My wife and I just finished watching the final episode of season 4 of Dexter. We were so totally not expecting that.
I shan't say another word for those of you who either DVR or are a season behind. But if you do not watch Dexter, now is the time to get to your Blockbuster or Netflix or someplace, rent the DVD's and get started.
John Lithgow was fabulous, as you would expect, but the twist(s) put in by the writers just made this entire season superb.
Shocked!
Okay, the whirlwind Dexter-watching marathon is complete just in time for us to get ready for Season 4. My wife will need the short break in nightly serial killing in order dream about something besides how I might have a secret dark side she is unaware of. I assure you, I don’t even own a boat.And if you have no idea what the heck I’m talking about, you’d better get to Blockbuster or NetFlix so you can catch up on the first three seasons. Or, if you have a reader of your own named Deb who offers to lend you the DVD’s, that much better, but hurry, you will not be disappointed.
We of course had to put off some of our regular activities during the Dexter thing. It turns out; we find ourselves a few episodes behind on Son’s of Anarchy. We’ll have to correct that, immediately.
Have you looked at the new Prime Time Jay Leno Show? Of course we DVR everything, so I went back and started to watch it, but never got more than 15 or so minutes into it. Then, I went on Hulu.com while I was tread-milling and started watching another episode and realized that in his old time slot, I usually fell asleep before the first guest ever appeared. I find Jay’s monologues humorous and I was always a fan of Headlines. But since I was on the treadmill and not susceptible to drifting off to sleep, it occurred to me that not much else is funny. A few examples: There was some comedian who came on, I forget his name but he was called the “Uninvited Guest”. He had his own little monologue complete with staged photos so you could visualize the punch line of his jokes. His segment lasted about half an hour. Okay, maybe it was only two or three minutes, but everything after the first 15 seconds seemed like half an hour.
Another thing Jay had was this segment called 10 Questions or something like that. I saw Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz sitting on a movie set somewhere, answering 10 not so funny questions. I realize now that without the assistance of special hair gel, I don’t find Cameron Diaz that attractive or funny. And really, unless there is a couch involved, I don’t see anything humorous about Tom Cruise, either.
And speaking of Oprah, they had a little skit where Jay’s first guest, Jerry Seinfeld (or as my wife calls him, SignField) uses his clout to have Oprah appear via satellite feed. The dig is, Jay could not get her to be the first guest on his new show, but Jerry has no problem getting her. Then, Jerry proceeds to interview Oprah and she totally ignores Jay. Did I mention how enormous her face looks in High Definition? Attention Macy’s, your blimp got away…
Anyway, I suspect that aside from the first 15 minutes, there will be no requirement for me to catch the new Leno show, but that gives me time to catch up on other important viewing, like Hung.
I don’t know if you heard this or not, but on Thursday evening, our Community Improvement Association (CIA as opposed to HOA) appointed me to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors. Obviously I am honored and will do my best to serve our community. There was another guy who was up for the position and we met for the first time last night. As it turns out, Chris is a reader of this blog and I might mention a very cool guy. It was one of those moments when you feel bad that you get picked over someone else. So if I didn’t feel bad enough, on the way home my wife, in a moment of pure spousal support says, “I think they should have picked the other guy.” In fairness though, this board thing may cut into our TV viewing time, at least until season 4 of Dexter starts.
Speaking of seasons (man, am I working the transition or what?), am I the only person who has noticed how wonderfully cool it has been the past few mornings? For readers outside of Texas, it probably is cool already where you are at, but here in San Antonio, we have had several months of record fireball action, with more 100+ days than ever. I know, see, AlGore was right; we’ll soon have beach front property. Anyway, I get up in the morning, grab a cup of coffee and walk out on the back patio with my dog Gracie, (it is still dark at 5:30 and she is afraid), and both of us have noticed just how wonderful it feels. I’m ready for more of this weather.
