5 posts tagged “apple”

I am so not used to seeing Billie Piper on a major US network. OK, so Showtime isn't your ABC, NBC, CBS, or Fox, but it's still bigger than Sci-fi or BBC America. All these commercials for Secret Diary of a Call Girl are making me feel both awkward and happy. I mean, awk because it's Rose Tyler in her skivvies, but excited because it's ROSE FUCKING TYLER. Oh I hate the fangirl in me.

In other news: new Doctor Who this week. I have some hope for "Midnight", and then... ROSE! Hurray! So here's what I'm wondering: We know that there will be those specials next year, so who will be the companion? Martha's got her own life, but she could pop up when the Doctor visits Earth. Donna may or may not be around for it. Billie's got her own show, though I don't know what's going to happen past the second series. I think she's filming it now, so ostensibly she could come back for a special, but don't hold your breath. So... new mini companions? Jack? I guess maybe it'll be more obvious after the finale, where I'm sure Davies will tack on a completely unnecessary "cliffhanger" which will interrupt the emotional end and my post-Rose crying.

Ugh, Sci-Fi: please stop putting BSG on giant hiatuses: No new BSG until 2009. OK, to be a little more fair, it seems this is because of the post production needed for each episodes, which are kind of CGI-heavy.

So, I think I'm going to get the iPhone. I just need to jump, get it over with, you know? Stop thinking, stop ruminating, just do it!

I love plurk! It's like twitter, but with more interacting with users. It's hard to meet people via Twitter, but with Plurk it's really easy.

So I've been working for a few days, and it's decent. There are some nice co-workers and some annoying ones. I've had a pretty nice customer experience, people seem to like sweet little me. Oh little do they know! I hate that I don't have a fixed schedule week to week, it constantly changes, which makes finding time for doctor's appointments and movies and other things.

Now... the iPhone. It's fabulous and awesome and cheap! $199 for the low end with a 2 year deal. The bad news? The plans: It's $30 data plan + voice plan, which for me would probably be $59.99 a month plus $5.00 for 200 txt messages. So we're at $94.99 a month for 2 years... Part of me thinks I might be better off getting an iPod touch, because I'd mainly be using the iPhone for webbrowsing, and most of my things, calendar - mail - twitter - plurk - news. I'm not sure I really need 3G browsing all the time, and by going off the Verizon plan, I no longer have free texting and calling with most of my family and friends... And Verizon has the best service in my local town and all over. So yes, I'm kind of chickening out.

I finished up Life on Mars and I had lots and lots of thoughts. Good thoughts! I also have, for the first time in decades, thoughts on Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who.

Life on Mars
I. Just. Had. A. Thought. Period. The end of Life on Mars reminded me of the end of the fourth season of Farscape when John decides to leave Earth forever, despite spending so much time trying to get back. Very reminiscent.

And a little like the fourth season of Lost, how the Six get off the island, but Jack needs to get back. In fact, I dare say this is a fairly common theme on second thought, but I bloody loved the way Life on Mars pulled it off. It's just blowing my mind right now.

When I described the Life on Mars finale, my sister immediately thought about the Sopranos and the letdown many people felt. I was one of those viewers, but the ending of Life on Mars seemed to have some sort of conclusion, Sam was happy.

Now, did he or didn't he? Die, I mean. He jumped off the roof, he's back in  1973, and kisses Annie, jumps into Hunt's car, then the radio catches onto the real world where we hear the doctor say he's losing Sam. The car drives away and the creepy girl walks by, looks at the camera, and turns off the "tv". I kinda see that as Sam dying, she represented the balance between reality and the coma world, and by shutting off the link, it means that world ends. That or Sam's in a permanent coma and we, the viewer and the outside world, are cut off forever. Doesn't mean that Sam's dead, which is interesting.

The whole concept of what's real and what isn't really blows my mind. We saw the "real" world and how it wasn't as exciting or fun or meaningful for Sam as the coma one, and he chose to live a "lie" rather than walk through 2006. Any show that promotes delusions over reality is OK with me!

