Si j'aurais les chaussettes que ma grand-mère m'a donné !
I had a very quiet weekend here. On Sunday, I went over to JC & Co's and copied some songs from their iTunes library. Mine is now back up to 172 songs, down from the about 600 I had before the virus hit. I did not participate in any of the Mardi Gras festivities. I've never been a big fan of that holiday, but today the weather was so nice and warm that I went on a bike ride and took photos of some of the Mardi Gras decorations (which you can see here). Mardi Gras is so unique to southern Louisiana. There are quite a lot of decorations in my neighborhood, and many of them have been up since right after Christmas. There were two Mardi Gras parades today, and I live pretty near the parade route, but I didn't go. The noise, crowds, traffic, and litter were too much for me from here!
I also did not do any Jew stuff, which is unusual for me on the weekend. There was no Torah study with the rabbi or Hebrew school with the kids. I know I always complain about waking up early when I have Jew stuff, but I sure was bored without it. Even though NCIS's 200th episode had some badly executed "what-if" scenarios, it made me wonder about what-ifs in my own life. Like, what if I had never converted to Judaism? Maybe no one else would notice the difference, but I sure would. Looking forward to our Purim session in Hebrew school next weekend!
And speaking of NCIS, there was a new episode tonight! I think jelenamichel said it best in her review: "It wasn't bad, exactly. It was just really, really boring. And that's saying something when you’ve got Jamie Lee Curtis working for you."
Notes on episode 9x16 Psych Out
Featuring Dr. Cranston, last seen in Nature of the Beast. First appearance of Dr. Samantha Ryan.
Writer: Reed Steiner (The Devil's Triangle)
+ The bullpen scene didn't do much for me. My first lol was when one of the two burglars said, "Next time, I'm picking the house!"
+ How Ducky rolled the R when he asked, "The bullet or the rope?" I've always wished I could roll my R's like that! God loves a duck!
- I was tempted to turn the show off when Dr. Cranston stuck her head through the door. I wish they would stop bringing her back. She is so annoying and boring (just like her sister was!) and does nothing for the show. I especially hated the way the team reacted when she showed up, like, "Oh my God, it's Kate's sister! This is the most dramatic thing we've ever seen!" Ugh.
- "I know someone killed him." Well, if Cranston thinks someone killed him, then she must be right. What the hell, is she infallible now?
- "She was his hope, his whole reason for living." Don't you just want to punch her? Who talks like that?
+ Ryan's appearance was pretty interesting, with how Tony mistook her as someone from the accounting department. I liked Tony's face when Ryan asked him if his father ever told him he loved him. "Well, everyone on Gibbs's team has father issues, actually. That's why we've all adopted him as Team Dad."
-/+ Cranston knew Banks, Ryan knows Vance, Cranston and Ryan know each other. I'm having trouble believing all that. Vance's mention that he and Ryan spent "classified" time together at the war college had me a little interested. There's still a lot we don't know about Vance's past, and I wonder if they're setting something up here. I hope this doesn't mean we'll see Ryan again, though, because she rubbed me the wrong way. And besides, questions about Vance's identity were raised back in Knockout three seasons ago and never addressed again, so maybe the writers have forgotten about it.
+ "I'm lactose-intolerant." Sara: No, you're not! You do yogurt commercials!
- "Does that turn you on, Agent Gibbs?" I rolled my eyes so hard at that line. Was it supposed to be funny? It just sounded really stupid to me.
+ I liked how Mitchell checked out Tony's court order so closely. It was a subtle hint of how paranoid the psy-ops team was.
- I feel like I've done nothing but complain about this episode, but Abby's scene kinda annoyed me too. Her singing and trying to play Gibbs felt stupid and pointless.
+ "Do you like pancakes?" It was almost startling for me when Ryan said this, since I had pancakes for dinner literally right before watching the show.
- "If he's country, I'm rock n roll." More stupid dialogue from Ryan. What was wrong with Steiner when he wrote this?
+ "I don't even know where to begin without a search key." Lol at poor McGee.
- "Agent Gibbs needs to speak to me privately, and I know just the place." So of course she takes him to the women's restroom. Makes perfect sense. And why was the lighting in there so dim? The restroom is a place where you need to be able to see what you're doing!
- Cranston showing up in Gibbs's basement also rubbed me the wrong way. I think the basement heart-to-hearts are something that should remain between Gibbs and his team.
- Geez, Ryan acts like a pretentious, smug bitch for most of the episode and bugs Gibbs's home, but when he starts following her, she gets all pissy, almost starts crying, then goes and tattles on him to Vance? Ugh.
+ What happened to Banks was actually pretty dark. His killer drugged him to make him depressed, caused sleep-deprivation and nightmares, and screwed up his entire sense of reality.
- "Do you have children?" Already the second time this season we've heard this question. (The first was in Newborn King.)
