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Going skiing with la famille (sans mum) this weekend (expect snow to be crap, but that's okay because I haven't seen them for a few months now and they're not totally gruesome, so.) Am taking:
-Firefly
-BTVS S3
-House S2
- Numbers 3x01, House 3x03, the Legends pilot (I have NO idea what that's about, but it's been recommended to me, so.)
- Catch 22, by Joseph Heller; The Bone People, by Keri Hulme; Tess of the d'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy
-Bend it like Beckham
I figure this is enough of a selection that I'll find something the whole family can bear to watch. This is not an easy endeavor. My father likes to read about politics and the shows he used to watch, when he watched television, were The Sopranos and Six Feet Under. One brother is 17, thinks he's really clever, and hates everything except guitar and NZ On Air-funded documentaries about the Treaty (which, don't get me wrong, have a big place and all. They're just not all that entertaining.) He also thinks BTVS is the most stupid thing EVER, unlike the other brother, who is 15 and loves Buffy and Angel and also rap music and hip hop. He thinks he's gangster, which is kind of tragic. Then there's the sister, who's 13. She likes Buffy and Angel and also makeup and short skirts and diving and movies with, you know, the Olsen twins and Hillary Duff in them.
Basically, I'm going to trial them all on Firefly. It's smart and fun and it's Joss, so I can probably get the younger two to at least try it, right? Right? Plus it has guns. Boys like guns.
However. None of these mixed media delights are going to make up for the fact that I am going to be stuck in Methven without internet for the SPN premiere. Shoot me now, before I get more spoiled than I already am.
Anyway, laters, kids, see y'all Monday. Wish me luck in the eternal struggle for dominance over the CD player and the front seat in the car.
-Firefly
-BTVS S3
-House S2
- Numbers 3x01, House 3x03, the Legends pilot (I have NO idea what that's about, but it's been recommended to me, so.)
- Catch 22, by Joseph Heller; The Bone People, by Keri Hulme; Tess of the d'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy
-Bend it like Beckham
I figure this is enough of a selection that I'll find something the whole family can bear to watch. This is not an easy endeavor. My father likes to read about politics and the shows he used to watch, when he watched television, were The Sopranos and Six Feet Under. One brother is 17, thinks he's really clever, and hates everything except guitar and NZ On Air-funded documentaries about the Treaty (which, don't get me wrong, have a big place and all. They're just not all that entertaining.) He also thinks BTVS is the most stupid thing EVER, unlike the other brother, who is 15 and loves Buffy and Angel and also rap music and hip hop. He thinks he's gangster, which is kind of tragic. Then there's the sister, who's 13. She likes Buffy and Angel and also makeup and short skirts and diving and movies with, you know, the Olsen twins and Hillary Duff in them.
Basically, I'm going to trial them all on Firefly. It's smart and fun and it's Joss, so I can probably get the younger two to at least try it, right? Right? Plus it has guns. Boys like guns.
However. None of these mixed media delights are going to make up for the fact that I am going to be stuck in Methven without internet for the SPN premiere. Shoot me now, before I get more spoiled than I already am.
Anyway, laters, kids, see y'all Monday. Wish me luck in the eternal struggle for dominance over the CD player and the front seat in the car.