tonight on syndiBuffy: "The Dark Ages" which applies aptly to us, if the things i've been reading in the news lately are true.

American Jedi. the only good parts are the lacrosse scenes.

great title: Some Dirt Ass, Perverted, Truly Dispared Individual, Locked Me In This Hellhole And All They Left Me Was This Fu*king Video Camera

the Jason Bates' review of this week's Enterprise and Natalie Lyon's review of the premiere of Smallville.

i have to agree with Natalie about one thing. wasn't Bo Duke as Pa Kent kinda sexy? do you think that, when he's feeling all frisky, he makes Ma Kent dress up like Daisy? hey, when he said to superlicious son Clark, 'It's time you knew the truth," maybe he was actually going to show him what he keeps locked away in the other barn, the General Lee(!), but changed his mind 'cause he ain't sharing the General with no one.

personally, i think they should have tapped Tom Wopat to play Lex's father. hell, while we're at it, they should have cast Catherine Bach as Ma Kent (the Dukes are from Georgia. incest is ok there).

two hours at work and i still haven't done anything. reminds me of the good old days, when i could goof off for half the day with no problem, no expectation of 'work'. that all changed after my old boss was reorganized out of a job. the new boss, in re-evaluating what we do, decided to have some work created to fill in all the Fun Time we used to have. work created for the sake of working is pointless. and boring. and makes me unhappy. and my work suffers. now, i work almost twice as much (timewise) as before but my production numbers have fallen to just over half of what they were. no Fun Time = Grumpy Terrence. Grumpy Terrence doesn't focus well (terrence has trouble focusing anyway. Grumpy Terrence even moreso). Grumpy Terrence drinks a lot of coffee, which makes him jittery, and the whole concept of "Focus" dissipates in the creamered Columbian haze.

i miss my old job. i miss my pointless and nonproductive existence.

GameSpot has a review of "Sid Meier's Civilization III". it sounds like a big improvement over Civ II (which i really couldn't get into. too cumbersome) and may be what reintroduces me to the 20 hour Civ marathons i used to pull regularly. we'll see if it can replace my old favorite turn-based strategy game, "Alpha Centauri" (i love the Planetbusters).

tonight on syndiBuffy: "Lie To Me" in which Joyce asks Buffy, for the thousandth time, is everything ok?

my review of "Flooded" is up.

VSG and i watched Dr. Dolittle 2 last night. while i enjoy talking racoons and beavers as much as the next guy, i believe that i could have enjoyed a long and happy life without ever seeing this movie.

last night's syndiBuffy was a yay! event. besides such great things as Sexy Xander, "Who's That Girl?" Oz, and Catsuit Cordelia (for some reason it just cracks me up. they should make that an action figure), we also get Ripper! he took on Ethan, and i shouted "kick him! kick him again! kick him harder!" yay, Ripper!

my only thoughts on Enterprise: Cmdr Trip... spandex... Cmdr Trip... spandex... (oh.. and that the theme song is starting to grow on me).

*sniff* heading home for anthrax treatment *cough*: tonight's syndiBuffy! this episode is "Halloween" in which Xander gets butch in that sexy way that Nick Brendon seems to be really good at (think "The Pack").

Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see
This, our town of Halloween

Sci Fi Wire says: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star Anthony Stewart Head will appear on a Halloween edition of Hollywood Squares, Oct. 29-31. Head will be dressed as Robin Hood."

hey, he could've gone as Frank-n-Furter.

also, Alexis Denisof talks about Wesley (briefly).

i'm coming down with something. at first, i thought it was just my allergies. this is the time of year they usually kick in full force. now though, i can feel the congestion in my chest, i have a slight headache, a light fever, and the lymph nodes in my neck and axillary area are swollen. it's apparent that i have inhalation anthrax. i haven't opened any suspicious mail or, to my knowledge, been exposed to an unknown white powder (that kilo of cocaine i received last month doesn't count), but, in these frightening (and hysteric) times, what else could it be?

so i pledge to everyone that i will continue to blog as the infection grows ("last of the great tolkhans: the Anthrax Series"), relaying first hand accounts of the terrible toll the microorganism takes on my body, posting photos of any mucilaginous discharges, until i either succumb or am cured. or if the doctor tells me it's just a cold. or until the weekend, when i don't blog anyway.

in case you left the room during the commercials while watching Buffy last night, or taped it to watch later and ff'd through them, you missed the commercials for Buffy the Vampire Slayer: the Musical. it's an episode that's coming up quickly. see the Buffster sing! i think we'll be in a bigger treat to see Giles and Spike do some singing. i've been told that Anthony Head and James Marsters are actually very good. you can catch a little of Singing Giles in the fourth season episode "Restless" (and he is quite good. i should actually call him Rockin' Giles), or maybe you were lucky enough to hear "ASH in the 1990 London revival of "The Rocky Horror Show" (follow the link to hear some clips), and James is said to have sung often at a Santa Monica club.

