Stop everything. Have you seen North & South? If you haven't, you should. Tonight. Or maybe right this very minute. This BBC mini-series-turned-DVD has long been on my list of things to maybe, possibly watch sometime, when I ran out of other options. Once last year I even brought it home from the library with the best of intentions. Unfortunately every time I picked it up and saw the label Two Disc Set!, I balked at the thought of spending four solid hours watching it (and no, I have never been able to get through the thirty-hour-long Pride and Prejudice from 1995; please don't shun me, period drama fanatics.) Thus, North & South ultimately went back to the library, unwatched and unappreciated.This week when I picked up the same North & South at the same library, my thought process went more like this - four hours of corsets and cravats? How lovely! Because time is exactly what I have these days. And corsets and cravats and Victorian romance could be exactly what I am lacking.
I watched. I enjoyed. I savored. And you might like it too, especially that last scene at the train station, which is basically perfect.
Other mass media that may possibly keep me from losing my mind:
-podcasts of This American Life; All Songs Considered; and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
-So You Think You Can Dance, my current guilty pleasure
-sampling new CDs, for instance Amos Lee's latest
-the book She Got Up Off the Couch, because it just makes me laugh
What is keeping you entertained this summer? What are you watching/listening to/reading and loving?
6 comments:
The last day and a half I have found myself completely unable to put down "The Glass Castle." I know it's one of those trendy books that pretty much everyone and their hamster just had to read a while back, but I am just now starting it. It makes you laugh when you know you should be crying. Perfect.
Oh, and I just bought the Zippy books, so thanks for that recommendation.
We've been watching episodes of Arrested Development, which is one of the funniest shows I've ever see.. highly recommended. Also, if you want to borrow said marathon Pride and Prejudice, just let me know. Luke doesn't let me watch it very often.
Oh my heck! I LOVE NORTH AND SOUTH!!! It is seriously my favorite! I think if I could woo any man, it would be dear Mr. Thornton. I am glad you have come to the knowledge of such great films. :)
Wow, sounds like i need to visit my local library or movie gallery. I admit that i watch almost anything reality.... Lame, i know, and i try to convince myself that I don't love it.... But, in the end i have to be honest, right? The Hills is starting up soon and that is for sure my guilty pleasure.
Maybe I should give North and South a try as well. These might not interest you, but my hobbies that I do any spare chance I get include digi-scrapping and triathlons.
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