spring?

Man, you know it's been a really bad winter when you look at the 10-day weather forecast and get ridiculously excited about the fact that the temperatures are all in the upper 30s or even 40s F. I've started taking WALKS again. I might be able to wear my lighter jacket once or twice in the weeks to come!

Christ, this winter has been obscenely long and miserably cold, even by Chicago standards. Remind me to never move any further north than this.

In other news, last night we had the first read-through for the new works festival I'm directing two plays for. Nifty. My plays, they have their flaws, but they sound a lot better when read aloud by actors, which makes me more optimistic about this than I have been. (They're new works. They aren't exactly polished yet.)

in the name of boredom

Very slow day at work, except for the part where the phone was ringing off the hook during the half hour I was trying to eat my lunch. Figures. I'm at the point of stupor where I can't even work on fic or something, lest the action solely revolve around a character being bored. It's one of those days. So, that meme that's been going around.

Everyone has things they blog about. Everyone has things they don't blog about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't blog about, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post about it. Ask for anything: latest movie watched, last book read, political leanings, thoughts on yaoi, favorite type of underwear, graphic techniques, etc. Repost in your own journal so that we can all learn more about each other.

It should be noted that I have no thoughts on yaoi to speak of, but, y'know, other than that.

damn you, television

So I've got one episode left of season 1 West Wing, and I know it's a cliffhanger, which means my instinctive reaction is to order season 2 from amazon.com RIGHT NOW. And then I see that they're selling the complete series...for a lot of money, yes, but for a fair bit cheaper than if I buy the seasons individually, which, knowing me, IS going to happen.

However. Most long-running TV shows are not WORTH owning the entirety of. X-Files, for example, still my first and truest television love. I watched it all the way through the end when it was still airing, but I wisely refrained from purchasing anything after season 6 on DVD, because it all went to hell in a handbasket. So how long does West Wing stay good? Five seasons tend to be the expiration of most good TV shows. What is it for West Wing?

ETA: AUGH DAMN YOU SORKIN.

And damn myself for watching this now, when I know I've got shows to run for the next two nights and won't have a chance to start S2 by any means until Saturday at the earliest.