Giles came back! Jonathan! yay, Buffy!

tonight on syndiBuffy: "Reptile Boy". hmm. nothing snarky to add to that. off day.

later gators.

odd. i didn't have much to say to-day, i guess. i'm sure that'll change tomorrow. Buffy's on tonight (on UPN), followed by Roswell, which is opposite the series premiere of Smallville. maybe i should have made a bigger deal out of the Smallville thing. eh.

ho! i found something i posted 5 years ago: an old AD&D character's "Poof!" spell.

Angel alternately cracked me up and made me sad. it made me sad for Fred that she has her thing for Angel, because i know it'll never work. Angel and Cordy are destined to be together. and since Gunn and Wesley obviously have something going on between them, where's Fred going to find love? the Host? i don't think so. Doyle's dead (and maybe a ghost living in Cordy's apartment). Merle's dead. Lindsay left. there just aren't any good candidates right now. we need a new character introduced. hey! what about Skip? he's sorta out of job right now, though i guess he may have some issues with Angel.

tonight on syndiBuffy: "Inca Mummy Girl" in which Xander continues his trend of pursuing women who are only out to kill him.

i forgot to mention last Friday that the syndiBuffy showing was "School Hard," the first Spike episode. if you didn't get to see it, you can drop by and watch it with me sometime.

that scum sucking, bribe taking, lying, hypocritical son of a motherfriggin' bitca J.C. Watts Jr. (R - OK) used the word "bomb" in an outburst at an officer who had just given Watts a ticket for violating new security rules at the OKC airport. he also stuffed the ticket under the badge of the officer. i think that's assault. should have arrested the bastard who would have then had a taste of what awaits his sorry ass (he's corrupt. he'll be caught one day).

do i make it too obvious that i loathe that hemorrhoid of a man with a passion that burns hotter than the fusion furnace core of a star?

"At Gemstar - TV Guide, safety is always a priority. In light of recent events, all persons handling company mail will have rubber gloves made available to them. Your regional HR staff will have gloves and can provide you with additional information."

oy.

"Variety reported that syndicated reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer staked out the highest debut for an off-network weekly hour since the premiere of ER in 1998, according to Nielsen Media Research data for the week ending Sept. 30. Buffy reruns debuted with a 2.7 in household ratings, the trade paper reported."

yay!

in discussing my cryptozoological favorite, the Tasmanian Tiger, with a friend at the DEQ, he said that he saw a documentary last year claiming that one had been found or video taped. anyone else seen this documentary, or heard of one being filmed? any confirmed reports of sightings? i found this, but it's four years old now.

today's Cryptozoological beastie is: the mokele-mbembe!

was a mokele-mbembe killed in 1960? is it a living sauropod?

ooooh! spoooooky!

with all this talk about anthrax, and all the ways that folks are trying to blame these sudden multiple appearances of the bacterium in NY and FL on terrorism and various Middle Eastern and South Asian nations, i'd like to take this opportunity to repost a link to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies and remind everyone that a biological weapons program, possibly including anthrax, once (and probably still does) existed in the nation oft-considered the greatest threat to world security and peace: Canada.

had a new nightmare last night, which is interesting, since i usually dream variations on the same nightmares i've been having for a decade. this one actually startled me out of sleep, and i ended up falling out of bed. clocked myself but good on the wall and now i have a little bruising along the jawline.

i think my co-workers are beginning to suspect that i'm a Batmanish-type superhero in my off time. i'm always coming to work with new cuts and bruises, i walk like i'm sore, and i never seem to be getting enough sleep. as much as i wish it was true (it'd be fun throwing down with Evil Doers, i think), it's not, which is a good thing. i don't own a codpiece and i don't look good in spandex. i do love a good cape though.

anyway, i'm not a superhero. just a klutz.

bloody hell.

i think the permalinks are working again. for some reason, the problem only affected last week's posts. if there are still any troubles with them, please let me know.