Last night before running downstairs to watch Ruby, I thought that I would try an experiment. I really wasn’t sure if it would work or not. I started the patcher for City of Heroes/Villains. I let the patcher run all night. I figured what would it hurt. So I patched a game and wouldn’t be able to play it.
Well….. I am able to log in and play. I have to have the graphic options set down to minimum and I am laggy in the cities, but I can at least play. So this morning I was running around doing missions on my mastermind. I haven’t played that toon in ages. It was a lot of fun. I was shocked that there wasn’t a bigger patch then there was. Think about it, this computer has been in the closet for almost 2 years now. That is a long time in the realm of MMOs. Heck, EQ2 has had 1 expansion and another is about to be released any day now since this computer was last online.
Anyway, Ruby was awesome last night. I really admire her for her strength and courage. It really takes a lot of guts to go on TV and go through what she is going through. I really think that she needs to tell Denny off though. Seriously, the man is so shallow. He reminds me of that movie Shallow Hal. Hmm… Maybe he needs to be tortured by watching that movie over and over. Then he might get into his thick skull that she is beautiful outside too. Just because she isn’t anorexic like a model, doesn’t mean she isn’t beautiful.
Sometimes I wonder what some of the old world masters would think of what we consider beauty today. Think about it. Look at all the old world painters (i.e. Titian). They mainly painted women who were chubby. The reason for that is because in the old days, if you were overweight that meant that you were rich and healthy. Only rich people could afford to eat enough to become overweight. Now only rich people can afford to eat the healthy foods since it is so expensive to shop at stores like Whole Foods. Society has really taken a wrong turn.
Since my good computer is on the fritz, I have been spending alot of time reading.
I just finished reading “Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder” by Joanne Fluke. This is the 2nd Hannah Swenson murder book that I have read. It is the 1st in the series though.
Hannah runs a bakery/coffee shop in a small town in Minnesota. Not only is the story well written and engrossing, but the book is peppered with wonderful recipes and baking tips.
In fact, I photocopied a few of the recipes that I really wanted to try out before passing the book along to my sister.
I just started reading another book called “Candy Cane Murder”. This one actually has 3 short stories by 3 different authors. The reason I picked up this book was because there is a short Hannah Swenson story in there. Plus in addition to the usual cookie recipes, there are recipes for quiche.
The second author I hadn’t read before. So I wasn’t sure what I was in for. I am halfway through her story and it is really boring me to tears. The story line seems ok. However, it feels almost like she came up with it at the last minute. Plus some of the cliches that she uses are just too much.
The third author, I have read before. In fact, I had read a whole book by her and hated it. I might just go ahead and read it to see if she does better with a short story. I had previously read “Bake Sale Murder” and the storyline seemed to drag on. The majority of the story she kept going on and on about he hazing the cheerleaders and newer football players were being forced to undergo. Now don’t get me wrong it was actually pretty interesting. However, that whole story line is wrapped up in only 1 or 2 lines. There was no explanation of how or why. It was just so and so doesn’t approve of it and it will no longer happen. Umm… Ok…. That was a complete fumble on her part. I like to have loose ends tied up a little more neatly then that. It felt almost like she didn’t have enough to fill up the pages with just the murder mystery, so she added this other story line in and didn’t know how to end it. I really have a feeling that the short story will be alot easier for her to handle.
Well, only 15 minutes until Ruby comes on. So I need to get downstairs, grab a huge glass of pomagranete juice and get ready. I know that this week will be just as good as last week. I don’t think that I will watch it several times though. Then again, who knows. I just might.
I was all psyched up and ready to watch The Next Iron Chef tonight. I really wanted Aaron Sanchez to win. He is a great cook and he is very good looking. Ok, so I have a thing for hispanic men! LOL!
Anyway, I was saddened to see him leave. Out of all the people, he should not have left. Heck, Chef Cosentino was annoying tonight. He was being nasty to the camera guys. I mean really, they are just doing their job. He agreed to let the cameras be there when he signed up to be on the show.
