Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

Another peaceful day today, although I did make a point of getting out of the house. I didn't do anything exciting, you understand, just pootled round the shops, but it was nice to get out. Plus it gave the car a short spin so hopefully will fend off any more battery related woes.

I tried to phone my doctor to discuss a new sick note but she wasn't in today, dammit. I'll have to ring first thing in the morning. *gets alarm clock*

Caught up on Cold Case and The Unit today, hurrah! CC was an OK episode, nothing earth shattering, but then they have just had 3 corking episodes in a row so I guess one ep was going to fall a bit flat eventually. And it was Tracie-lite which was a crying shame, because the storyline really would have benefitted greatly from her character's presence, given Kat Miller is a single mother and so was the victim. I bet the execs mildly gnashed their teeth when they realised Tracie would be unavailable due to being in Rent. :P

The Unit was...ummm, disturbing. Not the main storyline, that was excellent, but the Mack/Tiffy subplot freaked me the hell out. Why does he have to forgive her when he was a big a cheat as she was? It just felt like the show was saying it was all the woman's fault. And don't even get me started about the whole gun thing........Mack needs serious help. The episode did end on a very interesting note though...if it IS the last season, as I've heard folks speculate, then I can see major character death coming soon to an episode near you. If they're not sure and want to resolve it any other way....well....I'm not sure they CAN to be honest. Be interesting to find out.

*streeeetches* Spooks is on in a bit! Mondays are getting to be as good a TV day as Thursdays :D

..soooo, according to TV.com, Michael Irby has been demoted to "Guest Star" status on Season 4 of The Unit and is no longer listed in the main credits. Has he left? Or did they kill off another character?!

Well so much for my energetic day - The Unit Season 2 arrived this morning :D That's my day fully booked! *giggles*

I spent yesterday evening playing with the iPod. First of all, the bad news - I had to delete everything halcyon_shift installed. Seems because she used a Mac to configure it, it refused to play with my PC until the factory settings were restored. Wouldn't let me download anything off the iPod either. However, there's good news! halcyon_shift is saving all the files and putting them onto DVD for me so I can re-install the stuff from my PC in the future. Yay! And nmalfoy is making me some mix cds of great music so I can add those at some point in the future. Eeeee!

Now, are there any iPod users on my flist? Preferably PC users? I just want to find out if you have problems getting stuff from iTunes to the iPod? I used sync but I don't like it because it doesn't let me edit anything afterwards. And if you switch to manual sync, it bloody deletes everything you just downloaded. Stupid system! What am I missing out on here? Also. in manual sync, I couldn't figure out HOW to get the bloody stuff onto the iPod. I could see albums in my library but it wouldn't let me drag and drop 'em onto the iPod UNTIL i created a playlist, THEN it let me. *shakes head* Yes, I have a manual but it's not terribly helpful, so any advice?

Rob got a present this morning too - a new fleece cat blanket. I wanted something smarter and easier to wash to put on the sofa. If it works well, I'll order some more so I can rotate them. Now I'm just waiting for his new cat bed to arrive. Oh I hope he likes it, it'll make life easier when I get rid of the old sofa that he likes to hide behind. I'm hoping the cave like cat bed will give him somewhere else to retreat to *crosses fingers he takes to it*

And now I have tea and disc 1 is in the PC. Must go, these DVDs won't watch themselves y'know *happy*

From this week's Ask Ausiello gossip column:-

Question: Any word on the fate of The Unit for next fall? — Brian
Ausiello: I'm told the cast and crew don't know if they're coming back yet. That's not stopping the writers from mapping out story arcs for next season, though.