Whoa. It's storming here. 
When Summer hits memphis, there's not much to like, but the sudden thunderstorms that appear and disappear in a flash are one of the good points. Spring storms are less hard core, but a little longer lasting and so still pleasant.
Must leave work now. Dogopolis is probably filled with unhappy right now.
In a side note: it takes almost no effort to get me to go into obsessive detail about Buffy-related things. Example:
[16:38] notme: Season 6 is working just fine.
[16:38] me: Oh yeah? Buy me another six of killians and you can keep it. >Grin<
[16:39] notme: I think that at some point I will get you another 6 beers, but you can keep your discs.
[16:39] me: I mean, they are useless to me.
[16:39] notme: Oh yeah, there's a scratch on disk 2, and "Tabula Rasa" keeps fucking up.
[16:40] me: Ah, weak.. Tabula Rasa's fucking awesome. Shoot me and email and I'll burn you a working copy.
[16:40] me: Does the scratch impact play?
[16:40] notme: planx.constant@gmail.com
[16:40] notme: Yeah, you can get it to play, but only by rewinding from the end of the episode.
[16:41] notme: And then the scratch comes around again 7 minutes later, and it's rewind time.
[16:41] me: Lame.
[16:41] me: Couse, my dvd player won't even read them
[16:41] me: But it reads all other seasons just fine
[16:41] notme: Yeah, frustrating; but I finally got to see it.
[16:41] notme: We just use Emily's laptop.
[16:41] me: Yeah, they'd probably work on my computer.
[16:42] me: I'm going to buy one, anyway, so you're more than welcome to keep them seriously.
[16:42] notme: Thanks.
[16:42] me: You should go back and watch the commentary on them all somtime. *geek*
[16:42] notme: Indeed.
[16:42] notme: That's what we plan to do once we finish all the Buffy and Angel.
[16:42] me: Especially the ones with Joss.
[16:42] me: Yeah, well worth it..
[16:42] notme: I like Angel a lot.
[16:42] me: You could skip most the featurettes and not miss much.
[16:43] me: Ah, good! I'm glad I'm not alone.
[16:43] me: I honestly liked the stand-aloneness of the episodes
[16:43] notme: Roger that.
[16:43] me: The lack of a "big bad" really made it more like a soap opera/comic book
[16:43] notme: I prefer to dwell more on the comic book aspects.
[16:43] me: Seems more organic, somehow, than having a yearly monster to beat.
[16:44] notme: <nerd voice>That's 'graphic novel'</nerd voice>
[16:44] me: You know, the only real "arc" starts in season two and doesn't even resolve until sometihng like season 4.
[16:44] notme: I like that.
[16:44] me: Yeah, I do, too. Think it lends itself to more character development
[16:44] notme: I also like more the overall arc in Buffy, than the seasonal ones.
[16:44] me: Which helps grow the ensemble.
[16:45] me: With buffy, it's always buffy in charge and who kicks most all the ass. With angel you kind of see all the people grow into badasses of a certain type.
[16:45] notme: Like Buffy's development, from shallow and self-absorbed, to dedicated, to isolated, and now starting to be more integrated.
[16:45] notme: I do like the idea of Gunn.
[16:45] me: YEah. Gunn gets *real* interesting, but for my buck no one develops as well as Wesley.
[16:45] notme: If I were homeless and being preyed upon by vampires, I would band together to slaythem.
[16:45] me: His character development is honestly some of the most interesting and compelling stuff I've seen
[16:46] notme: Huh.
[16:46] notme: So far seems a little flat.
[16:46] me: Gotta wait till get done.
[16:46] me: Make a conscious effort to track his effort from apperance to end of show.
[16:46] notme: He seems to be going in the same direction they were taking Giles in, but then Giles left.
[16:47] me: By the time it's all said and done, he's grown through all these phases that came about as a direct result of stuff that happens in the show.
[16:47] notme: Interesting.
[16:47] me: When you get to season four, I think you'll agree...Gunn gets interesting, too, but I quite honestly Wesley is my favorite character in the buffyverse
[16:48] notme: Why did they get rid of Giles, anyway? Was it creatively inspired, or something lame like contract negotiations?
[16:48] notme: Hunh.
[16:48] me: Creatively inspired.... Sort of buffy growing up.
[16:48] me: You'll notice he's never really "out", just shifted off the main credits.
[16:49] notme: Sort of like her mom.
[16:49] notme: Well, up to a point.
[16:49] me: Yeah. She wanted to leave in s4, though and joss said "No! I was going to kill you!" or something
[16:49] notme: "The Body" was one of the best episodes of television I have ever seen./
[16:50] me: OH, yeah. IT doesn't work without watching up to that point and getting attached the the characters, but when you do it's so absolutely *real* that it's mind blowing
[16:50] notme: I had to restart it a few times to be able to watch all the way through.
