If you’re creating a station on Pandora, here are some simple concepts to adhere to:
If you hear of any shuttles being auctioned off, let me know. Maybe my library could qualify as a museum.
Writing is going well. I’m already 100 pages into my second round of edits.
I must admit, I prefer editing paper with a red pen versus editing on the computer screen (you know, with a cursor…Taciturna disagrees with me writing on the monitor). When your book’s 220+ pages, that’s quite a bit of paper for each go around.
Devin, your Colors of the Wind morning song might be a call to arms from the Forest Guardians to enact Captain Planety justice.
I don’t know if I had high expectations for Glee last night. I wonder if my enjoyment of an episode is dependent on if I like the songs they cover. And yes, Gleek is a dumb name.
Last night’s episode especially left me with some awkward “trust me, last season had some cool parts” moments today.
One staff member complained that the episode was too theatrical.
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I got to watch Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker with my daughters. I am really enjoying Netflix on Wii. My wife and I go back and forth with what movies to get for the kids: she always votes for movies about sharing and dancing whereas I want to raise kids that can jump kick. Netflix gives us both.
If you didn’t see the Twitter feed, a mother duck (which hints at vulgarity) with a bunch of ducklings walked through our neighborhood on my way home from school. I debated picking them up to take them to safety but figured if they got this far I didn’t want to disturb the Circle of Life. You know, in case any Forest Guardians were in the vicinity.
I took a picture with my phone. If I was cool like sidewalkdriver I would have a 100xkajillion telephoto lens SLR in my Scion at all times.
Yes, it’s official: I am short.
This stinks because I had worked up an entire branding on being tall. Heck, the book that I just finished editing deals in part with being tall.
I am no longer a reliable expert.
William is indeed large. Like, Blind Side large. (Which, by the way, is an excellent book. I’m half-way done and convinced that if William doesn’t play left tackle I will. Then I could have the cash to support my high roller lifestyle. Hot Pockets ain’t cheap. Why do I live this way? Must be the money!)
People that do need some financial help? The people of Yushu in the Qinghai province in China. Click here to learn more. We have two friends over there helping out with the earthquake relief (they were already in the area when it hit) so any help is appreciated.
The estate sale went well. Thanks to my small group for the chance to laugh/cry last night, even if I can only sing the first word of a Kinks song:
8 seconds into the video and I’m already lost. I’ll stick to bass and not melody. Stick around to 2:12 in the video. WTFrosty?
Question for you, Interwebs: Chuck will continue the season even more? That wasn’t the season finale? Viewing habits will get pretty clogged. Is it weird that I’m most intrigued by the outside-of-time Desmond in LOST? More than even Glee?
My wife is very astute. We all knew that, but here’s another example. In the previous season of Glee, songs flowed from the actions of the characters. The wheelchair/Dunder Mifflin pizza delivery boy was angsty on a stage – and thus he sang Dancing with Myself. The “find yourself – oh, here’s a microphone” thing with Finn? Bah. I used to be able to dance all night… Here’s to hoping tomorrow night’s episode is better. You can’t go wrong with Madonna. Just ask Dave Letterman. Oh, that’s right.
The cast of Late Night must practice to get to sectionals:
And yes, standardized testing has officially trampled all over my sleep schedule.
If you haven’t been following Glee, you might want to watch a few episodes previous.
But if you’re current…my goodness. Some Van Halen mixed in with Charlie Chaplin theme music. The preview for the season finale is crazy. Finn’s punching fury leads me to believe that some serious stuff is going to happen.
For our kind words about Windows 7, the Ohm has passed along this news about Chuck (and some other shows with obsessive followers).
A preview for Heroes advertises Hiro traveling to save Charlie. So, did the book not count in the canon? Can we see a fight between Mr. Schuster and Hiro?
Think back to the start of shows like Chuck and LOST (and, to some extent, The Office). For shows like that, with more of a semi-word of mouth following, many viewers tune in towards the middle-to-end of the season. (People like my mom come to mind.)
LOST has become a marketing mega-house and has thrown in some tropes to let the general viewing audience know “hey! Even though you think this show is weird, it’s the same story that other shows have.” I think what’s fun with Chuck is that it advertises this blatantly with no apologies.
It was smart marketing for Glee to put the pilot up at the end of the school year, when we’re just coming out of our fall viewing habits.
And then they didn’t stop there. How were people able to catch up with Chuck? Thank you, Hulu! The target audience has now had all summer to invest 47 minutes into the pilot for Glee.
A small tear runs down my cheek considering the chance that Captain Mal could have had.
So enjoy tomorrow night’s premiere. While Wash and Book are confined to DVDs (and our hearts), I now shall cheer for Will Schuester.