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I've worked from home the last two days because my cold symptoms were so bad (though I feel okay otherwise) and people at work were making the sign of the cross at me and such. Also because yesterday we knew there was a snowstorm coming, though that didn't happen until much later than predicted.
Talis is such a little freak because he likes the snow. He hates the rain and I have to practically drag him out when it's raining, but for him snow is cool and he'll stay out forever if I let him. He doesn't even seem to feel the cold. I know he has his own fur coat and all, but what about the paws?! Whenever he goes in the snow I always have to wash all of his feet in order to get out the caked-in snow. Sigh.
Speaking of freakish pets, today is day I-don't-even-know of wearing my glasses, which I hate. While I was in CA, Jaime ate one of my contacts. Yeah. He is still obsessed with food. He stole various scraps out of the trash while at my parents'; a couple of times, my mom woke up, went downstairs, and found trash strewn all over the place due to Jaime's noctural foraging; and once, he even tore into a bag of sugar cookies and ate a couple. Seriously, do all cats do this?! I'm trying an experiment with his dry food. I'm trying to free feed him again, but am leaving out a giant bowl of food instead of just a cup or two. It seems to have made him less anxious, but the bad thing is that I can't really tell exactly how much he's eating per day. Certainly a lot more than I was giving him (as recommended by the vet and the cat food bag), but maybe it's not a terrible thing. He's not overweight...yet.
The last two days while staying home I mainlined Dexter S5. I'd forgotten Desmond Harrington was in it. He's one of my crushes from way back when, and due to only one movie. I thought he would disappear into obscurity after that, but here he is again. Anyway, I saw him in The Messenger with Milla Jovovich and was instantly like, I LOVE THIS GUY (like Christian Bale in Newsies). And I still think he's a right hottie.
- This season was much, much weaker than the last two. I mean, in a way it had to be, because of the themes involved... loss and recovery. Still, I was pretty underwhelmed.
- It wasn't a problem with the guest star. Julia Stiles is right on par with Jimmy Smits and John Lithgow, imho, and she was great.
- Part of the issue is that Julia's character felt like a retread. Okay, so she was female. But she was basically Jimmy Smits -- the sidekick who believed in what Dexter was doing and wanted to kill alongside him. Sure she was different in many other ways, but that was a key similarity. And yet Dexter NEVER referenced him in any way, ever! It would have been such a natural thing to bring up Miguel and how Dexter had been through this before, though back then he wasn't as receptive to it because he was in a different place now, etc. And yet it was as if Miguel never existed, even though it was such an obvious connection to make.
- It was interesting to be SO involved in the victim's point of view, but at the same time, the Big Bad was kind of far fetched. At least, to me. I mean, I thought people who did this sort of thing usually worked alone. Isn't it incredibly rare for two people to work together, much less FIVE? And this Emily Birch, what were we supposed to make of her, other than a convenient plot contrivance? Was she crazy? Had she enjoyed the attack? Was it Stockholm Syndrome? What?
- One of the big things the show is losing me on is that, from the beginning, we're told that, as a serial killer, Dexter is an oddball. The reason he can do what he does is because he doesn't know how to form human connections, that it's all an intricate act that he's cultivated to blend in. That made total sense to me. And yet more and more, we see serial killers on this show who are JUST like normal people -- these latest 5 guys a case in point, as well as almost all the people Dexter goes after -- who have NO problems connecting with other people. And yet they are also serial killers. Why is THAT the case? If the reason Dexter is interesting is because he's supposed to show what the mindset of a real serial killer is like, who are all these other guys who seemingly have no qualms forming normal human bonds, and yet kill with no remorse? It's gone on for so long now that it's become rather ridiculous because it's obviously all for convenience. "Serial killers aren't like normal people ... except when they totally are." I mean, has anyone on that team noticed or cared about the contradiction?
