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Sad

We saw both kids this weekend. That was awesome. I love it when they come home. We were supposed to go to a party at their aunt’s house today. A dual graduation party for my step daughter and her cousin who both graduated from college this year. Jen and I had to miss it because we both have a bit of a stomach bug right now and… well… at the risk of TMI, neither of us wanted to be away from a bathroom for the length of time that would be required to drive to the party location. Sorry. I am actually sad about it. It’s been decades since last we went to an event that was thrown by someone on the kids’ dad’s side of the blended family and it might have been a little weird after all of these ages, but I was still looking forward to going.

That’s not what I am feeling especially sad about. What I am sad about is that Bellana is staying at her dad’s tonight and Harry just left for Vermont. Our kid time is over for this weekend. Harry will be back in a couple of weeks, but for now… we’re kid free.

That’s why I am sad.

On a slightly related note, television-wise, I finished watching the two seasons of Spaced and now I need something new to add to my huge list of binge shows. Spaced has me in the mood for British television. Both kids have watched the new version of Doctor Who, all 300 seasons or whatever it is. We’ve watched a handful of episodes together over the last year or so and… well… I just started from reboot season one, episode one. I’ll finish this show in about 20 years. Then I’ll have to find the 300 seasons of the original version of the show. Yeah, this should keep me busy for a while.

Cornetto Trilogy

I mentioned the other day that I finally found a streaming service that carries the show Spaced. I’m almost finished watching it (there are only 14 episodes) and last night I found myself home alone for a while and decided to roll Spaced into a mini film festival where I watched Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright/Nick Frost movies.

I started with Shaun of the Dead for two reasons. One, it’s possibly the funniest movie ever (not to mention the greatest zombie movie ever). Two, I remembered it being short. It isn’t really short. It’s an hour and 40 minutes or so. That’s short compared to Godfather II, but not compared to reality. Regardless, it is one of my favorite movies and I haven’t watched it in ages. When it was done you would expect me to have moved on to movie number two in the Cornetto Trilogy, Hot Fuzz, but instead I jumped ahead to number three, The World’s End. Why? Because I had only watched it once before (despite the clear fact that it is genius) and, unlike Shaun and Hot Fuzz, I don’t know the whole thing word for word. I was definitely due for a viewing.

That’s all I got to last night. I might try to watch Hot Fuzz before bed tonight, thus completing the trilogy. I don’t know. I might try to stick to a couple more episodes of Spaced instead. I only have four left to go, I think. It might be three… or five… something like that. I’m in season two. Then again, I might just go to sleep. I am beat after this very weird day.

Spaced

If you are like me and are a huge fan of the movies Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End and often find yourself wishing for more viewing options from the team of Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, and Nick Frost, along with the rest of the gang, and you know there was a TV series called Spaced that they all did together prior to Shaun of the Dead but could never see it because it wasn’t available anywhere for either streaming or purchase, then I have some news for you.

It is available for streaming on the Tubi app. It’s free with commercials. There are only two seasons with a total of 14 episodes. I am on season one episode six and it is every bit as ridiculous and insane and wonderful and, well… English as I had hoped it would be.

Enjoy, folks. Enjoy.