I'm still slogging my way through Prospero Regained by Jagi Lamplighter. (Apparently, her husband is an LJ user? I looked up her book and came upon his blog here).  This is the last in the Prospero's Daughter trilogy, and I've been having the hardest time finishing it. I've had it for over 6 weeks now and I'm still on page 300.  I think it's mostly to do with the fact that they're trudging through hell - literally - and it's a bit exhausting to read.  I'm hoping to finish it up so I can move on to other things. 
 
I was going to read Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy next, but after seeing the movie, I think I'll read something else instead.  I liked the movie, but it was so slowly dramatic and ploddingly paced that I feel like I've had my fill of Tinker Tailor for the time being. (By the way, for Sherlock fans - Benedict Cumberbatch's character was great!)  My next book will probably be Anno Dracula, a novel about...well, Dracula.  It looks like a more interesting and thoughtful take on the vampire genre, so I guess we'll see how that goes.

Haven't watched the latest Sherlock yet, but my friends who did see it said it was quite good.  Can't wait to finally catch up with it!
 
Project Runway: All Stars will start airing on the 5th, which I'm very excited about!
 
I saw Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol the other week, and I actually kind of loved it.  I have to admit, I do like Tom Cruise sometimes, even if he is kind of whack.  He didn't take himself too seriously in this movie, which is what made it so enjoyable. There was a bit of slap stick thrown into the action (which was amazing, by the way). And his teammates were probably the best I've seen so far in the MI series.  Guy-who-played-Scottie on Star Trek (the new movie) was so funny! Loved him.  Of course, I will never understand the villains who are all "I'm gonna set off nuclear weapons for no reason at all," but I suppose the crazy is part of the scariness of it?
 
In comparison, Tinker Tailor was a much more cerebral and thoughtful movie, one where you had to pay attention and get intellectually invested.  The slow camera work was actually quite well done, and when it panned deliberately over the four dudes, they ALL began to look guilty to you, lol.  I kind of dozed off in the middle somewhere though.  It's not a movie for everyone. After it ended, my brother remarked, "That two hours of my life I'm never getting back."  I didn't think it was that bad!
 
And okay, I'll admit it...I watched this year's Kouhaku music show, even though it sucks year after year and I always declare that I'm not wasting anymore of my time.  My whole family sat down and watched it, though we spent most of the time fast forwarding through each number.  Lady Gaga made an appearance via satellite, which was kind of amusing.  There were actually some high points, which included Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi (after he finally shut the hell up and started singing) and the cracktastic Hikawa Kiyoshi, who came out in this dazzling Mariachi outfit and jiggled his hips like I dunno what (You can check out his video here - it's not from the Kouhaku, but you get the idea!).  And actually, I kinda loved Ashida Mana and her co-star, who sang Maru Maru Mori Mori.  It was so adorable!   

And finally, in fandom news...you must check out this fabulous Gojun/Tenpou/Kenren fic that 7veilsphaedra wrote for me for the theme "Year of the Dragon": King Goujun Wishes to Express His Gratitude and Appreciation... It's fabulous.  Rated NC-17.

I've actually kind of struggled a bit with cases for my iPhone 4. I initially got a clear one, which was one of those free ones that Apple offered to placate their customers after the antenna placement fiasco. That one cracked. Then I got an adorable "Alice in a Funny World" case with art by Shinzi Katoh...but then the picture on it faded. =( I did a long and tedious search for a new case, and finally decided to do the "design your own" thing with Case-mate. So here it is!

There's something just incredibly sexy about Tenpou splayed out all over his books. This case is pretty slim compared to my old ones, but I'm quite pleased with it. The ink looks like it's really etched in there, so hopefully it won't be fading any time soon!

Thank you to rroselavy, kispexi2, maeran, helliongoddess, despina_moon, theskywasblue, jedishampoo and sharpeslass for your lovely Christmas cards! My room looks so festive now. X)

I finally got all my cards done yesterday, and put them in the post this afternoon. Hopefully they'll reach everyone soon! (^__^)/

This weekend I finally caught up with Next Iron Chef, just in time for the season finale on Sunday.

