We've watched a lot of TV and movies already this year. They've all been pretty excellent, though ( Read more... )

It's a general pattern that the more I like something, the less I have to say about it. There's not places for me to say, "I think this could have been better.." or "I wish they'd done this ( Read more... )

Wow. This is my favorite show in years.

( There is just one line I desperately wish had been in the finale and was not. )

Lancing an idea-boil ( Read more... )

It was kind of a recovery weekend. Between exhaustion and predicted storms of great intensity, we did not make it up north for Pat's B-day party, which I feel kinda bad about. I will try to figure out something fun we can do while Jill and I are up there for Xmas ( Read more... )

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Weekend report ( Read more... )

Wednesday I worked out in the morning and submitted my paper. Then ran Team Rocket in the evening ( Read more... )

^ the objective standard of what is good, of course.

Nah, I was trying to consider that issues of what I think I like versus what I actually like. And here's some of the stuff I came up with. Mostly focused on movies and TV.

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Weird stuff: Weird monsters, weird magic, weird worlds. All of these qualify.

Character arcs: Probably my ( Read more... )

I would really like to see a show like Supernatural.. or Buffy.. or Dresden Files, but good ( Read more... )