If you have infant or toddler offspring/nieces/nephews, you probably shouldn't look.

"Long Island: Our Story, the most extensive series ever undertaken by Newsday, documents local history from the Ice Age to the Space Age. In addition to the hundreds of pages produced for Newsday's print editions, this site offers a wealth of additional photos, source documents, audio, video and more."

Wow.

and FOX still fucking sucks.

sigh.
More Firefly here.

Ah! Angel s2 dvd set has a release date of September 2. Go go preorder!

"Ridiculous Lucky Captain Rabbit King! Lucky Captain Rabbit King Nuggets are for the Youth."

Totally explains the kind of day I'm having.

And so, my time at the video store is done. I will have weekends free again!


Today is Nephew #2's sixth birthday. His birthday party tomorrow is BYO water gun, so I'm thinking I'll be hiding out most of the time.

Actor Gregory Peck Dies at 87.

..

Mine.

Picked up my Buffy season 4. Looks slick! If you need me tonight, I'll be in Sunnydale.

I'll flog myself later for letting this slip my mind, but Buffy season 4 dvd set hits shelves tomorrow!

I just realize that I have only 4 weeks at TV Guide before the layoff. Hooray summer vacation!


for those who may care but don't really want any detail: TiVo And Gemstar-TV Guide Announce New Business Relationship. I post this mainly becase I've lately been thunkulating on getting a TiVo, despite only turning on the television once since Buffy's finale (and that was to watch syndiBuffy). Perhaps, with my involuntary summer vacation coming up, I should wait on the TiVo decision.

via WHEDONesque: Buffy was nominated for the Television Critics Association Heritage Award, which, according to its website, "recognizes a long-standing program whose positive cultural and social impact extends beyond television." BtVS appears in good company, alongside Reading Rainbow and 60 Minutes. The 2002 winner was The Simpsons.



It's been just over two weeks. I still get emotional.

via Dark Horizons:

One woman who is definitely not in the running [for the role of Wonder Woman] is singer Jessica Simpson. But she is managing to keep tight-lipped about playing the lead in the next big movie based on a popular Marvel Comics series. "I don't know if your everyday person would know it," she recently told reporters, "but I can tell you this -- it's not Wonder Woman." [source, scroll down. also a some SMG there]

::prays to Stan Lee that it not be Dazzler::

not that there's a huge chance that Dazzler will ever make it to the silver screen, but evertime they mention a "singer" up for a role as a Marvel Comics character, I get nervous. and psychotic.

Comfort food toys.

"Three alternate universes have come together to form one, now one ship and crew have to fix it."

Those three universes are the Whedonverse, Star Trek and the X-Men. . Posted as a "Look what's out there!" kind of thing, it may cause cringing.

Me: Very satisfied. Very sad.

Made even better by FX airing Welcome to the Hellmouth and The Harvest tonight also.


"The Earth is DEFINITELY doomed."

Woot! Got my Kindred: the Embraced dvds! (Amazon link)

New Buffy game out in August! Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds. You can play as Buffy, Faith, Willow, Xander, Spike and Sid the Dummy(!), but no Giles.

The game's storyline seems topical, if you take Pure Evil as First Evil (if they are two different things, do they get along, or do they fight over who gets to destroy the world?): "Developed as a "lost episode" from season five of the television show, Chaos Bleeds involves an unraveling tale in which a dimensional bleed has been enabled by Pure Evil to consume humanity once and for all."

A good weekend for me:

Saw X2. Gah! If you haven't, GO SEE IT!

I received my Dazzler: the Movie.

Bought Fray #7, though I'll have to reread before commenting too much. It's like a companion piece to the current Buffy arc.

Bought the Star Trek: the Next Generation - The Complete Seventh Season. I was going to buy the second season, but then I had this wacky notion that I didn't have to buy them in order! After that, it was tough to choose between the fifth (which I missed most of) or the seventh (which had so many episodes that I liked).

Jason bought me this.

For Jason, I bought Xena: Season One (though for much less than the website's price). Best thing about it is that everytime you open up the little foldy box thing, it says "Yiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyi!" (ok, not really, but it'd be fun if it did).

Saw Equilibrium. It's 1984 with many gun battles, some martial arts and a sword. Also Christian Bale and Taye Diggs. This and The Transporter are now on my Must Have list.