Reading: Paradise by Mike Resnick
Music: NoFX
TV/Movie: John Waters This Filthy World
Link o' the Day: dafont.com



So.....

So, so, so, so......

United States of Tara, anyone?

This is a very twisted little show. Thank ghu for cable networks like Showtime and HBO that can broadcast shows like these. For those not yet in the know, it's a show about a family. A regular, plain-ole American family. Oh yeah, the mom, Tara, suffers from Disassociative Identity Disorder and she has decided to go off her meds. This results in the emergence of three "alters"--T, an annoying teenage girl with issues; Alice, a Donna Reed-type mom but with a definite undercurrent of something nasty; and Bud, a womanizing, homophobic trucker type--and the only male. The family is pretty cool with all this. Tara is an artist and the meds were not making for a great life. This experiment in going off the meds seems to be more welcomed than not--although Tara's teenage daughter is feeling the stress.

We've watched the first 3 episodes available on Verizon's on-demand service and there are a few more to go through before we're up to date, but it's yet another series I'm getting sucked into.

So yeah, I recommend it. There are a number of cringe-moments, but also a lot of laugh moments and many staring-at-the-tube-with-mouth-hanging-open moments. And Kudos to the actors. Toni Collette (Tara) should get four cast credits--she's that good. And applause for the son, Marshall. And yeah, to Diablo Cody as well. It ain't Juno but you can certainly see her hand in this.

When the hell did TV get watchable? It must be a fluke. When summer comes there will be nothing to watch again and life will get back to normal.

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Confessions of an Accidental Mouseketeer by Lonnie Burr was signed off today, as was Lewis Stadlen's Acting Foolish. I love getting books out the door. I'll be making the high-res files for the printer this morning, and hopefully sending them off by this afternoon.

Woot!

So the next couple of days I'll be able to concentrate on TumbleTap stuff. The Teaser test book is nearly done. I need to finish the webpage. At least the way is clear for a few days. With the exception of a postcard and some minor promo work... it's pretty open until next week.

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