Lately

Some things that I have been watching & reading lately:

Never Mind the Buzzcocks - British television series, popular music quiz. 1996-present.
I have gotten through the first 16 seasons on YouTube. I think that a few years ago, they re-ran them on american television VH1 channel.
Series 1-17 are the ones hosted by Mark Lamarr, who I think was excellent, but you can tell towards the end that his heart has gone out of the series, he still does an amazing job, I mean he is still hysterical, and gets a laugh, though you can tell, its in his demeanor-  it seems that the 'years' have taken their toll, he is a music encyclopedia, and a comic genious. He tore the guests apart with his sharp wit, and made quite a few people uncomfortable, but I dont think that he is a mean person.
 Simon Amstell was funny in his own right, but a little annoying - it became more about the comedy parts, and less about the music...which is what attracted me to the series (the well-know to the obscure, and often hilarious, band/artist trivia)

another web sieries, I got hooked on is:
The Guild
 http://www.watchtheguild.com/
if you like RPG's and online gaming, then this is the series for you.
Abby showed me Making Fiends by Amy Winfrey  I laughed soooooo hard, it is about a little green girl named Vendetta who make monsters, and terrifies the whole town of Clamburg - and then, along comes  a little blue girl named Charlotte who just wants to be friends with everyone ! including Vendetta, much to her dismay !
An independent web cartoon and now a tv show on Nickelodeon. This fiendish animated series is by Amy Winfrey, the creator of Muffinfilms.com, Big Bunny and Squid and Frog. www.makingfiends.com


Flame & Citron^[1] (Danish: Flammen & Citronen) is a Danish drama/action movie from 2008.  It is a fictionalized film, based on fact, about two Danish Resistance fighters in 1943 and '44.
I liked this film, it was kinda sad, but really well acted and beautifully shot.

I have read all of the Steig Larsson Millennuim Trilogy, and I wanted to watch the films, in the original swedish (which means I also read all the films too !!!) so I got them out of my public library. I think that the last one is the 'slowest' but it was very well done (not as full of action and violence as th eprevious two films, but it gets the point across)

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (2009) - IMDb  www.imdb.com/title/tt1343097

there are rumors that an american version of the Girl With films are to be made, and Daniel Craig will be playing Blomqvist, and Rooney Mara, Lisbeth Salander - I am not sure if I will like it, but I will go see it ~

The Mermaid Chair - Kim Basinger (based on the book of the same title by Sue Monk Kidd)

it was almost like watching a book, if that makes any sense, it was like I was reading it and seeing it at the same time.

Taken - with Liam Neeson
I love the plot of this film, the message, the limitless love of a father for his child.
It brings to mind another great love, the Love that God has for us, and the determination with which He chases us, the Grace that he extends to us. It makes me smile, and I feel so safe, secure and Loved - knowing that like the father in this film, My Heavenly Father - will come find me, and do anything to bring me back to Him.

Zen Shorts, Zen Ties, and Zen Ghosts (by Jon J. Muth) childrens books. about a group of children who meet Stillwater, a panda, who is a Zen master. really cute, and the watercolor illustrations are beautiful.

Shadowspell  by Jenna Black- sequel to Glimmerglass
it wasnt the best fairy fiction I have ever read, but it was well written, and a easy read.
I look forward to the third book coming out in July 2011

Fodor's England 2011 - with The Best of Wales
I am thinking of taking a trip to England, and I wanted to gather some information, useful, or otherwise, about where to stay, and the cost of things, and it is quite a nice travel book (Fodor's series in general are excellent guides)

Object of Beauty by Steve Martin
A book on art history, and a woman who sleeps her way through the perils of the art world, and auction houses. it was a little slow in oarts, and extremely perdictable, slightly annoying as I had no clue what year they were actually in (he kept going back and forth, and it took me a while to figure it out, so I just ended up reading words on a page, that really dont amount to anything, but become something with which to kill time.

The Punisher - Thomas Jane & John Travolta (comic based, excellent adaptation - little less violent than the comic though)

Empire Records - I would love to work in a record store with that bunch of rejects !!! (like Warren - though, dont think that I would go about stealing, or trying to shoot anyone ! lol)

Kisses - an Irish film. very well done.
(quite a bit of swearing though)

A Red Herring Without Mustard - A Flavia De Luce Mystery by Brandley C. Alan
the third in an award winning series, about an 11-year old supersleuth.
I enjoyed them all, read The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
                                                                &
                                          The Weed that Strings the Hangmans Bag.
which are the first two in the series :)

Human Target - Season One.
Based on the DC Comics character created by Len Wein and Carmine Infantino.
(I have read the graphic novels as well.)
Action, Action, Action. !!!

I am watching Freaks and Geeks - which is really boring, and not at all funny, but James Franco is adorable, and I think that John Francis Daley is funny as a little kid :) so that makes it almost worth the hours [wasted] watching it.