- Ryan calling Gibbs up in the middle of the night felt weird and, for me at least, didn't create any sympathy for her.
FF: I wrote a short tag to this episode in Rainchecks and Strawberry Jam: Chapter 1.
I NEED to get my hair cut this week. I've been putting it off for too long now. But in the meantime, I've been trying the sock bun. The woman in the video makes it look so darn easy.
I also did not do any Jew stuff, which is unusual for me on the weekend. There was no Torah study with the rabbi or Hebrew school with the kids. I know I always complain about waking up early when I have Jew stuff, but I sure was bored without it. Even though NCIS's 200th episode had some badly executed "what-if" scenarios, it made me wonder about what-ifs in my own life. Like, what if I had never converted to Judaism? Maybe no one else would notice the difference, but I sure would. Looking forward to our Purim session in Hebrew school next weekend!
And speaking of NCIS, there was a new episode tonight! I think jelenamichel said it best in her review: "It wasn't bad, exactly. It was just really, really boring. And that's saying something when you’ve got Jamie Lee Curtis working for you."
Notes on episode 9x16 Psych Out
Featuring Dr. Cranston, last seen in Nature of the Beast. First appearance of Dr. Samantha Ryan.
Writer: Reed Steiner (The Devil's Triangle)
+ The bullpen scene didn't do much for me. My first lol was when one of the two burglars said, "Next time, I'm picking the house!"
+ How Ducky rolled the R when he asked, "The bullet or the rope?" I've always wished I could roll my R's like that! God loves a duck!
- I was tempted to turn the show off when Dr. Cranston stuck her head through the door. I wish they would stop bringing her back. She is so annoying and boring (just like her sister was!) and does nothing for the show. I especially hated the way the team reacted when she showed up, like, "Oh my God, it's Kate's sister! This is the most dramatic thing we've ever seen!" Ugh.
- "I know someone killed him." Well, if Cranston thinks someone killed him, then she must be right. What the hell, is she infallible now?
- "She was his hope, his whole reason for living." Don't you just want to punch her? Who talks like that?
+ Ryan's appearance was pretty interesting, with how Tony mistook her as someone from the accounting department. I liked Tony's face when Ryan asked him if his father ever told him he loved him. "Well, everyone on Gibbs's team has father issues, actually. That's why we've all adopted him as Team Dad."
-/+ Cranston knew Banks, Ryan knows Vance, Cranston and Ryan know each other. I'm having trouble believing all that. Vance's mention that he and Ryan spent "classified" time together at the war college had me a little interested. There's still a lot we don't know about Vance's past, and I wonder if they're setting something up here. I hope this doesn't mean we'll see Ryan again, though, because she rubbed me the wrong way. And besides, questions about Vance's identity were raised back in Knockout three seasons ago and never addressed again, so maybe the writers have forgotten about it.
+ "I'm lactose-intolerant." Sara: No, you're not! You do yogurt commercials!
- "Does that turn you on, Agent Gibbs?" I rolled my eyes so hard at that line. Was it supposed to be funny? It just sounded really stupid to me.
+ I liked how Mitchell checked out Tony's court order so closely. It was a subtle hint of how paranoid the psy-ops team was.
- I feel like I've done nothing but complain about this episode, but Abby's scene kinda annoyed me too. Her singing and trying to play Gibbs felt stupid and pointless.
+ "Do you like pancakes?" It was almost startling for me when Ryan said this, since I had pancakes for dinner literally right before watching the show.
- "If he's country, I'm rock n roll." More stupid dialogue from Ryan. What was wrong with Steiner when he wrote this?
+ "I don't even know where to begin without a search key." Lol at poor McGee.
- "Agent Gibbs needs to speak to me privately, and I know just the place." So of course she takes him to the women's restroom. Makes perfect sense. And why was the lighting in there so dim? The restroom is a place where you need to be able to see what you're doing!
- Cranston showing up in Gibbs's basement also rubbed me the wrong way. I think the basement heart-to-hearts are something that should remain between Gibbs and his team.
- Geez, Ryan acts like a pretentious, smug bitch for most of the episode and bugs Gibbs's home, but when he starts following her, she gets all pissy, almost starts crying, then goes and tattles on him to Vance? Ugh.
+ What happened to Banks was actually pretty dark. His killer drugged him to make him depressed, caused sleep-deprivation and nightmares, and screwed up his entire sense of reality.
- "Do you have children?" Already the second time this season we've heard this question. (The first was in Newborn King.)
- Ryan calling Gibbs up in the middle of the night felt weird and, for me at least, didn't create any sympathy for her.
FF: I wrote a short tag to this episode in Rainchecks and Strawberry Jam: Chapter 1.
I NEED to get my hair cut this week. I've been putting it off for too long now. But in the meantime, I've been trying the sock bun. The woman in the video makes it look so darn easy.