Well that was a nice surprise

So apparently that small fortune in textbooks I bought off Amazon entitled me to a credit for $3 in free music downloads.  I’m not a huge audiophile, but hey, free is free, and I wasn’t about to let it go to waste.

After thinking about how to redeem my whopping $3 credit, I finally decided on two songs I just had to have once I realized they were available.  First, I had to have Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain, just because I love the opening :

“You walked into the party, like you were walking onto a yacht. 

“Your hat strategically dipped below one eye, your scarf it was apricot.” 

I mean, not only do I love that powerful image it conveys, but seriously, what kind of song writing genius does it take to rhyme yacht with apricot?  Anyway, I’ve listened to it about a million times since then.

I also got myself the Gilmore Girls theme version of Carole King’s Where You Lead I Will Follow.  If you’re not a fan of Gilmore Girls, I just don’t know what to say to you.  But, if you also don’t like this song, or don’t think it’s fun and happy and gives you warm fuzzies, well you must be an alien.  In case you hadn’t already guessed, I loved the show, and we always had to tune in in time for the theme song so I could sing along (probably very badly) with remote standing in as a mic (looking like a huge dork no doubt).  Without a doubt, Gilmore Girls night was always the best night of the week, and singing that theme song was good times.  And, if you believe I’ve listened to You’re So Vain a million times, you can easily guess I’ve listened to Where You Lead about a billion.  It’s my new talisman +4 against feeling sad.

Can you burn out a track on your MP3 player?

Ain’t got no more Bones. Well, perhaps it’s a good thing.

It’s been a long time since I discussed my movie and TV show watching.

BTW, I did finally buy a Roku.  I didn’t really write more about it because at first we were rather disappointed with it.  But after about a month or two of fidgeting with settings and exasperated calls to the customer service line, we at last got it running pretty smoothly.  Enough that we’ve been engrossed in Netflix instant play almost every night after the spud goes to bed.

OMG!!!!!!

Image from Fox Broadcasting Company, Bones website

Last night we just watched the last episode of season 6 of Bones on Netflix.

First,  I love that show.  It’s one of the best TV series I’ve seen in a long time.  I like it better than House, Gilmore Girls, way better than Heroes, almost as well as the first 4 seasons of Babylon 5, and dare I say, possibly even better than Firefly.  Well, now, just wait, before I get pelted with virtual rotten tomatoes for even intimating something might be better than Firefly, comparing Firefly and Bones is kinda like comparing apples and oranges.  They are each the bomb in their own genre.

Second, talk about going out with a bang!  Leif and I sat there shocked and arguing whether they’d pursue this story twist in a future season, and would there even be a future season.  I mean, usually this kind of thing turns out to be a dream sequence or a series finale stunt.

Third, I am so sad there’s no more to watch on instant play.  Probably that’s good, because now that the holiday break is over, I don’t really have the freedom to watch a half dozen episodes each night after the spud goes to bed.  I mean, I do have studying to do.

But, I might just explode not knowing what’s going to happen.  Netflix and instant play has totally spoiled me.  I don’t know how we used to wait through the whole summer for the next season of a favorite show.

Ahhh!!!  Suspense!!!!

Well, if you haven’t seen Bones, I won’t ruin it for you.  You really should check it out, I definitely think it’s worth it.  And, I’ve just spent the last hour on the Fox Channel website discovering they do indeed have a 7th season in progress on regular TV, so eventually I’ll be able to see my favorite show resume.  And- bonus!– until 7th season becomes available on Netflix, you can read the synopses of the episodes that have already aired, as well as watch video highlights here, so I won’t totally have to go cold turkey on Booth and Brennan.  I could spend all day watching clips and reading plots.

Sigh, but I’ll be a good girl and apply myself to those expensive text books.  They are still fascinating in their own right, but seriously, Booth and Brennan, are they really going to get together?!?  They are way better than House and Cuddy, but what will an acknowledged relationship do to the show?  Look how House ended up.  Then again, House was an inveterate ass. Perhaps there’s hope. Things worked out well with Sheridan and Delenn. But, that’ wasn’t until the series was basically over.

Wait.  I was going to be a good girl and hit the books.