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Another bitterly cold day - did venture out long enough to take in and pick up laundry, also drop off two sweaters to be mended. But mainly spent the day inside reading, straightening, mindlessly eating (sigh - what is it about winter and the desire to eat?), and watching tv.
TV shows?
1. Dallas - is oddly entertaining. More so than last summer. The writing's better, the direction crisper, and the actors more relaxed. Interesting. Either that, or I'm in a different frame of mind and am appreciating the mindless entertainment.
2. Dowton Abbey - as strange as this might sound? Dallas is better than Dowton right now - less cliche, less stereotypical, and less melodramatic. Plus the rich people aren't ineffectual and incompetent leeches on the middle and lower classes. Yes, it is very odd. Also moves faster. American TV is now moving at a faster clip than British TV. Maybe because we have more channels and more tv, so fickler viewers? Or rather just spoiled viewers?
Line of the week:
Matthew to Mary: Your father would have problems because it is business, which he considers mean, or middle class..unvirtuous...like me. But middle class does have its virtues.
Me: I'm trying to figure out what the virtues of the upper class are, so far not seeing any whatesoever.
Downton is as scathing a critique of the British ruling class snobbery and privelege...if there ever was one.
( spoilers or rather - oh Lord Grantham get over yourself for ten minutes. )
3. Merlin - the episode Diseri
Rather enjoying this season and the actor playing Merlin has become astonishingly good in this role. The Diseri - remind me of the three Fates, also referenced in MacBeth...Crone, the Maid, the Mother - spinning their web and seeing the future, past, and present. The three-headed Goddess in Celtic mythos is maid (lover), mother (bearer and nurturer), and crone (reaper/devourer). She also represents the seasons of the earth - winter-spring, summer-fall, fall-winter. Merlin is conflicted in this episode. He's not sure which way to go, and chooses wrong - choosing the path he's been taught to choose by Uther and Guise and his own fears, as opposed to the one he should. This story is as much about Merlin's journey as it is Arthur's.
( MErlin spoilers )
TV shows?
1. Dallas - is oddly entertaining. More so than last summer. The writing's better, the direction crisper, and the actors more relaxed. Interesting. Either that, or I'm in a different frame of mind and am appreciating the mindless entertainment.
2. Dowton Abbey - as strange as this might sound? Dallas is better than Dowton right now - less cliche, less stereotypical, and less melodramatic. Plus the rich people aren't ineffectual and incompetent leeches on the middle and lower classes. Yes, it is very odd. Also moves faster. American TV is now moving at a faster clip than British TV. Maybe because we have more channels and more tv, so fickler viewers? Or rather just spoiled viewers?
Line of the week:
Matthew to Mary: Your father would have problems because it is business, which he considers mean, or middle class..unvirtuous...like me. But middle class does have its virtues.
Me: I'm trying to figure out what the virtues of the upper class are, so far not seeing any whatesoever.
Downton is as scathing a critique of the British ruling class snobbery and privelege...if there ever was one.
( spoilers or rather - oh Lord Grantham get over yourself for ten minutes. )
3. Merlin - the episode Diseri
Rather enjoying this season and the actor playing Merlin has become astonishingly good in this role. The Diseri - remind me of the three Fates, also referenced in MacBeth...Crone, the Maid, the Mother - spinning their web and seeing the future, past, and present. The three-headed Goddess in Celtic mythos is maid (lover), mother (bearer and nurturer), and crone (reaper/devourer). She also represents the seasons of the earth - winter-spring, summer-fall, fall-winter. Merlin is conflicted in this episode. He's not sure which way to go, and chooses wrong - choosing the path he's been taught to choose by Uther and Guise and his own fears, as opposed to the one he should. This story is as much about Merlin's journey as it is Arthur's.
( MErlin spoilers )