Just Stuff

Really I wish the mood could be updated to “still” sick, because we’re going on three weeks now with a nasty cough that is keeping me up at night. Though I have to confess, it’s not only the cough, but the fact that the newest ms is keeping my head spinning so it’s impossible to sleep. I suppose that’s a good thing. :) 

My television watching schedule has completely ramped up: I watched an HBO documentary on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in NYC (it’s the hundred year anniversary), which killed 149. It was devastating and remarkable. And then changed gears completely to watch the first episode of The Borgias last night, which I liked–it felt like a setup episode to me, but I’m completely ready to fling myself into the series. I’ve missed The Tudors and all that conspiracy, bloodletting, wickedness and illicit sex (and, I’ll admit, my weekly fix of Jonathan Rhys Meyers). I’m also excited about watching Game of Thrones, though I’ve never read the books. But give me a good medieval-set fantasy any day. I’d be all over Starz’s Camelot (I’ve an Arthurian obsession from way back), but as I don’t have Starz, I’m going to have to wait for the DVD. And ... The Vampire Diaries is back from hiatus. My poor heart isn’t going to know what to do with all the melodrama. 

I can't stop thinking about David Nicholls’ novel “One Day,” about two friends (ala Harry Met Sally) whose lives are revisited on the same day every year (which sounds like "Same Time Next Year" but isn't). It was funny and poignant and I really, really liked it. Cassandra Clare’s “City of Fallen Angels” comes out today, so it's next on my list--I love this YA series--and then I'm sinking into the second book of Holly Black's newest YA series,  “Red Glove.”

And I finally got a chance to listen to Florence and the Machine, which I think it going to be my new favorite for a while. 

So ... I think April’s going to be a pretty good month.