Watching / Listening / Reading
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009Speaking of entertainment… not that we were, but let’s do…*
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I cannot get enough “Friday Night Lights.”
I have never so badly wanted to be a) a Texan, b) a football fan, or c) named Tami Taylor… sadly, none of which I will ever be.
This show is so good.
I was going to write more about it, but that’s honestly all I can say. This show is so good. I am still on season 1 – but I watch it before I go to bed, I watch it when I am getting ready for work, and am already planning the upcoming weekend around watching at least 12 episodes.
Welcome to my glamorous life.
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One of my favorite singer/songwriters, Gretchen Peters, just released a greatest hits CD. Not available on iTunes, I ordered it off her website – and I am so glad that I did. A double disc set, the packaging is unlike anything I’ve ever seen, and last weekend, I sat in a comfy chair for over an hour, listening track by track, and reading through the liner notes.
I mean, when was the last time you did that?? It is joy-inducing, I swear to you.
I’m also listening to Mindy Smith’s “Stupid Love” on repeat. No one has ever made heartbreak sound so good.
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Books sitting in a stack beside my bed but haven’t been reading because I’m too busy watching “Friday Night Lights”:
“The Time Traveler’s Wife” – Audrey Niffenegger
“Acedia and Me” – Kathleen Norris
“Eclipse” – Stephenie Meyer
“On Beauty” – Zadie Smith
The only book that I’m actually devoting any time to is “Oxymoronica” by Mardy Grothe. Okay, fine – so this is just basically a long list of oxymorons and paradoxes. One liners. It is fantastic. I read it every night and laugh. I have another book by Mardy Grothe called “I Never Metaphor I Didn’t Like.” Come on – THAT IS AWESOME.
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*my favorite phrase for changing the subject. It works every time.
