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I dislike pedicures and manicures, in part because my hands shake so it frustrates the manicurists. Prefer to do it myself. Plus because I wash my hands a lot, the polish comes off and nails are brittle, so rarely bother. Today I decided to do it - since the nails were looking run down and am off to see a movie with the gals. Tonight it will be Iron Man 3 - combining need to socialize with a movie. It costs, believe it or not, $19.50. (Does anyone else remember when movies were only $5, or dollar movies?) We pay too much for entertainment.

Speaking of Entertainment? Been watching Call the Midwife (the BBC/PBS series based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth). It takes place in the 1950s and 1960s...and describes what it was like to be a midwife back in those days for the National Health Service. Oh, I know, that they've changed things for dramatic effect and it is not exactly the way it was back then. Let's face it reality is not only odder than fiction, it's also more dull.
No tv series, including the so-called reality serials and documentaries, are real - they are always tinkered with for well, dramatic effect. Overall, the series is quite good and rather enjoyable. Like most British series, they've cast people who do not look like they jumped off the cover of vogue, and look like they would have been midwives in the 1950s. The Brits are better at realistic casting than the Americans. Also, the acting is more often than not better. It's not for everyone - sort of like Bletchy Girls (sans the serial killer and the violence) and less like Downton Abbey (no soap opera).

Also reading the newest Entertainment Weekly which has gone overboard in it's pimping promotion of whatever Entertainment products that it feels the need to market to us this week.

The marketing blitz for Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing is beginning to irritate me and turn me off of the film. ( cut for the Whedon fans on my flist )

SHEILD on the other hand - I might watch. If only for the dry humor and wit. The only thing I like about Whedon is his ability to write great dialogue. Or very witty and dry dialogue. Apparently this is really hard to do well?

Iron Man 3 Review and Merlin

Back from IRON MAN 3 - and once again I'm reminded of why I usually just see movies on HBO or via netflix. They are expensive. Crowded. People talk and text message during them. Although granted this one was loud enough that it truly did not matter. And the text messaging was kept to a minimum. Plus 3D? Not my thing. Head-ache inducing.

Other than that? I enjoyed myself.

( review and cut for mild spoilers )

Overall rating? B-

MD has offered to loan me Mists of Avalon, since I can't manage to find it underneath my bed. It's probably there, but there are some boxes that just require severe physical injury to access.

Watched Merlin - the first of the series/season finale two-parter. So far it is keeping pretty close to the original myth, which is not exactly encouraging. I keep hoping it will veer sharply to the left of it. I'm also afraid that it won't provide me with the reveal that I've been dying for throughout the series. These types of series bug me. The character throughout the series is either hiding a huge secret from everyone, or has a big goal - but he/she doesn't achieve it until the very end of the series, if that. Often not at all. This annoys me. My patience for that sort of thing is no longer existent, and clearly I'm not alone in this - since most tv series don't do this any longer.

Although...I have hope. They've already veered slightly away from the myth. ( eh spoilers, although I'm not really sure why I'm bothering since everyone who wants to, has already seen this but me )