Four things before bed..watching and reading and writing..oh my.

1. Finished watching the newest episode of Grey's Anatomy - which was just wonderful, had a very good cry. Like all tv...it's a mixed bag, but this episode was simply lovely. That show is one of the few that can make me cry. I know, I know, many people see it as sentimental clap-trap. But it's one of my comfort shows. And it's very uplifting in a way, gives me hope. Plus no violence - well very little most of the time. Plus the only show on tv with an multi-racial female and male cast of all shapes, sizes, and ages. And a minority female head-writer. Watching Grey's is a wonderful thing. And I need my "happy shows". This one also provides ways to deal with grief and death...and like all serials it reasserts my faith in god/goddess - a being outside myself and the meaning within the seeming randomness of life's interconnecting pattern of events.

2. Oh great quote from Parenthood:

Drew (Teenage boy who inadvertently saw his mom having sex with his highschool teacher): Mom's just don't have sex.
Sarah (his mom - she's been divorced from his dad for years and he knows she's dating the teacher): And yet here you are.

3. There's this list on some macho hipster blog (clearly written by a guy, although you never know) - which states "Away with thee Harry Potter" and lists all of these books, that he/she/it thinks we should all read:

http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/the-50-coolest-books-ever

The thing of it is? I've read about half of them. And overrated is an understatement.( where I grouse about the list...and some people's taste in literature )

4. Speaking of literature...reading the oddest gothic romance novel. Yes, another Loretta Chase, but I have no idea what to make of it. It's called Captives of the Night - takes place once again in 1828. ( Read more... )

Off to bed to read and hopefully sleep.