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I have recently become interested in viewing some of the original Doctor Who stuff. Some of it is just awful. The Underwater Menace is a perfect example of this. First off, video only exists for the third of the four parts of this story. The other parts are simply black and white photos with descriptive text. The other thing is that the story makes next to no sense. It’s campy, but not awesome. I will not watch it again, but I will pass it on to Courtney to watch.

I spent my weekend doing very domestic and boring things: grocery shopping, laundry, cooking, etc. Alan and I are trying to make a copycat recipe for Tony Roma’s Kickin Shrimp appetizer. We know it has mayo and this awesome Asian sweet chili sauce, but beyond that, we’re still experimenting. Also made a chicken and banana muffins on Saturday, and today chicken noodle soup, and apple crumble.

I am reading my first Arthur C. Clarke book, and so far it’s quite good. Will post a short review when I finish it.

It’s a really bad idea to bring people back from the dead. Unless you’re captain Jack.
Gloves tend to come in pairs, and the second one is always evil. Eviler.
Dark atmospheric skeleton clouds make for really bad special effects.
Weevils creep me out.
Gwen rocks, even when she doesn’t do anything at all in an episode.

Martha Jones still kicks ass.

It’s the middle of February and I officially miss the sun. It makes me grumpy not to be able to go out in the sunshine, at least once in a while.

But things are looking up: soon it will be spring, and I get to watch Torchwood when I get home

It’s no secret that they’ve brought back American Gladiators. In fact, the series finale has already happened for this year. I still want to talk about it though.

I loved the original show. So campy, so great, so much fun. The new version of the show, I’m not so sure about. I don’t like the reality TV ’suspense music’, the pretending to start an event and then cutting to commercials instead. It’s gimmicky. The thing about the original was that the eliminator was a gimmick enough. No need for a those other things. Just people stand on a pedestal with a giant Q-Tip, pummeling each other. Good times.

Other comments: The female gladiators are really popping out of their uniforms. That can’t be comfortable. I don’t enjoy that the larger female gladiator is called Helga. I don’t know why they needed to put every event over a water pit. The guy who won I’m pretty sure is on the crack or a lot of anti-depressants. I miss the event where they have the giant hamster balls.

The show is much better if watched via your computer, where you can skip all the interviews. Takes 20 minutes to watch a 60 minute show.

Wednesday evening brought me two new episodes of the lovely Torchwood to download. Started the downloads, told Courtney about it, and went to bed. I woke up excited to see if the torrents were finished, but slept in and had to leave for work almost immediately. As it was Corporate Love Day, spent the evening not watching two brand new episodes of Torchwood, rather spending time with my sweetie. Didn’t get to the shows until tonight.

These are the sacrifices I make for love.

Just as a postscript, Martha Jones kicks ass.