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Hockey and Netflix

By Cindy on September 27, 2010

Had a great weekend. Slept in way too much but I guess I needed it. The weekend started Friday night with a Guelph Storm hockey game. It was the home opener. Great game. Guelph won 3 – 2 against Owen Sound. Too bad they didn’t follow it up with another win. In Owen Sound on Saturday they lost, big time. Then at another home game on Sunday they lost against Kitchener.

Because Kitchener is so close to Guelph there were almost as many Kitchener fans as there were Guelph fans. But I have a tip for fans of the visiting team. Don’t tell a fan of the home team to shut up. Even if that fan disses your team. You are after all a VISITOR. We out number you. Oh and to the hockey groupies, following the team to their away games makes you look even more desperate. Stick to the home games.

And the even bigger, better news from last week – we got Netflix! I came home after work and the boyfriend was already watching a show on the computer. He’d just finished signing up for Netflix. We’ve already watched a few movies and a couple of TV shows on the big screen TV. For $7.99 a month it’s a bargain. It gets annoying when some of the shows say Not Available. But there are still lots to choose from. I have a feeling we’ll never run out of things to watch. The best part is not having to return anything to a video store. And Netflix offers way more choice than TMN. Sorry, TMN but it’s true.

Now I’m off to work. If I get there early enough I might be able to leave a little early.

Until next time…

Cindy

Vampires anyone?

By Cindy on September 10, 2010

This post is so late it’s already Saturday. See what happens when I actually have the day off. I was busy trying to come up with a theme and header for a website.

I watched a movie a few weeks ago that remain nameless because I don’t need to add anymore fuel to that fire. It was about vampires. That’s all I’ll say. Except, I’ll also say I really, really, really didn’t like it.

Tonight the boyfriend and I watched a different vampire movie. We rented Daybreakers. He gave it a five out of ten. I might have given it a bit more but not much. As concepts go it was pretty good. It’s so hard to do the same but different when it comes to vampire stories these days. They’re everywhere. But this one managed to give vampires a new twist. The problem was with the execution of some scenes. One scene when a vampire is exposed to sun he can survive for almost twenty, thirty seconds. Other scenes when a vampire is exposed to sun they disintegrate right away. You can’t have it both ways.

This gets me thinking about my vampire book more and more. I still really want to finish it. One thing I need to do though is find a new twist. Something to make it the same but different. Haven’t done that yet. Although, the movie I saw that will not be named didn’t really do anything different with the vampire myth. And that movie was huge.

Well, off to bed.

Until next time…

Cindy

Space week

By Cindy on September 6, 2010

It’s a holiday Monday so this post is really late. We spent a lot of the day moving things around. We’ve got the library almost ready to be a library now.

National Geographic Channel Canada is having space week this week. I can’t tell you how excited I am about that. I love shows about space. And there are so many of them this week. The boyfriend isn’t too happy about the amount of space my space shows are taking up on the PVR though. I had no choice though. We were busy organizing the house and wouldn’t be able to watch them all. Plus some of them (Aftermath, the one on the Big Bang) could help with revisions with one story and research for another.

So let’s see, what did I tape. A ton of episodes of The Known Universe, Aftermath, Death of The Universe, Monster of the Milky Way, Origins: Back to the Beginning, Origins: Where are the Aliens, Alien Worlds. And there were probably more. I can’t wait to watch them all. Who knows when that will be though. Way too much to do around the house and with the writing to watch much television.

I’m off to get ready for my writing sprint.

Until next time…

Cindy

Brilliant TV

By Cindy on August 30, 2010

Did usual errands on the weekend. Went to Canadian Tire to pick up bookcases for the library. Went to IKEA to pick up DVD cases for the living room. Grocery shopping so we’d have the necessary ingredients for dinners for the week.

Then we settled in on some television watching. I’ve always been a TV snob but for the wrong reasons. Before it was for the production value. I love being Canadian but I hated Canadian TV. Until Flashpoint and The Border. Those were good shows and didn’t look typically Canadian unless there was a shot of the CN Tower. But now I’m a TV snob for good writing. Not just good. Brilliant. British TV is the absolute best. We’ve been watching an old show called Jonathan Creek. Love it. It kind of reminds me of Murder, She Wrote only WAY better. And it’s not so hard to believe he’d be looking into the murders in the episodes. I love a good murder mystery. And these are really good.

