"There has been an unexpected development."

I thought yesterday was pancake day: apparently it's not til next week, but I had pancakes anyway. As mistakes go that's a pretty good one. While I was cooking (and eating) I listened to The Destroyer of Delights, which was very enjoyable: incredibly funny (I do love Five best when he's all beleaguered, annoyed and sarcastic) and well written. So far, thumbs up on the Key to Time trilogy, let's hope the last story doesn't let it down. The trailer made it sound fantastic, so that's a good start.

I watched Dollhouse at the weekend and was distinctly underwhelmed. It just seemed a bit empty: the dialogue wasn't as snappy as I was hoping (if I'd gone into it cold I'd never have guessed it was a Joss Whedon show) and the plot didn't really engage me at all. Also although I like Eliza Dushku and thought she was great as Faith I don't think she's got the versatility to play Echo - one of the things that's impressing me about Alias is Jennifer Garner's ability to take on other personas, and Eliza Dushku doesn't seem to have that, based on the pilot episode. I feel like I should give it another episode or two before I judge it, but I'm not sure I can be bothered. Bah.

Caught up with Being Human, too, which I really like but with the fairly major caveat that I can't stand George, to the point that I can't watch his scenes some of the time. Mostly it's that he hits my embarrassment squick so much: he reminds me of Mark Heap's roles in Green Wing (where I fast-forwarded through his scenes) and Lark Rise to Candleford (where I can cope as long as he's not carrying the episode). It's just a character type that I find hard to watch. Aside from that, it's great - I like Annie, love Mitchell, squee over the Bristoly bits and giggle at the jokes.

I bought a copy of Worrals Flies Again on eBay the other day - I'm only about 50 pages in but so far I love it, Worrals is so capable and confident and generally great. (The title of this entry is how she describes finding out that ( I suppose this is technically a spoiler )

I think I shall have to try and get some more of these. (No, Amazon! I did not mean "Worrall"! Take your cookery away!) I really wish they had been reprinted more, partly so they'd be easier to find now but also so ten year old me could have read them. *shakes fist at silly publisher types*

"There has been an unexpected development."

I thought yesterday was pancake day: apparently it's not til next week, but I had pancakes anyway. As mistakes go that's a pretty good one. While I was cooking (and eating) I listened to The Destroyer of Delights, which was very enjoyable: incredibly funny (I do love Five best when he's all beleaguered, annoyed and sarcastic) and well written. So far, thumbs up on the Key to Time trilogy, let's hope the last story doesn't let it down. The trailer made it sound fantastic, so that's a good start.

I watched Dollhouse at the weekend and was distinctly underwhelmed. It just seemed a bit empty: the dialogue wasn't as snappy as I was hoping (if I'd gone into it cold I'd never have guessed it was a Joss Whedon show) and the plot didn't really engage me at all. Also although I like Eliza Dushku and thought she was great as Faith I don't think she's got the versatility to play Echo - one of the things that's impressing me about Alias is Jennifer Garner's ability to take on other personas, and Eliza Dushku doesn't seem to have that, based on the pilot episode. I feel like I should give it another episode or two before I judge it, but I'm not sure I can be bothered. Bah.

Caught up with Being Human, too, which I really like but with the fairly major caveat that I can't stand George, to the point that I can't watch his scenes some of the time. Mostly it's that he hits my embarrassment squick so much: he reminds me of Mark Heap's roles in Green Wing (where I fast-forwarded through his scenes) and Lark Rise to Candleford (where I can cope as long as he's not carrying the episode). It's just a character type that I find hard to watch. Aside from that, it's great - I like Annie, love Mitchell, squee over the Bristoly bits and giggle at the jokes.

I bought a copy of Worrals Flies Again on eBay the other day - I'm only about 50 pages in but so far I love it, Worrals is so capable and confident and generally great. (The title of this entry is how she describes finding out that ( I suppose this is technically a spoiler )

I think I shall have to try and get some more of these. (No, Amazon! I did not mean "Worrall"! Take your cookery away!) I really wish they had been reprinted more, partly so they'd be easier to find now but also so ten year old me could have read them. *shakes fist at silly publisher types*