And I know there's a spin off in the 80's, I'm not sure how that fits into my plot. Maybe somehow Sam did travel back in time, parallel universe? and someone else ends up there in similar circumstances. Doesn't matter, I'm not going to watch it. The whole premise seems kind of shoddy, I don't buy it.

Battlestar Galctica 4.11
I actually have thoughts. Last week I thought that episode was a complete crap fest full of dumb decisions and obnoxious characters (Lamkin's insane? Lee's President? Tigh's in charge? There's a Cylon-Cylon baby?) A number of people assumed these things would play out during the next few episodes, but it looks like nothing from 4.10 will actually matter at all based on this episode. I'm guessing next week will pick up with Roslin and Adama coming back, so everything will return to pre-4.10 status... What a waste of an episode.

I mean, why couldn't this episode have been last week. This is the second time something's happened and the show's taken us away from the action for a week. Last time it was the big Cylon-Cylon showdown, this time it was the Cylon jump. But that aside, the episode still had some weak elements, but much better than last week. Still not up to BSG standards.

Anyways, my favorite moment from the episode, easily: Three to Roslin on the final five:

Three: You mean you don't know you're one of them? *music crescendos, then stops abruptly*

*Three laughs*
*my heart races, I laugh*

Well, there goes my Roslin is a Cylon theory. Bugger, it would have been a terrific surprise and plot twist. But now that they've gone with the fake out, it's not going to happen.

I kept wanting Billy to show up in Roslin's visions. I kind of want him to be the final Cylon. But I'm thinking it may be Cally, since we've seen that maybe Cylon-Cylon babies can happen, no one is ruled out. Hell, Helo could be a toaster. Maybe Dualla, they really haven't given her anything to do.

Doctor Who 4.09
Well, this is one of the rare instances where I liked the second part more than the first part of the multi-parter. It's like a theme with me that I fall head over heels with the first episode, but by the second I'm somewhat let down. In this case, I was a little disappointed by the first episode, but this was back to great.

For a Steven Moffat episode, it was not his strongest. But hey, the man's written some of the best episodes of the entire run of the show, so I'll cut him some slack.

This was a really sucky episode for the Doctor and Donna. The Doctor had to deal with River Song, who was someone ridiculously special to future him, and Donna had to deal with getting married, falling in love, and ending up missing the real him by *this much*. Ugh, why do you do this Mr. Moffat? I know it would be redic to have a random tagalong for Donna, but can't someone be happy? Especially since I'm pretty sure she's going to die... Boo, why did Donna have to bring up the River Song's awkwardness upon meeting Donna... At least she's not dumb.

I can say the only moment when I jumped was when Miss Evangelista removed her veil to her mangled face. I wish I had more moments, maybe if the Vashta Nerada were not this invisible swarm, maybe if they were somewhat corporeal, that would have flipped me out. I dunno, I could have used some visual fear.

Thoughts on River, so there was no altering of timelines occurred, so does that mean we'll see River again? Maybe in one of the specials next year, or maybe in the first series Steven Moffat runs, maybe he had the idea for her as a companion... Nevertheless, he's definitely set River up in the timeline before Ten regenerates, and after some period of time in which he ages. Now someone argued with me that River referred to the Doctor looking young purely in his eyes, but I also think she referred to his physical aging as well. It was a little ambiguous, maybe in case Steven needed to pull out this little trick earlier than he planned. Or he could just dump the River plots, and whenever Ten regenerates, it'll be assumed the River thing occurred off camera.

Spoilers! How noble of the Doctor and Donna not to look. I half expected someone to come at the end and just take it, all creepy like. But nope, the end just led into a trailer for "Midnight", which makes sense. The Doctor and Donna deserve a vacation planet after the badness of this episode. And after next week, "Turn Left" and ROSE!! ZOMG YES! Hopefully Rose will show up at the end of "Midnight", which will be nice.

Tomorrow's the WWDC, World Wide Developers Conference, and the rumor mill is saying there will be a new iPhone. I've been looking into new phones with Verizon, but I can't do it. Every phone I just compare to the iPhone, and I think it's time I just accept that there is no iPhone killer, any touch screen device won't hold a candle to the standard set by Apple. Since I've got my job, I'll be paying for the service and everything, no more phones from Mommy and Daddy... It'll be expensive, and I might chicken out...

