Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Apropos
Hi, reader. I wrote this in 2011 and it's now more than five years old. So it may be very out of date; the world, and I, have changed a lot since I wrote it! I'm keeping this up for historical archive purposes, but the me of today may 100% disagree with what I said then. I rarely edit posts after publishing them, but if I do, I usually leave a note in italics to mark the edit and the reason. If this post is particularly offensive or breaches someone's privacy, please contact me.
Leonard and I have been watching a few episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show every day. Battlestar Galactica, The Babysitters Club, and The Dick Van Dyke Show all suit me partly because they focus on labor. Robert Petrie takes substantial pride in doing his job well. I am now imagining Admiral Adama from BSG as Rob's boss Mel Cooley. Sure.
Yesterday, we watched "Big Max Calvada," in which a mob boss gets Rob and his comedy-writing colleagues to write an act for the mobster's untalented nephew. My PICC performance approaches in less than two weeks. Perhaps it didn't help my nerves to watch the nephew's act bombing.
Back to work, laboring over jokes about Facebook.
Comments
Julia
http://www.m14m.net/julia
17 Apr 2011, 11:05 a.m.
I like stuff that focuses on labor, too! I hate stuff with organized crime and/or corrupt cops, though.
I think this is why I like Criminal Minds partly; the FBI team takes their work seriously and are very concerned about doing their jobs well, and they're fighting crime in a way that is clearly okay--I think we can all agree that serial killers are bad, yes?