Updates and Monday TV

[shipperx]

I've been busy as all hell. Haven't done any writing. Have done a great deal of drawing (one renovated school and half a floor plan because my sister has now decided she wants to build a house and I cannot talk her into paying a residential architect to design it for it... so now it falls to me. This is situation is largely what has kept me so busy. It's like having a second job, only this time it's for family. Sigh.)

Anyway, went to the game Saturday and all I can say is that the weather is gorgeous. (The game, however, SUCKED! Dude, we were behind going into the half. We were behind Duke! Duke, for god's sake! We were four touchdown favorites, and we went into halftime behind... DUKE! The lowest ranked team in the country. Yeah, yeah, we shut them out in the second half and beat them by three touchdowns. but our coach is treading on thin, thin ice at this point. Losing to Arkansas is somewhat allowable because we played a good game and if our kicker hadn't choked -- three times! -- we would have won. Plus, Arkansas whooped Auburn this weekend -- poor Auburn -- so it's become somewhat okay that we lost to Arkansas. And we lost to Florida, which is never a good thing, but we were an underdog for the game and we still gave them a run for their money. But DUKE?! There's no excuse to lose to Duke... even just the first half. People aren't blaming the players (quite honestly, John Parker-Wilson is developing into a good quarterback and, though Darby isn't as good as he used to be, he's a solid player. Of course, we still miss poor Prothro. But our coaches seriously need to shape up or they'll be shipped out.)

Also, Auburn lost, which makes most Alabama fans happy, but as I'm actually an Auburn alum (despite my Alabama fandom) it saddens me that Auburn's hopes for a national title just went kerblooey.

Still, the weather was insanely gorgeous with clear blue skies and perfect weather in the 70s. 

As for TV

Battlestar Gallactica was grim. Of course it was grim.  I didn't expect anything else.  But, I must say, it was depressingly grim.

The Amazing Race  actually seems to have righted its ship this season and is back to being good.  Who knew rowboats in Vietnam could make so many contestants completely lose their shit?  It was great.

I've officially given up on Studio 60.   It's never going to be my kind of show or appeal to my kind of sense of humor.  And I don't see any chemistry in the ship they are clearly trying to sell. 

Finally, I'm still enjoying Heroes.  Yes, I see the cliches and the lazy plot devices... but it's still fun to watch.   I continue to love Hiro bunches and bunches.

I loved his saving the little girl.  He's so enthusiastic and sweet and I just want to hug him.  Hiro is awesome.  And I cracked up when he showed his friend the comic of the two of them on the plane.  Hiro is simply a great TV character. 

Also, while Claire's nearly being raped was so, so, so very cliche, the shot at the end where she woke up in the morgue having been autopsied in a rather gruesome fashion was a very definite "Oh shit!" moment, so I'm willing to overlook the cliche in how she got there in the first place.

Am interested in the supervillain Sylar.

And I also love the psychic cop.  Oh and drug addled psychic is developing some interest.  Still don't like Mohinder's convenient love interest (I do hope she's evil).  And I really do not care for the flying brothers.   But there are still things worth building upon in this series (Hiro, Claire, Psychic Cop, etc.)  And it has been fun to watch with fairly good pacing.  It's not highbrow.  It's not evn particularly smart.  And it depends far too heavily on Chris Carter-esque opening speeches.  But I have to have some affection for a show that can make me giggle with glee over Hiro's joy in becoming a superhero and gasp and say "Oh shit!" over Claire's situation.  So while they don't have everything right, they have enough right to keep me coming back for more.

Comments

[mlgm.livejournal.com]

At least you got to watch the game. The Wisconsin game was only shown on ESPN's broadband channel and only if your broadband carrier had a contract with ESPN. Which my doesn't.

With a new, young coach, both of last year's starting receivers, tight ends, and running back all playing in the NFL this year; we aren't doing too bad. I just wish we could watch the game.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Here, even if you miss the game, it replays on Sunday on CSS which is a regional (SEC) sports channel. It replays most of the regional games (Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Georgia) every Sunday morning and afternoon. When it's not during football season, they replay "classic games." My father effing loves this channel.