[16:51] me: Yeah. I've seen it 2 or 3 times, I think. No score is brilliant.
[16:51] me: I think my favorite scene is when Anya and Xander are driving and it's just absolutely silent.
[16:52] me: (Oh, but Anya's breakdown about being called tactless is an awesome moment for the character, since she's almost alway comic)
[16:52] notme: Or where she's staring out the back door, and you can hear kids and windchimes.
[16:52] notme: Also, when Buffy tells Dawn, and you have to watch through the glass in the classroom.
[16:52] me: OH ,yeah.
[16:53] notme: It really communicates how everyone else is external to their grief.
[16:53] me: If I remember correctly, that through the glass thing was an afterthought and/or accident.
[16:53] me: Which is crazy. It seems like the most obvious, perfect scene.
[16:53] notme: It is, indeed.
[16:53] me: I have an endless ability to obsess about Joss Whedon TV shows.
[16:53] notme: I don't think that any other way would have been as effective.
[16:53] me: No, not at all, because you're watching as an outsider twice over.
[16:54] notme: I don't know why he isn't in charge of every TV show ever made.
[16:54] notme: I wish Firefly had gotten a real chance.
[16:54] me: Outsider as real person watching TV, because you're watching the scene from the perspective of the classroom
[16:54] me: And it's just heartbreaking being in those situations as an observer in real life.
[16:55] me: Yeah, Fox can mismange shows like no one else. Family Guy, Firefly, Arrested Development.
[16:55] me: Mutant Enemy all but shut down, so little hope of future shows for awhile.
[16:55] me: I think he prefers film, though, which is a shame.Hopefully Serenity will dominate the screen.
[16:56] notme: I know that I'm going to see it at least twice, just to give it support.
[16:56] me: I know it'll be worth seeing twice.
[16:56] notme: If it's at all accessible to an outsider, I'm going to bring everyone I know.
[16:57] me: Yeah, I'm going to push everyone to go see it with me.
[16:57] me: I read a review on aint it cool (ew) written y someone who didn't know anything about the show
[16:57] notme: And?
[16:57] me: Didn't even have postproduction yet, so no kickin cgi, and he said it was amazing.
[16:58] me: Though, he said that the studio wonk was talking about it like it was supposed to be an Fx picture, when the fx is clearly just gravy
When Summer hits memphis, there's not much to like, but the sudden thunderstorms that appear and disappear in a flash are one of the good points. Spring storms are less hard core, but a little longer lasting and so still pleasant.
Must leave work now. Dogopolis is probably filled with unhappy right now.
In a side note: it takes almost no effort to get me to go into obsessive detail about Buffy-related things. Example:
[16:38] notme: Season 6 is working just fine.
[16:38] me: Oh yeah? Buy me another six of killians and you can keep it. >Grin<
[16:39] notme: I think that at some point I will get you another 6 beers, but you can keep your discs.
[16:39] me: I mean, they are useless to me.
[16:39] notme: Oh yeah, there's a scratch on disk 2, and "Tabula Rasa" keeps fucking up.
[16:40] me: Ah, weak.. Tabula Rasa's fucking awesome. Shoot me and email and I'll burn you a working copy.
[16:40] me: Does the scratch impact play?
[16:40] notme: planx.constant@gmail.com
[16:40] notme: Yeah, you can get it to play, but only by rewinding from the end of the episode.
[16:41] notme: And then the scratch comes around again 7 minutes later, and it's rewind time.
[16:41] me: Lame.
[16:41] me: Couse, my dvd player won't even read them
[16:41] me: But it reads all other seasons just fine
[16:41] notme: Yeah, frustrating; but I finally got to see it.
[16:41] notme: We just use Emily's laptop.
[16:41] me: Yeah, they'd probably work on my computer.
[16:42] me: I'm going to buy one, anyway, so you're more than welcome to keep them seriously.
[16:42] notme: Thanks.
[16:42] me: You should go back and watch the commentary on them all somtime. *geek*
[16:42] notme: Indeed.
[16:42] notme: That's what we plan to do once we finish all the Buffy and Angel.
[16:42] me: Especially the ones with Joss.
[16:42] me: Yeah, well worth it..
[16:42] notme: I like Angel a lot.
[16:42] me: You could skip most the featurettes and not miss much.
[16:43] me: Ah, good! I'm glad I'm not alone.
[16:43] me: I honestly liked the stand-aloneness of the episodes
[16:43] notme: Roger that.
[16:43] me: The lack of a "big bad" really made it more like a soap opera/comic book
[16:43] notme: I prefer to dwell more on the comic book aspects.
[16:43] me: Seems more organic, somehow, than having a yearly monster to beat.
