It must be Monday...

how I know it's monday:

* I left my lunch on the kitchen counter...(was a tuna nicose salad, which was quite yummy, dang it - now I'm relegated to thai instant rice noodle soup)
* It's raining and cold
* I'm having troubles staying awake
* the train was half-empty

But on the bright side, according to the paper Japan is out of danger, nuclear wise - they got the reactor cooled down and the power plant running. Libya on the other hand, isn't so lucky - that looks like a long and painful conflict for all involved.

Okay do I want to get decafe tea? Will it matter? I really miss coffee at times like this, but alas...can't drink it without hurting myself.

(no subject)

A bit on the world news - apparently we've decided to declare war on Libya, as if we don't have enough Wars we are fighting. I'm not surprised, I knew it was only a matter a time. The US at the bequest of the UN has enforced the No-Fly zone by attacking the Libyan air force and stopping Quaddafi. In short the US is playing cop again.

Been reading my friends list or correspondence list, I actually prefer "correspondence list" but I don't do the programming on live journal. There's a smattering of posts on Spike comics (which I gave up on, in part because I hate the comic book store near me(and I mean really HATE) and because I am no longer interested. At all. It's weird. But Whedon in collaboration with Dark Horse, various actor and writer/editor interviews, and IDW has managed to kill my interest in well all things Whedon, Buffy, Spike, etc. I'm not entirely sure what it was exactly that killed my interest - I'm guessing it was a series of things akin to chinese water torture over an extended period of time that piled up on each other until one day I woke up and thought, eh, just don't care anymore. Going to spend my leisure time on more pleasurable things, thank you very much. And that was well that.) That said - moscow_watcher's thoughts on the Spike comics are rather interesting and I rec her journal for anyone who is still following the things.

The news is warning us about Japanese food contaminated by radiation. Call me crazy? But I'm more worried about the Japanese. I find it highly annoying that Americans are worried about being contaminated by Japanese radiation...considering how far away we are. Selfish? Much? 24 year old Taylor Anderson who was working as an English Teacher in Japan died. So sad. I'm so happy my online friend is on her way back home.

Still on the news? That men are getting more jobs than women. Of the 1.3 million, nearly 90% went to men, only 113,000 to women. Men netted $600,000 while women got 300,000. Billions of dollars invested in jobs - went to men. Massive cuts to public sectors - 8 out of every 10, belonged to women. Yes, America is a sexist society. I think I'll stop watching Supernatural in protest. No wait, it has a female head-writer finally - so maybe not. Sexist yes, but employs female writers.

Last story was about how much cooler younger siblings are than older ones. Sigh. If he watched the news, I'm certain my kidbrother is rejoicing.

Hmmm...I'm reminded tonight of why I don't normally watch the news, and watch whatever is saved on DVR instead or talk to Momster on phone. Do not know what got into me tonight.

Saw a rather lovely meme on the mistresses of science fiction novels - I'd do it, but I haven't read 90% of these books. So am doing my own little meme - featuring the science fiction and sci-fantasy novels by women that I've read or can remember reading to date or happen to own and have yet to get around to reading. If you want to snag - go ahead. I'll bold what I read.

( could only come up with 15 but that's my memory...not actuality and I left out children's books and Y/A as far as I know - which would have made it longer, since most of the sci-fi by women that I've read is Y/A or children's novels. )

And those are the only ones I remember at the moment. The problem with devouring books and not keeping track of them, is you can't always remember what you've actually read. Some of them blur together. Also, if you are like me - you forget titles and authors, you remember the story, you just can't remember who wrote it and often aren't sure you dreamed it up.

Fantasy list is probably longer and harder to remember. There appear to be more female fantasy writers than sci-fi for some reason.

Ugh - chockful of typos. But no time to edit, must make dinner and eat.

Fantasy TV Shows for 2011

Okay, I think both Smallville and Supernatural may have finally lost me. Although Supernatural - at least still has some coherence. Smallville is all over the place.
Or just not in the mood.

Feeling restless - I googled tv fantasy shows for 2011 and ran into some interesting possibilities.
Lucky Brits are getting Game of Thrones on SKY (is this your premium cable or is it like our standard cable? Think the Sopranos but in Middle Earth, with castles, zombies, dragons and direwolfs). I'm going to have to wait for the DVD's, because I can't afford HBO right now. Tempting as it may be. Not that big a deal - did this with True Blood, The L Word, and Dexter, not to mention Weeds. Will most likely do it with Torchwood as well, since I can't get Starz, and possibly Camelot. It's what netflix is for after all. [Only problem is I can't chat with people online who are watching as it airs.]

Other interesting fantasy shows?

Outcasts (in UK not here yet - traditionally Europe and Japan are more sci-fantasy friendly than the US has been. I remember because when I wandered over there in the 1980s, I discovered all sorts of science fiction and fantasy mags, tv shows, movies, etc. Also the US fantasy/science fiction shows do better overseas than in the US. Don't understand why this is exactly, just that it is. OR rather was - things have changed greatly since the advent of cable. Cable has given us sci-fi/fantasy geeks a smorgasborg in the way of tv shows.), It's apparently going to show up on BBC America soon.

Terra Nova (the Steven Spielberg produced/directed series which keeps getting delayed - it's a prehistoric time-travel tv show, where a family goes back in time to save the future or something like that). Is it just me or did Spielberg just get bored of film finally and decide to go the tv route like everyone else? He has at least three series in development. The other one is the less appealing, War of the Worlds series - Falling Skies - where guys fight and women cower. (Yawwwn)

17th Precinct by Ron Moore (who has pitched five different tv shows in the last year and this is the one that got picked up, since it is starring three favorite actors of mine - I'll probably tune in - Stockard Channing, Jamie Bamber, and James Callis),

Doctor Who - worth watching just to see the Doctor in a cowboy hat in UTah.

Powers/Alias Jessica (based on the comic series - which looks interesting, it's a female private detective who used to be a super-hero or something like that - I'm hoping this gets picked up, it's in development though...and it's a long-shot),

Blood and Chrome (the latest installment of Battle Star Galatica - which is starting to remind me of Babylon 5 in how it keeps doing weird but not very successful spin-offs of itself - this round, we find a young Adama getting his first position on the new battlestar Galatica, as an ensign.),

Fox's Lock and Key looks wickedly cool - Based on Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's twisty, trippy IDW comic book—about the Locke family, coping with the patriarch's murder and a series of supernatural threats that invade their lives—this pilot comes with an awful rich pedigree. Star Trek's Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are executive producing, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' Josh Friedman is running the writers' room, and Never Let Me Go's Mark Romanek is directing the pilot, which will star Lord of the Rings' Miranda Otto. Stars Miranda Otto and written by Josh Friedman? Count me in. I lovvved Sarah Connor Chronicles - amongst the best sci-fi series on.

Walking Dead S2 - Fall AMC (according to the spoilers I've read, Laurie's character starts becoming a fighter in the second season and we get more development of female characters).

Go here to see pics and read about it yourself:http://blastr.com/2011/01/11-sci-fifantasy-tv-shows.php

Sorry, guilty pleasure is sci-fantasy books, movies and tv shows. What can I say? I loves them. This genre is my current comfort food.