Christmas ughs

I do not like Christmas.  Too much stress.  Too much travel. 

Anyway.

One of my big gripes this year was that nothing matches in this house.  (The bedroom curtains?  Four curtains, 3 shades of beige.  Clearance.)  You can tell I bought most of the lights at the after-Christmas clearance, and I was even late for that, because I don't have 2 of anything for lights.  Well, I do have two strings of warm white net lights.  Except that one of them is only half-working for some reason.  So, outside I've got one blue net, one multi net, one cool white net, and one twinkling multi net.  And the twinkle is not changeable. 

So, I just spent $85 on Christmas lights, in spite of just getting the heads-up on middle school tuition for next year.  But, I'll have 4 matching LED nets, damn it.  And they can even do multi, warm white, or blink between multi and white.  But they were 30% off and buy 3 get 1 free, decent brand name (Philips), and have a 3-year warranty.  And while i was at it, I got 4 strings of purple LED sphere lights.  Only 10% off, but also buy 3 get 1 free. 

The Chuck finale

Getting ready to watch the last two episodes of Chuck.  We watched the whole series as it was on originally, but I never watched the finale.  Denial, you know.

So far, that part with Morgan and the invisibility cloak was hilarious.

The Awesomes are awesome.  "Grandma, what did we say about Baby Clara seeing firearms??"

The Chuck re-watch

Season 5. 

Oh my word, I'd forgotten the string of guest stars they had.  Bo Derek, Ben Browder,

Chuck versus the Bullet Train - Angus MacFadyen and then, the loud laugh when Ben Browder showed up.  And Jeff with a flame thrower, Lester wearing Casey's ops gear. 

Chuck - season 5 and more

In the continuing parade of "Hey, it's X" guest stars on Chuck - S5E2 has a younger Justin Hartley (Kevin on This is Us). Plus, same episode - Carrie-Anne Moss (Matrix, also the obscure FX: the Series) and Jeff Fahey (the equally obscure 6-episode flash-in-the-pan The Marshal).  Then, next episode, Morgan goes rogue, and we find out why Jeff is so Jeff.

The premiere for this season had Mark Hamill, Richard Burgi, and Ethan Phillilps, who I recognized by voice alone. 

I'm up to the season 4 finale of Chuck, and it's awesome. Lester's creepy video, Jeff's nice one, and now Chuck's going all rogue rebel with a super-secret motorcycle. Plus, Linda Hamilton, Timothy Dalton, and Richard Burgi.

 

Rewatching Chuck and TV news

The big Chuck re-watch is almost to the end of Season 4.  I'd forgotten how many well-known guest stars they had - Linda Hamilton, Timothy Dalton, Gary Cole, and loads more.  And my favorite, Scott Bakula. 

I watched this on the original run, but I'd totally forgotten that the Awesomes had a baby in Season 4. 

In other TV news, the Mohu Leaf 50 antenna, when put in the right window upstairs, can pull in between 16 and 20 channels, including the CBS affiliate that has a surprisingly weak signal.  So, in spite of the tree blocking the Dish, we can watch the network shows again.  Just in time, CBS started a lot of new stuff last night, and they're fickle about what they put up OnDemand. 

Rewatching

The Eureka re-watch is finished.  On to Chuck, and I'm finishing Season 2 right now.  Scott Bakula, Chevy Chase, Bruce Boxleitner, all in one episode.  Wowza

The Eureka re-watch

I need a break from watching Flashpoint while I"m on the computer, so I switched to Eureka. 

Eight episodes in so far.  I forot that Beverly (Debra Farantino) was a snake from the beginning.  And, it's filmed in Canada - one Flashpoint actor (David Paetku) just popped up in Episode 8.  Plus, Artie from Warehouse was in an episode, and who knows who else will turn up.