Hi there 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Been meaning to do a round-up thing. Don't really like them, but hey, new decade...

( Christmas )

( Fannishness 2019 )

( Some sort of looking back at the past decade? )

And finally...

Fact we’re in the ‘Twenties’ sounds so weird. It’s so synonymous with the 1920s. Sounds like a bygone era when women were still fighting for their rights, the upper classes were living a life of hedonism whilst people starved & the world was on the verge of financial ruin and war

— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) January 1, 2020

The only thing I'd add to that is that this decade we need to be saving the actual planet. (And the NHS of course. And the country. And...) Starting 2010 I don't remember worrying about any of this. (Maybe I was naive and living in a bubble. And OK, sure climate change was a thing, but I guess I thought that governments would *do* something? Instead they just got racist & cosied up to billionaires.)

Tonight's TV

So, tonight's TV. TV is clearly like buses, nothing for ages, and then three at the same time.

BBC1. 6:55 - 8:00 Doctor Who
Channel 4. 7:40 - 9:00 Bake-Off: Derry Girls
BBC1. 9:00 - 10:30 Dracula

Decisions, decisions.

ETA: Speaking of TV. You know, in the midst of all this doom & gloom, let's not forget that some things ARE getting better.

We watched The Big Fat Quiz of the Year last night, and the contestants were... diverse. And apart from one truly awful sexist joke by Jimmy Carr (that he was called out on!) it was funny without being offensive. (Sometimes outrageous, yes, but not that lazy Straight White Male Comedian 'humour'.)

ETA2: Bake-Off with Derry Girls is VERY MUCH like what Tumblr imagined Bake-Off would be with Good Omens characters. I.e. wonderful. Sometimes literally screaming at the screen, and other times almost crying with laughter.

ETA3: Dracula (part 1) was... mmmmm, delightful. I read the book last year, and it keeps the tone (but adding a good dollop of humour!), cuts all the dull bits and instead adds awesome nuns. Anything more would be spoilery, although I want to add that the gore is very well done and very innovative. (Which is quite the compliment coming right off Hannibal. But yeah, excellent Hammer Horror.)

Doctor Who - first thing tomorrow! I hear that it's Quite Something and that one should Stay Unspoiled. :)