Hollywoodland

I thought last night’s Doctor Who was thoroughly brilliant. And completely, utterly heartbreaking. I was sobbing by the end. But what really makes me sad is they won’t be filming new episodes for a year. And I read that the Sci Fi Channel may not pick the show up when it returns. Bastards. I guess if that happens I’ll have to wait for the episodes to turn up on BBC America which is a season behind now, I think.

On a happier note, I discovered while watching CMT this morning that Toby Keith and Rodney Carrington, the two stars of Beer For My Horses actually co-wrote the screenplay. Cool!

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We have finches! I haven’t seen finches since we moved here over two years ago. I like finches. Now if only we had some goldfinches… But so far I’ve only seen house finches and the little red-headed ones (which, oddly, I’ve always heard called purple finches ).

Tonight at 9pm Central time is really busy. I have Flashpoint, Psych, and Stargate: Atlantis. Also Doctor Who. Fortunately, it’s the only thing in its time slot I watch.

As some of you may know (or not *g*), country singer Toby Keith once had a hit song called Beer For My Horses. Well, that song is now a movie. The video was lots of fun, so I suspect the movie may well be, too. Anyway, a video’s been playing on the country music channels that’s from the soundtrack of the movie and it cracks me up every time I see it. So, without further ado, I give you [»]

It’s been awhile since I’ve done a meme, so since Trish created her own, I thought I’d do it today. Memes on Monday seem like a good idea. So, without further ado:

Famous People Meme — Which famous person in each of the following categories would you like to meet?

Author — Agatha Christie (of course, she’s dead, so I’d need the Ghost Hunters team to help me )

Movie Actor — Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnan

TV Actor — Nicholas Lea, Jeffrey Donovan or Colin Ferguson

Musician/Singer — Brad Paisley (and if you meet Brad, you stand a good chance of meeting William Shatner or Jason Alexander too, since they’re always popping up in his videos! ) or the boys from Def Leppard

Historical Figure — Jesus, King Tutankhamun (I want to know how he really died!) or Amelia Earhart (just what DID happen to her???)

Fictional Book Character — Roarke (and Eve Dallas, I guess, but mostly Roarke *g*), Simon Templar or the gang from the Trixie Belden books

Fictional Movie or TV Character — Sheriff Jack Carter, Remington Steele (to cover both sides of the law )

If you decide to play along, leave me a comment so I can come look!

Interestingly, the winner of the women’s 1500m race last night (in track not swimming *g*) is a former Irish step dancer. Dara Torres won the 50m race last night. But she’s thinking about dropping the 100m race at Beijing because the 50m is really her race.

Tonight, I’ll be watching recorded shows and the new episode of The Middleman.

Today I’m going to get back into the writing groove. Must. Finish. Something.

Reading: I finished Deja Demon last night. Not sure what I’m going to read next. I need to get to the library, but that won’t happen today.