Friday Five

1. Have I mentioned that I'm reading THE IRON WITCH by BFF Kaz? And that it's really good?

2. Are you on Goodreads? I'd love it if you friended me! I signed up to do a reading challenge there - 52 books this year. I'm a little behind schedule, thanks to Diana Gabaldon's tome DRAGONFLY IN AMBER, but I'm hoping to catch up soon.

3. Thanks to everyone who provided snow removal advice. Tomorrow morning I'll be climbing snow piles and attempting to push them around. Perhaps pictures will follow...

4. We watched this really interesting National Geographic documentary called The Science of Dogs. It's all about eugenics and how humans have spent centuries trying to perfect various breeds for various purposes -- like detecting cancer by smelling (fer realz--so cool!) and a man in Russia who has created HIS OWN BREED OF DOGS by mating dogs and jackals to create incredibly, outrageously reliable bomb-sniffing dogs for use with airport security. 45 minutes - highly recommended. Available via Netflix streaming.

5. Tomorrow night I'm going to a vegetarian restaurant for dinner. What luxury! Woo! An ENTIRE MENU to choose from! No modifications! No worrying that I am accidentally ingesting unwanted animal products! Feelings of love and goodwill for all!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Friday Five: Obsession Edition

I present to you the five stages of TV show love, Renee-style:

Stage One: Interest
Huh. That looks neat. Let's watch an episode.

Stage Two: Infatuation
OMG! I love this show! The characters are so interesting!!

Stage Three: Addiction
Just one more episode, honey. Pleeeeease?

Stage Four: Obsession
Do I WANT to watch it tonight? Is that a trick question? DO YOU NOT REALIZE THAT THE PROMISE OF WATCHING THESE EPISODES IS ALL THAT GETS ME THROUGH THE DAY???

Stage Five: Integration
OMG, I totally just made a Torres expression. Did you see it? I just did that thing she does. Also, you know that voice you hear in your head? Like your internal narration voice? Yeah. Mine's Tim Roth now. All the time. Spot-on accent, too. I'm kind of impressed with myself.

Lie to me

Dudes. I am totally addicted to this show.



Lie to Me stars Tim Roth (who I lurve) as Cal Lightman, the world's foremost deception expert. He's learned how to read people's "micro-expressions" and "facial emblems" to detect when people are lying and/or hiding something. Partnered with a leading psychologist and two rookie deception-experts-in-training, they work with various clients like the FBI, CIA, the president, and private individuals to prevent and solve crimes, vet cabinet picks, etc.

The deception detection piece of it gets a little formulaic after a handful of episodes (we just started the second season via Netflix but I think it's in its third or fourth) but the character development is money. I'm totally sucked in!!! I love all the characters and the cases are widely varied and pretty interesting.

Also, one of the rookies (Eli Loker, played by Brendan Hines) has the EXACT hair of my main character in TLOS, at least in terms of curliness:



Yummy, right? I mean all of him, not just the hair. His character is the only one who, so far, is written a little inconsistently (imo).

I would definitely recommend checking it out. We're currently streaming it through Netflix.