It was decent. Not as horrid and unhappy as the past 14 years or so, and I ate a lot of good food. Buffalo Wings, Cider Donuts, Pub Cheese (from a british pub here), chicken picatta over pasta, chocolate mousse pie, home made chicken noodle soup...so all around I lost a couple pounds.

I didnt mind when this scored not so well here...I mean, there was a lot to go up against, quality wise...but um...that fucking polar bear makes me sick. AND I DONT WANT TO BE SICK ON MY BIRTHDAY.

After the first 25 seconds anyway...

I have watched the following shows this season:

House: This season is off to a great start. Easily trumping the last couple seasons with the inclusion of a character that I find intriguing, but most importantly changes the entire dynamic of the show without bloating the cast. I can see how some might not like it, because of a couple reasons. Either A) you know that he is supposed to be spun off into his own show if he proves popular, or B) you're a dumb poopy head.

Heroes: Gah. I skipped season 2. Season 1 repeatedly failed to follow through on promising cliff hangers, and the season finale is the definition of wasted potential. So I jumped back in with a cursory knowledge of season 2 and a healthy (actually, unhealthy) case of boredom, and the first 2 episodes sucked the life out of my brain, but offered a tiny spark of hope. I figured, through some sort of whacky inverse formula of potential to payoff, that because when it had a lot of potential it failed, that it might succeed with little. Soooo...I came back for episode 3 and despite moving at a hurried pace, and some silly and contrived moments and characters (stfu claire), I felt that it really stepped up a notch in quality. It went from horrid to watchable.

Fringe: I had previously said in the blogs that this is a show that gets it more right every episode, if it were at all possible to forget the previous episodes and pretend each one was a brand new pilot. The dilaogue, the acting, the stories...they all get more interesting and entertaining...if they didnt use the exact same format and deus ex machina every time. Episode 4 goes to some lengths to alleviate these problems by really shaking up the format, but at the same time it creates the problem of not enough character developpment happening, and toooo many plot/story questions, that without a real sense of urgency and importance, just feel annoying, though vaguely intriguing. The audience really doesn't know enough about this heightened reality, and the characters that inhabit it to care about what happens in the long run quite yet. They went from a walking pace of character development, to a race to the finish of story development. I just want to jog through this strange and new countryside...or Massachusetts as it may be.

Psych: I don't think enough people watch this show. Its on USA, check it out. A show about a fake psychic that happens to be a great detective could make for an incredible drama, but it so happens to be that it works better as a silly comedy. One of the shows greatest strengths is the banter between the two main characters, but more importantly the fact that they are the only two that talk the way they do. They feel like 2 unique, real, albeit exaggerated characters in an equally real world, unlike many shows where everyone talks a mile a minute with 1000 quips and clever insights (i.e. gilmore girls...yes, I watched it. stfu). OH, and this show's dialogue and references make love to the 80's at every turn. Sadly this season is split in half, so it just finished the first run, and is on hiatus for some time. Check it out online at www.usanetwork.com

The Office: The season premier blew me away. Sucked me right back in, as I had lost interest when the cut off season re-emerged from the strike with some awkward though creative episodes. This premier went a long way to re-establishing the characters as real people, instead of the caricatures they became. Michael has gone back to being just an awkwardly offensive, but still lovable goof. The new character introduced blows my mind, and that storyline (and ed helms's story as well) definitely take the pressure off from the Jim and Pam thing. Speaking of which. Yes. I loved how that played out this episode. Last season left me wondering if they made a wrong move in their usually stellar love story. They didn't.

Terminator: TSCC Despite having the most awkward title of the bunch, this is the one that keeps surprising me. Every episode has gotten better and it started at a very decent level of quality last season. Season 1's final scene is one of my all time favorite TV moments for a serious drama of any sort, and this season Killer Robots have never been so interesting (except for the first 2 movies I suppose).

And thats it so far this season... What about you? How did you feel about the shows that I listed, how did you feel about shows I didnt? What other shows should I be keeping an eye on? I heard Mad Men is excellent....I love 30 rock...what else?

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Having my art to keep me company: Priceless*










*Priceless because I can't sell it anymore.


Guess its time to go find another full time job...again... Until then, im gonna pass out. Goodnight Threadless.

Current Threadless favorite. Great work, as I said before, Franx.


Also, huge thanks to Jublin. He knows why.

Happy Halloween. 4 designs, 2 new and 2 redone for a halloween contest...at that other place...(not up for voting or anything, just wanted to share). Goodnight.

after reading the suggestion, I went back and realized the 2 color version did look pretty good, so I resubbed it like this (with the one color as an option).

Not for Threadless, but thought i'd share.

...the funniest?

warning: explicit

Stop making the buttons out of text. I am tired of trying to get my cursor right on some tiny letter.

Thanks.