Battlestar Galactica 3.19

OK, so here are some basic notes I made Sunday night, I'll elaborate where necessary, they're sort of in reverse chronological order, so deal with it.

Lee Adama + suit = the sex

Lee betraying Roslin > Brutus betraying Caesar
- I was so disturbed by Roslin's look, like she had fear in her eyes. When she begged him not to ask her the question and called him Captain Apollo, my heart broke. Lee you asshole. I get you're pissed at your Dad and acting out because of Kara's death, but Roslin? You're taking her down too? If you didn't look so fuckable I'd just turn my back on you.

Am I the only one actually rooting for Baltar?
- Now, I've been a longtime fan of the Gaius Baltar fan club, so no one should be shocked that I'm 100% behind him. I think it's hysterical that Lee is convinced that everyone believes Baltar's guilty. I genuinely think the guy's just been caught up in a bad situation since day 1. I couldn't understand why they haven't brought up the Cylons-holding-a-gun-to-his-head thing. I would have started things off like that. Speaking of openings...

Baltar's attorney is the worst ever. WTF is he doing? Baltar looked like he was going to shit himself during the opening.
- I get that he's trying to prove something, but the public hates Baltar. They hate him a lot. So beginning things with how Baltar made things better and saved everyone's life? Hell, even I laughed at the thought. Anyone would have been better in charge than Baltar. I say many great things about him, but I never said he was a good leader. Hell, Six was the one who pushed him into politics as Roslin's VP. Poor Baltar, the coward was showing through during that opening. He had this look of "This crazy fuck is going to bring me down." Aw hell, thanks to Lee, all the prosecution's witnesses have been discredited, so Baltar will probably win the trial.

Now other people believe Baltar is God, too.
- That was my though when the crazy woman asked Baltar to bless her kid. I mean, even Baltar doesn't think he's that much of a deity. That's the only smidge of modesty the guy's got.

- Oh Lee, your wife leaves you, and Kara's dead, so you can't even have spousal separation sex. I saw that look, too. He totally realized he'd been hoping for this to happen for months, but he had wanted to crawl into Starbuck's arms... I felt the pain, too.

- Six... Caprica Six. You know, one of the things that bothers me about this show, is Baltar hasn't shaved for weeks, but Six has perfectly done hair, clothing, and makeup. Yeah, I saw that lip gloss. Come on writers, we saw Gina, and Trisha looked amazing even with the beaten look. So would it be that hard to make her look like she's in prison. That or get Baltar a fucking razer and a hair cut. That shit's getting out of control. At least Caprica's Baltar's got the suit and clean look. Now that's the Baltar I fell in love with.

- Anders and Tigh, welcome to the Dead Wives Club. Grey's Anatomy introduced the Dead Dads Club, except the members of that club don't here music coming from bizarre places. I have no clue why they're hearing that music. In the promo for this week's finale, Anders said something like "We're all Cylons." Now clearly that isn't the case, but WTH??? Guess that's what finales are for.

Lost 3.13

Another great episode, this is the third in a row. I hate that this show gets so much flack, because it keeps getting better, but the ratings keep hitting lows. Then ignorant people start talking cancellations and quick endings. I just ignore them. For one thing Lost has been picked up, and second, the producers have a very clear plan of the ending, and I believe the sooner we end, the earlier we'll get important episodes. If this show were picked up for 2 seasons, we'd just end up with more filler and less plot. I think ending next season is great, people think it's because of poor ratings, I think it's logical and a good choice.

But last night's episode. I probably don't have as much to say about it as I should. Locke's dad pushed him out of a window. That's how he became paralyzed. Earlier in the day, I theorized that our Sawyer, James Ford, had somehow shot Locke in an incident of some sorts. Turns out I got the wrong Sawyer, and the wrong weapon. OK, if Locke's Dad isn't THE Sawyer, then who the hell is? He has to be the guy James Ford's been looking for. The guy who ruined his family. I wonder if we'll learn that soon, I mean, it is likely Locke will mention Sawyer to the guy, and he'll be like "??" I think our Sawyer and the REAL Sawyer will meet. Or not, I could be wrong.

