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londo and I have made it up to season 6 on The West Wing, leading me to now know that two of the episodes of the show I had seen before any others were King Corn and The Wake Up Call. I recall one other episode involving some cast members gettin' it on that gives me some small measure of incentive to continue watching (that, and closure!) The show was fanTAStic for several seasons, but the number of dropped storylines so far in seasons 5&6 make me very grumpy. I told him tonight that the quicker we get through the rest of the show, the sooner I make a stronger move towards getting a job, so we're likely to wipe out the rest of season 6 tonight. ;)

I am reading through Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. I'm apparently the last person in the universe to have not read them. I started with a few out of order: Monsterous Regiment, The Wee Free Men, and Small Gods, and have since begun at the beginning with The Colour of Magic and read, in published order, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, and Mort. Next up is Sourcery - back to Rincewind, yay!

On the gaming front, we now own Guitar Hero (both 1 and 2) and I get much enjoyable time out of that both solo and playing with londo. I'm on my second try at Chrono Trigger, playing along with an internet friend, although we haven't coordinated at it since before Christmas break. I should get on that.

I'm knitting my father and step-mother an afghan.

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londo and I have made it up to season 6 on The West Wing, leading me to now know that two of the episodes of the show I had seen before any others were King Corn and The Wake Up Call. I recall one other episode involving some cast members gettin' it on that gives me some small measure of incentive to continue watching (that, and closure!) The show was fanTAStic for several seasons, but the number of dropped storylines so far in seasons 5&6 make me very grumpy. I told him tonight that the quicker we get through the rest of the show, the sooner I make a stronger move towards getting a job, so we're likely to wipe out the rest of season 6 tonight. ;)

I am reading through Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. I'm apparently the last person in the universe to have not read them. I started with a few out of order: Monsterous Regiment, The Wee Free Men, and Small Gods, and have since begun at the beginning with The Colour of Magic and read, in published order, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, and Mort. Next up is Sourcery - back to Rincewind, yay!

On the gaming front, we now own Guitar Hero (both 1 and 2) and I get much enjoyable time out of that both solo and playing with londo. I'm on my second try at Chrono Trigger, playing along with an internet friend, although we haven't coordinated at it since before Christmas break. I should get on that.

I'm knitting my father and step-mother an afghan.

I hate spoilers!!

So, we did in fact finish Season 6 of The West Wing tonight and followed it with the first episode of Season 7.

...during which they TOTALLY SPOIL THEIR OWN ENDING. Gah. I guess the writers/directors/whomever was involved just wrote the piece for the stupid unthinking mass-market TV viewers?

Basically, this season is all about a presidential election. They started it off with a "three years later" flash-forward that utilizes a snazzy cut to just avoid blatantly showing you who won, but there are enough hints in it that I feel pretty darned certain. And this makes me grumpy. I HATE HATE HATE spoilers.

Although, I have to admit that one of the OTHER things that came out of the flash-forward made me smile. I guess I don't mind love plots being spoiled. ;)

p.s. If you know what I'm talking about and give me ANY information more than what I already know, our friendship is totally over. Seriously. I hate spoilers.

I hate spoilers!!

So, we did in fact finish Season 6 of The West Wing tonight and followed it with the first episode of Season 7.

...during which they TOTALLY SPOIL THEIR OWN ENDING. Gah. I guess the writers/directors/whomever was involved just wrote the piece for the stupid unthinking mass-market TV viewers?

Basically, this season is all about a presidential election. They started it off with a "three years later" flash-forward that utilizes a snazzy cut to just avoid blatantly showing you who won, but there are enough hints in it that I feel pretty darned certain. And this makes me grumpy. I HATE HATE HATE spoilers.

Although, I have to admit that one of the OTHER things that came out of the flash-forward made me smile. I guess I don't mind love plots being spoiled. ;)

p.s. If you know what I'm talking about and give me ANY information more than what I already know, our friendship is totally over. Seriously. I hate spoilers.