Supernatural S6 E1: "Exile on Main Street."

Ok, every week I used to post bulletins on Myspace on my thoughts about the previous episode. Now that I have an actual place to put these, I think I'll continue do that. Plus, I think here, I might have people who will actually read them. LOL





From there very first seconds you could tell that the show was different. "The Road So Far" clip had no AC/DC, only reviewed "Swan Song," the season finale, not the whole 5th season, and the color was interesting.

We then jump to Dean living the "apple pie life." While listening to Bob Seger's "Beautiful Loser," we see how his life has changed...sort of. The writers here found a clever way to parallel his home life with his hunter life.
Of course his hunting roots are always close by as Dean seems to notice there might be something going on in his town, as Wendigo like claw marks are all over town. Just as he's getting ready to jump back into his hunting routine, BAM!!! and I do mean, BAM!!! the Yellow Eyed Demon, aka Azazel, jumps him.

I screamed.

And I was excited to see my all time favorite bad guy return...if even it was for only a short time.

Of course, out of nowhere Sam shows up to save Dean. We then learn that it isn't Wendigos of the YED plaguing his town, but some Jin. We also meet more Campbells, and somehow Samuel was brought back to life.

The episode then goes mostly formulaic, they hunt the Jin, Dean gets angry at Sam and Bobby for not telling him he's alive. The Jin make a surprise attack, they still kill them, and at the end Dean still decides to stay with Lisa and Ben.

What's bugging me is that this season/episode has had bad blood since before it evened aired. I have been a fan of many shows, and have joined forums and discussion groups of other shows and movies and never have I met such critical and demanding fans. I don't know, maybe it's just the certain forum I'm on, and I have contemplated leaving it many times, but I am sick of the negativity. Granted, this episode wasn't stellar, but it was nowhere near as bad as "Fallen Idols." My review for that is in my season 5 recap blog entry. Already they're giving up just after this episode. But me? I'm ready for a shake up to the show, and eager to go back to some MOTWs. (Monster of the Week)

So, next week's episode looks creepy and looks like something out of Season 2, I am ready and can't wait to view it.

You should know, that my favorite part of every Supernatural premiere, is seeing what the next title card is, and this one ranks as one of my faves.




Here is the preview for next week's episode. It looks like another scary child episode. I like those. And for some reason, it's entitle, "Two and a Half Men." Huh...my interest is peaked for sure.

Wow...

So, here I am: I'm at home right now, house sitting for my parents. But Monday is my first day of school at OSU. I can't believe it. Going there always seemed to be the step I would take next year. Something to accomplish in the future...it is so weird to have the future here, now! And to tell you the truth, I'm scared...I mean, I'm taking Calculus for crying out loud! I hate math! But I need two more math courses for my degree...I'm almost certain that this will be the class to kill me...My sister says I need to go in with a positive attitude, I hope that helps. LOL

But for now, I'm just going to be happy that my aid came through, and I'll be able to support myself for the following term. Plus, I love my new Beavers sweater. I feel so official now. LOL

B/c I wasn't allowed to write about this one in school...

OK, I know what you're thinking. So soon Lydia? You just wrote one last night. And I say to you, "I know, I know, but this is my blog, so be quiet."

I've now found that I enjoy reviewing books I love on my blog. I feel that I get deserved names out there, even if some of them won't need it, and plus, this isn't school, so I can pick any Michael Crichton book I want. Which is what I choose today.

Jurassic Park
By: Michael Crichton



Now, this book, nor any of his others, can be what are considered "great literature." But what they do have, is fun, suspense, and outside the box ideas. I remember the first time I tried to crack the already broken spine of my brother's well worn copy of this book. I think I was about fifth grade? I don't think I even got ten pages in before my mom had it forbidden for me to read. Now before you go hatin' on my mom, you have to admit, the language and bloody content of the book may not be completely suitable for an eleven year old. Although I don't think that's the case with me, I think she just feared I might have gotten some ideas from it or something. Heck, I didn't even see the movie until I was about 13 or 14. I know, I was a more obedient child back then. lol

OK, for those of you who weren't born yet, or lived under a rock during the year 1993, "Jurassic Park" is about am extremely wealthy investor who finds a way to clone and bring to life dinosaurs. The movie features five, maybe six species, but the book has more than twenty. One of my fondest memories associated with this book, was hanging out in an empty classroom with two of my best friends administering a spelling contest to see who could spell the names of the dinosaurs the closest.

Anyway, so the park has issues (of course) and specialists are flown in to asses the safety of the park, terror and chaos ensue.

The book is quite different from the movie. As usual. First of all, John Hammond, the wealthy investor is no where near as sweet or grandfatherly as he is in the movie. In fact, he dies in the book, quite deservedly. Alan Grant actually likes kids, in fact if I remember correctly, I think it's page 56 where he says that. LOL Lex is the younger sibling and quite a spoiled brat, and Tim is the dinosaur loving older brother.

There is certainly a lot more peril in the book, surprisingly than there is in the movie. One of my favorite parts is when people are stuck in a building as raptors gnaw at metal bars to get in and eat them all. LOL

I read this book once a year all through my high school career. It sat in one pocket for five straight years in my back pack. And during free time I would pull it out and read it. I even did a prose with the famous raptor/kitchen scene. I even broke with it once. I still had braces and a palette expander so, thank goodness I had my binder, or all the judges in the front row would have been sprayed. LOL

For anyone who loves science fiction, adventure, danger, and like my mom says to me all the time, "Things eating things," and of course, dinosaurs. This the read for you. But I'm sure, that if you love dinosaurs, you've already read it. LOL

R.I.P Michael Crichton

A Childhood Wish Come True.

No, it's not going to Disneyland. (Although I finally got to do that this summer)

Or getting to the Natural History Museum in New York.

Or seeing a Broadway play.

I got to do one thing on my bucket list last summer, and it was on the top of my list.

I finally rode the Jurassic Park River Adventure....twice!!!

I was going through some old files on my computer and forgot that this video was on there. Of course I watched the whole thing with a smile on my face, even though the annoying blonde on it bugged me. I don't let it take away from the feelings I remember when the little boat was being pulled up the track. I kept thinking, "Oh my gosh, I can't believe I'm actually here!" That was quickly replaced, however, with "Oh that is so cool!" and squeals of laughter when the Parasaurolophus sprayed me with water. Then there was the 80ft drop, accompanied by the giant T-Rex head. It was really, one of the best days, ever!
In fact, my profile picture for this blog was taken while I was standing in line to ride on it the second time. It really was an awesome day.
Now, I did ride on more than one ride while I was there. There was a Mummy Roller Coaster Ride, that was in the dark and went backwards and forwards. It was awesome, I think we went on that one twice as well.

I got a t shirt and a ride photo, I don't have the ability to post those right now, but I will eventually. The ride video will just have to do for now. lol

I wish I could put the video directly on the blog, but I don't have the video on my desktop anymore. So here's the link to my facebook, where you can view it.

IMHO, the ending is the best, the screaming is hilarious. lol