Starbuck Hat

Here's a nifty knitting pattern, for those who are into Battlestar Galactica. It's not my favorite show at all, but I'm still tempted to knit this for the hell of it. Cause it's pretty. And I do like Starbuck...

Jericho--Why I Haven't Watched the Finale

I have some things on my DVR I need to watch, most notably the season (series--*sniff*) finale of Jericho. I almost don't want to watch it, because I know it's the last episode, unless another network picks it up, which is probably a longshot. And part of me just doesn't want to see how it ends.

I think this truncated, hold-n0-punches season has been solidly written, but it some ways I haven't enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed some of the tighter episodes of Season One. My complaints about S1 centered around too much soap opera-like content, not enough apocalyptic aftermath--my complaints about S2 center around too much political intrigue, not enough apocalyptic aftermath. Although I have to say the political intrigue is much more interesting than the soap opera stuff. I do like that so far they've given a good background for the cause of the bomb blasts. I'm a bit disappointed it seems to track back to a single crazy person instead of a full-fledged government conspiracy. I'm all for those full-fledged government conspiracies...

So I'm guessing the finale will be action-packed and have some good plot and probably a bit of an open-ended finish, but I'm still hesitant to watch. And I think a lot of this is that I'm afraid they'll kill off more characters. And they already almost lost me with...

WARNING BIG FAT SPOILER


...the death of Bonnie.

It wasn't just that they killed Bonnie. It was that they killed a woman on the verge of finding herself, of moving out into independence after spending her whole life largely dependent on a man. Maybe I'm overreacting to that, but death or maiming or Horrible Torture of some sort seems to be the fate of an independent woman far too often in literature of all stamps, from that stuff by dead white guys they make you read in college to prime time network TV.

Plus, I liked her.

So there you go. At some point, I'll get up the nerve to watch the episode--probably today, in fact, and then I'll probably comment on it. In the meantime, I'm finding myself a wee bit bitter.

It's Pretty Odd. No, Seriously...

I'm lounging here tonight listening to Pretty. Odd., the new album from punctuation innovators Panic at the Disco (sans exclamation point). And I have to say I'm impressed. Their last effort spawned a couple of catchy tunes, my favorite being "I Write Sins Not Tragedies," but failed to keep my attention. This one is an entirely different story. Lots of textures, catchy tunes that don't all sound the same (my biggest complaint about A Fever You Can't Sweat Out), and the Beatlesque comparisons are not undeserved. I knew it was going to be different when I first heard "Nine in the Afternoon," and the rest of the CD does not disappoint. Keep it up, kids--if you're this good now imagine what you'll be able to do when you're all grown up! *pets tiny baby rock stars*

Video for "She's a Handsome Woman."



Okay, so it's muppets. Sue me. It's still fabulous.

Here's a REAL video for "Nine in the Afternoon." Also fabulous.

Happy Easter!

To all those who celebrate, I hope you had a good day. We had a bit of snow here, but nothing serious.

I did some knitting for Easter this year--stuffed Easter eggs and adorable little stuffed bluebirds for my kids.

Here are links to the patterns:

Stuffed Easter Eggs. The patterns they give here are really nice, but I didn't want to spend the time to do the colorwork, so I knitted them up in variegated baby yarn. It striped up nicely, and they turned out really cute.

Bluebird. I used some leftover yarn out of my stash to make these. Again, very cute, and easy to make. Each egg and each bluebird only took me a couple of hours to knit up.

Welcome Back!

After letting this blog lay fallow for a while, I've decided to revive it with a bit of a new slant. I'll be talking about a little bit of everything--TV, movies, knitting, cooking--you name it. I hope you'll join me.