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shadowkatFairly relaxing day. Tried out a Chocolat Mousse recipe - which I'm somewhat iffy about.
Couldn't find chocolat pudding mix, so substituted pre-prepared Swiss Miss Creamy Milk Chocolat Pudding - not sure this worked. The Mousse as a result became a bit too creamy, but whatever.
Also I made enough to last a month. Which may be a good thing - I'll burn out on it and stop buying it at the food mart after church. Must stop using food as a reward - it's almost pavolvian. Does anyone else do this? Reward yourself for something with "food"?
Decided to give self a break and not do much. Have had a stressful couple of weeks at work, with no end in sight. Am patting self on back though - I managed to save my company $80 K. Granted that's small beans in comparison to what some of my colleagues have done. But still.
Watched Project Runway this morning. This year's designers aren't thrilling me. Outside of maybe Gretchen, Mondo, Andy South, and possibly Valeri, there isn't much. Did like the hats though. But the designs that went with them - were sort of disappointing. I agreed with the top two picks, and who lost. Gretchen - I have to say - is right in her bitchy assessments of the other designers. Kristen can't construct a decent garment. Peach is old-fashioned and somewhat boring and safe in her designs (she'll get booted soon). And I don't know what April was thinking - the other designers were right - it did look like diapers with a zipper. Casonova squeaked by. Ivy just bores me - she's only around because there are worse designers. Last year's designers were far more interesting.
On a Netflix DVD kick at the moment. Rather enjoying watching tv without commercial interruptions and knowing I can see all the episodes without having to wait for them to be made. Started with True Blood, now Dexter, next Weeds, then Big Love S1 - S4, then No#1 Ladies Detective Agency, and then either The Tudors, The Wire, or Rome. My aunts are obsessed with Big Love - so am trying that again. Also it's not really violent and after True Blood, Being Human, Dexter, and Weeds - I'm going to need a break from violence.
Oh, up and coming tv series? No Ordinary Family sort of looks like brainless fun. May well turn into a new guilty pleasure - not that I don't have enough of them already. That's the series with Julie Benze (Angel and Dexter) and Michael Chicklis (The Shield and The Commish and Fantastic Four (hey he's moving from his cop phase to his super-hero phase) as parents of a super-powered family - they get super-powers after their plane crashes into a weird lake. Julie Benze has super-speed, Chicklicks - can jump and super-strength, his son super-smarts, not sure what the daughter does (but she reminds me of a young Amber Tambyln). Speaking of super-heroes - according to Comic Con reports - Joss Whedon is definitely directing the Avengers. Makes sense - Marvel loves Whedon and Whedon loves Marvel - he wrote for them, so they are familiar with him and know he's a huge fan of their comics and won't do silly things with them. (ie - they feel they can control him, and yes, I think that's actually true - Marvel may well be the only one's who can - since Joss fanboys Marvel and Stan Lee. Be a bit like a Whedon fangirl/fanboy such as Brian Lynch directing or writing a Buffy or Angel story. Wait, he did that.) Much better marriage than Whedon and Wonder Woman/DC Universe. Whedon isn't really a DC fan. He's a Marvel fan. You can tell. Me? If given a choice? I'd go with Marvel - they had a better sense, of humor, were more realistic, and often made fun of the DC comics. Captain America is such a satire of Superman. And Iron Man - complete satire on Batman.
Regarding the IDW vs. DH stuff? After reading more about it - I agree with everyone on my flist who is into this. IDW's plots make no sense. I honestly can't keep track of them. Not that the Buffy comics make sense either. Actually, at this stage - it's probably best not to bother trying to make sense of either's plots and just go with the flow - and this is coming from someone who is really good at analyzing story plots.
That said? Does anyone know if Whedon is planning on incorporating IDW's Angel series plots into the Buffy comics? Or is he just ignoring what happened, outside of Brian Lynch's up-coming Spike series and the Wolf Ram and Hart final Angel arc? What is canon to the Whedon comics and what isn't at this stage? Probably isn't relevant, considering I've sort of given up on everything but the Lynch comics at this stage. But, yet I stubbornly hold out a smidgen of hope that the Whedon comics will get better and actually resolve some of the outstanding character bits as opposed to merely showing how the Buffyverse gave birth to the Frayverse... justifying my purchasing of the things for the last four years.
Couldn't find chocolat pudding mix, so substituted pre-prepared Swiss Miss Creamy Milk Chocolat Pudding - not sure this worked. The Mousse as a result became a bit too creamy, but whatever.
