Season Finale clean up

Season finale season has started. On time instead of late like I was hoping, to make up for the writer’s strike. Oh, well. Nothing anyone can do about that. In true season finale fashion, shows are cleaning house. If you haven’t seen the final episode of NCIS and don’t want anything spoiled, stop reading now.

Most of the time I really do wish they would come up with a better device for the BIG episode and actually not get rid of characters. This time I’m so happy with the NCIS writers. I was angry when they killed off Kate. It took me a while to warm to Ziva. I never could warm to Jenny. Maybe I’m heartless but I’m glad she’s gone. They needed a new director. I didn’t like it when they brought her in anyway. The only sad part was how Abby took the news.

I had an issue with the new director breaking up the team. Can we say CSI? Of course Gil’s team being split up didn’t last and this one won’t either. If I hadn’t seen it done before it might have been a strong ending. Up until that point it was a good episode.

I guess now that the season finales are happening I’ll have to stick to movies and books until the new season starts.

Until next time…

Cindy

It’s a theme

Okay, so blogs need a theme.  At least the good ones do so I’ve been told. So I’ve decided to have a theme.  While I will still once in a while talk writing to let you know what’s going on with that, I’ve decided my theme will be - That’s Entertainment. The good, the bad and the ugly.

I’ll be blogging about television, movies, books, the occasional play, perhaps a comic or two. I read very few comics. Buffy Season 8, Angel, and the prequel to Supernatural. Possibly video games, though I don’t get to play a lot since I don’t have a console. I just have the arcade stand up Galaga, Ms. Pacman, Pacman combo.

I have an interview with David Rambo I will be posting after it appears in the Scriptscene newsletter.

Until next time…

Cindy

New shows are here

Finally new shows are beginning to air now that the writer’s strike is over. I can’t wait to see new episodes of all my favourites (Supernatural especially). Of course, I did stop watching some shows and won’t pick them up again now that new episodes are running. I started watching some of the filler shows they aired and actually liked a few of them. I’m really enjoying New Amsterdam. I like the fact he has a sense of humour and doesn’t brood about being immortal like a certain vampire (Moonlight) does.

Of course I can’t let all this TV watching interfere with my writing. I’ve got tons of work to get done and not a lot of time to do it. But for now, I’m off to watch some of my shows.

Until next time…

Cindy

Is it spring yet?

I’ve always disliked winter. Can’t stand snow. It’s just not fun. I hate driving in it. I’m not into winter sports. Don’t like skiing. I like all those summer activities. I need sunshine. Warmth. Love to swim. This past weekend we had one of the worst snowstorms this winter. It’s March. It’s worse getting snow in March. Hopefully this will be the last of it until next winter. Well, except for the flurries we’re supposed to be getting this week.

Until next time…

Cindy

Pancake memories

The cafeteria at work had pancakes yesterday for breakfast. I hadn’t had pancakes in ages. I never order them when I go to a restaurant. Of course I rarely go to a restaurant for breakfast. So I ordered them. For cafeteria pancakes they were actually very good. They brought me back to my younger years, when I was in grade school and mom would make pancakes for breakfast. Now that we have a new baby in the house I want her to have all the things my sister and I had growing up. That means someone in the house is going to have to make pancakes for my niece before she goes off to school. Luckily that won’t happen for quite some time. We have a while to actually get back into the cooking groove again. If you hear about Swiss Chalet having troubles, Pizza Hut stocks faltering, KFC workers worried about job security, you’ll know we stopped ordering and started using that thing in the middle of our kitchen that cooks food.

Until next time…

Cindy

Dirty Dancing

Now that the chaos has died down I have some time to blog again. The house is clean and de-cluttered and up for sale. Now I have time to blog about Dirty Dancing on stage. We went to see it Wednesday at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. It was AWESOME. Even if you only liked the movie you’ll like the live show. And if you loved the movie like my sister, well the live show is a must see. I was curious about how they were going to do some of the scenes. Especially the water scene. But they did an amazing job. It makes me appreciate the theatre a lot more. I’d really like to go see more shows. Maybe I’ll make that one of my goals for this year.

Until next time…

Cindy