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Damn you, tv networks! Fringe's Kirk Acevedo gets fired, My Name is Earl gets canceled (Reaper too, but I saw that coming *sigh), but other stuff that is only so-so or total drivel gets renewed. Argh! And on a side note with no judgments as to present quality because I haven't seen this show in years, but when is Smallville going to end? Because there is such a thing as shows just ending versus getting canceled. I got the impression that it was supposed to be prequel to the Lex vs Superman conflict, not the conflict itself. Not that I know a damn thing about it. It's just weird that this show has been around since I was in high school. High school! That was eight years ago! I don't know why, but it makes me feel really old.

On another note, I have yet to see Star Trek. This is sad, but I keep missing the first showing which is much cheaper. However, I did get to watch another movie about a gay restaurant owner who falls for this extremely cute football coach and has to deal with the kids he never knew in the meantime. I absolutely loved it. I'm really tempted to go see it again even though it's in the expensive theatre. It's a Spanish movie, called Chef's Special in English (Fuera de Carta). If it appears around your neck of the woods, you should definitely check it out. Allow me to entice you with a little picture.( picture. )

In yet other news, ohmygod is it hot here. And it's not really that hot. Just mid 80s, but it feels really unbearable. I'm used to wearing shot sleeves in high 60s now. Man, can I not live here anymore. My body is set to London temperature now. And soon it'll be set to Chicago temperature. Brrr! Although hearing the coquies (cute, little frogs we have here) and hearing the rain fall through the foliage is so refreshing.

Got in at 2 on Sunday morning. I was supposed to get here at midnight, but the flight was delayed for two hours in Miami, forcing me to stay there for five hours. Before that, I spent 8 hours with the largest amount of small children I've ever seen on a plane. Ever. Every row had at least one child in it. Kids kept passing by me in the aisle, most of which I hadn't seen before. I had three behind me. Where the hell did they all come from? And why are so many people subjecting their kids (and everyone else) to eight hours straight in a confined space? The baby next to me would not stop fussing for two hours.

Despite fervent claims that "It's freezing here", it is not in fact freezing. It's not even cold. My body is very good at acclimating itself to PR so even in past years when I've come from 20s Chicago, by the second day I'm wearing long sleeves (during the night, not day). Even the temperatures went up before I came or I don't know what the hell's going on. Yesterday, I was even hot. Right now, it just rained, so outside there's a refreshing, slightly cool breeze. Inside, it's warm. It's the kind of warm that I hoped for in my room in London because I was freezing my ass off, but now it's too warm. I just took out my hand fan and started fanning myself. And I live in the mountains where it's colder than the coastlands where my friends live. See, at the end of the day, I prefer cool to warm. Call me weird. Maybe it's because of all the damn humidity. Everything smells. If we were in May, I'd smell two hours after taking a shower.

Between yesterday and today, I watched the whole season 1 of Arrested Development on my computer because the tv's connection with the DVD player has stopped working. You can hear audio, but no image appears. Greeat. On the other hand, the tv is at least 16 years old, so it's a wonder that it's lasted this long. I'm resisting started in season 2 right now because I have to write and I keep reminding myself that I have to research because I have exactly one month to do two essays. But it's so much fun! I've been wanting to get it for years and then I was browsing on Amazon because they often have cool DVD deals on Christmas and I saw all three season for 50 bucks. Now I've also seen a new edition of Deadwood with an extra bonus disc (19 in all) for $100. I want it so badly. But I just spent $50 and I haven't even bought presents yet. Oh, and I need a job. I don't have time for one until May, but I need one. Very much on the soonish side.

Anyway, I must go to the writing before I decide to give up and try for a nap (with only 20%, if that, probability of actually falling asleep). I haven't slept more than five and a half hours a night for a whole week. This insomnia is getting worse. I'm turning into my grandmother, waking up at any little thing. My crush, as it turns out, has the same problem. So now as I lie in bed at four in the morning I also wonder if he's asleep yet. *drops head into hands* I've started to fantasize. Not good when I'm 90% sure he's not interested in me. And in any case, I don't have enough friends yet to risk anything. Where the hell do I go to meet single guys? My uni needs more guys. We're mostly women to begin with.

ETA: Heroes later today! And I get to watch it as it airs this time.