Randomness on a Friday

[agt_spooky]

The hubby and I had "date night" last night and we went to finally go see Public Enemies with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. It's obviously a true story, so you know how it's going to end, but I just wanted to see the hotness of Depp and Bale on the screen together. :-) Overall, though, I was kinda disappointed in it. The trailer made it seem much more action packed than it was.

I almost felt sorry for Dillinger. He never hurt a hostage or employee robbing the banks (and only took the bank's money), valued friendship and loyalty and truly loved Billie. It was basically the Mob deciding they wanted to be top dog around and cutting Dillinger off from everyone he knew that ultimately got him, and all of his friends, killed. I'm certainly not condoning Dillinger's actions. He was most definitely a criminal. But this story made me a bit sympathetic towards him. And showed how truly inept the "Bureau of Investigations" was back then! I wonder if that's why Purvis quit them a year after Dillinger was killed. He took his own life in 1960, which I didn't know until this movie.

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My lovely friend sn_24lover asked me if I could find out what the ratings were for Leverage's second season premiere. And I did!

It drew 3.9 million viewers!

Last night’s second-season premiere of LEVERAGE was watched by 3,890,000 viewers and 2,724,000 households.  It also scored a 2.8 coverage household rating/2.4 national household rating.  The episode outdelivered its first-season Live + Same Day average, with viewers up 24% and households up 20%.  It also elevated TNT’s Wednesday 9-10 p.m. time period over the same night last year, with viewers up 113% and households up 70%.


Great job Nate Ford and Company! :-)

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Wanted to give a quick shout out and thanks to joygoddess for the lovely postcard from the Netherlands! What a nice surprise! Look for one from Chicago in your mailbox soon. :-)

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My buddy Andrew and I are getting ready to rock out tonight at the DEF LEPPARD concert! Woot! They're playing with Poison and Cheap Trick and I can't wait!

It reminded me of the last time I saw Def Leppard, then was inspired to write my Sam/Dean fic, Do You Wanna Get Rocked? :-)

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And last but not least, I'm still experimenting with my new camera, so I took it outside and snapped a few pics of the flowers in our front lawn:











Man, I'm really pleased with this camera!


Ok, folks, gotta run. Have a great Friday!

Comments

[violateraindrop]

The pictures are beautiful, especially the last one :)

A couple of friends and I watched Harry Potter two days ago and there was a big poster for "Public Enemies" (I think it comes out in 3 weeks here). I asked one of my friends if we're going to watch it (she's a big Bale fan and another one of my friends is a big Depp fan^^) and she said that she wasn't sure if she really wanted to see this in cinema, because she read so many bad reviews :(

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

The pictures are beautiful, especially the last one :)

Oh, thank you! We really lucked out with the flowers. The previous owners planted them all along our front walkway. There's even more different ones I didn't take photos of.

A couple of friends and I watched Harry Potter two days ago

How was HP? That's the next one I want to see.

and she said that she wasn't sure if she really wanted to see this in cinema, because she read so many bad reviews :(

Yeah, it didn't get good reviews here, either. I mean, it was an okay movie, I didn't hate it or anything, I just wasn't like Wow! Great film! Like I was with Star Trek. :-)

[violateraindrop]

Harry Potter was awesome, I think it my favourite so far. There are many things that are different from the book, but it didn't really bother me. I was very surprised about the audience though, nobody was younger than 16 :D

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, great to hear! It's hard for a franchise to keep getting better. I'm really looking forward to seeing it now. :-) I'll have to pay attention to my audience break down!

[celtprincess13.livejournal.com]

Oooh, pretty flowers.

I am quite jealous that you are going to see Def Leppard--my youth is calling! I hope you have a great time.

I have Leverage dvr'd so I can watch it this weekend. I need me some Christian Kane, stat!

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

We really lucked out with the flowers. The previous owners planted them all along our front walkway. There's even more different ones I didn't take photos of.

I've seen Def Leppard so many times since I was a teenager I've lost count! Just can't get enough of them!

Oooh, Eliot SO rocked the season premiere. You'll really enjoy it!

[deanvica23.livejournal.com]

public enemies finish how?I have a mag with johnny in cover for a friend.
for leverage it's cool they make more that supernatural as smallville.
have fun this evening for the concert
beautiful flowers.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

public enemies finish how?I have a mag with johnny in cover for a friend.

How did Public Enemies end? Well, unfortunately with the death of John Dillinger, as that's what really happened back in 1933. But Johnny Depp gave a great performance!

have fun this evening for the concert

Thank you! The concert is outside and the weather's not too great today. I'm hoping it doesn't rain!

beautiful flowers.

