Mike's PsychoticDreams

The Often Pointless Ramblings of Me

Fireworks
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Saw a nice fireworks show. Not great, but nice.

Happy 4th
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Happy 4th of July to my American readers. Anyone outside of the US, have a good day.

Cool Image
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Drawn by an awesome artist named Storn.

Frak
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Since I don't have an ID right now my Mother got a library card and she's been taking books out for me. I just finished the pile of books and was planning to go to the library to get more, except the damn library is closed. *sigh* Oh well. Another long weekend.
And yes I know it's 4th of July weekend, but still. ARG!

Spacey...
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Just realized this is the Fourth of July coming up. Not that we'll be doing anything, but still can't beleive I forgot. What rememinded me was last night when I got an email from one of my canadien players asking if there was a game this Saturday since it's a holiday weekend. Weird.

Blah
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Been feeling kind of blah lately. Between the heat and just being in Florida. Blah.

Funny
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Saw this in a signature and got a kick out of it:
"Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first woman she meets, then teams up with three complete strangers to kill again."
-- TV listing for "The Wizard of Oz"

Detective Fiction?
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Can anyone out there recomend me some good Detective Fiction? It can be stuff set nowadays or in the 1940s, but it needs to have been written in the past 10-20 years. I have trouble reading stuff written before that general period. I'm sure that sounds odd, and it is, but thats just how I am.

Update...
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Looks like I'll be staying with my folks (or at least in Florida) for another few months. Can't say how many, but could be as many as six to eight months.

Ramblings
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Haven't done much writing in a couple days, but today I managed to get a couple pages written. So that's something.

Just deleted some spam with the subject of 'Is Bribery Even Legal?' Weird.

Had some strong storms go through this morning and some more on their way. Fun, fun. Although it did help cool it off some.

Beyond that not much going on.

Turn Coat & Other Ramblings
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Finished Turn Coat a little while earlier, was about to post about it when we lost power. Anyways, all I can say is Wow. Another excellent book. Continues to make me happy.

Heat was brutal today. Ceiling fan in my bedroom seems to have kicked the bucket. So thats going to make my bedroom warm. Hopefully I'll be able to find a small desk fan.

A little tired.

Turn Coat
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I'm about halfway through the book and I am enjoying it. Alas like so many books it shall be over much too soon.

Movie
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Started watching Babylon A.D. on one of the movie channels, but it honestly lost my interest.

X-Files: I Want To Believe
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I just finished watching the X-Files: I Want to Believe. It was decent. Nothing special, but not bad. Just... there.

Gran Torino
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Just finished watching Gran Torino and I must say it was an amazing movie. Just excellent.

:)
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The book did arrive around 2:30ish. Read a bit. Had chilli for dinner. Been a good evening so far.

Waiting...
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GAH! I hate waiting on UPS.

Waiting...
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Waiting for UPS to get here... It's listed as being on the truck... Just a few more hours and I can start reading Turn Coat...

Ramblings Part X Section 9 Chapter A
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Thanks to a friend sending me a copy of Turn Coat, the latest Dresden Files novel, I'll finally get a chance to read it. Then I'll just have to scrape together the money to ship it back to him.

Beyond that hopefully be borrow a few other books from some friends.

Haven't gotten any writting done the past day or so due to the fact my brain has been jumping around from idea to idea even more than usual. It's driving me a little nuts. Oh well, life moves on.

Wondering...
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Even though I haven't read any of the Temeraire novels yet it has gotten me wondering if there are any other novels of this type that seem to mix fantasy or supernatural elements with historical periods. It's something that interest me.

Ugh
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It's already hot and humid out. Looking to be another HOT day in Florida. Don't think I'll ever really adjust to the temperature down here, but hopefully I wont be down here too long. I really want to get back up to New York State eventually.

SciFi News Bit
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Total Sci Fi Online reported a rumor that ITV has canceled its dinosaur-themed sci-fi series Primeval after three seasons because of budget cuts at ITV; it's unclear how this will affect plans for a Primeval movie.

The Way My Brain Works...
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After reading a bit about Temeraire, which is a historical fantasy series set in the Napoleonic era, and vaguely got this mental image of a WWI or WWII-era planes fighting dragons over a war torn Europe. It's something I've considered before, but always realized I couldn't do any real justice to.

Fox
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Looks like Fox is moving Fringe to Thursday nights at 9PM when it returns in the fall. So it'll be up against CSI, which as far as I know is still a ratings juggernaut. Sometimes I swear Fox tries to kill good shows.

Wow...
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It'll have been 7 years I've been using Livejournal in September.