Wah, I'm sick.

I have got the worst chest cold ever. My chest hurts and my throat is raw, I can't stop coughing, and this morning, I added sneezing constantly to my repertoire. I went to work this morning, but they sent me home early for coughing and sneezing on customers (apparently they don't like that), so I just called into my other job. I can't stomach the thought of dealing with customers until 11:00 tonight feeling like this.

Really quick, I of course watched the mid-season finales for Atlantis and SG-1, and of course they upset me. I hate it that I'll have to wait until January just to see what happens! I mean, SG-1 has been searching for the Sangraail forever, and I've been worrying about the Asurans since the first time I saw them. They were good, but I need to see the conclusion. You know, it's not really necessary to do a cliffhanger every time there's a break in the show. I'm going to watch it anyway--I don't need that shit to come back. I'd prefer it if it were pretty much wrapped up when there's a break, and I can come back and watch the new season fresh.

And they left off in the worst places. SG-1, Ba'al, and Adria are facing a big dragon (good news: Adria's powers don't work where they are); and Atlantis has been taken over by the Asurans and Elizabeth, Sheppard, McKay, Beckett, Teyla, and Ronon are going back to try to stop them. It made me happy that Sheppard and McKay were still hanging out, even after they got back to Earth. However, and I hate to say this with as much as I like Carson, but I don't know how much help he's actually going to be. He's terrible with a gun, he's not good with plans, and they're definitely not going to have time to stop and take care of any wounds. But I guess we'll see a thousand years from now, when I finally find out.

And just curious: were the Ancients who took Atlantis back actually Ancients, or were they Asurans who were just getting SG-1 to vacate the city to make it easier? I thought the whole time that they were just Asurans, but then they attacked the city, and I'm not exactly sure what's going on. I guess I'll find that out in a thousand years, too.

Now, it's time to drink NyQuil and watch Friends until I fall asleep.

8 Reasons for SG-1's 8th Season.

8. Lost City? Not so much anymore.
After years of searching for the lost city of Atlantis all over the galaxy, Dr. Jackson finally unlocks the secrets of the location of the city, and a spinoff is born.

7. Crossovers
Although both shows can be viewed without the other, it's more fun to watch both. The subtle inside jokes and references in each show make fans feel "in on" both series.

6. Concise Summaries
"Citizen Joe" is one of the best episodes out there, just for the fact that it neatly compiles the major events of the entire show from beginning to present. It also contains lots of little nods to fans and inside jokes on the show. Dan Castellanata's appearance itself is because of Richard Dean Anderson's love of the Simpsons.

5. Tugging at our Heartstrings
Unfortunately, in season 8 we have to say our good-byes to Jacob Carter/Selmak. Although very sad to lose a valuable ally as well as Carter's father, the show still catches our hearts even 8 years after its appearance on television.

4. Recurring Cast Members
Season 8 gives us the last days of Jacob Carter/Selmak, as well as the reappearance of Anubis, ex-Vice President Kinsey, the Trust, Replicarter, and Ba'al, who is setting up to become the last Goa'uld with any remaining power.

3. Sam's Feminine Side
We get a little peek into the other world of Samantha Carter as she accepts Pete Shanahan's proposal and begins planning her wedding. Although many (including me) were grateful when she finally decided against getting married, we can still appreciate this glimpse into a side of Carter that had remained dormant for eight years previous: a social life.

2. Decisive Victories
This is the season when a lot of the antagonist storylines began wrapping up to make room for new threats like the Lucian Alliance and the Ori. The Replicators are at last defeated, the Goa'uld System Lords suffer heavy losses and are effectively drained of power, and Anubis is defeated (thanks to Oma Desala).

1. Moebius
Moebius is admittedly my favorite episode for many reasons. I love the alternate timeline, the Puddle Jumper is such a fun reference to Atlantis, I think it's funny when they get stuck in ancient Egypt, the inside jokes are everywhere, it was supposed to wrap up the season neatly (and had it been the end, it would have been neatly tied together), and last but not least...DAVID HEWLETT APPEARS IN THE ALTERNATE TIMELINE!!

Later!

"Gate Ship. It's a ship that goes through the gate. Well, I thought it was clever."

