Life is so great. I love it. I love watching TV. How I Met Your Mother is so great. Thank you, God, for making TV, and me, and life, all at once. This is great.
Life, the TV show, is also great. And cancelled. More on that later.
Been a while, again! Guess I'm not too good at this LiveJournal-ing stuff. Here's something, though - my Top 10 Albums of 2007! I've roughly worked out my current lineup, and I'll share it here and give others the chance to do so. Remember, though, that we have a few months left and some damn good albums are set to come out, so these are easily changed. Right now, I couldn't come up with a definite order, so they remain in no specific order. That said, here goes...
In other news, I've started watching a few series.
Rescue Me (Season 1): 2 episodes in, not quite sure whether I like it or not still. However, I am curious where it's going, and I do enjoy it, so I'm going to keep on it.
John From Cincinnati (Season 1): After just seeing the pilot, I'm in. HBO's new show is baffling, but I was pleasently surprised after reading so many critical pans of it. I like it - not love it, mind, just like it. I see a spark in the characters and there's potential.
Kyle XY (Season 1): I like this show. It feels very 'safe' in many ways, and I feel like I've seen every characters a hundred times before, but there's something very enjoyable about it. Three episodes in, wondering if things will get less predictable.
Xena (Season 3): In my long rewatch of this old classic, I'm finding some really great episodes along with the blah duds. 'Maternal Instincts' was one damn powerful episode, though 'The Bitter Suite', the highly-lauded musical episode afterwards, doesn't age well in terms of both effects and singing. Can't wait until Xenas next one, though, as I remember it being a real treat.
Hidden Palms (Season 1): Though I don't see much of a future here, 2 episodes in I'm enjoying the series so far. Again, like, not love. Though, Tessa Thompson, Taylor Handley, Leslie Jordan, and especially Michael Cassidy make this a wealth of semi-forgettable recurring actors from series I loved in the past.
Robson Arms (Season 1): This slightly boring Canadian anthology series has one thing going to its benefit, and that's an interesting set-up in which every episode is a story detached from the rest. All four episodes I've wathed have been okay to good, nothing mindblowing, but often chuckle-worthy.
Alias (Season 1): Enjoying this a handful of episodes in. I watched sporadically during first-run, and I'm finding the show very high in quality. Not much more here to say, really.
Planning on watching pilots of Friday Night Lights (supposed brilliance), Life on Mars (the same), Early Edition (long-cancelled show I've been dying to watch), The Tudors (new historical drama), The Riches (cable show, looks decent) and Sleeper Cell (looks quite interesting) to see if I want to watch the whole series of them. Will also be giving the second episode of Battlestar Galactica an attempt, though every time I try, the exhausting affair of the first episode still haunts me. I'm determined to like this show!
... Maybe I'm too 'dumb'. :P
Loads of other series on the waiting list. Need somebody to remind me I can't watch every TV show ever created, heheh.
Also gearing up for summer series. I'm in love with Weeds, and many new shows look promising. The real thing I'm waiting for is the fall pilots, which will hopefully be available soon. It looks to be an excellent crop this year. I'm already in love with Pushing Daisies.
As for VS news, still dodging the idea of my own show. Doing staff writing for Slayer Academy, The Company, etc. and waiting for the Pathways hiatus to end so I can start work there too. :) My first SA episode recently aired, check it out here:
It's episode 3x04: IV. I'm awfully proud of it, and feedback has been great, so I'm damn happy. Actually working on 3x10 currently, which'll air in early July if all goes as planned. I have another episode later in the season as well, so look out for that!
Been really busy lately. However, made huge breakthrough today, writing-wise.
I finished my first-ever pilot!!
Sure, it's a first draft, but something I've been trying to do for around 2 years has finally come to pass. Miraculous!
Writing updates have been few and far between, but I haven't had much happening in the past few months anyways. This fall is pretty much an empty zone for me. I'll try for more regular updates in MZP/BVC/s summer season, when I'm actually writing aired episodes again. :)
Well, it hasn't been that long since my last one of these, but a lot's happened. Oh, and on a personal level - today was my birthday! Various family members got me some amazing presents, including a video iPod and Veronica Mars season 2. I love my family. :) Now, on to...
Been reading more script series lately, and I'm thinking I want to play catch-up before MZP's Fall season starts. What I've read so far, and what I wanna read...
