How was your holiday?

[osaraba]

I completely turned my sleep hours around, which isn't a complete surprise. So of course last night I didn't get to sleep til 4:45am, for a whopping 2.5 hours of sleep before work today. Which means I'll be doing very little coherent work today. Though it's a pretty quiet day here; a lot of people are out on vacation, so.

Anyway, Saturday I did nothing but watch TV at home. I think I end up watching TV a lot over the Christmas holidays. Why, I have no idea. But I got to see The Illusionist, which was entertaining, but sadly very predictable. It's really too bad because I like Edward Norton a lot. I don't think this movie did him much justice, though. SPOILERS AHEAD! I didn't even really have a problem with the 3 plot points that rely on the viewer's suspension of disbelief: (1) that the hay in the stable had not been changed for who knows how many weeks? (2) that Eisenheim was able to pull off his "spirit" trick better than the example they showed, and (3) that there is such a drug that allows one to appear to be dead with an antidote that allows that person to revive immediately. So none of these bothered me much (the hay thing bothered me the most), but this was no Prestige.

Sunday I went out with Judy and actually finished up my gift shopping -- yay for sales at Banana Republic. I'd not be able to afford to get much from there otherwise.

Monday -- lots of cheuffering was done. Eating out, more watching TV, and retreiving Maryann's cell phone from someone who picked it up when she lost it on her way to AJ's.

Tuesday -- again, lots of watching TV. Also, caught up to what's current of Supernatural. Despite the horrible first episode, the rest of the season hasn't been that bad. I've seen up to episode 8, and from what I hear there are two to four episodes left in the season due to the writers' strike. This is unfortunate, of course, but I wonder what they've done with those episodes. Also, are any more scheduled to air anytime soon?

Lene said that the new girls on the show have been real bitches, and yeah, I'd have to agree. NO SPOILERS. I really did not like Ruby at all, but when they reveal her secret, it somehow made it more palatable to me. So I'm not so annoyed with her anymore. Bela, on the other hand, can go suck a lemon. If they have to have female characters that last longer than one or two episodes, can't they be Hunters or Hunter-like characters that are cool AND NOT WHINEY BITCHES?! Someone like a cross between Ellen and Sarah?

There were a few episodes that were particularly good in the comedic sense, like "Bad Day At Black Rock" (ep 3) and "A Very Supernatural Christmas" (ep 8). I loved the gifts the guys gave each other. LOLOLOL~! And the kid from "The Kids Are Alright" (ep 2) was so freaking adorable. <3 I'm not loving Sam this season (oh, wait, I never loved Sam, never mind), but I had lots of fun throwing my hands up in the air and cheering in agreement with Gordon when he said "Sam Winchester must die." =D That may have been my most favorite quote of the season so far... ^_~

Also watched four episodes of Spiral. It's a little slow drawn out (which is anime for you, most of the time), and a bit over-dramatic, but I'm enjoying it so far. The mystery-solving is done in the way of Sherlock Holmes, House, although it's more on the level of Encyclopedia Brown; all which I like, obviously. I think this will be one I have to watch by myself so as not to be distracted by the slight stupidity of it, which I cannot help but be more conscious of, when viewed with others.

Hah, also! Narumi Ayumu and Eyes Rutherford look a LOT like Sora and Riku. It's pretty amusing. In the ending, the Riku-lookalike even has a blindfold on. Hmm....