Tuesday, August 05, 2025

motivated

 Been watching a lot of telly.

Ironically, today, i watched a film about a satanic television set that brought initial joy to its viewers, but subsequently brought misery and sadness to them.

The TV set in question  was passed around like a hot potato as people tried to shake off the bad juju that it had attracted.

And so it was..... simply watching loads of telly, while being absorbing and engaging at the time, generally leaves me feeling a little bit cheated out of a chunk of time where i could have been doing something more..... what's the term...... interactive?

TV is such a passive experience, isn't it.

So.... amongst the other things i've done the last couple of days:

Watched:

Wednesday (an Addams Family spinoff about their daughter, Wednesday Addams)

Murderbot (started watching this series about a security robot that overrides its own safety protocols)

Bosch (continuing to watch series 3 out of 7... plus there are at least two spinoffs to watch after)

Ealing comedies (i've exorcised the demon and am back on the bus....)

Played:

Worms WMD (on the Switch)

Forge of Empires (laptop)

Pokemon Go (on me mobile phones)

Done:

Learned to crochet.... sort of!

Been to the doctors for a prostate examination.... made another doctors appointment about statins.... it's never ending!

Reading:

Gathering Moss - A natural and cultural history of mosses - R.W.Kimmerer.

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And that's about all you can do when you're pinned to the sofa......

I was gonna post a pic of some crochet i was practicing but my mum hijacked it and did a few straight rows in the middle of it and it looks too "professional;" now!

Instead, you'll have to suffice with a lovely example of packaging.... this is the wrapper off a Tunnock's Teacake.... a chocolate coated marshmallow and biscuit.... delicious and very pretty.

8 comments:

  1. I watched the first series of "Wednesday" and enjoyed it very much. I understand the second series is being released in two parts -- first, tomorrow and then the last few episodes in about a month's time. I plan to watch it too.

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    1. i didn't even know they were doing a new series so that's something good to watch then!! thanks

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  2. You Tube is pretty good for watching people live their lives. Don't really do much television except the crime series on ITVX

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    1. yeah i don't mind a bit of youtube - i always get sucked into cat vids and stupid stuff like that..... the big lez show was an eye opener though

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  3. I used to love straightening out wrappers off things, don't know why I don't do that anymore. I'm working my way through The Beverly Hillbillies, so old that the first few seasons are black and white.

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    1. oh gosh i bet there's a lot of beverly hillbillies episodes to trawl through!!

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  4. This blogpost was sponsored by Tunnocks of Uddingston, Scotland... "In the 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow, dancers dressed as Tunnocks teacakes danced around the main performers near the start of the Scottish-themed show."

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    1. there's a lassie out there that makes (under licence of course) a load of tunnocks merchandise..... think there's a nice teatowel and stuff......Gillian Kyle and of course it's all been ripped off on temu and stuff

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