New series: Singular words

I have always been interested in words. Words are part of everybody's character and define how you are seen in different situations when you use them according to your persona at the moment. Yes, all of us have different personas in different scenarios such as the workplace, the bar, the school, etc.
In any case, the word that I have selected to start this series is: horologe.

Horologe, according to the Webster's dictionary, is a timekeeping device. What made me admire this word is that finally I found an explanation for the origin of the Spanish word "reloj" (watch). Both come from the greek horologion, in which we can easily see hour/hora too.

Not bad for a lousy blogger!

I just realized that the blog surppased 1,000 visits! Obviously, this is nothing if we compare it to one of my favorite blogs, the one of my friend Clarissa, which had a record of 5,330 visits in a single day, but it is more than I thought I could have at this point!
Congratulations to me!

Happy New Year 2012!

I guess this is what you do when you use Twitter, don't you? In any case Happy New Year 2012!

Dexter s06e12. "This is the Way the World Ends". And everybody's jaws dropped at the end...again!

The season finale arrived and left us all with our chins cleaning the floor! Obviously, all fans will be wondering what now? I'm pretty sure the writers will come up with something as challenging and exciting as what we have seen during the last 6 seasons.  I'm thinking that since Showtime has renewed the show for two more seasons, most likely, the next two seasons will be heavily interconnected, but this is just pure speculation... . All the excitement of having two more seasons to enjoy, it is diminished by the fact that season 8 will be Dexter's final season.
In any case, Dexter is over. We have probably one whole year to think about Dexter and Deb,  how they are going to deal with the situation, and what level of weirdness will the relation between the step-siblings achieve after what Deb saw in the old church.
This season had its highs and lows, but I think they could have improve it would they had continued exploring the religious feelings of a serial killer. However, I understand this is business. To keep digging in the wound would have created some problems from people who think religion is something nobody can talk about, unless you agree with them.
Oh, one more thing to think about for the following months: what are they going to do with the psycho-intern Louis, and the ice-truck hand that by the way is still at Dexter's apartment?

Dexter s06e11. "Talk to the hand." Perfect preparation for a gripping end.

Contrary to what many 12-episodes-a-season series do, season 6 from Dexter has met all the expectations in terms of episodes' quality.  I especially detest when the weaker episode is the one before the end. Thankfully, "Talk to the hand" wasn't anything close to that. The episode had tension between the characters, as in the Batista-Quinn incident; life-risking action, as Dexter saves the entire Miami Metro from the suicide attack from Travis' crazy recruit; weird sexual content, as Deb's incestuous psychologist-induced dream takes shape; and of course, a cliffhanger that was pure madness with Dexter becoming the hunted hunter. All that among many other things, that keeps everyone in a state of nail-biting frenzy. I'm writing this a couple of hours before the season finale, and I can't wait to sit down in front of the TV...

Dexter 0610. "Ricochet Rabbit". Son, I'm coming home.

Is Dexter insisting on being a bad father? Is he just following Harry's footsteps? I see this episode as an example of what not to do as a father. Even thought, the season started as Dexter worrying about little Harry's education and Dexter's concern about his lack of religious formation, it has developed in a way in which his criminal instincts are taking over his life again. It may be Dexter's fate, but it is also definitely something about our favorite serial killer has been fighting relentlessly against since he became a father. The "code" is so imbedded in Dexter, that he must overcome any imposition to accomplish his goal of bringing justice to those for whom justice is not an option, those vicariously affected by the crimes of a serial killer such as Travis Marshall.
Dexter's father figure fails to Harry, who only receives a kiss after a whole day of work thinking about going to take care of Travis. Then, he fails to the nerd (who won't be that for too long) intern, sinking him into his own perturbed world by scolding the idea for his video game. Finally, Dexter fails to Debra too. He is not only her brother, but also a father figure for her, and maybe something else...?

Dexter 0609. "Get Gellar". The ultimate turning point until the climax?

What better turning points than Gellar and Travis becoming the former the victimized product of the latter's imagination --up to a certain extend predictable even though I admit it caught me by surprise--, and even better, Batista's sister ending up going to bed with the nerdy intern who may turn to be a paranoid serial killer! Only three episodes left, and even if they don't persue this second story further, plenty of excitement is waiting for us.
One of the crazy things about this show is how the actors or directors don't know the whole story, therefore the producers have to struggle to make things coherent with what they have in mind for the end of the season. If you haven't seen the short program that they played right after this week's episode, I encourage you to watch it at the Showtime website here.