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It seeming to be Shanks!Decemeber and all (there's a LOT of things he's starred in that are showing this month, plus his birthday is the 15th of course), I decided (and hope to be right) to check the USA schedule for this month to see if, JUST MAYBE, at least one of his Burn Notice eps would be shown...lo and behold, what did I find?


BURN NOTICE MARATHON DECEMEBER 31st!!

Truth and Reconciliation at 12 PM, Sins of Omission at 1 PM, and Lesser Evil at 2 PM (all EST)!


Huzzah! I feel so fulfilled knowing I was right...I could practically feel it! XD


So, make a stickie to remind yourself (YES, that means YOU taraleesg1 ) these will be on! ;)


Oh, also, Unending, Ark of Truth, and Continuum are on SyFail this monday, starting at 8 AM (again, EST).


~Pip

Watching Continuum just reminds me so much of one thing...


...and that is how much I just love, Love, LOVE, LOOOOOOOVE Daniel.



It's so fulfilling watching it knowing Michael won the award for this performance. Because he totally killed with it.



~Pip

Why does everyone make a BIG DEAL out of Daniel cursing in Continuum??


I mean, he's human like the rest of us. He's an ARCHAEOLOGIST/ANTHROPOLOGIST, and I'm sorry - every one of them that I have met or learned under thus far is extremely expressive and often resort to dirty words when talking or worked up.


And you have to remember the tv show was written for...well, TV. It's not like they could make it more realistic by adding the words in. So for the movie, they made it more natural to what people would normally say.


No one makes a big deal out of Cam's 'oh shit' or 'I always knew you were an asshole' in AoT. What's the big deal about Daniel's use of the word 'SHIT' a couple of times. I mean it's the one naughty word I use on a daily basis...

First, no I'm not watching Continuum on Skifficans. I love my SG-1 and I LOVE Continuum, but I refuse to give Skifficans the satisfaction of getting my undivided attention. I plan to watch it next week on the DVD when they show it again.

Instead, I've spent my evening watching various other things -

( Cut 1 because I kinda rambled on here... )

Now I'm in a debate in what I'm going to watch when I'm done here. It's a toss up between a good movie and a bad one. I have so many GOOD movies I want to watch, and only one bad one. That's Jason X. The possible good options are Wall-E, Dark Knight, and Australia. I'll decide soon...I hope!


Went to Starbucks and read some Frankenstein today. Got 30-something pages read. It's a very EASY book to read considering how it's written. It's an EXCELLENT book. Fabulous writing. I've set my 'must read by' date for the 15th - that way I'll have a month to read Angels & Demons again before the movie comes out. I'm sure I'll finished Frankenstein before that date, but you never know.


So I got a new toy (literally)!!!!!:

( Cut 2 because he's too wicked cool to go without one! )


That's all I've got for now. I've suddenly started considering working on fic b/c I promised dvshipper  I'd finish Part 3 of 'She's Everything' this weekend if she wrote me something awesome earlier in the week (hey, I gotta be a muse who bribes if the situation calls for it!) - it's almost finished as is. But now she's putting out more fic (YAY! WIN!) and I feel I must hold up my end of the bribe! So maybe my good movie/bad movie debate is for not....*ponders*


~Pip

EDIT: Apparently I'm going to a party, so all chill things are out! *snirk*

I've got to brush up on my Great Ace quotes for when we go to Chicago... nothing is a better ice breaker than walking up to a stranger and going "Bumblebee Tuna... Bumblebee Tuna!" *snirk*


I FINALLY got Madre and Smurfinator to watch Continuum!!! *dances* We actually just got finished watching it a little while ago...*sigh* That movie is so much love, and they actually LIKED it. Okie donkie, they liked AOT too, but THAT is neither here nor there. The point is they didn't complain AT ALL about it (though Smurfinator made some frelling comments to Sam - and i mean literally to her during the movie...yes, he is the type that talks to the movie characters - that REALLY pissed me off). Of course he was asking a BUTT load of questions about five seconds before the answer to the question would come on screen. *headdesk* And he didn't get the significance of a lot of the stuff going on in the movie (like the hardcore fandom stuff that made a lot of us squee or awww, i mean). But they enjoyed it and that's the best I could hope for.


