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So much telly!
Aug. 28th, 2021 08:49 am So, I don't really watch a lot of telly these days. If I'm not working or being with the boys, I'd rather be gaming. But a week off allows for gaming AND telly!
I've watched the full first series of Miracle Workers. I loved Steve Buscemi as God - just beautiful. And when the angels stopped interfering and just let the humans get on with it! They could have saved a lot of time and lives if they'd just done that in the first place. But I suppose that's what we're like, isn't it? We think we understand other people's lives so much better than they do. If so-and-so would just do X their life would be so much better!
I'm also watching The Watch, which is two half-hour episodes a week. It's 'influenced' by the characters created by Terry Pratchett. Detritus the Troll died in the first (or second) episode, probably to save on the CGI budget. Also, Death's horse Binky hasn't made an appearance, probably for the same reason. The budget may be low but the production values are high. And it's an excellent example of how to do diverse casting. The casting is probably the main reason I'm watching it. It's like an AU Discworld - almost fanficcy. But I'm enjoying it more than the adaptations Sky did a few years ago. It is also making me want to read through the whole collection from start to finish - which would take a lot of time and money!
Then there's Anika with the wonderful Nicola Walker. She breaks the fourth wall by talking to the camera - although we understand she's talking to herself, really. How she's made it to DI as a single parent, I'm not sure. Determination and available baby-sitters I suppose. Anyway, the ongoing trials and tribulations of being a mother to a teenage daughter are a source of great enjoyment.
I've also got through some of the films on my Tivo, including New Mutants (even though I'm officially 'off' Disney, I wanted to see Anya Taylor-Joy in a very different role - she's quickly becoming a favourite) and Enemy of the State (not sure the tech in the film was really available in 1998 but I'm pretty sure it is now - and pretty much anyone can get their hands on it).
I have also exercised my emotional intelligence a couple of times, once to get my own way without a row! After 35 years, I'm finally learning how my husband ticks. It's never too late...
And the corner that will be the rockery is now weed-free, filled with good compost and covered in bark chippings. I've identified some existing rocks (they're chunks of concrete but when they're buried and have cute little plants growing all over them they'll be rocks) we can use, so that will save buying and transporting any. I'm planning on doing the planting up in the spring.
I'm also bursting with ideas for using some of the very many (far too many) plastic bottles that pass through our house as planters, particularly for trailing plants on the now bare fence. Just not sure there'd be enough soil... But there's only one way to find out!
Back to work on Tuesday, so that will be fun. In the meantime, there will be plenty of opportunities for further chilling!
I've watched the full first series of Miracle Workers. I loved Steve Buscemi as God - just beautiful. And when the angels stopped interfering and just let the humans get on with it! They could have saved a lot of time and lives if they'd just done that in the first place. But I suppose that's what we're like, isn't it? We think we understand other people's lives so much better than they do. If so-and-so would just do X their life would be so much better!
I'm also watching The Watch, which is two half-hour episodes a week. It's 'influenced' by the characters created by Terry Pratchett. Detritus the Troll died in the first (or second) episode, probably to save on the CGI budget. Also, Death's horse Binky hasn't made an appearance, probably for the same reason. The budget may be low but the production values are high. And it's an excellent example of how to do diverse casting. The casting is probably the main reason I'm watching it. It's like an AU Discworld - almost fanficcy. But I'm enjoying it more than the adaptations Sky did a few years ago. It is also making me want to read through the whole collection from start to finish - which would take a lot of time and money!
Then there's Anika with the wonderful Nicola Walker. She breaks the fourth wall by talking to the camera - although we understand she's talking to herself, really. How she's made it to DI as a single parent, I'm not sure. Determination and available baby-sitters I suppose. Anyway, the ongoing trials and tribulations of being a mother to a teenage daughter are a source of great enjoyment.
I've also got through some of the films on my Tivo, including New Mutants (even though I'm officially 'off' Disney, I wanted to see Anya Taylor-Joy in a very different role - she's quickly becoming a favourite) and Enemy of the State (not sure the tech in the film was really available in 1998 but I'm pretty sure it is now - and pretty much anyone can get their hands on it).
I have also exercised my emotional intelligence a couple of times, once to get my own way without a row! After 35 years, I'm finally learning how my husband ticks. It's never too late...
And the corner that will be the rockery is now weed-free, filled with good compost and covered in bark chippings. I've identified some existing rocks (they're chunks of concrete but when they're buried and have cute little plants growing all over them they'll be rocks) we can use, so that will save buying and transporting any. I'm planning on doing the planting up in the spring.
I'm also bursting with ideas for using some of the very many (far too many) plastic bottles that pass through our house as planters, particularly for trailing plants on the now bare fence. Just not sure there'd be enough soil... But there's only one way to find out!
Back to work on Tuesday, so that will be fun. In the meantime, there will be plenty of opportunities for further chilling!
