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Oct. 22nd, 2011 05:51 pmNice fall day...cool and crisp, and the downstairs neighbors finally cleaned up the moldy and now rotting pumpkin that was stinking up the curb. Thank you. One more day and I was going to do something about it. They tried to get the garbage people to pick it up as is, but the garbage people ignored it. No one wants poor moldy and now smashed and rotting pumpkin. But tis gone finally. Was making my allergies go crazy. So yay! No more moldy pumpkin.
Also managed to snag a 100 dollar shredder for 30 bucks at a stoop sale - four brownstones down from my apartment. Along with some new yarn from the knitting shop - tiny shop, but nice people. Yarn wickedly expensive though. I need a cheaper and more productive hobby - since all I've been able to make to date are scarves, hats and blankets. Mittens, gloves, socks and sweaters continue to elude me. Probably would help if I could read a pattern. Oh - according to the knitting shop? The penquins don't need sweaters any longer, apparently the climate is warm enough for them to live without sweaters. Shame, I think I could actually manage a penguin sweater.
Watched American Horror Story today, missed last week's episode and the show isn't nice enough to tell you what happened the previous weeks so you sort of have to guess. Or it did and the DVR didn't tape it. Very odd show, albeit not odd for Ryan Murphy or Ryan Murphy fans.
( American Horror Story - this week's episode )
I may end up watching the rest of this series...the curiousity factor alone, it always pulls me in when it comes to Ryan Murphy. I just want to see how far he goes. [ETA: Even if the over-the-top nature of Murphy often results in a complete emotional disconnect. It's really hard to care about or like Murphy's characters. And they tend to be a bit on the whiny side of the fence.] I agree with the network guy, it's still relatively tame in comparison to Nip/Tuck, actually everything is relatively tame when it comes to Nip/Tuck, even Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy. Also let's face it - tv is predictably safe at the moment. Not enough people take risks or do new things. So much of the stuff on is well interchangable. That's my problem with it. Oh well at least Charlie's Angel's got canceled. No such luck with The New Girl - that tv show predictably appears to have the same popularity level as Two and a Half Men. What can I say? Americans love crass sexual comedies. Must be something in the water? I drink bottled water because I have lead in my pipes so wouldn't know. So much popularity, the EW reported that Fox got in trouble for putting The New Girl on hiatus, people threw a hissy fit because they didn't get their 30 minutes of Zooey Deschanel acting like a nitwit, albeit a really pretty one. I knew it would do well. Sitcoms like that, which I personally find intensely painful to watch and beyond offensive, always appear to do really really well in the ratings. American's taste in comedy never fails to bewilder me. I will most likely die bewildered by it. ;-)
Also managed to snag a 100 dollar shredder for 30 bucks at a stoop sale - four brownstones down from my apartment. Along with some new yarn from the knitting shop - tiny shop, but nice people. Yarn wickedly expensive though. I need a cheaper and more productive hobby - since all I've been able to make to date are scarves, hats and blankets. Mittens, gloves, socks and sweaters continue to elude me. Probably would help if I could read a pattern. Oh - according to the knitting shop? The penquins don't need sweaters any longer, apparently the climate is warm enough for them to live without sweaters. Shame, I think I could actually manage a penguin sweater.
Watched American Horror Story today, missed last week's episode and the show isn't nice enough to tell you what happened the previous weeks so you sort of have to guess. Or it did and the DVR didn't tape it. Very odd show, albeit not odd for Ryan Murphy or Ryan Murphy fans.
( American Horror Story - this week's episode )
I may end up watching the rest of this series...the curiousity factor alone, it always pulls me in when it comes to Ryan Murphy. I just want to see how far he goes. [ETA: Even if the over-the-top nature of Murphy often results in a complete emotional disconnect. It's really hard to care about or like Murphy's characters. And they tend to be a bit on the whiny side of the fence.] I agree with the network guy, it's still relatively tame in comparison to Nip/Tuck, actually everything is relatively tame when it comes to Nip/Tuck, even Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy. Also let's face it - tv is predictably safe at the moment. Not enough people take risks or do new things. So much of the stuff on is well interchangable. That's my problem with it. Oh well at least Charlie's Angel's got canceled. No such luck with The New Girl - that tv show predictably appears to have the same popularity level as Two and a Half Men. What can I say? Americans love crass sexual comedies. Must be something in the water? I drink bottled water because I have lead in my pipes so wouldn't know. So much popularity, the EW reported that Fox got in trouble for putting The New Girl on hiatus, people threw a hissy fit because they didn't get their 30 minutes of Zooey Deschanel acting like a nitwit, albeit a really pretty one. I knew it would do well. Sitcoms like that, which I personally find intensely painful to watch and beyond offensive, always appear to do really really well in the ratings. American's taste in comedy never fails to bewilder me. I will most likely die bewildered by it. ;-)