So, I'm totally bored and texting everyone I know and annoying them on their social media feeds and creating group texts within texting groups. I mean. I am BORED.
And then, like the memory of this adorable baby panda that Adam Jones posted once upon a time, I remember I have THIS BLOG. Ahhhh... Remember this blog? Where I told you awkward stories about my life and tried to make you pay attention to me.
And you did!! You loved me. You told me so yourselves. So, here we go again. Let's give it a try.
Trying to start blogging again is like trying to start exercising again, but if you want to re-live THAT show it's on a blog we call Inside Heather's Fat (If this link doesn't work, let me know so I can update privacy settings.)
So... we've been snowed in since I can't remember when. Finally binged in separate directions yesterday. I've been itching to work on the room over the garage anyway, and it's much warmer up there. So, started watching Chance on Hulu while poking around in the room over the garage (the room formerly known as, in no particular order: the lab and Gracie's room and the second den and the air bnb apartment). This is seriously it's own blog topic, so suffice to say I'm sorting out the junk that's up there. Mostly so I can more concisely store the same junk but at least with more purpose than before. (See also: I just can't bring myself to throw this stuff out, but at least I can look at it from time to time and TRY to get rid of it or reduce it.)
So... Chance! Those of you who remember how much we loved House will find it of no surprise that the main reason I landed on this show is because it stars Hugh Laurie. But, also chewing up the scenery (in DELIGHTFUL fashion) are Ethan Suplee, Gretchen Mol, and Paul Adelstein in this delicious send up to film noir.
I hadn't read anything about it or even heard about it and I have NO idea why since there are apparently two seasons out there. Shame on whoever is in charge of marketing for this show. It is great stuff. Ethan Suplee's character "D" is just this divine Marvelescent superhero/vigilante dude who spews philosophy and punches at the same speed. He loves riddles and has rules on how to tail your target. He is DIVINE. Is he nominated for anything?
I should write like a normal reviewer and build up to Hugh Laurie as the big finish on this awesome cast, but really - I just can't wait that long to gush. He's just divine. So House and yet NOT House at the same time. That's the Hugh Laurie je ne sais quo that he brings to his pieces. To me, he's as good as Clooney -- if not better. Because while you can see Hugh Laurie in the role, you still can't see anyone else playing the parts he chooses. Dr Eldon Chance is so clearly the befuddled typical private eye from Raymond Chandler films that he even uses the phrase to mock himself. (You can hear the writers in that, for sure. But then again, apparently the novel on which the series is written is written in part with the author, so that's an EXCELLENT touch. Let's give him some love on Amazon, eh?)
Baddy bad Paul Adelstein tries to shake his good guy image from previous roles once and for all. I think beating up a chick is a pretty good decision if you want to be considered for bad guy roles in this day and age in Hollywood. And he does a great job at being a nasty, crooked cop. I'm up to episode 6 and still he's a caricature of the kind of guy who would be like this. And what kind of monster could beat up on poor, sweet, uh multiple personality, somewhat manipulative... uh... Hmmm...
Yeah. Gretchen Mol. She is THE quintessential damsel in distress from an old film noir. I can't almost hear the narrator, "She was the kind of dame that trouble didn't have to go looking far to find, if you know what I mean?" And as previously stated, I'm about halfway through episode 6 (The Unflinching Spark -- and they ALL have great titles like this!) and I just do NOT trust this chick. Mostly because years of watching film noir teaches you that the dames are NOT to be trusted. There IS in fact a reason that trouble follows them around -- Trouble is a pet that they carry around on a velvet pillow and feed bon bons too. So, I'm not going to say much, because the jury is still out on Jaclyn Blackstone. But, I'll tell you one thing - I can't imagine that Hugh Laurie would go quite this nutty for an UGLY girl. I know that's wrong, but I'm just saying.
Back to the popcorn, bingeing and the long cold first wintry weekend of 2018.
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