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[lance_sibley]

Muuuuuch better - I can see now, thanks to travellingone's reminder last night that Canadian Tire sells halogen light bulbs. There's even a CT about a ten-minute walk south of where I work, so I picked up two this evening. No more stumbling around in the dark. No doubt, when the one currently in the lamp burns out, however, I'll forget that I bought two, or forget where I stashed the second one. (You can all feel free to remind me that it's in the left-most drawer in the kitchen, if I should post in six months or so about stumbling around in the dark again.)

And tonight featured the return of the DVD Monster, I think... I made it into Future Shop and HMV tonight and picked up a bunch of stuff that I saw last weekend when I was up at Yorkdale to get my hair cut, but hadn't bought because I didn't manage to make it back to the store before it closed. Tonight's haul:

• Battlestar Galactica, season 2 - I know I swore I wouldn't buy it in two separate box sets, but Future Shop had them bundled together for $70, which is probably what the full season would go for anyway


• The Practice, season 1 - how come I didn't know this was coming out?


• The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert (the "Special Frills" edition)


• The Princess Bride (the "Dread Pirate Roberts" edition, which is exactly the same as the "Buttercup" edition except for a booklet that I wasn't paying an extra $10 for)


• The Producers - the film of the musical (I know the reviews all said it sucked, but hey, it has Matthew Broderick and John Barrowman, so I had to have it)


• Dr. Strangelove - I didn't have an overwhelming need for this, but since it was on the "2 for $30" shelf and I didn't see anything else there I particularly wanted, I figured why not? It's a good movie.


• Light At The End Of The World (the new Erasure album)


• Release The Stars (the new Rufus Wainwright album)

Yes, I probably do have more money than brains. (That's because the zombies got my brains the other day, no doubt.)

As a result of all this, I didn't get home until about 8:45. I was kicking myself because I'd forgotten that CBS was airing Bob Barker's final The Price Is Right episode, before he goes off into retirement, tonight. I did catch the end, though, and I was disappointed that he didn't say much beyond his usual "have your pets spayed or neutered" schtick. However, they segued directly into the Daytime Emmy Awards, so I watched him make his entrance with three of the show's models hanging off him. (Dirty old man. :) ) I continued to watch until he won the inevitable Emmy for Best Game Show Host. (Was there any doubt? Though I did like his acceptance speech, in which he thanked the academy for taking pity on an old man without a job...) In the meantime, I was surprised that Genie Francis had never won before this year. I was also surprised when she thanked Tony Geary and referred to him as her "partner". What, are she and Jonathan Frakes having problems? I know what she meant by "partner" in that context, but it struck me as odd that she didn't mention him when she mentioned the rest of her family.

I should probably work on memorizing my lines for tomorrow's filming. (I'm being good and not going out tonight. :) ) I've been working on it a little during my commute home for the past few days. Most of the scenes aren't too tough, but there are one or two that I'm having a little trouble with. Fortunately I have the file open here on my computer, so I can alternate between reading my friendslist and running lines. :)

Comments

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

I did buy BSG 2 as two but that way I got to watch 2.0 before it aired on Space, since I was able to buy it in the US.

[slaughteredewok.livejournal.com]

If it helps, I just did a cheesy DVD run myself. Picked myself up Batman (the one with Michael Keaton) and the Wizard (the one with Fred Savage. Yes, I'm that big of a geek). Got Strange Brew for my dad and bought some chick flick for my girlfriend starring Sarah Michelle Gellar (I can't even remember what it's called.).

I love doing odd DVD runs, it's just so necessary and unnecessary at the same time.

[hoskie.livejournal.com]

I've been a huge Rufus fan since I saw him on that Gap commercial in 1998. I'm totally on board with all his stuff, and he's one of the few artists who's albums I consistently purchase... but "Release The Stars" really didn't thrill me. I've listened to it straight through about four or five times now and none of the songs really stand out.

They're all good but it's just kind of... I don't know... "same-ish."