Here I Am

So new episodes of Greek began airing last night. It's sitting on my dvr to be watched when I have a free moment not taken up by insanity. I also got a present from Amazon today - it didn't say who sent it - but it was Supernatural Season 4. Maybe it's a sign that I'm supposed to finish the flipping season already. I don't know what my deal has been with finishing up the season. Yeah, part of it is that I don't want my boys at odds with one another, but it's not like I don't know that I'll end up at least liking (probably loving) the episodes. At the very least, I could finally catch up on tons of fic that is based on the whole season. And really, sometimes a girl needs her fic priorities.

I got a few Borders gift cards too and since this is me, I went and spent it right away. And it was perfect timing as they had seasons of Felicity AND Alias on sale, so I was able to finish up my collections of both of those shows. I'm especially excited to get seasons 3 and 4 of Felicity, especially three as it's one of my favorites. And I was the girl who wanted Felicity to get BOTH boys. I loved her with Ben, but I also loved her with Noel as they both complemented her in different ways.

As for Alias, I picked up the last two seasons. Not my favorites, but a girl never tires of Sydney kicking ass and Spy!Daddy doing whatever necessary. Still think that Will shouldn't have disappeared...even though it doesn't seem to have hurt Bradley Cooper's career at all.

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I'm now slowly catching up on Burn Notice. I *finally* finished season two and am into season three. I know I've mentioned it before, but it needs repeating: I love Michael/Fi. As a team, I love Michael, Fi, and Sam, and as much as Fi & Sam bicker, you just know they'd have each others backs regardless of Michael at this point. But really, I just love Fi. I think she's the one woman on the planet who can pull off a fanny pack and look cool and tough. And Michael just needs to suck it up and go with it.

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I finished reading Generation Kill last week. Good book that made me want to pull out my dvds. And now I'm reading One Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick. I really like the very different views of everything. Wright came at it as a reporter and Fick was in the heart of these battles with real lives on the line. I'm about halfway through and I think what I'm enjoying most is the way Fick explains all these life philosophies that were instilled him. Not just blow shit up, but ways of viewing the world.

There's also a chance I'm a bit biased toward marines, as crazy as they are. My brother was a marine and he served in the first gulf war.

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So I'm trying really hard to adhere to a budget lately. Mostly out of necessity with house things coming up and such. But I cheated and bought myself two birthday gifts. One was a specialized mouse pad of Stitch that says "TommyGirl" because I'm a big loser. The other was season two of Digging for the Truth on dvd, only further proving that I'm nerd. But I loved that show. And not just because Josh was hot. It was interesting and funny (not on purpose - but whoever did the planning of their journeys really should've been fired) and yes, Josh is very hot.

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Is it normal to play Wii Rockband and walk away with the strong urge to play drums? Because now I want a drum set and nobody but me thinks this is a good idea.

Last night my sister and I got around to watching the pilot of In Plain Sight. Considering Mary McCormack really isn't someone I'm overjoyed by (I think it goes back to her West Wing character, who I really didn't take a liking to), I really enjoyed her in this role.

I kinda saw it as a Veronica Mars, all grown up & bitter, working as a US Marshall. She's snarky and hates being vulnerable, but you can tell she cares dammit and it pisses her off.

I'm really a sucker for snarky, tough women. And I loved her banter with the other marshall. It's awesome.

Definitely recommend checking it out.

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I'm really getting sick of all these teasers for the new season of Burn Notice that don't actually include any new scenes/clips. I want some new stuff. I'm an impatient girl who has been waiting since October for more Michael Weston.

And if someone had told me five years ago that my favorite channel would be the USA network, I would've laughed a lot. But 4400 (which I miss), Psych, Monk, Burn Notice...and now In Plain Sight. Really good stuff.

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I might actually get myself caught up on Battlestar Galatica in the near future. I'm almost through season three. The Lee/Kara dance is really starting to annoy me. I love both Lee and Kara on their own. They rock, but together, they just bug me lately. And I started as a L/K shipper, so this is surprising to me. I guess it wouldn't be so bad if I didn't love Anders and Dee as well...because seriously, stop jerking them around.

Once I'm caught up on that, I have to decide which comes next - Reaper or Lost. Anyone want to pick for me?

I don't know what's worse - that I watched the Posh Spice comes to America thing on Bravo channel or that I actually found myself liking her.

I'm blaming my illness.

And I may have watched Justin's performance on Oprah a few dozen times. Stupid boy. Why can't I quit him? WHY?

I haven't watched Gossip Girl yet because it was the finale of Last Comic Standing. I chose it over a show I'm not sure about. I enjoyed the first few books from the series and KB is the narrator, so I'll give it a try, but I'm in no hurry.

Burn Notice season finale is tonight and I'm very sad. I love this show. It's perfect fun. I love all the characters. I love the snark. I love the spy stuff. It's just good stuff all around. Seriously, who knew the day would come when USA Network would have a slew of great shows that I love immensely?

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So continuing with my ongoing obsession theme of adding Dean Winchester to every single show/movie/book that I love...I was watching my Friday Night Lights dvds today - better than chicken soup for sickness - and started thinking out this whole AU world where Mary lived and the WInchesters had this normal life and Dean played football, but got badly hurt and oh noes...

Dear Dean Winchester,

You own me. We know this. Must you take over everything?

Love,

Tommygirl

Tonight is the Justin Timberlake concert. Not my first one, doubtful it will be my last. I love my Nsync boys. No matter how much time passes, they still own my heart at times, even if they are now battling with Jared & Jensen for control.

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Burn Notice continues to be made of awesome. It's smart and funny and I love the characters. I really love Michael and his relationships with the people he loves. They drive him crazy, but he would never let anything happen to them because they matter. It's so perfectly true to real relationships...we all have one (or a few) people who you love and would do anything for, but they can drive you bugger rather quickly.

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Lunch on Sunday with some friends where we discussed the seventh Harry Potter book. Good times. We all enjoyed it...though my friend brought up some interesting questions of small details that I already couldn't recall. I think I need to go back and read the book a bit slower this time, so I can fully take in the details and the world.

( Spoilers for the book...don't read on if you don't want to know about the book... )

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Pandora.com has a thing for Hootie & the Blowfish. Or else it thinks *I* do. I have a Jason Mraz station and no matter how many times I click "don't like" for a Hootie song, another one comes up. It's awful. Make the bad Hootie stop.