First off, a big thank you to the folks who commented to my last, emo-whiny blog. It means a lot that y'all care, that you can understand what I'm going through, and that you were willing to offer your support and good advice.
( Read more... )Anyhow, on to more inane babbling. Yep, that's right. It's "Something about Nothing" time here in the Bish Closet.
I was watching that show "Crossing Jordan" the other day. I never watched it during its first run. I saw the premier and it turned me off on the show, so I didn't tune in again. But, now that it's on A&E, I happened to catch a random episode one afternoon. I liked it. It was later in the series, and the characters had mellowed out to where the entertainment factor could show through. The show has a decent plot and fairly decent scripts. But the reason I keep on tuning in from time to time is because of the really odd workplace relationships that happen on there. I mean, these people are more like family members than co-workers. And, I can't help but wonder if that ever happens in real life.
It's never happened to me. I've never directly worked with anyone I would think of as family. I did manage to stay in the same room with most of them without having murderous thoughts, and, believe me, considering the people I used to work for/with, that's saying a
lot. But caring about them outside of work ... not so much. I can't think of even one of these co-workers (and there have been many over the years) with whom I would choose to spend free time. I mean, when I was working, my free time was spent NOT thinking about work. Makes me wonder if jobs really exist where people like their co-workers enough to think of them as "family". Heck, I'm not sure I even like my family that much, come to think of it.
Huh. Maybe I'm a bit anti-social. *nervous laugh*
Kind of bummed on the cel front recently. I lost a YJ auction that I had really hoped to win. I should have known better, though, as I don't exactly have tons of fundage available to me right now for the hobby. Plus, there is that whole thing about how I'm supposed to be on a break from acquiring new things. My "break" has turned out to be more like a severe "slo-down". Gah. I'm so weak. >.O
Still, it was irritating to get outbid in the last few minutes of the auction. And, although I know it's wrong, it irritated me even more because of
who outbid me. I get so tired of always losing to this person. Plus, they have a gallery where the cels reside with no commentary. I'm all for people maintaining their cel galleries any way they choose. Don't get me wrong. But it does make me sad when a cel that I loved goes into one of these no-comment collections. It's kind of hard to explain, I guess.
I also lost out on a private sale. There is this one particular series that I know I should not try collecting. I mean, everyone and their dog collects from it; prices are sky high as a result; and, well, I often feel a little guilty (more than a little, really) in spending that kind of money on something that seems not so rare -- because, as I said, practically everyone and their dog has cels from this show in their gallery. And yet, I love the show. I always have. I would love to have a beautiful collection from it; it's kind of a closet desire of mine. But I think fate is against it. I almost always lose out on the cels I want from this show, which happened again recently. The good thing is that I got a bit lucky -- another collector offered me a "consolation" cel from the same sequence. They are very similar, so I don't feel as bad about losing out. A happy ending, overall, although coming in second always sucks.
But, on the "plus" side of the collecting game, I did add some fun Weiss Kreuz sketches into my gallery recently. They are a bit odd, I realize, but I absolutely love them. And I had a lot of fun captioning them. I'll add links behind an LJ-cut. ^.^
( Read more... )I started watching Peacemaker Kurogane three nights ago -- another purchase from the ADV sale. I've been averaging about a disc a night, so I'm up to disc 4 now. I find the show a bit confusing at times, although that could be because the cast tended to confuse me a bit. At first, everyone looked the same, so it was hard to remember names, etc. (I feel stupid for admitting this, honestly. *sweatdrop*) Now, though, several episodes in, I am doing much better at the names. I still find the plot a bit confusing. There are a lot of little, dangling strings, and I hope the show manages to wind all of them up by the end. I'm worried about that, as I know there is a manga for this one. Often, if there is a manga, the show leaves a lot hanging. I am totally wild for Hijikata, though. He's far and away my favorite character from the show. Heh, I guess I just like the grumpy guys. *fangirl snickering*
My kiddo comes home tomorrow. It's been nice having some kid-free time, but I'm so glad she is finally coming home. Sounds dumb to say it, since she's only been gone for two weeks. But this two weeks has felt like an eternity. I miss her little smiling face, and I can't wait to see her. I think she is ready to come home, too. I talk to her on the phone every night, and she gets weepy whenever we have to hang up. I think two weeks might have been too long for a "solo visit". The only bad thing is that my mom is staying on for another week after bringing her home. Don't get me wrong. I love my mom, but I still haven't recovered from the emotional wringer of her five-week visit that just happened. Must. Be. Strong. O.O
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