Post NaBloPoMo mind dump
It feels like such a luxury to not post every single day. I'm far too lazy to post every single day. It's almost more than I can handle just to take a picture every day (236 photos so far!). And then there's all the breathing and sleeping and going to the bathroom that has to happen every day too. There's only so much you can ask of me. But I probably just have a bad attitude because I didn't win a prize.
Things I did this weekend instead of posting:
- Shoveled some snow.
- Watched some Dr. Who.
- Listened to some podcasts.
- Knitted some stuff.
- Ate some dinner with my husband and mother-in-law.
- Neglected to call anyone I should have called (I'm sorry, J.! Time got away from me.)
- Plasticked some windows.
- Polished off an entire pint of Haagen Dazs coffee ice cream.
Season three of Dr. Who has been a disappointment, overall. There were a couple of excellent episodes, but the rest have ranged from "meh" to dumb. The Heroes season finale is on tonight (stupid writer's strike), and Heroes is the only thing I care to watch on TV. We'll be done watching Dr. Who Season 3 very soon (two more discs to go; hopefully they'll be better). And then there will be nothing left to watch, which is bad because I still have a LOT of knitting to do before Christmas.
Luckily I have lots of podcasts and audio books to keep my mind occupied while I knit. In case you're a Philip Pullman fan, the audio version (unabridged) of The Golden Compass is currently on sale at iTunes for only $9.95. For 10 1/2 hours of amazingly read and performed audio. I highly recommend it.
I've also been listening to Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, which I got from the library (I love the library). It's just as engrossing as all of her other books, though there have been times when I haven't quite been up to the grimness of it.
Now I have to go and do one of those pesky daily tasks: eat lunch.
Comments
I haven't gotten to see much of Dr Who's third season. I even missed the final episode after catching the two prior. For fans of the previous run, the least three episodes pretty much make the season. It's hard to compare the third season to the second, though. Rose was by far the best companion since Sarah Jane, possibly the best ever, and bringing another companion up to speed sucked some wind out of this season's sails.
An interesting read? CNN's article about allegations that The Golden Compass is teaching atheism to kids. And they may be right, but I'm an adult and messages aren't why I watch movies.
And I'm going on too long again. I need my own site.
Posted by: Mike | 10:44PM, 12.03.07
Re: Dr Who season 3: all the best episodes are in the second half, starting with "Human Nature". Don't give up on it yet.
Re: The Golden Compass: excellent book, but I'm still not clear on why the American publishers changed the title from the original "Northern Lights"...Maybe it appealed to their sense of order and symmetry to have each book in the series called "The [adjective] [noun]"?
Posted by: simon | 3:00AM, 12.04.07
Simon, we're still trying to figure out why The Powers That Be thought that the title "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was deemed too 'cerebral' for Americans.
Oh and the only other Dr Who episode I remember from Season 3 is the one that included the pocketwatch. I'm glad I did, as it came into play again later, so I didn't miss the significance.
Posted by: Mike | 7:56AM, 12.04.07
Mike: I totally agree about Rose. Well, okay, I never watched any of the old series, but I was sad to see her go.
Also, having read the Golden Compass multiple times, I think it's safe to say that it probably does teach atheism to kids. And it's also safe to say that I have no problem with that. Philip Pullman is actively anti-religion. There will be a big ruckus over this movie, even though I've heard the anti-religious aspects of it have been toned down mightily.
Simon: It's good to hear there are some good episodes towards the end of the season.
Posted by: andrea | 3:32PM, 12.04.07