You Just Can't Quit

"Driving like the demon that drives your dreams!"

raloria — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 06:35:17 GMT

The past couple of weeks were rough ones for me. I wasn't feeling good, wasn't sleeping good (thx, that time of the month!). So I vegged. Decided to get back to watching some of the TV shows on Tubi that I've been working on. Thankfully, Tubi recently acquired the full 3 season run of "Hardcastle and McCormick". Anyone remember that show? It ran from 1983-1986. This was honestly the first time I've been able to watch every episode. Way back in the day, I only managed to record a few episodes on Beta tape.

Anyway, I totally went down the rabbit hole with this show! I watched episodes on Tubi, I looked up fanfic, and I tried to find some of the old websites (not easy!). Btw, if you'd like to know what all I found, I'd be happy to share. :)

Once I watched all the episodes on Tubi, I decided I wanted to get the episodes in order to cap them. No easy task, I can tell you! BUT - I AM GETTING THEM! They're not Hi-Res by any stretch of the imagination, but for a 43 old TV show, they're not bad either. So - I'm getting back into screencapping. I'm hoping this will get me back into capping SPN as well. I took a long break, but I never figured it would be permanent. I just needed to get my mojo back. H&M helped me get it!

Oh! H&M has ties to SPN! Daniel Hugh Kelly, who plays McCormick also starred in the SPN Season 1 episode of "Dead In The Water". And the late, great director Kim Manners, directed 6 episodes of "Hardcastle and McCormick".

I also plan to take notes on each episode: getting quotes, making note of continuity & filmmaking errors, listing the songs, and more. If you're interested in this, please let me know in the comments.

The show's into - which pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the series. Great theme song, too!

Here's a couple of sample screencaps to give you some idea of what I'm getting. I've enlarged the caps just a bit, so they're 720 pixels wide, and IMO they still look pretty good, especially for a 1980s show.

Click to view them full-sized.

Happy Birthday Jensen!

raloria — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 03:27:18 GMT

[You just wanna make a simple birthday post and Slickpic decides to be impossible! GAH! This had better work now!]

Happy 48th Birthday to a man who still defies proper description. He's talented, stunning, handsome, kind, generous, and....millions of more words that I can't think of right now. These are all old VanCon photos/fanarts of mine. Hope you don't mind seeing them again. :)

Happy Holidays

raloria — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 22:11:36 GMT

Just 'Cause

raloria — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:03:12 GMT

This cap is from 1x22 "Devil's Trap".
Click to see the full-sized cap.

I've updated the look of my LJ for the spring season.
Since when do free accounts have 30 userpics? Whoo-hoo! I can add a bunch back! :)

I know I've been a no-show for the past few months. My apologies. I really do want to get back to posting here.

Still posting at both LJ & DW.

Tap, Tap, Tap...This thing on?

raloria — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:20:15 GMT

Yes, I'm still alive. Can't blame you for wondering, since I've been dead silent since the beginning of the year and here we are starting on April. Have I given up hope of posting on here weekly? Hell, no. I've realized I just need to get back into the habit.

For years logging into LJ was a daily occurrence. Now, I have to purposely remind myself that this place even exists. Sad, but I'm sure it's been the same for some of you. But the hope is to at least post once a week.

I just did a Friends cut, which I planned on doing nearly a year ago. Well, this time I decided not to just talk about it, but rip that band-aid right off! So it's done. I kept a lot of people that I probably should've cut, but we're friends elsewhere or nostalgia kept me from hitting that "unfriend" button.

In all I cut 16 Friends and there were 7 purged accounts I cut myself from. *sigh*

Mom & I have been watching several old TV series lately. We've recently completed: Gilmore Girls, WKRP In Cincinnati, and Are You Being Served? (which got old to me awfully fast and then the original cast got broke up - *sigh*).

Funny how they said FreeVee TV was going to disappear last year and yet it's still going. Was surprised to see Dharma & Greg playing on it the other day, but sadly it's only as a "live TV" option. Still, it was fun to watch some episodes again, especially since Pluto TV's app has been breaking up so much lately. Bleh. Plus they seem to be showing the same episodes over and over again.

I never bring up politics here, but...OMG Senator Cory Booker is a hero! I watched the last 3 hours of his record-breaking speech yesterday. Finally! A Democrat taking some action! I hope this spurs others on because we need some hope!

It's 2025!

raloria — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 06:30:31 GMT

I've only got a couple more hours until New Year's Day is over here.
I sure hope the new year will be better than the last...though so far, it's not off to a great start. *sigh* It's not like 2023 was a picnic, but 2024? Very rough! I had 2 or 3 really bad months where I felt like I was running a marathon. Just exhausting! I'm still struggling with a lot (mental health-wise and real life-wise), but I hope I find some answers this year.

