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I think I figured out what's been drawing me to Criminal Minds so much. I mean aside from the adorability of Dr. Spencer Reid, and the cheeky fun that is Penelope Garcia. It's not the writing for the most part, I mean often as not I'll bellow at the tv, "Oh come on, guys, you're supposed to be intelligent!" No, it's definitely not the writing. I think it appeals to me in much the same way that Stargate Atlantis did.

Bear with me, there's a team dynamic that is altogether similar. Geeky, socially awkward genius; handsome, smooth operator with trust issues and a near suicidal streak; tough, competent woman who always keeps her cool...well, you get the point. I've really missed that, and I've got to admit the series is filling the gap rather nicely. And I'd like to thank both Ion and A&E for running episodes back to back on the weekends so I can actually follow the story and characters as they develop.

Interestingly as poor as the writing can be on an episode by episode basis I like that the show actually does believe in character development and something that happened one or two seasons back will still effect them down the road. If a show wants to hook me that's a damn fine way to do it.

Sorry, this is about the only thing I'm watching recently aside from British reality shows. Hey, Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is finally back with new episodes on Wednesday nights and oh how I've missed it. Seriously.

Speaking of t.v. is "Paranormal State" the goofiest damn thing on television? I mean it makes "Ghost Hunters" look like Masterpiece Theater by comparison. Wow.

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Things accomplished this weekend:

1. Still more lemons harvested. When will it end? When? Also trimmed the tree some more. It's almost starting to look cared for.

2. Started getting the tree out front into some sort of order. I say again my predecessor in this house had all the landscaping ability of your average lemur. Seriously, could he have made worse decisions? Possibly, but I'm not sure how.

3. Discovered I still had blooming roses on the far side of my house so I brought some inside to brighten up the kitchen. Sadly they are a sort of weird pinkish-orange. See previous mention of the landscaping choices of the former owner.

4. Brought in my remaining plants that didn't seem to be faring well in the cold weather, I'm hoping they're happier overall in the kitchen.

5. Xmas gifts and cards all mailed, go me!

6. Took elo_sf out for birthday lunch which was quite delightful.

7. House cleaning and laundry. It is astonishing to me how much of a mess one human and 3 cats can make in a relatively short period of time.