Breaking Bad

Remember how in Snatch, Dennis Farina arrives back in the US after a trip filled with bloody mayhem, and the Customs agent asks him if he has anything to declare, and he’s all “Yeah. Don’t go to England”?  Well, let me tell you what, I have never been to the southwest US, but Breaking Bad is doing everying thing it can to declare “Don’t Go To Albuquerque.”

I mean, I am sure it is a lovely city, but man, the producers are doing a great job making it (as Jesse Pinkman would say) bleak, yo.  Hot, colorless, soul-sucking, and crime-ridden. Let me book my next flight!

That’s not a complaint.  The show gives me the total heebs, but in a good way.  Never before have a so felt like I am being personal witness to someone’s real-life stumble though a veritable factory outlet of Bad. Idea. Jeans. DUDE.

 

And I’ve always though Bryan Cranston was great, but this kid who plays Jesse?  BRILLIANT.  Doing a marvelous job with what could have been a cookie-cutter-hollywood stoner/loser role.  He’s got this character down pat, yo.

Management

Can I tell you guys how much I love Steve Zahn?  First off, my mom teaches in his kids’ school, and she says that he is invariably nice and generous. Secondly, we were married in the same church, with my friend playing organ at both ceremonies, which makes me feel like I have some sort of (completely imagined) connection with him. (See also: Ashley Judd. We are both Kentucky fans! I saw her in the bathroom at the Georgia Dome during the SEC tournament! )  Finally, anyone who had anything to do with Out of Sight is going to be in my good graces, well, forever.  That movie is one of those that I can watch just about once a week and still enjoy.  It is the reason why I still like Jennifer Lopez, despite everything that has come since.

So it is no suprise that I can’t wait to see Management.  I am happy that it’s getting good reviews.

Last Night’s Idol

I can’t believe it! An Adam and Kris finale!  The only thing that would have been better would have been an Alison-Adam.

As I have been telling Laurence since the beginning of the season: If Adam sings ”Fire Woman” (or even if Kris sings “No Myth”) then I won’t need anything for my birthday this year.

Carry on.

You guys? I was not going to get sucked into the whole Gossip Girl spinoff thing, but I think there is going to be no helping it.   I grew up in the eighties, and last night’s ep just made me want to put Valley Girl in the DVD player and crank up the Plimsouls.  Part of them fun will be the fashions, and I fully anticipate much yelling at the screen.  “Yeah, you got the blazer right, but her hair should be feathered!”

Brittany Snow was OK, (although I can’t imagine Lily van der Woodsen ever being that… precious) and although I haaaated Krysten Ritter on VM, I have been digging her on this season’s Breaking Bad.  I can’t decide about Andrew McCarthy -  is that casting  brilliant or a bit too on-the-nose? 

And Ryan Hansen? I love you. I laughed the moment you came on screen. Dick Casablancas was an ass, but oh what a great ass he was. Can’t wait to see what you can do here.

Monday Blahs

Well, what do you know, I start a new blog and then immediately lose all urge to write.

Today I just feel like crap. I feel like the world is spinning and passing me by and I am just stuck here staring off insto space with no motivation to do anything.  I keep telling myself that all this malaise is just a side effect of nearly twelve months of interrupted sleep, but sometimes I am not so sure.

There are so many things in my life that I want to change, but I can’t get my feet under myself.  Debt reduction, career plans, writing… everything just seems to be on infinite hold while I sit here and think, “hhhm… maybe I’ll waste another hour reading fashion blogs.”

GOD, I have got to get myself out of this funk.

On a slightly more productive note, I made a week-long Spring-cleaning plan. Tonight I reorganize and clean the master bathroom. 

And now I will go die, because I am become to boring to live.

What I did During American Idol

It is no secret that I am an unapologetic watcher of crap TV, so I shouldn’t be too embarrassed to point out that I have watched every moment of this season’s American Idol.  I’ve made a deal with myself, though- no watching it without having something else to do at the same time.  That way, I can just ignore the filler and commercials and just pay attention to the fun stuff.  

Normally, I either knit or fold laundry, but last night I made some jewelry.  I recently fell in love with the jewelry  this Etsy seller makes, and that led to my buying a bunch of stuff from Fire Mountain Gems and going to town.  That seller is basically making  J. Crew knock-offs, and I am making knock-offs of her stuff, so while I can hardly call my pieces original, I am very happy with the results.  So far I’ve made an amethyst cluster necklace and a coral-colored mountain jade mid-length piece.  Maybe I’ll post pics later.  I had to reinstall Windows on my home machine this weekend and I have yet to get the wireless back up and running, so unfortunately I am pictureless for a day or two. 

Speaking of American Idol, how boring were last night’s performances ? Seriously.  I am no fan of standards that have been played to death, and no matter what the judges said, nothing sounded fresh to me.  Although, I give the show props for A) giving Adam the opportunity to go full-out gay  theatrical while B) LOVING HIM FOR IT.  That’s progress, right?

Well hello there..

Hey All!

If you are reading this, your probably already know me. Anyone who is following this was probably directed here from my Livejournal. After journalling there for more than 5 years, I have decided to make a transition to a public blog. The main reason for this is that my work has recently blocked LJ, although the traffic over there has been decreasing over the last year and I was toying with making a move anyway.

So, I will miss the anonymity and comfort of LJ, but I am looking forward to creating something new here. Expect mainly random comments on what I am reading, watching, and wearing, interspersed with musings on my experiences as a new (and totally befuddled) mother.

Wow, a public personal blog. Kinda scary.

Welcome,

Kristin

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