I almost forgot I had a blog!
Sorry for the long delay, especially coming so soon after the last long delay. I suspect updates will be infrequent over the next little while. Life has become very busy.
I have sad news for fans of Alice, I Think, the TV show. The first season will also be the last. As I have written here many times, I loved the show and not just because of my obvious bias. I was fascinated by the things the talented cast brought to the stories and the new directions the writers took. I was crazy about the production design. I am thinking of chaining myself to the house they built for the MacLeod family. I can’t bear the idea that it will be torn down. Anyway, I’m too depressed about it to say much more than thanks so much to everyone who made such a great show. I am convinced several of the cast will be going on to superstardom.
Who knows, perhaps some wise soul at another network will decide to pick it up. I’ve had a sneek peek at some of the scripts that were prepared for a second season and they were incredibly funny.
The only comfort is that Alice is among some very fine fallen/non-renewed shows: Arrested Development, Dead Like Me, Freaks and Geeks, while other complete crap shows, which I will not name, go into their third,fourth and fifth seasons. I’ve heard nasty rumours that Battlestar Galactica, one of the best television shows ever made, is on the chopping block, as is Friday Night Lights. It’s practically a mark of quality to get cancelled!
Switching to a happier topic, I hope everyone in Canada is watching the second season of Robson Arms, which was created by the same people who made Alice. It’s set in the West End of Vancouver and is terrific.
In other news, my bangs are a bit blunter than they were. No one has noticed, but I’ve spent considerable time thinking about them. Also, I got some white boots with large green birds painted on them. They have a tongue located at the back. Amazingly, they look even stranger than they sound. They are deeply impractical. I love them.
Until next time.