It's the ass crack of dawn.

I'm on my way out the door for work, but I wanted to marvel at how I managed to wake up at 4 a.m. this morning. Instead of rushing through my morning preparations, I had a leisurely hot shower, dried some clothes, and got dressed, still with enough time to smoke not one but two cigarettes.

Go me!

Nothing like a good list.

I just realized, I haven't shown my great love for listmaking yet. Nothing really compares to a neat, organized list. On par with this great love, here is the list I'm most proud of:

Article titles
As you may have noticed, I changed the name of my blog again. I just watched the Reckoning (Pts. 1 and 2) of Stargate SG-1, and I really liked the paper he was reading in the diner between death and Ascension. I even paused the television to figure out what the smaller articles said. Here they are:

"Astral diner to be given infinite status"

"Yoga Not the path to enlightenment"

"Ethereal Awareness seminar to be held in Talnak Quadrant"

"Anubis plans to retake Dakara
EXCLUSIVE INFORMATION ON HIS QUEST TO
DESTROY ALL LIFE IN THE MILKY WAY GALAXY
He's back again and he's badder than ever"

And my personal favorite...

"Wraith on the way to Atlantis" (Underneath was a picture of a Hive ship) -- Remember, this was running concurrently with Atlantis, which was nearing its first season when this aired. At this point, they knew the Wraith were coming but had no power to fight them with, and Earth had no ZPM.

O'Neill: God I miss going offworld!

I think I've corrupted my mother.

I took my mom to a tattoo parlor last night--she wanted to get a tattoo like mine. Not only that, but she skipped church to do it.

That's right, everyone; I'm leading my mother down the same sinful path I'm on. Pretty soon she'll leave my father and live in sin with some guy with lots of tattoos and long hair.

Yay, Mom!

Watching episodes from Atlantis's first season. 38 Minutes is probably my favorite, but I also really like Childhood's End (McKay interacting with kids is hysterical); Poisoning the Well (for the Beckett love); The Storm and The Eye (McKay's genius, Sheppard's heroics); and Letters from Pegasus (it's fun, and Rodney goes on for a bit, which of course makes me happy).

Well, I've got to get ready to go to my second job of the day (*yawn*).

"Talk amongst yourselves."

Season 8 is here!

Season 8 discs two and three just arrived. Goddamn, I love Netflix!

SG-1 time!

Dear tiny Lord baby Jesus...

Yes, I finally saw Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. It rocked my world, Gary Cole in particular. I love him anyway, but he was awesome in this. Even better than he was in Dodgeball, which completely cracked me up.

McKay and Mrs. Miller made me happier than I can put into words. Finally, an alternate reality that is kind to McKay! If you remember, in one alternate reality he was killed, and in an alternate timeline he was an even bigger asshole than he is now. But in this realilty, he was cool. His hair was all spiked up and he was so laidback. But you know, even with all of that (and the hot leather jacket), I still like "our" Rodney better. I love how mean he is and how he puts everyone down and is a complete egomaniac. That's what drew me to the character in the first place--I am just drawn to guys who act like assholes. Deep down inside, I think they really just want to be loved, and that's what attracts me to them--the mean stuff is just bravado to hide their insecurities, and there's nothing more attractive in a man than a little vulnerability.

Mom was happy because they said that the Sheppard in Rod's reality was really involved in Mensa, and she's been hoping that they won't abandon those little tidbits about Sheppard being a genius, particularly at math. Her love of Sheppard scares me--it might even be greater than my love for McKay.

I fixed the computer. I had to--I just couldn't handle it. I like things to be a certain way. Kris didn't seem too concerned, so I had to take care of it myself. But if he ever does it again, he better hope that Tom Cruise will come down with his witchcraft and take the fire off of him.

Crap, gotta go! New Simpsons! (Then new Family Guy and American Dad! Yay TV!)

"Wow! Your mother must dance at the nicest strip joint in town!"

We didn't start the fire.

JFK! Blown away! What else do I have to say?!?

Bad sneakers and a piña colada.

Listening to Steely Dan until I have to go to Physical Science. (Boring!) The professor spent most of the last class going over simple ideas like scientific notation and converting metric units because nobody knew how to do it. How can you get to college and not know what scientific notation is? What is wrong with these people?

