soulswallo: (SGA-Sheppard-Looking badass!)
Sunday, May 15th, 2011 08:47 pm
Hailey, Cole and I are watching The Walking Dead again. Or at least the first episode. I freely admit that this series is well worth watching more than once. The fact that there are only six episodes total means that you can zip through the entire season very quickly.

So. Today at Cole's football game it started raining on us. I was like, "I can't have my Kindle out in the rain!" Which goes to show you what I do at my son's football games. So I sat in my car and watched the game from the parking lot.

I'm kinda the worse mom ever, aren't I?

Anyway. Books.
Book #195 - Hell by Randy Noble - And reason #1,263 why you shouldn't hitchhike and/or take rides from strangers.
Book #196 - Ecstasy by Bella Andre - Where I get to mention that the word "vagina" is not my favorite word for girl parts in erotica.
In My Mailbox - 19 books for six cents. I think I did pretty good this week.

Okay. We've switched over to season 4 of Stargate Atlantis. Have I ever mentioned that I'm kinda in love with Ronon? Jason Momoa is so damn big. And pretty. And his smile is just disarmingly melting. I think this means I'm going to be seeing Conan when it hits the theaters. Hello, sexy muscles!

On that note...
Later.
soulswallo: (Default)
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 09:00 pm
Cole's sick. I'm feeling under the weather. It's not fun. Driving home from work sucked, btw. I was feeling very poorly and I didn't enjoy it at all.

But enough about me.

O.o
O.O
o.O

Shush. I'm thinking.
Yeah. I got nothing.

So. Books.
Book #177 - At Grave's End (Night Huntress #3) by Jeaniene Frost - I LOVED THIS ONE! I'M SWOONING HERE!
Teaser Tuesday - Forgotten people, disappearing people and Cat & Bones (my favorite vampire/half-vampire couple EVER)!

I'm going to go watch Stargate Atlantis with the boy. He needs some quality time with me and the Pegasus Galaxay.
Later.
soulswallo: (Lost-Sawyer- F!)
Saturday, December 12th, 2009 06:44 pm
I feel pretty horrific. Colds suck. Big time. There has been much nyquil/dayquil consumed. That stuff tastes nasty, by the way. Absolutely terrible. Yet, I continue to take it so I can, you know, breathe. Awesome.

Today is my sister Amber's birthday. We had ribs and homemade macaroni and cheese. It was good, but I wish I could taste a little bit more than I can. Having a stuffed up nose sucks. Blech.

I don't know if I mentioned the other day that Cole's been watching Stargate Atlantis while I've been marathoning Lost. Naturally I've been watching SGA with him because I love me some Shep. It's a little weird marathoning two shows that are so different. Basically I have no time to watch any of the current shows that are on. They're piling up nicely on my DVR.

Speaking of Lost, I'm very firmly in the Sawyer/Kate camp. I think those two are great onscreen together. Even when Sawyer's being an ass. There's something so damn hot about them ... yum.

I'm done now. I have to go take my next dose of decongestants. [livejournal.com profile] oddmonster, I'll do your icon meme when I'm not quite so fuzzy headed. Promise.
Later.
soulswallo: (Stock-fantastical-Just believe)
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 07:18 pm
I finished my book!
Book #56 - In the Company of Ogres by A. Lee Martinez - When I read this book the first time I wasn't all that impressed with it. Especially when compared with A. Lee Martinez's first book, Gil's All-Fright Diner. I felt that this one was a little more forced. However, my re-read made me feel differently. It was quite good. Longer, definitely, which didn't make it a quick 3 hour book and much more densely written. Meaning that it actually took me a couple of days to read. That's nearly unheard of, you know. But it was good. Plot? Never Dead Ned has a problem - whenever he inconveniently dies he doesn't stay dead. On top of that he's been promoted to the position of Commander of Ogre Company, a position that has a notoriously short shelf life. A crazed magician is hunting him down. Demons are after him. Oh, and he might destroy the universe. How's he going to work his way out of this? Let the puns start rolling!

