Grass and Sky

Wow, I'm glad September is a thing of the past. Other than Dragon*Con, it was mostly just a very crappy month. But now, October is here, it is fall, and things are starting to look up again.

I've fallen out of the habit of paying attention to new tv shows in the fall, but I watched the first two eps of Hawaii Five-O over the weekend and I liked it. Third time's the charm, I guess, when it comes to Alex O'Loughlin. I tried really hard to like Moonlight, but I just couldn't buy his portrayal of the vampire. I gave Three Rivers one shot, and didn't even last a full episode because of him. But he felt a lot less bland and generic-pretty-boy in Hawaii Five-O so there's hope.

We're about a third of the way through Merlin season three, now, and I'm fighting boredom tooth and claw. It feels like every episode is a slightly reworked rehash of a previous episode. Plus, I'm not all that keen on the sullenly lurking Evil!Morgana storyline. I keep watching though, in the hope that it re-engages my interest soon.

In non-tv related news, eve11's halloween party is coming up in a couple weeks and I'm still trying to figure out how to do the costume I have in mind. I think there's going to be a thrift store shopping spree this weekend, however, so hopefully that will provide some answers.

And there's still OKCupid, to provide me with entertainment when all else fails. Started emailing with a new guy on Sunday. He seems a little bit more needy than I'm entirely comfortable with, and he's fifteen years older than me, but his profile looked interesting, so I'll continue to email him and see what happens. I also got a text from the guy that I went out with back in August. He'd gone away on a month long trip and just got back recently. I had, honestly, pretty much forgotten about him, but he wants to hang out sometime soon. So I may have a few not!dates coming up.

Oh, and I got my hair cut. Really, really cut. I wanted it to look like this:

and it pretty much does, actually, although my color isn't as deep as hers. I'll post a pic once I have one.

The annual halloween madness is on. eve11 picked me up from work last night, we hit up the grocery store for lots and lots of food, then made it back to her place to watch the last half of the Penguins game. Ostensibly, we were going to work on party things while watching the game, but sadly, pretty much all our focus was on hockey.

(side note: the Penguins, who were looking pretty lackluster the entire game, were down 1-3 with three minutes left in the game. At 2:56, they were down 2-3. At 2:17 they had tied the game. They held on through a fast five minutes of overtime, went to a shoot out, and won the game off Sidney Crosby's unbeaten record of 4-0 in shootout chances this season. Another hard-fought win for the Pens!)

After the game we did finally start doing a little bit of party-related work. We got the stars for our Hollywood Shamble of Fame game cut out while watching the new Dawn of the Dead remake. Then watched the last bit of the hockey game on replay while finishing the stars. Then it was two in the morning and I wussed out and went to bed.

We're getting a slow start this morning, inevitable, I think, but my hair is in curlers for the Donna Reed costume and if I can just get my hands on some coffee, I might be ready for work.

Happy Halloween, everyone!