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gwendolyngrace is away for the first of three consecutive weekends, so I have a whole weekend with absolutely nothing planned. Oh, I have stuff to get done, but nothing scheduled.
It is getting colder out and autumn has truly begun. I love this time of year. Weather-wise, the days start to have a crispness to them, but the sun still shines brightly and warms us easily. I find myself leaving work for lunch and just wandering around in the sunshine. Even rainy days don't last long. Autumn colors are the best - rusts and reds, oranges, browns and golds and yellows. And that deep deep green. Yummy colors. And pumpkin everything is showing up! I love pumpkins! And pumpkin pie, muffins, bread.
Okay, so enough with the thinky-thinky. So this week's "Project Runway" was so good! I was glad they took all four to Olympus Fashion Week. Only three more episodes this season - and this time I really have no idea. I mean they each have a different design style, and their POVs are so strong. I just hope Uli and Laura can show us different aspects of their design style. I'm pretty sure Uli can, as she rightfully won the last challenge with a stunning dress. But Laura, I want her to give us some color! I nice rich blue, or purple or RED. Enough with the black, white and nude.
Anyway.
The fall also brings us the new network seasons of television. New shows I love? Studio 60 is brilliant, funny, and from the original team of "The West Wing" and is has that same intelligent spark that made the first two-three years of TWW so damn GOOD. And another brilliant thing about this show? It is available ONLINE from nbc.com every week! I watched the second episode on my laptop. It was obviously sponsored by visa because there was a fifteen-twenty second visa spot before each of five or six segments, which didn't really bother me. But I knew *knew* they were going for Gilbert and Sullivan - way before it happened. "We are the very model of a modern network tv show" indeed! Bwahhaahahaha! Shades of Pirates of Penzance.
"Justice" - a crime legal drama with a twist. First, the lawyers are for the defence, and at the end of every episode they show you exactly what happened during the "crime."
Conversely, "Shark" takes a legal eagle who *was* a defence attorney, but has switched sides to prosecute. I've only seen one episode of this show, and it didn't suck, so if I happen to be channel surfing I'll watch it. But I don't have it on the *must see* list.
"Eureka" is a fun little sci-fi show. Gwen told me last week as we watched it that the sheriff is the "Xander" of the cast, and I though, huh, Buffy has ingrained itself so deeply into our culture we can use the archetypes of the characters to immediately reference other things. Perhaps it is the new Wizard of Oz. Maybe the backbone of american culture has grown into Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Our little farm girl in blue gingham grew up into a high-heel wearing, ass-kicking, smart-mouthed California-blonde who is the poster child for Female Empowerment.
Hehem. I digress. We were discussing Eureka. Yes, Jack Carter is the "Xander" of the town. He's the normal guy that all the weird sticks to. His smart-house AI is overly fond of him. He can't understand the least little thing, and he cuts through the bull with relative ease. And he's funny. Cute little show. Also not on the *must see* list but I will seek it out if I am home.
Some of my favorite returning shows? "Supernatural" (yep, I'm on the band wagon for this one), "House," "NCIS," "Criminal Minds," "Cold Case," and "Numb3rs." These are all *must see* and I tape them if I am not going to be home. Other shows I'll watch but am not married to: "Bones," "CSI (all versions)" and "Law and Order (CI and SVU)." Huh. I'm not one for the sitcoms am I? And those shows like "24" that tell one continuous story through the season - um, I can't be bothered to try to keep up like that (one of the reasons I stopped watching West Wing in the final two seasons - it got to be you miss an episode and you're lost for the next five weeks. Sorry, but I have a life, and I am not married to my TV set). I watched "Vanished" for the first three episodes, and then it started to bore me. And "Kidnapped" looks to be very similar. I don't mind substories that are a continuity thread, like glimpses of family life, but god! To belabor the main story through twenty or so episodes - please. My own life is complicated enough, thanks.