I don't know why I didn't journal yesterday. It just kind of slipped my mind. Weird. Maybe it was the massive amount of SG-1 episodes that Cole and I watched. The kid decided that he wanted to watch the pilot a few days back and all of a sudden we've watched into season 2. Crazy! It's been a while since I watched season 1. I don't remember a lot of what happened specifically. Just the general season arc. I'm trying to say that this is fun. Episodes! Marathoned with my kid!

I think I might go to the library tomorrow. Or maybe I'll check online to see if they have the two books I want before I go. That sounds like a better idea. No crazy running around looking for a book that isn't there.

I'm out!
soulswallo: (Stock-Look up and see the wonders)
Saturday, September 27th, 2008 09:19 pm
I got back not too long ago from [livejournal.com profile] malkovich03's bridal shower. I won the contest for knowing Mal the best! Awesome! I also got to announce my fear of clowns loudly to the room when I looked over and realized that I was standing next to a curio cabinet full of ceramic clowns. Yikes! What would make someone collect something like that? I think severed hands would be a more appropriate thing to collect, don't you? I can already hear [livejournal.com profile] oddmonster nodding vigorously. :)

I caught up on the shows I'd bypassed earlier this week (mostly for being utterly exhausted, thank you) - Supernatural was good and for some reason this season's main story arc makes me want to finish off the story I wrote last year dealing with Dean's deal into Hell. The Office was pretty damn good. That said, I don't feel quite as invested in the characters as I was back when I marathoned the first 3 seasons like someone on crack. SGA is still good. I'm still in love with Ronon. Naturally.

And now my DVR is empty. How sad.

I'm going to go finish my book.
Later.

ETA - Book #96 - Sorceress of Darshiva: Book Four of the Mallorean by David Eddings - Now this series is really moving. The heroes are on the brink of learning where the final battle will take place to defeat the Child of Dark and raise a new God is Mallorea. Awesome.
soulswallo: (SCC-Cameron-Blast doors)
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 07:39 pm
I accomplished my goal of taking a nap today. In fact, I took two. I'm an overachiever like that. I napped while watching SG1 on Sci-Fi this morning (Okay, fine! That first nap took place around 9 because I'm really getting tired of waking up before 6 every day and felt like I deserved a nap that early.) and then again while Cole was watching the original Terminator movie (which I've watched twice in the last week-ish).

I got some good news today. First off, we'll have our home phone and internet connected at the house by the end of next week. I'm not sure why we were being asked to hook it up early, but it's done. We also have an appointment on Friday for the first walk-through. The second takes place about 3 days before we can move in so this is very exciting. It actually feels like it's going to happen. Not that it didn't before, but now ... awesome!

Did I mention that I watched SCC again? Yeah. I did. I still kinda wish that Derek and Sarah would have more interactions (of the sweaty, dirty type), but I'm dealing with my disappointment. I'm also not certain how I feel about Shirley Manson. I think I like her, but something about her kinda bothers me. I can't pinpoint what. I do, however, dig John's new hair. It makes him look tougher. John Connor needs that.

I think I'm done.
Later.
soulswallo: (Roswell-Girl Friends!)
Sunday, August 31st, 2008 09:58 pm
I'm up to the last episode of season 4 of SGA. Awesome.

[livejournal.com profile] jenahville and [livejournal.com profile] kimbrchick are coming over for a bit of a visit tomorrow. I think we might have The Sarah Connor Chronicles on tap. Unless, of course, the girls want to watch one of my other (unpacked) tidbits.

My wrist hurts. I scraped the hell out of my hand on one of our outdoor plants this afternoon and it stings like something that stings a lot. My room looks naked with all my pictures down. Poor room.

I think I'm going to go to bed now.
Later.
soulswallo: (SGA-Sheppard-Ummm)
Friday, August 29th, 2008 07:29 pm
I'm watching SGA. The episode where Atlantis locks down and the team is trapped in different parts of the city. Awesome ep. When Ronon is stuck in the infirmary with Keller and she suggests finding a way to pass the time? The look on his face is awesome. And her backpedaling ... "Talk! I meant talk!" Hahahahahaha! I'd totally pass the time with him. If you know what I mean. Nope. There's no innuendo here!

