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I have somehow managed to come down with either a cold that was going around the office or the sinus infection that Kelly had last week. Either way, it makes me grumpy. I have way too much to do this weekend and no time to be sick. If it's not gone by Monday, I'm going to the doctor. Readers of the rest of this entry should be warned that I wrote it while doped up on cold medicine.
I picked up Caleb Carr's new novel at the library. How can someone be so good at writing one kind of fiction and so dismal at everything else he attempts? The Italian Secretary is his attempt at a Sherlock Holmes novel. It's not as bad as the time he tried to write sci-fi, but so far it's not all that good. So instead of reading, I have been keeping myself entertained with reality TV. Now that sweeps are over, we get the also-rans of reality TV. So far, I'm amused by "Kept", in which VH-1 has turned Jerry Hall into The Bachelorette. Only not really, because she wants a man to dress up and take to parties, not to marry. It works because she's kind of funny and she's basically torturing a dozen young American guys. Where do they find people to appear on these things? All the shows I watch with actors in them seem to get cancelled, so this is what's left. Meanwhile, Kelly is hooked on this show about fishing. I don't know what's worse.
I picked up Caleb Carr's new novel at the library. How can someone be so good at writing one kind of fiction and so dismal at everything else he attempts? The Italian Secretary is his attempt at a Sherlock Holmes novel. It's not as bad as the time he tried to write sci-fi, but so far it's not all that good. So instead of reading, I have been keeping myself entertained with reality TV. Now that sweeps are over, we get the also-rans of reality TV. So far, I'm amused by "Kept", in which VH-1 has turned Jerry Hall into The Bachelorette. Only not really, because she wants a man to dress up and take to parties, not to marry. It works because she's kind of funny and she's basically torturing a dozen young American guys. Where do they find people to appear on these things? All the shows I watch with actors in them seem to get cancelled, so this is what's left. Meanwhile, Kelly is hooked on this show about fishing. I don't know what's worse.
