Heroes: Generations Chapter 1: Four Months Later

(Spoiler alert!)

I saw the episode online yesterday. Thank God they'd already uploaded it. It was pretty fast too, since the episode only debuted in the morning (for us, that is).

I wanted to download it, actually. But the file was like, 700Mb, instead of the usual 350-360Mb. That would take DAYS to download. So I watched it online.

Four Months Later, was as good as the hype. Hiro was adorable as usual. When standing between the bandits and Kensei and looking up at the eclipse, he said, "Not again." That was so priceless I laughed my ass off. Also the part when Hiro finds out that Kensei's actually English. Kensei had just finished peeing and went over to pat/hug Hiro or something. Hiro said "Yuck." That was so CUTE...

Anyway, looks like the National Enquirer(sp?) was right. A lot of people were doubting the credibility of those spoilers, since it's, you know, the Enquirer. They usually do news about Sasquatch or Elvis sightings. Since the spoilers (well, the first one at any rate) are accurate, then I can't WAIT to find out why Candace rescued Sylar!

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Nothing happened. Period.

Today was pretty boring for meh. Went to college to discuss the written report thingy with my teammates. I don't think we'll make the Friday deadline.

Just saw Prison Break Season 3 Episode 1 online. Really neat! Even though I totally missed out on Season 2's finale that time just 'cuz my mom wanted to watch CSI: New York. Tsk.

Shain calichniye asa, Robert Jordan. Moridin isainde vadin.

(I hope the sentence is not too off. I just hope that RJ fans don't crucify me for mutilating the Old Tongue)

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James Oliver Rigney: 1948-2007

I just found out today that the author of one of my favourite series passed away last week. For those less informed of the fantasy genre, James Oliver Rigney went by a few pen-names, one of which is Robert Jordan, creator of the fantasy masterpiece, The Wheel Of Time.

He passed on on the 16th. There wasn't any announcement in the papers, not even a tiny blurb in the corner. I admit, I haven't been frequenting the messageboards in a while, spending most of my time looking Heroes up. But this really came as a shock to me, since I had read some months ago that his disease had gone into remission, and that he was undergoing an experimental treatment for it.

Even though I had only found out about the Wheel and its vast Pattern in 2005, I did a lot of reading within the following two years to make sure that I caught up with the rest of the world. At that time, The Knife Of Dreams (the penultimate 11th in this series that spanned 17 years to date, and still counting) wasn't even released yet. A Memory Of Light, the final book, didn't even have a title yet! Reading A Memory Of Light next year was something I was very much looking forward to doing, just like reading Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows this year. I'm sorry to say that I was not acquainted longer with Rand, Perrin, Mat, Egwene and the rest of your colourful characters, but all that time reading Books 1-11, I feel like I've known them since Adam.

The papers stated that he passed out significant plot points of the final book to his family before he passed on. I'm sure that Harriet Rigney will do this final book justice, but it's just not the same without the one and only Robert Jordan.

Farewell, and rest in peace, Mr. Rigney. Your legacy will live on in all of our hearts forever.

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Fatigue. It ain't good.

Well, as the title says, it ain't good. The eye-bags are coming back, and I'm feeling even more lethargic than usual. The fact that I'm feeling sleepy is also not helping. Ordinarily, that combination would make for hours and hours in front of the telly, but unfortunately for moi, I've two assignments (from the same paper!) due the following Monday. Feeling lethargic means that I have progressed about an inch (which ain't much, by the way) for my part in our report, and the journal isn't on its way to being finished either. Not to mention that tomorrow is the last day before our semester break, and I'd have to get all my questions together to ask that lecturer of mine (actually I could come back next week during the hols, but I'm not sure whether he'd answer my questions even IF he were there. Yup, he's a douche. He did give me a pretty good grade for my first assignment though. Okay fine, partial-douche).

Anyway, we haven't started on the report yet, because Hooi Leng has camping(?) or whatnot (I'm not too sure), so we'll be meeting on Monday. Imma have to try and persuade everyone to pass everything to me by Friday, so that I can collect it, and collate it, and hand it up on Saturday. That would really make my life easier, and I can go to my mom's office on the Monday after that to do my other assignment.