Glad you like them! They look very pretty along my walkway at home. :-)

[sn-24lover.livejournal.com]

Hey Goddess TGIF!!! Love the pictures, your camera is awesome. Glad to hear you had a nice date night. :)

And 3.9M viewers. VERY COOL!!! Thanks for finding that out for me. **hugs** Love me some Leverage. You so need to write a Eliot/Dean fic. *evil laugh*

And totally jealous of your Def Leppard concert. They are going to be in MI next Friday but by the time I got some money the tickets were sold out. But that is okay I have seen them for the last three years so I guess I can miss a year. LOL Have a blast and rock-on for me.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Hey baby!

Glad you like the pics. I'm really loving this camera. Can't wait to put it to the test in Vancouver!

3.9 million was freaking awesome! And the fact that this season premiere did even better than last year!

Eliot/Dean - my computer monitor may spontaneously combust if I attempt to write that. ;-)

Def Leppard is awesome! Been two years since they were here in Chicago so I'm looking forward to it, even though I've lost count the number of times I've seen them since I was a teenager. :-)

POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME!!

[sn-24lover.livejournal.com]

Well write Dean/Eliot on you work computer then. Let them pay for the new one. :)

Jam to "Let's Get Rocked" for me, my favorite Def Leppard song. **hugs**

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Well write Dean/Eliot on you work computer then. Let them pay for the new one. :)

LOL! That's an excellent plan! Especially since my computer at home is better than this one. :-)

Jam to "Let's Get Rocked" for me, my favorite Def Leppard song.

That's what they played as their final song! I was definitely jamming for you. :-)

[sinjinh1.livejournal.com]

I think I felt the same way when I watched Public Enemies. Johnny made Dillinger very sympathetic. I had to keep reminding myself that technically he was the bad guy. I didn't know that Purvis had killed himself until after I saw the movie. I have to think that some of the things he saw and did while he was hunting these guys got to him.

Of course, I did adore seeing Rory Cochrane playing Christan Bale's right hand man as it were. Silly like that I know.

Love your pictures. And great news about Leverage.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Ah, see, it wasn't just me feeling a bit for Dillinger. :-) And I know it was Johnny's performance that made me feel that way - made a bad guy almost redeemable.

And yeah, with as violent as those times were back in the 30's, I can easily imagine that's why Purvis quit just a year later. Not to mention the pressure he was under from Hoover.

Yes! Rory! I didn't even know he was in this! I loved him on CSI Miami and I don't remember seeing him in anything else since, till this movie. I was crushed when he was killed!

Glad you liked the pics and yep, Leverage is off to a great start!

[sinjinh1.livejournal.com]

Rory's been doing a few independent films. He was in Right At Your Door with Mary McCormack and A Scanner Darkly with Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr. And if we play our cards right, he'll be in the season premiere of CSI Miami. They're flashing back to 1997 and he is in talks to be in it. Oh, and he was on 24 this season.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Oh, I heard about Rory in the season premiere of CSI next season! I stopped watching that CSI quite a while ago, but I'll be tuning in for this episode.

You know, to this day I've never watched the episode where Speed was killed. Too heartbreaking!

[tracys-dream.livejournal.com]

I do like Def Leppard. I hope you guys have a great time.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The concert is outside and the weather here isn't so good today. I might have to wear a sweatshirt in July!

[tracys-dream.livejournal.com]

The weather here has been awful today - thunder and lightening storms, it's been crazy.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

I nearly went to the Def Leppard concert in a storm myself! It rained hard for just over an hour on the drive to the arena, but just as I got out of my car in the parking lot it stopped! And it turned into a really nice night. :-)

[tracys-dream.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it turned out okay.

[dairwendan.livejournal.com]

You are a really GOOD photographer! Pretty flowers!

I'm glad Leverage got such high ratings!

Hubby and I want to go see Public Enemies. We already know Dillenger's story, but did you know that there are height and scar discrepancies between the body which was brought in as Dillenger and Dillenger?

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

You are a really GOOD photographer! Pretty flowers!

Thanks! I'm having fun with this new camera.

I'm glad Leverage got such high ratings!

Me, too! And it bested last year's season premiere, so that's fantastic.

but did you know that there are height and scar discrepancies between the body which was brought in as Dillenger and Dillenger?

No way! I had no idea! Sounds like a conspiracy theory. Hmmm....