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gateslackerI can't believe it has been that long since I updated this thing.
But, who the heck cares anyway, right?
Lots going on on the work front. A position came open in the county where I live and after much fretting and angsting, I took it. I loved where I was, knew that in my county they were losing the doctor who I really liked and had been there several years, would have to hire a new one, which could take months, and did I mention that I loved where I was? Even though my new office is less than 3 miles from my house, it took probable loan forgiveness (as opposed to possible, but improbable) for me to transfer. I started there last week and so far, so good, though I do miss my co-workers. Waaaaaaa!
Lots of cool Teevee that I would love to discuss on here. Fringe, though I haven't watched this week, and the finale of Doctor Who. I don't have much time and all avid, but time constrained, discussion has been centered on Merlin, which also premiered *cough* somewhere else *cough* last Saturday. (And we're still talking about it!) It was AWESOME!! I can't even begin to convey how excited I am about this series!!!
And, has Merlin, series three, actually been released on DVD over here? (Could I have possibly missed it?) The reason I ask is because I'm paying Netflix every month to watch basically nothing (I actually have two mailed DVD's here at the house that I have had and not watched since May) so I decided to check out my Netflix Streaming queue which I do tend to utilize more, even if it had been awhile since I watched anything on it. To my surprise, I found that Series three had been added to the Merlin Episodes list. Sure, there are none of the special features and commentaries which are my whole reason for buying on DVD these days (what with instant streaming and all) but I thought it was interesting to find things in the queue that had not yet been released to DVD. I also saw some new That Mitchell and Webb Look, which I did end up watching therefore justifying the monthly fee to myself once again. Well, Brandon uses it quite a bit to watch The Office and whatnot so it is being used. It's funny how I will watch two 30 minute shows like TMAWL and BBT believing them to be less time consuming than an hour long program. (Duh!) Maybe it's not actually time but the emotional investment of a dramatic show that makes it seem more time consuming.
There were several new show possibilities I would have liked to check out but I never got around to setting the DVR. It doesn't help that my pile of things to watch closely resembles my pile of things to read.
But, who the heck cares anyway, right?
Lots going on on the work front. A position came open in the county where I live and after much fretting and angsting, I took it. I loved where I was, knew that in my county they were losing the doctor who I really liked and had been there several years, would have to hire a new one, which could take months, and did I mention that I loved where I was? Even though my new office is less than 3 miles from my house, it took probable loan forgiveness (as opposed to possible, but improbable) for me to transfer. I started there last week and so far, so good, though I do miss my co-workers. Waaaaaaa!
Lots of cool Teevee that I would love to discuss on here. Fringe, though I haven't watched this week, and the finale of Doctor Who. I don't have much time and all avid, but time constrained, discussion has been centered on Merlin, which also premiered *cough* somewhere else *cough* last Saturday. (And we're still talking about it!) It was AWESOME!! I can't even begin to convey how excited I am about this series!!!
And, has Merlin, series three, actually been released on DVD over here? (Could I have possibly missed it?) The reason I ask is because I'm paying Netflix every month to watch basically nothing (I actually have two mailed DVD's here at the house that I have had and not watched since May) so I decided to check out my Netflix Streaming queue which I do tend to utilize more, even if it had been awhile since I watched anything on it. To my surprise, I found that Series three had been added to the Merlin Episodes list. Sure, there are none of the special features and commentaries which are my whole reason for buying on DVD these days (what with instant streaming and all) but I thought it was interesting to find things in the queue that had not yet been released to DVD. I also saw some new That Mitchell and Webb Look, which I did end up watching therefore justifying the monthly fee to myself once again. Well, Brandon uses it quite a bit to watch The Office and whatnot so it is being used. It's funny how I will watch two 30 minute shows like TMAWL and BBT believing them to be less time consuming than an hour long program. (Duh!) Maybe it's not actually time but the emotional investment of a dramatic show that makes it seem more time consuming.
There were several new show possibilities I would have liked to check out but I never got around to setting the DVR. It doesn't help that my pile of things to watch closely resembles my pile of things to read.
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Date: 2011-10-05 02:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-05 05:48 pm (UTC)I thought that it hadn't been released. Very interesting. I hope they continue to do that, especially with the Brit offerings that always seem to take forever to get released here.
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Date: 2011-10-05 01:10 pm (UTC)And sure. Rub it in that you're seeing the new Merlin eps. :)
As for Netflix, you know they've split the company, right? Maybe you should just go to the streaming company, instead.
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Date: 2011-10-05 05:39 pm (UTC)Well it's not really a new job, per se, as I'm still in public health. More of a lateral transfer really. It is good that I filled my gas tank last Wednesday and I'm still over a half a tank today!
Yeah, I've thought about that with Netflix but they don't offer everything on streaming and given my tendency to watch tv in DVD more than movies, I haven't given the mailings up yet.
If you desire alternate viewing, let me know ;)
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Date: 2011-10-05 04:49 pm (UTC)FRINGE is intriquing. I was very impressed with the DR. WHO finale but wasn't that keen on the TORCHWOOD finale.
In new shows, I really like PRIME SUSPECT & THE GIFTED MAN.
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Date: 2011-10-05 05:46 pm (UTC)Oh, I haven't given up on the condo with pool idea but as it was going to be a few years before that would be an option, I figured I could give this a go. I loved the Doctor Who finale and I thought Torchwood was okay. I thought the answer to the mystery was a bit of a letdown but that is because it was such a great mystery that the resolution just couldn't live up to it. Like Lost in a way. I did like the very ending with Rex (exciting!) but was sad about Esther. She was a slow warmer for me but I really grew to like her character. She was the most "everyman" type character if them all, even Gwen.