to sum up this series… Fun! I didn’t expect a historical documentary (that I’ve been getting from BBC’s other show “The Pre-Raphaelites” and repeated visits to wikipedia) but rather a playful drama based on historical figures.

Unlike the Tudors (another drama series I’ve been watching), this one was never heavy-handed or over dramatized but instead gave what it promised, an entertaining romp.

whoa.

I had to look up what “rotoscope animation” was, interesting bit of knowledge, and that was before the movie even started.

I found this film rather more thought forcing than provoking and felt a brief nostalgia for my teenage years when I would have watched something like this absolutely stoned out of my fucking gourd.

I’m glad I own it because I’m certain it needs at least another couple of spins.

laying on the couch, icing the back, bored out of my frickin mind and yet STILL hated this movie.

this was showing on the bbc iplayer, and I lurvs me some Adrian Paul so I thought I’d give it a shot. Within 30 seconds I couldn’t stand it so watched the whole thing in fast forward and even then those are 4 minutes I wish I could get back.

hopefully this won’t cloud my fond memory of the series.

watched all three seasons/series back-to-back, and there were quite a few laugh out loud lines. My favorite has to be when Jen (following on information given to her by the IT guys) was insisting to the Board that if they typed google into google it would absolutely crash the internet. I’m still giggling over that one.

yikes, this is an awful movie. It was awful the first time I saw it, but I’m a huge Michael Madsen fan so when it showed up on the bbc iplayer I had to track to the scene at the vets office. Mr M himself with a wee kitten – I’m overdosing on the cuteness.

yeah, I watched both seasons even though I felt the 1st season wasn’t worth watching. I’d already bought them, and I was bored. Insomnia does funny things.

the following summarizes EVERY SINGLE EPISODE of 1 & 2:

“We gotta roll.
I’d hit that.
Are you hittin’ that?
Forget it, I’m not doing it.
You gotta do it.
We’re fucked.
I want it.
Make it happen.
We’re gold baby.”

Y A W N

I watched this BBC documentary on something so very dear to my heart. As someone who started reading at age 3, I was mortified at the idea that there was a time not too long ago where reading wasn’t the norm. What a nightmare!

Also very interesting to find out that it was Scotsman Ramsay who established the first (circulating) library. Woot.

There is a much better written, in-depth review found here.

from BBC description:
“English literature professor John Mullan explores the dramatic increase in reading which took place in 18th-century Britain, as it went from being the preserve of the rich to the national pastime it is today.

In 1695 a tiny amendment to the British constitution allowed for a flood of publications, without which Britain would be almost unrecognisable. This was the era that gave us the first ever magazines, newspapers and perhaps most vitally, the novel.

Mullan takes us from raucous, politically-charged coffee houses to the circulating library, the social space of the late 1700s. There is a glimpse inside an 18th century lady’s closet where she hid with her novel, and Mullan also celebrates the hero of the reading revolution, Dr Samuel Johnson. “

This was my main, from the same party—served with calvados caramelised apple, Crème fraîche and seasonal veg (carrots, snap beans, peas and broccoli – served in a separate bowl not seen in photo). Also very good.

This soup was my starter at the company christmas party. YUM. Served with cranberry jam and sundried tomato bread. Have I mentioned it was YUMMY? Perfect blend between the carrot and sweet potato and the ginger gave it a nice spicy kick.

I am so going to start making soup again.

Unless I can find this for sale in a store, that is.
:-D

jaysus, joseph and mary, watching this movie is like having a 2-hour emotional enema.

now all I want is to go to Ireland, get some new pretty shoes, and take a nap—pretty much in reverse order.