They Say What They Say

I must pry myself off the couch and jump into the shower because, OMG I have an ENORMOUS amount of housework to do today. That's what you get for hardly being home over the course of two weeks. Things build up and suddenly there's guests arriving tomorrow and you haven't cleaned the bathroom in ages!

I also want to cycle over to Ikea to buy a storage container thingie for my shoes. These days I keep my shoes in the boxes they came in, but I wasn't always that anal about them and used to just throw the boxes away, hence the tangle of footwear at the bottom of my wardrobe. I saw these containers in Ikea when I was there a couple of weeks ago and thought they'd be a good way to sort out the mess. They come in a pack of two so I can have one for boots and sneakers, and the other for everything else.

Last night I watched three episodes of Buffy; The Wish (first glimpse of Anya) Amends (always makes me cry, especially the scene with Buffy and Angel just before it starts snowing) and Gingerbread (Oz and Xander as so cute when they buddy up). I started watching Helpless with David Fury's commentary, but lord he's boring. I don't know if it's his method of delivery or the fact that he's got nothing particularly interesting to say, but I found myself nodding off about twenty minutes into the episode so I went to bed. I'll finish it today sans commentary.

Now I'm wishing TPTB would re-issue Sports Night on DVD, complete with commentary tracks from Aaron and various cast members. And behind the scenes stuff as well. I'd love to see some of the takes from when Josh and Peter were laughing so hard it would take them an hour to shoot one thirty second scene. It'd be worth have two copies of the series just for that.

I must pry myself off the couch and jump into the shower because, OMG I have an ENORMOUS amount of housework to do today. That's what you get for hardly being home over the course of two weeks. Things build up and suddenly there's guests arriving tomorrow and you haven't cleaned the bathroom in ages!

I also want to cycle over to Ikea to buy a storage container thingie for my shoes. These days I keep my shoes in the boxes they came in, but I wasn't always that anal about them and used to just throw the boxes away, hence the tangle of footwear at the bottom of my wardrobe. I saw these containers in Ikea when I was there a couple of weeks ago and thought they'd be a good way to sort out the mess. They come in a pack of two so I can have one for boots and sneakers, and the other for everything else.

Last night I watched three episodes of Buffy; The Wish (first glimpse of Anya) Amends (always makes me cry, especially the scene with Buffy and Angel just before it starts snowing) and Gingerbread (Oz and Xander as so cute when they buddy up). I started watching Helpless with David Fury's commentary, but lord he's boring. I don't know if it's his method of delivery or the fact that he's got nothing particularly interesting to say, but I found myself nodding off about twenty minutes into the episode so I went to bed. I'll finish it today sans commentary.

Now I'm wishing TPTB would re-issue Sports Night on DVD, complete with commentary tracks from Aaron and various cast members. And behind the scenes stuff as well. I'd love to see some of the takes from when Josh and Peter were laughing so hard it would take them an hour to shoot one thirty second scene. It'd be worth have two copies of the series just for that.

My Twitch City DVDs have arrived and are currently being held hostage by the delivery company because I wasn't here to sign for them when they came by my flat in the middle of the working day! Don't they realise what they're depriving me of? Callum as Newbie, one of the most seriously cute characters to grace our TV screens next to Johnny Johannsson, who was also played by Callum!

In other fanish news, phoebesmum reports that wee!Josh is working again, with two new projects listed on his profile. And The West Wing finally returned to Australian TV screens last night, with the first two episodes of the sixth season. Oh how I've missed you, Jed and Leo, Josh and Toby, Donna and CJ!

I am currently watching Fortunes of War, a BBC miniseries made in the late 80's and featuring a very young (and yet to be married) Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson as Guy and Harriet Pringle, with an even younger (and still relatively cute) Rupert Graves as Simon. I watched it on the ABC many years ago, so when I was trawling around IMDB looking for something to buy that didn't star either Callum Keith Rennie, Paul Gross, or Josh Charles I remembered how much I enjoyed it and got the entire series from amazon for the princely sum of $US17.00 including postage and handling. I do love a good BBC costume drama and think I'll get Brideshead Revisited next, because who can resist a good bit of unrequited love between pretty boys?

My Twitch City DVDs have arrived and are currently being held hostage by the delivery company because I wasn't here to sign for them when they came by my flat in the middle of the working day! Don't they realise what they're depriving me of? Callum as Newbie, one of the most seriously cute characters to grace our TV screens next to Johnny Johannsson, who was also played by Callum!

In other fanish news, phoebesmum reports that wee!Josh is working again, with two new projects listed on his profile. And The West Wing finally returned to Australian TV screens last night, with the first two episodes of the sixth season. Oh how I've missed you, Jed and Leo, Josh and Toby, Donna and CJ!

I am currently watching Fortunes of War, a BBC miniseries made in the late 80's and featuring a very young (and yet to be married) Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson as Guy and Harriet Pringle, with an even younger (and still relatively cute) Rupert Graves as Simon. I watched it on the ABC many years ago, so when I was trawling around IMDB looking for something to buy that didn't star either Callum Keith Rennie, Paul Gross, or Josh Charles I remembered how much I enjoyed it and got the entire series from amazon for the princely sum of $US17.00 including postage and handling. I do love a good BBC costume drama and think I'll get Brideshead Revisited next, because who can resist a good bit of unrequited love between pretty boys?

I just bought Whale Music, the second (third?) movie Paul Gross and Maury Chaykin made together on DVD. I've read the novel by Paul Quarrinigton (who worked on a couple of due South scripts and also penned Men With Brooms with Paul) so it'll interesting to see how it translates to film, especially since Paul's character in the book wasn't very nice at all, while Maury's was an absolute loon and ran around naked for a lot of the time. Mmm, naked Maury Chaykin; now that's something to look forward to.

I just bought Whale Music, the second (third?) movie Paul Gross and Maury Chaykin made together on DVD. I've read the novel by Paul Quarrinigton (who worked on a couple of due South scripts and also penned Men With Brooms with Paul) so it'll interesting to see how it translates to film, especially since Paul's character in the book wasn't very nice at all, while Maury's was an absolute loon and ran around naked for a lot of the time. Mmm, naked Maury Chaykin; now that's something to look forward to.