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Apparently, Fox is being an idiot again and thinking of dumping Dollhouse. There's an online campaign going to spread the word and get support. I posted my comment on why the show is great and should stay, and I'll put it here, too:
Joss has a way of weaving short-term and long-term storylines together to keep a show interesting both on a weekly basis, and in a season- or series-long basis. If Firefly had kept going, we might have eventually seen the origins of Shepard Book, the Inara/Mal and Kaylee/Simon relationships develop, and other treats that we never got to have.
It's important for a show to be entertaining every episode, and to keep viewers interested over the course of the series--important for everyone! The longer the show runs, the more people find out and want to watch it, the more popular it becomes, the more advertisers will want to buy slots around that show. Joss and Dollhouse could be a great money maker for Fox if they stopped thinking only in short-term and generally got their heads out of their butts.
If they dump Dollhouse, I vote a new network come into existence: the after-Fox network. It would feature Dollhouse, Firefly, Futurama, Titus, Drive, and all the other great shows that Fox was idiotic about. Only problem would be two shows with Nathan Fillion, while he's currently doing another (Castle, Mondays at 10, on CBS I think)...could we handle that much awesome? Oh, and could he handle it all? Personally, I really like Castle (mostly for him), but I would gladly take Firefly coming back over that show staying, any day of the week.
Okay, enough Joss Whedon/Nathan Fillion fangirling...doesn't help that Ryan put in "Shindig" last night so I'm still all gleeful over sword fighting Mal...
Watched a "webinar" at work today with Joanne, on Buddy Referrals and basically getting current members to bring in new ones. I was semi-assigned (and semi-volunteered) the task of making one of the trellis-board-things all about the Weight Management Plan/Classes. So, half working on that, half doing internet stuff.
I'm also trying to figure out how to make small journals for members to track food, exercise, sleep, etc. I think my biggest problems would be size (currently, those who want to track are using those dinky dime-store notebooks, since they fit in purses) and cost (Joanne is very cost-aware, plus the possible-awkward size could be a cost/formatting problem). But I'm seeing it as a challenge, and I do love formatting this stuff :D My next plan is reworking the calendar template that Word gives me on my computer, since it technically meets my needs but has issues that need sorting out. Plus, again, I love this stuff.
Dad's employer-type-person, Camille, invited me to the writer's group that she does with her friends once a month. I didn't say a whole lot or actually read anything of mine, but others did, and I got to offer advice and commentary, which I'm normally really bad about. It was fun and inspiring :) I may try to get Mom to come, because, just from what they wrote themselves, I think her writing and personality would fit right in. Camille said it would be okay, I'll see if I can bribe Mom into doing it ;) She can be a bit of a shy-bear, too.
Ryan and I have played tennis five or six times, trying for three times a week when weather permits (which it hasn't this week, grumble grumble). My stamina is definitely improving, although my grip and swing both seem to be off. We're thinking of getting a tennis lesson, to make sure Ryan is teaching me the right things ;) But speaking of stamina, I've also been working out most days I've worked, and hard. Starting doing a move I used to do on the boards, meeting elbow with opposite knee (right knee to left elbow, etc) in a little dance step, and I'd forgotten how much energy it takes! Now other members are doing it, and have dubbed it "the Ruth Move". :D Plus I'm just pushing harder on the machines.
I've sorta-kinda changed my goal with working out and counting calories. I don't really want to be a stick, or care about being a spindly little twig. I don't want to care overmuch about what I eat for the rest of my life, because dammit, I love food. But I hate being weak. I want to be stronger. I want to be able to help with moving furniture, renovating a house, lifting and toting, whatever. I want to feel stronger and more confident with my body. So, don't care if I'm 160 or 130, I want to have better stamina, more strength, and more confidence.
Not much else going on. I'm hanging out with Catsy tonight, tomorrow I'm working 11 to close (yay long hours), and Saturday is the usual routine: up early, work till noon, go to Ryan's, blob. Except we have to bring our microwave back in to see why it's making that horrid noise, so it'll be: up early, work till noon, go to Ryan's, go to Manchester, wait and see, return to Ryan's, blob. I'm hoping to have enough energy to go over to James's and hang out, but that's usually unlikely. Weekends I'm usually pretty dead, energy-wise.
Oh, well, there's Wow...I've been slightly obsessed with that lately, my Pally is speeding her ways through the levels (54, currently). But that's not really interesting--I don't even have raids to talk about--so never mind!
