Monday’s Watching Part I
It seems the universe has decided I need more to watch. While at work today, one of the ladies at circulation had just checked in a movie and asked if I’d seen it. It was “The Jane Austen Book Club”, which was based on a book by Karen Joy Fowler. I admit I have not read the book (yet) and I also have read little (more likely none) of Jane Austen. But I was assured I’d like it anyway. It had been on my library list already anyway, so I definitely checked it out then and there. It’s a hot copy, so I couldn’t have put a hold on it.
Then about an hour later, the same situation occurs, but in another location with another person! This time it was Dan in Real Life, which gets bolded, because I watched it already. “The Office” is only so-so, but Steve Carrell is good. The movie wasn’t really my sort of movie, but it was pretty good.
Plus two DVDs I had on hold came in, so I came home today with a lot of stuff to watch.
Brainiac Science Abuse Series 6, Episode 8. Those of you lucky enough to have that cool video game-ish channel.. is it E4 or something like that?.. will recognize this show. It’s another British show, reminiscent of Mythbusters. The earlier seasons were better. It’s gotten more gross and more blowing-up-stuff and more sexist and more innuendoish. In other words, it’s moved further away from my demographic. But it’s still interesting, so I still watch. I do worry that Jon Tickle, who’s an awesome presenter and a science buff and, in short, a geek, is being made to seem this season and last like someone sub-ordinate to the other presenter and someone to be made fun of for his smarts. (And I could mention how Tickle got his start as a house guest on Big Brother, but I won’t. — Whoops.)
And I have a full night of TV viewing lined up starting at 7, so the rest of the stuff on my computer and the other DVDs will have to wait.