- I knew Julia couldn't stay on the show forever, but I was still disappointed when and how it happened. It would have been less disappointing if she'd died. So basically, she used Dexter. He gave her what she needed, but she could not do the same. So even though the whole season arc was about his recovery, he basically lost someone ELSE he cared about.
- Astor and Cody going off to live with their grandparents was something I predicted after the S4 finale. So that wasn't exactly surprising. Astor turning into such a little annoying bitch kind of was. But whatever... just hope we don't have to see too much more of that, because I don't think I could take it.
- What was with the ultra lame subplot this season, the religious beheadings? Laaaaaaaaaaaaame. I kept expecting the person behind it to be the Mary Poppins nanny they introduced.
- I really liked Julie Benz/Rita, but the flashbacks reminded me that she really was kind of stupid.
- I was relieved that Quinn/Desmond Harrington didn't get killed off. I mean, he was onto Dexter AND he was dating Deb. Both are like, the mark of death. But maybe two negatives make a positive. Also, despite all the other detectives strutting around like they're such hot shit, really HE and Doakes were the smartest/only ones who could do their jobs properly.
- Speaking of Deb, I haaaaaaaaaaaated her so much in S1 that I really, really wished her character was going to be killed off. She was like, the number one reason why I didn't want to watch the show after that. But now I actually like her. It's amazing.
- Don't get me wrong, ultimately I still enjoyed watching this season, but I think it was the weakest season of all. With any other show, I might say that I don't know if I can continue on with it if it continues down this mediocre path, but luckily, with only 12 episodes, it's not exactly a huge commitment to have to make to watch it.
I'm also watching Inbetweeners. It's basically British American Pie. Or maybe the male version of Georgia Nicolson. It's funny but kind of raunchy ... not as well done as Misfits, but then few things are. One of the guys reminds me of Peter from the Narnia movies. Anyway, the show requires even less of a commitment than Misfits -- 6 episodes in a season, and each episode is like 22 minutes long.
Finally, I've caught up with The Sopranos through S4. The scenes between Tony and Carmela in the finale were SO good. While I enjoy the show very much, I still don't get why it's considered the best TV show that's ever aired by so many people.
Talis is such a little freak because he likes the snow. He hates the rain and I have to practically drag him out when it's raining, but for him snow is cool and he'll stay out forever if I let him. He doesn't even seem to feel the cold. I know he has his own fur coat and all, but what about the paws?! Whenever he goes in the snow I always have to wash all of his feet in order to get out the caked-in snow. Sigh.
Speaking of freakish pets, today is day I-don't-even-know of wearing my glasses, which I hate. While I was in CA, Jaime ate one of my contacts. Yeah. He is still obsessed with food. He stole various scraps out of the trash while at my parents'; a couple of times, my mom woke up, went downstairs, and found trash strewn all over the place due to Jaime's noctural foraging; and once, he even tore into a bag of sugar cookies and ate a couple. Seriously, do all cats do this?! I'm trying an experiment with his dry food. I'm trying to free feed him again, but am leaving out a giant bowl of food instead of just a cup or two. It seems to have made him less anxious, but the bad thing is that I can't really tell exactly how much he's eating per day. Certainly a lot more than I was giving him (as recommended by the vet and the cat food bag), but maybe it's not a terrible thing. He's not overweight...yet.
The last two days while staying home I mainlined Dexter S5. I'd forgotten Desmond Harrington was in it. He's one of my crushes from way back when, and due to only one movie. I thought he would disappear into obscurity after that, but here he is again. Anyway, I saw him in The Messenger with Milla Jovovich and was instantly like, I LOVE THIS GUY (like Christian Bale in Newsies). And I still think he's a right hottie.
- This season was much, much weaker than the last two. I mean, in a way it had to be, because of the themes involved... loss and recovery. Still, I was pretty underwhelmed.
- It wasn't a problem with the guest star. Julia Stiles is right on par with Jimmy Smits and John Lithgow, imho, and she was great.
