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Saturday, May 24, 2008
Yesterday
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Yesterday was a TERRIBLE day, including a shouting match in the drive-thru of Starbucks (I NEVER do that, but he almost hit my car!!!), whiny students and NO BREAK, Field Day in 90+ degree weather and Problem Child at full PC mode (and then he didn't get picked up till late because he's been kicked off the bus). I had thought a 3 day weekend at this time of year was ridiculous, but now I'm grateful for it.
I came home, had a glass of wine, which knocked me OUT, and I still went to bed at 10! Today is writing, writing, writing....and watching National Treasure 2 again.
Labels: school
Friday, May 23, 2008
Grey's Anatomy
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I really liked Grey's Anatomy's season finale. I liked Izzie and Bailey and Meredith's sister. I loved how Meredith gave Cristina the sparkle pager to get her mojo back. I knew when Alex was being so gentle with Rebecca that he must have done something like that before. Poor Alex. I wish they hadn't made Rebecca disturbed, though. I liked George and what the sister told him in the observation room. I LOVED the ending. I would have ended it like that. But you know, you KNOW how they're going to begin season five. You just have to know.
Field day today, from 12 to 2. Argh. I'm heading to the grocery store for sunscreen and popsicles, then going to get my mom since she needs a ride.
We're getting a roofing estimate Monday and I'm skeered.
Labels: Grey's Anatomy, TV
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
TV
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Another great review for Where There's Smoke! Where There’s Smoke Review
We got the TAKS results back yesterday and my kids did NOT do well in math. Over half of them failed. I'm so discouraged. We were working on Math like three hours a day. Only one failed the writing, though, and he's SPED and ESL.
It's been awhile since I blogged about TV, mostly because I spent last week watching the first season of Veronica Mars. WOW, what an addictive show. Seasons 2 and 3 are next on the queue. I loved the overarching mystery of Lily Kane, I loved VM's attitude and friendship with Wallace, I loved her belief her mom would come back, I loved her relationship with her dad, but I was absolutely intrigued by Logan Echolls. What a terrific character. I kind of see him and Alex Karev from Grey's having similar lives (though Alex wasn't wealthy, I don't think.) Very compelling stuff.
So I've only seen the last two episodes of Supernatural once. I'm not sure what I thought would happen, but every time they talk about a big battle, and then it's one demon against our boys...just different than I envisioned. I can't believe what happened to Dean, and while I was pleased Sam was able to fend off Lilith's attack, I keep thinking about the episode in Season One where he was locked in the closet and forced his way out with his mind to save Dean. And why didn't they ever pursue the story about Mary knowing the demon and her friends dying (which is actually being addressed in the Rising Son comics.)
I guess Men in Trees is done. Really, once Marin and Jack got together and the agent and Plow Guy moved to New York, what else was there to tell (though I loved Patrick working for the agent and making the office do things the friendly way). Still, will miss that gang.
NCIS has been saying for weeks one of their main characters would die and that happened last night during the two hour finale. That didn't shock or bother me as much as the very very end, which was similar to The Unit season finale last year. I wonder what will happen next year.
Grey's Anatomy is getting good again. Their season finale is tomorrow night.
Lost is good, but not as compelling as it used to be for me. Maybe when I don't have as much competition for my attention I can enjoy the season finale.
What TV shows have you been watching? Which season finales surprised you most?
Labels: Grey's Anatomy, Lost, Men in Trees, NCIS, Supernatural, TV, Veronica Mars
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
I Loved You the Minute I Saw You
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Where There's Smoke got another good review today. I've been pretty lucky. Where There’s Smoke review
Also, I got a Resolution from the State of Texas, recognizing me and my first two novels. Pretty cool and official looking.
I went to bed last night at 8:30 and got up at 5:30. 11 more days....
One of my pet peeves in romance is when you get to the end, the big "I love you" and one of the main characters says to the other, "I knew I loved you the minute I saw you," or something like that. I tried to figure out if I'm just grouchy, or why this bothers me so much. I think the reason it bothers me is that you've just had this story full of doubts and tribulations and worries, and dang it, if he loved her from the minute he saw her, what does all that middle stuff matter? Why did they have to go through those steps, why did they have a black moment? See, I think the journey they travel together is what makes them fall in love. My characters fall in love pretty quickly, because my books usually happen over a short amount of time. But they learn each other's strengths and weaknesses, and learn to accept each. The "I loved you the minute I saw you" line smacks too much of predestination, I guess, and while there is that in romance novels, it seems to weaken the lessons they learned on their journey together.
Thoughts?
Monday, May 19, 2008
La Nora
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First of all, I got another gushing review for Hot Shot: Hot Shot Review
I'm caught up on my BD goal but not STTA. I know what I want to write next, but it's just not coming out well.
Okay, so I'm listening to High Noon on my iPod and reading The Hollow, both Nora books. I have to say High Noon is AWESOME, one of her best stand-alones in a long time. There was this one scene...I couldn't believe she did what she did. I was in awe. BUT I've also been able to predict when some bad stuff is going to happen when she starts a scene in the POV of a person whose POV she hasn't used before. Big fat clue. I don't know if I pick up on it because I write, but immediately I knew that couldn't end well.
And then ending, well, it seems a bit of a coincidence, but I'm not done yet.
As for The Hollow, I LOVED Blood Brothers. LOVED it. As soon as I got The Hollow, I started reading it. But I'm having kind of the same issue with it that I had with the Morrigan's Cross trilogy. You've got 3 men and 3 women working together, 2 couples have already hooked up and you know that last guy and gal are thinking, "Uh-oh," or, "That's what's left?" I dunno. Fox is pretty beta, though he's got some dark spots in his past. And Layla's a waif, for want of a better word. Not my favorite combination. Still, I'm about 80 pages from the end.
What have you been reading lately? Or picking apart?
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Goals
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I don't know if it's being sick, or taking the medicine, or being the end of the year...I'm just really slow right now. I can't get anything done in a reasonable amount of time. The only accomplishment last week was watching the entire first season of Veronica Mars and getting to Bath and Body Works twice. And depositing my royalty check along with my last tutoring check.
This week:
1) manuscript paper back to WRP
2) newsletter
3) Something to Talk about to p. 270
4) BD revised to p. 110
5) SARA?
6) turn in grades
7) Field day
8) Grey's Anatomy Season Finale (I'm sure the ds will find a project to work on like he did during the last episode...grrr)
9) keep up house (I'm getting better about this)
Labels: goals
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Supernatural Season Finale TONIGHT
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Boy, I perked right up when I remembered that tonight is the season finale of SPN! I'd better nap when I come home, because I'll have to wait to watch it till after Lost....
I survived the field trip - the glass blowing museum was cool, but they had a glass turtle that cost MORE THAN MY CAR.
I don't have much going on for my monthly newsletter. Maybe I should skip it? Last month I had reviews and guest blogging. This month, just the Wayback news.
I'm still not very hungry. This can only be good. I actually was getting hungry last night at about 7:30, for the first time in almost a week.
14 more days of school....
Labels: Supernatural
