tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:35685 Emptied of expectation. Relax. Emptied of expectation. Relax. 2013-09-01T20:06:55Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:35685:587827 2013-09-01T20:06:55Z 2013-09-01T20:06:55Z public 4 So, while in Canada, we bought some actual physical books. I realised that bookshops have become things that I only go into when on holiday. In fact, that's practically true for any sort of shops. I can't be bothered to go to the city centre these days. Anyway. We went to a lovely bookshop, we browsed, I bought actual books!<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://tinyjo.dreamwidth.org/587827.html#cutid1">descriptions herein</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />As well as books, one evening I decided I didn't have the energy to go out and requested an evening of TV. <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://aveleh.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://aveleh.dreamwidth.org/'><b>aveleh</b></a></span> suggested that she'd been planning to try out Orphan Black and <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://oxfordslacker.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://oxfordslacker.livejournal.com/'><b>oxfordslacker</b></a></span> had already seen some and liked it so we went for it. We ended up blitzing the first four episodes that night because the moment I saw episode one I was totally addicted. It has some amazing characters, incredibly acted and I really enjoy the plotting as well, although I can imagine that the more scientifically inclined might find that snagging them. I am slightly bemused that no-one had put me onto it beforehand - I have mentioned that I'm interested in good genre TV shows, right? I obviously need to improve my recommendations system - does anyone know anyone who was reccing it? UK people I'm letting off on the grounds that it hasn't actually aired here yet (despite being a BBC thing - I didn't realise BBC America made it's own stuff too). It's actually coming to BBC3 in the autumn, apparently and everyone should watch it!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tinyjo&ditemid=587827" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments