Snoskred – Life in the Country

Hey, I wrote about Dexter over on Aussie Bloggers – it is finally being shown on channel 10 this weekend so if you’re in Australia and you haven’t seen the show make sure to tune in. We’re going to be discussing the show on the Aussie Bloggers forums too.

Thursday used to be my favourite night of the week because Dexter was on. Since the show is currently filming season 3 it isn’t appearing on Thursday nights at the moment and frankly I am bored on Thursdays now. So much so that this recent Thursday I got out my Desperate Housewives box set, and I’m reviewing season one. That is also a great show in a slightly different way.

They are repeating Dexter on other days and I am making sure to catch as many of the episodes as I can. This Sunday at 5:30 Season Two begins again on Showcase. I had recorded most of season 2 so that I could watch it anytime but I missed the first few eps, so I am looking forward to getting these recorded.

Oh, this is *SO* exciting!

Emmy® and Golden Globe® award-winner Jimmy Smits will wade into the murky world of Miami’s most notorious serial killer as he joins the cast of SHOWTIME’s top-rated drama series DEXTER.  Smits will be featured in ten of the third season’s 12 episodes which are scheduled to premiere this fall on SHOWTIME.

Out of all the actors in the world, I do not think I could name anyone else I would rather see on the show.   I am looking forward to the third season and I am extremely hopeful that it will be shown to us on Showcase at the same time as it is shown to the US.

Something very odd is going on with me.

Last Monday (the 5th of May) I was sitting in a meeting and I noticed that my right leg was feeling very warm.  Not the whole leg, just the “shin” part of the lower leg. I thought it might have been the heating in the place I was sitting, and thought no more about it.

Since then, the “warm” feeling has appeared several times a day, always in exactly the same spot. I’ve tried feeling the actual leg and it isn’t any different in temperature to any other place. I don’t think it is actually warm.

So I “scroogle” (cos I don’t Google anymore since the slap a long while back) the search term warm leg and I find this thread on some health forum. A lack of Vitamin B due to stress seems like it could be what is going on, especially as it began right in the middle of a very stressful meeting after a few stressful days. I’ll up my vitamin intake and see if that solves it.

I recently saw the Heath Ledger film “Candy” which is the story of two heroin junkies. I’m so glad I never did drugs myself after watching it. That kind of crazy I can do without. Heath was amazing in the film, a truly incredible performance. It’s an Aussie film so you might not have had a chance to catch it.

Speaking of Aussie Films, why do they have to be outright insane(Candy), downright depressing (Jindabyne), or involve Abba in some way? (Priscilla Queen Of The Desert, Muriel’s Wedding). Can we not have a normal type of film? A standard “RomCom” as they call them these days? Maybe it is just me – maybe I don’t see enough Aussie film.

And this most recent Thursday (8th of May) I mourned the passing of the second series of Dexter. The final episode of the second season aired here in Australia and wow, it was a stunner. If you have not seen Dexter at all, may I recommend you do see it, as soon as you can. Michael C Hall is just incredible. So now Thursday is just another day of the week instead of Dexter Day.

I’ll be back later this week with some special pics for ya’all. But for now, enjoy this clip of Michael C Hall which has been playing on Showcase for the last couple of months. I love this ad.

Here’s a moral dilemma for you but it requires a little imagination.

Let’s say that three weeks ago, you found a way to travel back in time.  Seriously. You were able to pick a date and go back to that date.

Over the years there have been many innocent people killed in many different ways, despite the arguments about history being accurate and events being denied etc. I guess one of the best examples would be Hitler – if you could be transported back in time to a room in which Hitler were fast asleep and you had a syringe full of something guaranteed to cause his instant death, what would you do? Would you kill him, or not?

And more importantly, how would those events change the world as we know it? Completely and utterly. It is almost impossible to consider the potential implications of deading Hitler well before he caused the events he did. How many lives would you save by taking that one life?

This one is difficult for me – I don’t know that I could give that injection, but on the other hand if I did not wouldn’t all those people who died haunt me forever? I think I would be morally obligated to do it.

What about Ted Bundy who killed so many young women?

The Columbine shooters?

The people who hijacked the planes on 9/11?

What would you do? What do you think? Is there a time when killing is justified?

Me personally I think the only time killing is justified is when you *know* for a fact it is going to save one or more other lives. On the other hand, I’m not keen on the state doing it. I’m not for the death penalty. This is a tricky one, I’d like to hear what you think.