BBC love.

Here in Muttville we love our sci-fi.  Amazing Husband and I are both appropriately grateful that we share the sci-fi love.  It's much more fun viewed with company and it makes the discussions of viewed sci-fi much less one sided.  Our latest sci-fi obsession has come to us via the wonder that is BBC America.  It appears that the Brits also enjoy a bit of the pushing-the-boundaries viewing. 

A week or so ago we finished the final episode of Primeval which was canceled rather unceremoniously with main characters stranded in random pockets of time.  Quite annoying.  If the rumor mill has any accuracy, the film rights have been purchased and the big dogs, who I image discovered a little too late that the fan base for this tv show is large and not quiet about their discontent over the terrible ending, are planning to resurrect it similar to Firefly. (Shiny!) Filmed mostly in London, I think I was almost as much in love with the location as I was the actual show.

So, left with no British sci-fi to keep us from evening boredom we have now turned to Torchwood, which I believe is currently in its third season and has not, thank you very much, yet been canceled. Yet. Torchwood is filmed in Wales, Cardiff to be specific, and again, the location is a big draw for me.  Also new is an American member of the cast.  Or maybe he's just playing an American....not sure.  We are on the 5th episode of the first season and already fully under the spell.  Love this show.  It's edgy and weird, exactly how good sci-fi should be.  Thank you the wonderful itunes for allowing us to feed out little addiction.

In keeping with the whole British theme, after finishing my re-read of The Time Traveler's Wife (the movie is going to be SO sad) I dug through my stash of must reads and pulled out "The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club" by Gil McNeil. I purchased this book on a whim, and well, let's just face facts, because it had knitting in the title.  Like the above tele programs, it takes place in the UK and is written using some extremely entertaining British vernacular.  I have to say I am enjoying this book very much and actually find myself laughing out loud now and then.  There is knitting involved, but it's really just a sweet story of starting over.  While reading I have compiled a list of a few of my favorite words:

ballocks: who does not love ballocks?  If you have to use a bad word I think ballocks might be THE perfect one.  "Oh, ballocks!"  Divine.

brilliant: brilliant idea - things are going brilliantly - bloody brilliant (see next word)

bloody: yet another fabulous was to emphasize frustration or exclamation: bloody h*ll, bloody amazing, bloody old, hot, early, late...bloody fantastic.

require - will you be requiring anything else? room of requirement (ok,I took that one from Harry Potter)

bits: bits and bobs, best bits, jigggly bits

bugger: the Brits really know how to swear, don't they?  love it.

jumper: sweater.  I haven't figured this one out at all, but then, I guess jumper isn't really any more odd than sweater.  Who really wants to sweat?

dodgy: difficult or tricky

biscuit: cookie

I have yet to discover exactly what "digestives" and "conkers" are.  I love a good puzzle. :)

Go forth and have a bloody fantastic day! Brilliant!

Comments

[Carie]

Ah, Torchwood. I absolutely adore Torchwood. Witty, funny, and a bit dark. I envy you your first viewing of it! :)

One of the best things about when my parents lived in Scotland was learning all of the slang. I still say "I'll phone you" rather than "I'll call you." Picked that one up and haven't been able to shake it.

[ruminations]

Digestive is the drink after din din, like brandy and cigars .It is the opposite of aperatif ( Sp) which is trhe drink before didn din.

[Trina]

Actually a digestive is a cookie which will help to settle the stomach. You can buy digestive bisquits at our local grocary stores. They are by McVitties. Our favorites have a chocolate coating on one side.