It Started with a Journal

You know those days when you set your alarm, but don't realize until you wake up that you set it for PM instead of AM? Yeah. Thank goodness for Jaime's automatic feeder. When it went off at 7:30 I was like, WTF???

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I don't often embed vids in my posts, but I hope you'll forgive this one... ahhhhhhhhh!!! 2011 cannot come fast enough. How awesome does GoT look? If they can make the trailers this sweet, I can only hope the show will be even more so. They are only raising my expectations at this point; a dangerous thing!



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Finished Tongues of Serpents. I've finally been able to friend naominovik without fear of spoilers, lol. I enjoyed ToS very much, even though not a whole lot happens. I just love this universe.

I also just read My Sister's Keeper, the first Jodi Picoult novel I've ever read. She's one of those prolific authors who I stayed away from because she was so prolific ... quantity usually does not equal quality. However, I was pleasantly surprised by MSK. I'm putting the movie (who knew there even was one?) in my library queue. I really disliked Sara Fitzgerald in the book, so we'll see if Cameron Diaz can make me like her any better. I'm excited about Alec Baldwin playing Campbell Alexander, partly because I think that means they're going to nix the whole romance subplot with him and Julia Romano, which I could not have been less interested in. I skipped all those parts. Otherwise a very engaging story, and I sobbed buckets at the end.

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My Citibank Mastercard account has been closed AGAIN due to fradulent activity. WTF. The first time, they closed it as a precautionary thing -- I guess some place where I used it had their records stolen or something. This time, they contacted me because someone was buying stuff online from another state with my card. HOW did they even get my card number??? I don't use this card to buy things online -- I could easily see how online transactions could open you up to greater potential for fraud. But this card, since my last statement I've only used it to pay for things locally (like at restaurants), and one time, to pay my electric bill. Argh! BTW, there were two fraudulent transactions, totaling about $100, for shoe/clothing stores. SURELY it's easy to catch people like this, since if they're buying merchandise they'd have to supply an address where it needs to be shipped?

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Nearly done with Dr. Who S2... it's kind of sad how I've barely missed Christopher Eccleston, though I did enjoy him in S1. I guess the universe's own mythology (can't think of the right word for it) makes that easy, since we're told that it's really the same guy.

Random comment -- the ep where it was Doctor/Companion-lite guest stars a dude who looked SO familiar to me, so I looked him up and it turns out he played Blythe in that one episode of Band of Brothers. Seriously, other than Ron Livingston, was there ANYONE on that miniseries playing an American soldier who was ACTUALLY AMERICAN? LOL.

Also am rewatching BSG in the background while doing other things. I'm totally enjoying Baltar so much more this time around; he's hilarious! Also -- ( spoilery comment... )

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For lunch I am planning to go to The Stone House, my new fave place. I was told the last time I was there, though, that they're going to stop serving lunch after Oct. 15 and only do dinner. :-( Since their dinner items cost like 3x as much as their lunch items, and since I usually leave the office well before dinner time, I don't see a whole lot of opportunity or reason to go there after they make the change. Alas! First El Greco, now this ... why am I not allowed to enjoy a favorite restaurant?!

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A few more X-Files episode 'reviews' to continue my archival project.

( The Jersey Devil )

( Ice )

( Young at Heart )

And that finishes off the 'reviews' I had for S1.