Some of us tip right over the edge

We just finished watching the last episode of Wonderfalls.

I am sad.




Okay, I am ready to talk about it now

I really enjoyed the show. I wasn't really quite sure after the first few episodes, but Wonderfalls, like Jaye herself, really grew on me. I found myself laughing aloud at the television more than I have in ages. That made me happy. The writing was clever and the acting was terrific, especially Caroline Dhavernas as Jaye. She had the challenge of making a potentially unlikeable character, well, if not exactly loveable--believable, vulnerable and terribly funny.

I particularly liked the metaphor of coming to life that permeated the show, represented by the animals and experienced by Jaye. Watching Jaye being jolted out of her apathy and forced to act by her absurd muses was poignant, frustrating and inevitably amusing. I would have liked to see Jaye start to outthink her voices and how that would have played out.

Still, I wonder how long the concept would have been effective if the show had continued. Although the 13(?) episodes left me wanting to know "What happens next?", I find the ultimate story told quite satisfying. Whether or not Tim and company could have keep it going over a longer period of time is a question we cannot answer, but I trust that they would have found a way to keep me tuning in.

It's too bad the network didn't give it the chance it deserved to find its audience.

I don't believe I mentioned this

At least not here...

Grant and I are off to Switzerland in July. We are joining the city's concert band members to go to the Jungfrau Music Festival. It's kind of a business thing, so just my airfare and expenses are coming out of our own pockets. Nice work if you can get it!

Quite honestly, Switzerland has never been high on my "must-see" list of places, but since we decided to go, I am getting quite excited about it. We are staying in Interlaken, which is apparently the gateway to the Jungfrau. Anyway, we know the basic stuff we "must" do; the highest rail station in the world, the ice caverns and terrace overlooking the Alps, the yodeling...

Well, maybe not the yodeling. If anyone has any suggestions for things we should not miss in that area, or in the Munich area, since we are flying out of there and may spend a day there before, I would be most appreciative. Or as they say (with whatever accent the Swiss actually have) Danke schoen!

Cooking is an Art

I am vaguely bothered by the dinner I am preparing this evening. I have some lovely salmon which I plan on broiling as only the inimitable Julia Child can instruct, a charming melange of red and yellow peppers, zucchini and onions and finally, some steamed sweet potatoes.

I am disturbed by the duplication of colour of the salmon and sweet potatoes. Too much pink?

Damn, I wish I had some spinach...

Apparently I am It!

Behold, the Caesar’s Bath meme! List five things that people in your circle of friends or peer group are wild about, but you can’t really understand the fuss over. To use the words of Caesar (from History of the World Part I), "Nice. Nice. Not thrilling . . . but nice."

Tagged by Laura. And how can I resist anything that quotes Mel Brooks?

1. Exercise: Really, I try to get with the program, but the idea of getting up early to sweat makes me want to cry. Then I roll over and go back to sleep. And the idea of mustering up more energy after I get home from a day wrangling groups of 12-13 years old makes me somewhat snarly. Oh, I admire your Firm Asses immensely, but at the end of the day? Exercise...meh.

2. Lobster: Okay, it's not a New Fun Thing, but I just don't get all the whoop. It's nice, I guess, but nothing special. I had one when we visited P.E.I. because I felt like it was required, but every other meal out, I had mussels. Mmmmmm, mussels.

3. Desperate Housewives: It's occasionally cute and sometimes amusing, but is it worth giving up a regular hour of my life? I think not. If my husband didn't love it, I wouldn't bother watching at all.

4. Orlando Bloom: Granted, many of the "women" around me who swoon over him are 12 years old, but still, I like to think that even at 12 I would have had the good taste to prefer Johnny Depp or Sean Bean. Not only do I not find him sexy, his acting is immensely uninteresting to me.

5. Religion: It is fascinating to study, but that kind of faith in a higher being simply holds no power for me. I am particularly astonished by the dogmatic, dictatorial types who want to tell everyone else how they should live their lives. Okay, I don't actually have any friends who fall into this category, but it still effects my life regularly. And I don't get it.

I'm not tagging anyone, but go ahead and use this if you want!