Dakota

"I am so bored. Episode One bored."
-- Andrew Wells, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Dead Things"

Yeah, that about covers it. So, a few random, recent events of little to no importance:

1. The Pizza Man Mistrusts Me
I asked Matt to order me a pizza from Dominos, and so he went to the one on McBride and ordered it to be delivered, paid for it and left. Some time later, the doorbell rings, and the pizzaman tells me I owe him $17. Despite the fact that the sticker says "Paid." He reasons, "Well, sometimes it's wrong." Um, ok? So how do I prove that it's paid for-- I sense a faulty system in "sometimes it's wrong." So I have to wait while the driver calls the store and makes sure it's paid for. He doesn't have some private office number; he calls the main line and has to wait through those menu and special deals... Sure enough; paid for. Thanks. Is there no trust left in the world?

2. Matt and I have prolonged watching season 3 of 24 for about a year. We just haven't had the time to devote. Finally Matt unwraps the copy we have and we sit on the couch to watch at least one (but likely more than) of the episodes. I comment that the menus are always the same on the seasons, as we see when the DVD loads. The first episode's menu has a photo of Jack Bauer and George Mason. But George Mason died deep into season 2. Matt suggests it's a flashback. But 24 doesn't do flashbacks... it's all real-time. Whatever... ok. So we start it. The beginning is instantly familiar. The credits rolls. A "Sara Gilbert" title card comes up... This is season two... Sara Gilbert's character died like 5 episodes into it. Sure enough, for the last year, we've had two copies of season 2 and been completely oblivious to it.

3. So, instead we watched two episodes from Star Trek: The Next Generation, with the Romulan-Tasha ("Redemption II"), and an interesting if underdeveloped one about trying to communicate with an alien species that speaks only it metaphors ("Darmok").

4. I'm on page 5 of the next Lil Attila graphic novel. I have hopes. It's already different than I was expecting, including an extended sequence between the Pope and God. Matt saw the dailies, and laughed. I consider that a good sign.