Kris fucked up our Internet settings by downloading some stupid game, and I'm furious. Everything looks stupid and I don't know how to fix it. So far, all I've been able to fix is the font size. Help!

My German professor asked me what my favorite TV show is, and I replied Stargate Atlantis! He had never heard of it (which really surprised me, to be honest), but two guys in my class said, "Ja!" So there are a few fans in my class, but not many.

CD player just switched to Billy Joel. Speaking of which, he has this song, "Goodnight, Saigon," which I've always really liked, but there's this part that always bothered me. The song is pretty cool (I think he must've liked history, because of this song, "Leningrad," and "We Didn't Start the Fire," all songs where he talks about real historical happenings), but there's this one line that cracks me up no matter how into the song I am. He says, "We held onto each other/Like brother to brother/We promised our mothers we'd write." Isn't that hilarious? It seems so out of place. And the last time he sings that line, he says it really badass, like, "I'm not a motherfucker you want to mess with--I promised my mother I'd write, then I didn't! Top that, asshole!"

I changed the title of my page in honor of the Plutonians, these really stupid aliens on this show Aqua Teen Hunger Force. They are trying to copy things, and one of the ideas they steal is the Stargate, only they call it the Fargate. Oglethorpe has this hilarious German accent, and he puts a mohawk on the "Fargate" (to distinguish it from the Stargate), then says, "It is in no way associated with the movie, or that syndicated series based on the movie. We are not getting sued!" (It's funnier if you hear it with a German accent.)




"Ja, mini pizzas. Das would taste good to my palatte."

I got all my hair chopped off.

Well, my hair is short again. I'm not just saying shorter than it was--I mean Sam Carter short. It's fun, though, and really bouncy.

I'm so excited about McKay and Mrs. Miller that I almost can't stand it. This is going to be my episode, at least from this half of the season. I'm pretty pissed off about how they always have that stupid mid-season cliffhanger. I'm used to watching shows completely through the season. They're lucky I love Stargate so much, or I wouldn't put up with this shit.

I got a check from school today. It's not much, but at least it's something, which is thrilling. I love getting some extra money unexpectedly.

What I'd really like to do is go to Tunica. The last time I was there I played this really fun Star Wars penny machine for like three hours at Fitzgerald's. That was the best machine I've ever played. There was a Death Star bonus, and if you got Darth Vader in the first slot and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the last slot, they fought each other. It was so cool.

Well, I'm off to Wal-Mart for groceries and stuff to create my own really cool purse. Later!

SG-1 marathon!

I'm half-ass watching the SG-1 marathon on Sci-Fi. Unfortunately, they're not only all episodes I've seen, they're almost all episodes that I have on DVD. The only ones are the two-parters from season 6 (which I don't have because it's the season without Daniel Jackson, and I find Jonas Quinn annoying).

I watched "The Fifth Race" because it's one of those you just can't ever get tired of. I also watched "Lost City" and its companion for 3 reasons: they are trying to find Atlantis, and I love tie-ins to what becomes Atlantis; Dr. Weir is in it (although Jessica Steen plays her in "Lost City," and I like Torri Higginson much better); and the fight scenes are awesome (not to mention that they blow Anubis straight out of the damn sky).

I've given up on watching until that season 6 two-parter, though, because I was actually cleaning the house. I've almost completely finished the dishes, and I just started the laundry. The house looks great now, and soon everything will be clean enough to be up to my standards.

Listening to music always makes me go faster, so I started with Steely Dan, then progressed to the Eagles and Billy Joel, but now I'm stuck on STP and Velvet Revolver (who have the same lead singer). My boyfriend Kris is over at a friend's house, which I'm kind of grateful for. If he were here, my chances of watching SG-1 go way down. He used to really like the show, but he says I over-watch it and that ruins it. I disagree. Watching something only once isn't sufficient to notice all of the subtleties in the episode. Just for the record, I've also ruined M*A*S*H (the movie) and Firefly for him.

Well, back to work. McKay and Mrs. Miller next Friday!

And now, Family Guy:

"Cigarettes killed my father and raped my mother."