the mermaid cafe

Back at work, and meh. It's January. Can we just skip to mid-March? I am so over this whole gray and gross January-February thing we've got going on, and until I can somehow magically afford to be someplace warm and sunny instead of soul-killing, I'd rather just skip the whole thing.

Castle was adorable last night, though ( spoilers )

My DVR failed to record Hawaii Five-O, even after it specifically reminded me that it was going to record it ("Press A to accept this recording" *presses A*), so I guess I will have to acquire it. Technology! Why do you continue to thwart me? *shakes fist* I wish I could be as fannish about it as so many of you are, but I still don't like McGarrett enough for that.

In other TV watching news, I've been slowly working my way through Justice League episodes, and last night, I watched one where they went back to WWII, and was amused to see that there was some suspension of the 'no killing bad guys' rule when it came to Nazis. Not that it wasn't made clear that many of them survived (all those parachutes blossoming from exploding aircraft), but still, I'm pretty sure some of those guys did not make it, and that was due to Our Heroes taking care of business.

Also, all the guns! No wonder Batman had to stay in the narrative present! (he was the leader of the resistance! Even though his Bat-helmet didn't have any eye-holes. I did love the quick glimpse of mullet!Dick and Babs smooching.) He would not have been pleased (if you are picturing him glaring and saying, "GL, I AM DISAPPOINT," you would be in the same place I am. Hi.). And it gave us that long, awkward hug from Superman and then his (Superman's, I mean - I am having a hard time imagining Batman having an adorably sheepish expression, unless it's Dick Grayson!Batman [all of whose expressions are probably adorable], which this was not) adorably sheepish expression afterward when they all got back. *smushes them together like the old married couple they are* Also, John Stewart joined up with Easy Company! Which reminded me it's probably time for a Band of Brothers rewatch.

And T-Rex ties it all together today by calculating the expected real-life Batman generation rate.

*dies*

I amuse myself, at any rate.

Gah. Still six hours of the work day to get through.

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Man, how is The Good Wife so consistently awesome? ( spoilers )

You know, I think the thing about this show is that it is very tense. I have to gear up to watch it. I don't always know what's going to happen next, and the stakes are pretty high for the characters I like most, so it makes me uncomfortable sometimes to watch in that way that you know it's possible things aren't going to work out well, or work out how you think they should. It's an exhilarating viewing experience, to say the least. And except for the unfortunately stupid Florrick kids, nearly everyone acts like an adult in the workplace. It is SO REFRESHING. Plus, it's FULL OF WOMEN - despite the heavyweight presence of Peter Florrick, Glenn Childs, Eli Gold, and Will Gardner (and the flyweight presence of Cary *snerk*), the women are all drivers of the action and the plots center around them and their responses to events, with the men on the periphery. As I said, it is SO REFRESHING.

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I also dl'd and watched Hawaii Five-O and wow, was it series of fandom collisions. ( guest star spoilers )

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So, lemon buns. These are weird, because they are very definitely like yeasty dinner rolls, except sprinkled with sugar and having a citrusy flavor (I used fiori di Sicilia instead of lemon oil, which meant my hands smelled heavenly all day), which my taste buds find a really odd combination. I might make them again without the citrus flavoring and just eat them as rolls. As it is right now, I am contemplating picking up some strawberry preserves or maybe making some lemon curd to eat with them, because otherwise, I don't really know what to do with them. Warm with butter might also be the way to go.

Anyway, they are very easy, though they do require two ~90 minute rises.

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I feel like buns is kind of a misnomer, because with the exception of hotdog/hamburger buns, I always think of buns as sweet, and while these have a whiff of sweetness about them, they really are more like rolls. Hmm...

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I was annoyed yesterday to think that I'd miss Fringe tonight because of my stupid cable outage, but then I realized that it wasn't on this week anyway, so I am not missing anything. Woo!

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So last night with dessert, I had an iced mochaccino, and even though I thought I'd eaten enough to make it not a problem, I was up until 4:30 am, and then I was awake at 7:30 am. Caffeine + PMS-insomnia = no sleep for victoria. Sigh.

It did give me time to watch all the stuff that was backlogged, so, in brief:

Bones

( spoilers )

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Undercovers

This remains utterly adorable. Not very deep, but adorable enough that I don't care, even if I still wish it was more about the catering business. Anyway. ( spoilers )

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Hawaii Five-O

( spoilers ) Say what you want about this show, but I think its writers know exactly what it is and exactly what people watching it want to see, and they delivered.

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Yesterday, I also watched the three part s4 finale of Teen Titans, which I really liked a lot. And which also totally cemented the whole three-way Robin/Starfire/Raven thing that I have in my head. I am not going to look for fic, because I find the idea terrifying, but I'm totally going to enjoy imagining the three of them negotiating a relationship. Plus, Slade! Being awesome! Am I supposed to like him as much as I do? Because I really do. I mean, in a villainy way. S5 is not available by my usual methods, and looking at the episode summaries, I'm not sure I'm really interested in watching it? But I did find and dl the origins episode, which made me find more room in my heart for Beast Boy and Cyborg, whom I've liked but mostly not loved, so that was good. Beast Boy! So adorably sad and looking for a team to join! Oh, heart.

I so did not expect it, but this show completely hit several of my narrative kinks like a hammer and I'm really glad I watched it, or most of it, anyway. Enough that I'm giving it its own tag, even. I'll have to track down a used copy of the movie, since that is also not available from my usual sources.

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Now, perhaps, instead of going looking for icons of H50 or the Blooms (or Lisa and Dean), I should shower and make an attempt to do something useful. Or maybe just go see a movie. *snerk* (Though if you know where good icons of any of those are to be found, drop me a comment.)

In other news, yesterday's poll was nearly unanimous, so I did end up ordering the pans, even though Crate and Barrel charges an exorbitant amount for shipping. I'm excited! Fancy roasting pans! Yay!

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