Yellow-Eyed Demon

Things I Love Right Now

- The Thick of It - I've mentioned my love for this show in the past on here, and it hasn't waned. In fact, it's only waxed strong in the past little while. The third series ran on BBCA a few months ago and it was incredible. Now Hulu has co-produced the fourth series (and probably the last), and you can watch it for free (I think). I bought Hulu Plus just so I could watch them on a TV. So far, it's the best series yet. Check it out. Not sure if you can watch the old episodes for free. But fair warning: very, very explicit language is involved.

- Supernatural - Still enjoying the crap out of this show. I'm in the third season, four episodes left. I'm enjoying the slow burn of things, but only because I also find the weekly monster/demon stories to be a lot of fun. It helps that the chemistry between the two leads is perfect. Jensen Ackles is a star yet to be discovered, I think. After the show ends, I hope he breaks out big, because his talent deserves it.

- Cloud Atlas - The book. And the trailer, which I've watched far too many times. I finished the book awhile back, but thanks to the movie, I haven't really stopped thinking about it. I've read about 15 pages of the script, and I'm fascinated with the approach they're taking with the film, intercutting between the six stories, rather than re-hashing the way David Mitchell did in the book. (A sort of narrative chiasmus, where you read one half of each story up to the sixth one, which plays in full, and then you go back and read the second half of each story on the way down, in reverse order. Don't worry. It makes sense in the book.) It's worth a look, as I imagine the R-rating on the film will stop most people I know short. The book does contain adult themes and situations, but I wouldn't say it's any worse than what we read in high school.

- Songza - A super cool music app that works like Pandora, except they make the playlists. You just simply choose your mood or situation (Waking Up, Afternoon Jog, etc.) and they give you a selection of genres and then playlists in that genre that are suitable for that activity. It's a lot of fun.

- Let's Play - I like video games, but I don't necessarily like playing them. I get upset easily, and I tend to throw things and what not. I'm very aware that this is a problem, and that's why I try to avoid difficult games or just playing in general. But growing up with games, they're very much a part of me. Which is why I love these "Let's Play" videos. I've discovered that I kind of really like WATCHING other people play, and these videos are perfect for that. Last year when Skyrim came out, I couldn't quite afford it, and after renting it from the Redbox for a day, I was craving it. That's when I discovered this whole internet subculture of people who record themselves playing games. I can't even tell you how many hours I watched people playing Skyrim. I recently got back into it for no reason at all. They're very relaxing. My current obsession is Dark Souls, this infamously difficult game that's also incredibly fascinating. I don't dare try it myself, lest I break something expensive, but I enjoy watching more even-tempered folk tackle it. It's weird, I know, but who cares.