Tag: TV

Once More With Feeling

Free Streaming Internet Miniseries July 15-20

Have I mentioned that Joss Whedon is evil?

In a completely adorable teddy-bear way. His twists and turns astonish and he’s never one to shy away from a little conflict, external or internal. We’ve been watching Buffy again from the beginning with DD and some of the little things sprinkled in early on are jaw-dropping. If you loved The Buffy Musical episode, don’t miss his latest project!

ONE WEEK ONLY! AN INTERNET MINISERIES EVENT!

“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” will be streamed, LIVE (that part’s not true), FREE (sadly, that part is) right on Drhorrible.com, in mid-July. Specifically:

ACT ONE (Wheee!) Tue, July 15th.

ACT TWO (OMG!) Thu, July 17th.

ACT THREE (Denouement!) Sat, July 19th.

All acts will stay up until midnight Sunday July 20th. Then they will vanish into the night, like a phantom (but not THE Phantom – that’s still playing. Like, everywhere.)

Eventually it will be available for download for a fee and also on DVD. Yay!

At least something good came out of the writer’s strike and this is good for a mid-summer fix, but where’s my Dollhouse?

If I hadn’t agreed with Scott Kurtz over at PVP Online three years ago, Joss Whedon is my master now.”

Scott Kurtz' Joss Whedon is my Master Now t-shirt image

Food Porn or Romance?

Food PronI’m an avid reader of Slashfood and am highly amused by their food porn category. DH and I are suckers for any Gordon Ramsay show on tv (Kitchen Nightmares, Hell’s Kitchen or The F-Word). I used to watch a lot of the Food Network back when they were promoting how to cook food instead of just trendy lifestyles. I also skim a variety of other food blogs out there. Bloglines is amazing at pulling everything together in one list for you.

I know my way around the home kitchen, but that’s part of the thrill of watching Ramsey preside over his own little corner of hell. I know I could never hack it there. The pressure is too much for me. Just looking at a well-plated meal can be like looking at a piece of art.

I think that’s why the story idea for the conflict between a food blogger/critic and a chef/restauranteur piqued my interest. The trick will be making it FEEL like you’re looking at Slashfood’s variety of food porn. It’s all in the details.

Before I had to go off an do boring household chores like grocery shopping, I managed to get about 750 words down at the beginning of the story. Before bed last night, I managed to further outline what I wanted to try to accomplish with the story. Unfortunately, I have a lot of non-writing tasks I must finish today before I can go back to playing with food.

Have you ever written about characters with whom you share a hobby or interest? What was the one you’d most like to attempt but have never gotten around to trying?