I don't care. I'm gonna pass my journal up on Saturday. That is, if I can finish it on time. Yikes! I hope I can.

4 days to Chapter 1, Volume 2 of Heroes!!

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What's with us and live coverages of awards shows that really matter?

Everything! The Emmys just happened this morning (night for them, morning for us), and we did not get live coverage. Nada. You'd figured that E! would give us the awards ceremony as well, since they did that whole red carpet thing live, so might as well go on with the rest of the programme, right? Wrong! I had to stick by Yahoo! to find out who had won (and updates weren't too often), and basically, that was it in the morning for me, since no one had stuck footage up on Youtube yet.

Anyway, Heroes basically went home with nothing. Masi Oka is adorable, but I figured, between Lost contenders, I prefer Michael Emerson. Nothing against Terry O'Quinn, but seriously, Ben creeps the heck out of me. And Emerson's one of the reasons why I loved Saw.
James Spader won, yay! I've been a fan of his since his Daniel Jackson days.

Youtube didn't have much on the Emmys, only some snippets here and there, mostly if the Heroes cast happened to be in that particular footage (lucky me, loads of Heroes fans!). But I did see the one with Rainn Wilson and Kanye West! HA HA HA!! Funniest thing ever! "You" instead of "ya". That one's classic.

I think I'll wait for tomorrow to check Youtube for more Emmy clips. Piggy... out!

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Lizard.

(Short title, thinks you).

Anyway, there's this lizard just laying there in our kitchen for a few days now. At first my mom thought he was dead, but then he wiggled his, um, fingers(?) a bit, so, no, he's not dead. Then.

Today we sprayed him, to try and see whether he'd move away or not, because he was near the stove area, and we needed to cook (not that we can't cook when he's there, it's just that we're afraid that he might jump on our feet or whatnot while we're cooking. And that would be messy). He didn't move, not even when he got a face full of the spray (I saw his head get wet). So we thought he was dead. Then my mom went to church, while I turned on the telly (because lizards, besides cockroaches, really creep me out. I literally shudder, at the thought of them). And besides, it's not good to take in (and by this, I mean, inhale) the insecticide too much. Like this episode of the X-Files, they sprayed this guy that was crawling with insects and he died. They thought the insects was what killed him, but no. It was the insecticide. He breathed in too much of it.

So my mom came back, and the lizard decides to shift its original position, leading us to think (again!) that he wasn't dead. We left it for awhile, it didn't move, then my mom decided to throw it out. As my mom was scooping it up with an extra-long, um, that-thing-you-get-after-you've-finished-using-toilet-paper, the tail fell off. Gross.

I laughed. I know this is really mean, but it looked pretty comical.

Anyway, my mom finished disposing of the lizard (and his tail, and yes, this time the dude's really dead), and we threw the rubbish bag out, AND, for good measure, drenched the whole bag with insecticide.

Tomorrow: About why we did not get live coverage of the Emmys.

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FINALLY!!

Well, the presentation's finally done. My lecturer said that I went really fast through the whole thing (which wasn't good. Ugh), and another thing that all of us and the other groups had in common was our proficiency in the English language, and by that, he meant our lack of it. I'm insulted! My grammar's WAY better than everyone else's (everyone else around here, that is)! (There goes the complex again). Anywho, at least the lecturer said I wasn't blocking the slides like my teammate was. Whew! It's finally over!

Now all I've to worry about is the written report we have to work on. As usual, we're taking the last minute route, with us only starting to discussions most probably next Saturday (cos my teammates have assignments). Oh well. Hopefully by then my part would've been finished (and by hopefully, I probably mean, maybe not).

1000 words (and some other shit I'd have to do, cos I'm team editor and I'm fussy that way) to go...

Everyone's thinking of taking Communication Skills since our lecturer promoted it quite nicely. If I take it (which I don't think I will), I think I might actually enjoy it. 5 academic essays, grammar tests, some crap to do with referencing... I'd probably ace it! (But then again, maybe not).

Speaking of which, How It Should Have Ended's version of Spider-man 3 was classic! Especially the part with Harry and the butler! Ha ha ha!!!

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