- Part of the issue is that Julia's character felt like a retread. Okay, so she was female. But she was basically Jimmy Smits -- the sidekick who believed in what Dexter was doing and wanted to kill alongside him. Sure she was different in many other ways, but that was a key similarity. And yet Dexter NEVER referenced him in any way, ever! It would have been such a natural thing to bring up Miguel and how Dexter had been through this before, though back then he wasn't as receptive to it because he was in a different place now, etc. And yet it was as if Miguel never existed, even though it was such an obvious connection to make.
- It was interesting to be SO involved in the victim's point of view, but at the same time, the Big Bad was kind of far fetched. At least, to me. I mean, I thought people who did this sort of thing usually worked alone. Isn't it incredibly rare for two people to work together, much less FIVE? And this Emily Birch, what were we supposed to make of her, other than a convenient plot contrivance? Was she crazy? Had she enjoyed the attack? Was it Stockholm Syndrome? What?
- One of the big things the show is losing me on is that, from the beginning, we're told that, as a serial killer, Dexter is an oddball. The reason he can do what he does is because he doesn't know how to form human connections, that it's all an intricate act that he's cultivated to blend in. That made total sense to me. And yet more and more, we see serial killers on this show who are JUST like normal people -- these latest 5 guys a case in point, as well as almost all the people Dexter goes after -- who have NO problems connecting with other people. And yet they are also serial killers. Why is THAT the case? If the reason Dexter is interesting is because he's supposed to show what the mindset of a real serial killer is like, who are all these other guys who seemingly have no qualms forming normal human bonds, and yet kill with no remorse? It's gone on for so long now that it's become rather ridiculous because it's obviously all for convenience. "Serial killers aren't like normal people ... except when they totally are." I mean, has anyone on that team noticed or cared about the contradiction?
- I knew Julia couldn't stay on the show forever, but I was still disappointed when and how it happened. It would have been less disappointing if she'd died. So basically, she used Dexter. He gave her what she needed, but she could not do the same. So even though the whole season arc was about his recovery, he basically lost someone ELSE he cared about.
- Astor and Cody going off to live with their grandparents was something I predicted after the S4 finale. So that wasn't exactly surprising. Astor turning into such a little annoying bitch kind of was. But whatever... just hope we don't have to see too much more of that, because I don't think I could take it.
- What was with the ultra lame subplot this season, the religious beheadings? Laaaaaaaaaaaaame. I kept expecting the person behind it to be the Mary Poppins nanny they introduced.
- I really liked Julie Benz/Rita, but the flashbacks reminded me that she really was kind of stupid.
- I was relieved that Quinn/Desmond Harrington didn't get killed off. I mean, he was onto Dexter AND he was dating Deb. Both are like, the mark of death. But maybe two negatives make a positive. Also, despite all the other detectives strutting around like they're such hot shit, really HE and Doakes were the smartest/only ones who could do their jobs properly.
- Speaking of Deb, I haaaaaaaaaaaated her so much in S1 that I really, really wished her character was going to be killed off. She was like, the number one reason why I didn't want to watch the show after that. But now I actually like her. It's amazing.
- Don't get me wrong, ultimately I still enjoyed watching this season, but I think it was the weakest season of all. With any other show, I might say that I don't know if I can continue on with it if it continues down this mediocre path, but luckily, with only 12 episodes, it's not exactly a huge commitment to have to make to watch it.
I'm also watching Inbetweeners. It's basically British American Pie. Or maybe the male version of Georgia Nicolson. It's funny but kind of raunchy ... not as well done as Misfits, but then few things are. One of the guys reminds me of Peter from the Narnia movies. Anyway, the show requires even less of a commitment than Misfits -- 6 episodes in a season, and each episode is like 22 minutes long.
Finally, I've caught up with The Sopranos through S4. The scenes between Tony and Carmela in the finale were SO good. While I enjoy the show very much, I still don't get why it's considered the best TV show that's ever aired by so many people.
