I was going to join my weekly writing group, then go see Thor with them afterward, but our plans fell apart. Maybe next week. I spent the day mostly watching television, or at least it seems so in retrospect. I watched the last two episodes of Fringe — which was a lot of fun, if in the end a little disappointing — the latest episode of Doctor Who — which had its moments but…well, next week’s Neil Gaiman-penned episode looks really good — and a couple episodes of Supernatural and Misfits. Oh, and the most recent episode of How I Met Your Mother. I think that’s it. On paper, it sounds horribly unproductive, but it was a pleasant enough day off, lots of good weather all around. I went for a walk, and listened to the Selected Shorts reading of Dan Chaon’s “The Bees” — a haunting story that knocked the wind out of me even though I’d read it before. And I more or less finished the Sunday crossword.
So, maybe not the single most incredible or exciting Sunday — I’d have liked to have done more writing, more reading — but nevertheless enjoyable.
And a happy Mother’s Day, to mine and yours and all mothers.
Sounds a hell of a lot better than my Sunday, which was spent dealing with annoying crap at work. 🙂
And I completely agree with you on the Doctor Who. Oh, well.
It’s hard not be a little enamored of space pirates, but I was left thinking, wasn’t this idea done a lot better and with less silliness at the end of “The Doctor Dances”? Oh well, some of them are maybe just for the kids.
I did smile at the space pirates, but, really, despite a few fun character moments, that was more boring than any story about pirates should be. There was a decent story idea in there that could have been a lot better with a bit of rewriting, but they didn’t really bring it off, IMO. And. y’know, kid appeal is great, but it doesn’t need to come at the expense of other aspects of storytelling, as the show has proved repeatedly.
Ah, well. I am excited for next week.
Happy mother’s day, Fred’s mom!