Charleen's Chateau » 24

End of Days…for my bet, that is

charleen — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:56:06 +0000

Hi folks! I have fulfilled my bet terms – 14 days of blogging, with only one false start This does not mean, of course, that I have stopped blogging, but only that I am finished being required to blog every every day.

While I have been jokingly chafing at the bit about this requirement, I have really enjoyed sharing my thoughts with all of you, and have loved the reactions and support that y’all have given me. I’ll try to keep up a steady update schedule, better than I have been, certainly. I think that if I’ve learned anything, it’s that I should put my thoughts to paper rather than waiting for something to come up first.

That being said, I didn’t do much today. I got up late, chatted for a bit with folks before our out of town guests had to leave. we had some birthday cake (sugar free pineapple upside down cake from Mr. Natural) and then took the birthday boy to Comp USA and wandered around in there for a while. I had to get a micro SD card for my BlackBerry, and I ended up getting a bluetooth headset for the same. The card slots in the BB are tricky, so it took me a while to get the bloody thing to seat correctly, and, in the process, I knocked the SIM card out twice.

Now I’m just chilling out and watching 24. The bluetooth is set up, the micro-SD card is in, my tummy is full, and all is well with the world. I think I’m going to curl up with the kitty for a while and then probably fall asleep again for a long while. I actually have the day off tomorrow, and I really don’t need the sleep, but it’ll be so dreamy to snooze the day away….

Say What? Day 11

charleen — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:10:15 +0000

I only have to remember to do this for 3 more days. Not that I mind chatting with you guys, but I can barely remember to but one foot in front of the other with any semblance of grace, much less to write a coherent post every day before midnight. (especially while trying to watch 24)

That being said, I had a very busy, if very uneventful day. I spent a lot of time coordinating the moving of various parts of my office and cleaning adhesive off of windows, desks and overhead cabinets. It all became super fun when the adhesive remover started melting the plastic knife that I was using.

I am looking forward to this weekend though, as I get to see some folks that I haven’t gotten to see in a while. Also, it’s Jade’s birthday party, so I get to give him his presents. I really love watching people open presents that I’ve picked up for them. I have a lot of fun picking things out for my friends and family, so it’s kind of like another present to me when they open them.

I’m only sorry that I wasn’t there where Matt opened his birthday presents this year. Mom said that she talked to him for a good while today (or yesterday?) and he said that he was really exited about them. I only got a quick IM conversation with him in which he was telling me how much he enjoyed them. Poor guy had to run directly to a meetup directly after I talked to him, so we didn’t get to chat for very long.

Well, I’m going to go go and turn my attention to the show again. I don’t want to miss Jack kick all these people’s asses…

Oh wait! I forgot to tell you that I saw a funny away message today: “When Jack Bauer files his taxes, he has to claim the whole world as dependents” Have a good one!!! XXOOXX

Day 10 – minimum disclosure (MINOR spoilers for 24, season 6)

charleen — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:28:31 +0000

Watching 24, season 6, and I decided to have a list of ten points to celebrate the day.

WARNING: below this link, there are minor spoilers for season 6….

Kiefer Sutherland keeps getting hotter as he keeps getting older
Bashir is a terrorist?????????
The Palmers are intent on world domination. You think I’m joking.
Jack Bauer should be contractually obligated to climb low walls in every episode. In tight blue jeans. Please please please….
Chloe needs Lexapro or Lithium or something else that starts with a “L” that cures Loghorrea
You could hide a suitcase nuke in Walid’s chin…and perhaps half of LA
No. More. Mountain. Lions. Ever.
I wonder what Faith thinks of her boytoy becoming president?
Obviously, CTU needs to screen their employees and put their ex-employees under full surveillance at all times. If Nina Meyers shows up again, I’m ~~throwing this TV out the window~~ ~~never watching this show again~~ writing a strongly worded letter to Fox Studios (which I swore that I would never watch again after Firefly, please don’t tell my fellow Browncoats).
The writers of this show must really really really hate LA. And they don’t seem too fond of San Antonio or Baltimore either.

Why am I just watching season 6, you ask? First, my Dad was kind enough to lend it to me (freeing up 7 slots on my Netflix queue). Secondly, well…let’s just say that I would rather wait for months or years for the next season, than to stress out through commercials, or wait a week for the next episode. I have enough problems going to bed instead of watching this straight through – I should admit that I pretty much did watch the first season straight through, and it nearly killed me.

Also, I just saw some news on season 7 today here. Apparently, Fox is considering either holding season 7 until this time next year, or breaking it up into two 14 episode mini-seasons.