More Veronica Mars...

After I went to Malta, I cancelled my digital TV to save money, and that means not being able to watch Veronica Mars. Except that my friend Sheila, some time around Christmas, decided to get digital TV, and she was kind enough to tape it for me. I got to see the two new episodes last night.

I really love that show and I was reminded why I love this show by the wonderful exchange in an elevator between my two favourite characters, Veronica and her ex-boyfriend Logan:

Logan: Hi-ho.
Veronica: What did you say?
Logan: Oh, your uniform. Hi-ho. It's off to work you go.
Veronica: Guess that makes me Snow White.
Logan: You must be on your way up to see Mopey.
Veronica: How is he doing, Sleazy?

Sheriff Lamb seemed to have better dialogue than usual.

But the plot perplexes me a little. The situation: Duncan Kane's former girlfriend Meg bore his child and died. Her parents are nasty, weird, abusive people. Meg didn't want them to take the baby. Once she is dead, Duncan tries to kidnap the child.

What makes me wonder: surely in California law the father of the child has custody rights above and beyond that of any claim by the grandparents? They may not like him, but he's the child's biological parent and Meg wanted him to have the baby. Even if she didn't name him as the father - and why wouldn't she? it was no secret - a DNA test would prove it.

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From chazzbanner. Books, books, books.... someday I think I'll list all the books in my apartment. Only that would be a long list and I don't think anyone would bother to read it. Still. It would be fun. For me.

Here are the current top 50 books from whatshouldireadnext.com. Bold the books you have read. Italicise the books you might read. Cross out the books you probably won't read, ignore books you have no opinion on. Pass it on.

I'll add stars for my personal quality ratings. *=read it and didn't like it. **= readable, but not good ***good ****excellent *****one of my favourite books. I see only two five-star ratings here, though To Kill a Mockingbird comes close.

( The good, the bad and the unreadable.... )

Good but strange evening...

I went to my doctor today. Good news: the funny rash on my leg can be cleared up within the month with some ointment. (I hope so!) I asked her what it was and she said, "Well, it isn't melanoma and it isn't serious. If you really want a name for it, call it excema. That doesn't mean anything." Heh. Okay. Fine by me.

The bad news is my blood pressure. She showed me the graph of my blood pressure since I've been her patient, about two years now. It started at 144/80. Next appointment it was 120/80. Today it was 144/80. I was not surprised - I know high blood pressure is supposed to be a symptomless disease, but I can feel the difference when it's high. The doctor thought it might have been an error when it registered at normal; I didn't argue, but I don't think so. I think that was in the halcyon days a while back when I was going to the gym every second day, and keeping up with yoga practise, and eating properly.

Okay, time to start that again. Grump. I enjoy being a lazy pig, eating whatever I want and lying around reading instead of exercising. But I don't like its effect on me. Tomorrow, I change my ways. I wish I could afford to rejoin the gym. Maybe if I can think of some way to revise my budget?

I had to go to the Rideau Centre after work to pick up the perscription for cream, and ran into Lisa. While we were talking, along came Jacques. I never run into friends there! Then Jacques and I went for coffee and I noticed someone else I knew at Tim Hortons; but he didn't see me and I didn't go to say hi. That would have just meant more delay.

Consequently got home late, tackled some of my "must do today" list, and now I'm considering going to bed early so I can get up early tomorrow to start my brand new exercise program.

I tried to walk to work this morning, I really did, but it was just too cold. The weather report said it was 11f/-12C (or was that vice versa?) but I'll swear it was colder than that; there was a frigid wind. After about half an hour of walking I gave up and took a passing bus. It's annoying; either it's too cold to walk, or, when it gets warmer, too slippery.

Politics...

When I was talking to Jacques in the Rideau Centre today, we were mostly talking about politics. Not one of my subjects, but one of his, and he's fascinating on the topic. I wish he would write more on the subject for publication; he's one of the few political commentators whose opinions I respect and admire.

Someone had told me that studies show that the worst day of the year for the largest number of people is January 23. That was our election date. Coincidence?

The disappointment that we now have the Conservatives in power was mitigated for me by the fact that in my riding, the M.P. is the gentleman I voted for, Paul Dewar, the NDP. candidate. I had hoped the NDP would do better, and feared they would do worse. If I hadn't voted NDP, I would have voted Green.

It's a funny world. One of my friends was upset that Stephen Harper - I can't quite think of him as "the Prime Minister yet - that Harper is increasing the number of Canadian naval vessels in our northern waters to establish and presumably enforce our sovereignty. Another friend is incensed that, after getting into power on a platform basically railing over Liberal corruption, he has taken a Liberal into his cabinet. Personally, I am calm about this.... maybe even approving. I don't think the Liberals are any more or less corrupt than the Conservatives, whatever the campaign mudslinging claimed. And I don't mind establishing Canadian soverignty as warranted. What scares me hasn't happened yet: the social issues. Erosion of medicare. Repealing of gay rights. That sort of thing. I live in fear. Do I really need to?

I have to keep reminding myself that though Harper is a Conservative, he isn't a Progressive Conservative like Diefenbaker or Mulroney. He's a child of the Alliance/Reform party under a new name. And there are some strange reactionary types lurking behind them ideologically.

The Smallville Character I most resemble....

I got this from acampbell.

( The Smallville Character I am most like )

I'm not sure what I think of this. First of all, I never identified with Clark. I identify with Chloe and Lex and Martha, maybe in that order. For various different reasons.

I've never identified with Clark, not in the TV show, and not in the comics. This isn't to say I don't like him - though sometimes I don't. My view of morality just isn't his; never was; his truth and justice isn't mine, and I'm not even sure what the American way would be, but it would be the wrong country anyway.

So while there are characteristics I have in common with Clark... I don't know why this quiz gave me that answer. Maybe because I said I was protective, and keep secrets well?