Hello, 2005!

You were just waiting to beat us into submission, weren't you?

Tonight, 6 - 10 inches of snow for the general Chicago area. Why do I live here again????

Random thoughts...
-I've been thinking, wouldn't it be great to have a Simpsons Channel? A channel that plays nothing but The Simpsons, all 50 billion seasons. There aren't many shows that have gone on long enough where a marathon channel would work. Except possibly Friends. But who are we kidding -- Friends already has a marathon channel. It's called TBS. : ) And thank you, TBS. Sometimes I'm in the mood for comfort television, and you always come through for me.

-Monk Marathon on New Year's Day. I always seem to see the same four episodes. The one where someone's killed on stage. The one with the power outage. The one where Sharona (spelling?) thinks she's going crazy because she keeps seeing the dead guy. The one where Monk takes the medication that makes him un-monk-like. I like the show. I'm just having trouble finding proof that they made more than these four episodes!!!

-Shows my friends would like to guest star on. They've never told me this, but just guessing...Ed would totally love to be on either Family Guy or The Simpsons, I bet. Becky -- Alias. No question. Debbie...Hmmm, a remake of the Anne of Green Gables movie? It was a made for television movie, so that counts as tv. Stacy G. Buffy, of course, but that's no longer on the air. So, now, I'm going to say...Joan of Arcadia. Am I right or wrong -- tell me! : )

In other news...
-I accomplished another of my goals this weekend. Yea!!! Completing a timeline for Rennie Harlow's life as well as some of the supporting characters therein. Rennie was born on February 10, 1972, in case anyone was dying of curiosity about this. : ) By the way...Beck, you were right. Chelsea, Bristol's daughter, can only be ten, almost 11, unless Margene had her in high school instead of immediately afterward.

-I'm still working on my other goals, one of which is writing a synopsis for Zara II. But I've recently found out that people often write synopsis in first person, if the book is in first person. Which is a fabulous discovery! I have a hard enough time writing synopsi (what is the plural of that word anyway?) and writing them in third person makes it that much harder. So, this should help.

Fun stuff:
-Read Laurell K. Hamilton's blog entry about the "blue screen of death." I thought it was hilarious, especially because I know that blue screen-induced feeling in the pit of your stomach all too well. Damn blue screen.

-Laughed out loud today when I read Meg Cabot's blog and discovered I was not the only one in the world who loves George Lucas, but not necessarily his dialogue. And poor Meg, sick again!

Hope your New Year is starting off right. I'm going to try to escape from here while the skies are still just threatening, before the actual pummeling begins.