[16:44] notme: <nerd voice>That's 'graphic novel'</nerd voice>
[16:44] me: You know, the only real "arc" starts in season two and doesn't even resolve until sometihng like season 4.
[16:44] notme: I like that.
[16:44] me: Yeah, I do, too. Think it lends itself to more character development
[16:44] notme: I also like more the overall arc in Buffy, than the seasonal ones.
[16:44] me: Which helps grow the ensemble.
[16:45] me: With buffy, it's always buffy in charge and who kicks most all the ass. With angel you kind of see all the people grow into badasses of a certain type.
[16:45] notme: Like Buffy's development, from shallow and self-absorbed, to dedicated, to isolated, and now starting to be more integrated.
[16:45] notme: I do like the idea of Gunn.
[16:45] me: YEah. Gunn gets *real* interesting, but for my buck no one develops as well as Wesley.
[16:45] notme: If I were homeless and being preyed upon by vampires, I would band together to slaythem.
[16:45] me: His character development is honestly some of the most interesting and compelling stuff I've seen
[16:46] notme: Huh.
[16:46] notme: So far seems a little flat.
[16:46] me: Gotta wait till get done.
[16:46] me: Make a conscious effort to track his effort from apperance to end of show.
[16:46] notme: He seems to be going in the same direction they were taking Giles in, but then Giles left.
[16:47] me: By the time it's all said and done, he's grown through all these phases that came about as a direct result of stuff that happens in the show.
[16:47] notme: Interesting.
[16:47] me: When you get to season four, I think you'll agree...Gunn gets interesting, too, but I quite honestly Wesley is my favorite character in the buffyverse
[16:48] notme: Why did they get rid of Giles, anyway? Was it creatively inspired, or something lame like contract negotiations?
[16:48] notme: Hunh.
[16:48] me: Creatively inspired.... Sort of buffy growing up.
[16:48] me: You'll notice he's never really "out", just shifted off the main credits.
[16:49] notme: Sort of like her mom.
[16:49] notme: Well, up to a point.
[16:49] me: Yeah. She wanted to leave in s4, though and joss said "No! I was going to kill you!" or something
[16:49] notme: "The Body" was one of the best episodes of television I have ever seen./
[16:50] me: OH, yeah. IT doesn't work without watching up to that point and getting attached the the characters, but when you do it's so absolutely *real* that it's mind blowing
[16:50] notme: I had to restart it a few times to be able to watch all the way through.
[16:51] me: Yeah. I've seen it 2 or 3 times, I think. No score is brilliant.
[16:51] me: I think my favorite scene is when Anya and Xander are driving and it's just absolutely silent.
[16:52] me: (Oh, but Anya's breakdown about being called tactless is an awesome moment for the character, since she's almost alway comic)
[16:52] notme: Or where she's staring out the back door, and you can hear kids and windchimes.
[16:52] notme: Also, when Buffy tells Dawn, and you have to watch through the glass in the classroom.
[16:52] me: OH ,yeah.
[16:53] notme: It really communicates how everyone else is external to their grief.
[16:53] me: If I remember correctly, that through the glass thing was an afterthought and/or accident.
[16:53] me: Which is crazy. It seems like the most obvious, perfect scene.
[16:53] notme: It is, indeed.
[16:53] me: I have an endless ability to obsess about Joss Whedon TV shows.
[16:53] notme: I don't think that any other way would have been as effective.
[16:53] me: No, not at all, because you're watching as an outsider twice over.
[16:54] notme: I don't know why he isn't in charge of every TV show ever made.
[16:54] notme: I wish Firefly had gotten a real chance.
[16:54] me: Outsider as real person watching TV, because you're watching the scene from the perspective of the classroom
[16:54] me: And it's just heartbreaking being in those situations as an observer in real life.
[16:55] me: Yeah, Fox can mismange shows like no one else. Family Guy, Firefly, Arrested Development.
[16:55] me: Mutant Enemy all but shut down, so little hope of future shows for awhile.
[16:55] me: I think he prefers film, though, which is a shame.Hopefully Serenity will dominate the screen.
[16:56] notme: I know that I'm going to see it at least twice, just to give it support.
[16:56] me: I know it'll be worth seeing twice.
[16:56] notme: If it's at all accessible to an outsider, I'm going to bring everyone I know.
[16:57] me: Yeah, I'm going to push everyone to go see it with me.
[16:57] me: I read a review on aint it cool (ew) written y someone who didn't know anything about the show
[16:57] notme: And?
[16:57] me: Didn't even have postproduction yet, so no kickin cgi, and he said it was amazing.
[16:58] me: Though, he said that the studio wonk was talking about it like it was supposed to be an Fx picture, when the fx is clearly just gravy
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Also, I just love thunder storms.