random bits

[cellio]

We went to alaricmacconnal's and Elsbeth's yesterday for a New Year's Day party, which meant more gaming. I had fun playing more Dixit (blackpaladin, which expansions were in there?), and Dani played Constantinopolis, a resource-management game that sounded similar to Puerto Rico but is twice as long (or thereabouts). I haven't played it yet.

2013 was getting off to a great start but then I had to go back to work. Powerball, you have failed me. :-) (Ok, I've never actually bought my own lottery ticket, but when a group is forming at work I always buy in because I'd sure feel stupid if I didn't and half the company won buckets of money and left.)

Resolution? 1280x1024, but maybe I'll get a new monitor this year. (I think it was merle_ who inspired that idea.) Though I'd rather keep the aspect ratio I have now (i.e. I'm not so thrilled with the widescreen monitors that are all the rage these days).

Orlando is currently chasing his tail. I thought that was a dog thing. (He's got one white pixel on the end of it, but I don't think it's that in particular that he's chasing.) More generally, he and Giovanni seem to be settling in, though I still can't pick either up for more than a few seconds and I had only 50% success on last week's vet visit. Giovanni has gained a pound in the last month, so I guess Orlando isn't being as pushy about the food dishes as I thought.

Netflix only gives you about a week's notice when something is going to disappear from their streaming service. Last week I noticed that Farscape, which had been languishing there for a while, was slated to disappear, so I watched the first eight episodes to decide if I want to queue up DVDs. It looked to me like interesting characters and underwhelming plots, but I'm mindful that some good shows (like B5) took a while to settle in. To those who've seen it: does it get better?

Apparently I can't post comments on LJ tonight, so some of you will probably get some belated comments when that changes. Let's see if I can post an entry.

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[hlinspjalda.livejournal.com]

We enjoyed "Farscape" when it was first run and coincidentally have just finished watching the first season of it with Sparky. I hadn't realized it's going away; that's bad, Sparky's really into it.

Complexities mount at the end of the first season, so yeah, it gets more interesting. But I may just be deluding myself so I can watch young Ben Browder some more; I kinda have a thing for him. And it's funny. Whereas on "Stargate" I always wanted to shout "Crichton!" whenever he came on screen, now upon re-watching "Farscape" I keep wanting to shout "new guy!" ;-D

[cellio]

Thanks for the info!

Coincidentally, I just started watching SG-U. (I just finished Atlantis.) Whenever Dr. Rush comes on I want to shout "Mr Gold!". :-)