I hate television

...Well, not really. That would be fairly shocking.

What I do hate, however, is the current state of television and whatever the heck the networks (and by "networks", I mean "FOX, you lousy piece of crap...and also The CW, if you do what I think you might do") think they're doing.


Have you heard of a new show that just started, called Drive? No? Yeah, I'm not surprised. I KNEW about the show ages ago and *I* barely heard anything about it. After a lack of promotion, four aired episodes (two of which were aired on the same night), the show's been cancelled by FOX, the same lovely network that also failed to promote Firefly back in the day and proceeded to then air the [majority of the] episodes out of order and on sporadic evenings.

I hear the two remaining episodes of Drive will air sometime in the summer. Whoop-dee-freakin'-doo.

In other news, The Search for the Next [Pussycat] Doll has been renewed for a freakin' second season. Why and wherefore, I know not. "Why" and "wherefore" are redundant, but then so are the Pussycat Dolls, so I guess it's appropriate.

Why bother having well-scripted, well-acted, and creative shows that tell an interesting story when you can have low-budget shows that don't require you to pay actors, writers, or any of those other unimportant parties, AND get higher ratings?

(Note: The Pussycat Dolls show is currently airing on The CW while Veronica Mars is on hiatus. The CW is noting how many more people are watching the Dolls than watching Veronica, and that is not good. At all. Back in the day, when The WB was doing stupid, stupid things to their programming, there was this other network called the UPN that provided a dim beam of hope for certain shows. Seeing as how The CW is the new amalgamation of the two networks, there is no second hope. THIS IS IT.)

I have to go, um, study and stuff now. I am still outraged.

(More info: E! Online)

Labels: drive, firefly, stupidity, television, veronica mars

Land Spring ho!

And all this day an unaccustom'd spirit
Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.
(Romeo and Juliet, V.i.4-5)

The weather is lovely outside, and the reappearance of those cobwebs in the exterior corners of my condo windows signifies that Spring is back. At least for the time being, at any rate. And sure, I'm inside here all day studying or at least pretending to study, if anything, but the lakeshore is nicely active with lots of Shiny Happy People holding hands enjoying the sun.

Happy Earth Day, people! Make sure you remember to turn off lights you don't need, unplug appliances and cellphone chargers that you aren't using, and generally be good to each other and to this odd place in which we all live. Also, compact fluorescent lightbulbs are awesome, and I think that was the most interesting thing I learnt from my Management Accounting class back in third year of university (indeed, I've been raving about CFLs since then, when the lightbulbs were part of the facts of the case we were assigned to work on ). I...doubt that was supposed to be the case, but there you have it. :)

Back to the grind now... unless I get distracted by staring outside/reading the last Snicket book/other miscellaneous distractions again.

(Also: new HP: Order of the Phoenix international trailer here!)

Labels: general, good days

Heh.

(From LJ user elizalavelle)

--Go to Google.com
--Click on Maps.
--Click on "get Directions".
--From New York
--To London (Paris, Rome, Dublin, or Moscow)

--And read line # 23.


If you laugh, repost this.

Labels: meme

Memage

Stolen from Kyasuriin. (And I still dislike that word 'meme'. Bah.)

TEN FAVOURITES

01. show – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
02. flower – whatever you give me
03. color - purple
04. sport – to play? Tennis. Not that there are that many options when it comes to sports I play.
05. mall – as long as it's got my friends in it and a decent bookstore, I'm good.
06. music – it depends on my mood
07. food – chocolate and pasta. But probably not together...
08. season – the Fall
09. day - Sunday
10. city – Toronto. Or Siena? No, no, Toronto.

TEN FACTS

01. hometown - Toronto, Ontario
02. hair color - black
03. hair length – I dunno. Long.
04. hair style – er...long? sorry, so tired right now. I should sleep.
05. eye color - brown
06. shoe size - 7
07. mood – thisclose to dozing off
08. smell – eh?
09. available – to talk about movies? sure.
10. lefty/righty - righty

TEN THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE

01. have you ever been in love - no
02. do you believe in love – of course
03. why did your last relationship fail – what last relationship?
04. have you ever been heartbroken - no
05. have you ever broken someone's heart - no
06. have you ever fallen for your best friend - no
07. have you ever loved someone but never told them - no
08. are you afraid of commitment – I may or may not be as afraid of commitment to a person as I may or may not be to commit to this sentence. (a.k.a., I have no idea)
09. have you ever had a secret admirer – if I have, it's been a secret...
10. do you believe in love at first sight - possibly

TEN THINGS: THIS OR THAT

01. love or money- love
02. hard liquor or beer - liquor
04. one night stands or relationships - I would assume relationship
05. television or internet – DON'T MAKE ME CHOOOOSE.
06. pepsi or coke – I don’t care
07. wild night out or romantic night in – I would assume romantic night in
08. colored or black and white pictures – Color, though B&W has its charm as well, of course
09. phone or in person - in person
10. msn or myspace - erm. msn. facebook anyone?

TEN HAVE YOU EVERS

01. have you ever been caught sneaking out - no
03. have you ever done something you regret – who hasn’t?
04. have you ever bungee jumped? - no
05. have you ever been on a house boat - no
06. have you ever finished an entire jaw breaker - no
07. have you ever wanted someone so badly it hurt - no
08. have you ever been streaking - no
09. have you ever run away – no, though I did have a so-called plan when I was younger in case I ever decided to.
10. have you ever caught your parents doing it - no. auuugh!

TEN EMOTIONS

01. are you missing someone right now - yes
02. are you happy - sometimes. I do all right.
03. are you talking to any one right now - no
04. are you bored – I'm tired and wondering why I'm not in bed already. Actually, I'm not wondering, because I know I'm insane.
05. are you German – um, no? What does this have to do with emotions?
06. are you Irish – am I what now?
07. are you French – non, monsieur (ou mademoiselle)
08. are you Italian – no...though I do like to pretend like I know Italian words and stuff.
09. are your parents still married - yes
10. do you like someone right now – I like everybody. Heh.

I've got to get up in 5 hours, so...ciao for now (see what I mean about the Italian? ;)).

Labels: general, meme, personality, survey

Version 7.16

So...I didn't spend a lot of time on this header, mostly because I don't HAVE a lot of spare time, and partly because the colors in the original image looked pretty nice already anyway. :) Also, the font colors on my page right now happen to match the image just fine, so while it's a bit boring for all of YOU, it makes my life all the more easy. 'Cause you KNOW it's all about me, after all. ;)

So there! Now none of you'll be able to claim that I didn't change my header image for a whole year. 'Cause it's only been 11 months. HA!

Bye for now,
- J.

(See the original Deathly Hallows artwork here.)

Labels: layout