A Month of Favorites: Day 10

I have a fondness for weird television shows. I'm pretty sure the catalyst for my love of the weird was Dark Shadows - I watched the entire series on vhs when I was in middle school. I'm slowly rewatching this on Netflix since they added it to their watch instant lineup before the Tim Burton movie came out.

The Prisoner is also a favorite of mine. The Simpson's version is pretty amazing, too.

Twin Peaks! I was super stoked to go to North Bend, WA and eat at the diner where Cooper gets his pie and coffee (it's a place called Tweety's) and it's really quite terrible.

Other shows that I really like with the same weird bent to them are X-Files, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Outer Limits (original 1963 series), and the Twilight Zone (original 1959 series).

Do you have any weird tv shows that you like to watch? Yes, Toddlers and Tiaras does count. I've only seen one episode and it scared the bejesus out of me.

Some Kinda Love

I've been immersing myself in the second season of Big Love and it's fantastic. The focus is less on the sexual aspect of polygamy and more on the family dynamic which I find more appealing, I suppose the first season was meant to get people hooked on the show. I can just imagine some frat boys jostling each other for the remote and picturing Bill Paxton getting it on with all three wives at once and being disappointed at the lack of boobage. Probably not a returning demographic of the show I'm guessing. I'm enjoying it thoroughly and while knitting and watching last night I was thinking how well done the music was. Um, yeah, it's David Byrne. Of course it's great, it's DAVID BYRNE! It's exciting to watch how the characters are being developed and given more depth, I see this the most with Nicki and her wacked out side of the family. (Follow this link to find out which sister-wife you are.) I could go on and on about how much I love Big Love but how about some knitting? I've been cruising right along on the second sleeve, up until now I've only done top-down raglans so I wasn't aware of how much time is involved in sleeves. Only a few more inches left and I'll be ready for joining to the body. The end is in sight!

Edited to add: By the way, I'm a Barb.