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summer_skinI. Am. Exhausted.
I was prescribed yet another sleeping pill at the start of the week and it has done DICK ALL for me, despite me taking two and three at a time. I toss and turn all night, struggle to get comfortable to even fall asleep, wake up at least an hour before my alarm and the dreams have been wicked. I have been yawning so deeply for the past few days that a muscle in my right thigh twitches when I do. They're full-body yawns that I can't stop for the life of me.
So now I have ANOTHER sleeping aid, something that comes in liquid form and I haven't taken yet tonight because I'm pretty sure it's going to work hard and fast and I'm SO excited but I want to get this post up first.
Birthday went well. BBQ went off without a hitch, although my mom was kinda over-preparing. I'm the host that puts the food and stuff out but if you can't figure it out from there that's your own damn fault. I entertain but I actually sit down and enjoy my party instead of making sure everyone else is having fun.
My cousin is coming to visit the aunt at the end of the month with her brood. I have never been more happy in all my existence to not be somewhere, I swear. If I was still living with the family when they came to visit I might seriously consider getting a hotel room or asking to crash with someone, for serious.
My cousin's life is very... loud. There's a lot of yelling and it's all very disorganized. I don't think she and her husband are bad parents to their three kids but I think they're a bit unconventional and more of those parents who's kids run around a store until the point of annoyance and then they get yelled at to shut up but there's no real parenting or discipline there.
My aunt is always worried about having the cleanest house and perfect meal and making sure everyone else is happy before herself (the very type of host I mentioned above) so I know she's freaking, already concerned with what she's going to feed them all and where they'll go and what they'll do, etc.
We're taking their cat for the time the family is here because Vincent doesn't like kids or loud people or people in general so I hope he and Gracie get along, most of all. On my birthday the neighbour's cat, Raja, came over and let herself into our house and Gracie cornered her on the stairs so Raja couldn't pass. Which I would not have said Gracie would ever do but there she was. I know Gia will like him because Gia just wants to be friends with all cats (and she got along famously with Raja so that made her happy) but Vincent will NOT like Gia. Luckily he has no front claws. And Gracie has no back leg so I think they'll even out.
There's work stuff I could talk about or how tomorrow night I'm supposed to go to my former manager's wedding reception but I don't want to (because I'm a stick in the mud, not because it has to do with her being my manager) but I really just want to go to BED.
Oh, and the stuff coming out of Comic Con makes me kinda wish I was going but at the same time for every cool panel or thing I hear there are a bazillion reasons (read: people) for me to be thankful I'm NOT. EW is streaming some of the panels so I want to try and catch some tomorrow but, really, waiting for 3+ hours in humid heat with literally thousands of other people for one panel that lasts an hour that I probably wouldn't be able to see anyway because I'd be in row zz isn't something I'm eager to attend. NYC was definitely the better choice for me last year.
I was left a bit lukewarm from this episode. Felt a bit more shaky with the storytelling and most of the characters were pretty uneven. It feels like very shoddy writing, plotting and/or editing for the whole season so far but especially so with this episode.
Things I liked: Jilly, Vera, the discovery of the drugs.
Things I wasn't too fond of: Jack in this episode, honestly. I found his hookup to be more gratuitous then anything and did nothing to further the plot, although I liked the part about needing protection when the other dude didn't want to use a condom. I guess I'd like to see Jack and Gwen hash things out between each other in a quieter BBC-Torchwood way. Not while he's laying in bed with a dude who's got one hot ass while drunk.
Things I'm "meh" about: GWen becoming freaking wonderwoman. On the one hand--Yay! But on the other hand--really? So I'm sitting on the fence of indecision on this one. Although I might be leaning more toward dislike on it just because I don't feel Gwen's HEART is in this like it should be. Not the character but the writing.
Also, Bill Pullman's Shatner/Nicholson esque delivery of lines is kinda distracting.
Not sure what else I can say about this episode. It felt pretty much like a bridge, for the most part, and I'm not awake enough to make any further observations or try to make connections.
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Torchwood 403 - set 1 (310 caps ~ 25.6MB) // Torchwood 403 - set 2 (310 caps ~ 25.0MB) // Torchwood 403 - set 3 (310 caps ~ 27.1MB) // gallery
I was prescribed yet another sleeping pill at the start of the week and it has done DICK ALL for me, despite me taking two and three at a time. I toss and turn all night, struggle to get comfortable to even fall asleep, wake up at least an hour before my alarm and the dreams have been wicked. I have been yawning so deeply for the past few days that a muscle in my right thigh twitches when I do. They're full-body yawns that I can't stop for the life of me.