Back to work...
Joss has a way of weaving short-term and long-term storylines together to keep a show interesting both on a weekly basis, and in a season- or series-long basis. If Firefly had kept going, we might have eventually seen the origins of Shepard Book, the Inara/Mal and Kaylee/Simon relationships develop, and other treats that we never got to have.
It's important for a show to be entertaining every episode, and to keep viewers interested over the course of the series--important for everyone! The longer the show runs, the more people find out and want to watch it, the more popular it becomes, the more advertisers will want to buy slots around that show. Joss and Dollhouse could be a great money maker for Fox if they stopped thinking only in short-term and generally got their heads out of their butts.
If they dump Dollhouse, I vote a new network come into existence: the after-Fox network. It would feature Dollhouse, Firefly, Futurama, Titus, Drive, and all the other great shows that Fox was idiotic about. Only problem would be two shows with Nathan Fillion, while he's currently doing another (Castle, Mondays at 10, on CBS I think)...could we handle that much awesome? Oh, and could he handle it all? Personally, I really like Castle (mostly for him), but I would gladly take Firefly coming back over that show staying, any day of the week.
Okay, enough Joss Whedon/Nathan Fillion fangirling...doesn't help that Ryan put in "Shindig" last night so I'm still all gleeful over sword fighting Mal...
Watched a "webinar" at work today with Joanne, on Buddy Referrals and basically getting current members to bring in new ones. I was semi-assigned (and semi-volunteered) the task of making one of the trellis-board-things all about the Weight Management Plan/Classes. So, half working on that, half doing internet stuff.
I'm also trying to figure out how to make small journals for members to track food, exercise, sleep, etc. I think my biggest problems would be size (currently, those who want to track are using those dinky dime-store notebooks, since they fit in purses) and cost (Joanne is very cost-aware, plus the possible-awkward size could be a cost/formatting problem). But I'm seeing it as a challenge, and I do love formatting this stuff :D My next plan is reworking the calendar template that Word gives me on my computer, since it technically meets my needs but has issues that need sorting out. Plus, again, I love this stuff.
Dad's employer-type-person, Camille, invited me to the writer's group that she does with her friends once a month. I didn't say a whole lot or actually read anything of mine, but others did, and I got to offer advice and commentary, which I'm normally really bad about. It was fun and inspiring :) I may try to get Mom to come, because, just from what they wrote themselves, I think her writing and personality would fit right in. Camille said it would be okay, I'll see if I can bribe Mom into doing it ;) She can be a bit of a shy-bear, too.
Ryan and I have played tennis five or six times, trying for three times a week when weather permits (which it hasn't this week, grumble grumble). My stamina is definitely improving, although my grip and swing both seem to be off. We're thinking of getting a tennis lesson, to make sure Ryan is teaching me the right things ;) But speaking of stamina, I've also been working out most days I've worked, and hard. Starting doing a move I used to do on the boards, meeting elbow with opposite knee (right knee to left elbow, etc) in a little dance step, and I'd forgotten how much energy it takes! Now other members are doing it, and have dubbed it "the Ruth Move". :D Plus I'm just pushing harder on the machines.
I've sorta-kinda changed my goal with working out and counting calories. I don't really want to be a stick, or care about being a spindly little twig. I don't want to care overmuch about what I eat for the rest of my life, because dammit, I love food. But I hate being weak. I want to be stronger. I want to be able to help with moving furniture, renovating a house, lifting and toting, whatever. I want to feel stronger and more confident with my body. So, don't care if I'm 160 or 130, I want to have better stamina, more strength, and more confidence.
Not much else going on. I'm hanging out with Catsy tonight, tomorrow I'm working 11 to close (yay long hours), and Saturday is the usual routine: up early, work till noon, go to Ryan's, blob. Except we have to bring our microwave back in to see why it's making that horrid noise, so it'll be: up early, work till noon, go to Ryan's, go to Manchester, wait and see, return to Ryan's, blob. I'm hoping to have enough energy to go over to James's and hang out, but that's usually unlikely. Weekends I'm usually pretty dead, energy-wise.
Oh, well, there's Wow...I've been slightly obsessed with that lately, my Pally is speeding her ways through the levels (54, currently). But that's not really interesting--I don't even have raids to talk about--so never mind!
Back to work...