Damn Fine Coffee

[caddyman]

Neither of us wanted to get up this morning. In fact, the alarm went off as usual, then the radio came on 10 minutes later – as usual and then suddenly it was nearly 40 minutes later. That gets the blood moving, I can tell you.

I’m in the office now of course and still I don’t want to get up.

I was late to bed last night, which is part of the problem. I didn’t mean to wait until around two before turning in, but something I ate yesterday or the day before clearly had repercussions, so I felt happier sitting in front of my PC rather than turning in until I was sure that the ructions had finished.

We have been watching season one of Twin Peaks on DVD over the past few days. I only saw the odd bit here and there, probably not even a full episode when it was originally broadcast in the early 90s. Viewing it now, I have two observations:

a) it is probably the oddest TV drama I have ever watched, though its influences on later shows are quite obvious; and

b) I have seemingly misplaced my CD of the Twin Peaks soundtrack, which I bought many moons ago on the basis of the rather marvellous theme with that bass…

If Twin Peaks had been filmed in England, it would have to have been set in one of the Isles of Scilly, the Forest of Dean or rural Norfolk. Somewhere where there is a lot of inbreeding and a high incidence of webbed toes in the population.

Everyone in that programme is just plain odd to some extent.

Comments

[fencingsculptor.livejournal.com]

How odd I was thinking the same.

Alarm went off at 5:55am , and couldn't heave carcass out from under Duvet, and two fleece blankets until 6:25.

Slow motion ablutions continued until about 7:25

according to the BBC it could be Aliens - they were blaming them for everything this morning...well aliens and Northern Irish Ghosts...

[fen-wolfchile.livejournal.com]

Twin peaks is one of the oddest things ever.
Then again the most mainstream Mr Lynch ever got was the film version of Dune, which was odd even next to the book. I mean, really, teenage boy takes so many drugs he can see the future and then takes over the universe! How did they get that past the censors :)

[ellefurtle.livejournal.com]

I've never read Dune - is it worth the trouble?

[pauln.livejournal.com]

Dune is (though there's better out there). Ignore all the sequels, though.

[mr-h-r-hughes.livejournal.com]

I have no time for most Sci-Fi/Fantasy books and I rather enjoyed Dune although I feared I wouldn't. I warn you though it is *odd* in terms of the way the story is told, it seems to have more internal monologuing than any other book I've read. Amy says it's very 60's as well.

[fen-wolfchile.livejournal.com]

Dune is brilliant.
One of mine, and Karen's, favourite books of all time.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Dune is good, but the sequels tail off pretty quickly. There's a copy somewhere in the house - bedroom by the hi-fi I think.