Billie Piper

My Prayer at 11:08 PM on a Friday Night

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“I thank God for most this
amazing
day; for the leaping greenly
spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;
and for everything
which is natural, which is
infinite, which is yes” (e. e. cummings)

On this Friday, I give thanks for the following:

  1. Fridays, which have never gotten old, even when I was unemployed. I can’t remember when Friday didn’t make me extremely happy.
  2. Another overcast Autumn day to remind me of why I love fall.
  3. An oversized mug of hot chocolate from The Well to remind me of why I love hot chocolate. Or anything at all from The Well. Or just hanging out at The Well in general.
  4. Geriatric cats that still curl up in my lap and fall asleep there (well, just the one geriatric cat named Lucy who would probably kill me in my sleep if she ever found out that I referred to her as geriatric).
  5. Doctor Who (particularly the episodes with David Tennant and Billie Piper). I’m late to the party, but I’m now officially a fan. And I still at some point would like to watch all the existing episodes, starting at the very beginning. Put that on my bucket list.
  6. Netflix on my iPad, which is way cooler than the portable TV I used to tote around back in the day when I thought I was the cat’s pajamas (again, don’t tell my cat Lucy I said that).
  7. A comfortable bed at the end of a long day.
  8. Not having to set the alarm for 5 am for tomorrow morning.
  9. God’s grace at the end of the day and God’s new mercies for the beginning of the next new day.

So what did we learn today? Gratitude still pays dividends. That and it’s a really good thing my cat Lucy doesn’t read my blog posts.

 

Trying Something New (to Me)

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I’m a little late to the party, but I’ve finally watched my first few episodes of Doctor Who. I’m only 50 years late, give or take a few years.

I’ve heard about time-lords and the TARDIS and daleks and so forth. Doctor Who is almost considered royalty when it comes to serious fans of sci-fi.

My goal (at least up until tonight ) was to find a way to watch every single episode from the very beginning up to the present. That lofty goal has apparently been thwarted by the knowledge that many of the early episodes were lost and/or destroyed and no longer exist. That’s according to what I read on the highly-accurate inter webs.

Maybe my newly-modified goal is to watch episodes of Doctor Who with all the different actors playing the title character. That should be doable, I think.

I just need to figure out how to buy/rent/steam/locate these episodes. Any advice is certainly welcome at this point.

So far, I’ve only watched episodes with David Tennant and Billie Piper. I’d say the bar has been set fairly high. The special effects (particularly the CGI) seem a bit dated, but at least they’re better than a lot of the older BBC sci-fi programming that I’ve seen.

My verdict at this point is a hearty two thumbs up. I’ll keep you posted as my latest adventure into the world of classic pop culture continues.