Just finished an article about cheap sex which ran on Huffington Post as well as Recessionwire‘s “Love in the Time of Layoff” column. If you have a chance, read it. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Speaking of publishing, I get a lot of email from Funky Brown Chick readers with questions about sex and relationships — though many messages are often about “writing.” If you’re interesting in sparking your creativity to create a book, poem, painting, new design or whatever, I recommend the workbook The Artist’s Way. It’s an easy read and it includes a bunch of exercises and activities. In particular, I was/am a big believer in their “artist dates.” The idea behind it is kind of like: Heeey, if you expend a lot of creative energy, you need to do something to replace that and build up your reservoirs again. Read a new book. See a play. Go to a movie. Check out a new TV show.
So, I just got a tip about CBS’ steamy drama, The Good Wife, with Julianna Margulies and Chris Noth, right? Here’s one of the YouTube videos about the show (made to look as if Noth’s character is an actual American politician):
Given The Good Wife is supposedly set in Chicago — a city almost 60% comprised of people of color — it would’ve been nice to see a browner cast. That said, I’m still kind of curious about that show because I’m totally intrigued (yet, admittedly, somewhat baffled) by the “stand by your man” politician wives who support their spouses through extremely public political sex scandals. Interested to see how they’ll play the scene out in the CBS drama.
I don’t watch traditional cable because Hulu, Current TV, Netflix and many of the major networks offer free, legal and high-quality programming online. I’m always excited about discovering new-to-me shows, movies or whatever. So, if CBS makes The Good Wife available streaming on their website, I’ll likely watch it. If they don’t, I won’t. But, enough about me and what I’m watching. I want to know about you. Chances are, if you like my site — and, by default, the topics I write about or (at the very least) hearing the goofy ruminations of a neurotic, funky, brown-skinned woman in New York — we might have a few things in common or, maybe, share similar interests. I’d love to know if you’ve stumbled across anything particularly fun (TV, blog, movie, whatever) recently. If so, feel free to post your jewels it in the comments section. Tell me: What do you like to watch?
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well…… TV has come a long way from Howdy Doody to Sex in the City….. Cable TV, at times, can be cool or cold…. while True Blood is slammin’….. Eastbound and Down and Hung
leaves a lot to be desired….. and while there may be some wonderful stuff happening elsewhere it TV Land…… it all reminds me of an Bruce Springsteen song ” 57 Channels ”
” 57 Channels and nothin’ on….
lamesabassman…… thank God for Netflix…..
At the moment, I’m rewatching the entire ‘Firefly’ series. Before that, I was watching ‘A Bit of Fry and Laurie’. Before that…well, that’s a while ago, but I think it was Monty Python (first season).
I’ve found my TV habits changing a lot recently. I used to watch a lineup of network TV every night. Now, I haven’t watched live TV since June, and am catching up on a lot of cable TV shows on Netflix (Battlestar Galactica, True Blood, Rescue Me), and find myself looking forward to mostly sci-fi shows that are premiering in the fall (Flash Forward, The Forgotten) and my current favs (Dollhouse, Lost).
True Blood, Dexter and Mad Men have kept me glued to my television recently. I think Dexter Morgan is one of the most interesting characters on TV and I’m such a huge fan of the books True Blood is based on, so I have to watch the show. The women of Mad Men are fabulous and so damn interesting. I also watch a lot of stuff that I’d be ashamed to admit – haha – namely trashy reality shows.
lamesabassman: I don’t know what I’d do without Netflix. LOVE them!
A.: Haven’t watched either of the series you most recently watched. I’ll read up on them. And, OF COURSE, I’ve seen Monty Python. “He says he doesn’t need to go on a quest for the Holy Grail because he’s already got one.”
Denise M: Yeah, I hear you on the online stuff. TV sets are going the director of the phonograph.
Cleopatra Jones: I love Mad Men! :) And, soooo don’t be ashamed at your trashy reality shows. I used to cry when I watched “Biggest Loser” and “Extreme Home Makeovers.” And, yeah, I’ll totally cop to watching “The Swan” when it was on air many many years ago!! :)
True blood Is my obsession, love Dexter and supernatural ( those Winchester boys < Dean especiallly YUM!!!!!) you have to watch true blood Eric Notham will make you add another Blond to your hottie roster .lol
oh, old post that was before mob wives …lol…