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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 05:25 am (UTC)It all sounds a bit confused. I don't really think it makes much of a difference. DH is ultimately not a business I'd want to work with but IDW comics were going down anyway.
In the end I think I really have to stop obsessing so much about the behind the scenes crap, why the hell do I even know th editors name? I certainly don't know that much on way better comics.
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Date: 2010-08-22 09:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-22 12:55 pm (UTC)But now I have no one I'm rooting for (and personally I thought that several of the hats were silly, and that orchid was the silliest).
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Date: 2010-08-22 05:15 pm (UTC)Sarah, while one of the more entertaining personalities not to mention saner ones, didn't impress me much as a designer. And the dress she lost on? She deserved to lose on. It was horrible.
I don't get the feeling that she was horribly crushed by it.
Any more than Kristen appeared to be. Both hadn't really designed anything notable. Granted they have to do it in a very short period of time - not everyone can work that fast. They have to design and sew these garments in under 24 hours.
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Date: 2010-08-22 05:29 pm (UTC)Probably because if your flist looks anything like mine - you have at least 10 people who feel compelled to tell you all the inner goings on at IDW and DH. LOL! (ie, it's not just you who is obsessed). The internet is very good at feeding cultural obsessions. I've decided I probably would have lost interest in Buffy and all things Whedon a lot faster if I weren't online.
There's a lot of things I love - but it's hard to maintain a certain level of obsession about it - when no one else on your flist is into it. OR their squee was half a year before you even got around to seeing it. Perfect example - Farscape - absolutely adored it, but no new content, and the fandom is almost non-existent. So, the squee sort of disappeared eventually.
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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.)
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Date: 2010-08-23 03:25 am (UTC)And I agree that the best of the hats had a real Audrey Hepburn vibe, and went well with tailored looking Audrey Hepburn style dresses... But I couldn't blame Kristen for not being inspired by the crazy orchid hat.
Basically 'Project Runway' is a show for people who can work really fast, which I can understand is necessary from the way the show is produced.