It's still hot. Sadly, not sexy-hot, just sweaty-hot. Yuck.

I cut out of work around 1:30 today because I had to sign some paperwork for the house. It turns out the signing took about 3 minutes. Oops. I guess I miscalculated. My bad. Did I go back in to work? Umm ... no. I totally boxed up a bookcase instead. Look! It needed to be done. It was sitting there and I was sitting there and I was going to be hot whether I started boxing or not. So I did it. Yes, I live my life on the edge. Some people are just born rebels.

I love Teyla's maternity clothes. She looks so damn good. I'm fairly certain I didn't look that good when I was pregnant. Huh.

Okay. I'm done.
soulswallo: (SGA-Sheppard-Looking badass!)
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 09:17 pm
In an amazing turn of events it's still blisteringly hot outside. And inside. One of the things that I hate about this house is the way the heat clusters in the bedrooms and makes sleeping miserable. Blech. It's just hot enough that I tossed Cole in the shower about 45 minutes ago and told him to wash the sweat off. He was that sticky kind of sweaty that I really didn't want to sleep next to.

I'm still working my way through SGA season 4. Ronon makes me think bad thoughts. Dirty, naughty thoughts. He's very pretty.

My mom and I have to head over to the house tomorrow to sign some paperwork. Oh, darn. That means I have to leave work early. On a Friday. And one of my assistants told me that I shouldn't bother coming in on Saturday. That's such a nice thing to say. I probably go in for a few hours, but it's still a nice thought.

Ronon's still pretty.
I'm out.
soulswallo: (SGA-Looking Upwards)
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 07:55 pm
It's very, very hot. Yuck.

Today, I boxed up my closet. That was a little bit scary. It wasn't actually scary, but I kept finding more and more things that had to be put away. It was like the endless abyss of a closet. If only Ed Harris had shown up to help me. *sigh*

I also managed to watch 10-ish episodes of Stargate:Atlantis season 4. This was while boxing things up, mind you. Did I ever mention that I bought season 4 for a very frugal $5.99? I had a $25 gift certificate from Amazon. I used it wisely.

Tomorrow is supposed to be even hotter than today. I'm not thrilled by that. I think I'm going to appreciate being in my air-conditioned building. I don't say that often.

Okay. I'm back to watching SGA.
I hope I don't melt tonight. And I'm not talking figuratively.
soulswallo: (XF-The aliens are coming!)
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 08:28 pm
I came home from work today to an empty house. My mom and Heather were at the Kindergarten orientation at Cole and Hailey's new school. Cole was with his dad getting a hair cut. I had the house to myself. I watched the end of The Messengers which was quite good. Although I will say that the end was pretty predictable. Still, it was scarier than I thought a PG movie would be. Now I'm working on Stargate Continuum. Good times.

It's been so hot here lately that I've had a really hard time sleeping at night. Endless tossing and turning and randomly waking up in the middle of the night because I'm certain that there's something in my room that shouldn't be there. It's not as fun as it sounds.

I'm of to watch the rest of Stargate.
Out.
soulswallo: (SGA-Sheppard-Looking badass!)
Friday, August 8th, 2008 09:03 pm
Instead of watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, I've been catching up on SGA. What? Ronon needed some love. Anyway. I'm recording them so that Cole can watch them later. It's not like I'm missing them entirely.

Tomorrow, my mom and I are tackling the dreaded toy closet to start boxing it up and sorting out what we're planning on selling a the garage sale. I'm so afraid.

Completely randomly, if you don't bank with my bank and you're going to stand at my teller's window and do nothing but complain ... well, you'd better be damn sure we're going to mock you later. Also, the fees we charge aren't how we make our money. So, suck it, non-customer! Suck it. And just possibly, use your own bank.

