Long time, no write

I'll start with TV.  The fall season has finally started, and the DVR is busy busy busy.

The Originals on CW is DELICIOUS!  Finally, a new vampire series for adults.  I watch The Vampire Diaries, but I'm usually annoyed by the teenage angst.  And Elena.  Even when she was bad, she was incredibly annoying.  The main reason I watch is Damon (Ian Somerholder).  He's hot, he's funny, and he has an honest soul...he's true to himself.  I never understood the Stephan character being the main love interest because I don't find him the least bit attractive.  Same for Robert Pattinson (Twilight).  I'd like to see Damon crossover to New Orleans sometimes.  Without Elena.  That would be cool.

I will add The Originals to the Library when it's released on DVD.  I really hope they include the episodes from The Vampire Diaries that told of their origins.  This family of original vampires is fascinating and sexy.  And no, TVD has not and will not be added to the Library.

BTW, what is it about Louisiana and New Orleans that's so attractive to supernatural beings?  True Blood is there, Anne Rice's vampires and witches are there.  I believe there are more I can't think of right now.

Also looking forward to the Dracula series.  Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been a crush since August Rush, which is one of my favorite flicks.  I'm not really into period pieces, so I didn't follow The Tudors, but I did watch a little to see JRM.  I think he'll make a perfectly sexy vampire.

Not sure how I feel about Once Upon A Time In Wonderland, yet.  I'm glad that Once Upon A Time seems to have returned to the original concept this season.  That being the twisted retelling of fairy tales, and weekly back stories.  It got a little unnecessary and boring in season 2.   So far, I don't see that with In Wonderland.  It looks a lot like every other version of it.  I guess it will be told, but I'm confused by the Red Queen.  We know that Cora (Regina's mother) was the Queen of Hearts, so who is the Red Queen?  One character I was hoping to see In Wonderland was the The Mad Hatter.  I loved him in Once.  He's been mentioned as being gone for a long time.  Was he really and truly killed?  We know that doesn't always mean anything.

I do like a couple twists in Wonderland, so hopefully that sort of thing will continue.  Like Peter Pan.  What a fantastic, sinister version of him, and the actor is perfect.  Tinkerbell as a fallen fairy was unexpected.  Don't care for the nightmarish Cheshire Cat, isn't he supposed to be benevolent?  And how come the White Rabbit wasn't human when he went to Real World?  That's one of the things that make it look like every other version of the story.

Actually, as I reread what I just wrote there, I realize I'm confusing the 2 series.  Yeah, that's the problem with Once Upon A Time In Wonderland.  They shouldn't have run the story lines at the same time.  How can this be happening in Once Upon A Time at the same time?  Is In Wonderland actually the back story for what's happening in Once?

Haven (Syfy) is back.  I'm so hooked on this one.  Last season was outstanding as we learned more about Audrey and the Barn.  I just wish her love interest was Duke instead of Nathan.  I really don't care for Nathan (like Stephan).  Duke on the other hand is like Damon...a sexy, funny, honest soul.

Sleepy Hollow is cool!  So is The Blacklist.  I love me some James Spader!  Look up some of his early movies, he was pretty hot when he was young, and had surfer boy hair to die for.  Boston Legal is when I fell in love with him, and I watch the reruns whenever they come around.

A series I thought would just go one season apparently is going for a second.  Under The Dome.  In the first few episodes, we wondered, is this the government or aliens?  I ran across a reference on Facebook to the Stephen King novel it's based on, and went a-googling, and found spoilers.  I don't hate spoilers, sometimes I just really want to know.  The drama was getting in the way of my knowing!  Turns out it's aliens.  It looks like the series is pretty true to the book, but I think they could have wrapped it up in one season.

Another series getting in my way is Revolution.  I want to know more about the nano-tech, and the how and why of it, but there's all that fuckin fighting going on.  I actually fast-forward through a lot of it.  It's boring and doesn't interest me.  Tell more story, less unnecessary action.

Pretty annoyed with the Powers That Be.  Dish Network is in dispute with the company that controls CBS in my area, and I'm not getting it at all.  I think Dish owes me some credit.  I'm paying extra for local network channels, and the Hopper (which I also pay for) is specifically designed for the 4 networks.  Luckily, there aren't that many shows on CBS that I miss, but there are some.  Sure hope I can catch up in reruns when they finally get it worked out.  If this dispute has anything to do with the lawsuit against Dish for the auto-hop feature, I say let it go.  I don't need this if it will end up costing me.  Still got the FF and skip buttons on the remote, and that's good enough.  Auto-hop only works on the 4 networks during prime time anyways.

What else?

I feel embarrassed to be an American these days.  We are supposed to be the most powerful and enlightened country in the world, and look at us.  I imagine the rest of the world is laughing at us, and our enemies are rubbing their hands in delight as they watch us bicker and implode.   It's just too sad.

Warning...here's my inner hippie coming out.  Why must we always be at war?  We are, you know.  When we don't have a real war we make one up.  War on Terrorism, War on Drugs, War on Christmas.  Really?  It's like we need War to define our place in the world.  We don't need a War on Terrorism because there are already laws against it.  War on Drugs, well, we know that's a bust (pun intended).  War on Christmas, ok, that's just plain silly, but the media made it a thing.

I admit I don't follow things that closely.  I just get so bored and annoyed with the media going on and on about shit to the point that it makes no sense at all.  But it seems to me the ones who are crying that Obama (the Democrats) is destroying the constitution have forgotten what the Republicans would do to it.  Sure, you'd get to keep your guns and your wars, but you'll lose personal freedoms to the conservative (religious) agenda.  To my eye, Republicans are Big Business, and Democrats are the Common Man.  Which one are you?

And again I ask.  Why are there parties in the first place?  I should look that up.  Just when did the Parties form, and who formed them?  How, when, and why were those lines drawn?


Good morning.