Project Runway, Vampire Diaries, and sigh...buffy comics (no haven't read the latest issue yet)

Watching Project Runway in the background. Last week's made me cry, of course I was PMsing at the time so there's that. ( Project Runway spoilers )

Took today off for a well-needed four day vacation. Popster wanted to know what my plans were.
Besides going to a play and lunch on Sat, errands, church, relaxing, cleaning, working on novel so I can send it out to publishers again with yet another query, not all that much. That and making a dent in the huge number of tv shows saved to DVR. I have three weeks worth, possibly four of Terriers, Smallville, and Supernatural saved on the thing, on top of about five other shows.
Currently - from a purely objective and critical standpoint? I'd have to say Terriers and Mad Men are the best written, produced and directed of everything I've watched on TV. Tight plot. Tight characterization. Pitch-perfect dialogue.

Watched Vampire Diaries and Grey's Anatomy last night. I'll admit, I enjoyed Grey's a lot more. But I don't think anyone reading this watches Grey's so what's the point in writing about it? I could whine about your taste in tv shows, but then that would be giving you carte blanche rights to whine about mine...and honestly, I don't think my blood pressure is up to the challenge.

( Vampire Diaries, spoilers of course )

Regarding the Buffy comics, hard not to comment on this - when I see five to six reviews on my flist. ( cut for the snark which may or may not offend people, hard to tell. )

How do you fancy a bit of exposition? - Buffy Comic Review Issue 37

[ETA: This thing has a bunch of typos, some rather funny actually, and needs editing. But no time to do it right now. Have to eat breakfast, then hop off to lunch, and see a play with the Aunts, busy, busy.]

In regards to the question above? Not that much. I rather hate exposition, writing it and listening to it. Beginnings and endings of narratives, I suck at as both reader and writer, with few exceptions. Much prefer the middle, thank you very much.

Anyhow..I took a lovely walk on a lovely day up to the comic store, then to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade to sit and take in the view. The sky was cloudless and that robins egg blue that shimmers. Perfect temperature too. Just the right bit of breeze rippling through the leaves behind me (yes, there are actual trees with leaves on them in Brooklyn), and the sun warm and stroking. Plus the city before me in all its splendor. From my vantage point - I could see the statute of Liberty, Manhattan Island with it's tall buildings of glass and steel, and the Brooklyn Bridge. The river below, the cars humming just above the river, and the people walking their dogs in front of me.

But before that, I made it to the comic book store. Was somewhat disappointed - because had a hankering for a bit of my favorite character, written by my favorite comic book writer of the moment.

( discussion about Buffy at comic book store with comic shop folks - cut for length. )

Now that just about everyone and their brother has done a review of this thing, thought I'd add my two cents to the pot, what the hell. Since I've read most of the other reviews - I'll avoid repeating too much of what they said. (The most memorable to date are stormwreath, 2maggie2 (who does a riff on how this is all a metaphor on the writing process) and angeria. With IGN as the most critical.

Warning - the below will include snark, which may or may not offend (one can never know). This is just my opinion, it's not gospel folks. Don't take anything I write here personally. I'm just sharing with you how I read it and part of my enjoyment is making ribald fun of it. The snark will most likely be in the same viene as prior posts on the topic, its not that over-the-top and there's a lot more analysis than I thought I'd give. It's behind a cut-tag for length. Feel free to link - but anyone who follows the link - please be careful of your blood-pressure and mine. It's just a comic book after all.

( The Last Gleaming Part II - Buffy Issue 37, otherwise known as our attempt to give you exposition and explain what's going on, without actually doing it. )