( Spoilers! )

As for things going on personally...not a whole lot of new developments.  Just the usual work and play.  Last week I went to see Tori Amos with twentystitches, which was pretty darn awesome.  She had a string quartet with her, which was kinda cool.  But I have to say, I wasn't a huge fan of the first violin.  He was just SO loud!  And there was a lot of dissonance, though I guess that's the way it is with contemporary string music?  Anyway, it was really cool to see her live again.  It was great to see Tans too, but we were both so exhausted.  Who holds concerts on a Monday night, anyway?
 
Though speaking of Monday night concerts, I'm going to one tonight as well.  It's for a band called Pink Martini, which I'd only vaguely heard about.  Some friends wanted to go, and it's supposed to be a holiday concert, so I thought it might be fun.  They're apparently touring with a Japanese singer named Yuki Saori.  My parents are fans, but I don't know her music either. XD;;
 
I guess the biggest event in the last few weeks is, I went to my friend's wedding in Baltimore. It was a two day affair, a lavish Indian wedding complete with garba (a dancing celebration), the groom's procession on a horse, several hours long Hindu ceremony, followed by an all day gap before cocktails and reception dinner.  Needless to say, it was an exhausting weekend, but full of fun and lots of great food.  My friend the bride got me a beautiful sari from India, pictured here.  It's a gorgeous shade of green with fabulous gold and green sequins ALL OVER.  I was blinged out like a Bollywood star.  Loved it.

First of all, THANK YOU to kedi_kedi, rachel_reicheru and velvetina_wonka for your lovely Christmas cards!!  Aah, I envy you for being so on top of it!  I meant to get some of them out this weekend, but I ended up writing...zero.  However, I did print out all the addresses and return labels, so I'm pretty much good to go. I'm hoping to at least get all the international ones out this week. 
 
Holiday time is actually one I rather enjoy, and it's always kind of fun to go to holiday events and concerts.    The shopping part can be fun sometimes too, but ever since my disasterous gift giving of last year (everybody returned everything. Actually no, I had to return it all FOR them, which seems kind of messed up, but I did get it all online...), I've been kind of bitter about the whole process and just wanna get it over with as soon as possible.  It doesn't help that my brother keeps sending me links for gift ideas for himself for ridiculous items like a $10,000 watch, a $4,000 chair and a $5,000 set of speakers.  NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
 
Anyway, aside from the holiday cards and shopping...last weekend, I went to my friend's Christmas concert (he plays second violin in a local orchestra), which was a lot of fun.  Later this week, I have two holiday parties, a Christmas tea and a (actually non-holiday related) birthday happy hour.  Somehow, everything happens all at once.

I've been watching Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, season 2, and I'm enjoying it thoroughly.  I had my suspicions last year, wondering if they could really judge art in this manner, but I think it's just a fun show to watch. I was actually sorry to see The Sucklord go, even though his art was kind of amateur.  He was just a ridic and utterly amusing character to watch.  I thought last week's "Sell Out" episode wasn't very good though, if only because it did what last season's Project Runway kept doing, to fatal effect: combining challenges that don't go together.
 
I'm really behind on Top Chef: Texas.  I guess it's not as super impressive so far as I expected, but I will catch up eventually. The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs has been pretty cool though, even if I was kind of skeptical that Spike equalifies as a Super Chef...  I'm a few eps behind there as well, but I'm looking forward to catching up.
 
Meanwhile... New Game of Thrones trailer is out!  See it here at EW.  I'm so excited!
 
Downton Abbey Christmas special is coming up soon too, but to be honest, I was sorely disappointed by the last season.  There was just too much darkness and melodrama and even though I know Downton has always been a little wacky, some of the storylines were just so absurdly soap operatic that I was rolling my eyes.  Honestly, I WANT Mary to end up with Carlisle at this point, if only because he's so much more interesting than mopey doe eyed Matthew.
 
Merlin is finally getting a little interesting, and maybe it's almost breaking out of its cyclic same story thing it's been suffering through for the past few seasons.  Queen Anis's episode was pretty awesome, and she was such a kickass character!  It's a shame it was only an episodic appearance.

First off, Happy Birthday to girl_dissolving! And Happy Belated Birthdays to red_squared, ssjbento and _sabriel. I've probably missed a few others...I keep seeing birthday posts around my flist, but I've failed to note them all! (;___;) Anyway, hurrah for birthdays! I feel like this is a very busy time of year for birthdays...lots of my friends have August and September birthdays..

