okay to be Muslim.
Oh and that reminds me, it's not cool to be gay in this country either. Why? Because the people of California, a very liberal state, have proven that religion is once again holding us back and preventing us from recognizing outdated taboos. We deny a group of people their civil rights and fall back on archaic beliefs that should be thrown out. Kind of like the teachings of the Catholic church when Galileo had the nerve to tell them that they were wrong and the Earth is NOT the center of the universe.
Let's stick out heads up our ass and pretend we still live in the dark ages. You know, when all progress we made went right out the window thanks to superstition and religion gone amok.
Bigotry is alive and well in America. Just because we have overcome one major roadblock doesn't mean we're enlightened all of a sudden. I'm just in a pissy mood over it all. It's sort of spoiling my happiness over the election of Barack Obama.
But, in the long run, I believe these things will work themselves out as well. It's just frustrating to have to deal with some days.
[NP: R.E.M. - Little America]
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Busy Weekend!
It's been a busy weekend. Jimmy and the granddaughters were all here yesterday from about noon until six. It's so much nicer to have them here with a parent. LOL Then grandma can just play and when they get a little loud or start fighting, dad stepped in and made sure everything was all right.
Will post more later. Have a nice rant I've been building up over the past week as I watched the news about the Muslim family who got kicked off a plane because of stupid ignorant bigots and about the whole Prop 8 thing in California and how despite apparently having overcome our bigotry over race, religion is still holding us firmly back in the past and giving us new targets to discriminate against.
But in the meantime, here's a link I got courtesy of maherjunkie. Apparently NBC/Universal wants to know what we think of their programs. Haven't had time to go through it yet but I'm definitely going to later this afternoon. I have a lot of opinions about their programming - see previous post about the poor handling of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Not sure we can spout off about that but since it does say NBC/Universal, I assume they want to know about all programs under their umbrella?
Ah well, it's worth a shot. Hope everyone's weekend is going well!
[NP: R.E.M. & Natalie Merchant - Photograph]
Will post more later. Have a nice rant I've been building up over the past week as I watched the news about the Muslim family who got kicked off a plane because of stupid ignorant bigots and about the whole Prop 8 thing in California and how despite apparently having overcome our bigotry over race, religion is still holding us firmly back in the past and giving us new targets to discriminate against.
But in the meantime, here's a link I got courtesy of maherjunkie. Apparently NBC/Universal wants to know what we think of their programs. Haven't had time to go through it yet but I'm definitely going to later this afternoon. I have a lot of opinions about their programming - see previous post about the poor handling of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Not sure we can spout off about that but since it does say NBC/Universal, I assume they want to know about all programs under their umbrella?
Ah well, it's worth a shot. Hope everyone's weekend is going well!
[NP: R.E.M. & Natalie Merchant - Photograph]
Thursday, January 1, 2009
For My First Post of the New Year....
....I came up with this little goody. It's just a little venting and having some fun with a very upsetting and annoying situation. USA not only hasn't told us when they're going to debut LOCI but they canceled various LOCI marathons as if the show has fallen off the face of the network. I am quite fed up with the whole thing. But at some point you have to laugh or you'll cry.
[NP: White Stripes - Seven Nation Army]
[NP: White Stripes - Seven Nation Army]
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
