A big storm is coming, power may be out for a few hours (or if we're unlucky, a couple of days)... my son's down with fever. So I may not be back online for a day or two. Leaving you with this then...
The Peculiar Wisdom of Meredith Grey
Compiled by Oscar Dahl of Buddy TV
On Pain:
Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we're wired that way. Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't feel real. What's that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop.
On Intimacy:
Intimacy is a four syllable word for, "Here's my heart and soul, please grind them into hamburger, and enjoy." It's both desired, and feared. Difficult to live with, and impossible to live without. Intimacy also comes attached to the three R's... relatives, romance, and roommates. There are some things you can't escape. And other things you just don't want to know.
On Growing Up:
I've heard that it's possible to grow up - I've just never met anyone who's actually done it. Without parents to defy, we break the rules we make for ourselves. We throw tantrums when things don't go our way, we whisper secrets with our best friends in the dark, we look for comfort where we can find it, and we hope - against all logic, against all experience. Like children, we never give up hope...
On Denial:
Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass. And when the dam bursts, all you can do is swim. The world of pretend is a cage, not a cocoon. We can only lie to ourselves for so long. We are tired, we are scared, denying it doesn't change the truth. Sooner or later we have to put aside our denial and face the world. Head on, guns blazing. De Nile. It's not just a river in Egypt, it's a freakin' ocean. So how do you keep from drowning in it?
On Greed:
I have an aunt who whenever she poured anything for you she would say "Say when". My aunt would say "Say when" and of course, we never did. We don't say when because there's something about the possibility, of more. More tequila, more love, more anything. More is better.
On Happiness:
Maybe we're not supposed to be happy. Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy. Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is. Appreciating small victories. Admiring the struggle it takes simply to be human. Maybe we're thankful for the familiar things we know. And maybe we're thankful for the things we'll never know. At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate.
On The Real World:
Surgeons are control freaks. With a scalpel in your hand, you feel unstoppable. There's no fear, there's no pain. You're ten-feet tall and bulletproof. And then you leave the OR. And all that perfection, all that beautiful control, just falls to crap.
On Effective Denial:
The key to surviving a surgical internship is denial. We deny that we're tired, we deny that we're scared, we deny how badly we want to succeed. And most importantly, we deny that we're in denial. We only see what we want to see and believe what we want to believe, and it works. We lie to ourselves so much that after a while the lies start to seem like the truth. We deny so much that we can't recognize the truth right in front of our faces.
On Being Alone:
Four hundred years ago, another well-known English guy had an opinion about being alone. John Donne. He thought we were never alone. Of course, it was fancier when he said it. "No man is an island entire unto himself." Boil down that island talk, and he just meant that all anyone needs is someone to step in and let us know we're not alone. And who's to say that someone can't have four legs. Someone to play with or run around with, or just hang out.
On Excess:
When you were a kid, it was Halloween candy. You hid it from your parents and you ate it until you got sick. In college, it was the heavy combo of youth, tequila and well, you know. As a surgeon, you take as much of the good as you can get because it doesn't come around nearly as often as it should. 'Cause good things aren't always what they seem. Too much of anything, even love, is not always a good thing.
On Communication:
Communication. It's the first thing we really learn in life. Funny thing is, once we grow up, learn our words and really start talking the harder it becomes to know what to say. Or how to ask for what we really need.
01 December 2006
30 November 2006
10 Items or Less S1 E1 - The New Boss
The first few seconds (the opening sequence) of 10 Items or Less feels a lot like Arrested Development's opening narrative.
[Cue whimsical background music] This is the Greens and Grains Grocery Store. It's been in my family for five generations. This is my father Bud [cue old, sepia-toned photo of Dad in the grocery store], he never thought I'd amount to anything. So I went to New York City to prove him wrong [cue photo of map of NY].... he died before I could do so. And now I'm back in Ohio running the Greens and Grains Grocery Store. The crew here is really counting on me. I hope I don't screw this up.
I was waiting to hear that familiar, "It's Arrested Development" at the end of that.
The scenes remind me of The Office. You have this crazy mix of an obnoxious boss who doesn't know what he's doing and a team of wacky staff/employees each with their own personalities and agenda.
The format follows Curb Your Enthusiasm's style --- partly scripted, partly improv. The actors, all professional improv artists, don't get a real script and they're just given an outline of what the situation will be and they have to work on the comedy. It even aims to make real shoppers become participants of the TV show, without them knowing it.
