thanksgiving weekend
Back at my parents' house for Thanksgiving. Yep, I travelled the *really* long distance of approx 30 km, lol. We're not doing much actually. Brother has to work overtime, Mom's taking care of Grandma (she recently had to return to the hospital but everything is good now) and Dad didn't come back this weekend as he was here last weekend. Planning on getting together with extended family for lunch on Monday for the traditional Thanksgiving meal consisting of Chinese food =)
I'm currently watching Planet Earth. What an absolute gorgeous production. Just finished watching the "Caves" episode -- even the gross/disgusting (ie silk glow worms) look beautiful... from a distance. But there's no need to see the meters high pile of guano (bat droppings) covered with cockroaches ever again *shudders* I can't imagine what the production crew had to go through to get their shots.
TV Roundup:
Supernatural: Enjoyed the premiere at lot. Yea, it doesn't rank up there with IMToD but there was no cliffhanger ending last season. This was, in effect, kinda like another pilot. And, on a completely shallow note, both Jared and Jensen were looking fine, and really, that's all that matters, right? ;) The last scene between the boys was perfect.
Chuck: Still really enjoying the show and it has officially replaced Prison Break for me.
Reaper: Still liking this one, too.
Pushing Diaisies: The pilot was cute and quirky and funny. The question is whether (a) this can be maintained and (b) whether or not it'll get to the point of annoying me.
.... quick interruption to say: awwww, cute kangaroos featured on the "Deserts" episode....
Robin Hood: S2 has started over at the BBC and I'm reading recaps while waiting for a kind soul to upload. I'm trying to be patient but I need my Robin fix!!
Kyle XY: I just read over at TWoP that the network has renewed it for a 3rd season, ordering 10 episodes, yay!! I'm looking forward to part 2 of S2 coming this January. Now that the Trager family's suspicions are up, will Kyle tell them the truth when he returns?? Can't wait to find out.
ETA: More Planet Earth gems: The episode on the Arctic & Antarctic -- penguins and polar bears and chicks and cubs!! Awwwww... After each episode, there's a short documentary showing what goes into filming. So, this one shows the cameramen on an isolated Norwagian island (why Norway and not Canada?! I kid, I kid) to film polar bears. No motorized vehicles are allowed so they have to pull their equipment on sleds. One of the cameraman is filming himself and talking how the explorers used to name their sleds like "Intrepid" and "Braveheart". And in honour of this practice, he would like to name his sled, "the *bleep* *bleep* *bleeping* heavy piece of *bleep* *bleep*" LOL One more thing, the Arctic cameramen had it easy compared to their Antarctican counterparts.
I'm currently watching Planet Earth. What an absolute gorgeous production. Just finished watching the "Caves" episode -- even the gross/disgusting (ie silk glow worms) look beautiful... from a distance. But there's no need to see the meters high pile of guano (bat droppings) covered with cockroaches ever again *shudders* I can't imagine what the production crew had to go through to get their shots.
TV Roundup:
Supernatural: Enjoyed the premiere at lot. Yea, it doesn't rank up there with IMToD but there was no cliffhanger ending last season. This was, in effect, kinda like another pilot. And, on a completely shallow note, both Jared and Jensen were looking fine, and really, that's all that matters, right? ;) The last scene between the boys was perfect.
Chuck: Still really enjoying the show and it has officially replaced Prison Break for me.
Reaper: Still liking this one, too.
Pushing Diaisies: The pilot was cute and quirky and funny. The question is whether (a) this can be maintained and (b) whether or not it'll get to the point of annoying me.
.... quick interruption to say: awwww, cute kangaroos featured on the "Deserts" episode....
Robin Hood: S2 has started over at the BBC and I'm reading recaps while waiting for a kind soul to upload. I'm trying to be patient but I need my Robin fix!!
Kyle XY: I just read over at TWoP that the network has renewed it for a 3rd season, ordering 10 episodes, yay!! I'm looking forward to part 2 of S2 coming this January. Now that the Trager family's suspicions are up, will Kyle tell them the truth when he returns?? Can't wait to find out.
ETA: More Planet Earth gems: The episode on the Arctic & Antarctic -- penguins and polar bears and chicks and cubs!! Awwwww... After each episode, there's a short documentary showing what goes into filming. So, this one shows the cameramen on an isolated Norwagian island (why Norway and not Canada?! I kid, I kid) to film polar bears. No motorized vehicles are allowed so they have to pull their equipment on sleds. One of the cameraman is filming himself and talking how the explorers used to name their sleds like "Intrepid" and "Braveheart". And in honour of this practice, he would like to name his sled, "the *bleep* *bleep* *bleeping* heavy piece of *bleep* *bleep*" LOL One more thing, the Arctic cameramen had it easy compared to their Antarctican counterparts.