Wraithfodder's Lair

Decided to start decluttering, which meant going 'what's in those boxes?' Ah, old TV Guides from the late 90s. Alas, that's about when they started changing over, cutting out guest credits, etc, so just pulled out any pretty pictures or worthwhile articles and condensed a whole xerox box of guides to about one inch of clippings.

Some notes, back in '98/'99....

* THE CLOSER was a sitcom starring Tom Selleck, not a cop drama on TNT.
* LA FEMME NIKITA was a hot show
* Yes, they made the show LOVE BOAT, THE NEXT WAVE. Ah, yes, we all make mistakes..
* George Clooney was still in ER! Then later, they had a shot of him with blonde hair. Aiee, a mistake he has fortunately NOT repeated! ;)
* The TV Guides were full of Princess Di memorial dolls and whatnot.
* Ah, the joys of classic made-for-tv Fox movies like TERROR IN THE MALL (ack, cough cough)
* Why doesn't SciFi pluck this show - MERCY POINT - a medical drama in outer space - to fill its slots. I mean, geez, it's gotta be better than some of those drecky scifi flicks they show Saturday night.
* The Hansons! Remember them? Pop trio of three brothers (think it was three). Ah yes, well, burn bright and then poof.
* The beginning of bad TV starts with Fox's "When Good Pets Go Bad," showing a snarling dog.
* Lots of X-FILES ads. Ah, that's when scifi was good. 
* NOW AND AGAIN - heck, Skiffy needs to repeat that gem, or get it out on DVD if nothing else.
* Heh, found a BAYWATCH HAWAII ad with Jason Momoa. Ha!
* And for SUPERNATURAL fans, found an article on Jensen Ackles ... "The doe-eyed 20-year-old' who joined Days of Our Lives as Eric Brady... Oh my, styled hair, cashmere sweater. Why do guys get better looking as they get older? Much prefer Dean on SPN. Hmm, I should scan the article and load it.

One thing I noticed that we had a lot less channels, and a lot more movies and choices. Yeah, less choices, but better ones. Reality shows didn't really exist. Now, we've got lord knows how many channels just full of well, crap. Inane, insulting reality shows... infomercials. I mean, in the old days (really, less than a decade ago), channels that now show junky infomericals, etc. after midnight used to show syndicated action shows (all sorta, with an emphasis on buddy-friendships, etc.).

Well, THE 4400 just started up and Kavan Smith is in it, so that's it for today :)

It was a great day. Gray, gloomy and rainy, which prevented me from going out and doing much needed yard work, so instead, I could stay inside and watch DVDs and clean up the PC and be a slave to the cat, who has been baking under a lamp virtually all day. He worships the great God 75 watt...

Yes, I spent a lot of today watching the WB's hunky horror show SUPERNATURAL. The thing was it's never been in a decent time slot (against CSI) and then one of the big box stores had a sale - season 1 for about $24 (and it's more like $40 everywhere else) so I said, you know, let's check it out. Like it, don't know if I can get into the fanfic, and you'll see more Invader Zim icons before I put in Dean and Sam icons (I finally know their names and don't have to go 'the good looking older brother') ;)  However, if there are any good angsty hurt/comfort whump fanfics on this show (no slash, please, sorry, cannot and do not see it - they're brothers, for pete's sake!) I wouldn't mind some links.

Meanwhile, went through the hard drive  on the PC and have arranged most of my SGA fanfic. Got it categorized, put together a spreadsheet as I discovered multiple copies of the same stories. Gotta save paper and toner ink, after all. Discovered a bunch of stories I'd downloaded but not yet printed or read. 

Sigh, Christmas is over. Decorations will come down, oh, in a month or so. January is such a gloomy month. I like the Xmas lights around the TV set :)