Hollywoodland

Well, I was destined NOT to see any of the programs I had planned to watch last night. I got to see the first hour of the skating, but I recorded the second half and switched over to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. But I’d hardly begun watching that before the signal began getting severely pixelated. It eventually went away altogether. I was not well-pleased. I should have just switched back to the skating then, but I waited until it finished recording. Bad mistake. Something wonky happened with the tape and I missed seeing Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir’s performances in the long program.

The State of the Union address is on tonight which I have no desire whatsoever to see, so I’ll either be catching up on recorded shows, or watching the season premiere of Cities of the Underworld and Ancient Discoveries on the History Channel.

Time to get back to reading the 1920s murder mystery tonight.

Reading: Still reading Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers. I love her books, but I have one complaint about them. They sometimes have long segments in French. Which would be fine if I could remember any of the French I took in high school, but I don’t and I doubt I had enough to translate what I come across anyway. I need to buy an English/French dictionary one of these days…

Last night on the figure skating we got a look at a few of the ice dancers. One team whose names escape me (I’m so out of touch on skaters these days) skated to the music from Singin’ in the Rain. They weren’t as good technically as some of the other teams but they just made me so happy.

Skating spoilers ahead!
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I don’t, as a usual rule, rant about political stuff here. But this is something that’s really bugging me right now. The proposed economic stimulus package. It’s a great idea, in theory. Except for the fact people on disability (like me) and Social Security (like millions of seniors) get NOTHING under this plan. And that pisses me off so much I can hardly see straight. I’ve already written my representative and senators about this issue. Not to mention our local news. If you know someone on disability or Social Security, I urge you to do the same.

And now back to our regularly scheduled program…

Lions Gate & Marvel Studios have cut tentative deals with the Writers Guild. Our local news had me laughing like a loon last night because they acted like that means the strike is almost over. I hate to tell them having four or five out of hundreds of studios cut deals hardly means the strike will be over any time soon!

Tonight is the return of Torchwood! Yippee!!! And it’s got James Marsters (Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer), too! Also on tonight is the U. S. Figure Skating championships which I may watch. I used to love watching figure skating.

I read through about 40 pages last night on the mystery and made more notes. There’s a fair amount that needs fixing in this segment. Then again, there’s a fair amount that I think’s pretty good, too.

Reading: Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers. I’d started to read Unnatural Death last night, but then I realized I had my books out of order. I can’t do that! I have to read them in order. It’s a rule. In this one, Lord Peter’s brother, the Duke of Denver, is accused of murder!