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Eh, on lunch break again. Should take a walk around the park. It's actually sunny and in the 40s today, but gross with all the snow and puddles - which I don't really want to deal with. Yes, we still have snow on the ground and yes it is weird for NYC, moving on.

Work continues to frustrate. Nothing new there. Was going to sleep at my desk this morning - I could tell because I noticed the number of typos I made in the letter that I was writing/typing - also the fact that it made no sense. (Computer is doing weird things, every five minutes it kicks me out of the screen I'm in and to another screen, I don't lose the screen, I just have to jump back - hard to explain.)

Hmmm...maybe I will take that walk.

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Hmmm...Chicago Code might actually be a good series - it's the latest by Shawn Murphy. But the
narrative style and writing are quite innovative. There's a sort of scattered narrative style, with a cheeky dialogue, that is reminiscent of Guy Ritchie films and rapid fire dialogue on Spike Lee's cop films and some others of recent years. May stick with this. Was expecting something dull like Blue Bloods - which bored me after two episodes and I gave up on. But this one is grabbing me a bit.

Also, has a female as the top cop, and main character. Rare that. I'm sorry folks but I'm getting burned out on the man-pain shows and the girly I can't find a guy shows, seen too many of them lately. Need to even out the works a bit.

Off to watch House, I think.

Work is making me crazy, as if you could not already tell. Also cranky. VERY cranky. Sorry about that.
When I get cranky - I get snarky.

Saw Glee - which I managed to convert Momster to, she's watching it now along with Aunt K, so no longer need to discuss it online, when I can on the phone. (This is also the case with The Good Wife, Brothers and Sisters, Grey's Anatomy, and Merlin.)


I'm guessing to fully appreciate Glee - you'd have to a)gone to a midwestern high school, b)enjoy satire, c)love musical numbers, d)have an absurd sense of humor. (I can't imagine folks overseas like it all that much or anyone who doesn't like satire. Satire can be wickedly cruel at times.)

Glee is pure satire (lighter than most, but still satire). And it hones in on Ryan Murphy's favorite theme - image and how obsessed we are with it in this culture, particularly American culture, - often to our detriment. This is especially true in high school. Particularly American high school - where everyone is labeled, and what you wear, look like, and do is held against you. But Murphy takes it up a level - he critiques how we perceive gender, and how adults handle image, sexuality and the kids issues - Will Shuster's own high school issues, along with Biest's and Sue Sylvestre's are equally examined. In short everything is satirized, nothing is sacred to Murphy and Falchuck. Even the songs are satirized, although they are also paid homage to. Sometimes the satire is laid on a bit thick, like last night's episode - they went a bit overboard on the Football (probably because it was directly after the Superbowl). They even made fun of the commercials. I don't think there was a moment in last night's episode that wasn't satire. But I did miss the last ten minutes due to the fact that the Superbowl ran late and cut into the DVR programming.