I'm also still hoping to get back to posting here on LJ more. There's no way I can return to my daily posts, but 2 or 3 times a week would be nice.

Here's wishing a good 2025 for all of us (though knowing how things are leaning, I'm not sure that's possible...). Let's just hope we have the strength to get through it, huh? Hugs to you all!

Merry Christmas!

raloria — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:11:05 GMT

Getting this post done a little early, just in case I don't have time later.

Wishing all who celebrate, a very Merry Christmas with good friends, family, wonderful food, fun times, and cherished memories.

Happy Thanksgiving

raloria — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:24:03 GMT

Thankful for all of you who are still here. All the best to you. ♥

Just 'Cause

raloria — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:17:50 GMT

This cap is from 7x13 "The Slice Girls".
Click to see the full-sized cap.

Well, I suck.

Here I'm supposed to be posting every day and a whole week has gone by without a peep from me. *sigh*
My excuse? Real life busy-ness (what else is new?) and getting involved in one of my many Projects.

Still posting at both LJ & DW.

Just 'Cause

raloria — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:02:18 GMT

This cap is from 2x09 "Croatoan".
Click to see the full-sized cap.

Missed 2 more days of posting for NaBloPoMo 2024. Grr.
If you don't know what I'm talking about it's in this post: Cha-Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes! & NaBloPoMo 2024.

This is also a last call if anyone wants to join me in my Gilmore Girls re-watch.

Still posting at both LJ & DW.

Just 'Cause

raloria — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 10:31:59 GMT

This cap is from 6x05 "Live Free Or Twi-hard".
Click to see the full-sized cap.

Since we just had Halloween, how about some vampire!Dean?

Well, I'm off to a fine start with NaBloPoMo 2024, aren't I? Already missed the first day. Hey, I made no guarantees in my Cha-Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes! & NaBloPoMo 2024 post. But I'm here for Day 2! Hope November is starting well for everyone. :D

Still posting at both LJ & DW.

Just 'Cause

raloria — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:28:04 GMT

This cap is from 1x07 "Hook Man".
Click to see the full-sized cap.

Season 1 Boys!!!

Cha-Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes! & NaBloPoMo 2024

I've posted new caps of Jensen's latest appearance on Tracker. There's also caps of his 1st appearance if you missed them.

Still posting at both LJ & DW.

Cha-Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes! & NaBloPoMo 2024

raloria — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 08:03:50 GMT

Hey! I'm back!
So sorry for the long silence of over 2 months. *sigh* It was NOT intentional at all.
Life, y'all. It's a crazy mess!

But I'm not going to let it stop me. Last week, I updated the look of this journal for Fall.
Very orangey, I know. LOL

And now...to hopefully get myself regularly posting here - I'm unofficially joining in on NaBloPoMo2024. I didn't fill out the form to officially join-in...I'm just doing this for all of you (and myself). Do I promise I'm going to post every day of November? I'll try, but I make no guarantees.

Feel free to join me, if you like. Check out the link below for more information.

#NaBloPoMo2024

BTW, the above image is not mine. It was on the email from iHanna: https://www.ihanna.nu/ .

In other news...I'm about to start my "usual" annual re-watch of Gilmore Girls. I normally would've started a month ago, but again...that darned "real life" getting in my way! Anyway, I was wondering if anyone wanted to join me in my re-watch? We wouldn't watch the episodes together (because scheduling is hard!) but we would agree to converse together (through email, messaging, whatever) about our thoughts of each episode plus post thoughts to our journals. It would be nice to watch 1 or 2 episodes per week. I'd like to start this coming Monday, Nov. 4th. Anyone up for it?

Merry Monday: Eric Robertson - Piano Hits (Full Album)

raloria — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 11:31:02 GMT

This is an old favorite album from the early 1980s (1982, to be exact) that we have on vinyl. Had a song going through my head overnight and sure enough it was from this album. This guy was really a good piano player and it's a shame his recordings weren't more popular. Anyway, if you like 80s music, this is an approximate hour well spent. Beautiful stuff!

Btw, this video of the album is not mine - just found it on YT.

Track Listing:
Chariots Of Fire
Endless Love
Baby James
Fame
Sunshine Love
Cavatina (Deer Hunter Theme)
The Homecoming
On Golden Pond
Music Box Dancer
Superman
9 To 5
"Spooked" On Classics (My note: This is a wild track! But fun!)
Arthur's Theme
The Seduction
Across The Sea
The Rose

My favorite tracks are: Endless Love, Sunshine Love, The Homecoming, On Golden Pond, Seduction (the song that was going through my head), and Across The Sea.

Things Unfinished

raloria — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 07:09:46 GMT

It's interesting what you discover while trying to do something else entirely...

