I have a TARDIS!

[dbskyler]

Really! Of course, it's only about a foot tall, and it doesn't seem to travel in time and space, but it lights up and makes noises! I like that part a lot. The cats like that part a little less.

In other news, I have finished the Downton Abbey Christmas special, so I am now officially caught up! I also now have to officially wait for more Downton Abbey. Rats. I do have to say, though, that there were an awful lot of very important plot developments in that special. I find that interesting, because here in the U.S., I think a one-off Christmas special would leave the characters exactly where they started. Although that's just conjecture, since we don't have Christmas specials in the same way that you guys do over in the U.K. -- we might have Christmas-themed episodes, but they're part of the regular season. It's just weird, because I realized afterwards that I had gone in with this mindset that it would be all holiday-ish and nothing much would happen, and boy, was I wrong.

And, since three things make a post (or so I've heard), let me leave you with the funniest thing I've seen lately on the internet. Credit goes to justice_turtle, who made me aware of the "Boobs Don't Work That Way" site, which is where people post examples of artists drawing unrealistic pictures of women. Then I found this entry on there, which is more of a "bodies don't work that way," and it's hysterical (and completely work-safe): http://boobsdontworkthatway.tumblr.com/day/2012/01/20/

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Woohoo for having a TARDIS!

And congrats on getting caught up on DA.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

The TARDIS is a lot of fun. It's one of those frivolous purchases that is completely useless, but all the better because of that. It lights up and makes noise! And it's blue!!!!!!!!!

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Sounds like fun!

[thisbluespirit]

But it's bigger on the inside, so that's all right! :-)

Yes, our Christmas specials vary. In essence, they're just 'an extra episode - often extra-long - broadcast over the two weeks around Christmas and New Year'. They may well be Christmas-themed, sometimes just vaguely wintry, but sometimes not. Just an extra ep. Only privileged and popular shows get allowed them.

(I have a Violet icon now, too.)

Yes, DA will be annoying for you - if they carry on as with S1 and S2, you'll get S3 in January, and I will have smugly finished it by then (it started early Sept last year). :lol:

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh, Violet icon!!!!!!! I still absolutely love Violet. I think she's become one of my all-time favorite female characters on television.

You guys get new DA in September, and I have to wait until January???!!!! Where is that international iPlayer they keep hinting at, but never deliver?

Oh well, at least we'll be getting it! At least, I assume we will be. I can't imagine PBS won't continue to purchase the show. Downton Abbey is really popular here -- even my parents have watched it. In fact, they started watching it before I did!

[thisbluespirit]

You guys get new DA in September, and I have to wait until January???!!!!

I don't know, but that was how it worked last year. We'll see - maybe they'll make us all wait!

Violet is great, yes.

[pitry.livejournal.com]

A Tardis! I'll take it off your hands if it scares the cats too much... :D

Oh, I am so planning on watching Downtown Abbey when I leave my job... ;)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Sorry, but the cats seem to be getting used to it now. I'll let you know, though!

And yes yes yes, watch Downton Abbey! It's absolutely marvelous. I'm not even a big historical drama person, and it completely hooked me.