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*Party Down (Seasons 1 and 2) - Sitting on the queue for quite a while, this finally came up and I am not sure why I didn't watch it sooner (and why it never got renewed for another season). A really funny look at the folks working in the catering business in Hollywood, without falling into the trope of naval-gazing.
*Project Runway (Season 10) - Bon Voyage, Ven! I am glad he got cut before he could criticize babies for being fat. Also, I am not sure I approve of baby fashion. I guess they have to wear clothes (sort of), but how come they didn't have any dads with their kids? Are babies just some kind of fashion accessory for women?
*Misfits (Season 1) - The premise to this show seems totally silly and the plot does feel a bit thin at times, but it's actually a pretty good Hulu show. Just like with Skins, the Brits sure are good at juvenile delinquency.
*Frontline - Dropout Nation - This felt way too long and a bit indulgent. The principal and teachers featured on the show thought they had found some answer to this difficult problem but obviously hadn't. Even though it's a documentary, it feels fake to focus so much on a schools that's had a huge influx of private funds to so some intensive intervention work. That's not the reality in most of the country, and I would like to hear from those people in a year or two when the funds run out, they all get laid off, and another round of kids get left behind. It's an incredibly important national conversation and I wish Frontline had done a better job providing some context to the conversation.
*Wilfred (Season 2) - This show is hilarious and totally zany! I wish more people were watching it.
*Parks & Recreation (Season 5) - It's nice to have the bunch back early in the fall. So far, so good.
*The Mindy Project -Terrible! Is this cancelled yet? I'll hold out hope that PBS' Call the Midwife fulfills my female physician viewing this fall. Hopefully they'll be quite a bit tougher than Mindy. Ugh.
*16 & Pregnant - How did I miss this back in the spring? Another season of dashed dreams and disappointing dudes.
I completed and thoroughly enjoyed 1Q84, the new Murakami book. I loved disappearing into the world of two moons, an air chrysalis, little people, religious cults, and an assassin. A strange mix that only Murakami could narrate. I also just finished Gone Girl for my book club. I am not usually one for mysteries, but it's pretty well written. It's the first book I've read on a tablet and I have mixed feelings about the experience. I probably won't switch over entirely - a few features like the glare and not being able to flip through easily were annoying, but it is really nice when you're reading just before bed to have the page light up.
