As much as I hate getting up early in the morning, I love teaching on Tuesday mornings because it means I catch my local radio station’s new music program in the car on the way home. I’ve discovered a fair number of cool artists and songs through that show, including this excellent song, “Serpents” by Sharon Van Etten. I’m not really a seasoned audiophile in the way some people I know are, but good music makes me happy.
Speaking of new: I watched the “Smash” pilot this evening. It was solid, and probably one of the more charismatic new shows I’ve seen this season, but that’s not saying a lot, consider a lot of the nonsense out there on TV. It seems counter-intuitive, but sometimes ‘decent’ is the best you can hope for — because you know you’re not going to get ‘blindingly brilliant,’ and it’s better than ‘painfully stupid.’
In other news, tomorrow’s the first day of my classes (as a student — ugh, I still haven’t figured out how to differentiate those two), and I get to pick up my fancy new memory foam pillow. Workshop and a night of blissfully comfortable sleep (I hope)! Tomorrow’s going to be awesome.
Yay! Glad my assessment of Smash wasn’t totally off. I don’t know if I just had low expectations about something like it, but I definitely enjoyed it. The cast was great, and that one Marilyn number with the baseball—charismatic is definitely how I’d describe it, too.
See you in workshop today! I’ve been up since 2 AM. Jetlag! Woes.
I think I have the opposite of your jetlag — I can’t manage to get to sleep before 2 AM and I want to sleep until, like, 3 PM. Sadly, while I’m definitely staying up late, I can’t afford to sleep that late.