random quick bullet points update

[janie_tangerine]

1) I'm still desktop-less and most likely won't have a new one until Monday if I'm lucky or until the week after if I'm not, and I'm not managing to keep up to date much. I'll hopefully replace it on Monday and I'll catch up at some point. But as I really need to print stuff, it's starting to be bothersome. Also I realized that I had shit that I

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[slinkymilinky]

JT - Carnivalé was a VERY sad cancellation - it really REALLY was - but one day you MUST watch Rome despite the language thing because it is THE BEST EVER. honestly. It's sooooooooooo good. My favourite of all the HBO's. Massively awesome costume-kink fodder in it too.

[janie_tangerine]

At some point I'll get over it and watch it, also because other than The Wire (which I started and have to finish) I think it's the only other huge HBO show I haven't seen and I've only heard people raving about it. I'm sure that I'll probably spend the pilot feeling weird about the language thing, but I'll probably get adjusted after that...

[slinkymilinky]

The ships will get you and you'll forget all about the language! XD
I ship everything in that show and it boasts the finest collection of 'magnificent bastards' EVER! XD

[tellshannon815]

Oh I love technology. My laptop has been a bit temperamental lately as well.

[janie_tangerine]

Ugh sorry to hear about that :/// the desktop had been dying for a while so I'm not surprised, but temperamental laptops are apparently the rule. *sigh*

[kel_reiley]

I think those 3 specifically ended up getting cancelled b/c period shows are really, really expensive to make. I'd say they're sort of making up for it with GoT, but that already had a huge built-in audience and it's getting so much more advertising than Carnivale ever got. I remember when Carnivale was on, just not that many ppl were actually watching :(

Even though HBO shows don't hinge on ratings and ads like network TV, I'm pretty sure they axed it b/c it was just costing them too much.

[janie_tangerine]

Yeah but it's totally a pity D: I mean, they were so *good* and inventive and I mean, I do realize they must have been very expensive but meh, I'll be here being kind of not happy about it. And it's a pity that they didn't load on with the advertising because seriously leaving things like that was MEAN. ;) meh. Money. I hate when it all boils down to money.

[kel_reiley]

Oh, I know! I was really upset b/c I didn't find out it wasn't coming back until AFTER I watched the finale.

There was talk of a movie or something to wrap it all up, but that never happened.

[cassiopeia7]

Oooh, don't remind me! When those boneheads cancelled Carnivále, I was ready to storm HBO headquarters with pitchforks and nuclear weapons. *is still bitter*

The average temperature has been... around 35° degrees celsius, but I'm sure it reached 40 at some points in the last week.

O_O Eeek. There were a few days here when we got up to maybe 37-38C . . . and this here cold-loving chick was NOT happy. I feel your pain. (And hope you get a new desktop soon!)

[janie_tangerine]

HOW DO YOU CANCEL SUCH AN INVENTIVE SHOW? Well, it still had a more satisfying ending than Deadwood (at least it felt like a closed chapter, Deadwood was just LET'S LEAVE PEOPLE HANGING SHALL WE) but ugh. It felt like a cheat that it was just two seasons long.

Don't tell me. I usually don't really like cold and I can live with Italian heat but NOT THIS EARLY, you're supposed to get 40° in August. ://// (Thanks! Hopefully I won't have to worry about the netbook frying every second.. ;) )

[janie_tangerine]

I KNOW REALLY? I'm still in awe of how good it was. I can't even. I feel privileged, lol.