Wonderfull Wonderfalls, and the tragedy that is premature axing
I caught like one episode of this show way back when it was first airing in like 2004-05 or something like that, and then it just disappeared, POOF, like that. Apparently it was axed after only 4 episodes, which quite frankly stuns me, because it’s bright, quirky, intelligent and funny, and you don’t see that on TV much. On second thought, maybe I’m not so stunned, this isn’t exactly a show for the mindless masses. It’s more of a “cult following” kind of show, like American Gothic or Firefly.
I consider myself profoundly lucky to have stumbled upon it again, and to be able to track it down, so I can finally watch it all. I plan to pimp it to all my friends and family too. I think maybe, if enough people recognise this show for the awesomeness it is, then maybe it will work out like the monkeys and the sweet potatoes, and humanity will begin to recognise good TV, en masse.
That is all.
Thinking for yourself, that hip new craze
Hey there all you guys and dolls!
I am here today to tell you about a little brain reboot I had today, thanks to a great day at uni and a visit from RBoi.
Do you ever get the feeling that your brain has gone into power-saving mode, like your computer, when you leave it on and don’t use it for a while? First the screen dims itself a bit, then the screen saver comes on, then the computer goes into sleep mode, only using enough power to keep from forgetting the things that haven’t yet been committed to long-term memory, but not doing much of anything else. WELL that is how I have felt lately, like my brain has stagnated, and I could not for the life of me figure out how to jump-start her!
Then, like a breath of cold air that sneaks down your back when you think you have the doona tucked in nice and tight, SCHOOL started (finally) and my rusty cogs started turning (with much protesting, but no sympathy). The dry sponge of a brain residing in my head was doused with water, which rolled off at first, but then my brain kicked into gear and started soaking it all up! Microorganisms! Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes! Gram Staining and Aseptic techniques! BRING IT! MA BRAIN IS BACK!
And, to top off this fine day, a visit from RBoi, who always gives me a jolt, and reminds me what it is to think for myself. You don’t realise how important it is to use your common sense, and come to your own conclusions, until you look at what allowing yourself to be led, against your common sense, can really do. Suicide cults, child/slave labour, and how polluted this world has become, all results of not thinking for ourselves, of not doing a little research and using our common sense to come to our own conclusion. When we let ourselves be lied to, and give others the power to make decisions on our behalf based on those lies, we are committing a very big injustice, against ourselves, and those who suffer at the hands of the people we give power to.
I think that I am very lucky that the universe sought fit to bring me into contact with such an interesting thinker, as my best friend. I would never have guessed at the potential of the world, or of the potential within myself if it weren’t for him.
I urge everyone, to think, and in doing so encourage others to think. I believe that if we all used our brains a little more, and exercised all of our positive emotions, like love, compassion, and empathy, as well as taking responsibility for our thoughts and emotions, the world would be on the fast track to something good.
PEACE LOVE AND HUNNICAKES! Now more than ever.
Bee
xoxo
P.S:
Randomness FTW
Hi faithful followers!
Some funnies today, courtesy of my hearing impaired boyfriend (of 5 years as of Thursday, athankya very much)
Now, strangely this conversation started with kebabs, but somehow we ended up talking about Smith Street.
“Oh” says J, “I know there’s one in Port Melbourne.”
“The one I’m talking about,”responds I, “intersects with Church near my work”
“WHAT SEX CHURCH?” exclaims J…
“INTERSECTS WITH CHURCH” I say, in a deliberately loud voice, enunciating ever so carefully.
“I thought you said sex church” he says, heading to the kitchen.
My next bite of kebab ended up all over the table as he announced
“ALL HAIL THE BONER” followed quickly by a “and thank god for BOOBIES!”
Mere male moment and a half!
“Gotta love the randomness” J says from the kitchen.
“Yeah, your deafness makes for some hilarity”
“My What?”
“DEAFNESS” I yell back before I lose my shit laughing
Ah, it’s the little random things that make being in a relationship awesome.
Peace love and hunnicakes!
B
xoxo
So, last night, instead of sleeping, I watched an entire season of the United States of Tara. I mean, who really needs to sleep, sleep is for suckas!
Moving on, this show, this completely dysfunctional family unit, and the shit they go through together, and apart, sucks me in so completely, it really does make me wish I could be more crazy than I currently am.
