miscellany
Oct. 16th, 2010 10:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
llywela1. I watched me some Pros last night - haven't done that in far, far too long! It felt good to spend some time with the Lads again. I mustn't leave it so long next time.
2. It is becoming increasingly obvious that writing about TV isn't going to happen all that much this season - the thinky thoughts are all there still, but the time and energy aren't. Work is crazy busy at the moment, so that by the time I get home - bearing in mind that I don't actually have that many free evenings during the week anyway - all I want to do is fall over in a heap. I don't think that many people were reading my SN reviews anymore anyway, but for those that were, I'm sorry for the break in service! Maybe one day I'll catch up.
3. It's gone very cold this last week or two. Soon, I suppose, I am going to have to admit defeat and turn my central heating on!
4. We're having a joint 50th birthday party for my Dad's two youngest brothers today! That's his actual brother and the foster brother, btw - their birthdays are about 6 weeks apart, and this weekend falls roughly halfway between the two, so is the perfect time for a joint celebration. We're all going out for a meal together to celebrate - and by all, I mean probably close to 30 people, and that isn't even the whole family, just those able to get here this weekend! I'll have to take a headcount when I get there - I'm looking forward to my dinner at Walston Castle already!
Edit: I counted 31 of us at dinner, and that isn't even everyone who could have been there from the immediate extended family - 20 adults and 11 kids aged between 14 and 9 months! Yep, that was quite a gathering!
And 11 for Sunday lunch tomorrow...
2. It is becoming increasingly obvious that writing about TV isn't going to happen all that much this season - the thinky thoughts are all there still, but the time and energy aren't. Work is crazy busy at the moment, so that by the time I get home - bearing in mind that I don't actually have that many free evenings during the week anyway - all I want to do is fall over in a heap. I don't think that many people were reading my SN reviews anymore anyway, but for those that were, I'm sorry for the break in service! Maybe one day I'll catch up.
3. It's gone very cold this last week or two. Soon, I suppose, I am going to have to admit defeat and turn my central heating on!
4. We're having a joint 50th birthday party for my Dad's two youngest brothers today! That's his actual brother and the foster brother, btw - their birthdays are about 6 weeks apart, and this weekend falls roughly halfway between the two, so is the perfect time for a joint celebration. We're all going out for a meal together to celebrate - and by all, I mean probably close to 30 people, and that isn't even the whole family, just those able to get here this weekend! I'll have to take a headcount when I get there - I'm looking forward to my dinner at Walston Castle already!
Edit: I counted 31 of us at dinner, and that isn't even everyone who could have been there from the immediate extended family - 20 adults and 11 kids aged between 14 and 9 months! Yep, that was quite a gathering!
And 11 for Sunday lunch tomorrow...
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Date: 2010-10-16 09:26 am (UTC)I love the sound of your family, so big! :D (And it's a soap opera...;))
I'll miss your reviews, though I understand you're busy...did you basically agree with Chris though on 6x03?
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Date: 2010-10-16 09:55 am (UTC)Yep, my family is a soap opera, I know. And yes, I have a foster uncle as well as an adopted sister! We're a very flexible family, always open to new members. ;) Graham moved in with my grandparents in 1970, after his mother died and his father had a nervous breakdown and walked out - Graham was 10 at the time and the best friend of Dad's youngest brother, Chris, he'd been at their house all the time since his mother died anyway because the father wasn't coping, so they just kinda...kept him. He didn't move out of the house until he got married in 1994! Very much a part of the family, every bit as much as any of the other uncles and aunts. :)
It is generally safe to assume that Chris and I agree on most things in either of our reviews - we always talk every episode through at great length before either one of us starts to write, thrashing out all the details and what they could possibly mean. So, yeah, read either one of our reviews and they generally speak for the other, too!
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Date: 2010-10-16 10:38 am (UTC)Heh, ain't that the truth. I think I can count the number of episodes we disagreed upon on one hand. Sometimes we have a slightly different focus and we might interpret details differently at times, but the only real argument we ever had was on Fallen Idols. *hugs*
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Date: 2010-10-16 10:51 am (UTC)It is quite remarkable, though, how little we have ever disagreed about the show, over the years!
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Date: 2010-10-16 04:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-16 10:34 am (UTC)Well, we've talked about the whole time/work & reviews issue in length. While I am not quite willing to give it up, I have real troubles, too, time and energy wise. Stupid work.
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Date: 2010-10-16 10:53 am (UTC)I don't really want to give up review writing, but the last couple of weeks it just hasn't been possible, and I'd rather take a step back and stop putting pressure on myself than fret about trying to fit everything in. You shouldn't put too much pressure on yourself, either, when you get really hectic weeks. :)
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Date: 2010-10-16 11:01 am (UTC)Oh and I'm a fan of your SPN reviews. I've only dropped off because my interest in the the show itself and all the angel blah stalled mid-way through S4, although the Winchester brothers are still a great love of mine :)
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Date: 2010-10-16 04:43 pm (UTC)Last season was where my reviews started to tail off - I missed a hell of a lot of episodes because the angel blah was dragging the show down so. I really didn't like S5 - and yes, S4 was where the rot set in. I'm enjoying this season a lot more, though, so far! It's been a refreshing change of pace after the epic doom and gloom of the last two seasons!
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Date: 2010-10-16 11:08 pm (UTC)Bloody cold weather. Would love to know where all the heat is getting to - damn freezing here as well. What's this about global warming? *raises eyebrow*
Hope you enjoyed the dinner! Sounds like quite the family get together. And the dinner is at a castle? *jealous* Enjoy your Sunday lunch get together, too :D
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Date: 2010-10-18 11:53 am (UTC)