Ballyk and other stuff
Aug. 22nd, 2006 03:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icepixie*head pops up from three hours of TV*
I meant to spread out the three episodes on the Ballykissangel DVD that came today over the course of the day. Told myself I could stop after just one, go catch up on e-mail, etc. Spread the crack out just a bit.
Ha. Hahahaha. I suppose it was my own fault for clicking "Play All" instead of on individual episodes, but...OMG, you guys. This show is amazing. The first three episodes, most of its immense charm came from funny, quirky characters, but these three have not only that charm, but also really interesting, knotty conflicts, and, particularly in the last episode of the season, fantastic acting from the two leads that led to an emotional rollercoaster that was reminiscent of Farscape. FARSCAPE, PEOPLE. I don't make comparisons like that lightly. Said emotional rollercoaster perhaps did not have quite the towering highs (there were more chuckles than screaming laughter) or the depressing depths (there were also no tears), but it was definitely there, and oh my god, I think I'm in love.
The end of the third season is gonna hurt.
Um, I think I may have to watch all of these episodes again tonight. And screencap like whoa.
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BTW, the theme is incredibly earwormy. It's just so jaunty! Now you, too, can get it stuck in your head for all eternity!
That site also contains the Vicar of Dibley theme, which is a choral setting of Psalm 23, and which is also stuck in my head. It's an interesting contrast.
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That one actually sounds vaguely legitimate.
Book quiz thing from someone, I forget whom:
1. One book that changed your life:
I think Huck Finn may have been the book around which my desire to be an English major coalesced in junior year of high school, but I also remember thinking I'd probably be one before then, so I'm not sure. Otherwise...huh. I dunno. So many have had impact on me that I doubt I could pin it down to just one.
2. One book that you've read more than once:
I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith.
3. One book you'd want on a desert island:
Not fair! I hate these questions! ...Um. An anthology of all poetry ever?
4. One book that made you laugh:
A Civil Campaign, by LMB.
5. One book that made you cry:
The Velveteen Rabbit.
6. One book that you wish you had written:
Winter Rose, by Patricia A. McKillip, because OMG, so beautiful. She makes language do her bidding with no apparent trouble at all, and it's gorgeous.
7. One book that you wish had never been written:
I forget the name of it, and I refuse to look it up. But there was this kids book I read when I was about seven or eight, where a family with two kids moved into a haunted farmhouse. It was haunted by the ghost of an evil little girl called Helen, who tried to drown one or both of the kids. She may have succeeded; I can't remember. All I know is that it scared the pants off of me at that age. I don't know that I wish it hadn't been written, but I do wish I hadn't read it, or at least that I hadn't read it till I was older.
8. One book you're currently reading:
Possession, by A.S. Byatt. Literary research, yay!
9. One book you've been meaning to read:
I still have A Passage to India on my list.
I meant to spread out the three episodes on the Ballykissangel DVD that came today over the course of the day. Told myself I could stop after just one, go catch up on e-mail, etc. Spread the crack out just a bit.
Ha. Hahahaha. I suppose it was my own fault for clicking "Play All" instead of on individual episodes, but...OMG, you guys. This show is amazing. The first three episodes, most of its immense charm came from funny, quirky characters, but these three have not only that charm, but also really interesting, knotty conflicts, and, particularly in the last episode of the season, fantastic acting from the two leads that led to an emotional rollercoaster that was reminiscent of Farscape. FARSCAPE, PEOPLE. I don't make comparisons like that lightly. Said emotional rollercoaster perhaps did not have quite the towering highs (there were more chuckles than screaming laughter) or the depressing depths (there were also no tears), but it was definitely there, and oh my god, I think I'm in love.
The end of the third season is gonna hurt.
Um, I think I may have to watch all of these episodes again tonight. And screencap like whoa.
*
BTW, the theme is incredibly earwormy. It's just so jaunty! Now you, too, can get it stuck in your head for all eternity!
That site also contains the Vicar of Dibley theme, which is a choral setting of Psalm 23, and which is also stuck in my head. It's an interesting contrast.
*
That one actually sounds vaguely legitimate.
Book quiz thing from someone, I forget whom:
1. One book that changed your life:
I think Huck Finn may have been the book around which my desire to be an English major coalesced in junior year of high school, but I also remember thinking I'd probably be one before then, so I'm not sure. Otherwise...huh. I dunno. So many have had impact on me that I doubt I could pin it down to just one.
2. One book that you've read more than once:
I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith.
3. One book you'd want on a desert island:
Not fair! I hate these questions! ...Um. An anthology of all poetry ever?
4. One book that made you laugh:
A Civil Campaign, by LMB.
5. One book that made you cry:
The Velveteen Rabbit.
6. One book that you wish you had written:
Winter Rose, by Patricia A. McKillip, because OMG, so beautiful. She makes language do her bidding with no apparent trouble at all, and it's gorgeous.
7. One book that you wish had never been written:
I forget the name of it, and I refuse to look it up. But there was this kids book I read when I was about seven or eight, where a family with two kids moved into a haunted farmhouse. It was haunted by the ghost of an evil little girl called Helen, who tried to drown one or both of the kids. She may have succeeded; I can't remember. All I know is that it scared the pants off of me at that age. I don't know that I wish it hadn't been written, but I do wish I hadn't read it, or at least that I hadn't read it till I was older.
8. One book you're currently reading:
Possession, by A.S. Byatt. Literary research, yay!
9. One book you've been meaning to read:
I still have A Passage to India on my list.
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Date: 2006-08-23 04:48 pm (UTC)I think they sang once, maybe twice.
:(
The percussionist sounds like fun to watch, though.
shiny dress that was, no joke, the color of Pepto-Bismol.
Oh my,
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Date: 2006-08-23 08:44 pm (UTC)