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A moment to breathe.
Nov. 8th, 2008 11:52 amI have wanted to post A LOT in the last two weeks, but I've been SO busy at work and outside of it that I have had no time to sit down and compose. Of course, this means that quite a few of the things I wanted to say have slipped my mind. So just a few things for now...
NEIL GAIMAN WAS AT A JONATHAN COULTON SHOW IN THE UK! How great is that? You should watch this video in which JoCo invites someone from the audience to come up on stage...
I've been watching Gurren Lagann recently. I've watched up to episode 9 and will likely see at least a few more episodes some time this weekend while doing laundry. It's pretty amusing/entertaining; I'm enjoying it, though not obsessively into it. Which is a little disappointing; I'd like to get obsessively into an anime again. I've heard it gets better at some point, and I guess I have my own thoughts and theories as to what will happen further into the series.
Remember those Sword of Truth books by Terry Goodkind I read and rant about every so often? I mentioned almost a year ago that the first book was being turned into a TV mini series. Well, it has been. Though it's not a mini-series. It's actually a full-length series. Which is disappointing. This means, of course, that they aren't sticking to the events in the book; instead, they'll have random episodes where our protagonists do some good deed for some people you really couldn't care less about while on their journey to fight the big boss. SUCKS! I'd really rather have seen a 3 to 6-part series where they just follow the story. It really loses its sense of urgency when you have 15 random filler episodes. I set the DVR to record the series and I'll watch it for as long as I can stand it. But I can't promise I will. Same thing happened with The Dresden Files series. Though for Legend of the Seeker, if I hadn't thought it was going to be a mini-series, I might have set my expectations a little lower...
I continue to be obsessed with Mock the Week. I've watched a few episodes now with a couple of different people and it pleases me immensely that they enjoy it as well. It's quite upsetting that I will likely have to wait until July 2009 for a new episode (if it follows the schedule of the last two seasons), though I haven't watched every single episode yet. I think I still have around 5 or so that I haven't seen fully, and this gives me something to look forward to. I looked to see if season DVD sets were available on eBay, but the only one that's available is the Too Hot for TV DVD of bloopers and stuff they couldn't air.
I've also continued to watch almost every Rangers game this season. (I should take a moment here to say that DVR is a beautiful thing.) I'm really enjoying following everything closely. I've even been listening to this podcast from two guys at Syracuse University -- nyrangerscast.com. They're informative and interesting to listen to... and quite amusing. Especially when they do things like GET ARRESTED IN CANADA. Listen to episode 70 for the full story. ^^
Halloween Friday. MangaNEXT Saturday/Sunday. Drinking with coworkers Monday. Elelction Day Tuesday. More drinking with coworkers Wednesday. This week has been pretty non-stop. More later.
NEIL GAIMAN WAS AT A JONATHAN COULTON SHOW IN THE UK! How great is that? You should watch this video in which JoCo invites someone from the audience to come up on stage...
I've been watching Gurren Lagann recently. I've watched up to episode 9 and will likely see at least a few more episodes some time this weekend while doing laundry. It's pretty amusing/entertaining; I'm enjoying it, though not obsessively into it. Which is a little disappointing; I'd like to get obsessively into an anime again. I've heard it gets better at some point, and I guess I have my own thoughts and theories as to what will happen further into the series.
Remember those Sword of Truth books by Terry Goodkind I read and rant about every so often? I mentioned almost a year ago that the first book was being turned into a TV mini series. Well, it has been. Though it's not a mini-series. It's actually a full-length series. Which is disappointing. This means, of course, that they aren't sticking to the events in the book; instead, they'll have random episodes where our protagonists do some good deed for some people you really couldn't care less about while on their journey to fight the big boss. SUCKS! I'd really rather have seen a 3 to 6-part series where they just follow the story. It really loses its sense of urgency when you have 15 random filler episodes. I set the DVR to record the series and I'll watch it for as long as I can stand it. But I can't promise I will. Same thing happened with The Dresden Files series. Though for Legend of the Seeker, if I hadn't thought it was going to be a mini-series, I might have set my expectations a little lower...
I continue to be obsessed with Mock the Week. I've watched a few episodes now with a couple of different people and it pleases me immensely that they enjoy it as well. It's quite upsetting that I will likely have to wait until July 2009 for a new episode (if it follows the schedule of the last two seasons), though I haven't watched every single episode yet. I think I still have around 5 or so that I haven't seen fully, and this gives me something to look forward to. I looked to see if season DVD sets were available on eBay, but the only one that's available is the Too Hot for TV DVD of bloopers and stuff they couldn't air.
I've also continued to watch almost every Rangers game this season. (I should take a moment here to say that DVR is a beautiful thing.) I'm really enjoying following everything closely. I've even been listening to this podcast from two guys at Syracuse University -- nyrangerscast.com. They're informative and interesting to listen to... and quite amusing. Especially when they do things like GET ARRESTED IN CANADA. Listen to episode 70 for the full story. ^^
Halloween Friday. MangaNEXT Saturday/Sunday. Drinking with coworkers Monday. Elelction Day Tuesday. More drinking with coworkers Wednesday. This week has been pretty non-stop. More later.
