![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blew it down
Mar. 1st, 2010 11:06 amFinished season 2 of Angel the other day. It's kind of weird re-watching shows that I actually watched when they aired. It doesn't feel the same. This is why I never watch shows while they air anymore. I don't care about spoilers or whatever, I just want a nice block of time in which to watch 10 hours of show. I used to watch shows every week, but I'd always read the spoilers as soon as I could and even the scripts that got posted. Dang.
I read Little Brother on Reg's recommendation. It wasn't bad, a bit heavy on the Telling but as Reg said, it was a 1st-person 17-yo boy narrator. I was kind of annoyed at the ending, epilogue rather, just a bit too cynical for my tastes. Parable ok, realistic no. I guess I just still have SOME faith in people's capacity to be outraged.
On Saturday, I decided we needed crepes, so we went to Anita's, on the way to Fremont. It's a very charming and lovely and delicious and not super pricey place. My ham-n-cheese crepe was like heaven, and they added potatoes and other grilled veggies on top just for the hell of it. Reg got a basic breakfast - 2 eggs, 2 bacons, and a raspberry crepe. And French press coffee for the table. Well, that's not free-refill coffee, I guess, but I honestly can't drink more than 2 cups anyway, so whatever. The only better breakfast place is the Rusty Pelican, but it loses on ambience. Also, the crepes aren't as good there.
Yesterday I had the urge to watch Ghost World, then American Beauty. I own the former but we had to go to Blockbuster for the latter. While there Reg picked up Angels and Demons. He's read both the Dan Brown books, I haven't, and he said this would be fun. And it was. I had to laugh at the faux-tension, "WE HAVE TO GET SOMEWHERE EVERY HOUR!" And if you think at all about the plot twist at the end, it doesn't really make any sense. Anyway, yeah, fun, but stupid.
I read Little Brother on Reg's recommendation. It wasn't bad, a bit heavy on the Telling but as Reg said, it was a 1st-person 17-yo boy narrator. I was kind of annoyed at the ending, epilogue rather, just a bit too cynical for my tastes. Parable ok, realistic no. I guess I just still have SOME faith in people's capacity to be outraged.
On Saturday, I decided we needed crepes, so we went to Anita's, on the way to Fremont. It's a very charming and lovely and delicious and not super pricey place. My ham-n-cheese crepe was like heaven, and they added potatoes and other grilled veggies on top just for the hell of it. Reg got a basic breakfast - 2 eggs, 2 bacons, and a raspberry crepe. And French press coffee for the table. Well, that's not free-refill coffee, I guess, but I honestly can't drink more than 2 cups anyway, so whatever. The only better breakfast place is the Rusty Pelican, but it loses on ambience. Also, the crepes aren't as good there.
Yesterday I had the urge to watch Ghost World, then American Beauty. I own the former but we had to go to Blockbuster for the latter. While there Reg picked up Angels and Demons. He's read both the Dan Brown books, I haven't, and he said this would be fun. And it was. I had to laugh at the faux-tension, "WE HAVE TO GET SOMEWHERE EVERY HOUR!" And if you think at all about the plot twist at the end, it doesn't really make any sense. Anyway, yeah, fun, but stupid.
