Just a short blog to let you know that I'm still alive

The last few weeks (and the next few to come) were quite hectic for me, so I managed less and less time for leisure (like tv.com). Therefore I have to apologize for not reading or commenting on blogs or even answering PMs, sorry! (I admit I have seen a few things on TV though, see below )

So how come my time is drastically reduced? First, I got a big new project at work which alone would give me enough to do to cover my workday, but then, my other projects (which also cover my whole workday) don't just disappear...

Second, the construction on my house is running in over-drive. Mid August, there was nothing, just a plain strip of land... By the end of this week however, the building shell will be completed (including cellar, brickwork and roof structure)! This means for me that I have to work a lot with the construction people to define the pipe-work, electrical stuff, exact type of windows etc., select interior details out of a multitude of possible options, fill out applications and forms and a lot of bureaucratic stuff to get gas, water, electricity and so on - all in a time frame of the 2 weeks since I've been back from vacation. And a bit of controlling the construction workers isn't a bad idea either.

So that's about everything I do at the moment. I try to spend a few minutes each day on tv.com but I don't always succeed

But enough of that It was all my own choice, wasn't it?

The summer season comes to a halt and the fall season is here, so let's have a quick look on what I've seen to far (Spoilers, obviously, and lots of them):

The 4400 Season 4 finale:

A lot happened in this episode! The tables are turned and the world is no longer what it was before. At least 9000 dead, at least 9000 new Promison positives, including half of NTAC. The Marked are severely weakened and the 4400 have their own Genosha now. When will the government start building Sentinels?

Even though I have some issues with the flow of this episode, as some things were resolved far to easily like the 'medicine' and others made not much sense (killing Shawn's brother, even though there was an easy way to keep him alive and well), it works great as a season finale: It gives enough closure to end the series right here if there is no renewal, but at the same time opens up so many possibilities for a new season, that a S5 would definitely be interesting and entertaining. 8/10

Prison Break:

Michael Scofield is back in prison and he has to get out fast, this time without a plan and proper preparation. But what a prison that is! The guards have pulled out, the prison is run by the inmates and everyone who tries to leave the prison building is shot on sight. But at least, the inmates get food and water delivered from the outside.

Basically this whole setup doesn't make too much sense. It's saidthat whoever is thrown in, never comes out again, but then people that haven't been tried yet are put in, awaiting their trial! I understand that in Michael's case The Company is behind that, but what about Mahone, T-Bag and Bellick? Oh and people are walking in and out without proper background checks it seems... So The Company can pull all sorts of strings, but they cannot arrange to get someone out of this prison?

Also, new opening credits and a variation of the theme (which is less effective then the old one IMHO)

Not a very good start of the season, but let's see how it turns out: 6/10

K-Ville:

2 Years after Katrina, New Orleans is still a mess. People are leaving the town, reconstruction is slow and the police under-staffed. The show follows the investigation of 2 police officers after some fund-raisers have been hit by drive-by shooters. One of those 2 seems to be an alcoholic, the other one is an ex-con. Yes, it seems like they take everybody as a police officer. The whole show didn't do much for me, the set-up is intriguing, but the story and the characters are not. So one episode and out for me: 4/10

What if?

K-Ville: If your home town was hit by a natural disaster and your home destroyed, would you re-built what's left or move to a different, safer place?

This happened today in the past: 1982: Scott E. Fahlman uses ASCII characters to display joke markers - the emoticons are born