been watching

all sorts of crap, including late night movies, occasionally, like 12:01 which seems like another groundhog's day and i wonder which came first, but that's besides the point and when there is no point, that's a strange place to be (beside a point that isn't, ya see)... sci-fi fun like fringe has had some attention, but i miss most and catch them in re-run cuz i don't remember which nights which shows are on and i'm busy most nights so, been watching, but been watching randomly...

and still, mostly in the background...

night of too many stars

and i would watch it if i did not have work in the morning so perhaps i'll find a few hours to catch it in on demand or reruns or something as if i'll find time (there are not enough hours in a day, naturally, but i don't have time to properly complain about that just now)...

catch it if you can :)

so tired (how many times)

that is how many times has so tired been the title of a writing, a babble, a journal entry, a diary page, a blurb, a blog, a bit of me in words... not that i was asking, actually, just noting the passing of another... probably reminded by the virtual zoe in caprica which is so full of hope for the stupid optimist in me who wants to believe innocence will finally overcome the typical normal macho fight club crap... but the one represented as the most innocent is thrown into the heart of the fight club crap and the stupidity continues... the writers are protraying the monotheists as corrupt and evil and yet, the one represented as most innocent may bring it back around to the jesus story to save everyone who corrupted the god concept and that would be so very disappointingly predictable and i am soo tired, so very tired of the same old story and all i come back to is when will humanity grow beyond the delusions...

not that i was asking, actually...

sg:u

star gate: universe is still as it first came across to me, a cross between several popular shows of the day, especially what i've heard of lost and that taints it for me for i never could find my way into lost as it reminded me too much of survivor and that was just a step away from big brother and all the other psuedo-reality shows that were pandering to the most banal base aspects of human stupidity and fear and stereotyping... and then there are slightly religious undertones showing through that are even worse, but that is the worst part of human creativity, the lack of it... always returning to the same fear of death and the walk into the light explanation for what happens after death, complete with angel wings for those who need them...

but it's all that's left of the star gate series, so i'll keep hoping there is less focus on the same old same old human archetypes and a chance there might be an original thought, the hope of sci-fi dreamer...

college football

it's not as much fun as it used to be, especially watching along, but that is partially because it is early in the season and i have no ties to any school in particular and i am not playing any fantasy college games and the commercials test my limits for banality and the games are a bit boring cuz some of the popular teams are way overrated (at least in this area) and there is a wonderfully needy doggy begging non-stop for attention and exercise and sitting home along with him means he expects constant interaction and looks so sad when i want to write or watch tv or just close my eyes and relax in the living room, but he is lovable, even as a constant shadow :)

the best thing about the college football saturday was the food, new york deli ordered in by mail for the first time in more than ten years... it was an impulse late thursday night after someone on facebook reminded me that katz's deli on houston did mail order via fedex... the rest of the day was boring blowouts and a few close games where coaches made big mistakes (spurrier putting in a freshman who is not as good a passer as the veteran who was having a great game until the first five minutes of the fourth quarter) for the last two drives of the game when they were eight points behind was just dumb ego and the freshman threw two interceptions to prove the bad coaching move was a bad coaching move)...

and the commercials, sheesh, they are worse than ever... i am obviously watching too much tv lately, so that's gonna change... how have you been? :)

fringe

and yet another show on the edge of attraction (we might say the fringe, aye?) with enough possibility to keep me coming back for more, but not enough writing and character development to really become a favorite show, but it is one i want to try to watch when i am home, always hoping it takes the leap to the unknown infinity where an original thought might emerge...

hopefully, next time :)

warehouse 13

yeah, so it has some qualities that rub me a little the wrong way, but as the first season progressed and came to an end, the characters developed, though thinly, and the story became a bit more interesting... still, i watch it more for the possibilities than for the actual writing or characters so far... a lot of shows have been like this (no, we're not gonna find time for a list here either... i can barely catch up these days, as you can see by the datestamps, if yo8u notice those sort of peripheral linear things)...

maybe more will bring more later...

ncis

yes, ncis has grown into one of my favorite shows, top twenty along with, well, nineteen or so others (nyuk nyuk, you expected maybe a list?)... while the los angeles version doesn't have the same attraction for me, the original draws me in to watch regular re-runs over most any other re-run these days... there is great balance of writing and character development, especially once the ziva character joined the show (it was pretty good before, but she's got a great character and she does her well...

meanwhile, in the background, a very seldom watched face of lois lane on smallville smiles a very attractive smile when she finds out clark's secret, but then, i've always been a sucker for secret smiles... and dark sultry, oh never mind... what was i saying?... oh right, ziva is solid, yeah :)

youtube

i must admit that lately, youtube has been stiff (no pun or double entendre intended, i mean, youtube is not tube8, after all... what?) competition for the tv in recent months and you can get a bit of a taste for what i mean in the new links blog if you have the time (all we need are a few hundred hours in each day and a few hundred more years in each life, aye?)... even as i considered all the shows i might want to watch if i am home in front of the tv, the computer sits right next to the chair and often shares my attention and more often lately replaces the tv after prime time (thought there is still a bit of a draw for some celebs on letterman and craig, well, if he was on earlier i'd watch regularly, but many nights when i am awake past prime time {which is most}, youtube has me turning the tv off, especially past 2:07am (and that's what i learned on the show tonight, craig)...

snarf :)

saturday night crisis

none these days as i am usually out somewhere away from a tv on saturday nights and i don't think there's anything i feel like i'm missing...

pity, i know... snurkle :)