A Post A Day...

Here is my New Years Resolution...I plan to do a post a day. Not an easy feat, I know, but with 5/7 of my family about to be residents of the Big Island of Hawaii, while I am still here with my brother in California, I hope this can be a sort of daily update for them if they choose to view it. I hope to accompany each posting with a photo, but that is not as important as actually carving out the time to post each and every day.

I will start with what I got for Christmas. Besides a great trip to Hawaii courtesy of my parents early in December, my sister gave me a laptop desk, which I LOVE and use daily. I don't worry about my computer overheating any more. My brother and I also bought ourselves a subscription to Netflix. I was a member before, but wasn't using the service so I cancelled it. Now they have the instant watch feature--over 12000 movies that you can watch on your computer any time you want. We have totally gotten into the Showtime series Weeds, which is excellent.

I will see you tomorrow!

The Office Updates...and more

I just watched the 4th episode of The Office, season 6 (thank God for DVR!) and I am so far loving it, but quite disappointed. Please note, if you have not been watching but wish to, here be spoilers. Go to www.nbc.com/the_office to catch up, then come on back to read.

So, Pam is at art school in New York, which means that we have seen her for minutes per episode. As Pam and Jim are my favorites, this is killing me! They are focusing heavily on Michael/Holly and Dwight/Angela/Andy--interesting stories, I'll admit, but now that J&P are engaged, I want to see THEM planning a wedding. Jim did meet up with Roy in this last one, got super paranoid about Pam's new friendships and life in NY and almost pulled the jealous boyfriend arrival at her dorm.

It is pretty painful to watch Michael and Holly together. Their awkwardness and utter dorkdom is so excruciating for me to see, but they are really very well matched.

Dwight is in serious pain in his socially retarded, inept jealousy and hurt at Angela and Andy's relationship. It is fun to watch his irrational fight for his woman.

All in all, I am completely sucked into it, and looking forward to this season. I just want to have it all NOW rather than wait a week per episode. I actually prefer discovering shows late in their run so that I can just rent the full seasons and watch them in sequence. Ah well.

PS. Still waiting for Harry Potter 6. I am so bummed that they are moved the opening. Yes, this came down a while ago, but I am still lamenting it.

The Office--Season 5!!

I am so excited for this Thursday...not because it is the opening night of the Tehama District Fair, nor definately because it is a mere 3 days before my mom leave California for her new job...but because it is the season opener for the office!! About damn time. Did Jim propose to Pam? Did Angela break it off with Andy to get back together with Dwight? Is the baby Michael's? Will Holly figure out that Kevin isn't "special," just a little dopey? What's gonna happen? I am stoked. I am one of the 3 people in the country who actually watch the DVD commentary and all of the bonus material. I love this show!

A sense of humor about death

I am completely nutso about a show called Dead Like Me. It is a dark (very dark) comedy about Georgia (George) Lass, an 18 year old girl who was hit and killed by a toilet seat dropped from Mir space station. Instead of "moving on" she was chosen to stay behind as a reaper, in her old home town. She is part of a little gang of reapers, and basically her afterlife is all about assignments, paperwork, deadlines, generally the business of taking souls. Oh yeah, then she has a day job as a temp. That's right, even in death you must work to eat and live.

She visits her family, which is falling apart after her death. Her mom and dad divorce, and her little sister knows that George is still around, is obsessed with toilet seats, and is generally having trouble coping, which leads the parents to seek psychiatric help for her.

George's appearance has changed, so she is unrecognizable to the living, and that means she can interact with family without being detected. She takes a job at the temp agency that she worked at for all of a couple hours before her death. She makes a family of the misfits of reapers that she works with. And she has to deal with the moral issues surrounding the taking of souls.

This show is great, a masterpiece. But Showtime (the network it originated from), in its infinite wisdom, pulled the plug after just two seasons. Now the makers are teasing all of us with an upcoming movie, which has had so many canceled opening dates, I am beginning to wonder if it is all a lie. Wouldn't it be great if networks actually saw the value of great shows in time to save them, rather than axing them and pissing off the myriad of fans? Anyway, check it out. Box sets are available, it is playing on Mondays on HD Net, and had run on the CW and SciFi. It is sure to pop up on a network near you. Then you can be one of us, that mourn the death of Dead Like Me.

God talk for the new millenium

I have been capturing episodes of Joan of Arcadia on DVR. When the show first came out, I was still attending a Christian College, and I liked this show for making religion feel more approachable. I still feel that way, but I am so exhausted with a show with so much tragedy and drama. I mean, how can one family field so many tragic incidences?

I enjoy the characters Grace, Glynnis, and Adam. Joan is rather whiny and irritating. The two favorite incarnations of god for me are the preppy cordouroy guy and the spiky haired guy. It is a fun show, anyway.