Speaking of birthdays, I was amused to see that on my official "Song of Ice and Fire" wall calendar, they have "George R. R. Martin's Birthday" noted - it's September 20. I like this calendar, but I'm not very impressed by September's artwork - Casterly Rock. I always imagined the place a little grander than this, since it's the home of House Lannister, who are supposed to be pretty filthy rich. The art makes it look like...well, a giant rock. With a rather phallic looking tower sticking up at the top. Haha. I think there should be more Castlely and less Rock.

Second season is coming! I'm so SO very excited. Part of me is kind of worried that it'll be depressing, what with the war and everything. But I'm hoping that the characters will pull through and keep it lively and fun nevertheless. I'm sad that Matthew will be bringing in a new love interest, because I really did think he'd end up with Mary. Maybe he still might?? I was surprised to discover that this is a minority opinion, amongst my friends. They all *hate* Mary!

I dunno, she's done a lot of things she shouldn't have, but I don't understand why they find her so unsympathetic. I think the actress does a fabulous job showing all Mary's vulnerabilities and complexities. She's definitely one of my favorite characters.

Season 2 preview is available here, and first episodoe trailer is here. ♥

Ridiculous "Avant Garde" episode produced so much fug, none of it remotely avant garde, except for Bert's, surprisingly enough.

I am so utterly unimpressed by this season so far. Too much drama and not enough beauty. I feel like cranky Nina Garcia, demanding to see something fabulous!! Gorgeous fashion...where is it??

⇒ Pyramid Car! - Artwork by Scott C. I kinda love the quirky little style he has with his art. This link goes to his pop art, and my favorites are further down the page, featuring various cartoon, movie, and comic book characters engaged in funny activities like Slip and Slides and ping pong.

⇒ Tiny World in a Bottle - These are so cute! He sells them on etsy..

⇒ Alexander McQueen's Savage Beauty Exhibit - My colleague went to see this exhibit when it was at the Met in New York (so jealous!) It's apparently headed to London next. ♥

⇒ Sherlock fanart - Saw this on Tumblr. Also saw this titillating interesting photo of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. XD

⇒ [video] Awesome cell phone commercial plays Bach tune with a wooden ball - Nice! That must've taken a lot of work to set up.

⇒ [video] I am Maru - Absolutely adorable home videos of a cat name Maru. Watch near the end - he loves to head-dive into empty boxes. XDD

⇒ Tiger Leopard & Bunny Golden Retriever - Too cute!

Ack! I forgot to write about my friend Drew's trip to Japan! He writes for National Geographic Traveler, and he's called the "Digital Nomad" ... he tweets his traveling adventures from the road. I love how you get a very "live" feeling as you follow his tweets and blog posts. (He's the same guy who bussed to Antarctica a while ago).

Anyway, he just started his first trip to Japan, and has been tweeting at Where's Andrew. He started in Tokyo, where he visited the Tsukiji fish market and the Meiji shrine in Harajuku. He traveled up to Sendai for a baseball game, and then lived it up at a hot spring and ryokan in Hokkaido. He's just taken an undersea tunnel back into Honshu and checked in for the night in Aomori. His blog postings are here.

I'm spending the calm before the storm in front of my computer getting as much done online as I can before the inevitable blackout. (I know the electric company around here too well, unfortunately).

So, on Tuesday after the earthquake, I went to see Julius Caesar at the Shakespeare Theatre Company's annual Free for All production. I went to last year's Free for All, but that was on my friend's spare season pass ticket. This was the first year that I put in for the lottery system and actually won my ticket! Was quite excited about the play, since I feel like it's been a while since I've seen one of his tragedies.

Sometime during Act I, there is a scene where it's storming like crazy outside, and Casca remarks, "Are not you moved, when all the sway of earth / Shakes like a thing unfirm?" There was chuckling in the audience. Laughter abounded when the famous line, "It was Greek to me!" came up. But the real fun times occurred in the middle of Act III, at the dramatic moment when Octavian's servant comes in and sees the body of Caesar. "O Caesar!" he said. Followed by a strange wailing noise, then flashes of light. It was quite an odd moment for sound effects and shenanigans, and just as I was wondering if this was really part of the play, an announcement came on saying there was fire emergency in the building, and we all had to evacuate!

As I was leaving the auditorium, I glanced back and saw that Caesar was miraculously resurrected, being helped off the stage. The audience milled around on the street outside for a few minutes, unsure of what to expect. I didn't catch sight of them myself, but I heard later that there were men in bloody togas standing around as well. I'm not sure what the cause of the alarm was, or whether it was earthquake-related, but they eventually let us back in, and continued on without further delay.