I am done.
soulswallo: (Cloverfield-The lady needs a head)
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 06:43 pm
Here are a couple of things I'd like to point out ...
People who look at Craig's List are a bunch of flakes. We had a lady who was interested in our rocking chair. She called us, got our address, set up a time to come by today, her husband called and confirmed this morning ... nothing. They were supposed to be here around 4. It's no longer around 4. Flakes.

Stargate Atlantis is a pretty freaking awesome show. I think I'm going to have to break down and buy season 4. Soon. Soon, like before we move into our new place. Then I'm going to watch it! Yay!

I'm sick of pizza and cake. We had pizza and cake at Cole's birthday party on the 6th. We had just finished that up when Hailey's birthday rolled around (we celebrated on Friday and Saturday) and we had pizza and cake again. That's a crazy lot of pizza and cake. No more, I say! No more!

I need to clean my room. It's ... gross.

I think that's all.
soulswallo: (SGA-Looking Upwards)
Friday, July 11th, 2008 10:00 pm
Oh, oh! A new Stargate:Atlantis! And in other news ...

Book #66 - The Hollow by Agatha Christie - This book was much more lyrical than the others I read. It was ... more psychological? More human? I don't know. But it was MORE.

-and-

Book #67 - Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie - Okay, I didn't see this one coming. It kinda whoa-ed me. I love when I get to the end and I'm surprised by who the killer is but when I look back on it I see that all the clues were there for the taking. Brilliant.

*ahem* I need to read 3 more books this month to be on track for the year. I can totally do that.

Back to SGA!
soulswallo: (DW-Rose-Look to the side to see it!)
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 07:42 pm
[livejournal.com profile] neversince makes me play meme games ..

She asked, I answered )

There you have it. I'm not doing the part where you comment and I give you things to tell me about. Because I'm feeling incredibly lazy right now.

[livejournal.com profile] oddmonster's on vacation and she's going to surpass my book number any moment now. dammit. I think that means that I need to take a vacation. Right now.

Or not.

I must go read.
later.
soulswallo: (DW-Rose-I am the Bad Wolf)
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 07:42 pm
I did not post yesterday. It was kinda fun. :)

While thinking bitchy thought to myself this morning about why I had an 8:00 conference call, I suddenly realized that I haven't finished a single damn book this month. I have, like, 50 pages left in the one I'm currently reading and I just can't seem to finish it. I hate that. I vow that I will finish it tomorrow. I have a solid 45 minutes that I can read during Cole's karate practice. I can get it done.

I'm making plans to get together with [livejournal.com profile] jenahville on Saturday. Cool.

And finally, I received my copies of Tin Man and Stargate: The Ark of Truth yesterday. I love amazon. And they love me. *blink, blink*

I'm done now.
soulswallo: (DW-Rose-Purple hat)
Monday, March 10th, 2008 08:30 pm
Holy crap I'm tired. I'm too tired to use proper punctuation. I also kinda broke down and let Cole watch Friday's SGA with me before he finished his homework because I really wanted to see it and it was good and everything but my damn DVR cut off with a minute or two to go so now I have to download it and on top of that Cole doesn't want to finish his homework because I disrupted his routine and did I mention that I missed the last two minutes of my show?

Dammit.

I'm sure there are things I should be doing right now but my brain is really fuzzy and it keeps wandering. Read, Cole. Read.

I'm going to go now.
soulswallo: (DW-Rose-Big hair)
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 07:43 pm
Ahhh, Sunday. Sadly, it's the last day of my vacation. Boo. It's been raining on and off all day so Cole and I stayed in and were very, very lazy. Besides finishing my next book (and I'll get to that in a second) I really couldn't tell you what we did today. Wait. I'm having a memory ... Stargate Atlantis. I have things to say about that also!

