Having now had just over a month of wonderful Lazy Time, it's time to seek out gainful employment. Can't be a sponge forever, I suppose.

I've spent the interim pointedly not being online. The world sucks, and I pretty much wanted to ignore it for a while. Also, it has been a little difficult adjusting to the idea of an upcoming Buffy-free fall season. I'd only been able to turn the show on a couple of times but happened to catch a couple of my favorite eps ("Passion" and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"). I'm getting better though, and I'm pledging to not go totally out of touch with the world again. I may have missed out on the Firefly preorder opportunity.

So, to satisfy my Slayer craving, New Friend Cody loaned his Xbox to me so I could play the Buffy game I'd bought several months ago. I was a little disappointed at first that the actress they got to voice Buffy didn't sound like Sarah Michelle Gellar, but a few minutes into the game, I was marvelling at how much she does sound like SMG. This game kicks ass. I LOVE beheading vamps and dusting them with a thrown stake or a crossbow, and I get positively ecstatic when a perfectly executed kick knocks a suck-head into a conveniently positioned broken chair leg. I am SO looking forward to the next one, due out later this month.

The other major thing I played was Enter the Matrix. One of the few complaints I'd heard about the Buffy game was that it was too short (I disagree with that), but Enter the Matrix was completely playable in a few days. The game consists mainly of getting from Point A to Point B while killing various security guards, and the driving/flying levels absolutely suck (boring much?). The best things about the game is the bullit time (use a hack to get unlimited focus and just play with that) and that the storyline of the game parallels and intersects with the storyline of The Matrix: Reloaded. The game was fine, but I'm glad I didn't have to pay the $7 to rent it.

Currently have Silent Hill 3 here, waiting to test it out. Jason has played it a little, and it looks good. May make job seeking very difficult this week.

Last day of employment. Will celebrate with a nap. That is all.

Today begins my last week of employment with TV Snide. There will be much pointlessness over the next couple of days.


Yesterday should have been the first day of my last work-week here, but I thought it was Sunday, so I slept in. Around noon, I found out that it was Monday, but I was in such a rare great, positive mood, I decided there was no way in hell I was going to work and have my mood ruined. Soon after, I found out that Katharine Hepburn had died, and I was too foul-mooded to go to work.

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In unrelated news (at least, it appears to be unrelated), scientists say that people pretty much like to date themselves, which may explain why I enjoy masturbation so much.

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.

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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."