Media Update

I have been catching up on a lot of stuff via my computer. First off, I have watched all the Studio Ghibli movies, starting with Castle of Cagliostro all the way to The Cat Returns. I enjoyed most of them although I think Pom Poko was a bit too Japanese even for me. It's cultural references to old tales totally doesn't make sense to the American mind (disturbingly so).

I did however find the complete anime duplicate of my cat - Ramses. His name is Full Moon and looks just like my furball, especially from behind. Attitude is dead on too.


I finally watched all of American Gladiators as well. Amazingly its just as entertaining to me as it was when I was younger. Well maybe not completely, but close enough. I have listed my favorites below:



BSG! Like, finally - all my friends told me to watch but I missed the beginning so I didn't get caught up in the zeitgeist (office buzz word), so I think I missed out on some of the fun on this one. Parts were slow but over all the series is great. Helo is my favorite! My least favorite is Dr. Gaius Baltar, man he should have been strung up so early for being a complete twat.













Next up is Dexter, totally unexpected, this is probably my favorite. I thought it would be corny. But it is a drama and I know there is supposed to be some element of dark humor, but I don't often feel it - I never feel compelled to laugh at the show, or even snicker. I actually feel sorry for some of the folks and the things that happen to them. I guess the dark humor comes from the fact that Dexter never gets caught and its amazing that he doesn't. I can't wait for the new season.

As far as music I have downloaded all of Girl Talk (great albums) and Industrial Strength Nightmares. Terrific Canadian industrial podcast. Its short but good. I hate downloading endless tracks of music and at least this is hand selected well with good commentary.