Update!
June 7th, 2009Hi, y’all!
Whew! It’s been a crazy few weeks. What with work, moving, unpacking, and church, life’s been crazy!
Here’s what’s been keeping me sane:
Pushing Daisies. The show was unofficially cancelled by ABC last year, when the network made the decision to not order the back nine episodes for Daisies’ second season (leaving the epsiode order at just 13 episodes). To further the heartbreak, ABC chose not to air the last three episodes of the show, leaving us with not only the end of a spectacular show, but depriving us of every episode produced.
But that’s changed now. No, the show hasn’t been revived by Ned’s magical touch (though ABC would be smart to do so), but we at least get to see the last three episodes.
Two weeks ago, ABC started airing the final three episodes, one a week with the season finale schedule to air this coming Saturday night. If you missed the episodes, (which you probably did, because ABC didn’t market it at all), you can catch the episodes online here.
This final offering from ABC is bittersweet. I’m grateful that they’re airing the final episodes (I’ve been DYING to know how/why a Great White Shark was in the morgue), but I’ll have to say good-bye again to the cast, crew, and characters that I love.
Which leads me to…
The Fall. Starring Lee Pace (the new PD episodes made me fall head-over-heels for him again), it’s a beautiful film - both visually and emotionally - directed by Tarsem Singh. In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, Alexandria is a child recovering from a broken arm. She befriends Roy Walker, a movie stunt man with legs paralyzed after a fall. At her request, Roy tells her fantastical story about 5 mythical heroes who are on a quest to kill a corrupt provincial governor. Between chapters of the story, Roy inveigles Alexandria to scout the hospital’s pharmacy for morphine. As Roy’s fantastic tale nears its end, death seems close at hand. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality blurs as the tale advances.
I’ve been re-reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in order to prepare for the 6th installment of the Harry Potter film franchise, due out July 15th. I saw a trailer for the film the other day and realized that I had no idea what was going on. So a refresher course was in order (thanks, Lenny, for the loaner!), and I’m now 236 pages into the 652-page tome. Whew!
And at church, the new kids are here! Incoming 6th graders started with us last night, and so for the rest of the summer more and more new kids will be coming in. Yikes! There are so many new faces now, but it’s so much fun. It’s sad to be saying goodbye to our 8th graders though. I can’t believe I’m already at the end of my second year working with the junior high kids at church. Time flies when you’re having fun!
What have y’all been up to? Anyone got plans to come to L.A. during the summer?