September 2009 Archives

TV is being good to me this week. Castle has started up again, and the premiere was the usual snark-filled romp of unresolved sexual tension and unlikely epiphanies. It's not exactly demanding television, but it's quite enjoyable. Rather like Murder, She Wrote, which aside from sharing a premise, was equally undemanding and enjoyable.

I also caught the series premiere of The Forgotten. It's been a while since I've seen Christian Slater in anything, so it's nice to see him getting work again. I still have a soft spot for him from Heathers. It's a little hard to accept him as the altruist hero, though. Something about his voice is just too naturally sarcastic to make it believable. The voiceover from the dead person might get annoying if they keep it up in every episode, but it was interesting enough for me to want to see a few more episodes. Dollhouse is starting up again tonight as well and I'm looking forward to it.


We've got the new guy at work, who apparently used to work for my previous employer (although well before they started going down the tubes). We'll have to see how he works out.

What an exciting September it's been: we let someone go at work, meaning my schedule is probably going to change in a few months as we're also losing someone to maternity leave in February. There's been much rearranging Chez Poivre, and moving a 250 pound bookcase around is not as much fun as it sounds, let me tell you. The aforementioned friend from Montreal moved in last weekend (he is the only person in the entire world who doesn't work for Greyhound but still managed to take eight hours to drive to Toronto from Montreal, meaning he arrived at roughly 11 pm and then unpacking ensued). To top it all off was a night of drunken Socratic method-style discussion with alt.milan that started with a passing comment on Justin Trudeau and then wandered extensively, prior to a trip to Niagara-on-the-lake to visit Boyfriend's mother.

I am safely home again, post-D&D, and have just spent the last 40 minutes placating Needycat with wiggly bits of string. He gets extremely needy when I'm away.

Hi Ryan!