quick notes

1) If I believed in jinxing things, I wouldn't tell you this: My mother is thinking she might want to move up here, after all. Can you hear my (tentative) squee from here? I miss her every single day, even though we talk on the phone at least a couple times a day.

2) On Bisexuality: epi_lj speaks for me.

3) I am melancholy. Or, rather, I am Serene and I'm feeling a wave of melancholy today. I am rolling with it.

Britdrama recs?

I liked Downton Abbey (a Masterpiece Classic thingy). Didn't love it; liked it quite a lot. Not a big fan of Elizabeth McGovern's acting in it; otherwise, pretty solid, and while I don't have a history of reading/watching stuff set in that period, it worked for me because it paid attention, the way papersky's Farthing novels do, to some of what was not good about that age. (Plus: queerness. Minus: evil queers. Plus: socialists and suffrage-for-women advocates. Minus: who nonetheless soak in their privilege. Minus: nearly no people of color, and the one notable non-UK person is very assimilated and dies very quickly. Other similar pluses and minuses kept me from loving it, but I liked it.)

I've also liked/loved, in the Britdrama realm:

MI-5 (Spooks) (While folks I trust disliked the level of violence, I found that to be so wonderful -- finally, a spy drama that acknowledges that spies are in truly terrible peril a lot of the time)
A Touch of Frost (David Jason has my heart. I even watched the silly Pratchett thing so I could see him act circles around Sean Astin)
the new Robin Hood for about a season before I got tired of it
Jekyll until the mom became a big plot point
and, of course, I love Torchwood and Doctor Who

Got recommendations for me? Extra bonus points if it's something I can get on Netflix. I've never watched that detective thing with Helen Mirrin -- Prime Suspect, is it? Is it wonderful? And what else should I check out?

un. fair.

Do you guys think it's fair that a totally mild cold that didn't even make me miss work now appears to have turned into a sinus infection or something similar? I don't! It's not fair, right? Back me up on this.

In less whiny news, still loving The Best Job Ever; trying to figure out move logistics with my mom; and made really good dinner tonight even though I was all Ow ow sinuses ow!

Dinner was a stir-fry of steak, shiitakes, onions, carrots, scallions, fresh water chestnuts, cabbage, choy of some sort, green beans, snow peas, and asparagus, in a sauce of garlic, ginger, soy sauce, and Thai sweet chili sauce.

And bacon fried rice. Frighteningly good.