I was attempting to finish off my timing of the Sam & Dean hugs from SPN Season 15 for SuperWiki (yes, finally!) and thought I'd check out my own episode reviews to help me.
Problem.

The last review I did was for SPN 15x08!!!! Way back in January of 2020!!!!
What. The. Hell???

I had no idea that I'd never finished my episode reviews aka First Impressions.

So now I need to catch up on 2 SPN projects!
I'm telling ya...life has seriously taken over. Not only has it interfered with posting regularly, but it's made me forgetful.

Which makes me wonder...
What other projects on LJ have I left unfinished??? *sigh*

Just 'Cause

raloria — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 09:23:04 GMT

This cap is from 4x22 "Lucifer Rising".
Click to see the full-sized cap.

Hi all. Look! Another post!

If you haven't yet, please vote in my SPN Name That Cap Challenge Poll. I really would appreciate the feedback. :)

Still posting at both LJ & DW.

Poll: SPN Name That Cap Challenge?

raloria — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 02:26:03 GMT

Ok, I didn't get any response about this on my LJ Anniversary post, so I'll just do it this way.
Everybody loves a poll!

View Poll: #2131734

Just 'Cause

raloria — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:25:00 GMT

This cap is from 9x05 "Dog Dean Afternoon".
Click to see the full-sized cap.

Trying to get back into posting!
It's my LJ's 18th Anniversary.

Still posting at both LJ & DW.

My 18th Anniversary on LJ

raloria — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 01:30:32 GMT

Yes, I'm still here.
Sorry for the long silence! RL just keeps taking over. Grrr!

Wow! Eighteen years here on LJ. It all began with SPN, of course: first lurking around and then finally starting my account, then joining communities and connecting with people. Ah, the good old days! I do miss them. So thankful that some of you are still around.

I updated the look of my journal a bit for the summer. :)

Been thinking about doing another SPN Name That Cap Challenge.
Anyone remember that? It's been 2 years. Anyone up to playing?

With Walker (sadly) ending, I hope to have a little more time on my hands for posting here.
It'll also give me a chance to resume capping SPN episodes again for @Fangasm.
I desperately want to FINALLY get back to updating/overhauling things over at spn_locations, too!
Need to resume posting Soldier Boy caps over at paradisi-pictura as well.

So there's plenty to do...just need to get back into the habit of being here.

Just 'Cause

raloria — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 11:11:06 GMT

This cap is from 3x05 "Bedtime Stories".
Click to see the full-sized cap.

Video/Music: Reel-To-Reel Music Tape 001 - Side B Part 2 - Another video of beautiful/easy listening music.
WALKER 4X01 LR CAPS Caps from the Season 4 Walker premiere.

Still posting at both LJ & DW.

Video/Music: Reel-To-Reel Music Tape 001 - Side B Part 2

raloria — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 03:22:20 GMT

Finally uploaded another video of music from my paternal grandfather's old Reel to Reel tapes!

The audio is pretty bad on this, with a lot of tape hiss that I just couldn't get rid of because the music was recorded at such a low volume. Like the previous videos, I'm pretty sure this was all recorded off the radio at the time (probably 1960s or 1970s). I was able to identify a few of the artists (thank you Shazam app!) but the rest are total unknowns. They're all old instrumentals. Hope you enjoy!

1 - Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland
2 - On Moonlight Bay - The Darol Rice Silver Saxophones
3 - Bye Bye Blues - Bert Kaempfert & his orch (1965)
4 - Seems Like Old Times / Peg Of My Heart - Freddy Martin (?)
5 - Tiny Bubbles
6 - My Blue Heaven - Roy Smeck
7 - I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

Just 'Cause

raloria — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 13:37:25 GMT

This cap is from 3x07 "Fresh Blood".
Click to see the full-sized cap.

Trying to get back to posting here again. Goodness, it's been a long time. I've even taken a long hiatus from capping, but with Walker Season 4 resuming this week...I'm back to it. Hopefully that will mean more posts here and on my capping site.

Still posting at both LJ & DW.

Happy 46th Birthday, Jensen!

raloria — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 13:23:37 GMT

This is a rushed job of a birthday post, but it's all I've got time for. It's March now and this is my first post of the year? Awful. So, so much going on. *sigh*

Wishing all the best to this wonderful human being, this amazing actor (and director), this talented musician, and this beautiful work of art that is Jensen Ackles.

Wishing you all...

raloria — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 15:21:45 GMT

Just 'Cause

raloria — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 15:15:47 GMT

This cap is from 3x08 "A Very SPN Christmas".
Click to see the full-sized cap.

I've got some seasonal music to share today with Video/Music: Perry Como's Olde English Christmas.

Still posting at both LJ & DW.