Now forget me Rose Tyler

"Nice to meet you Rose. Run for your life."

In the midst of the David Tennant nostalgia I'm reminded why I loved Chris Eccelston's 9th Doctor. He was mad and childish and unpredictable and (my favorite bit) quite scary at bits. Remember the first time you watched "Dalek" and there he was all murderous and crazy hissing at the Dalek? I love that part of the Doctor. To me Doctor Who will always be slightly insane and menacing (keep in mind I grew up with my father's re-telling of Tom Baker episodes).

Don't get me wrong, I loved, love, Tennant but I wanted more menace out of him. I can't imagine anyone else as 10 and he is an incredible actor but 9 was so necessary, so great for the relaunch. And I do love that the Doctor is consistently egotistical. Brilliant.

Re-watch season one, especially "Rose" because early Jackie Tyler is hilarious and seeing Rose & Mickey is kind of sweet. I feel bad for Mickey suddenly. From boyfriend to tin dog... And when the Doctor flips (literally) through a book and says "oh sad ending" terrific.

Random note: years from now I will still be trying the whole Rose Tyler tounge & teeth thing and looking not sexy but idiotic. Damn you, Billie Piper!

Random note 2: I have my great-grandfather's pocket watch in a display case on my bookshelf and every time I see it (nearly) I think "some say the soul of a Timelord can be contained in a fob watch." I drank that kool-aid...

And so Birthday Week Begins

In an effort to ward off the birthday angst (not to be confused with the Thanksgiving pissiness or Mother's/Father's Day irked-ness) I'm bringing back Birthday Week. As a very small child I had four parties. It was a freakin' Jewish holiday it lasted so many days. Not big or lavish parties, but a lot of 'em. A lot of people and cakes and happiness.

So Bday Week begins tonight with"Rock of Ages" which I know is silly but everyone says it's super fun. And Tom Lenk is in it and it should be crazy-fun. Just the kind of thing to kick things off.

Meanwhile it's super-cold here (another thing that effs with my birthday-ness--February in south Texas is warmish, rather delightful, and flower-filled). The weekend has been not-so-productive but full of British tv--watched my way through Hotel Babylon & Primeval. Today pre-show I'm watching Lifetime (Lying to Be Perfect- delighftul) and going to hit the farmer's market so there will be potato soup later. Yay Yay.

Meanwhile.... Happy My Birthday Week to all of you!

Dear television:

I'm never been a big fan of angels. (Partially because birds freak me out & partially because my mother watched Touched by an Angel. Yikes). But watching this week's Demons on BBCA, where this kid thinks she sees angels it occurs to me that there's a lot more that TV did to freak me about Angels.

• Angel. 'nuff said. (you guessed it, I'm a Spuffy)
• Of course the beloved Dr. Who episode Blink

And of course good old Warren, but I guess that's more comics and my inherent bent towards class warfare more than tv... but I think he appeared on the animated show and let's face it, he's no Gambit. Oh poor rich boy... you're so conflicted... (yes, I have the same issue with Wolverine occasionally. Give me a rags to riches or thief story any day).

So in conclusion: Angels are laaame.

in which i am filled with cranky & indesicion

# 4 reason while i will miss Eastwick: playing 'guess the set.' because it's filmed the gilmore girls' stars hollow. sigh.

november is my favorite month (sans thanksgiving) but i've been filled with angst usually reserved for my birthday. first because i've got a houseguest with an undetermined stay-length (we're good friends... i love her, but as an introvert with a studio apt... oy).

second because i'm sTiLl trying to decide whether or not to go back to tx for the holidays. It makes sense--it's a little thing, there are non-family people i wouldn't mind seeing but it doesn't feel right. I should make a stand. It wouldn't be good for me to go back. I need to stay and work on my thesis, and watch effing Dr. Who on BBCA. Psychologically it might be for the best to stay here. But two other families (one in MI, one in VA) have also invited me over. And I feel like I can't go there without insulting my family. Ugh. I keep going back and forth on this issue but need to make up my mind because it's effing Dec. I need to buy tickets or mail presents. Sigh sigh sigh. True, i wouldn't stay long in TX... but my first alone Xmas? Possibly with snow?? Wacky fun peeps.

character actors and post-nuke-life

oh Gregg Henry, you're on every show. And thus every show that i love... Firefly, Gilmore Girls, now Glee... good times.

Can we talk about how good the Guild is? Really. This last ep (#11) is fab. Go Codex!!

watching Criminal Minds (because my innerself is 50...)--if what that brain guy in the beginning saying is true than I am home free--I won't be a serial killer because I have like no seratonin in my brain (thanks migraines and depression). I also won't be a serial killer because i a) don't care enough about anyone b) that seems like a lot of work and c) though misanthropic really wouldn't hurt anyone else. I'm quite happy here in my little cocoon.

watching Jericho (thanks netflix) makes me want to buy a gun and stock up on canned foods. Seriously.

Community. Good. Watch It.

I haven't talked about it yet, but i 'm so into Community (on NBC). Mostly cos my bff is in C.C. and says it's too close for comfort and cos I spend Thursdays too drunk to blog.

Meanwhile, I've been watching the Soup forever and totally love Joel McHale.

Community is good stuff (as long as you're not in a sitch like it). And infintntely funnier if you watch it drunk.

Thank you.

