03 June 2010 @ 08:57 pm
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1) Nine more days until Stonehenge Apocalypse!!! It stars Misha Collins, Torri Higginson, Hil Harper, Peter Wingfield, and Brent Stait. That's a lot of something for everyone. Sadly destined to be a horrible Syfy movie of the week crapfest but it's going to be awesome seeing favorite actors trying their best to convince me that Stonehenge is out to END THE WORLD.

*sigh* Once again the archaeologists are cast as the bad guys as they seem to kick off this version of the apocalypse.

2) O HAI Robert Wisdom! Supernatural's Uriel is now Burn Notice's Vaughn. Nice to see him again, this time in suits properly cut for him. He's looking good but I find it hard to trust him.

3) A Quick Guide to Understanding the Channel Mixer by [livejournal.com profile] nomadicwriter -- Handy tool, that channel mixer. Extra happy making is the Teal'c icon on the tutorial.

4) Spent today at the Houston Holocaust Museum. The architecture, more than reminiscent of a crematorium, was disturbing. That was the point of course, but the psychology of willingly walking into it was unsettling; just the first of many, many disquieting experiences. The audio tour was narrated by Mandy Patinkin and was one of the better ones I've ever heard. No point in lingering on the bad other than to say that it never fails to horrify and depress me. I'd heard about Denmark's remarkable actions before but now I know more. One of the few moral bright spots in a dozen years of depravity.
 
 
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[identity profile] luvmax1.livejournal.com on June 5th, 2010 02:05 am (UTC)
To be honest, I was so young when I saw Annie, I don't even remember how good she was. Probably very, but I can't say for sure.

I wish I had explored New York more when I had the chance. The town I live in now is not really known for anything cultural. I suppose I would have to drive to Miami, about an hour away, to really visit something museum like.

My dad wanted to move to Houston when I was a kid. My mother heard from somewhere that they had roaches the size of dogs and put the kibosh on that pretty quick.

I did once to go Cape Canaveral, when I was 18 and visiting Disney World with my grandparents, sister and cousins. it was by accident, though- grandpa got lost going back to the motel. And it was late at night, so we couldn't exactly explore.
Mish: J/D -- No Words Necessary[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on June 5th, 2010 03:24 am (UTC)
Large tree roaches? Yes. The size of dogs? No. I imagine you have the same issues where you are now. I'm originally from Florida but we moved when I was quite young. I still have a lot of family in Florida (our family apparently does everything backwards since most Floridians start elsewhere and move to the state). In one of my recent-ish visits, my mother, my youngest cousin, and I went to Cape Canaveral. Expensive but so completely worth it. I got to see one of the shuttles on the launching pad. I give it two thumbs up.

There's Mission Control here and it used to be a pretty interesting trip. Now that NASA has contracted out and turned it into Space Center Houston, though, I've been only once with folks visiting from out of town. *shrug* The Saturn rocket is still damned impressive.

The last time I was at Disney World was before Epcot, which I think means I'm aging myself.
[identity profile] luvmax1.livejournal.com on June 5th, 2010 04:12 pm (UTC)
The first time I went to Disney World I was 8, and they were still building Epcot. We even took a tour of the unfinished area.

As much as I love space/sci fi shows like Stargate and star Trek, I've never really been interested in the actual space program. It costs a fortune, and I always thing that the money would be better used trying to fix the problems on this planet before going to others.

I haven't seen too many roaches here, but the lizards are something else. The ones by us arenn't too bad, but at my sister's friend's home in Pompano, the iguanas are the size of dogs!

I lived all my life in Brooklyn, until we moved here 20 months ago. It's a different way of life, that's for sure.