we got all night

I saw Valentine's Day yesterday, finally. If I hadn't been spoiled for the surprise by the big hoopla the internet made over a certain kind of couple in it, I think I really would've enjoyed it more. I did enjoy it, but I just... wasn't surprised like everyone else in the theatre. That said, the hoopla made me want to see it more. I really just went for George Lopez, who was in it more than I expected so that was cool. Half-way through the movie I realized there was three actors of Latino origins in it and I was like, "FUCK YEAH LATINOS." IDK, I saw The Black List a few week ago and since then I've been on a "positive ethnic pride" kick.

Anyway, I just caught up on TV. Here's some thoughts:

( Big Love )

( Brothers & Sisters )

( How I Met Your Mother - now with 100% rant )

( The Big Bang Theory )

( How To Make It In America )

( Lost )

( White Collar )

( Burn Notice )

I was going to watch Parenthood, but I got three minutes in before I realized it was an hour show and I can't watch some of those actors for an hour every week. Nor do I have the time for another hour.

Haven't seen Caprica yet, and I want to watch Psych over again before I talk about that because there were some specific points I wanted to talk about and I didn't write anything down.

Finally, it's f_march_madness time! Last time I just voted for whomever I liked more, but this time if two fandoms I hate are up against each other (like pretty much the entire teen category-- seriously, where's Melrose Place? :( ) I don't even bother. But if there's a character I like more or like even without watching the show (like Cara, hellooooo), I'll vote for them. I don't understand why some of the older fandoms are still in there, like Saved by the Bell, X-Files, Farscape and Popular, but I do enjoy the whole process so I'm excited to see how things go (and I'm already impressed with how Gus is keeping up with this AD dude. YOU GO, GUSTER). Eventually I'll just be rooting for like, the one remaining character that I adore, but whatever.

( Supernatural )

( Big Love )

I guess Men of a Certain Age was a repeat too? All of CBS' shows were, so I got to see Chuck live (which seems posed to add as many Superman-related people to its cast as possible), but then I watched WWE RAW and missed Men of a Certain Age.

( The L Word-- all six seasons, super-longggg and spoilery )

And a few animes:

( Kanokon )

( Kimi ni Todoke, up to episode 14 )

( K-On! )

I had such a great day today. It started with a mid-term, and I stayed two hours late for a class that was canceled, but the morose mood is starting to lift and I feel like I can do anything!

I told my mom I was getting sick of chicken and was thinking of finally cutting it from my diet and she went and bought salmon and shrimp for dinners sometime this week. I've been begging for shrimp at home since I tried it the first time when I was maybe eight. So basically all this time I've just had to give up chicken to get it. I haven't eaten red meat since I can't remember when. The only meat I eat is turkey and chicken-- and seafood if you consider that meat. I never have because whenever meat was forbidden at church, we had fish instead. It was always the "anti-meat". The only problem I see is having to give up Hooters' chicken wings, but I haven't had anyone to go there with in ages anyway. Also maybe giving up Popeye's-- but I was always more of a Popeye's mashed potato fan than chicken.

Anyway, TV!

In reference to Big Love, I never thought I'd want Sarah out of the picture as much as I do now. And in reference to Brothers & Sisters, lol, Kitty's stuck in a PG-rated Little Children.

( DWTS )

( How I Met Your Mother )

BTW, Bob Saget on a Monday night sitcom on another network isn't exactly cross-programming, since it's at 9pm, not 8:30pm. But it's still not clicking in my head,

Nothing to say on Chuck other than "hooray, guest stars!" Imhotep is coming for you!

( Castle )

Lost has just been filler to me lately. Which will bite me in the ass when these past two episodes end up being the start of the hugest revelations, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

( Battlestar Galactica )

( Supernatural )

In closing, this story makes me entirely too happy on various levels. And this, lol.

Lia

You guys, my dad (and my newfound Gaiman obsession) has turned me onto this podcast called The Moth and I highly recommend you go check it out. It's a bunch of stories by people from all walks of life, but it's not the "Once a upon a time" type of stories. They're more like, "This is what happened to me this day in June two years ago," type deals. The lot of them are interesting, although some are hysterical and others are heart-wrenching. I was planning on making a huge "Podcasts I love and you should check out!" post soon, so I'll upload some of the better stories that I enjoy then. But until then, check out the episodes on iTunes, because they seem to update a lot and I don't want you guys to miss out on a gem that I haven't listened to yet.

Speaking of podcasts, wtf is up with AC360˚ getting longer? When I first started listening it was around 10 minutes long, and now it's up to 30 minutes. I hate just watching the latest episodes of news podcasts because I want to know what was going on in the world while I was ultra busy. But seven hours of old news is almost too much. I clearly have priorities though, because being seven episodes behind on Diggnation is almost nothing to me (I'm actually only one episode behind atm).

( Big Love )

( Chuck )

I don't have any words on Lost.

( Burn Notice )

I feel like I'm never on LJ anymore. Does it feel that way to you guys? According to my calendar page it is.

Lia

Wow, of course, LJ's downtime magically happens right when I'm posting this. Anyway... I had a great weekend, and as for the Super Bowl, WHO SAW THE USA NETWORK AD. EVERYONE ALL TOGETHER, OMG. Clearly my favorite, followed by Year One, GI Joe and Transformers trailers, although I may be biased, lol.

( The Office )

( Big Love )

( Big Bang Theory )

( How I Met Your Mother )

( Chuck )

Also, Tweetdeck FTW. I was in need of an actual application for Twitter since Twitterfox wasn't cutting it with keeping track of everyone. And yes, I know. But when one person posts every five days and another is posting replies every five seconds, I miss out. And I was going to go with Twhirl, DestroyTwitter or Spaz as I was recommended, but then Tweetdeck just updated when I went to try it on Gabe the laptop and now I can do everything I was hoping for! YUSSSSSSSSSS. I was thisclose to diving into the API myself. I must re-download it on Ryland (who might finally get updated to Leopard this weekend, if I get the time). Yayyyy.

Lia

It took me forever, but I was able to get down a few words about yesterday. That's here for anyone interested.

I got lost watching the news yesterday. But as of right now I only have ten more episodes of Avatar to go before I'm done. And then onto Mad Men. \o/

( Big Love )

( Brothers & Sisters )

( Big Bang Theory )

( How I Met Your Mother )

( Lost )

Lia

Damnit, I finally watched the X-Files movie the other day and now I'm aching to watch the whole show all over again.

I'm also super excited that HBO finally updated the On Demand, because now I can finish watching Big Love before season three starts next month. So excited. Two more episodes and I'm caught up.

( Stargate: Atlantis )

( Big Bang Theory )

( How I Met Your Mother )

( Chuck )

Lia