The Girl: Juliet, Julie, Jules. 27. 5'3". Proud Canadian and Toronto resident. University girl no longer, recent addition to the real world. Capricorn on the cusp of Aquarius. Owner of 1 blog, 1 website, and 1 fanlisting, which is enough for now. Insane. Honest. Loyal. Caring. Occasionally witty. Dreamer. Realist. Dork. Oxymoron. Walking contradiction. Addicted to Buffy, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Our Lady Peace, Savage Garden, movies, various movie people, fanlistings, fanfiction, the Internet, and addictions. ( More? )
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The last time I checked, summer was just ending, so yesterday I was quite surprised to notice the big piles of fallen leaves on the ground outside of where I go to get my hair cut (finally! Haven't had my hair cut since September of last year, which is a good 14 months ago. My hair is still long, mind you, except now it's just long as opposed to ridiculously long, so it's all good). I mean, when did that happen? I realize that it is already November, but seriously...the fall has really crept up on me this year. Weird.
Another weird thing going on right now is that one of our condo windows is seriously cracked...like, not just a little cracked. TOTALLY cracked. At first glance my mom thought it was just weirdly frosted over or something, but then it was just the one pane so she took a closer look...you can see for yourselves - it's a camera phone photo so it isn't the greatest, but still. I'm pretty sure you can tell which pane it is.
I've been listening to the Deathly Hallows audiobook -- I have no reason to do so, really, other than "why not?" -- and it's the British version read by Jim Dale. Funny part is that my mom heard it and said it sounded like I was watching Pushing Daisies, and I said that it probably just sounded similar because it was a cutesy, British narration. Then I was watching the latest Daisies episode with her today and actually saw the name 'Jim Dale' in the opening credits. Ha! So it turns out my mother actually has quite a good ear; it is the same narrator after all.
Speaking of Pushing Daisies, thought I should mention the new shows I've been watching. My favorite of the new shows might be Chuck, I think, and I've also been enjoying Dirty Sexy Money. Daisies started off being somewhat too cute for my liking, but it's in a good groove now for the most part and easier to like. There's also Reaper, which I'm not sure my mother minions always remember to record for me, and Gossip Girl, which so far is a moderately-entertaining, no-thought-required hour of viewing. Private Practice is a take-it-or-leave-it and I usually end up leaving it in favour of a bit of downtime in the middle of a busy workweek. At least Piz is still getting work. The first episode of Women's Murder Club was decent enough but I think I'll use Fridays to catch up on everything else. Moonlight is as suck-ass as it sounded like it would be; sorry, Logan. At least Veronica's on a decent show. Captain Mal and the man they call Jayne are doing all right, too. Also, Joss Whedon has just announced that he's got a new show that will be coming to TV soon, probably in 2008 depending on the writers' strike. Yay!
My So-Called Life just came out on DVD again, which is exciting. If you haven't watched the show before I highly recommend buying the set. It's only 19 episodes, too, so it's not a big commitment if you're weary about that kind of thing. Also, The Princess Bride is being re-re-released on DVD again...but it's really cool this time! Come on; just check out the box cover art and tell me it isn't awesome.
I'm going to Houston, Texas for work next week. Should be interesting; I'm thinking of maybe going to visit the NASA Space Center while I'm there, if I have time. Have to make the travel arrangements, argh.
Also, one last thing - which of these CD album covers do you like better?
The past few weeks have been rather eventful, at least compared to the nothing that usually happens.
Saturday, May 19 I met up with Michelle at 10:30 for brunch at Milestone's (waiter: "Have you been here before?" Me, on not enough sleep: "Uh...well, I've been to a different Milestone's...does that count?") and then we watched Spider-Man 3 at noon. The movie was...all right, I guess. I liked it enough at the time, but now I'm sort of meh about it. There were parts I liked, but there were also parts where I just wanted them to get on with it and get back to the story and issues at hand. Also, the story sort of took its sweet time getting started in earnest, although I didn't mind all the MJ-and-Peter relationship angsting as much as some other people did, on account of me being a sap and all.
After the movie I let Michelle challenge me to a re-match of the Scene It? DVD Game, Movie Edition. She did manage to win the last round, but mostly I am still the uncontested random movie trivia champion. Yay me? Gosh, so much useless information, so little brain space...
Right after that I drove off to London to visit with Izzy for the rest of the weekend, which brings us to...
Sunday, May 20 We actually got some studying done this day - we were so good! The only reason I endeavoured to try to study at all is because of Iz. Her exams started this Saturday (the 26th), so you know...studying was a good idea. We followed that up by going to see Shrek the Third, which was entertaining but rather short and somewhat less amusing than Shrek 2. To be fair, though, Shrek 2 is the only movie that's ever made me crack up with laughter while at the theatre, so this third movie had a lot to live up to.
Monday, May 21 I successfully left London around the time that I'd planned to, for once. Usually I get cajoled into staying a bit longer. :) Managed to get home in time to watch the Heroes finale, which was somewhat underwhelming but still good.
Tuesday, May 22 The series finale of Veronica Mars. Sniff. It was a good season finale, but it was by no means a series finale by design. Wah. I'm starting to get the feeling that if I want a show to have a chance in hell to stay on the air at all, I should just not watch it. 'Cause almost every show I watch is inevitably doomed before its time...
Friday, May 25 Is the day I got back my CKE exam results (that's exam 1 of 3) and found out I finally passed it. Also, I was gonna go watch Pirates 3 to celebrate, but that didn't work out since I had an inventory count to do on...
