Corner Gas

I've been getting into a Canadian sit-com shown on SBS called Corner Gas. I first saw an episode of this over in Perth, and thought it was a weekly show, but SBS have been showing it Mon - Wed at a 5:30pm time slot.

The show centres around the staff and regulars of a cafe, general store, and petrol station at Dog River, somewhere in the wilds of Saskatchewan (where it's actually shot). And yes, it's all full of fun quirky characters who play off one another in various ways. The tag-line reads "Forty kilometres from nowhere and way beyond normal" which just about sums it up.

But, I find it very funny, and clever as well. Yesterday's episode started with the Canadian Prime Minister broadcasting a speech and being interrupted by Brent. When I checked the credits it really was the Canadian Prime Minister!

A small thing, but it makes me laugh (oh, and Wanda reminds me of a real-life New Zealand friend of mine).

Trouble on the Interwebs

Exactly why you should be careful about what you post on the Internet:

Yesterday...

...was the two month anniversary.

...I visited Jenny, and although I haven't been able to get Bobby to her, someone else brought their little dog in who cuddled her.

...I bough a large canvas on which I will paint a portrait.

...I cried a lot and drunk myself to sleep.

Today...

...was OK, until K & M left for the fireworks display on the foreshore, and I started watching TV. I kept on thinking of times past.

SBS had Dinner for One on. I'd seen this years ago when i was involved with Chameleons back in Perth. I have a tape copy which was given to me by "Party Michelle" who had cancer is now probably "Dead Michelle" (though back then, there was someone else we called that name). All about refusing to accept the present by clinging to the rituals of the past. Very funny, but also very sad.

Ten had an ABBA special on. I love ABBA, but somehow it just made me spiral on old times, and the lack of things once had. Most of their songs are about two people, and today (or tonight) I feel that absence. There was some Twenty to Ten thing on Nine about celebrations. No thanks. I think I'll have my now usual "quiet night" instead.

I used to go out with people on New Year's Eve and join in the celebrations, but it seemed that more often than not, doing so just heightened the sense of isolation in me, rather than connection. I really hate the period from December 24th to January the 1st - it just wrecks my equilibrium.

Might go on to Second Life later and see what's on. Then again, I might just go to bed.

Tomorrow...

...is the start of a New Year that everyone's been telling me about.

...is when I change my "default" icon on LJ.

...is going to be the day I start drawing again (I hope).

...is predicted to be hotter than today.

...is just another day.