Of Season Finales - The Big Bang Theory Season 4

Warning: There are spoilers!

The Big Bang Theory

 

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I love this series, and I've been watching it religiously since my friend showed the Halloween episode from Season 1 in class. I like Big Bang because it's different from the usual series - it's not about teens in high school or teenagers/ young adults in general which I have to say, I am getting sick of (ehem ehem, One Tree Hill, The OC). It's about four nerdy scientists with very different personalities, and I just love all of them. Okay, I'm not going to ramble on about how I love each and every one and explain why, so I'm just going to talk about the season finale from last week.

I feel bad for Leonard because Priya won't introduce him to her parents, but then again I do feel Priya's pain because I have also been the same boat, although for different reasons. I have mixed feelings about Priya, I'm not too sure whether I want her to stay or leave for India. I really thought she was going to stay and live with Leonard. However, I really want Penny and Leonard to be together. Penny was stupid for dumping Leonard when he got serious, but once again I feel Leonard's pain because Penny might not have been ready. Well, we all know from that drunken night that she regrets leaving him.

Penny and Raj sleeping together was so predictable - I knew it was going to happen when the booze started flowing. I didn't like them sleeping together though, it was so weird. It's like the producers didn't know what to do with Raj so they made him sleep with Penny or something. And I really wish Raj would speak to women! Ugh, they better address that issue in the next season.

Howard's insecurities, I find, are a little too immature at this point. He should be happy for (Doctor) Bernadette. But then again, I understand his pain, but he doesn't need to lash it out on his fiancee. I know Howard's constantly teased by how he doesn't have a PhD and Bernie getting her PhD doesn't make it any easier for him, but he should grow up a little 'cause he's getting married! I understand that he feels that it should be him buying Bernie pretty things and being the breadwinner, and I think he should take his PhD too, if it irks him so much. Hell, if I was Howard's position and my fiance would have his PhD in Microbiology and shower me with Rolexes, I wouldn't mind.

NEED. MORE. SHAMY. I love Sheldon and Amy together, I cannot get enough of them. I love how Amy isn't as serious (?) as Sheldon, and I like how she gets along with the girls, Penny and Bernie. Sometimes I think that Amy genuinely likes Sheldon. I don't know, we'll have to see. I am dying for Season 5 already!

Next up: Grey's Anatomy Season 7

His Dark Materials I

I finished Pullman's science fiction fantasy trilogy last night and I was floored. The trilogy is an amazing read, it's right up there with Harry Potter. I have to admit, the beginning was a little slow and confusing for me, and that is why I cannot say that it is better than Harry Potter (I mean come on... nothing can top Harry Potter). But the last few chapters of every book in that trilogy... wow. Pullman definitely knows how to tug at the heartstrings of his readers. I cannot stop praising the series.

I love the second book, The Subtle Knife, the most. For one, I wanted the knife all to myself too (like the hundred people or so after it) but for me, it was the most adventurous-y. Now of course that would be false because the final book was the most adventurous-y, but there was something about the second book that I love so much. Maybe because it was the only book out of the series that I bought brand new, ha ha! I found the first and last book in thrift stores, each costing me less than a dollar and both in good condition. After I read the first book, I was itching to get my hands on the second one but I stopped myself from trekking to Chapters and buying it, for I had exams and assignments and manuscripts to be handed in, and I knew that I would not care for anything once I bought the book. I think it was one of my not so busy days that I wanted to buy some candy from Bulk Barn, and I marched to Chapters before getting myself some candy and bought The Subtle Knife and Darwin's On The Origin of Species. And lo and behold, I did not let that book out of my sight. I brought it with me to class (but I still had the decency to not read while lecture was ongoing, no matter how boring lecture was), while waiting for class, while doing laundry, while on the toilet, etc. You get the point. I think I finished the book from 4 days to a whole week, which was pretty impressive since I always had so much to do when I'm school, and I think I didn't ignore anything or anyone... well, I hope I didn't.

I didn't even mind that the cover art was juvenile (well, it is a children's book).

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I carried that book with me everywhere. I started reading my Origin of Species at the same time too, but I had to put it down since I was recovering from the wrath of Genetics from the previous semester. Why'd I buy the Origin of Species you may ask? I am taking a third-year evolution course with friends in the fall and I didn't want to come back to school stumped and clueless, so I am trying to get ahead, even just a little.

I am going to stop here because I am short on sleep from waking up early to walk my brother to school this morning, but I shall continue!

Let's Get Technical! Or Technological... whatever

Wow, almost a month since my last entry. I would be lying if I said I've been busy. What have I been doing? I think my parents are taking advantage of my 4 month long summer vacation and my mild obsessive-compulsiveness and they're making me rearrange and clean the house.

I'm not professionally diagnosed with OCD. It's just a self-diagnosis. I just have a certain (sometimes side-eye inducing) preference for furniture arrangement and cleanliness.

But what have I been doing aside cleaning? Aha! I've been reading. I shall do an entry about that some other time. I've been reading and looking for work and watching television. Still no calls. I've been calling the employment agency every now and then asking if there's any job that they can hurl my way, and there's none, so far. I mean, I like being at home but I hate it too. And I need money. I need money for school, for books, for school...

University in a foreign place is definitely money-draining. I know I've been here for almost four years now, and I should call it "home", but meh. Still a foreign-ass place if you ask me.

On the topic of this blog, I need new headphones for my iPod. I've also been eyeing a wireless mouse and a task/ computer chair. I used to have the iPod headphones but they broke (what's new). I tried patching them up with electrical tape but that just irritated the hell out of my ear. Then the right earphone completely fell apart when I was in the library. Sigh. I have a Skullcandy one that he gave me for our first Christmas together, but I just feel iffy using the things he has given me, now that we're not together. Besides, that one is broken too, no sound comes out of one of the earphones. So I plan to buy this (while it's on sale)

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They're on sale for around $10, which is alright. I mean, anything on sale is okay with me. The wires are pink which matches my iPod (yes, I am very matchy-matchy! Not really when it comes to clothes) and the headphones themselves are orange. Very girly and summery.

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This is the Microsoft Mobile Wireless Mouse 4000. I don't know how much they are but the 3500's are around $35, so I'm guessing these are going to be a little more pricey. I don't have any issues with the track pad here on my laptop but a mouse would be really handy.

Finally, I'd really like a computer chair. The chair our residence gave us was so bad - its height was disproportionate to the table's height, so I spent many hours studying and crushing my chest against the table edge. Trust me, I've tried everything - from propping myself up with pillows and cushions to every position imaginable. The issue with computer chairs here is (aside from being expensive) is that they don't rise that much! I like studying with my feet dangling, I don't know why. I've found one computer chair that does that, but I didn't buy it because I was going to wait till September rolls around and Staples has their back-to-school sale (oh, the downside of waiting for sales all the time). My dad told me to get a leather chair so that it would be easy to clean. Another downside? Leather is expensive, man! But the chair I liked was leather and it was around $100-$130.

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Why you so expensive?!

But this coming September, I really need one though. I can't imagine studying on that awful chair again.