I mean, Tara has DID, which is Dissociative identity disorder, split personality’s in layman’s, and the rest of the family are all kind of dysfunctionally functional, all their shit is just out there, no sickly sweet sugar-coating, and about 85% of the time there are no lies or secrets between them and THEY ALL STILL LOVE EACH OTHER. I just find that surreal, and that’s how I know this show is a work of fiction… that shit just does not happen in real life. If I shared that much of myself, I would freak the fuck out of all my friends and family, and I am cynically sure that that’s true for most of the human race, at least the ones who aren’t medicated (legally or otherwise)
I think the real kicker for me, is that it all looks so cathartic and liberating on the screen, and I wish RL could be like that, instead of the messy angry screamy crying mess it usually is when someone hurts someone else’s precious feelings.
At the risk of sounding even more jaded, whiney and stupid than I already have in the rest of this post, feelings are overrated, 9 times out of 10, the only person who actually cares about your feelings is you, and think about it, how often have you actually done something because you cared about someone’s feelings, and not just to make your life easier?
OKAY… I’m ranting and on a downer.
Next RANT topic. What the fuck is “good” coffee? I have no freaking idea! I hear people (including myself) whining about no
one knowing how to make a good coffee, and this coffee is milky, and this one is bitter, someone burnt the beans etc etc and so forth. BUT I have NEVER had someone, one of these marvellous coffee experts, actually hand me a cup and say, “here, this is a good coffee, this is what a good coffee should look, smell and taste like, enjoy it, as it is as rare as unicorn blood” NOOOO, I have never witnessed the drinking of a GOOD cup of joe! I’ve seen not bad, drinkable, and I thought I had experienced good, until some snob told me otherwise. “It may be the best coffee around here, but that doesn’t make it good” alright smarty, WHAT DOES???? GAHHHHHHHHHH mystery of life, I will never know.
AND just to TOP OFF MY NIGHT, I just found out that Tara has been CANCELLED! Fuck you Showtime, what does a show have to do to survive these days??? All my favourite shows keep getting axed, and it’s not fair, there are so many channels these days, there should be room to keep these shows going instead of making me sit through re-runs of re-runs!
For fuck sake, I’m pretty sure they’r still re-running Sex and the City! The first season!
Hows this for an idea douche bags, GET SOME NEW MATERIAL!
And I want a Magic Bullet, those things are freakin awesome, Salsa, Dip, Cocktails, it’s like a little party machine.
That is all.
Peace, love and hunnicakes.
Bee
xoxo
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So I decided I wanted to make a list, because I have a memory like a sieve, and when it comes down to it I can never think of a single title.
And then I decided I would post it on here, because sharing is caring 
1. Legion
An out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race. When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity’s only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a desert diner with the Archangel Michael (Bettany). Taken from imdb.com
2. Priest
PRIEST, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, is set in an alternate world — one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on a quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece’s boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses otherworldly fighting skills. Taken from imdb.com
3.The Rite
Michael Kovak, disillusioned with his father, a mortuary owner, decides to enter a seminary school and abdicate his vows upon completion, thereby getting him a free college degree. Four years pass and Michael is being ordained to the deaconate at the seminary. However, after ordination he writes a letter of resignation to his superior, Father Matthew, citing a lack of faith.
Father Mathew, apparently wanting to talk Michael out of his decision attempts to catch up to Michael on the street. He trips as he walks over a curb, causing a biker to swerve into the path of an oncoming car. The young woman, believing Michael to be a priest after seeing his clerical garb, asks him for absolution. Unable to refuse, Michael comforts her and performs the ritual absolving her sins. Seeing how calmly he handled the situation, Father Superior tells Michael he is called to be a priest, whether Michael believes this or not; he later approaches Michael with an invitation to travel to Rome in order to attend a class on exorcism. Michael reluctantly accepts after being told by Father Matthew that he will be levied a $100,000 student loan if he leaves immediately, but that if he still desires to resign from his position after taking the class, then he may be free to leave. Taken from wikipedia
Thats about it for now, but I shall get back to you if I think of more
Peace Love and Hunnicakes
Bee
XOXO
My body is a traitor but I have ninja cooking skills
Hello sports fans, tis I, your uncoördinated hostess, Bee!
SO today, i have discovered a few things about just how traitorous my body really is. I mean, I know I’ve eaten junk food, and lazed around rather than exercise, and they didn’t call me the beer squirl for NOTHING, but COME ON! That does not give my body the right to go and get OLD!
I should probably throw you guys some context here. Today, being a Sunday, and slightly after noon, my girly friends and I decided to partake of a few alcoholic beverages… not half way through my first drink, what evil little condition should rear its ugly head but HEART BURN! I mean really? I didn’t even know what it was, I’m just like “whoa, what the hell” and my cuz is like, “Oh, heart burn, have a quick-eze”… WTF? I’m like 26, isn’t this shizzle not supposed to kick in till I’m like 30-something, and having babies??? JEY ZEUS!
