Relax; take it easy...

In other news, there's a nifty Eagle Cam that you can watch. Situated in New Jersey, it's a Ustream.tv video of nesting bald eagles. There were three eggs in the nest this weekend, and one of the eggs hatched yesterday. So far I've been able to watch the parent eagles take turns sitting on the nest and feed the baby. They had dragged a huge fish up to the nest yesterday, and this afternoon it looked like there was a squirrel. And the baby eagle is an adorable little fluffball, if you get the chance to see it. More often than not, one of the parents is sitting on it. It'll be interesting to see if either of the two eggs that are left end up hatching.

Oh, and look at that. I can embed it:

Of course, it's dark out now, but be sure to check it out tomorrow, East Coast time (GMT -4).

I loved how during last night's Heroes episode there were cameos made by Skip Johnson and Fernando (two Buy More workers from Chuck) in the comics shop. It was as good a geek-out moment as the night both shows played Talking Heads songs.

Yep, that's all. :D

And that's because I've been head-over-heels in love with Firefly and Serenity.

Probably everything's been said that's to say about how fantastically awesome this show is. I'm kinda glad I never knew about it while it was airing because it no doubt would have broken my heart when it was cancelled.

What's nearly as much of a crime, though, is the fact that, two short graphic novels and the movie novelization aside, there are no official books to continue the adventures of Serenity and its crew. And you know that they'd do well when it comes to selling them (well, okay, I don't know if that's true beyond me buying them all several times over to read myself and give to my friends and family - isn't that enough?). I mean, people have written and performed music from the show as well as tried their hands at making Jayne's hat (there's even this adorable sweatshirt jacket inspired by his hat). I just can't wrap my head around this, I guess.

( More Firefly squee )

So, I've been kind of out of it when it comes to soccer lately, what with the Phillies winning the World Series and all (wow, just thinking about that never gets old!). So imagine my surprise when I went to MLSnet.com and saw that the Eastern Conference champs were the Columbus Crew? I know that they've been phenomenal this year, but I still never expected them to get this far because...well, they're the Crew.

And now I see that they might be playing the final against either the Red Bulls or... RSL?! Wow! This is actually pretty exciting. What a stress relief not having your team in the finals can be! ; )

ETA: And the Red Bulls have won! This final is going to be pretty exciting because for the first time in a long while it won't feature DC United, the Revs (::sad::), LA Galaxy, or some incarnation of the old Earthquakes/Dynamo. Those are pretty much the teams I remember seeing in finals in the past since becoming a fan of MLS. Gotta make sure I clear my afternoon schedule (lol!) for Sunday, November 23rd!

ETA2: Since when is New York a part of the Western Conference? ::is confused::

My day doesn't feel as though it's complete until I've listened to Buzz Out Loud, the technology podcast from CNET. It's hilarious and informative. It really brightens up my day. : )

It also invokes a hint of nostalgia for me as I remember watching the old CNET Central TV show on the Sci Fi Channel in the mid-to-late 90s. Sundays were my geek-out day of the week because of the Sci Fi Channel (The shows I remember were The Sci-Fi Buzz with Mike Jerrick, Inside Space, a comic book show I can't remember the title of, and CNET Central). I think by that point The X-Files was being shown on Sunday nights, too, but I stopped watching that show after the fifth or sixth season.

Ah, those were the days. But seriously, check out the podcast. If you have even a passing interest in the world of tech news, you'll love it. :D

I went two weeks without having to teach my hated enemies second grade students, but alas, tomorrow is another day. I blame my sudden M&Ms binge on their impending arrival. Seriously, I think I've eaten my weight in candy-coated chocolate today.

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I was going through this year's collection of wall-calendars-sent-free-in-the-mail, and judging them worthy based on whether or not they had pictures of apes. I can't stand them; gorillas and chimpanzees freak me out. I don't wish them any harm or anything crazy like that, but I certainly don't want to see their pictures on my wall for a month.

Strangely, orangutans don't bother me near as much, and I'm not sure why.

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I'm afraid that I've read all of the decent G/B fic that's posted on the web, and I'm going through withdrawal. I forgot until recently just how ridiculous it is getting into a fandom that is essentially just limping along on the memories of yester-year. Note to self: in the future, stay away from fandoms that have not had new canon material in five-plus years.

However, if there is still professional fiction being written for DS9, there's still some canon in the making, right? In fact, just a week or two ago, I read the Star Trek SCE (Starfleet Corps of Engineers) eBook #55 Wounds Book 1 and # 56 Wounds Book 2 (though I bought mine through Sony's eBook store since that's the hand-held I have), and I really enjoyed it (them, though really it's all one book just broken into two parts that you have to buy) because it was chock-full of Dr. Bashir torture. I just wish that there was more fall-out to the story (the next DS9 book in the series, Warpath, doesn't make mention of the events of Wounds, though if I remember correctly, they were published the same year, so there you go). I'd love to see some Bashir fic written about the DS9 Relaunch books; there's still a lot of potential left for the character in the canon universe.

On the other hand, I'd settle for some new Bashir-fic, period. Beggars can't be choosers, and all of that.

I like the Celsius temperature scale; colder temperatures are so much more dramatic. I'm looking at the current weather conditions here and thinking, "There's a -2 degree windchill out there! The horror!!1!" It translates to 28F, which, while cold, is no where near as devastating.

Still, I've been sleeping under an electric blanket since mid-November, so maybe I'm just really a wuss. Last night I ordered my parka, so we'll see how that goes.

Click, clack, moo.

HI!

Things I have done today:

* Pulled my back out shifting books about at work

* Ran around the backyard like a lunatic while playing with my cat

* Drank too much caffeine

* Been in a really moody-mood for NO GOOD REASON (grrr pms)

* Craved pecan pie. Again for NO GOOD REASON.

* Read the last few pages of a kids' novel and nearly burst into tears for NO GOOD REASON ... well, the girl dies, that's reason enough!

* Avoided thinking about all the work I have to do by watching the last thirty minutes of today's ST:TNG episode. Older!Spock was pretty cool.

* Downloaded beaucoup old school WinAmp skins from this site - allwinampskins.com - for my version 2.65 WinAmp. Hey, I still run version 5.5 something of AIM. I can't stand the graphics-intensive new-fangled stuff.

I'm thinking about getting my eyes lasiked. Y/N? Thoughts? Anyone? My sinuses are killing me.