Bearshorty's musings

My camera came today. I like that it takes real batteries instead of rechargeable. It is much easier to just put new batteries in than wait for batteries to recharge. I will have to play with it a little and we’ll see on my long-weekend trip how it actually works.

I can never stay mad with anybody for too long. I don’t know if it is a good character trait or not but I never stay mad especially not with friends or loved ones.

Highlander “The Counterfeit” I don’t like Horton (he is a good villain in his thinking but he is a kind of villain you hate and not a villain you like) and the episode description was a bit unexciting so I was dragging my feet in watching this two-parter (which is actually shown as one movie on DVD and therefore on Netflix) but it was actually really interesting. Horton is really good in manipulating everything. He didn’t count of Richie (and Joe) still sticking by Mac and on Lisa talking too much and on Mac in figuring it out. But it was a good plot. And it was working on many levels. I liked how in the first part it is Mac who is trying to persuade Richie that it is a trap and in the second part it was the other way around. Actress who plays Tessa was wonderful in playing Lisa – totally believable as another character and all the Tess flashbacks just reinforced just how much Mac is grieving her and how great they were together. (He is still a slut most of the time, though, now that she is dead.) Richie realizing he is about to die again from being shot was funny – just his expression. Overall, in this season, the two-parters are definitely the best episodes. This season was a definite improvement over Season One, but the writers are still figuring the show out. I know the best is still to come.

Today is a Bear day. He brought a big fruit basket with him that his parents sent to Papa. There were so many fruits and nuts in it, it was a big insane. We sent some fruit back with Bear.

Bear and I went to Best Buy to look at camera’s and prices. I need a new camera and rather than just shop online, I figure I go to actual store and see the prices and how the cameras feel in my hands. I liked a few cameras and I think I have a general idea of what I want.

After Best Buy we stopped by at Michael’s to get thank you cards, since we should really send one back to thank for the fruit basket. Generally I find the idea of thank you cards silly, but sometimes they have their uses. I bought regular white black ones and some yellow ones with a dragonfly on it.

We also stopped by McDonalds to get some ice-cream, which is the only thing I get there now. And we stopped by the comic book store. Then we went to the beach and walked a bit.

At home we watched a short “Bears” documentary, which was a bit silly but there were some cute animals in it. Alaska is really pretty.

The best part was watching “Not the Messiah. (He’s a very naughty boy),” which is “Monty Python’s Life of Brian” with opera singers and philharmonic accompaniment. It is ridiculously funny. I need to get a CD of it. ‘Life of Brian’ is already my favorite Monty Python movie, so this musical extravaganza was a treat.