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I escaped my strange, ongoing hermitude today in order to head to Clarksville to see Toy Story 3. It was good and I even shed a few tears during the film. Thankfully, the 3D glasses hid them well..LOL. I had invited a friend in my choir group to come with because I have observed how infrequently I make an actual effort to make new friends other than coworker friends. She is my age and I do believe she is a genre girl, too, so that was a pleasant surprise. Afterwards, we perused the bookstore and I bought two Terry Pratchett books. People have been telling me for ages that I would like the Discworld books. However, are they to be read in order? There wasn't any definitive way to tell because when I looked at the inside covers of various books, I would see two different listing orders? Is it one of those things where it doesn't really matter? Anyway, I decided on Making Money and Mort. Not sure why other than Making Money was listed first on most of the inside covers and Mort just sounded interesting. Have I totally messed up with regard to chronology?

When I got home, I discovered in my mailbox the CD's and handbook for an NP review course. I have a very generous friend and fellow student because this set would have cost me $289 had I purchased it on my own. What a totally nice thing to do! She recently took her certification exam and passed and she tells me that this review course really helped her. So, for the next 6-8 months, my plan is to listen to them on the way to and from work and when school starts for Brandon (and the pool closes) I am going to set aside one or two days a week to head to the library and study. I had intended this to be my summer of study but have now revised it to my August of study because I am literally eat up with the lazy...LOL.

I am back into Burn Notice. Like Lost, my interest in this show waxes and wanes and it was one of those times where I had left last season's finale on my DVR forever and was able to watch finale and premiere episodes back to back. That works pretty well for me sometimes. It can be such an exciting show and I wonder why I let them pile up. Probably too much going on at the time.

Still Merlin obsessed and looking forward to being able to see The Last Dragonlord on 42 ince widescreen...LOL (Since I have only watched it on the computer a half dozen times). I haven't mentioned some of the great episodes over the past few weeks because, well, even though this is my own journal for chronicling the yawnfest that is my life and the very word journal should imply that I would write about these things whether anyone was interested or not, it seems silly to post about something for which no one else has the least modicum of interest or will want to read. Yet, still I post. That's where obsession comes in, you see. And it is an obsession of Stargate SG-1 proportions even if I don't quite understand exactly why my fanzeal has reached that level.

I am enjoying the darker feel of the stories as the series progresses. Having to poison a friend to save Camelot is pretty intense, methinks. I certainly can't wait to see what happens when Morgana returns! Eeep! Some have questioned the speed at which the characters are (possibly) evolving into their legend selves, especially with regard to the Arthur/Guinevere relationship. But, in my opinion, if you only put out 13 eps a season and you have plotted a potential five year run, it stands to reason that there cannot be Battlestar Galactica pacing with regard to story and character. (And don't you love it when you are so genre that you start using shows as descriptors and fully expect people to know what you are talking about? Come on, in hindsight only soap operas are paced more slowly than BSG was with regard to overall story arc/character) I have been reading a few wee spoilers. I don't want too many but I can't help myself, really. (You know how I am) I do know that the Crystal Cave will be explored in series 3 and am excited to see what that portends for Merlin, especially after his reaction to the Crystal of Neahtid which I suspect is related to the Crystal Cave. We will be seeing a return of Freya/Lady of the Lake again so I am looking forward to that. Even though The Lady of the Lake was rather weak plot wise, it was high in character/angst factor. I am pretty sure it is the episode where I decided that Colin Morgan is a fantastic actor (and one of those actors that you just enjoy watching when on screen.) Heck, I think I can even pinpoint that scene on the lake with the dying Freya as the exact moment I decided this about him. I tear up everytime he tries to cast that spell to set her watery pyre aflame and falters. Anyway, I hope this means Excalibur is going to be seeing some action soon.

And, of course, I have to post the facebook recap of The Fires of Idirsholas.

Favorite bit of the recap

Gaius: You didn't have a choice, Merlin. You saw how dark her eyeliner was getting. Once she moved from charcoal to black onyx, it was only a matter of time before she axe-murdered us all.

Heeeee!

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