Alright, you've heard enough blather from me tonight. Tell me, what do *you* love about the autumn?
gwendolyngrace is away for the first of three consecutive weekends, so I have a whole weekend with absolutely nothing planned. Oh, I have stuff to get done, but nothing scheduled.It is getting colder out and autumn has truly begun. I love this time of year. Weather-wise, the days start to have a crispness to them, but the sun still shines brightly and warms us easily. I find myself leaving work for lunch and just wandering around in the sunshine. Even rainy days don't last long. Autumn colors are the best - rusts and reds, oranges, browns and golds and yellows. And that deep deep green. Yummy colors. And pumpkin everything is showing up! I love pumpkins! And pumpkin pie, muffins, bread.
Okay, so enough with the thinky-thinky. So this week's "Project Runway" was so good! I was glad they took all four to Olympus Fashion Week. Only three more episodes this season - and this time I really have no idea. I mean they each have a different design style, and their POVs are so strong. I just hope Uli and Laura can show us different aspects of their design style. I'm pretty sure Uli can, as she rightfully won the last challenge with a stunning dress. But Laura, I want her to give us some color! I nice rich blue, or purple or RED. Enough with the black, white and nude.
Anyway.
The fall also brings us the new network seasons of television. New shows I love? Studio 60 is brilliant, funny, and from the original team of "The West Wing" and is has that same intelligent spark that made the first two-three years of TWW so damn GOOD. And another brilliant thing about this show? It is available ONLINE from nbc.com every week! I watched the second episode on my laptop. It was obviously sponsored by visa because there was a fifteen-twenty second visa spot before each of five or six segments, which didn't really bother me. But I knew *knew* they were going for Gilbert and Sullivan - way before it happened. "We are the very model of a modern network tv show" indeed! Bwahhaahahaha! Shades of Pirates of Penzance.
"Justice" - a crime legal drama with a twist. First, the lawyers are for the defence, and at the end of every episode they show you exactly what happened during the "crime."
Conversely, "Shark" takes a legal eagle who *was* a defence attorney, but has switched sides to prosecute. I've only seen one episode of this show, and it didn't suck, so if I happen to be channel surfing I'll watch it. But I don't have it on the *must see* list.
"Eureka" is a fun little sci-fi show. Gwen told me last week as we watched it that the sheriff is the "Xander" of the cast, and I though, huh, Buffy has ingrained itself so deeply into our culture we can use the archetypes of the characters to immediately reference other things. Perhaps it is the new Wizard of Oz. Maybe the backbone of american culture has grown into Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Our little farm girl in blue gingham grew up into a high-heel wearing, ass-kicking, smart-mouthed California-blonde who is the poster child for Female Empowerment.
Hehem. I digress. We were discussing Eureka. Yes, Jack Carter is the "Xander" of the town. He's the normal guy that all the weird sticks to. His smart-house AI is overly fond of him. He can't understand the least little thing, and he cuts through the bull with relative ease. And he's funny. Cute little show. Also not on the *must see* list but I will seek it out if I am home.
Some of my favorite returning shows? "Supernatural" (yep, I'm on the band wagon for this one), "House," "NCIS," "Criminal Minds," "Cold Case," and "Numb3rs." These are all *must see* and I tape them if I am not going to be home. Other shows I'll watch but am not married to: "Bones," "CSI (all versions)" and "Law and Order (CI and SVU)." Huh. I'm not one for the sitcoms am I? And those shows like "24" that tell one continuous story through the season - um, I can't be bothered to try to keep up like that (one of the reasons I stopped watching West Wing in the final two seasons - it got to be you miss an episode and you're lost for the next five weeks. Sorry, but I have a life, and I am not married to my TV set). I watched "Vanished" for the first three episodes, and then it started to bore me. And "Kidnapped" looks to be very similar. I don't mind substories that are a continuity thread, like glimpses of family life, but god! To belabor the main story through twenty or so episodes - please. My own life is complicated enough, thanks.
Alright, you've heard enough blather from me tonight. Tell me, what do *you* love about the autumn?
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