Overall, the production was wonderful, with the war scenes being especially enjoyable. I also loved all the flourish, pomp and circumstance. The actors for Caesar and Marc Anthony were particularly good. (*__*)

From political intrigue to fashion bitchfest...what did you guys think of this week's episode?? Has there ever been THIS much contention and fuckwittage in PR history? Bert could be the biggest asshole ever, right up there with that tattooed guy whose name I don't remember (but he was despicable). And that Josh of the freaky painted-on-eyebrows is Bitch #2. Honestly, I do like some drama with PR, but this is just too much. Especially when the drama overshadows the fashion, and the designers are so distracted they end up producing shit work. Let's face it, there was a whole bunch of crap up there this week...even though the challenge WAS rather incomprehensible. (Make an outfit that goes with sneakers! But not work out clothes! Dresses are okay! But wait, can you work out in that dress? WTF Heidi).

I really hope that the challenges and the designers step up from hereon, because it's getting kind of ridic.

Also...chick who dropped out of PR because she didn't want to be there: Loser.

Went to the gas station to fill up my tank and had to get Supreme. Looks like they're running low already. One gas station I passed was completely sold out of everything.

Meanwhile, the grocery store was jam packed with last minute shoppers that included myself. The hot ticket items that were almost cleaned out included potatoes, canned tuna, instant coffee, bread, bottled water, evaporated milk, instant ramen and peanut butter.

I grabbed a bunch of packets of ramen, a few apples, potatoes, leeks, canned soup, instant coffee and Washingtonian magazine's "Cheap Eats" issue. I ended up getting only one pint of ice cream instead of two, since it'll just end up melting if we lose power.

And speaking of power, I got an infuriating automated message from our electric company Pepco, telling us in essence, "We're gonna fuck this up yet again. Sorry in advance!" Thanks for nothing, Pepco.

At least I'm ready for the inevitable...I have a stack of books at the ready and my iPhone charged up for precious internet connection when needed.

To all of you on the east coast...stay safe. ♥

Hey everyone! Hope you guys had a fab weekend. Mine was pretty chillaxed. Ran a few errands on Friday, decided to be lazy on Saturday and stayed in, and had brunch on Sunday with the ever lovely girl_dissolving.

Last Thursday morning, I got a phone call from a friend I hadn't heard from in years - "Andy from Germany" as he's always prefaced his phone calls to me over the time I've known him. He was an exchange student (Polish/Russian, but from Germany) at my high school, and we used to be very close back in the day. Our history teacher used to call us "The Axis Powers" ...haha. Anyway, he'd friended me on Facebook a few years back, but we lost touch after I deleted my account. Last week, he called me up because he was in the states visiting his old host family, and he wanted to get together. (^__^) It was just like old times. It's funny how things never seem to change with some people. He's not really great with keeping in touch though, so we'll probably have radio silence for a few more years until we meet again, lol.

Book club is chugging on, surprisingly enough. I really thought we'd putter out after the dismal last couple meetings, but it sprang back to life in July with The Borrower, by Rebecca Makkai. It was a cute little read, about a twenty-something children's librarian who takes in a young runaway boy and goes on a road trip with him. The story managed to keep itself from being too cheesy, and I thought the ending was just about right.

This month's book is A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, a novel that has baffled me for winning the Pulitzer Prize. I'm only about half way through, but I'm really at a loss as to why this book has gotten so much critical acclaim. Clearly this award means nothing anymore. (Although I have to say, I take "award-winning" as a disincentive, ever since I read a book by Nobel laureate Oe Kenzaburo and absolutely, utterly hated it). Back to "Goon Squad" though: I read this line - her "hair collapses onto her shoulders like a shattered window" and thought WTF does THAT mean? The author also describes how the sun "felt like teeth" at one point, which had me equally perplexed. Did she mean it was painfully glaring? I just got this image of teeth clamping down over someone's head or piercing someone in the eyeball. The prose is just infuriatingly pretentious.

Thankfully, the book is not long. And I'm actually kind of looking forward to the "Power Point" chapter, told entirely in the form of a slide presentation.