(P.S.: Hot Robin Hood, actors who were Arrested Development, Chevy Chase, "sizzle and the steak" and that guy who plays Abed are awesome personified).

A giant post about tv

Everyone's jumping in with their post-mortem Dollhouse thoughts. Since I am a devote Whedonite, I can't help but join the noise:

it wasn't perfect but it was intriguing and really getting good. Did it deserve to die? Maybe, I guess, just by the numbers and whatnot but let's be honest, even if you loved it, didn't you fear this from the beginning? It was doomed from the start and Eliza (I loved you as Faith and even highly enjoyed Tru Calling) wasn't all that. Mostly I am sad for Dichen and Enver who were rockin' it out.

That rant ended let's move on to the other cancellation I care about: Eastwick. I hated the movie, loved the book, and the show was a fun guilty pleasure. I'll admit to mostly loving it because of Paul Gross (who plays Daryl Van Horn) because I love love loved him in Due South when I was a kid. He's been really good. It's a fun show. So I'm sad to lose that.

Meanwhile, the latest ep of The Guild is fabulous. I've been loving Vork all season and now he's back as guild leader (and on Glee! In the best ep yet!!!) so I'm psyched.

So it's only Wednesday and it's both a tragic (oh Joss) and terrific (yay laura on ANTM!) week for TV. We are blessed with riches American viewers. Seriously.

at this juncture i am...

ready for Samhain.
can't stop watching Ewok Gospel on youtube for some reason
relishing in the bruce campbell goodness of an Evil Dead marathon
glad that Natalie Morales is on something (white collar) but sad that it just wasn't the Dubby we all know & love. suckage.
getting used to a new computer (Mac) (!)
prepared to ignore the crazy parade which will be outside my flat tonight
loving the cat who is sprawled at my feet, giant belly in the air
committed to doing NaNoWriMo but still so conflicted/connected to my other novels in progress
weird dreams obviously influenced by that days' tv watching make me feel unoriginal
have committed to my thesis and my thesis but not a group. am nervous and icky feeling about all of this
hoping to hit the museum tomorrow. i love sundays in central park. plus the beginning of my favourite month. so good on that.

almost Samhain

LJ's nickname of the week for me is Barbara Gordon (note: she doesn't say Batgirl or even Oracle...) which i think is her way of saying in the world of superheroes I'm charmingly vanilla. I don't mind. I do look like her kind of. And I've been thinking of dyeing my hair reddish lately (Note: I have never dyed my hair), but I think this is a whim like wanting to buy a juicer or a wii.

I know I talked about Sanctuary the other day, but it keeps rankling: 1st of all, I'm pretty certain Ash's alive. I think everyone is. They weren't very convincing about the whole 'she's dead' thing. And 2nd, I keep coming back to this: the first season was highly enjoyable. But it was the early episodes, the everyday workings of the institution that attracted me. I dig the everyday. But soon they dug into this interesting but with harsh consequences for the building/mundane story arc. And I miss the unusual-usual-ness of everything else.

Just finished watching "Reaper" (L's been doing "Birds of Prey" which I think explains the BG moniker)--fun. I would follow it as a comic but I don't feel the need to own the DVDs. Is this my innate fear of Ray Wise (thanks David Lynch) or new-found recoiling from anything theological?

Meanwhile, have a safe and fruitful Samhain and Marvel Fest for those in the NYC area!

LJ goes all psychotherapist on me

It's never been a secret that I disliked Stacy on House (hated, is more accurate, though I admit it's a baseless kind of hate--she didn't hurt him, she was nothing but nice). And on Sanctuary I have been stridently anti-Clara (though for the record I did not want her to die).

Clara's death brought up this conversation with LJ:
L: You just don't want Will to be happy because he thinks he needs you!
Me: Not me, I'm not fictional.
L: Someone like you then.
Me: He and Magnus totally need to hook up. She's like the ultimate cougar. There's always been a spark there.
L: And she's a surrogate for you. You identifiy with Magnus, not Clara or Ashley, so you want the object of your affection--Will--to have her/you.

Does this mean I see myself as Cuddy? Or is it just an affect of writing--the Powers That Be want whichever characters together and so we're influenced in that way. Or if you listen to LJ, because I identify with Veronica Mars I want her to hook up with Logan as my surrogate because I think he's hot. She might be onto something, but I don't know if it really tracks until we find minor characters to use the theory on. Major characters are too dictated by writers/producers and hype.

Random thoughts

Glee (which I love) is single-handedly reviving the high-heeled shoe industry. Seriously. Watch the numbers where the cheerleaders dance. Creepy.

I'm all for ANTM giving props to short girls, but the thing is they keep saying 5'7" is a tiny girl. I realize it is for models, but geez, find another way to insult petites... I'm 5'4" and it's a little uncomfortable to watch. I kind of prefer it when they were all "either gain weight or loose weight." Seriously.

LJ's Quotes of the week:

• "If you put a glass of vodka in my hand and put mustard on it, I'll eat anything."
• "Watching porn makes me want to work out. Like I'm too fat for even my fallback.... being a stripper"

Last thing: Was I the only one who cringed when that girl put the shoe on the table on this week's Next Top Model? Is it a Southern thing or just an old-fashioned thing that it's bad luck to put shoes on the table & hats on the bed. (Note: also unsanitary. Keep your shoe crap off the tabletop)