Television

What I’m watching

22 March 2013

Parents around the world rejoice when summer holidays come to an end. As do I. I’m not a parent, so my celebrations aren’t in honour of having bored argumentative kids back in school where they belong (for at least 12 years or more). No, my delight is a direct result of the fact that the [...]

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You know you’re getting old when….

22 December 2012

Several years ago my BFF spent a night at the pub with other friends and – as girls friends d0 – she was regaling me with stories of their escapades the following day. There was an interstate cricket match on at the time, and as the pub in question is near the cricket grounds, some [...]

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Puppet on a string

21 November 2012

There was a line in Sleepless in Seattle when Rosie O’Donnell’s character says to Meg Ryan’s character, “You don’t want to be in love, you want to be in love in a movie.” With final year high school students around Australia finishing up I’ve been thinking about my own teenage years. Sure, there are A [...]

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Your own personal horror story

3 November 2012

And we have a winner….. Using the highly sophisticated random.org integer generator thingy, I have drawn the winner of the American Horror Story Season 1 DVD… and the lucky entrant is… No. 27. Which of course means nothing if you don’t have the long list of entries. Which – fortunately – I do. And congratulations [...]

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Things that go bump in the night

31 October 2012

I finished watching Season 1 of American Horror Story on the weekend. Well, in fact, I basically started AND finished the 12 episode series in little more than a day. It was highly addictive – on so many levels, but in the end I just HAD TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED! And I have to say, [...]

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American Horror Story – Season 1 review and giveaway

27 October 2012

I’m a self-confessed TV addict and the only thing I love more than my regular fix of all of my favourite shows, is TV on DVD. No waiting for the next instalment. Instant gratification. What’s not to love?! And even better than binge-watching an entire TV series in one weekend is that joy of unearthing [...]