As you can tell from above screencap, I've been watching Blade - the anime. This is the fourth in a series of Marvel animes, which included Iron Man, X-Men, and Wolverine. I've only seen X-Men and part of Wolverine, but I'm liking Blade better than either of those. X-Men actually started out pretty good, but quickly went downhill when it became clear that they only cared about featuring their Japanese character, "Armor." It felt kind of insulting that they'd center everything around this Mary Sue-ish girl, as though their Japanese audience wouldn't find the X-Men interesting enough.

Wolverine was just okay, but I lost interest part way through and never finished. Of course, his story featured his Japanese wife, but at least that's canon..

Not surprisingly, Blade also somehow takes place in Japan (though right now they've moved on to Sumatra), and co-stars a Japanese girl as his fellow vampire hunter. I actually like this chick though, unlike the annoying girl in X-Men. They're on a mission now to take down Deacon Frost, who is heading up a vampire movement called "The Existence." There's lots of cheesy vampire violence and the characteristic Blade posing, which means it's bloody fabulous. XD ♥

Looks like they're going to meet up with Wolverine in the next episode (ep 7), which should be interesting. Is anyone else watching?

The remake of Thundercats is here, and although I still don't like some of the new character designs, especially Cheetara, I'm liking the production so far. It feels a lot more serious than I expected, even though the over-arching "moral of the story" campyness is still there. I thought Lion-O's father was awesomely drawn! Next to him, Lion-O still has a lot of growing to do. =)

New season of Project Runway has begun! I'm excited to have something to look forward to again week to week...despite the disappointing results from last season. It's still too early to say how this season will go, but I'm hoping the judges won't be too utterly ridiculous. But even if they are, at least they're keeping us entertained. Michael Kors is already whipping out his favorite descriptor ("disco"), and Heidi has declared that she'd like to "pee all over that wee wee pad!!" during judging for the "Unconventional Materials" pet store challenge.

Meanwhile, Project Runway: All Stars cast has been announced. Hmm....looking forward to seeing Austin Scarlett and Mondo again. ♥


So apparently they won't be killing off Stabler on Law & Order: SVU. Hehe. Well, I suppose if he ever wants to make cameos in the future, he'll be around. I wonder if they've finally found a regular ADA again...


I was told that I had to see the drama Ouran High School Host Club, so I went ahead and breezed through the first three episodes. Ahahahahah! It's so over the top and ridiculous. I love it. I'm actually not familiar with the manga or anime, so I'm flying into this blindly. It's silly and quirky but in a thoroughly entertaining way. I've liked most of the manga-to-live-action dramas I've seen before, so I'm confident that this will be just as fun.

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So last Sunday, I headed in to DC to meet kansouame, caeseria, genuinelie and skyrat13! It all started as kind of a random thing, where caeseria mentioned to me via email that she was going to be in DC that weekend. Of course, I was like "OMG I'M IN DC" like the big dork that I am, and so plans were made, and great times were had! All four ladies are absolutely lovely~ ♥

We had lunch at Uno's in Union Station, where we chatted about everything from 58 vs 53 to adventures in photographing glass Cthulhus. Then we braved the Metro and the horrible heat as we headed down to the National Mall. We didn't stay long outside, since it was like a desert wasteland out there. We quickly retreated into the National Museum of Natural History, which was bit of cluster with all the tourists and such, but air conditioned at least. I actually didn't know this, but the Hope Diamond has been reset for the 50th anniversary of its donation to the museum. The new setting was designed by Harry Winston Inc. and is entitled "Embracing Hope." It's kind of sleek and pretty. I sort of prefer it in its old setting though, if only because it was so traditional and classic.

We wandered around a little more, examined dinosaur bones and such, then headed to the Ben & Jerry's for an ice cream break. We parted ways thereafter, by which time the weather had cooled to a more reasonable temperature.

I later met up with a friend to see an "interactive mystery" play called "Who Killed Captain Kirk," which was part of the Fringe Festival in DC. The play itself was very amateur and kitchy, but mildly amusing. The ending was determined by audience vote, wherein the cast polled us as to who we thought was guilty of the murder. I think the play had some potential, but still has a ways to go from being polished. Comedy is so difficult to write and even harder to execute, I think.

⇒ Het preferred (she especially likes Lucius/Hermione), but she can be persuaded to read slash if the story is good.

⇒ She likes well developed stories, adventure and world building. Long fics with good plot.

⇒ Fic must be complete (or regularly updated).

