My heart goes out to those who have been impacted by the horrible attacks in India. I can't imagine the terror of having been on one of those trains when the bombs went off.
I'm so glad that there is a water cooler that isn't far from my office. By the time I walked from my parked car to the office where I work I was already feeling so dehydrated. Summer is always tough on my system. One of the reasons I have to have air conditioning. As it is in my little cubical/cubby I sit next to one of the A/C vents, and thank god for that! I'm a little jealous of Tigs for how cold they keep her office. It makes me want to move to Alaska.
ReviewsDesperate Housewives - Season 1
I didn't expect to like this show as much as I do. The writing is remarkably well done, the acting is fantastic, and in some ways it is very campy. It's narrated by the neighbor who killed herself in the first episode, and the choice of camera angles, dialogue, and acting makes it a fun and funny show. The best part though is that things change! Characters grow, develop, and suffer the consequences of their actions. A major character was murdered at the end of the first season, and another wasn't, and I am actually curious to see how that will play out.
The other surprise was how the characters I didn't like at the beginning of the show, the antagonists really, grew on me. The show brought us into their lives, showed us the choices they made, and made them at least understandable and even made them likeable!
The 1900 HouseThis was the first in a line of BBC & PBS reality TV shows. Taking a family (or a group of families) and having them live in the era in question, remaining as accurate as possible to the historical record of how people lived. This first show took an English family, and put them in a house remodeled to have gas lights, a coal stove, no electricity, no tv, no radio, and all of the foods and clothing that a middle class family of the time would wear. This was a very short show, considering that they were in the house for months. It was interesting watching them learn to cook and clean, to deal with boredom, deal with having a maid (once they hired one) shaving with a straight razor... and all the while learning about the time they were living in.
Frontier HouseThis time PBS and the BBC brings us to Montana and the homesteading that was taking place. 3 families were picked for this series; a black man (Nate) and his father (who would leave when Nate's fiancée arrived), a rich California family, and a family from Tennessee.
Nate's story was that he was a poor free black who was moving west for a better life. He would have to build his home when he arrived.
The family from Tennessee was not as rich but managed to buy an existing home and moved right in.
The California family was rich, and had hired some workers to help build their house. When they arrived it was half built.
The most interesting aspect was the dynamic between the 3 families, as they struggled with hard work, lack of food, and harsh weather. In addition you had one family's internal breakdown between husband and wife, and another's "illegal" actions, and the play between those two families.
If I say anymore on this I might spoil it for you, but the final goal for the families was to see if they had done enough, gathered enough, and worked hard and smart enough to survive the winter.
Boston Legal – Season 1 Disk 1
I caught a bit of this show at my Aunt Kim's house a couple of visits back, and last time I borrowed the boxed set. There is really only one character who I much care about, but several others who I am amused by. I will admit that the biggest reason for wanting to watch the show is because of several of the actors in it, including: William Shatner, Rene Auberjonois, Candice Bergen, and at the end of season 2 Jeri Ryan. I'm going to give it a few more episodes before making up my mind on it.
Failure to LaunchFluff, but fun and funny fluff. The basic idea, for those who don't know, is that there are guys, who into their 30's are still living with their parents, and have no problem with that fact. The parents of one of the families hire a woman who specializes in such cases, and works to get the guys to move out. It was kind of like Hitch, so if you enjoyed that movie you will probably enjoy Failure to Launch.
During my lunch break I called Games Workshop back, and the interview is scheduled for Friday afternoon, so I'll be taking a 3/4 day.
It is now 3:10 , and I have done all the work I had to do. I expect more to arrive within the next couple of minutes, but for now, this is all I have to work on. I spoke too soon! Here's work!
3:40 - Well, that didn't take too long to do...
I've been working on painting again, which you all know. The last couple of days I have spent a lot of time sorting, bagging, and tagging my unpainted miniatures. I had several small diamond boxes of miniatures I haven't done anything with yet. Being tight on space as we are, I decided to open all those minis, take them out of their packages, and put them in ziplock sandwich bags. I reduced 3 boxes of minis to a single box. It also helps to take things off the sprews. There is lots of wasted space on sprews. I still have some more to do at the house, and some more boxes with minis at Kim's. It's truly a scary amount of minis. One problem I've run into is that I am just about out of places to keep my finished minis. I don't want to just toss them into bags, so I need more figure cases. Or at least shelf space to display them until I have to move again. However, seeing how expensive mini cases are, I am going to look into making my own. I'll probably buy the foam for them, but for the case itself I'm going to try to sew cases like the Army Transport Cases, but in thick canvas rather then plastic.
I am currently working on Shaffer's Last Chancers, which are basically the Dirty Dozen in 40K. The team is made up of convicts who were given the choice to either serve and fight in suicidal missions or be put to death. They are some of the more colorful miniatures that GW has made for the Imperial Guard.
I've also decided that when I start working on my Brettonian army, the theme is going to be the crew of the Next Generation on a holodeck adventure! And yes, that will include both Worf and Data! If I do a display base, it will include a little of the black and yellow grid, as well as the Arch. :-) Geeky hua? But I think I'll enjoy working on that more then I would just doing a straight Brettonian force.
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