Also I made enough to last a month. Which may be a good thing - I'll burn out on it and stop buying it at the food mart after church. Must stop using food as a reward - it's almost pavolvian. Does anyone else do this? Reward yourself for something with "food"?
Decided to give self a break and not do much. Have had a stressful couple of weeks at work, with no end in sight. Am patting self on back though - I managed to save my company $80 K. Granted that's small beans in comparison to what some of my colleagues have done. But still.
Watched Project Runway this morning. This year's designers aren't thrilling me. Outside of maybe Gretchen, Mondo, Andy South, and possibly Valeri, there isn't much. Did like the hats though. But the designs that went with them - were sort of disappointing. I agreed with the top two picks, and who lost. Gretchen - I have to say - is right in her bitchy assessments of the other designers. Kristen can't construct a decent garment. Peach is old-fashioned and somewhat boring and safe in her designs (she'll get booted soon). And I don't know what April was thinking - the other designers were right - it did look like diapers with a zipper. Casonova squeaked by. Ivy just bores me - she's only around because there are worse designers. Last year's designers were far more interesting.
On a Netflix DVD kick at the moment. Rather enjoying watching tv without commercial interruptions and knowing I can see all the episodes without having to wait for them to be made. Started with True Blood, now Dexter, next Weeds, then Big Love S1 - S4, then No#1 Ladies Detective Agency, and then either The Tudors, The Wire, or Rome. My aunts are obsessed with Big Love - so am trying that again. Also it's not really violent and after True Blood, Being Human, Dexter, and Weeds - I'm going to need a break from violence.
Oh, up and coming tv series? No Ordinary Family sort of looks like brainless fun. May well turn into a new guilty pleasure - not that I don't have enough of them already. That's the series with Julie Benze (Angel and Dexter) and Michael Chicklis (The Shield and The Commish and Fantastic Four (hey he's moving from his cop phase to his super-hero phase) as parents of a super-powered family - they get super-powers after their plane crashes into a weird lake. Julie Benze has super-speed, Chicklicks - can jump and super-strength, his son super-smarts, not sure what the daughter does (but she reminds me of a young Amber Tambyln). Speaking of super-heroes - according to Comic Con reports - Joss Whedon is definitely directing the Avengers. Makes sense - Marvel loves Whedon and Whedon loves Marvel - he wrote for them, so they are familiar with him and know he's a huge fan of their comics and won't do silly things with them. (ie - they feel they can control him, and yes, I think that's actually true - Marvel may well be the only one's who can - since Joss fanboys Marvel and Stan Lee. Be a bit like a Whedon fangirl/fanboy such as Brian Lynch directing or writing a Buffy or Angel story. Wait, he did that.) Much better marriage than Whedon and Wonder Woman/DC Universe. Whedon isn't really a DC fan. He's a Marvel fan. You can tell. Me? If given a choice? I'd go with Marvel - they had a better sense, of humor, were more realistic, and often made fun of the DC comics. Captain America is such a satire of Superman. And Iron Man - complete satire on Batman.
Regarding the IDW vs. DH stuff? After reading more about it - I agree with everyone on my flist who is into this. IDW's plots make no sense. I honestly can't keep track of them. Not that the Buffy comics make sense either. Actually, at this stage - it's probably best not to bother trying to make sense of either's plots and just go with the flow - and this is coming from someone who is really good at analyzing story plots.
That said? Does anyone know if Whedon is planning on incorporating IDW's Angel series plots into the Buffy comics? Or is he just ignoring what happened, outside of Brian Lynch's up-coming Spike series and the Wolf Ram and Hart final Angel arc? What is canon to the Whedon comics and what isn't at this stage? Probably isn't relevant, considering I've sort of given up on everything but the Lynch comics at this stage. But, yet I stubbornly hold out a smidgen of hope that the Whedon comics will get better and actually resolve some of the outstanding character bits as opposed to merely showing how the Buffyverse gave birth to the Frayverse... justifying my purchasing of the things for the last four years.
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Date: 2010-08-22 09:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-22 05:33 pm (UTC)I'm sticking with my initial assessment - ALL the Lynch and Peter David comics (David gave Spike his last name - "PRatt" and wrote the Illyria/Gun comic Only Human) are canon to the Buffy comics, nothing else at IDW is.
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Date: 2010-08-22 09:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-22 09:21 pm (UTC)So perhaps the only things that are canon are Lynch's tales. Forget Peter David (I admittedly don't like David's Spike - he's too nice. People either make Spike too much of an ass or far too heroic and nice, just as they either make Angel too much of an hero (he's really not one at all) or too much of a complete asshole. Middle ground seems to be a tough target to meet for some reason.)