Saturday, May 26 ...at 8:30AM. But the second that was done, it was off to Pirates. And it was AWESOME. Who wants to go again?? We went to the theatre at 4:30PM for the 5:30PM showing, which was perfect timing because we got there just before everyone else, and I got the rush of being in a crowded theatre without having to deal with lining up or anything tedious like that. :) On our way out after the movie, we saw all the people lined up for the 9:00PM (and later?) show(s) and somehow because I am mean I found it absolutely hilarious that they all had to line up. Mwahaha.
Sunday-Monday, May 27-28 Training and practice exam for exam the second. Not much to say about that. And that brings us to...
Tuesday, May 29 And I'm going to see The Phantom of the Opera tonight at the Princess of Wales Theatre with Mom. I was too young the first time the show was in town and I thought the Phantom was scary. :) Mom loves it though, so it should be fun! I expect it to be fully cheesy.
Woe is the day. (On the plus side in TV-land, I enjoyed last night's episode of LOST, possibly because it was about my favorite hobbit-turned-bloody-rock-god, for once. But...VMars! Nooo!) Breaking (and Tragic): Veronica Mars "Out of Hope"
It looks like Veronica Mars may indeed be gone for good.
At a CW press conference, Dawn Ostroff told reporters that Veronica as we know it is over, but that she is talking to Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell about a "future project."
I just checked in with Rob Thomas, who tells me: "I haven't heard about a future project yet, but I suppose I'd listen. Would love to work with Kristen again, however."
When I ask point-blank if VM is over, Rob tells me: "I believe we're out of hope."
I am...stunned. I know we should have seen this coming, but honestly, after seeing the shows the CW is bringing on next season (Farmer dating show? Beauty pageant?) I'm honestly sick to my stomach.
Too mad to write more.
Please do it for me in the Comments section below.
...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.
In honor of the 10th anniversary of Buffy's premiere, which is apparently a big to-do in the Whedonverse today, here is a bunch of videos compiled by the Buffy Sing-A-Long site. Hopefully they won't mind that I'm posting their playlist and comments here, but if they do, I'll gladly take that all down and just link to the original post.
(Here endeth the portion of this post that I had any part in writing.)
Did I just hear you say that you wish somebody would put together a YouTube playlist of Once More With Feeling, but use clips that have little or nothing to do with the show?
If the videos stop playing at any point, scoll down on the film frames next to the player and select the next clip. If you like these videos, please comment on their original YouTube pages. We did not make any of these and I’m sure the authors would love the feedback.
Do I happen to have an mp3 of a song that you want? Check my list here and see if there's anything you need. Send me your e-mail address and state the song you want and I'll send the mp3 to you using YouSendIt.com, SendThisFile.com or SendSpace. :)
Music I need
There are the mp3s I'm looking for. If you have any of these and wouldn't mind sharing it with me, please use YouSendIt.com, SendThisFile.com or SendSpace to send it to me at verbatim119[at]gmail.com. Thanks much! :D
- none right now
Current Conditions
Right now, I am: feeling: reading: n/a. Last completed: City of Glass. working on: keeping optimistic listening to:LAUNCHcast Radio
loving: stories not liking: uncertainty anticipating: (chronological)
- Shutter Island
- Alice in Wonderland
- Deathly Hallows ( view complete list with dates )
Uppers and downers:
Ý new friends
Ý fiction
ßß the unknown
ßß lethargy
Most recent purchase(s):
eBay gift for a friend
Lesson #65: When you are running late or you are low on time, you will always be driving behind the slowest car possible.
Last download: Vampire Weekend albums
Last movie seen at a theater: The Princess Bride
Last movie seen on video/other: Starstruck
Quote of the moment:
"We were frightened of being left alone for the rest of our lives. Only people of a certain disposition are frightened of being alone for the rest of their lives at the age of 26…we were of that disposition." — High Fidelity
Lyrics of the moment: I miss Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Oh God I miss that show
Misspelling/factual/grammatical error of the moment:
"Visitors Parking"
I met up with Michelle at 10:30 for brunch at Milestone's (waiter: "Have you been here before?" Me, on not enough sleep: "Uh...well, I've been to a different Milestone's...does that count?") and then we watched Spider-Man 3 at noon. The movie was...all right, I guess. I liked it enough at the time, but now I'm sort of meh about it. There were parts I liked, but there were also parts where I just wanted them to get on with it and get back to the story and issues at hand. Also, the story sort of took its sweet time getting started in earnest, although I didn't mind all the MJ-and-Peter relationship angsting as much as some other people did, on account of me being a sap and all.
We actually got some studying done this day - we were so good! The only reason I endeavoured to try to study at all is because of Iz. Her exams started this Saturday (the 26th), so you know...studying was a good idea. We followed that up by going to see Shrek the Third, which was entertaining but rather short and somewhat less amusing than Shrek 2. To be fair, though, Shrek 2 is the only movie that's ever made me crack up with laughter while at the theatre, so this third movie had a lot to live up to.
The series finale of Veronica Mars. Sniff. It was a good season finale, but it was by no means a series finale by design. Wah. I'm starting to get the feeling that if I want a show to have a chance in hell to stay on the air at all, I should just not watch it. 'Cause almost every show I watch is inevitably doomed before its time...
...at 8:30AM. But the second that was done, it was off to Pirates. And it was AWESOME. Who wants to go again?? We went to the theatre at 4:30PM for the 5:30PM showing, which was perfect timing because we got there just before everyone else, and I got the rush of being in a crowded theatre without having to deal with lining up or anything tedious like that. :) On our way out after the movie, we saw all the people lined up for the 9:00PM (and later?) show(s) and somehow because I am mean I found it absolutely hilarious that they all had to line up. Mwahaha.
