Last night I had a family dinner to attend. It was with my two aunts, my cousin, and my mom. It's a girls dinner with pretty much the few members of the family that still all get along after my grandmother's death. (Irish Catholic blood feuds, ftw!)
It's very pleasant and I get a free meal at a nice restaurant.
Except.
It was Game 3 of the Capitals/Rangers series. It wasn't going to be a deciding game, as it's a best of 7 series, with a game a piece split, but still, playoff hockey is the bestest.
I watched the first period and a half before we had to head to dinner in Mill Valley.
And dinner was fine. The conversation is polite and my family is nice and all but I was itching to watch the hockey game.
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Luck
I finally watched HBO's Luck tonight. Only the first episode. I had to wait for a moment where I was awake enough to process David Milch's dense language and where my dogs could be trusted to not bark the whole time, which is rare these days. I found an hour after the gym last night.
I was excited about the show because I am one of those stereotypical horse crazy girls who still dreams of owning her own someday. A fact that has been previously documented here. I mention in that post at the link that I love the track. And after watching the first episode, it made me realize I really need to get there. The track is always a good time and I swear one of the most fun cheap dates you can ever take a girl on. Try it. I want to know how it works out. With football season over, I'm vowing to go.
(Aside: one of my friends from Louisiana is still a horse trainer. Her and her sisters and cousin, who I all knew, grew up around horses and really know how to ride. We were having a discussion once and I said, "I'm just so jealous you guys got to have horses! I never did!" She replied, "Yeah, but not big, pretty horses..." Lesson: you always want more.)
As mentioned, the show is dense. Milch has somehow mastered modern Shakespearean language and every word, every note, is loaded with meaning. It's tough. And he dives right in. He doesn't take the time to explain the track lingo to you, slowly rolling out the story the way a lesser show would. He assumes you know what he's talking about or you'll learn quickly.
Because I have some familiarity with track culture and how it works, I kept up fairly well. But even I was learning some aspects on the fly and paying as close attention as I could, for someone with self diagnosed adult onset ADD.
(My thoughts and some spoilers contained after the jump, even if the episode is a couple weeks old now, you've been warned.)
I was excited about the show because I am one of those stereotypical horse crazy girls who still dreams of owning her own someday. A fact that has been previously documented here. I mention in that post at the link that I love the track. And after watching the first episode, it made me realize I really need to get there. The track is always a good time and I swear one of the most fun cheap dates you can ever take a girl on. Try it. I want to know how it works out. With football season over, I'm vowing to go.
(Aside: one of my friends from Louisiana is still a horse trainer. Her and her sisters and cousin, who I all knew, grew up around horses and really know how to ride. We were having a discussion once and I said, "I'm just so jealous you guys got to have horses! I never did!" She replied, "Yeah, but not big, pretty horses..." Lesson: you always want more.)
As mentioned, the show is dense. Milch has somehow mastered modern Shakespearean language and every word, every note, is loaded with meaning. It's tough. And he dives right in. He doesn't take the time to explain the track lingo to you, slowly rolling out the story the way a lesser show would. He assumes you know what he's talking about or you'll learn quickly.
Because I have some familiarity with track culture and how it works, I kept up fairly well. But even I was learning some aspects on the fly and paying as close attention as I could, for someone with self diagnosed adult onset ADD.
(My thoughts and some spoilers contained after the jump, even if the episode is a couple weeks old now, you've been warned.)
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