And THEN, just because my house is a tinsy bit cold, and my feet have gone a smidge numb, my body TRICKS me into thinking I need to pee. I mean, I was like, nah, I can’t be that busting, must be the cold, but my persistent evil pea sized bladder would just not Let it BE! So I go to the ladies for what has to be the world shortest pee, I mean, I don’t think that can even be classified as PEEING, I am so glad I’m a chick, and I don’t have a prostate, cause that shit would worry the hell outta me!
But tonight, as I was cooking dinner and saying hello to what I was sure must be the twilight of my life (minus the sparkly hunnies, and furry hunks full of angst and lust for me) I clutzed out and dropped a few pieces off ravioli into the gas burner on my stove, gah, I’m such a spaz! But then (don’t try this at home kids) my NINJA COOKING SKILLS kicked in, and using techniques learned from such prestigious masters as Mr Miyagi and Pai Mei, I Kung Fu grabbed those suckers right out of the flames without singeing a single baby hair off the back of my hand BOO YAH!
Oh body, how could I have ever doubted you!
Peace Love and Hunnicakes
KungFu Master B
XOXO
Fate’s Edge Preview
Hi guys,
A girlfriend of mine just asked me to find some info on FATE’S EDGE, the 3rd book in The Edge series by Ilona Andrews. So far there isn’t much to be found, but I did get this snippet from the Author’s blog. It is only at first draft stage at the moment, and comes with this disclaimer from the Author…
“Please be aware that the snippet is from the first draft. It contains mistakes and is subject to change, so please read at your own risk.”
SO, read on if you dare!
The Vampire Diaries are slowly killing me
Okay, as I promised, a spoiler filled review. If you don’t want to know what happens STOP READING NOW. You have been warned.
I hate clowns and I love Simon Baker
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Simon Baker is The Mentalist, Patrick Jane, a “consultant” who works with a team of CBI agents solving crimes, so that he can inadvertently chase the serial killer Red John, who brutally murdered his wife and child, after Jane taunted him on national television.
Thanks to our very own, very Aussie, very hot Simon Baker, and his portrayal of Patrick Jane with just the right combination of sweet, smarmy and crazy, The Mentalist is 3 seasons strong, and pretty much guaranteed to have a fourth and even a fifth season, if current rumours are to be believed.
I am now on to season 2 episode 21, which just happens to involve butt loads of clowns, one of which is murderous, and funnily enough that was the catalyst for me that pushed me over the edge, and inspired me to write a post about the show. I really hate clowns, they are super creepy in the worst way.
On a sadder note, I have found out that a show I found was quite similar and I enjoyed it far more, Lie to Me, got AXED. Crappolla. Fox pulled the plug on it, as well as Human Target and The Chicago Code as of Wednesday (11th May).
Tim Roth, who for some unknown reason intrigues me, played Cal Lightman, owner of The Lightman Group, a kind of lie detecting private investigation service. I found Cal Lightman to be a cross between Dr.House, and Patrick Jane, with a kind of angry Britishness to it that I just love. The whole cast will be sorely missed, especially Eli, my personal piece of eye candy 
Don’t get me wrong, I know why The Mentalist got spared over Lie to Me, I mean, how can you argue with an average of 14.65 million live viewers so far this season, as compared to Lie to Me’s average of 5.84 million viewers for Season 3. It just drives me nuts, this keeps happening to me, my preferred version of the tale always gets cancelled. Do I like the unlike-able? Why do I like the odd one? What the dickens!
Anyway. That’s my little train of thought for the evening.
Peace Love and Hunnicakes!
XOXO
Just a quick TVD moment
SOOOO I have the season finale of Vampire Diaries! The pain in the ass of the matter is that I can’t watch it until I get home from work tonight. How irritating!
I have sooo many questions, is Damon going to be okay? Will there be a final showdown with the evil Klaus and the two-faced Elijah? Will Bonnie survive? Does the breaking of the sun and moon curse have any effect on the war between the Wolves and the Vamps, or the poison coursing through Damon? How is Elena going to cope with the fact that her family is rapidly diminishing? She’s lost two sets of parents, an aunt who was more like a mother, and if it weren’t for John’s ring, Jeremy would be dead too, not to mention Damon and Bonnie might kick it in the upcoming ep, along with all the other people she cares about. My mind is reeling with all the possibilities!
I promise I will update you with all the spoilers and my predictions for season 3 in the wee hours of the morning.
Peace Love and Hunnicakes
Bee
xoxo