October 10, 2007
Ex-File
Everyone knows what its like to come face to face with one of your ex’s while standing there with your current girlfriend or boyfriend. Well, poor Agent Gibbs on NCIS had worse troubles then that last night.
The episode was called Ex-File for a reason. As any loyal fan knows, Gibbs had a fling with his boss Director Jenny Shepard years ago. Also Gibbs has been married four times previously. Gibbs is also currently dating Lt. Col. Hollis Mann.
Here is where things get sticky. A Marine was found dead on an army base. This puts the murder in the jurisdiction of Lt. Col. Mann. However, since its a marine, Gibbs has to investigate as well. This means that he has to work with his current girlfriend on a case. The marine (Mr. Reynolds) was found by his wife (Mrs. Reynolds) and Stephanie (Gibb’s 3rd wife). As the show goes on, we find out that Stephanie is also dating one of the main suspects in the case.
Things totally get out of hand. Mann is interviewing Stephanie, she slipped up and asked how long she had known Gibbs. She had meant to ask how long she had known Major Sweigert. Come to find out that Major Sweigert was cheating on Stephanie with Mrs. Reynolds. Yep thats right. He was cheating on her with the dead marine’s wife. Hmmm…
So here is poor Gibbs, he is surrounded by an ex-lover, an ex-wife, and his current girlfriend the entire episode.
And of course, I am not going to tell you who committed the murder. You don’t even find out until the very end of the show. If you haven’t watched it yet, head on over to CBS: NCIS to watch it.
Well, Krys just got her new computer yesterday. She is still trying to get everything set back up on it & configured that way that she likes it. I just can’t wait until she can get back into EQ2. It sucks that SOE messed the game up so that no one with Win98 or WinME can log in. They keep saying that they are trying to fix it, but it has been a few weeks now. That is just insane.
I ordered my new cell phone. I should have it on Tuesday. I found out that it was cheaper for me to order over the internet then to go to the store. I wasn’t even charged shipping and handling. I am saving about $60. Plus there is a $20 rebate once I get the phone. So that is a HUGE savings.
The choice was for a new cell phone & get rid of the crap I have or an additional RAM chip for my puter. I decided that the cell phone was the more important of the two. I can’t wait.
Grr!! I have been having a lot of problems sleeping lately. I get really tired all of a sudden, sleep for about half an hour, then I am wide awake for a few hours. This is not good.
I can’t believe that Charmed is ending tonight!! That is so not good!! I have been watching that show since the day it started. It is a great show! There are very few TV shows that I will actually watch. That was one of them.
Well, I am going to try to get a little bit more sleep before I have to go grocery shopping.
I can’t believe that there is only one more episode of Charmed left. It just seemed like one of those shows that will go on forever. Ok, so besides game shows like Wheel of Fortune & stuff like that, no show goes on forever. Except in reruns. Anyway, I am not sure how I feel about the way last night’s episode ended last night. Since next week is the last episode, they technically don’t have to put a bandaid on the situation to make everything better. I would hope that they would.
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For those of you who missed last night & don’t want to know what happened until you see the beginning of next week, don’t read any further.
First off, Billie has had more then enough clues given to her that something is not right with her sister. I know she is blonde, but come on! She is being stupid.
Secondly, why didn’t the sisters’ father call for coop when he saw that Wyatt was missing? I know that he doesn’t want anyone magickal to be near Phoebe since she has already been through alot, but still.
I am glad that Leo is back. However, did he manage to get uglier or something? Maybe I am just used to looking at all the hotties that they have had on the show lately. Even that demon that asked the charmed ones to help him get rid of the Triad was HOTT!!
Why the hell did they let Phoebe & Paige die?? No offense, but I like them better then Piper. Piper can get pretty whiny at times.
Ok, so its too early in the morning to think!
