Galactica

I admit I had my doubts about the planatery settlement idea. It seemed such a radical departure from the previous two seasons, and TOS. However, I know frak all. Occupation and Precipice (episodes 1 and 1.5) are incredible. I can fault nothing, this is the best damned tv show I have ever seen.

Galen Tyrol: This is crazy. You know, we'll need to figure out whose side we're on?

Saul Tigh: Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We an evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death, desperation, devastation, and destruction where ever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that.

Colonel Tigh is a remarkable character. He's gone from good (first season), to bad (beginning of second season), to badass (beginning of third season/webisodes). He's lost an eye, he's ordered suicide bombings, and he's killed innocent civilians but I'll be damned if he's not right. I am absolutely amazed at just how hardboiled a 70 year old man can be. I would not be surprised if he ever discovers Ellen's betrayal that he will kill her outright.

The Adama's have their problems. The Admiral is right, Apollo is soft and I think the weight is a great way of signifying it. Hopefully, when Starbuck gets back I think she'll kick his ass into shape. A fat, whiny Apollo is a little sickening.

Sharon Agathon is going to be good. In fact, the good cyclons (Sharon's and Caprica-Six) are very interesting. Well, all the cyclon agents are interesting but those two especially.

If Baltar lives through the exodus I will be amazed. Strike my last. Baltar returns to Galactica in episode 11 which begs the question: How many humans are intered with the cyclons after Exodus?

Roslin isn't dead. I would guess that Zarek isn't either.

Um, and then of course there's Starbuck and her new family. Just a little frakked up, there. I predict that she kills Conoy for the sixth time and takes Casey with her in exodus.

Whew. I wish it were next week already.

Beta

Moved to blogger beta. Big whoop.

Played some hands. You know what's good? Playing against regulars that suck. Not to give him too much advice but he played every street horribly. Preflop: Calling a 3bet with KJs OOP. Unless his notes say that I'm a really horrible that is a pretty awful beginning. Flop: His call is debatable I guess. He's either WA/WB on the flop. I.e. he won the coinflip in which case he's getting NADA or I have an overpair/set. Turn: That's a problem with being OOP in a big pot, I can take a free card. River: Um, okay, this is the worst play BY FAR. Two pair on a KJTxxr board in a reraised pot is not the greatest of hands. Sure, it is unlikely that I have KK/JJ given that he has KJ but WTF does he expect me to call an all-in with? AA does not check the turn. Period. And AA does not call that push without a very good reason too. It's possible I have 3 possible sets or, of course, the nuts. I call with those hands all day and fold everything else. No wonder this 24/16/x is in a huge downswing.

However, there's a 26/6/x or something who I have 11k hands on running at 12PTBB. WHAT?

Korean Robin Hood. Awesome shot even if he's just shooting inside a shaft and not actually splitting an arrow.

Um, I'm running out of time. Need to get to sleep for work. Work sucks. If online poker was not FUBAR, I would phone in and have this conversation: Me: "Hi, it's $ME. I'm not coming in today." N: "Okay, are you sick?" M: "No." N: "Um...what?" M: "I'm not sick" N: "Then why aren't you coming in?" M: "Crappy jobs like this one have high levels of absenteeism. I'll be in Monday. Probably. I'm hanging up now." N: "..."

I would then tell them whenever that I am taking all my vacaction ASAP and leaving as soon as it is over. That would be ownage.

However, given the uncertain nature of the pokeronomy I can't do that so I will likely drag myself in for TGIF. Or phone in some weak ass excuse. My excuse will be so unbelievably weak though if I make one. Fuckem, passive-aggressive style.

Um, quick roundup: Lost.301 was no where near as bad as I thought it would be. Julia seems like she could be an interesting character. So does Ben/Henry. Of course it will take all fucking season to find out what the Others are up to, if not longer.

Installed new DVD-drive and pulled the old one. It's no good if it can't read dvds even if the writer is working. Black looks better than beige.

Watched BSG "Hand of God". "I am a divine instrument of God." Awesome. I loved Lee's salvo into the base. It looked so much out of something from Command & Conquer. The way he pops out of the tunnel, looks around, hops over those tanks and drops those bombs outside the distillery. Beautiful.

Sleep. GALACTICA TOMORROW/SATURDAY. WOO-HOO.

Oh, one last thing. What happened to Ellen on New Caprica? I don't recall seeing her in the webisodes so does she reveal herself to be a cyclon? Is she discovered? Is that why Tigh has become the badass revolutionary that he appears to be? Not long now. 2 new episodes. YESH!