boredmark recently added me as a 'tracking' due to an overlap of films we had as fav's. I've taken the liberty of doing likewise in case you're wondering why there is a message in your mail that I'm in fact 'tracking' you. Hope you don't mind. Thanks

I'm on a bit of a rant this evening but I just finished watching Serving the King and all (good editing aside) it just reminded me of what I was missing... i.e. the complete lack of strong female characters, Gilmore girls, the Closer, Medium, (Buffy RIP) Commander-in-chief (not bad but could have developed)... who's cutting these shows??? can I have a word in there shell (as we'd say) and I'm left with a deluge of the opposite of Scully (the thinking mans babe - being female I'm not sure where that leaves me but anywho) celebrity this celebrity that.. no, no, really, get me outta here! (a.k.a. Happy Gilmore's Mister Mister lady!) if you get that you're good. Golden in fact.

Okay I know full well I'm the only one writing and reading this but I just read a bit/review/critic call it what you will on the 'decline' of BtVS and how Marti Noxton was the scapegoat on this aspersion as in the way the whole Willow/Tara storyline ending... well ended. I just can't help but feel while I hated it so much because they wrote the characters so well (lets be honest - we cared for them and their relationship and that's why it hurt and that's why we complain) and we had to see that hardship placed on Willows' shoulders because Buffy is supposed to suffer but the three central characters suffered so much, Buffy her mom died... (and in the words of Bruce from Finding Nemo - "never even knew her father..." well not well enough as she may have liked or all to well as the case may have been) very tough. Zander always the little trooper with the dodgy tipsy parents and then Anja ups and leaves him because he can't commit (I wonder why), so why is Willow so special? 1) Unrequited love with Zander 2) Oz is a werewolf (not my choice for a boyfriend) and then Tara dies / is murdered by (laugh of all laughs they dude the real life person is dating) the nerd turd (a.k.a. the trio) and then it's all forgotten too quick with damn I can't remember her name... Kennedy. Okay well in short and to summarise... best god damn series ever (and I've watched a lotta sidizal) not to sound like a geek (too late) they (the writers) did you/us a favour by holding true (god when did I become such a ranty/ Buffy fanatic?? / hope this comes across as mildly sane... oh oh too late - the most I can hope for now is that I spelt stuff correctly?) to the story/characters and made the tough decisions that writers from other series(the x-files and ...) couldn't make and they are denigrated for it...? nay, I say hail! oh and Rebecca Rand Kirshner is doing a stand up job on TGG's.

Final word, I miss all the clever, whitty, pop culture remarks from Buffy.

I watched How I met your Mother 2x06 - Aldrin'S Justice there last week and barney was classic.

Barney: Oh my god, incredible!
Lewis: Meh, C minus
Barney: C min-- what are you talking about I pulled an all-night-er
Lewis: You didn't budget your time well, you glossed over some of the most important points, and your oral presentation was sloppy and inconclusive.

So I decide this is worth my precious time to tip my hat at the writers of such fine lines and am reminded of BtVS great times, great times... but no wait! I can't because my flippin' account has dropped to 0 again... why does this keep happening? Anyway, I've blogged so I'm gone...!

okay so I finished it just today and I have to day I think it's a personal best for me as i only started on Saturday so that's 4 days flat to finish an xbox game.

However i think the only reason I finished it so fast was 'cause I knew I'd never finish it if I walked away from it for any lenght of time. Not like with NWN that I can put down, go off play another game (or two) and I still come back to it...

Right well I'm off now to start on Dungeon Siege II and a but of HL2 ta'boot!