Friday, April 20, 2007

Sleepless Morning

Why, when it comes round to five a.m. can I never sleep?

1. Because it is getting light outside and

2. Because my favourite quiz show Countdown comes on. Enter a world of slightly twee niceness peopled by contestants who, unlike certain people I could mention, don't get their doors kicked off the latch by key-losing crackheads ...

3. Followed by an hour of The Hoobs. More escapism. This time peopled by puppets puppetteered by the same people who did the Muppets, Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock. I call it sci-fi as they've descended from Hoobland to find out all they can about the Peeps (which is us) for Hubba-Hubba's "great Hoobopaedia". Roma (the orangey-brown one) looks like someone I used to go clubbing with (complete with coloured twizletuft) and Hubba-Hubba's singing is hilarious. I can do a good impersonation of their voices now...

4. Followed by pop videos, during which I usually fall asleep ...

5. And wake up for Everybody Loves Raymond. It used to be "everybody except me" but the series has grown on me. I used to think Raymond was the ginormous police constable brother with the sinister voice. Now I can follow an entire episode without switching channels and I even like Ray's mother ...

6. Followed by two episodes back to back of Just Shoot Me, a brilliantly scripted US comedy set in a Cosmopolitan-style glossy magazine. My favourite character here is Nina. (Slightly) reminiscent of Kim Cattral's part in Sex and the City ...

7. And by this time the world is on go.

So here I am. Good morning everyone!!


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19 comments:

  1. Queenie20 April 2007 at 12:53

    Yep! 'Everyone loves Raymond', can't stand 'Shoot me' (wish they would). Now they show that they cut ELRaymond to one episode.

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  2. Empress Bee (of the high sea)20 April 2007 at 14:26

    i love everybody loves raymond, but the character raymond i can't stand! make any sense? i think peter boyle, the father, makes the show!!!

    smiles, bee

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  3. Anonymous20 April 2007 at 19:16

    My boyfriend is a big fan of Everyone loves raymond too, and I find myself strangely intriqued by it too. My Blog address is www.freelancecynic.com by the way

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  4. Nicole20 April 2007 at 22:28

    Jesus Gled I think the drugs have REALLY got to your brain now that you've confessed to liking Everybody Loves Raymond. I don't know if we can be friends anymore! You did redeem yourself a bit by liking Just Shoot Me.

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  5. Nikki Neurotic20 April 2007 at 22:52

    I used to hate Everybody Loves Raymond as well, but my grandmother loved it and when I'd go over to visit her in the evening she would have that show on and we'd sit and watch it. I don't normally watch it now, but if I happen to catch it I'll sit and watch it and try to imagine my grandmother watching it with me.

    Just Shoot Me is one show I just can't get into. It's not a terrible show but I would never seek it out on my own.

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  6. Toccata20 April 2007 at 23:49

    Everybody Loves Raymond must be one of those shows that you have to watch some before it grows on you. It would seem I have not watched enough!

    Have you tried decorating shows? They always put me to sleep.

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  7. Richard21 April 2007 at 03:13

    Hi there. This is Richard Taylor (from New Zealand) from "Eyelight" which you commented on - I posted a comment to your comment. I want to hear comments even if they are not favourable (the comments become a part of the ongoing project -I don't judge them per se) - at the moment I have got to or gone past the Iraq War - I started with a poem about some Jewish rabbis (they were looking at some very ancient religious scrolls) I saw a picture of in our local paper some years ago ... I start each series with a poem and then I procede throgh various "rooms". But if you or anyone else wants to look at it - please read all the Blogs as it is not all darkness and gloom. I'll have to come back here with my URL.

    BTW Ihave no religious bias and politicaly ido have an agenda but I am not in any political party - Eyleight is a 'multi dimensional' project.

    On the TV Shows - I watched a few of the Everybody Loves Rayomond shows and I found them pretty good. Somehow didn't get time to watch anymore. The trouble with TV is there are so many adverts.

    If you want good humour I found "Little Britain" to be very good and also "Borat" or "Ali G" - lol

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  8. Richard21 April 2007 at 03:15

    That should be "Eyelight"


    Here is the link to my Blog


    http://richardinfinitex.blogspot.com/

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  9. Whitenoise21 April 2007 at 04:04

    Gled, haven't been here in a while... any NA in your recent past? ;-)

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  10. Gledwood21 April 2007 at 15:11

    Whitenoise: NA I have not been to for about a year. I went through a binge in the autumn of 2006 and even got myself a sponsor. Cut down massively the amount of white I was smoking (2/3 of the way through the binge) ... but somehow, no matter how much this guy hassled me to do this, not do that, the feeling was gone and would surely have come back but I didn't realize that like nezrly everyone in NA (or everyone who's an addict) he was a bit screwy. He phoned me once while someone was trying to chop my door down and wanted to carry on talking even as the lock was flying off. That was what finally convinced me he was not necessarily on the same wavelengh as me ... or indeed Earth Ground Zero ... know what I mean??

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  11. Gledwood21 April 2007 at 15:14

    And everybody else ... Queen Elizabeth I ... I do not recall ever meeting you online ... surely I must have done, else what are you doing speaking upon my blog? Mystery, mystery ...

    EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND: except you lot it seems. Well I DID admit I used to hate it. I only grew to tolerate it through sheer screenboringlystaring necessity. As I said, I EVEN grew to tolerate Raymond's mother and if you can tolerate her you can watch paint drying without assistance.

    Does my addiction to strong narcotics make any difference here ..??..??

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  12. Deb21 April 2007 at 15:47

    gled...I don't sleep very much at all. And, unfortunately for me, once I'm awake I usually can't get back to sleep. Like last night...I think it was 2 am when I finally started drifting off and I was awake by 7. Five hours is my average.

    I watch very little TV these days, unless it's fact based. The 20/20 program on global warming was very interesting last night...I'm going to try and find some to post.

    So sad, one bit was on a bird that mimics sounds. It once made beautiful bird/animal sounds - it now makes the noise of car alarms and even the chain saws that are cutting down it's home. It was depressing but eye opening.

    Have a decent day my friend. (I stopped saying a "great" day...do we really have many of those?)

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  13. Deb21 April 2007 at 15:48

    Oh and sad that Peter Boyle died.

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  14. junky21 April 2007 at 15:52

    somewhere in heaven or wherever, somebody is asking Peter Boyle to sing "putting On the Ritz"- ala "Young Frankenstein".

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  15. Gledwood21 April 2007 at 20:04

    Deb: Peter Boyle, "Raymond"'s Dad ..? Died at the end of last year ...

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  16. zennist24 April 2007 at 16:24

    I used to avoid "Raymond" like the plague. After I was required to spend long hours in front of the television (because I couldn't do anything else), it actually grew on me, too. It was basically that or the Iraq war news coverage, which just makes me want to get in a car, go to Washington and start shooting W. and all of his administration. (If the FBI is reading this, it's just another exagerration, okay? Please don't come and arrest me.)

    You're right. Nina is absolutely the best thing about "Shoot Me."

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  17. Gledwood28 April 2007 at 21:45

    I found you by chance, hopping blogs via that "next..." button. You're most welcome to drop by mine if you like; it's called gledwood2.blogspot and it's very "different" ... more a kind of online secret diary where I put my confessions. See you there maybe? All the very best to you and keep up the great blog.
    Yours truly
    Gledwood
    ("Gledwood Vol 2")

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  19. Gledwood28 April 2007 at 22:10

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