If a show has an incredible pilot, it can only go downhill.  If the pilot is shaky, the show can find its legs as it progresses.

The Dead Zone television series had a really great pilot and though there are a few "okay" episodes, most are quite good, and some episodes will hit that same high as the initial pilot ( Read more... )

Yeah, I'm not so good about writing about my life anymore.  I don't consider that a good thing because I think writing has always been a way for me to process events in my life and reconcile discordant thoughts.

I will commence listing things that have captured my attention and taken me on strange internal musings.

TV SHOWS:  Breaking Bad, The ( Read more... )

You know what I discovered about myself?  I can only be a productive person at night.  I've always known I'm a night person (which is hell on getting up for my morning job) but all attempts to be productive during the day generally fail.  If I become too focused on "getting a good night's rest," what happens is I end up not getting anything done ( Read more... )

1. When does Flynn know Rapunzel's name?

It's very possible I've been too bedazzled by the prettiness of Tangled to be cognizant of what's happening on the screen or register what anyone's saying. As far as I can tell, she never tells him. Does he suddenly "know" her name when he realizes "who" she is ( Read more... )

"...I finally said yes."

Okay, excuse the spoiler, but seriously, that is absolutely my favorite line from Tangled.  And if you think I'm an idiot...just listen to the delivery.  Brilliantly unexpected.

The flowers in "Blondie's" hair are so preeetteee...I will never get over it.  I'm just childishly mesmerized.

What beautiful graphics!

I forget how good a film Pleasantville is until I'm in the middle of watching it. It's just full of so much interesting allusion wrapped up in the cute, vintage foil of "good times ( Read more... )

Fighting off residual frustration by backtracking into happier times ( Read more... )

Not gonna lie ( Read more... )

...um ( Read more... )

I just finished “Warlord,” a short story written by Michelle Sagara West over ten years ago that offers a hint of what happened to lead Avandar Gallais, indisputably the most terrifying domicis to have lived, to serve the small, fiery, YOUNG Jewel Markess ATerafin, gifted with the sight. It takes place years before the events of the Sun Sword ( Read more... )