Yesterday, we brought home Dane's bonus check present. It's official, he's a Real Man(tm) -- he has a giant TV. I'm thrilled to death as I said before. I'm a movie geek and always have been. So, this is a dream come true. Well, it will be once I get the sound working, anyway. The first two films we watched were Bladerunner and a new romantic comedy that Dane discovered on Netflix while I was away. Getting the TV set up with cable was a bitch, of course. I'm the one who is (theoretically) good at wiring, building things, repairs, and other mechanical stuff whereas Dane is better with programming electronic devices and financial things.* I love how whenever Dane gets frustrated he leaves the room and lets me go quietly about my business. There was some snippy-ness first as is traditional, but that's nothing. Even when we snip at one another it's not a big deal.** That's one of my favorite things about us -- how we fight. Anyway, Today, I'm so watching Aliens and a couple of Castle episodes. Oh! And Firefly! And Serenity! Life-size Nathan Fillion does make me happy. My only problem is with HD. I'm not sure how I feel about it. I've a degree in animation. I know about frame rates. HD destroys the quality feel of film and makes it feel like bad video soap opera. I don't like that at all. Frankly, I don't enjoy seeing the broken blood vessels in Jody Foster's eye when I watch The Silence of the Lambs. At the same time, I enjoy picking up the details of the background scenery in Bladerunner. So, the jury is still out.

Dane: "After you write, tomorrow will be spent with Nathan Fillion, I assume."
Me: "Oh, yes. Definitely. Castle is my pretend writing buddy."
Dane: "I guess the only upgrade from there is a cardboard cut-out."
Me: "Oh, no. A real Nathan Fillion in my living room is the only way to go."
Dane: "You can't do that."
Me: "Why not?"
Dane: "He's not on your List."
Me: "He could be. You never know." (I love keeping Dane guessing.)
Dane: "That's not how that works. You haven't filled out form XQZ-35 in triplicate."
Me: "I've changed my List before and never filled out the paperwork. Why start now?"
Dane: "You've never seen that Friends episode, have you?"
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* We like to joke that between the two of us we make one whole, very able person capable of surviving the Zombie Apocalypse. Apart? Not so much.
** We fight like no one I know. We're calm for the most part and hardly ever raise our voices. Did I mention that I married well? Oh, hells yes, I did. I'm lucky. So damned lucky.