Alrighty- I downloaded and installed Google Earth, and it is, hands down, the coolest thing I have ever seen.
Unbelievable.
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A big thanks to whoever sent me the Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Hot as Hell
It is hot as hell with humidity approaching 200%, so now is a perfect time for my central air to break. I might be blogging from a laptop in front of the freezer by noon.
*** Update ***
Fixed. I love renting. I will eventually buy a house some day, but you can’t beat calling someone up, telling them something is broken, and going on about your life while someone else takes care of it.
Spoon
Anybody listen to this band– I just heard a snippet on the radio and really liked it…
Carnival of the RINO’s
RINO Sightings, aka the “Carnival of the Rino’s,” is up. The motto- “Republican, without all the crazy.”
Go check it out.
Best Buffy Episodes
Because I need to solidify my Buffy The Vampire Slayer fanboy street cred., here is a partial list of my favorite episodes (I am in season 6).
*** Warning ***
Spoilers follow
1.) The Body, Season 5: Easily the most traumatizing hour of Buffy, this was, by any standards, a great hour of heart-wrenching television. Even if you did not know the characters, were not a fan, and couldn’t care lesss about the series, the subject is so deeply personal and the manner it was portrayed is so elegant that even non-Buffy fans could appreciate this. For those of us who are in love with the series and who have developed a deep and formidable parasocial relationship with the characters, it was, quite simply, gut-wrenching.
2.) The Gift, Season 5: This was it. This was the end. You could sense the finality, you could see all the loose ends pulledtogether, the emoital exhaustion of it all taking its toll, and the sense of release as Buffy finally gives and recieves her hard-earned and well-deserved ‘gift.’
3.) Prophecy Girl, Season 1: If you didn’t already have the bug at the end of the first season, this sealed the deal. We begin to understand the role Buffy will play from here on out, and the real basis for here reliance on her friends is made clear.
4.) Hush, Season 4: Simply one of the most original (this is where someone in the comments tells me the idea was stolen from something else) story lines in the entire run of the series.
5.) The Becoming (both parts), Season 2: For some reason or another, I hear a number of people who really don’t like Angel. I don’t know how anyone could watch the series with that attitude, and these episodes set the stage for the next five years of the show.
Others that I really liked were Once More with Feeling, Graduation Day (both parts), as well as many others, but I think this is the top 5 for now.
Create your list and put it in the comments, or send me the link to your site so I can link.
Whedon’s list is here.
Buffy and Comments
A certain episode in the middle of season #5 titled the Body was one of the most traumatic hours of television I have watched- as well as one of the most realistic portrayals of- well, I don’t want to ruin it for those who have not seen it.
What a great show this BTVS is…
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