I get Locke's desire to stay on the island. I mean, if I could suddenly walk on an island, I wouldn't want to leave. But according to Ben, Locke is afraid of his Dad, not afraid of a wheelchair. If Ben is right, Locke's being a coward and selfish. OK, either way the guy's being selfish, not that I don't understand where he's coming from. I do, but our boy Jack won't. I think they'll have an interesting conversation. "So, John, you blew up our only way of getting off the island... WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT????"

I decided I won't even try to understand what this "box" is or how it works. It's not worth it, I won't figure it out. I also won't figure out why John is communing with the island and Ben isn't. I'll let other people use their brains for that.

The main thing I'm hung up on is "Exposé", the Paulo and Nikki episode. The one the producers swear will make everyone like those characters. I don't believe them. I am not sure how they could do it, but hey, I'll keep an open mind... sorta.

Ugly Betty 1.18

I cannot believe I never really watched this show before. I caught it during a marathon over Christmas, but I never really latched on to it. But tonight's episode was beyond hysterical. I was rolling and laughing to hold. It was also really heartwarming with Marc hiding his sexual orientation (btw I thought it was so sweet how they didn't say 'gay' or 'homosexual') and afraid to be himself. Actually, he was totally OK with acting "swishy" in front of his mom, because she didn't notice. One of the greatest things was when she was insulting Justin and his "swishy-ness" and Marc couldn't hide it. I was so proud of him, it was so empowering for him, even though his mom rejected him.

Daniel. It's so sad how he expects everyone to be disappointed in him. Granted, I was upset that he hadn't been writing his letters from the Editor, I thought that was tacky, and Betty totally deserved to give that look to him. But Daniel shouldn't have given up when Alexis did her stuff. He should have kept at it, I really think he isn't this party boy/sex machine. I think he really has potential, as long as he doesn't become the person his family expects him to be. Judging from that ending shot of his threesome, it doesn't look that way. I think Betty will whip him into shape, it's what she's always done. BTW, did you notice that Alexis's assistant was Deputy Leo from Veronica Mars? I got very excited when I figured out where I knew him from.

OK, so I'd seen some prior episodes of Ugly Betty, but I think I'll have to tune into this more often, it was that fun and cute and enjoyable. Plus I never get tired of Justin and his... "swishy-ness".

Grey's Anatomy 3.19

Um, this week's episode was alright. I don't really have that much to say, other than Izzie's fallen hard for George at the wrong time. Bad. Bad Izzie. Bad George for not telling Callie. Sure shit would have sucked for a while, but in the long run, the truth is better. This is only going to blow up in Izzie and George's faces, and it'll probably happen during sweeps.

In real life I got my prom dress, which is so hot and so different from what I would normally get. It's getting shipped from Bloomindale's in New York City, so I can take pictures of it over the weekend and post them. Until then, you can check out this, though mine is pinker. I also did a drastic hair cut. My hair was way too long and shapeless. My hair was down below my chest, and that is unacceptable. It was dragging me down. Now it's above my shoulder and it's cute and bouncy and I can use less product and it looks better. I'll take pictures soon and put them up. I'm not a picture person, and this stuff takes planning.

Today I got to go to the Apple store, and it was cool and I was very pumped, but maybe I had built so much hype around it, but it was just an Apple store. It was in a glass cube, which was the shit, but other than that... Still, it was nice to have finally been there. I'm totally getting a Macbook or a Macbook Pro for my college laptop, though I'm not sure what I have to do to get my Dad to understand why OS X is so cool. It's totally because he uses Linux all the time that he's forgotten how shitty and crappy XP is. Also, he's never actually used OS X, so he shouldn't talk about things he doesn't understand. The worst is he thinks I don't know what I'm talking about. Psht, parents.

What's your favorite thing to shop for? 
Submitted by JadedButterfly.

I'm like a kid in a candy shop when I'm out buying tech gadgets. Whether it be cameras or iPods or just looking at stuff, I just love going to those places...especially Apple Stores :-)