So now I have ANOTHER sleeping aid, something that comes in liquid form and I haven't taken yet tonight because I'm pretty sure it's going to work hard and fast and I'm SO excited but I want to get this post up first.
Birthday went well. BBQ went off without a hitch, although my mom was kinda over-preparing. I'm the host that puts the food and stuff out but if you can't figure it out from there that's your own damn fault. I entertain but I actually sit down and enjoy my party instead of making sure everyone else is having fun.
My cousin is coming to visit the aunt at the end of the month with her brood. I have never been more happy in all my existence to not be somewhere, I swear. If I was still living with the family when they came to visit I might seriously consider getting a hotel room or asking to crash with someone, for serious.
My cousin's life is very... loud. There's a lot of yelling and it's all very disorganized. I don't think she and her husband are bad parents to their three kids but I think they're a bit unconventional and more of those parents who's kids run around a store until the point of annoyance and then they get yelled at to shut up but there's no real parenting or discipline there.
My aunt is always worried about having the cleanest house and perfect meal and making sure everyone else is happy before herself (the very type of host I mentioned above) so I know she's freaking, already concerned with what she's going to feed them all and where they'll go and what they'll do, etc.
We're taking their cat for the time the family is here because Vincent doesn't like kids or loud people or people in general so I hope he and Gracie get along, most of all. On my birthday the neighbour's cat, Raja, came over and let herself into our house and Gracie cornered her on the stairs so Raja couldn't pass. Which I would not have said Gracie would ever do but there she was. I know Gia will like him because Gia just wants to be friends with all cats (and she got along famously with Raja so that made her happy) but Vincent will NOT like Gia. Luckily he has no front claws. And Gracie has no back leg so I think they'll even out.
There's work stuff I could talk about or how tomorrow night I'm supposed to go to my former manager's wedding reception but I don't want to (because I'm a stick in the mud, not because it has to do with her being my manager) but I really just want to go to BED.
Oh, and the stuff coming out of Comic Con makes me kinda wish I was going but at the same time for every cool panel or thing I hear there are a bazillion reasons (read: people) for me to be thankful I'm NOT. EW is streaming some of the panels so I want to try and catch some tomorrow but, really, waiting for 3+ hours in humid heat with literally thousands of other people for one panel that lasts an hour that I probably wouldn't be able to see anyway because I'd be in row zz isn't something I'm eager to attend. NYC was definitely the better choice for me last year.
I was left a bit lukewarm from this episode. Felt a bit more shaky with the storytelling and most of the characters were pretty uneven. It feels like very shoddy writing, plotting and/or editing for the whole season so far but especially so with this episode.
Things I liked: Jilly, Vera, the discovery of the drugs.
Things I wasn't too fond of: Jack in this episode, honestly. I found his hookup to be more gratuitous then anything and did nothing to further the plot, although I liked the part about needing protection when the other dude didn't want to use a condom. I guess I'd like to see Jack and Gwen hash things out between each other in a quieter BBC-Torchwood way. Not while he's laying in bed with a dude who's got one hot ass while drunk.
Things I'm "meh" about: GWen becoming freaking wonderwoman. On the one hand--Yay! But on the other hand--really? So I'm sitting on the fence of indecision on this one. Although I might be leaning more toward dislike on it just because I don't feel Gwen's HEART is in this like it should be. Not the character but the writing.
Also, Bill Pullman's Shatner/Nicholson esque delivery of lines is kinda distracting.
Not sure what else I can say about this episode. It felt pretty much like a bridge, for the most part, and I'm not awake enough to make any further observations or try to make connections.
* 1280x720 caps
* Uploaded to my own personal site.
* Comment and credit if taking/using.
* The biggie- NO HOTLINKING. Don't be a bastard and make me replace my sample caps with a bright and gaudy "I'm a thief, ask me how!" message.
*
Torchwood 403 - set 1 (310 caps ~ 25.6MB) // Torchwood 403 - set 2 (310 caps ~ 25.0MB) // Torchwood 403 - set 3 (310 caps ~ 27.1MB) // gallery
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