Various Thoughts

Just a little stream-of-consciousness thing tonight...

Dan was the first Big Brother winner I backed since the first episode. I'm pumped. He's tied with Dr Will (the Season 2 version, not the All-Stars version) as my favorite reality contestant. Congrats, Dan. You seem like the type of guy I could drink a few beers with and just laugh my ass off.

75 minutes until the season premiere of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I am so stoked for this show. The commercial mash-up I posted last weekend just reminded me how dang funny that show is. "Whaddup, bitches" is still my favorite line of the past few years.

Do Not Disturb will probably be the first show I "cut" this season. Jesus Christ-- what a turd that show is. And it's too bad because it's got some hot chicks on it...

Speaking of hot chicks, I had not one, but two blasts from the past in the last few days.

First, I checked out the upcoming Starz series Crash page I posted last weekend, and I see my first "big boy" crush is in it. I first saw Clare Carey on the TV series Coach, back in the day, and I fell hard. Just gorgeous-- and cute as Hell. I read her bio for the show, and I see how much I missed. She's had guest parts on lots of shows-- even some I watch-- and I didn't even know. It was depressing to realize I missed so much of her work, but that just means I'll have to do some syndicated TV searching to check out those appearances.
I knew I was going to watch Crash eventually, but now I'll be watching it as it airs as opposed to putting it on DVD for later.

And then, a day later, I'm watching the much-improved Prison Break and I see another actress I was gaga over: Stacy Haiduk, who I first saw on the Superboy series. I couldn't follow that show very well (small-market syndication back in the '80s was brutal to try to follow), but it looks as if her resume is gigantic as well if imdb.com is any indication.

Too cool to see both of them in just a few days.

Sorry if I offended anyone with my political post. I just hate the Two Party system. I think it should be abolished. And voting for a third party is completely okay-- don't let the Big Two tell you otherwise. Trust me, they need your vote more than McCain or Obama do.

Had another great week in Fantasy Football last week. But instead of just winning like I did two weeks ago, I f-bombing slaughtered my opponents last week. Not bad for a guy who barely watches football games. I have been watching them a little more, but that's because it gives me a chance to watch High Def (my DVR is too full to watch much in HD; it's limited to Weeds, Entourage, and Prison Break right now).

Speaking of Weeds-- holy crap, what a finale. I watched that scene with Doug and a noose, and I'm thinkin' they cannot have this guy kill himself -- just to see him use it to choke himself while he masturbates. Fantastic out from left field mind-screw there. Dang!

And I so didn't see the end "revelation" coming. I should have seen it coming, but I didn't. What a bombshell. I'm actually looking forward to the next season-- and I have a long, long wait.

Watched the first episode of Sons of Anarchy. Meh. I'll keep watching, but it had better give me a reason to tune in. I get the bad-assery going on, but viewers need someone sympathetic to "root for" on these shows, and the guy they gave us is more pathetic than sympathetic. Katey Sagal is very good in it; I may stick around just to see her work if I lose interest.

I checked out most of the first season of the new Dr. Who, and I found it to be pretty good. It looks like it's Britain's version of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Good episodes built around morality tales. I really like Christopher Ecceleston's Doctor character. Humor, confidence, and intelligence all tempered with his wonderment at the human species. I just love the thought behind his excitement for the little things in life being brushed off by the human characters, and he has to stop them and remind them how cool it all is.

And while I enjoyed Billie Piper on Secret Diaries of a Call Girl, I now know why fans just looove this woman. Her Rose character is perfect for the series. A good choice as the human of the show that sometimes has to counterbalance the Doctor's pragmatism. And she's gorgeous; who wouldn't fall in love with her? And the episode where she saw her dad before he was killed was absolutely heartbreaking. Fantastic story-- and amazing work by Ms. Piper.

Check out Dr. Who. I got mine from the library. BBC America airs it as well, but I think they're at the David Tennant Doctor right now. I'm sure he's good too, but I just haven't gotten there yet. I have to finish the first season and work on the Battlestar Galactica second season, which I just checked out.

Finally, speaking of libraries: use yours. It's amazing what you'll find there, and it's the sole reason I can watch 100 DVDs a year and not pay a cent to do it.

And here's what's cool: you can belong to different libraries. I just got my card from the Oshkosh area (which has a kick-ass Graphic Novel section), and now I can get material from over a 100 mile radius. Practically every Eastern Wisconsin library from Michigan to Milwaukee is at my fingertips. I do almost all my searching online, and I just let the material come to my local area library. It's nuts, people. It's there, it's (usually) free, and it's crazy-easy.