Five things I like right now

1. Jekyll

This is a new TV show written by the best Dr. Who writer, Steven Moffat.  It stars James Nesbitt in the title role, and he will absolutely blow your socks off with his acting.  I can't get enough of him as Mr. Hyde.  The writing is top-notch and I can't wait to see where the show is headed.  The only downside is that it is BBC, so it will probably only be 6 or 7 episodes.

2. John From Cincinnati

Created by Deadwood creator David Milch, this HBO series is like the bastard child of Deadwood and Carnivale, and maybe a little Protestant minister thrown in.  There are supernatural events, and there's cursing.  What more do you need?  The child actor is apparently a surfing star, and not really an actor and it shows, but the rest of the acting is great.  Ed O'Neill is my favorite at the moment.  The ratings are not good, probably partially due to the fact that it premiered after the much-reviled Sopranos finale. 

3. Young adult novels

As you may have noticed from recent posts, I have been reading young adult novels, to sort out the lay of the land, because I would like my next major writing project to be one of my own.   I don't know what it says about me that I am really enjoying what I have read so far, and that I find them more satisfying than the adult novels I have been tackling lately.  I haven't quite put my finger on the reason I like them so much yet, but I think it might be the fact that voice is so important in YA fiction. 

4. White wine

I started taking wine seriously because of Sideways. I admit it.  That movie alone is responsible for a major uptic in the wine industry, certainly.  Most alcohol sours my stomach badly, but white wine, I find, does not.  There are a few California wines we've liked, but we're particularly big fans of a Portuguese white called vino verde. 

5.  British comedy

Simon Pegg, Jessica Haynes, Stephen Fry, Bill Bailey, Phill Jupitus, Alan Davies, Sean Lock; these are some of the comedians I have become familiar with in the last year, through their word in film and particularly on UK TV.   Lately, American comedy hasn't been working for me.  I DVRed a bunch of stand-up from Comedy Central this weekend, and as a general rule, I thought everyone was so over the top with silly voices and outrageous mannerisms that I couldn't get to the humor of their actual jokes.  They all acted as if they were mugging, which I just don't find very amusing.  


In an ideal world, there would be less TV on the above list, but I work a day job in this world, so it's not the ideal one!

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