To combine all three --- Arrested Development, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm --- in one TV show is supposedly going to work like magic. In 10 Items or Less' case, the rhythm is there yet some scenes felt like it was overdone, while other scenes felt lacking in something funny. However, I can't judge a whole TV show based on one episode. Suffice to say, one episode does not tell me enough, so yes, I will keep watching this one because I wanna know if its able to improve the comedy. Besides I'm done with sitcoms (can't get into the new ones being developed coz for one thing, I don't like the laugh tracks) and I'm loving the formats comedy shows have these days (the type pioneered by Curb Your Enthusiasm in style and story development), regardless of the fact that its the route most "groundbreaking" comedy shows aim at (so they end up looking like CYE copycats).
10 Items or Less airs on a cable channel -TBS , a TV network that's still a freshman at producing original comedy shows. What they air are mostly reruns of outstanding series like SATC, Seinfeld, Cosby Show and Newsradio.
Other shows worth checking out which may have a similar format like this one:
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - JackTV on Sky Cable airs this
The Comeback - Lisa Kudrow's brainchild
Sons and Daughters - StarTV used to air this on cable, don't know if it's still on
[Cue whimsical background music] This is the Greens and Grains Grocery Store. It's been in my family for five generations. This is my father Bud [cue old, sepia-toned photo of Dad in the grocery store], he never thought I'd amount to anything. So I went to New York City to prove him wrong [cue photo of map of NY].... he died before I could do so. And now I'm back in Ohio running the Greens and Grains Grocery Store. The crew here is really counting on me. I hope I don't screw this up.
I was waiting to hear that familiar, "It's Arrested Development" at the end of that.
The scenes remind me of The Office. You have this crazy mix of an obnoxious boss who doesn't know what he's doing and a team of wacky staff/employees each with their own personalities and agenda.
The format follows Curb Your Enthusiasm's style --- partly scripted, partly improv. The actors, all professional improv artists, don't get a real script and they're just given an outline of what the situation will be and they have to work on the comedy. It even aims to make real shoppers become participants of the TV show, without them knowing it.
To combine all three --- Arrested Development, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm --- in one TV show is supposedly going to work like magic. In 10 Items or Less' case, the rhythm is there yet some scenes felt like it was overdone, while other scenes felt lacking in something funny. However, I can't judge a whole TV show based on one episode. Suffice to say, one episode does not tell me enough, so yes, I will keep watching this one because I wanna know if its able to improve the comedy. Besides I'm done with sitcoms (can't get into the new ones being developed coz for one thing, I don't like the laugh tracks) and I'm loving the formats comedy shows have these days (the type pioneered by Curb Your Enthusiasm in style and story development), regardless of the fact that its the route most "groundbreaking" comedy shows aim at (so they end up looking like CYE copycats).
10 Items or Less airs on a cable channel -TBS , a TV network that's still a freshman at producing original comedy shows. What they air are mostly reruns of outstanding series like SATC, Seinfeld, Cosby Show and Newsradio.
Other shows worth checking out which may have a similar format like this one:
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - JackTV on Sky Cable airs this
The Comeback - Lisa Kudrow's brainchild
Sons and Daughters - StarTV used to air this on cable, don't know if it's still on
29 November 2006
Memories, I can smile at the old days, it was beautiful then....
Darn it.
Could not resist.
Was supposed to watch this one after I'm done with a couple of other shows but I could not resist taking a peek first, then finally giving in after. I've started watching Beverly Hills 90210. And you might say I'm going crazy (or you might not, you don't know me hehe), and I just have to pause the program to tell the world that right now --- my eyes are misty.
I heard the theme song 3 minutes into the first episode and I lost it.
Brought back tons of emotion... of my youth....all things pleasant and not so pleasant.
But most of all, I think I'm feeling nostalgic because this was the TV show my best friend and I would religiously tune to; our eyes glued to the TV, watching Brenda and Dylan, but our ears glued to the telephone (rotary pa yung telephone namin hindi push button ha and that was 1990 na!) because we were talking about the show.
And it just made me miss it... that moment, my best friend (now estranged but we're finding our way back together, one step at a time).
Let me retreat into my corner and cry some more. :(
Darn it.
Could not resist.
Was supposed to watch this one after I'm done with a couple of other shows but I could not resist taking a peek first, then finally giving in after. I've started watching Beverly Hills 90210. And you might say I'm going crazy (or you might not, you don't know me hehe), and I just have to pause the program to tell the world that right now --- my eyes are misty.
I heard the theme song 3 minutes into the first episode and I lost it.
Brought back tons of emotion... of my youth....all things pleasant and not so pleasant.
But most of all, I think I'm feeling nostalgic because this was the TV show my best friend and I would religiously tune to; our eyes glued to the TV, watching Brenda and Dylan, but our ears glued to the telephone (rotary pa yung telephone namin hindi push button ha and that was 1990 na!) because we were talking about the show.
And it just made me miss it... that moment, my best friend (now estranged but we're finding our way back together, one step at a time).
Let me retreat into my corner and cry some more. :(
Darn it.
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