There Really Is Something Down There . . .
Yes, I did drop off the face of the planet. Amazingly enough, when you drop off the face of the planet, there's actually something down there. It's dark, confusing and pretty much all encompassing, but it's there. Anyway, I managed to wrest myself from that place, scale back planet side while avoiding being eaten by The Beast Below. (Thank goodness the Doctor showed up when he did!*)
I could launch into streams and words of explication of what caused my disappearance, but really? Not feeling up to it. Too much to tell, too tiresome to tell it, and I'd rather not rehash it here digitally when I've hashed it enough in RL. Suffice to say that while all is not well, it is getting better. The road will be a long one, winding and twisting, uphill and there will be some backsliding, but all in all the guide on this journey is better and so's my traveling gear.
Aside from the RL stuff that I'm not going to rehash, I've picked up a few new television shows and have started reading again. (Really, it's all my brain has been able to do to survive the underside of the planet.) I'm watching Flashforward, Fringe, The Vampire Diaries, Castle, Glee, Ghost Whisperer (sometimes), Stargate Universe**, Merlin, The Big Bang Theory, V, and I'm sure I've missed something. Oh yes, Doctor Who, naturally.
Let me start by saying, I like Eleven. He's a weird looking guy, but so far, I like him. I'll hold off on further comparisons and the like for a few more episodes.
I watched Caprica. I enjoyed it, as well, and I think that this is the point where I have to stand back and say when it comes to television, I am mostly easily to please. It takes a lot to displease me. I put on my little hat and cap of disbelief suspension and slip into a world where all the inconsistencies and irrationality don't matter to me. I'll watch it. I'll take a lot of stupid writing, mundane storylines, inconceivable characters and Jossed stories if I'm being entertained. When I stop watching because I'm annoyed or disgusted? Yeah, that's a problem.
Also, reading. I've picked up Laurell K. Hamilton again. Not the vampire-werewolf-orgy fest. Nope, instead I got into the sidhe orgy fest. The difference between Anita Blake and Meredith Gentry? With the latter you knew what you were getting into from the first book. I still don't like the way the orgies snuck up on me in the Anita Blake books. However, there is only so much sex I can take when it gets in the way of plot. I'm on Book 5 of Meredith Gentry (Mistral's Kiss), and I've stopped in chapter six or seven. I'm tired of magic-exploding, mind-melting sex.
I read Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy and LOVED it. I would love to read more like that. Any suggestions from my friend's list? (Although I do wonder if I'm the only one who wasn't swept away and impressed by Sidonie de la Courcel.)
Okay, I feel caught up. Hello friends, hello world, I'm going to try to make more appearances around this place.
*Yes, I am still a geek. Thanks for noticing. And yes, that was a horrible tv reference.
**Stargate Universe. I don't know why I watch it. There is one character that I like. One character who is not a self-absorbed, manipulative, arrogant, unlikeable dick. I think I am a glutton for punishment. Or just desperate for anything remotely science fiction flavored.
I could launch into streams and words of explication of what caused my disappearance, but really? Not feeling up to it. Too much to tell, too tiresome to tell it, and I'd rather not rehash it here digitally when I've hashed it enough in RL. Suffice to say that while all is not well, it is getting better. The road will be a long one, winding and twisting, uphill and there will be some backsliding, but all in all the guide on this journey is better and so's my traveling gear.
Aside from the RL stuff that I'm not going to rehash, I've picked up a few new television shows and have started reading again. (Really, it's all my brain has been able to do to survive the underside of the planet.) I'm watching Flashforward, Fringe, The Vampire Diaries, Castle, Glee, Ghost Whisperer (sometimes), Stargate Universe**, Merlin, The Big Bang Theory, V, and I'm sure I've missed something. Oh yes, Doctor Who, naturally.
Let me start by saying, I like Eleven. He's a weird looking guy, but so far, I like him. I'll hold off on further comparisons and the like for a few more episodes.
I watched Caprica. I enjoyed it, as well, and I think that this is the point where I have to stand back and say when it comes to television, I am mostly easily to please. It takes a lot to displease me. I put on my little hat and cap of disbelief suspension and slip into a world where all the inconsistencies and irrationality don't matter to me. I'll watch it. I'll take a lot of stupid writing, mundane storylines, inconceivable characters and Jossed stories if I'm being entertained. When I stop watching because I'm annoyed or disgusted? Yeah, that's a problem.
Also, reading. I've picked up Laurell K. Hamilton again. Not the vampire-werewolf-orgy fest. Nope, instead I got into the sidhe orgy fest. The difference between Anita Blake and Meredith Gentry? With the latter you knew what you were getting into from the first book. I still don't like the way the orgies snuck up on me in the Anita Blake books. However, there is only so much sex I can take when it gets in the way of plot. I'm on Book 5 of Meredith Gentry (Mistral's Kiss), and I've stopped in chapter six or seven. I'm tired of magic-exploding, mind-melting sex.
I read Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy and LOVED it. I would love to read more like that. Any suggestions from my friend's list? (Although I do wonder if I'm the only one who wasn't swept away and impressed by Sidonie de la Courcel.)
Okay, I feel caught up. Hello friends, hello world, I'm going to try to make more appearances around this place.
*Yes, I am still a geek. Thanks for noticing. And yes, that was a horrible tv reference.
**Stargate Universe. I don't know why I watch it. There is one character that I like. One character who is not a self-absorbed, manipulative, arrogant, unlikeable dick. I think I am a glutton for punishment. Or just desperate for anything remotely science fiction flavored.