Randomosity

• rachelmanija has finished her excellent series of posts on PTSD: Parts I, II, and III


• She's also started reading Angel Sanctuary! My joy cannot be contained! Also, spoil her and have your brain taken over by Rosiel.


• rilina and yhlee continue to watch Gundam Wing. My joy is still not contained! OMG people watching and getting into my beloved first anime series despite its mecha-ness!


• I'm sure everyone has already seen the post-apocalyptic cities posters for I Am Legend but I wanted to highlight the fact that they have TAIPEI and SEOUL! EEEEEEE! (I love Hong Kong, but I feel HK is featured much more often than Taipei and Seoul! OMG! Taipei! National monument that is only a few blocks away from my apartment!


• I have taken the plunge, put my Netflix account on hold, and started Blockbuster. I blame my sister. On the minus side, Blockbuster only has DVDs 7-10 of GWing. On the plus side.... THEY HAVE DAMO ON DVD!!!!!


• shewhohashope hosts the 5th POC in SF Carnival and focuses on non-Western fantasy, including... WUXIA! (yes, I am a little obsessed right now) I particularly rec meganbmoore's wuxia primer for those of you like me who only know you like swords and flying people and historical costumes and have no idea what to watch outside of two or three things. And it's good for people who have absolutely no idea what wuxia is too! Win-win!

I should actually catch up on book and TV posting but... oh well. Soon.

Pushing Daisies 1x01-1x02

I blame coffeeandink for this. I do not actually remember her original spiel, because then she told me, "The main characters are white but there is a great COC called Emerson. He is a detective! He is awesome! He KNITS GUN COZIES!" And: "Kristen Chenoweth SINGS!"

Apparently these are the things that will make me pick up a show.

Ned (the piemaker) discovered as a child that his touch could bring the dead back to life. The problem was, if the dead remained animated for over a minute, another person or animal (not sure about plants yet) would drop dead. Also, if he touched the reanimated dead, they would be permanently dead. Oh, and then there's the thing with his childhood crush who later turns up dead and is of course re-alived and how they now can't touch. And that whole thing where he helps a PI (Emerson) solve crime. And the pie place with Olive the waitress (played by Kristen Chenoweth!) who has a crush on him.

The premise is somewhat confusing. I do not care. I love this show already. It is quirky and odd and a little wry but mostly very sweet and very cute. And the writing is amazing -- possibly the themes and the characterization and the arcs, I haven't watched enough to know, but I would watch this for the dialogue alone. The visual style is also great, this blend of sixties kitsch and candy colors and everything just a little too stylized to be real, but in a way that perfectly fits the tone of the show.

I don't have good commentary on any race or gender issues yet. I think there are more than the usual number of POC extras (at least for a non-police-procedural?), and Emerson so far is awesome. I like the women, and Chuck (aforementioned childhood crush) doesn't feel like The Girl. Though Olive has the potential to create a love triangle, I suspect it will be completely unrequited, and I seriously doubt they will waste Kristen Chenoweth. Also, I cannot think critically because the pure cuteness of Ned and Chuck has demolished my brain! They are so cute! And sweet! And manage to do so in a non-sugar-shock way!

And Emerson knits! I yarn geekily note that he probably isn't knitting ribbed hats on straight needles unless he likes seaming, short rows, or more complicated hat constructions, but somehow I suspect this is an issue that only concerns me. I have already handwaved it as a short-row hat for anyone who cares to know.

In conclusion: definitely adding to my season pass. Really happy. Very anticipating watching more.