Book #28 - Dark Possession by Christine Feehan - I wasn't terribly invested in this book in the beginning. I've read all the other books in the Carpathians series (this is the 18th) and I've enjoyed all of them and yet, for some reason, this book seemed ... I don't know how to describe it. The main character, Manolito, was nearly killed in the previous book and this one opened with him in the spirit world of his people being tormented by something evil. Ehh. Eventually, his lifemate (MaryAnn) figures out that he's still alive and that he's bound her to him and that her formidable psychic powers make her a prime target for the vampires. Somewhere in the middle of the book I realized that I was way into what was going to happen. In the spirit world we get to meet the former Prince of the Carpathians and learn about the great mistake he made that began the downfall of his people. The book ended up being very, very good and I'm looking forward to the next in the series.

Now onto SGA! )

I totally meant to get some reviews up at [livejournal.com profile] blabapalooza but I was just ... lazy. I seriously have several that are ready to fall out of my head. I just need to sit down and let them tumble. Maybe I'll do that next. Or maybe I'll watch the Pokemon movie with Cole. :)

Wish me luck at work tomorrow. :/ I'm a little afraid. Who knows what crazy stuff happened in my week off.
soulswallo: (DW-Rose-Big hair)
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 09:14 pm
I had the weirdest dream last night. I don't even think I can properly detail it out. The short version is that I bought a house in the LA area that used to belong to a family of drug runners. There was a covered bridge going over a little creek and weird hidey-holes all over the house where the drug runners would hide themselves and their stuff. Also, my dad was there giving me advice. It was ... odd.

And in news that might be cool to me and me alone, I've watched all my shows that were hanging around on my DVR. Lost was GREAT! I was all ... AHHHHHHHH! And ....OMG!!!! I had a good time watching it. SGA needs to have Ronon in civilian clothes more often. He's very pretty. Supernatural was FUN! Psych made me laugh! FNL was good! All in all, a very good TV watching evening.

The fam and I (minus Heather but plus Amb and Phil) went out to Japanese food for dinner tonight. I've been craving Japanese for weeks. WEEKS! It was so good. The kids always amaze me with how much they eat when we put rice and teriyaki chicken in front of them. Oh, and Cole is obsessed with pot stickers. He can tell a good pot sticker from a bad one. He cracks me up.

meme )

I'm going to go zone out for a bit. I have a slight case of the tireds.
soulswallo: (DW-Tardis-Take me away)
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 06:14 pm
I just saw a preview for Ghost Voyage on Sci-Fi and ... YES! Ghosts and ships at sea and a creepy guy who gives them the rules to survive which they immediately disregard! Bliss. I don't even know who "they" are. More to the point, who cares! Ghosts! On a ship! Woot!

I'm easily amused.

I don't think I mentioned that I had to buy the last disc of season 2 of Farscape again because my disc was all weird and it kept freezing in the middle of one of the episodes and the end of season 2 is utterly excellent. Anyway. I had to buy the last disc but since I had made my original purchase they've released the Starburst editions. Crap. Now I have 7 episodes on two discs instead of 4 on 2. This is seriously messing with me. Plus, the new packaging takes up a 3rd of the space of my old one. Dammit. I've re-bought all of season 2 and season 3 now. It's killing me that I'm re-buying it after all the money I spent originally. BUT! I will have much more room. I don't think I want to talk about this anymore.

Ha! Old school SG1! Daniel's hair. Too funny.

I didn't crack a book today. How does that make everyone feel? Like the world is going to end? Don't worry, I had that thought earlier when I realized that I don't even know which book I want to read next. This is what I have to say to all of you ... Shh, shh. It'll be alright.

I've had a really weird day. Can you tell? I had to pick Cole up from school around 1 because of this thing he's been fighting all week. My poor boy. He wanted to try to go to karate but I talked him out of it. Heck, if he's fighting both a headache and a stomachache why would he want to go grapple with other kids. Blech. That's sounds vaguely nauseating to me.

Dudes! I saw a picture of Morena Baccarin at Sundance and she's chopped off her hair. It's cute but it's way, way short. Maybe she's had it this way for a while but it's the first time I've seen it and it really surprised me. Of course she's still gorgeous. Damn her.

I think I've spoken my mind. I'm out.