Desperate Housewives/Ishiguro Rave
Finally watched this show last night with Aga, the first four episodes.
Ironically enough, there was an interview with the cast on the E channel right after I put the twins to bed so I was watching it while Aga blow dried her hair. One of the actresses said "Our show is a cross between Twin Peaks, Stepford Wives and Six Feet Under".
Wow. SO there I sit thinking, "oh my God, two of my all time favorite shows- Twin Peaks and Six Feet Under, this is going to blow my mind watching Desperate Housewives".
While it is too early for me to catapult Desperate Housewvies into the hallowed stratosphere of Twin Peaks and Six Feet Under, I will confess it was well done and I enjoyed it, in fact it was one of those wonderfully blissful passive things that sucked me in and made me forget about anything else, a grand diversion of time in other words. I decided I love Terri Hatcher's character the best and no that is not because she got caught naked outside her house after fighting with her ex-husband. Another funny part is when the redhead is ranting and raving and she tells her husband "As the head of the household you should say something". Basically she wants his support in punishing/criticizing their son who is bitching about the dinner the Mom made. And the husband loooks up from his plate and says "PASS THE SALT". I thought that was wildly hysterical, Aga kinda did too I think.
So the more I type about the show the more I realize I really enjoyed it. The other shows, Twins Peaks and Six Feet Under have such a precious palce in my heart though.
Unfortunatley, Aga is going out with a friend tonight for dinner in Chicago and so I will not be able to watch the next 4 episodes with her. To be honest I have no idea what I will do after entertaining N & J and then putting them to bed. I might try and follow the end of the Red Sox game on my iBook or maybe start loading Aga's cds onto her iPod nano, not sure.
I am getting so sick of drinking water, and I have only eaten bread once since Sunday, a bit of pita bread yesterday. I bought tons of yogurt and south beach diet breakfast bars and jello yesterday at the grocery store so that I can be sure to have breakfasts. I had one jello, one breakfast bar (peanut butter flavor) and one lemon flavored yogurt today along with, yes you guessed it...water. I expect/hope to drop some weight before my sister's wedding, which is October 16th.
One thing I have to remember to do is find my Ishiguro "Remains of the Day" novel and be sure to finish it- I have read about a third of it and then life crept in and I put is aside. After reading "Never Let Me Go" I am again super enthused about Ishiguro, and all the literary criticisms I have read have decreed "Remains of the Day" his best to date. Though I again stress to all that they read "Never Let Me Go" it is certainly slow going at parts but the ultimate pay off is well transcendent when you finish the book and then spend some moments thinking about it.
Ironically enough, there was an interview with the cast on the E channel right after I put the twins to bed so I was watching it while Aga blow dried her hair. One of the actresses said "Our show is a cross between Twin Peaks, Stepford Wives and Six Feet Under".
Wow. SO there I sit thinking, "oh my God, two of my all time favorite shows- Twin Peaks and Six Feet Under, this is going to blow my mind watching Desperate Housewives".
While it is too early for me to catapult Desperate Housewvies into the hallowed stratosphere of Twin Peaks and Six Feet Under, I will confess it was well done and I enjoyed it, in fact it was one of those wonderfully blissful passive things that sucked me in and made me forget about anything else, a grand diversion of time in other words. I decided I love Terri Hatcher's character the best and no that is not because she got caught naked outside her house after fighting with her ex-husband. Another funny part is when the redhead is ranting and raving and she tells her husband "As the head of the household you should say something". Basically she wants his support in punishing/criticizing their son who is bitching about the dinner the Mom made. And the husband loooks up from his plate and says "PASS THE SALT". I thought that was wildly hysterical, Aga kinda did too I think.
So the more I type about the show the more I realize I really enjoyed it. The other shows, Twins Peaks and Six Feet Under have such a precious palce in my heart though.
Unfortunatley, Aga is going out with a friend tonight for dinner in Chicago and so I will not be able to watch the next 4 episodes with her. To be honest I have no idea what I will do after entertaining N & J and then putting them to bed. I might try and follow the end of the Red Sox game on my iBook or maybe start loading Aga's cds onto her iPod nano, not sure.
I am getting so sick of drinking water, and I have only eaten bread once since Sunday, a bit of pita bread yesterday. I bought tons of yogurt and south beach diet breakfast bars and jello yesterday at the grocery store so that I can be sure to have breakfasts. I had one jello, one breakfast bar (peanut butter flavor) and one lemon flavored yogurt today along with, yes you guessed it...water. I expect/hope to drop some weight before my sister's wedding, which is October 16th.
One thing I have to remember to do is find my Ishiguro "Remains of the Day" novel and be sure to finish it- I have read about a third of it and then life crept in and I put is aside. After reading "Never Let Me Go" I am again super enthused about Ishiguro, and all the literary criticisms I have read have decreed "Remains of the Day" his best to date. Though I again stress to all that they read "Never Let Me Go" it is certainly slow going at parts but the ultimate pay off is well transcendent when you finish the book and then spend some moments thinking about it.
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