⇒ Happy ending preferred. (I dunno, this makes me laugh. XD)

⇒ For examples of the fics she's enjoyed, she mentioned "Problem With Purity" and "Walking Shadow."

Finished reading World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. I normally wouldn't have picked up a book like this, but it's this month's book club selection. (And I firmly believe that book clubs ought to open you up to books that you would otherwise not have thought to read before). I actually enjoyed this book more than I expected! The structure of the book is a little different from most novels - it's a collection of first person snippets, relating various experiences of people around the world before, during, and after the Zombie War. Actually the most chilling aspect of the story wasn't the zombies themselves, but the human response to the epidemic/war. I suppose in such a global catastrophe like this, one sees the best and worst of humanity. I hear they're in talks to create a movie out of the book, which should be interesting.

Prior to that, I read The 13th Hour, a time-traveling murder mystery by Richard Doetsch. It had an interesting premise (man is accused of murdering his wife, mysterious man hands him a watch and tells him he's got 13 hours to travel back in time to solve her murder and save her life). A bit of Time Traveler's Wife meets The Fugitive, except it's not nearly as good as either. Very two dimensional characters that are either perfect and beautiful or pure evil. Boring!

Currently am reading 1Q84 by Murakami Haruki. Am about 150 pages in, and nothing interesting has happened yet. Except for the brief moment when one of the characters kills somebody. She's apparently a contract killer, but we're not sure who she works for yet. Hm. I'm hoping something happens soon, because the characters and plot are both boring me right now.

Loved it! I think it had a lot of potential to be very cheesy, but it embraced its comic book nature in a good way. There was charm in addition to action, which is kind of rare. Obviously the central storyline of Charles and Erik was the highlight. ♥ Loved both actors in their roles. Michael Fassbender does that brooding emotional guy very well indeed (not too far of a stretch from Mr. Rochester!) and James McAvoy was really cute! And made smart look very hot, lol.

Was kind of disappointed by Raven's character ("Mutant and Proud?" Really? That was just the dumbest thing I'd ever heard). But then again, Rebecca Romijn did such a fabulous job in that role...I'm sure it was difficult to follow-up on that.

Watching Master Chef, mainly for Gordon Ramsay. XD I love that guy. It's still too early to tell which contestants have my vote, but I'm hoping we get to see some nice skills this season! I was surprised when they sent home quite a number of contestants who had those really nice stories that make you want to support them! But I guess it's good that they're setting high standards for the competition.


Game of Thrones season 1 is over! Overall, I think they did a great job with bringing the story to the screen. I'm looking forward to season 2, which I believe is scheduled for spring 2012. I guess they're still going to call it Game of Thrones rather than changing the title every season (?). I wonder why they went with Game of Thrones instead of Song of Ice and Fire? Anyway...

Catelyn Stark, Tywin Lannister and Jaime Lannister were definitely my standout favorites for the TV series - they played the hell out of those roles! I was surprised by how much I actually liked Cersei, who has always been one of my least favorite characters in the series, even after reading all the chapters from her POV. I think the actress did a great job in portraying her in a more sympathetic light than expected.

And then of course there's Tyrion, who was one of my favorites in the book (before he began grating on my nerves by book 3). Much love there too. His scene with Bronn and Shae was too amusing ("Look at how much FUN we're having!")

Petyr amuses me greatly too, though one of the main reasons I haven't warmed up to him as much as I think I should is that I have no idea what he's thinking. I'm hoping Dance With Dragons will finally shed some light, but I'm not that hopeful. Has anyone else been baffled by this character?

Speaking of Dance With Dragons, its publication date fast approaches. Will it finally make its grand entrance after all this time?? I guess GRRM himself said it was definitely finished, so I'm keeping a close eye on my Amazon order!!


In other TV news, I recently marathoned Hawaii Five-0 2010 version. (I did say I had a lot of time on my hands, didn't I? ;D) I thought it was great! A lot more violent than I expected, though. At least when the police kill a perp in the Law & Order series, they make a big deal out of it. I know the Five-0 task force gets a lot of leeway, but the number of people they killed during the season was ridiculous. I mean, they don't even think about it or feel any remorse. I found that a little unrealistic.

Still, I enjoyed it a lot and am really looking forward to season 2. I'm hoping they'll clear up some of those heavy cliffhangers from the last ep.

(Also: loved Chef Morimoto's cameo in ep 20 lol!)