We watched more episodes of Merlin. Love that too. I’ve always loved historicals. And King Arthur and Camelot have always intrigued me. Of course this is before Arthur is king. I’m loving it so far and my only complaint is that we don’t get the episodes here at the same time as they air in the UK.

Next up was a new show. Sherlock. All I can say for that one is BRILLIANT! The Sherlock character is great. I love the characterization. I love the dialogue. I love the interaction between Holmes and Dr. Watson. I’m so glad there’s going to be more of that show.

And of course we can’t forget Doctor Who. Amazing show. I can’t wait for that to come back. As with all the other shows my one complaint is we don’t get it here right away. I just hope we don’t end up months behind like we’ve been in the past.

Because of the boyfriend I’ve been watching a lot of British TV. And I have to say most of it is really, really good. The dramas, the comedies. Great television.

I’m off to work now. Can’t wait to see what we’ll be watching tonight.

Until next time…

Cindy

Movie night

By Cindy on August 23, 2010

Okay so it was more like movie weekend. Four movies in two days. Saturday we took a break and did some more Hell’s Kitchen catching up. I had the house to myself Friday night so I decided to watch Twilight to see what all the fuss is about. And honestly I still don’t know.

After suffering through the whole movie I decided there was nothing remarkable about it. Nothing really new when it came to the vampire mythology except the whole sparkling thing. The story was predictable. It was over acted. The dialogue was horrible. Even though I can’t see what all the fuss is about I can see why teenage girls would like it. The movie (and I’m assuming the book) tapped into all those teenage girl fantasies. But there was so much about the story I just didn’t buy. I won’t be reading the books and I doubt I’ll be seeing any of the other movies. Somehow though I don’t think Stephanie Meyer needs my help. I’m sure she’s laughing all the way to the bank.

Next up on Friday was Paranormal Activity. I wanted to know what all the fuss was there too. And, I still don’t know. I was waiting for something scary to happen. And I kept waiting. It started off slow. They tried to quicken the pace but it never quite worked for me. The whole movie had maybe two actual scary moments. And of course the little message on the screen at the end didn’t have any shock value for me since I’ve seen the trailers for Paranormal Activity 2.

Sunday brought us Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel. Loved it! It was well written, funny. I love science fiction. I love time travel. It didn’t feel like a time travel movie I’d seen a million times before. And I would probably watch it again.

Last up for the weekend was The Men Who Stare at Goats. Hmmm. Weird movie. It wasn’t overly bad. But it wasn’t overly good either. It was just okay. I think it could have been a lot better than it was. Of course I feel that way about most movies I watch.

Well, off to work. It’s going to be a crazy, busy week.

Until next time…

Cindy

Late to Hell’s Kitchen

By Cindy on August 16, 2010

If you read the blog regularly you know I tape a lot of stuff because I don’t have a lot of time to watch TV. With the writing and the day job and the boyfriend something had to give. So I’m behind on a lot of my programs lately. I hope to catch up before my shows start up again in September. But one show that wasn’t my show until just a few months ago is Hell’s Kitchen. My boyfriend watched it from the beginning. I never did though. I usually steered clear of any reality type stuff. I’m a fiction girl.

When I met my boyfriend I wanted to like his shows too. We’d have something else in common and could watch them together. Some of his shows I can’t stand. Some of them I love. Hell’s Kitchen is one of them. We just finished watching Season Two. I love Gordon Ramsay. Through all his bluster you can tell he cares. He’s trying to pull the best out of the chefs. I was thrilled that Heather won. After the second episode I had picked her as my favourite. I would love to have some of those recipes. Some of those dishes look so good. I wonder if I’d be able to find them if I searched the internet. I got really excited at one point when the guys were going over how to make one of the sauces but then the camera cut away to something else.

We’ve just started watching Season Three. Can’t wait to see how that one turns out. I don’t have a favourite yet. We’ve only seen the first episode. We’ll be watching more episodes this week, hopefully getting to the end of the season by the end of the week.

Before I can do that I have to get to work. If anyone knows where to find any of the recipes from the show send me an email or comment!

Until next time…

Cindy

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