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revdorothyl at 07:31pm on 10/07/2005
revdorothyl at 07:31pm on 10/07/2005My sister called this afternoon to tell me about the Spike: Love is Hell DVD, or at least to apprise me of its existence. I know I should be doing something much more productive with my time, but instead I'm online trying to find out if anyone other than Power Star Collectibles ($19.95 plus s&h) or Best Buy ($14.99 thru July 16, plus exorbitant local sales tax) has this DVD on offer, and what exactly it contains.
I suspect that the special featurette it boasts, in which James Marsters talks about the evolution of Spike, is probably the same as that on the BtVS season 4 DVD's, but I'm almost tempted to get it anyway, since I only have Seasons 1, 2, and 3 of BtVS on tape (mostly taped off of FX, which means cuts), and it might be nice to have "School Hard," "Lie to Me" and "Lover's Walk" in uncut form on DVD (the fourth episode on this DVD is "Fool for Love," of course, which I have with commentaries on the season 5 DVD's). I'm surprised that they didn't include "Something Blue", but that may just be my own quirk, since technically Spike's love in that episode, for Buffy, wasn't "real."
Meanwhile, I enjoyed my Sunday off by finishing re-reading my favorite Elsie Lee Regency Romance The Nabob's Widow (almost as good as Georgette Heyer, but with cats, which I quite enjoy) for the umpteenth time, and then sleeping until 10:30 AM and getting dressed and driving to church in under 30 minutes (I try not to cut it that fine when I have to preach, and usually I have to drive a good bit farther to get to the church, rather than just driving a couple of blocks).
And THAT was on top of having enjoyed a rare Scrabble evening last night, instead of having to polish up an old sermon or write a new one. My Scrabble-playing friend, who'd moved back to Kansas in May, was in town for a few days to do research at the library, and the church friend she was staying with very generously allowed us to play at her house (since my apartment resembles a toxic waste dump, as usual, and I have zero interest in cleaning it, also as usual). I was delighted to cook and bring over dinner for three (including our hostess Shirley, a retired math teacher), since I've really missed that weekly chance to cook for someone beside myself and enjoy a convivial evening with another person -- missed it much more than I realized, I'm afraid.
I guess that's one reason I went to a bit more trouble than usual, cooking a 3-pound boneless pork loin I'd had in the freezer with the crushed-garlic-and-Italian-salad-dressing-mix rub that always makes a hit, as well as a Key lime pie with whipped topping and fresh raspberries for dessert. I just made a Caesar-ish salad as a side dish, since the entree and dessert were so "substantial".
As a bonus, Shirley turned out to be very good company, as well as a kind hostess, and so while Susanna and I played Scrabble after dinner in her spacious and beautifully CLEAN living room, we all three enjoyed conversing and intermittently watching the "Nero Wolfe", "Columbo", and "Sherlock Holmes Mysteries" re-runs that were (inexplicably, to me) airing on the Biography channel. Yes, it turned out that Shirley has the deluxe digital cable package with BBC America and TCM and all those other channels I envy. If only Shirley played Scrabble! Or maybe I should try to learn Bridge (her favorite game)? Maybe if I offered to cook dinnner occasionally, we could just hang out together? She seemed almost as hungry for companionship as I am, since her children and grandchildren live at some distance, and commented several times on how good it was to have company for a change.
But how could I ever convince her that I like her for herself, and not just for her cable TV and spotless kitchen? *sigh*
Seriously, though, maybe I should exert myself a little to find out if Shirley meant those hints she seemed to be dropping and might be interested in continuing the acquaintance after Susanna returns to Kansas tomorrow?
I suspect that the special featurette it boasts, in which James Marsters talks about the evolution of Spike, is probably the same as that on the BtVS season 4 DVD's, but I'm almost tempted to get it anyway, since I only have Seasons 1, 2, and 3 of BtVS on tape (mostly taped off of FX, which means cuts), and it might be nice to have "School Hard," "Lie to Me" and "Lover's Walk" in uncut form on DVD (the fourth episode on this DVD is "Fool for Love," of course, which I have with commentaries on the season 5 DVD's). I'm surprised that they didn't include "Something Blue", but that may just be my own quirk, since technically Spike's love in that episode, for Buffy, wasn't "real."
Meanwhile, I enjoyed my Sunday off by finishing re-reading my favorite Elsie Lee Regency Romance The Nabob's Widow (almost as good as Georgette Heyer, but with cats, which I quite enjoy) for the umpteenth time, and then sleeping until 10:30 AM and getting dressed and driving to church in under 30 minutes (I try not to cut it that fine when I have to preach, and usually I have to drive a good bit farther to get to the church, rather than just driving a couple of blocks).
And THAT was on top of having enjoyed a rare Scrabble evening last night, instead of having to polish up an old sermon or write a new one. My Scrabble-playing friend, who'd moved back to Kansas in May, was in town for a few days to do research at the library, and the church friend she was staying with very generously allowed us to play at her house (since my apartment resembles a toxic waste dump, as usual, and I have zero interest in cleaning it, also as usual). I was delighted to cook and bring over dinner for three (including our hostess Shirley, a retired math teacher), since I've really missed that weekly chance to cook for someone beside myself and enjoy a convivial evening with another person -- missed it much more than I realized, I'm afraid.
I guess that's one reason I went to a bit more trouble than usual, cooking a 3-pound boneless pork loin I'd had in the freezer with the crushed-garlic-and-Italian-salad-dressing-mix rub that always makes a hit, as well as a Key lime pie with whipped topping and fresh raspberries for dessert. I just made a Caesar-ish salad as a side dish, since the entree and dessert were so "substantial".
As a bonus, Shirley turned out to be very good company, as well as a kind hostess, and so while Susanna and I played Scrabble after dinner in her spacious and beautifully CLEAN living room, we all three enjoyed conversing and intermittently watching the "Nero Wolfe", "Columbo", and "Sherlock Holmes Mysteries" re-runs that were (inexplicably, to me) airing on the Biography channel. Yes, it turned out that Shirley has the deluxe digital cable package with BBC America and TCM and all those other channels I envy. If only Shirley played Scrabble! Or maybe I should try to learn Bridge (her favorite game)? Maybe if I offered to cook dinnner occasionally, we could just hang out together? She seemed almost as hungry for companionship as I am, since her children and grandchildren live at some distance, and commented several times on how good it was to have company for a change.
But how could I ever convince her that I like her for herself, and not just for her cable TV and spotless kitchen? *sigh*
Seriously, though, maybe I should exert myself a little to find out if Shirley meant those hints she seemed to be dropping and might be interested in continuing the acquaintance after Susanna returns to Kansas tomorrow?
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