What Kind of Year Has It Been?

So. 2011.

I graduated university, moved out, went overseas, hit a convention, sold a story, got a part-time job, got fired from a part-time job, and started drinking scotch and black coffee (not together, mind).

Last year seemed like it was marked out by things coming to an end. This one was all about change. “Tumultuous” is the word I keep using. There’s almost nothing in my life right now that’s the same as it was twelve months ago. And for all the things that depressed me and made me feel like crap, it’s been good change. It’s been a good year.

I’m hoping this is part of a pattern. The old stuff comes to an end. Everything changes. And then everything settles into new stuff. So that’s why I’m not making New Year’s Resolutions, beyond the things I’ve been resolved to do since I had the vaguest semblance of self-awareness. Instead, I think 2012 is going to be about finding equilibrium. Finding a good groove and settling into it.

Happy New Year.

Like a bald box salesman with a knife fetish…

…this blog is BACK FROM THE DEAD!

Kinda.

I’d like to start using this space a little more than I have been for the last year and a bit. So, please watch this space.

New episodes of Milk Carton TV and Critical Myth

In “Those Left Behind”, the Critical Myth Podacst crew talk about Warehouse 13, Burn Notice and Comic Con 2010. And in the latest episode of Milk Carton TV, we talk discuss Dark Angel. Enjoy!

Lost in Retrospect: What Kate Did

The beginning of a long, long, long run of weak Kate episodes, and not even a few brilliant dramatic scenes and some exploration of the Hatch can keep this one out of the negative column.

For a quick refresh on this episode, I suggest you check out Lostpedia’s excellent Wiki page.

Lost in Retrospect: Collision

The Ana Lucia episode. It’s even weaker than I remember.

For a quick refresh on this episode, I suggest you check out Lostpedia’s excellent Wiki page.

New episodes of Milk Carton TV and Critical Myth

There’s new podcast episodes, for anyone who’s interested. Over at Milk Carton TV, we’ve put out an API for Dark Angel, basically a quick primer on the show for anyone who’s not familiar with it. And at Critical Myth, there’s “Legacies and Letdowns”, where the crew talk about The Prisoner, Haven, Burn Notice, True Blood, Mad Men and Being Human.

Have a listen, and I hope you enjoy.

Lost in Retrospect: The Other 48 Days

This was an interesting episode, a mix of the new and interesting with the old and redundant, fantastic characters and less-than-stellar ones, and ultimately gets on the must-see list because of its important mythological developments.

For a quick refresh on this episode, I suggest you check out Lostpedia’s excellent Wiki page.

Lost in Retrospect: Abandoned

Fantastic ending aside, this was a very “meh” episode. It didn’t grab me, it didn’t rivet me, it didn’t especially entertain me, and the most interesting part of the story was very deliberately kept to a bare minimum. And ultimately, I don’t think this episode provides anything that couldn’t have been covered in a “Previously On…” clip.

For a quick refresh on this episode, I suggest you check out Lostpedia’s excellent Wiki page.

Lost in Retrospect: …and Found

This great little Tailie-based thriller of an episode did more to make the Island scary in its 42 minute run than the whole of the previous four episodes did — and they weren’t slouchy.

For a refresh on this episode, I suggest you check out Lostpedia’s excellent Wiki page.

New episodes of Milk Carton TV and Critical Myth

There’s been a few new podcasts out in recent days, and I’ve been lax in putting up posts about them, so time to rectify that!

Milk Carton TV has had two new episode: “And Now For Something Completely Different”, a quick Randomcast to fill in on a week in which our brilliant Editor in Chief was swamped and couldn’t get the regular episode ready; and “Rock, Paper, Scissors — Feedback!”, where the crew read out feedback and get swamped in a tonne of tangents.

Critical Myth also has a new episode, called “The 2010 Summer Season Begins!”, in which John, Edmund and Gary discuss the new episodes of Warehouse 13, Eureka and Rescue Me.

Hope you check these out and enjoy them!