Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Lascivious Nonsense - Olivia Munn

Hopefully Pauley Perrette can forgiven me, but I'm in lust with Olivia Munn, too. I mean, obviously I've got a thing for eccentric brunettes, I mean a good mind makes a lovely form all that much more appealing.

Anyhow, up until my move back to Klamath Falls, I'd never had access to G4, thus I'd never seen an episode of Attack of the Show. But, I had scene clips of Olivia Munn before, when she wore that Princess Leia golden bikini; very nice. However, AotS is now on my daily viewing list, knocking E's the Soup right off my viewing list. Not only is AotS funnier than Soup, but Olivia is down right nice to listen to, not to mention watch.

Basically, you've got this lady who is quite comfortable with herself that she does some of the oddest, funniest stuff while putting herself into some of the oddest, self-deprecating humor and I love it. Seriously, if she were a dude, instead of just acting like a dude, I'd probably be gay. *grins*

Well, now comes the time in my piece where I decide to stop, before I entice the subject of my lascivious nonsense to file for a restraining order out of fear. No need to worry, Olivia, no stalker here. *grins* But, if you ever wanna slum it in Oregon, lowering your standards, I'm here for you. ;)

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Only thing worse than pipes freezing...

...is the pipes busting, so as to sap the joy from the brief happiness of them unfreezing.

Seriously. What. The. Fuck.

Now I bitch and moan, rant and rave, but I've been trying to keep an upbeat thought in my head, but for this one moment, right now, I'm so fuckin' depressed. It has definitely not been my year, two years now, if you wanna be specific, but so is life, I guess.

I don't even have time to feel really down about it, thus this post, as I need to finish a homework assignment for one of my classes and turn it in, in less than an hour. Feh.

*chuckles* 

I started to work on it, when I heard the excess water noise, had to rush to the neighbors to borrow the turn off, and then remember to turn off the electricity so that the brand spanking new water heater doesn't get blown out.

*grins*

I think I'm gonna leave people alone for awhile, maybe I've been a bit mean, here and there, and karma is just curb stomping my inner child, or something.

Later.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Paid to makeout with pretty ladies...

...has to be a seriously cool job, even if there is not apex of the whole thing.

I mean, seriously, guys in Hollywood get paid to makeout and get all handsy with some very lovely, curvy, enticing, and delectable women, how is that fair?

*chuckles*

Lucky bastards.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Leverage on TNT

It is a weird mix of events that can make a hit show, sometimes it is a interesting cast, good writing, solid production values, or just the right timeslot. But, there is one other keep potential for a show to hit the right audience, which is being the right show at the right time and I think TNT has the right show hitting at the right time, Leverage. Even though the cast, writing, production value, maybe even the timeslot, are all good, it is the fact that the show takes on corrupt businesses, criminals who got away on a technicality, and play on the desire righteous anger, where revenge and justice are often confused, that could make this show a hit.

It is a good caper program, with an interesting cast that has a nice chemistry, not to mention good lines to deliver, back and forth, that makes the show watchable. The plot of the pilot, which is obviously the undertone of the metaplot for the series, is believable, and the production of the show is solid, both of which are good signs, too. Yet, it is the fact that these folk, criminals turned to a more righteous path by the feel of doing what they do best, but for better reasons, that has the potential to ring true with viewers. Since many folk are touched by denials from insurance companies, unjust business practises, being on the wrong sign of powerful or influential people, with no one on their side, be it directly or indirectly, and they know that they would have liked to make things right, regardless of the legality.

Now I will admit, I am a mark for John Rogers, he's one of the geek generation, be it because he plays role-playing games, reads comic books, hell writers comic books, or all sorts of other reasons, thus he's like a lot of us who want smart shows, even if the premise is a bit grandiose. Right now, grandiose is a good thing to be, larger than life is nice, with a touch of grounded thought and concept, look at shows like Lost and Fringe, or the more down to earth, mostly, like the CSIs, it is all about something a bit more than vanilla. It is more about the people than the framework around them.

Leverage is like the Equalizer, more than the A-Team, in that you have a group of professionals whose professions happen to be on the outside of society, from the fringe element, yet they are applying it for the right reasons. Rob from the corrupt, so as to strike at more corrupt, has a nice ring to it, even if it is outside of the legal system. Dean Devlin and John Rogers have a good chance at a solid show here, fortunately they are on a cable network, TNT, that has a nice track record of taking on risky concepts and letting folk run with it.

I bet a lot of people in the audience would love to send the team after Enron, or any one of these CEOs looking for a bailout from the government, for idiotic choices that they have made, instead of forcing them to use their own money to save their companies. Hell, I know I would, so I'm definitely going to keep watching Leverage, and I think you should, too.