My pride and joy

IMG_5371, originally uploaded by Sandra Maynard.

Just wanted to share.

What Boykins do Best

What Boykins do Best II, originally uploaded by Sandra Maynard.

Finally! Anyways: not much is happening so not much reason to update. One nice thing: we had a reputable concrete contractor come out and look at the pool. His price estimates were eminently reasonable plus he showed me samples and we are going to be able to get the pool & patio looking nice. Right now it looks like an abandoned section of an industial park.

What I'm Watching / Playing

I finished Fallout 3 and it's very good except I didn't much like the ending. At least there was a Giant Freakin Robot though. An expansion is due out in April but now what do I play?

Battlestar Galactica: Again no spoilers, but okay maybe a teeny one. After the disappointment of Earth, Gaeta found a way of bringing out the very best in mom, dad, and the twins. Being BSG it was of course the worst possible way.

Life: Is back! Hooray! Charlie is getting ready to slip to the darker side of things again - he shot the FBI guy who shot him. But then they had a nice chat so maybe there's hope. The first episode back came dangerously close to spouting some skydiving nonsense but fortunately it was kept to a minimum.

Lost: Yes, with each episode there are more questions, but answers are starting to show up too. Also: YAY JIN!

24: I spend every episode worrying that Tony is going to die (again). I hope they give him a better send-off than the first time he died.

Fringe: Between this, Lost, and BSG, I'm having an acute case of overloaded answeritis. I guess I shouldn't complain.

Cloverfield: I had not seen this re-invention of Giant Monster movies yet. It was good! People had complaints about the hand-held camera aspect but I thought it worked well and I never got seasick. I also heard people saying they didn't like the self-absorbed, yuppy characters. I liked them. They were still in harm's way because one of them couldn't leave without the woman he loved and the rest were friends who didn't want to leave without them. What's shallow about that?

Also, no children showed up anywhere at any time in this movie. When it comes to horror, all movies should ignore that children exist!

Doomsday A combination of The Road Warrior, 28 Days Later, and Resident Evil and it sucked. It had plenty of cheese, but there was a nasty attitude about it that left a scummy feeling in my mouth. Peh! Hey Sean Pertwee dies again, but that's just normal.

Mustang

Mustang, originally uploaded by Sandra Maynard.

Is this thing working?

I'm still here. Flickr is being flakey so my predominant means of posting has been disabled.