Catching up with my entertainment ...

So yesterday I called my cable company, intending to cancel service, because I watch two and a half hours of TV a week, all on regular channels, and just can't justify the expense (particularly since next season I'll be watching Alias and that's about it). ( more on this )

Have any of you guys seen Equilibrium??? It's awesome. I love a great action sequence, and this one has many. ( more starry-eyed remarks )

Okay, and now here's two hours of the TV I've watched this week:

( Alias 'Unveiled' spoilers )

( Angel 'Origin' spoilers )

Edit: In honor of 'Origin,' I wish to direct you to this truly fabulous Connor character study by Yahtzee, On the Education of a Young Man, set in the summer after AtS S3.

And while I'm editing, let me just say how embarrassingly long it took me to pass the third grade.

Grrrr....

Boss: Can you act as managing editor this weekend in case anything requires our attention? I want to send a mail to tell people who they can go to. I'm taking my daughter to [something or other].

Me: Sure. Hose my weekend however you like. I have plans, but I certainly wouldn't expect you to tell me this in advance so that I could have prepared accordingly, even though you probably knew about this daughter thing ages ago.

All right, the conversation on my end was mostly thought in my head, but that doesn't make me any less irritated. There's also another work thing that might be happening, and I just have to say: If any of these things disrupt my plans to have Indian food and watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind w/ Julie, I am not going to be a happy camper.

In other news, I have received the estimate for the damage to my car: $4,000. Since the other driver's insurance has claimed full fault, I don't have to pay any of it (and they're paying for my rental car), but it's still a pain in the ass. My car was only 7 months old! It has 2,500 miles on it! Oh, I h8 that other driver.

Okay, here are some fic recs, both by Dee. They're dark, but I need that sometimes.

* Eden - D/G ... quite chilling, but a refreshing take.
* Bring Out Your Dead - Draco/Ginny/Harry ... I think I like the writing more than the story, if that makes sense. Very nicely done.

Am now off to have lunch w/ my ex-ex-boss. He's Mr. TMI. I wonder what he'll tell me today.