There be grapes in the ceiling!

Still not doing much in the way of exciting things these days. My time has been spent in the "noble pursuit"  (as wateriswine  called it :) of watching tv.  This past week I've seen a fabulous list of guest stars on Remington Steele and Deep Space Nine including Paul Riser, the nurse from Porkey's, Annie Potts, and Iggy Pop.  Yeah, Iggy Pop played a Vorta on DS9 - I have no idea how that came to be, but I was vastly amused.  Who will I be laughing at this week?

For just a pinch of variety I did see a Shakespearean play this weekend.  Admittedly, Shakespeare isn't my usual cup of tea because I neither "get" him or understand him. But as it was Tempest (an alleged comedy) I thought I'd give it a whirl.  Ok, so maybe I thought I'd get it a whirl because the guy in the press release looked cute (he was ^__^) AND it was a comedy.   It's true that I didn't grasp everything that the characters were yapping about (Shakespeare clearly loved having his characters yap A LOT) and I was a trifle confused about Prospero's daughter being played by a male actor.  But on the whole, it seemed like a decent enough production and I was entertained an hour and a half.  I think I'll try to attend more Sac State productions in the future.

Oh, and I watched about 45 minutes of the Ocsars Sunday.  I enjoyed Jon Stewart's opening bits, but all the prizes were going along so predictably (according to Entertainment Weekly's choices) that I couldn't take it very long.  So, of course, I missed Crash's big win.  I love a good upset, so I'm happy for them.  Maybe I should actually see it now.  Maybe.

I waited how long to see that???

I also saw my first ever bit of Gundam Wing this weekend.  That's the show I've been reading, and loving, fanfiction from for years now, but had never actually seen any episodes.   Ok, so maybe I shouldn't have from the very end of the series (Endless Waltz) because it was horribly boring and I didn't "get" any hoyay feelings at all!  About the only impression I got from the show is that they probably had some toys sitting on a shelf they needed to sell so they made this OVA to drum up sales.  BOOOOORing.  On the bright side, only Duo's voice annoyed me, the rest were bearable in English.  

The person who lent it to me assures me the regular series was better, but at this point I don't think I'm going to try very hard to see if he's right or not.