Madre just yelled upstairs (because we yell across the house... a lot) to put it on the tv guide channel. That special about Comic Con is on...so I figured it HAD to be about SG-1. And it was, but I caught the tail end of it. *headdesk* Just my frelling luck... I'm sure it'll be on again, but I never know when and it's always such a hassle to try and catch stuff like that. GRRRRRR - hey, maybe it'll be up online eventually. What am I saying - this is SG-1 stuff I'm talking about! OF COURSE it will be online! XP



If you were to ask me what's the question people have asked me the most in the past month it would HAVE to be - 'when are you going back?' OMFG, it's starting to grate. Really! It seems I know A LOT more people than I thought I did because it seems every damn day SOMEONE is asking me that question! It takes all i have to POLITELY tell them it's about two weeks until i go back to school. Honestly, all i want to do it go out on the porch and shout 'IT'S TWO FUCKING WEEKS, ALRIGHT!?', but that won't stop people from asking me, will it?



OH, we saw The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor last night!!! XD ( Thoughts behind a cut to save flist space. Don't worry, no spoilers! )


I think I'm getting sick... My head is hurting, my nose and throat are bothering me, and for some reason my teeth have been hurting me. Maybe it's my sinuses...I usually don't have a problem with them, but when I do, it's not fun. Honestly, though, I'd rather be sick NOW than in three weeks when I'm gonna be at the con!


Worked on some fic today while in the box. I'd been feeling a little lost fic wise, but today after pontificating (if you want an explaination for THAT one, just let me know! *snirk*) a little, I decided just to go ahead and get back into a fic I started a couple weeks ago. I'm actually happy with the part I was working on just before packing it up in the box. It's classic DV mischief stuff - it's always so great when the banter flows so freely and easily! I don't know if I'll finish the part tonight, but it definitely should be done by tomorrow.



I'm thinking about doing a centerpiece for the contest in Chicago...thoughts, opinions? Yes/No? I know I can make a mean Stargate out of aluminium foil and masking tape, but I need to know if I should go through the trouble of getting the other stuff I'll need to do it. So, flist thoughts on this idea?


Okie donkie, on that note, I think I'm gonna end this here. I really need to get ready to bed and try and fight off this ickyness!


~Pip


P.S. - Pimping both the icon in this post AND my new default icon! The default I made on my own - even capped it myself (YAY for having the movie on iTunes!)! XD And the one in this post was made by the awesome magnavox_23!!

I'm feeling a little stressed and anxious right now...idk why, really. There's nothing that's happened all day that would make me feel this way... Underneath all this unusual anxiety, I'm in a good mood (i know because the anxiousness will come, and then go and i'll be good...but it's really bothering me... maybe that's why the anxiety keeps coming back...)


While I wait for Madre and Ted to get home (i am going to do my damnedest to convinve them to watch Continuum tonight!), i figured I'd make an actual substantial post...figured I'd talk about all the awesomeness that was yesterday...


So yesterday was Madre's b-day. At first, I wasn't sure if we were actually going to DO anything (knew we were gonna go get Thai food for her birthday dinner cause that's what she wanted, but that was it). Then, in the midst of our all morning debate on what we COULD do (b/c let's face it - in Breaux Bridge/Lafayette, there really isn't MUCH that can be done!), both of us realized that we wanted to go to Baton Rouge. I really didn't have a specific reason for wanting to go - I just wanted a change in pace and scenery, ya know? But Madre wanted to go check out the little Antique places when been to before that way. So we set out for Baton Rouge (I really didn't mind - as long as it kept me out of the house and away from checking iTunes millions of times for Continuum...).


Ironically, as we got on I10, I was thinking about how the Basin Bridge has been closed down a lot lately, due to accidents and stuff. For those who have never been down this way ever, the Basin Bridge is the section of I10 that crosses over the Atchafalaya Basin (basically, swamp land) - actually, parts of it were destroyed during Katrina and Rita - and there's only ONE exit along the bridge, and that's Whiskey Bay. You either have to get off at Butte La Rose BEFORE the bridge, or some other podunk town AFTER it... or at Whiskey Bay. Basically, it's not easy to just go another way. You are ON the bridge and you go the distance of it...stupid, yes, but this is LA. They're not known for their smarts.


So we're on the Bridge, just past Whiskey Bay (literally JUST PAST the exit), and traffic has come to a complete stop in front of us. Turns out that there was an 18 wheeler on fire at the end of the Bridge, going east bound (which is the side we were on of course!), so traffic was at a stand still until they got it taken care of. We got to sit for almost an hour and half in the nice 90 degree weather, on a raised bridge above Louisiana swamp! And of course, the Smurfinator was calling anyone he could complain to because GO FORBID he has to sit in the heat and suffer like the rest of us.


