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Dexter Season Two

Dexter season two was fantastic. It was different than season one, but still good. Time for random thoughts and observations...

• I kind of found Dexter's sexual libido odd. They spent much of the first season focusing on Dexter's lack of libido, and now all of a sudden he's a sex fiend. (I get the deal with Lila and the understanding aspect, but still, it seemed to be a little much...)
  

  
  
  




• There were many similarities to season one in term's of Dexter's search for someone who can understand him. Rudy was his potential true friend in season one, and Lila in Season two.
  
  

  
  
  




• Rudy and Lila have a bunch of little things in common. Both had lines of work that focused on the body. Rudy made prosthetic limbs and many of Lila's sculptures involved body parts.
  

  
  
  




• Rudy and Lila both wanted to have Dexter all to themselves. They both wanted to be understood as badly as Dexter did. Neither wanted anyone else in Dexter's life (Deb, Rita).
  

  
  
  




• I can't help but think that how Dexter got himself into AA is just a little silly.
  
  

  
  
  




• Laguerta is an evil genius. She just is. As much as I hate her for it, I almost respect her for it.
  

  
  
  

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• Oh, Lila. I don't like you one bit. I never did.
  

  
  
  




• For whatever Dexter had in common with Rudy and Lila, you really see how different he actually is. He is a different kind of human, not completely devoid of emotion. I think that this has less to do with the code than Dexter thinks. There is no doubt that Dexter is a cold-blooded killer, that he has this intense need to kill that he cannot stop, but there's more to him, even if he is unable to understand what that is.
  

  
  
  




• I don't think Rudy or Lila could understand that Dexter was different from them, the same way other "normal" people can't understand that Dexter is different, either.
  
  

  
  
  




• All the Freudian sh*t was a little silly and just plain transparent. From Deb with all her daddy approval issues to that dream Dexter has about saving his mom.
  

  
  
  




• Rita really turned Dexter into Paul in her own head. Its amazing how grief works.
  
  

  
  
  




• Dexter is going to have a really hard time finding someone who understands him and who he can also trust enough to not hurt he or the people he cares about. I'm pretty sure he's figuring that out.
  

  
  
  




• I think if anyone got it, maybe it was Doakes, but probably not.
  

  
  
  

All in all an enjoyable and satisfying season.

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*Cinema -- Live Free or Die Hard

Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

• There is no way around it, it was silly. Many of the action scenes were just laughable (in terms the chances of them really happening). However they still looked great. I mean really great.





• Lets face it, all ‘hacker’ movies are just silly, but somehow still completely enjoyable.




• Bruice Willis may play one character, but it is one awesome character. I could watch that character all day long.





• Justin Long. I find him irritating to look at. Even if he is a Mac. His hair and face kind of just bother me a little. I kept wishing he was Shia LaBeouf (similar in personality, less annoying).




• Kevin Smith, ftw.





• Oh Bullock, at least you’re still good at clenching your jaw! I miss you Bullock.




• Overall lots of fun. Would totally watch again.

Software of the Year

So, everyone is doing their year-in-reviews.

I’m going to do one on Mac software, mostly because I can’t think of anything else to post about.

The Good

• Leopard

  
  
  
  

  Of course the highlight of the year. Oh. So. Sexy.




• iWork ‘08

  
  
  
  

  Has totally replaced the old version of Office for me. Yay to having all universal apps! I find it hard to believe I’m going to go out of my way to buy the upcoming universal binary Office. I’d have to need to for a specific task first.




• Anxiety

  
  
  
  

  The answer for to-do lists for those of us who generally don’t use to-do lists. Also gorgeous.




• Twitterrific

  
  
  
  

  Might be not be free anymore, but if you have a Mac and use Twitter, its totally worth it.




• Candybar 3

  
  
  

  Makes Leopard look even better. Indispensable.

The Eh

• iLife ‘08

  
  
  
  

  The fact is there is just not that much of a difference if all you use of iLife is iPhoto. I have a feeling there are a bunch of us out there.




• Time Machine

  
  
  

  Awesome in concept. Lack of decent AirDisk support is just a pain in the ass. I will most likely be a much bigger fan once I’ve got my external drive hooked up to a desktop computer so I can actually use it wirelessly.





• SPSS 16 (Mac)

  
  
  

  Necessary for grad school but a usability nightmare. Fugly.




• TaskPaper

  
  
  
  

  Lovely app idea, just doesn’t work right for me. Totally replaced by Anxiety, above.

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Lists. I Just Like Them.

• So last night the house alarm went off at four am. It was scary because the system claimed someone tried to open a door. That hadn’t happened in at least ten years. Luckily after checking, it seemed that the basement door (which was still locked and bolted) had moved slightly (perhaps due to the house settling?) and set off the alarm. By six am we were able to go to sleep and things were still fine this morning. However now I feel the need to have a bat under my bed.




• Some new exciting things have happened in the world of Leopard customization. This mostly has to do with the release of the Leopard version of Candybar. I finally have a decent looking Leopard 3D dock. I’m still not sure if I am a fan of the 3D dock though, and may end up swiftly reverting back to the 2d Dock.





• I’ve changed the images and CSS for the pop-pictures you see.. so if it looks funny (odd combination of grey and white), its because your browser has cached the old version, it should look normal the next time you restart your browser…




• For the record, Anxiety is going to rock (it already does!).





• I have to admit the writer’s strike is starting to get to me. I’m considering watching America’s Next Top Model and that frightens me.




• I can’t believe I haven’t mentioned this before. Virtua Fighter for the 360 kicks so much ass. It lets you use the same special moves as the the old Sega Saturn versions! I can kick your ass in Virtua Fighter. No really. I can.





• My finals are starting next week. I am dreading them, but I can’t wait because the semester will finally be over! Yay!

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*Cinema -- Ratatouille

Ratatouille (2007)

• I had heard good things, but I still wasn't sure what to expect.
  

  
  
  




• Of course it was visually stunning. There is just no way around that.
  
  

  
  
  




• Cuter than you can possibly imagine.
  

  
  
  




• So much better than Cars.
  
  

  
  
  




• It had an actual plot.
  

  
  
  




• It had a clear message, but wasn't totally overdone.
  

  
  
  




• It was fast-paced for a two hour movie.
  
  

  
  
  




• I will never get over Patton Oswalt playing Remy.
  

  
  
  




• I had no idea Will Arnett was in it! Crazy.
  
  

  
  
  




• I have to admit I'm really looking forward to watching it again.