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[mizarchivist]

The weekend that is.

Today's a bored meeting and I'm all dressed up even wearing heels. I have no idea how long *that* will last. I have backup foot wear, so I await the inevitable.

Mandi's headed back to Michigan. It was a laid back visit, at least I think so. The first visits were much more tense, but I've learned to believe that we need not go-go-go in order to have a real visit.

The party Saturday was much more laid back and smaller than last month's, which was nice... but now I have 4 ziplocks of jello shots in the freezer. Oops! They'll keep, thankfully. Thanks to all who came and made the evening so groovy

Long story short, I bought Angel season 1 yesterday... a bit of a gamble given I've not watched much of it yet but had every intention of starting as my new TV addiction, since Buffy will soon be nothing but reruns. I think it'll be a good investment- they do not have it syndicated on any network and not renting at Ballbuster yet... only selling. So, here begins the new vampire addiction!

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[carpdeus.livejournal.com]

<smiles an innocent, though wickedly sharp smile> Hey, little, girl, want some candy? Or, in this case, something almost as good as the Angel DVDs?

See, I came to Angel about mid 2nd season through M and had some catching up to do so I read all the scripts, which are quite interesting... check them out here (http://studiesinwords.de/angel.html). I mean, remember Spin the Bottle? Where Lorne spent most of the episode tied up?

Lorne, back on stage: "`Okay. First of all she didn't say may your words please the gods so much as may you orally please the gods, which is a slight... (We hear some muted laughter from the audience) Well, inflection is very crucial in our... Ah! God bless her. It's always nice to hear the mother tongue---as long as it's not from {my} mother."'

Lorne looks around and taps the microphone he is holding.

Lorne: "`Is this on? (Lowers the mic) And secondly (and we're back at the hotel zooming in on Fred) I didn't know that a couple of hours ago Fred had tried to kill her evil professor by opening a portal. (Close on Wes) Gunn didn't know that Wesley had helped her. (Close on Gunn) Wesley didn't know that Gunn had killed the guy himself to save Fred from becoming a killer. (From Fred) And Fred didn't know (to Gunn) that Gunn was right then figuring (to Wes) out that Wesley had helped her try."'

Lorne on stage: "`So you can see that I didn't have all the facts when I started this. It's my job to read people, but nobody in this clan was exactly singing. And me? Hey I was thinking about Cordelia."

So, if you find time to start reading, you may find the scripts as highly entertaining as the shows ;)

peace
-J

[mizarchivist]

I've only now seen about 4 episodes of Angel completely: Willow's visit to LA this season, and now the first 3 from season 1. ... I look forward to that Spin the Bottle episode and if I need a new and interesting way to kill time, I may well look into reading the scripts :)
But not yet.

[srl.livejournal.com]

Hm, such a shame to watch Angel without a mob of people. Maybe we should get together or something for that. :)

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[dr-memory.livejournal.com]

1. Angel S1 was...dicey. The show really didn't hit its stride until S3. The current season has been consistantly better than Buffy this year.

2. Ballbuster sucks rancid donkey balls. I strongly recommend netflix (http://netflix.com/) if you are too far away from a real video store.

[srl.livejournal.com]

What he said about Ballbuster. The only time we rent from there is on the first Friday of a new release, at 11pm when they've all sold out; so that we get a free certificate to rent it another day, with no money expended. :)

I recommend Video Horizons in Arlington Heights; about 1/2 mile past the Mass Ave/Park Ave intersection as you come from Lexington; near the Dunkin Donuts and the intersection with Lowell St, on the left, yellow sign. They're indie and have a decent stock. For art films, there's a video store in Concord Center that's pretty good, or City Video in Porter.

[mizarchivist]

Oh, I know ballbuster sucks, otherwise I'd not call it that :)

Thanks, srl, for the heads up for the local place in Arlington. I'll have to check it out soon (TM)--- I admit to being lazy about video rental: if I cant walk there to pick it up, I will simply re-watch something at home at least 40% of the time.

I've heard of netflix--- yay options!

Finally: thanks, Doc, for the review of S1--- if I don't start with the beginning I'm never happy. Need all the background story, so I take it even if it means suffering through weak plot devices :)
(And just about anything would be better than Buffy currently, yet I stick it out and hope like hell Spike and Will get decent lines.

[manderwoos.livejournal.com]

Mandi = home.
Angel = addictive.
Jell-o = so not my fault ;)
Test = did not make it.
Visits = do not need go-go-go.

We did just fine. I had much fun. Thank you for letting me stay (and you too, boys.) :)