Just stuff

[bunchofgrapes]

Wow, seems like it's been ages since I posted.

First, a little birthday biz to attend to. Um, just pretend I'm in the central time zone, where it's still May 23rd.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINGSMOMMY, LOTS OF CAKE FOR YOU!

Hope your day was fabulous!



I bought a PS3 today. I bought it because I wanted to buy The Sopranos Season 6.2 on BluRay. I was going to buy a BluRay player however, while the TV I want to hook it up to is HD, I'd have to buy a new receiver too and I wasn't in the mood to mess with that right now. So the sales person suggested I buy a Playstation 3. It's the same price as a Sony BluRay and I can use it for other stuff. Seemed like a good idea. We'll see. Anyone have suggestions for games and such to go with it?

I just got over a Dexter obsession (holy crap, I love this show!), now I'm back into The Sopranos. I never saw season 6, although I know what happens in the finale, and I don't have HBO so I've always had to rely on the DVD's. After I finished with S2 of Dexter, I remembered that I bought season 6.1 of The Sopranos so I've been pacing myself, watching one episode a night while I'm on the treadmill. I forgot how much I love this show. Mob guys and serial killers. What does this say about me?

On a fic note, I'd love to see a good crossover with Brass and Tony Soprano. Did you know both characters went to Seton Hall? Plus there's that Newark connection.

Another thing I've gotten into? Law and Order: SVU. I'm always late to the game. I didn't start watching CSI until S5, I watched all of S1 and S2 of Dexter after S2 ended and I'm just now watching S6 of the Sopranos. With SVU I'm not so much into the characters as I am the cases. Most of what I've seen has been really good.

I'm addicted to Robek's Cardio Cooler. Just thought I'd throw that out there. I'm also addicted to blueberries and raspberries (I still blame velocityofsound and her Brass/Sara friendship fic). Every year I get on some food kick. This year it's berries.

How happy am I that David Cook won AI? Stupid hairstyle aside, I liked him from the first time I heard him. Still, I just knew Baby Elmo was going to win so yeah, I was surprised. Apparently, I'm not the only one who thought he was completely overrated. I couldn't stand his 'aw shucks' attitude or his heavy breathing through every song, and honestly, every song sounded exactly the same.

Every year (well, almost every year), the girls get together in November. It used to be a beach trip because 4 of the 5 were on the East Coast. Last year, Tee moved to Arizona so that means 2 are West and 3 are still East. This year, since Bee always has to come East, I thought it would be new and different and fun if we all went to Vegas. I brought it up to the girls and they excitedly approved. We've been doing this since 2001, I think. These are all great friends I made in my first fandom and while we don't talk every day or even every 6 months and we've all drifted off to other things, we still look forward to our get together. Even if something happens and this trip doesn't work out, it's still pretty amazing that something like a 40+ year old fandom made us such good friends.



And just because I'm in love with his right thigh, not to mention his hand on the back of his head.

Comments

[inamberclad.livejournal.com]

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Sorry, a bit distracted by that pic. I ran over to the Jim Brass Fansite (http://www.neptunienne.net/jimbrass/forum/) for more. You always manage to come through with some droolworthy PG pics. I needed that.

Now what was I gonna say? Oh yeah! PS3, too awesome. I'd love to recc some games but I'm more of an X-Box type of gal, although I can poke around. I had no idea that console allowed you to play BlueRay discs. Hmm...

Dexter is too cool for words. Can't wait for the new season. Have you been watching a lot of SVU on USA lately? I have. The season just wrapped and they were really good episodes too.

[insanityonline1.livejournal.com]

SVU!!!!

Welcome to the club. I LOVE that show. Mariska is awesome.

[airforce-chic.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, you bought a PS3! Welcome to the club! I have had mine since December or January, can't remember. I only bought it at the time for Rock Band. If my TV was upgraded, I would start buying Blu-Ray discs. I play a lot of sports games though...Madden, NCAA football. Funny you should mention Prototype (I think that's the name of it), the game PG is doing the voice for. I think I made the same remark about getting the PS3 for just that game over the JB forum!

And I am joining the Dexter fanclub too. I bought season 1 about a month ago, but haven't sat down to watch it yet. I want to get season 2 soon, so when I do finally finish 1, I can just keep going.

About that picture...fucking awesome. I saw the rest over at the JB forum too. I can't stop staring at his shit-kickers though, on top of everything else you mentioned. I guess it's becuase I get to wear boots all day every day! Your friend is great for hooking you up with all the PG goodness.

[snowydragon1776.livejournal.com]

First, OMG it's bunches!

Yes, PS3's are handy for many things. Metal Gear, the LOTR games, rock band, lego start wars are supposed to be good.

I still need to see Dexter Season 2 it is on my netflix.

I did not get into CSI until a year ago so you are ahead of me. I did a summer marathon of the whole show.

I watched SVU when it was first on and almost cancelled. I have not seen it in a while though.

I LOVE blueberries have for years.

I hope the trip happens and is loads of fun.

[jenbachand.livejournal.com]

I have a spare Pirates of the Caribbean. We got free blu-rays when we bought ours & I didn't want Pirates because we had already bought it.

Want? I can't return it anywhere, so it's just collecting dust now.

We love ours. Even regular DVD's look great, but we have the HDMI cable hooked up, so that might be it.

The Viking game is awesome, I've rented it and am considering buying it. We bought it because of Ratchet & Clank, and it is awesome. We mostly have movies for it though. :) Newer PS2 games will play fine, but older ones are a little glitchy.

[tos-lover.livejournal.com]

Boy those pictures make me melt. I mean really, that man in a pair of blue jeans or chinos. Mmmm.

PS3 for the Blu-Ray is a very good idea. That was how Bri talked me into one. Two birds, one stone. Rock Band is the game we've got. It's pretty cool I have to admit.

And I still haven't hooked up the Dexter eps yet. I think I've seen one of them, but it has to be real late night viewing in our house.

Omg, PG on a motorcycle. I'm not sure it gets better.

[unwrittenkitten.livejournal.com]

Seems Ive gone about everything backwards, according to your recent post, and comments following.

I started out watching SVU. I mean if you want to delve in waaaayyyyy back, I guess the first 'crime show' I got into was American Justice. So the cases, and solving of them is whats always intrigued me.

Then SVU. Then a nice little show from the same series, CI. A dic ted. *Nods* Im bad for watching shows though. Even the ones I love. I always miss them.

Then we had a family member staying over. She begged for me to help her find her show on my satellite. "You don't watch CSI? Whats wrong with you?" She points out characters, and apologises for the 'Dead wood'. She was explaining Brass. And I felt silly, because I thought the guy was pretty cool. This was season three I think. I liked the snark, but I kept my mouth shut, and kept catching the odd episode. Started looking up stats and information on the web. Found things like fanfic, and RPs..

The rest they say is.. well, ongoing really. Now theres Dexter. And Pushing Daisies, and.. shows mentioned on blogs, Ive never heard of. *Laughs* Im still horrible at keeping up with TV shows. But CSI is one I actually manage to catch more often than not!

Funny how that goes!

Rockband is pretty cool. Even a nongamer like me plays it occasionally. And its a lot of fun to have around when you have people over. Impromptu rockband parties are very fun! Does PS3 have tetris? Im still very much addicted to tetris.

~Gracie