Anywho, after much unnecessary bitching from him and sweating myself into anorexia *snirk*, we got on our way and finally made it into Baton Rouge. Headed to the nice Antique places, and basically just window shopped. I saw a few things I REALLY liked, but not for those prices. There was this GORGEOUS wooden jewelry box, but it was $180. Yeah, really don't have that kind of money (at least not for spending - YET!). I like going to Antique shops, though. You can find some really cool vintage stuff there. I've actually been looking for a vintage purse - nothing specific. Just something artsy and fun, and not bought from the mall like my last two were. I prefer the vintage stuff, and am in need of a new purse. Sadly, i can't find a bag that i like anywhere.


But yeah, we left Baton Rouge after that (went 40 miles to window shop! AWESOME!). We came home and waited about an hour before going out to eat. I'd never had Thai food before, but I tried some of what Madre was having (don't ask me to spell it, please!) and liked it. I mostly just did my traditional birthday napkin for Madre, and drank tea (because that's what I do - I draw and drink tea!). But it was enjoyable.


Then the Smurfinator surprised us (though I half expected it!) by taking us to the movies. I was hoping we could see Dark Knight, but it had started just before we got there (and there's nothing worse for all involved than showing up to a movie late!), so we all decided Wanted would be the next best thing... AND DAMN, that movie was hardcore! I was really impressed. It started off a little...wow...I mean, i knew it was rated R, but I wasn't it to be so...graphic. Got used to it after a little while though, and REALLY got into it! That's a movie that I WILL be getting when it comes out on DVD!


We came home after that, and that's when I DLed Continuum, and you know all the rest! XD


You know, I think I may just be over-tired... It's either that, or I was bitten by something I'm allergic to. The feelings are the same in ways (actually, almost all ways). It's probably because having an allergic reaction makes me over tired and runs me down. But yeah, I TRIED to sleep peacefully last night after I finished Continuum, but i just couldn't. I kept freaking out and my thoughts were on super fast mode...idk why... but this morning, i found a spider crawling in my bed. It wasn't a wolf spider, either. And Saturday, a bite had appeared on my left ankle and it hasn't gone away yet. I THINK there's two puncture wounds, but I'm known for being paranoid when it comes to these things. I've checked my temperature a couple times today, but the thermometer is wonko and keeps coming up with TOTALLY different readings...


*sigh* But, again, could just be anxious for no reason. It happens sometimes - I get over it... it's just so stressful when it DOES happen, and i worry about EVERYTHING ALL DAY. Continuum helped me get AWAY from this feeling - that's why I'm hoping they'll agree to watch it tonight. One can only hope, right?


Anywho, that is all for now. Madre is making Chicken Fried Steak. Very nice!

~Pip

O.....................M.......................G!!!!!! 



A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




I really am short on words right now....just, guh!!!!!! I'm so not tired and TOTALLY ready to watch it again, but i KNOW i need to sleep if i want to get up in the morning so i can get the DVD and watch it on the SURROUND SOUND (and not cook my ass off, b/c I'm in bed with my laptop on TOP of me right now...)!!!!!



It was WORTH the wait, and I cannot WAIT to see it again tomorrow (or technically later today!)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


~Pip


P.S. - It made me cry, but I'm a sucker for stuff like that. I know ONE of you will cry....you will get teary-eyed, AT THE LEAST - You know who you are!


P.S. (squared): Michael Shanks PWNS. Ben Browder PWNS. AND QETESH - OMFG, SHE PWNS COMPLETEY!


P.S. (cubed): Officially my new favorite movie. It's stuff like THIS that could get anyone into the fandom... I promise you, I WILL be quoting this like i can quote When Nature Calls by the time Chicago comes around. DAMN, am I SO happy I have it on my iTunes so i can watch it when ever i frelling WANT (and not have to fuss with DVDs!)!!!!!

OMFG - this day totally rocks!


We JUST got back from seeing WANTED (OMFG, AMAAAAAAAAZING!), and now i have TEN MINUTES until CONTINUUM finishes DLing from iTunes!!!!!!!!!! *DANCES*



holy frell - it's finally here!!!! I'm gonna be seeing it in less than 10 MINUTES!!!!! I'm so frelling excited and hyped!!!!


(And YES, STILL gonna get it tomorrow on DVD....and will watch it again - needs to be done on the surround sound, of course!!!!)



*dances and than dashes off*


~Pip


(WHO IS PSYCHED BEYOND BELIEF!!)