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Here’s where I watched Homeland Season 1, Episode 2: Grace. It first aired in 2011 on Showtime. Now it’s on Netflix Canada. So I figured that it’s a lazy Sunday here, and the fact that it’s -27 with the wind, I watch an episode. I started watching it last week, the pilot episode was better than most pilot episodes that I’ve seen.

This is the main character, Carrie, played by Claire Danes. Carrie works for the CIA as an operations officer, and she suspects a recently returned POW is a double agent. It’s a very good slow burn. Little bits of action thrown in here and there. Carrie has the POW, Brody’s house wired for sight and sound, but couldn’t afford to bug his garage, where unknown to her, prays in the morning. He’s Muslim.

Every twist, and every turn has you asking yourself, is Brody a double agent? Is Carrie mentally fit, or is she paranoid about Brody for no reason. I have to find out. I’ll be watching more of this show for sure. I like shows like this where it’s a slow burn, and they always keep you guessing. I suppose it’s more like everyone’s good and bad. It’s all different shades of grey. It’s not just black and white.

And as I recall, we both kinda liked it

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So, the last couple Saturday’s or Sunday’s, I’ve been taking a little time for myself, and watching The Twilight Saga on Netflix Canada. Well, I finished the last movie last weekend. So I’ve been thinking what to watch (or finish) next.

So I thought that I’d finish Dark. Then I said to myself “self, no. Think about this; you and Crystal are on the same episode. Finish the season when she gets here.”

Good idea, self.

So, after that, I’m always up for a train wreck, and when I think train wreck, I’m thinking Riverdale. Gimme some of that Gryphons and Gargoyles, and some sweet sweet Jingle Jangle. Riverdale could be a possibility.

Or I could go old school, and time travel back to 1998, and back to the creek. I randomly watched Dawson’s Creek back in the day. So this would be a little nostalgia, and new territory. I don’t know, if I remember it right, it was a show of a bunch of little shits using big words and sounding smarter than they actually are.

Or, do I just concentrate on movies? Then there’s the question, what movies? I’ve been out of the loop for a while. I don’t know what good and what’s crappy.

Any suggestions for me?

All of your straight light eyes – wide on my plastic toys

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Aww yiss, son. We’re going to a wedding! And you know it’s gonna be a good one because the grooms “parents” are loaded. I mean they drive Volvo’s. Safety costs a pretty penny. Look at their fancy invitations. Who does that? Don’t people just send out e-invites now?

Ain’t they all fancy with their expensive cardboard and typed words and stuff. you can tell they’re rich; Edward has lime 15 middle names, and back when he was actually breathing, you had to pay individually for each name.

But seriously, I sat down and watched The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. I found out Friday, that Netflix Canada will be taking Twilight away at the end of November. And since I’m just about finished watching the SAGA, I figured that I’d better get going, and finish the series.

We jump right into the action of Alice planning a wedding. The wedding. Bella and Edward’s wedding. I think all of Forks is invited. Even wet dog Jacob is invited, but he’s being all emo and angsty up in northern Canada.

Blah blah wedding.

Red wedding.

Sadly that’s not how the wedding actually happened, but if you look really hard when icky human Bella is walking down the aisle, you can see Stephanie Meyer standing right there in front.

Thinking about it, wouldn’t it be cool to be involved with a movie based on the book you wrote? I think it would be.

Don’t mind me. Just getting some feelings. I’ll be ok. Talk amongst yourselves. All of these movies give me the feels for some reason. It’s a happy/sad feeling. Sometimes more happy than sad, sometimes the other way around. Sometimes just loneliness.

Can’t wait for the finale. Part 2 coming soon.

I don’t think I need to review the rest of the movie, y’all have seen it. Cliff hanger at the end. Spoiler alert: she needs Visine.

I miss you so very much. All the time. Every minute of every day.

Time has brought your heart to me

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So I’ve figured out some thing, out of the 5 Twilight Movies that make up the Saga, New Moon and Eclipse are utterly forgettable. I’m pretty sure I’ve watched these movies at least twice before, and I have no real memories of these 2 movies. Like, I’ve never seen them before.

Just like the books. They’re filler between the first book, and the last one. I’ve always said the last book is my favourite out of the whole series. Although Midnight Sun is a pretty close second. I’d read the rest of the series from Edward’s point of view.

Like I said, pretty forgettable. It’s already starting to fade. Something something, vampire army.

Backstories galore.

Like I told Crystal, and hour and a half of build up, 10 minutes of action, and another 20 minutes of soap opera like stares back and forth.

I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand

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So I just finished watching The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Like the book, and Chinese food (man would I love some Chinese food), it leaves you feeling empty, yet wanting more.

Like the book, the movie is the weakest of the Saga. It does have a good representation of depression, although the book, in my opinion, does it so much better.

It’s a wolf thing.

What a joke!

It’s a vampire thing. It’s a Canadian thing. It’s a coffee thing. It’s a bacon thing. It’s a hipster thing.

What does that even mean?

Listen, the movie is 130 minutes long. In that, there’s approximately 2.5-4 minutes of actual move the plot a head action. .0345 minutes of Aro laughing (not as good as in Breaking Dawn pt 2 – but I digress), and way too many minutes of wet, 80% naked man-children. Really, he looks sticky.

Course I guess every Saga can have a weak movie in it. I mean look at Return of the Jedi. Stuffed bears. And don’t get me started in all three movies of The Hobbit.