16 Elul/26 August, 2010
Aug. 26th, 2010 11:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bearshortyI got up at 6:20 this morning to make breakfast for my Dad who just had to bitch about the thickness of his oatmeal later. Next time, I’ll just sleep in.
I had Work Orientation today, so I had to go up to campus. There is no new book this year, like we were promised. But I’m so tired of the articles I taught in the last few years, so I’m going to pick new stuff anyway. It might be more work for me to come up with new assignments but I really need something new. It was nice to see many familiar faces but I got a bit melancholy too. Work friends are very different from normal friends, it is sad sometimes.
I went to the library to pick up Stephen Fry’s “Moab is My Washpot.” It has been waiting on hold for me. The prose sounds just like him. It is really funny. I’m actually really happy to be reading a real book and not just stuff on the internet. Lately few books were exciting, so I’m happy to be reading again.
Highlander “Till Death” This episode is hysterical. I saw it before, when I was in Season 2 and now I get to watch it in context. Valicourts and their kinky sex games with swords and rape fantasies. Methos and Duncan living together and acting very married themselves. Fitz and Duncan both trying to win over Gina and being very silly. I had a grin on through the whole episode, I just adore it.
“Burn Notice” summer finale. These last two episodes felt like a filler for a pretty good season until now. The balance between main and episodic storylines felt off. I really like the addition of Jesse to the team this season, so that part is good. But the Main Bad Guy doesn’t seem that bad, plus he is dead pretty quickly. Michael getting shot is not much of a cliffhanger since we all know he will live. He is a main character after all. New episodes will return in November – so it is a pretty short break. Michael asking the client’s dad to get a submarine was really funny. Still, this episode would have been better if they focused more on ongoing storyline and not on episode-job story. Fi and Michael talking like grown-ups is always welcome on TV. She tells him about the stake-out kiss with Jesse and they talk it out reasonably. I appreciate it.
I had Work Orientation today, so I had to go up to campus. There is no new book this year, like we were promised. But I’m so tired of the articles I taught in the last few years, so I’m going to pick new stuff anyway. It might be more work for me to come up with new assignments but I really need something new. It was nice to see many familiar faces but I got a bit melancholy too. Work friends are very different from normal friends, it is sad sometimes.
I went to the library to pick up Stephen Fry’s “Moab is My Washpot.” It has been waiting on hold for me. The prose sounds just like him. It is really funny. I’m actually really happy to be reading a real book and not just stuff on the internet. Lately few books were exciting, so I’m happy to be reading again.
Highlander “Till Death” This episode is hysterical. I saw it before, when I was in Season 2 and now I get to watch it in context. Valicourts and their kinky sex games with swords and rape fantasies. Methos and Duncan living together and acting very married themselves. Fitz and Duncan both trying to win over Gina and being very silly. I had a grin on through the whole episode, I just adore it.
“Burn Notice” summer finale. These last two episodes felt like a filler for a pretty good season until now. The balance between main and episodic storylines felt off. I really like the addition of Jesse to the team this season, so that part is good. But the Main Bad Guy doesn’t seem that bad, plus he is dead pretty quickly. Michael getting shot is not much of a cliffhanger since we all know he will live. He is a main character after all. New episodes will return in November – so it is a pretty short break. Michael asking the client’s dad to get a submarine was really funny. Still, this episode would have been better if they focused more on ongoing storyline and not on episode-job story. Fi and Michael talking like grown-ups is always welcome on TV. She tells him about the stake-out kiss with Jesse and they talk it out reasonably. I appreciate it.