My life has been rather full over the last few weeks, so I figured a recap is in order.
My Grandmother, the Matriarch of the Clan, has seen her health decline over the last few years. Recently, she had a rather dire visit to the hospital where her Doctor basically said they have reached the inevitable… there is no fix for what ails her and it’s time to prepare for the Long Goodnight. She is currently in a nursing facility receiving hospice care.
Our family is taking every opportunity to visit. She is very alert and our goal is to spend time with her and be a comfort. We don’t know how long we have, but the rest of the family are planning November and December visits… so I do not think we are at the edge of the precipice.
In other news… I built an 11 foot swing gate, as well as a fenced enclosure for the side of my house. This isn’t the kind of work I am used to, so I read up and just made it happen. I’ve done a good job if I can be so bold as to pat myself on the back. Whenever I do anything remotely handy, I get the profound urge to hold my hands to the heavens and exclaim “THESE HAND… HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY GAWD!!!!!!”…. which get’s kind of old after I replace the filter in the central air conditioning unit every month.
In gaming news, I’ve been playing Champions Online… but only casually. It’s clear that my tastes in any particular game are mercurial at best. Yes… I love the superhero genre. Yes, I love creating the characters in this game… and the power representations are good to excellent. However, the game world is not immersive and suffers from the DisneyWorld Theme Park effect that quest based games all suffer from to varying degrees. In Champions Online… it is even more prevalent. Perhaps that is best for me… I am a casual gamer, and I have no intention of ever getting so deep into a game as to command my free time in such a manner as other “lifestyle” MMO games do. Bottom line…I am paid up for 6 months… I’ll play for 6 months.
House is back… and after a stunningly good premier, the show has become Meh. Not as much of Meh as last season, but still not the greatness of the first two seasons. All that said, I will still keep it on my Must See list for awhile.
Eastwick is a delightfully engaging show, which has somehow tricked me into watching it despite it clearly being a man-hating Uterus-fest. It’s is a chick show with witchy clothing. My wife and I watch it together, but whenever a female character bitches about a man I see her turning to he with the unspoken “Hah!” in her eyes. It’s nice to see Rebbecca Romain in a serious role, though it is clear her Blue Hotness days are behind her.
Dexter is quite good this season… and I would call it my favorite show on the air. And I don’t care what anybody says… there is nothing kinky about the fact that the actors who play Dexter and his sister are married. Nothing at all.
Heroes is… something. Dunno what. I download it. I watch it a day or two later. I guess I like it. Is that “meh” or “sub-meh”?
Smallville… the show I love to hate, has been okay. There has not been too much sickening drama and the meta story has potential. Well see. One thing that comes to mind though, is the desire to capitalize on the success of The Dark Knight. Clark is standing on ledges and rooftops dressed all in black, with… a blue ‘S’ on his tee-shirt… trench-coat flapping behind him, while a barely disguised variation of the Dark Knight music plays in the background. See… lame ass Clark is as cool as Bale’s Batman, right? Whatever… squeeze every ounce out, cuz this is the last season.
That’s my round up.
P.s.: Almost forgot… I was *this* close to winning the Nobel Peace Prize.