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<p>'How Unfortunate'</p>
<p>Angel and Laguerta discuss Thanksgiving plans.</p>

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<p>'Chocolate Lava Cakes'</p>
<p>Deb and Vince come by for Thanksgiving dinner. </p>

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<p>I wonder if Jennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall, also known as Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Hall off-camera, mind that now upon seeing a still shot like the one above from the upcoming episode of Dexter, one thinks, "Aww, what a cute couple!" versus, "Nice pic of Deb and Dex!"</p>

<p>LOL</p>

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<p>Dexter S3xE09</p>

<p>(Showtime Synopsis)</p>

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<p></p><blockquote><p>For most people, Thanksgiving is a time for traditions and family. But for Dexter, it's an opportunity to get closer to his most dangerous adversary yet. As Dexter gains insight into Arthur's psychology by studying those closest to him, he finds himself drawn into a bizarre and twisted world. Meanwhile, Rita has her hands full preparing dinner for a packed house, including a few unexpected guests. Batista gets closure on an old case, while Debra uses the holiday to continue her investigation of the Trinity Killer, a pursuit which threatens her brother's safety and brings to light surprising revelations about someone else close to her.</p>

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"Thanks to Sweet Tracy for the link. Oh, and how I wish I could write this well." ginevra.typepad.com

--
An Old Poem I'm Posting For A Friend To Read
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I want to be the bed
i want to be the front door
i want to be the collective garbage in your house
i want to be the hot water heater

your kitchen sink
your bathroom tub
your brand new office window
your new and improved CPU with a million monkeys typing for a million
years sending up pages of an owner's manual with maintenance tips and
diagrams outlining all your ifs ands or buts

i want to crack your skull
i want to crack your code

(I want you to want to crack my code to want to decode and recode....)

your sure thing
the love of your life
read my diary and steal my letters
i want you to want to
i want to catch you in the act

i want you to light up when i walk in the room
i want to be the centerpiece
the centerfold
the sports channel
the remote control
i want to be the button you push over and over and over and over and over

i want everything you're not saying seven times seventy to the nth power
i want to crawl inside you
i want to press tears out through your eyes
spit through your ears
teach you to whistle from the inside out
i want to shuffle the lines on your palm
i want to slip my foot into your Achilles heel
i want my thumbprints on each sole

i want to be your brother from a past life
i want to be your faithful companion Tonto Friday Watson Pavlov's dog
i want to run around in eternal circles with you and write a long,
long story longer than 99 years

give up my connections
give up my ghosts
i want cosmic reprieve for good behavior
i want to finish your sentence

i want to scare you
spin you close to the edge
shake your faith
give you the heebie-jeebies
make you shift in your seat
i want to make you sweat under my hand-held, thermo-nuclear flashlight
i want you to spill the pinto beans
i want you to make a run for it

i want to be the one you reconsider

i want to be your baby
i want to be your keeper

you can change your name
use my superhero alias
use my lucky brass elephant to double your winnings

for you i'll grow my mind
for you i'll change my schedule
for you i'll switch it all to a new account

be my nosy neighbor
be my crazy cousin
be my girlfriend
be my younger sister
be my drooling cat
be my favorite pen
be my italian poet
be my greek philosopher
be my rosetta stone
be my captured alien
be my angel gabriel
be my angel

i want you to take everything

i want you to take my blond hair, my red hair, my black and blue
shins, my scrubby elbows
my false eyelashes
my broken watches
my mismatched socks
my missing keys
my bad vision
my gold ring
all my sundays
all my 15 minutes
all my B-grade poetry
all my highwire-walking, tap-dancing, chainsaw-juggling words for i love you

i know the three secrets:

i know your eye color
i know your secret name
i know your real shoe size

(do you want to know the three ancient gestures that will hypnotize me
into believing
i'm your muse?)

give it up
surrender
name rank

via ginevra.typepad.com

n-judah love song: i want to be the one you reconsider

Just read it. :)

via www.xkcd.com

via www.alaina.org

I don't know anyone who does this. :p

This used to be a personal blog and I monetized it (evolving to keeping to strict disclosure standards--in- post) but I sorta want it to be personal again, if kept vague to protect both the innocent and those less so.

Above:

The poem is awesome.

The not going to bed aspect of the cartoon is amusing in its depiction of someone very close to me who does the same--though not for the same reason. 

Sorry folks, my offline life has me behind in posting. Getting caught up or on time at least starting tomorrow. Cheers!

Cyn

'Sons of Anarchy'

'Balm' promo

S2xE10 -

This episode ran 90 minutes with commercials. It literally ran--it smoked for almost ever second of screen time. Thank you, suits at FX/FOX for knowing when to let Kurt Sutter run overtime telling his stories.

It was so worth it.

Great. Great. Great scene at the end with the song,
"Mary" by Patty Griffin playing over the scene:

The name of the song at the end of Balm is "Mary" by Patty Griffin:Mary you're covered in roses, you're covered in ashesYou're covered in rainYou're covered in babies, you're covered in slashesYou're covered in wilderness, you're covered in stainsYou cast aside the sheet, you cast aside the shroudOf another man, who served the world proudYou greet another son, you lose another oneOn some sunny day and always you stay, MaryJesus says Mother I couldn't stay another day longerHe flys right by and leaves a kiss upon her faceWhile the angels are singin' his praises in a blaze of gloryMary stays behind and starts cleaning up the placeOh Mary she moves behind me She leaves her fingerprints everywhereEverytime the snow drifts, every way the sand shiftsEven when the night lifts, she's always thereJesus said Mother I couldn't stay another day longerHe flys right by and leaves a kiss upon her faceWhile the angels are singin' his praises in a blaze of gloryMary stays behind and starts cleaning up the placeMary you're covered in roses, you're covered in ruinsyou're covered in secretsYour'e covered in treetops, you're covered in birdswho can sing a million songs without any wordsYou cast aside the sheets, you cast aside the shroudof another man, who served the world proudYou greet another son, you lose another oneon some sunny day and always you stayMary, Mary, Mary

End scene - song -

Gemma & Clay and Jax and Tara.
With the club now fractured both in spirit and flesh, determined to save the SOA from imploding, Gemma finally tells the men about the abduction,and gang rape she suffered at Zobelle's thug's hands. (Tara knew of course, because she helped tend to Gemma in the aftermath).

When the skinheads/Zobelle attacked Gemma, gang raping and threatening her, they banked on her telling the SOA,  bringing them down as part of their strategy to take over Charming. She knew this and would not give them that, though it damn near broke her spirit.

Jax has just asked for and gotten a transfer (unanimous vote) to biker limbo-land (going 'nomad'), as the troubles which have left club members or their families blinded, blasted, bloodied, behind bars, and murdered, continue ever-strong with the Irish, the feds, the skinheads and Zobelle vs. SAMCRO.

'Balm' -  Synopsis - While the repo business proves more fruitful than the club ever imagined, ATF Agent Stahl gets up close and personal with the MC. Meanwhile, the tension between Jax and Clay forces Gemma to make a tough decision.

Next Week -

SOA -
'Service'

S2xE11

Synopsis -

Chibs makes a secret deal with Agent Stahl in order to protect his wife
and daughter. Deep in emotional turmoil, Opie seeks both revenge and
reconciliation. EDIT/ Opie learns the true circumstances that led to Donna's
death and seeks both revenge and reconciliation.(imdb)

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Click to embiggen. Caps taken from the 30-second promo found at <a>FX SOA </a>.<br><p>

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Synopsis:
When SAMCRO's adult-film business becomes a hindrance to the club, Clay seizes the opportunity to revive the gun-running cartel.</p></div>