Dead Things

I had a great time with Tommy this weekend, though I returned home to a few disappointing bits of information.

- Though our neighbor had graciously shoveled the driveway, the snow that the plow had piled up in front of it made for a busy afternoon once we had returned.

- Regardless of the foot and a half of snow that fell in the great white Northeast this weekend, school was not canceled. Which means I lost my personal day after all. It also means that I do, indeed, need to have final grades completed and new lesson plans ready by tomorrow. (The extra day to prepare would have been much appreciated.) Ah, well. It's not like I hadn't expected that part, at least.

- Where have all the Torrents gone? I know I haven't visited some of my favorite BitTorrent sites for a while, but it seems that some of them (including SuprNova) are no longer offering Torrents for download. Am I completely out of the loop here? Anyone know of a good alternative I can try?

And the most upsetting one of all....

- Say it isn't so! Dead Like Me canceled? After only two seasons? Apparently, it happened a while ago; I just missed any pertinent announcements. More recent news has mentioned the WB possibly stepping in to pick up the series, though I'm not sure how I'd feel about that:
A) The show might lose something in the translation from cable to network television. A lot of the raw emotion and sharp-tongued humor was what made the show so good. And...
B) The style of shows on the WB have been really poor over the last few years. I'd hate to see DLM turn into another cookie-cutter teen angst drama. (And after Angel, I really don't want to have to rely on the WB to take care of one of my favorite shows.)

A lot of people have said that the second season wasn't as good as the first, but I'd tend to disagree. In many ways, I felt it was even better and I'd be very disappointed if it didn't have the opportunity to grow even further. There's an online petition which has acquired an impressive amount of signatures so far. And, while I'll probably add my name as well, I tend to feel they aren't as effective as we'd all hope they would be. (Probably more so than simply crossing my fingers, though. But I'll most likely be doing that too.)

Dead Things

I had a great time with Tommy this weekend, though I returned home to a few disappointing bits of information.

- Though our neighbor had graciously shoveled the driveway, the snow that the plow had piled up in front of it made for a busy afternoon once we had returned.

- Regardless of the foot and a half of snow that fell in the great white Northeast this weekend, school was not canceled. Which means I lost my personal day after all. It also means that I do, indeed, need to have final grades completed and new lesson plans ready by tomorrow. (The extra day to prepare would have been much appreciated.) Ah, well. It's not like I hadn't expected that part, at least.

- Where have all the Torrents gone? I know I haven't visited some of my favorite BitTorrent sites for a while, but it seems that some of them (including SuprNova) are no longer offering Torrents for download. Am I completely out of the loop here? Anyone know of a good alternative I can try?

And the most upsetting one of all....

- Say it isn't so! Dead Like Me canceled? After only two seasons? Apparently, it happened a while ago; I just missed any pertinent announcements. More recent news has mentioned the WB possibly stepping in to pick up the series, though I'm not sure how I'd feel about that:
A) The show might lose something in the translation from cable to network television. A lot of the raw emotion and sharp-tongued humor was what made the show so good. And...
B) The style of shows on the WB have been really poor over the last few years. I'd hate to see DLM turn into another cookie-cutter teen angst drama. (And after Angel, I really don't want to have to rely on the WB to take care of one of my favorite shows.)

A lot of people have said that the second season wasn't as good as the first, but I'd tend to disagree. In many ways, I felt it was even better and I'd be very disappointed if it didn't have the opportunity to grow even further. There's an online petition which has acquired an impressive amount of signatures so far. And, while I'll probably add my name as well, I tend to feel they aren't as effective as we'd all hope they would be. (Probably more so than simply crossing my fingers, though. But I'll most likely be doing that too.)