Well, a couple of weeks ago, I suggested that the school district apply for a specific federal grant for one of the middle schools. Somehow, that suggestion was (mis)construed as my volunteering to write it...a 70 page federal grant in about a week and a half. Yeah, so I've been doing a lot of writing, and my brain hurts. I have almost no experience with grant writing, but if we get this grant, it will be about half a million dollars for this school (over 5 years). I'm very tired of writing about Terra Nova and AIMS scores, Not Performing status and AYPs. So...I'm going to write about TV......
Over spring break, I watched the first disc of Season 1 of Supernatural. I didn't know much about the show, but friends who have similar tastes really love the show with a fanatical devotion. I hate to say that I wasn't very impressed. I mean, it's not a particularly bad show...but not especially good either. To me, the show felt very similar to Smallville. (If you like Smallville, you'll probably like Supernatural as it has the same "feel," though it is grittier and more violent.) Also, I like shows with complicated characters. Supernatural seems to only have two recurring characters-- Sam and Dean-- and although they are acceptable eye candy, they're not that interesting. Dean (or the writers who script Dean) seem to find his comments hilarious, and he pauses, almost waiting for a rim shot, after each "witty" comment. Sadly, he's just not that funny.
In addition, Supernatural really stretches the limits of plausibility, even in the realm of fantasy. Smallville, which I haven't watched for years, could kind of get away with its chronic weirdness by blaming everything on the radioactive meteors. The community accepted this. Now, most of my favorite shows call for significant "willful suspension of disbelief," but I'm willing to do it for their sakes. They've earned that. Alias-- Marshall can design a contraption that reprograms every computer within a ten mile radius...and the contraption doubles as a lovely ankelet? Sure, Marshall can do anything! I'd trust my life (or at least my electronic gadgets) to Marshall and his inflatable furniture. 24-- Jack Bauer is captured by the Chinese and transported to a Chinese prison...by boat...and this journey takes 15 minutes? Well, I'm sure the Chinese have some excellent technology! But Supernatural-- The Wonder Twins (Sam and Dean) perform a noisy excorcism on a crowded commercial airplane, causing the plane to dramatically plunge as lights flicker on and off, and no passenger has any reaction except for the flight attendant who mouthes "thank you"? Um...I don't think so! Dateline, Oprah, Dr. Phil, Geraldo, and 60 Minutes would be battling it out for the exclusive interviews!
So...I'm taking the rest of the discs out of my queue. Maybe if I get really bored this summer when everything else is on hiatus I'll return to the boys fighting demons who suck people down drains and other such nonsense....
Right now, I have Band of Brothers, and so far, it's fabulous.
Anyway, as you were.....
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