Random Life Stuff
Jul. 17th, 2012 09:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shipperx* So there's a... clutch? hutch? litter? of bunnies in my neighborhood. Some impressively large parents and adorable small bunnies that come out at dusk... and my dog LOOOOOVES them. She leads me to the door each dusk to go out searching for them (and by 'search' I mean... take a walk around the neighborhood and catch them in my neighbors-- or occasionally my own-- yard.) Puppy gets so excited. It's totally cute.
* Watching Bunheads a day late and.. who gave Boo mom jeans from 1987? And WHY would they do that???
* Watched Political Animals this weekend and found it surprisingly okay. After all, Sigourney Weaver? Always awesome. And though I really wanted to like The Newsroom Sorkin speechifying and horrible treatment of female characters on Newsroom make this show not particularly likable. Political Animals is far more soapy, but the female characters (particular Weaver and Ellen Burstyn are fun) so it's actually the more enjoyable show.
* Deadline at work. Overtime. Guh.
* Because the puppy initially had problems sleeping through the night, I downloaded the ap for a white noise and nature sounds sleep machine (that I plugged into my Iphone dock w/ speakers). I don't know whether to say that it worked for the puppy as her learning to sleep through the night may simply be age, but I have to say that I wake up less during the night. It's supposed to work somewhere along the lines of 'as it lulls you to sleep with what are essentially repetitive sounds (such as beach waves etc). Your brain become habituated to the noise and thus you're less likely to wake at every little sound' (which was why I initially downloaded it for the puppy. I didn't want her waking up at every little noise). It...well... sort of works. I used to wake up all the time due to the heat pump/air conditioner turning on and off, and I don't any longer. Weird. It worked. So now I've found myself downloading nature sounds MP3s. Usually cicadas and beach sounds and such, but I got this garden one this weekend , and there's this occasional bird call in it that reminds me of The Hunger Games each and every time, because it's only one note different than the Mockingjay call used for the movies. Wonder if it's a Mockingbird call? Either that, or a Bluejay, I guess. (I suppose, I could look it up and find the answer). And holy cow, $12+ bucks for the CD, but only $1.98 for the download? Who would ever buy the CD then?
* Watching Bunheads a day late and.. who gave Boo mom jeans from 1987? And WHY would they do that???
* Watched Political Animals this weekend and found it surprisingly okay. After all, Sigourney Weaver? Always awesome. And though I really wanted to like The Newsroom Sorkin speechifying and horrible treatment of female characters on Newsroom make this show not particularly likable. Political Animals is far more soapy, but the female characters (particular Weaver and Ellen Burstyn are fun) so it's actually the more enjoyable show.
* Deadline at work. Overtime. Guh.
* Because the puppy initially had problems sleeping through the night, I downloaded the ap for a white noise and nature sounds sleep machine (that I plugged into my Iphone dock w/ speakers). I don't know whether to say that it worked for the puppy as her learning to sleep through the night may simply be age, but I have to say that I wake up less during the night. It's supposed to work somewhere along the lines of 'as it lulls you to sleep with what are essentially repetitive sounds (such as beach waves etc). Your brain become habituated to the noise and thus you're less likely to wake at every little sound' (which was why I initially downloaded it for the puppy. I didn't want her waking up at every little noise). It...well... sort of works. I used to wake up all the time due to the heat pump/air conditioner turning on and off, and I don't any longer. Weird. It worked. So now I've found myself downloading nature sounds MP3s. Usually cicadas and beach sounds and such, but I got this garden one this weekend , and there's this occasional bird call in it that reminds me of The Hunger Games each and every time, because it's only one note different than the Mockingjay call used for the movies. Wonder if it's a Mockingbird call? Either that, or a Bluejay, I guess. (I suppose, I could look it up and find the answer). And holy cow, $12+ bucks for the CD, but only $1.98 for the download? Who would ever buy the CD then?
