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Feb. 23rd, 2006
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Feb. 23rd, 2006 09:34 pmNew CSI tonight, and that means Three Things!
Apparently this is a rerun -- I recall hearing about the Grissom Recounts His Father's Death Very Randomly scene.
1. Why do the extras on CSI always look like they came out of an eighties teen movie or a seventies action flick? It's really creepy.
2. Hodges is still the king. His little exchange with Nick ("I stop everything I'm doing when Nick Stokes comes around!" "You're starting to catch on, Hodges!") was the best part of this episode. And...
3. ...that's really depressing. I'm starting to lose interest in CSI for precisely this reason -- it once was a show that was equally focused on the science of solving crimes and the people who solved them. Now it's starting to feel more like Law & Order, where the story is about the crime and every once in a while we get thrown some kind of bone about their personal lives. Not that Law & Order wasn't a great show, but you can rip so much from the headlines before you burn out on it. I miss the interpersonal story arcs. Even when they exist, they're not as frequent.
3a. Jack Russel Terriers + Greg = teh awesome.
Apparently this is a rerun -- I recall hearing about the Grissom Recounts His Father's Death Very Randomly scene.
1. Why do the extras on CSI always look like they came out of an eighties teen movie or a seventies action flick? It's really creepy.
2. Hodges is still the king. His little exchange with Nick ("I stop everything I'm doing when Nick Stokes comes around!" "You're starting to catch on, Hodges!") was the best part of this episode. And...
3. ...that's really depressing. I'm starting to lose interest in CSI for precisely this reason -- it once was a show that was equally focused on the science of solving crimes and the people who solved them. Now it's starting to feel more like Law & Order, where the story is about the crime and every once in a while we get thrown some kind of bone about their personal lives. Not that Law & Order wasn't a great show, but you can rip so much from the headlines before you burn out on it. I miss the interpersonal story arcs. Even when they exist, they're not as frequent.
3a. Jack Russel Terriers + Greg = teh awesome.
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Feb. 23rd, 2006 11:33 pmI'm feeling rather ill today, actually, so I may be napping sooner than I thought. I'm going to make it a low-stress* day, which means I may not be online much and I probably won't get to work on the invisible book drabbles at all. I have about 25 of them to go, so don't fret if you still haven't seen yours. You're on the list, I swear.
* Yeah, because living at home unemployed and rent free is SOOOOO stressful to begin with, except stfu it totally is.
It's a good day to try my hand at making onion soup and sit on the sofa and watch DVDs and read comic books. However, before I do that....
The Top Five Things You'd Bring To The Apocalypse
This week's "Top Five" meme by [info]minervacat, via [info]cawti.
I decided to deliberately misinterpret this in a career oriented fashion. Answering as if it were an interview question, I would like to inform you of the skills and talents I could bring to your Apocalypse -- and beyond!
1. A thorough working knowledge of Shaw's "Anarchist's Handbook" as well as those bastions of pandemapocalyptic lit, Earth Abides and The Stand.
2. The ability to be right at the fringe of major disasters. EG:
Hurricane Katrina: In Austin, the largest refugee-assembly centre after Houston.
Great Blackout of 2000: In Boston, the only major city in the American eastern seaboard to still have power.
Et disastrous cetera.
3. Just enough knowledge of programming languages to be really dangerous.
4. A recipe for alcohol which requires only yeast and fruit juice.
5. I was Machiavelli in a several-weeks-long roleplay in history class during high school. Nuff said.
* Yeah, because living at home unemployed and rent free is SOOOOO stressful to begin with, except stfu it totally is.
It's a good day to try my hand at making onion soup and sit on the sofa and watch DVDs and read comic books. However, before I do that....
The Top Five Things You'd Bring To The Apocalypse
This week's "Top Five" meme by [info]minervacat, via [info]cawti.
I decided to deliberately misinterpret this in a career oriented fashion. Answering as if it were an interview question, I would like to inform you of the skills and talents I could bring to your Apocalypse -- and beyond!
1. A thorough working knowledge of Shaw's "Anarchist's Handbook" as well as those bastions of pandemapocalyptic lit, Earth Abides and The Stand.
2. The ability to be right at the fringe of major disasters. EG:
Hurricane Katrina: In Austin, the largest refugee-assembly centre after Houston.
Great Blackout of 2000: In Boston, the only major city in the American eastern seaboard to still have power.
Et disastrous cetera.
3. Just enough knowledge of programming languages to be really dangerous.
4. A recipe for alcohol which requires only yeast and fruit juice.
5. I was Machiavelli in a several-weeks-long roleplay in history class during high school. Nuff said.