And finally, again for the locals - we got the shocking news that Chris Marrou is going to hang up his anchorman hair at the end of the year. KENS-5 just won't be the same I tell ya, but I'm sure Chris will turn up somewhere. I know that many people just hate the way that Marrou has to add his little comments to the end of every single story; I for one love it. It was only that much better when his old friend Dan Cook was still around to join in on the off the cuff remarks.
For readers not familiar with Chris Marrou and Dan Cook, just imagine an anchorman and a crusty ol' sportscaster after a news story about a bank robber that gives the teller a withdraw slip complete with bank account number and real driver's license, before showing a gun and asking for all the money. Chris would say something like, "Well, that was pretty stupid." and Dan would say, "What a dumbass." Okay, maybe not those exact words, but you get the point. In the past year or so (since the long ago retired Dan Cook passed away), Chris has really stepped-up his commentary on news stories. Combined with his recent law degree, my amateur analysis says he will be running for political office. Hey, it runs in the family. You know his older brother, Andre Marrou, has been a candidate for president numerous times.
That's it friends. We have a busy weekend of eating, garage sailing and perhaps a visit tomorrow to the bone orchard. It was 9 years ago today that my wife's father passed, and we would like to do a little yard work on his resting place. Which reminds me of something he told me once.
(Eva and Nando on his last visit to Garner State Park)
He told me that he had a job where he was "over" hundreds of people. "Oh really" I said, inquiring for more detail. He said "Yea, I used to mow the grass at the cemetery". Good ol' Scobey.
We did not just up and leave town for the long three day weekend but in truth, it was pretty much a computer free vacation. I hate the thought of not being able to check my e-mail, look at Google or of course, give blow by blow details of everything I tossed down my gullet and the participating restaurant involved.
So, just a quick recap:
Saturday, we painted our living room and installed crown molding. I made easily four or five trips to Lowe's to pick-up things that I had forgotten on previous trips. It was during one of these trips that regular reader Deb wandered into the garage as my wife pre-painted molding and turned over the first two seasons of Dexter. More on Dexter in a minute.
We really worked our butts off until about 30 minutes before it was time to attend the GNW Casino Night. In all honesty, when I jumped out of the shower to put on my spiffy cowboy boots (it was a Western theme), I had serious thoughts of just jumping into bed.
Eva collects the goods
I attribute her good luck to the fact that the turn out was low compared to last time. I suppose that a lot of people who might otherwise have attended were off doing Labor Day related travel or attending family events. Still, there was a good crowd and once again, the crew who put on the casino was top-notch.
On Sunday morning, we got up and got started painting our stairwell. For such a small area, it is a real pain in the arse, what with the ceiling being 20 feet high or something like that. Of course, at one point, I was staring up at the roller I had on a long extension handle and as if in slow motion, I watched a splatter of paint fall down the full 20 feet and directly into my eye. Have you ever wondered why it is, if things seem to happen in slow motion, you can't seem to move out of the way? What the hell. We got most of the stairwell painted and then I started in on the crown molding. Yea, all the way up there.
We stopped for dinner and that was it. We opted to start watching Season 1 of Dexter and saw the first 4 episodes that night.
On Monday, we knocked out the upstairs hallway and finished up most of the clean-up and other odds and ends. I still have a few little areas to caulk but it can wait. The other thing was, as we moved through each area, I swapped out electrical outlets and light switches. This house was built in 1976, and I figured it was time to swap out the plugs. Oh, a little hint from me to you: I have found that it helps to turn off the electricity when you change out the electrical outlets. Good times.
And with that, we watched the rest of season one of Dexter and enjoyed it. Tonight we start with Season 2 and when we finish that, we will utilize the Showtime on Demand feature (yay, Showtime!) to watch Season 3. Then, as Buzzardbilly reports, we are only 3 weeks away from Season 4.
I'm just going to assume all of you know about Dexter (since we seem to be several seasons late for everything), but in case you don't know, he is a serial killer who works for the police. How convenient is that?
Today, I was back at work where I generally rested and thanked my lucky stars I'm not a painter by profession. Hopefully, there won't be any three-day weekends coming up anytime soon; I'm just not sure I can handle the workload.
