I haven't watched most of these yet, but TiVo has.
Hoarders - Oh, thank God, no feces this week. Of course, there was a stillborn baby. (Not in the clutter, just as a memory.) Not as sad as the recent Mystery Diagnosis. Diagnosis: Death. The featured kids are going to die. But hey, at least they died diagnosed.
How It Was Series - How It Was: Reagan's Assassination made sense. How It Was: 9/11 made sense. How It Was: The Mona Lisa made no sense. Eyewitness accounts of the Mona Lisa? Archival footage?
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust- This is one of those things that is going to be soooo good and sooooo depressing that it will have to wait for a special kind of day. A sick day. A rainy dark sick day.
Letting Go of God- This is another Julia Sweeney monologue, and I don't expect to love it as much as God Said Ha, and it's going to take 2.5 hours to watch. Two and a half hours to hear how Julia Sweeney became an atheist. I may have to save it for Christmas Day.
Mystery Diagnosis (the one about Angioedema) - I have diagnosed myself with angioedema. I am sure I have it, and so does one of you. Swelling, hives, no reason? Hmm?
My Car is My Lover - Yes. This is worth saving. Gary only got as far as The Washington state car-lover before he screamed "Pervert!"
Nostradamus Effect Series - It was with a heavy heart I took this off my Season Pass. What sent me over the edge was the timeline of the pyramid at Giza. If it's been analyzed since the thirties, how is it that no one was saying "Oh, watch out for 9/11/2001. That's the very day the timeline enters the King's Chamber. Something BIG's going to happen that day."
Better get busy watching these, because the end is near.
Posted by: Hattie | December 15, 2009 at 02:29 AM
"Two and a half hours to hear how Julia Sweeney became an atheist. I may have to save it for Christmas Day."
This is absolutely perfect.
Posted by: wyo | December 15, 2009 at 06:26 AM
I watched Letting Go of God on Saturday - just stumbled upon it on cable. I thought it was fabulous. Wanted to buy the DVD for a friend for Christmas, but it's a 2-3 week wait on Amazon. Maybe for Easter!
Posted by: Crystal (Bratcw) | December 15, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Letting Go of God is AMAZING! I have watched it twice. Soooo good.
Last night I got to watch BNL, live and onstage in SLC. They are still seriously amazing.
Totally worth a four hour drive on Wednesday... wink, wink
Posted by: SurprisingWoman | December 15, 2009 at 12:07 PM
I watched My Car is My Lover, and I am still traumatized. What has been seen cannot be unseen! The only good thing is that the guy in it from Washington State is clear on the other side of the state and nowhere near me or my car.
Posted by: Faythe | December 15, 2009 at 12:30 PM
"Letting Go of God-Sweeney's third autobiographical monologue is titled Letting Go of God. In it, she discusses her Catholic upbringing, early religious ideology, and the life events and internal search that led her to believe that the universe can function on its own without a deity to preside over it."
excuse the swears here Ellen.
GODDAMMIT!!!!!
Being raised catholic myself....it does stuff to your idea of God. That it is all hierarchy. Separate.
FUCKING CRAPOLA GRRR@!@!!!#@#$@#%#@QTQT
That's it. Now I'm all riled.
I have to do a counter blog.
because I still believe and all the catholic baggage in the world is NOT GOING TO STOP ME!!!!
ok good.
Car is my lover eh? Sounds disgusting!
ahhh....i miss cable! :)
cheers!
Posted by: Mrs. Hall | December 15, 2009 at 01:40 PM
Hattie - No, we have quite a while until 2012.
Wyo - Well, now I'm reconsidering, since I've heard such good reviews.
Crystal - And dang, you can't get it through Barnes & Noble, I just checked.
SurprisingWoman - Can't go on Weds - have no vacation time left. Plus it's free, so you have to wonder how long it'll be.
Faythe - Ohhh, I know. My favorite part was the shot of the tire with the fluid next to it.
Mrs Hall - But, it probably was the life events that caused her to lose faith, not the Catholicism.
Posted by: TheQueen | December 16, 2009 at 12:05 AM
Believe in God? All I can really believe is that I absolutely do not know what's running things. I do not have any clue at all. As long as things keep running, I don't worry about it very often.
Posted by: Tami | December 16, 2009 at 07:52 AM
NO NO... i am very sure it was the catholic religion that did this to her. because being catholic means believing that God watches over us, directing us, making a list and checking it twice.
It is taught that God is separate and unreachable without using the proper channels.
wait, I haven't actually seen the monolouge, but wait, I can probably quote it chapter and verse.
so...next tuesday the response blog will be up. o yes. . . you got me started!!! all riled up now!!!
but, per the usually Mrs. Hall it will be delightful and full of hope :)
PS... looked up the car lover show...almost threw up reading the discription...yikes!
Posted by: Mrs. Hall | December 16, 2009 at 09:47 AM
Mrs. hall - well, we'll just have to wait for Christmas to see if you're right.
Posted by: TheQueen | December 16, 2009 at 07:58 PM