rambling

6 April 2011

Back on the horse

If you have been stalking me and my blog since it’s early days, you may remember me mentioning my horse Daisy a few times. But I doubt both, so I’ll be glad to tell the whole story again. I also daresay my writing skills have become less immature since I last wrote about my childhood passion: horses. Yep, I used to be one of those obnoxious horse-fanatic girls who regularly read trashy horse magazines (thankfully I got tired of them pretty early and read a “real” adult horse magazine, Cavallo in this case, instead). I wonder where my fascination for […]

5 February 2010

For a little while (Dollhouse)

Regarding Joss Whedon’s show Dollhouse, for the past three years there has been much ado about… nothing? The fans were ambitious when they first learned about Whedon’s latest project, then they were upset about what FOX tried to turn it into. Later on they were glad that it got renewed for a second season, and eventually sad-but-not-surprised that it got canceled. All those facts contributed to what Dollhouse is now: a nice show, but nothing more. Whedon has proven many times in Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Firefly that he can do so much more. Make us roll on the […]

17 January 2009

Mars. vs. Mars or Is there life in 1973?

Is there life in 1973? Is there life on mars? Is there life after the Doctor? Three perfect questions. As briefly mentioned in my 2008 wrap-up post, I got completely and utterly lost in the Whoniverse toward the end of last year. I kept hearing and reading from all sides how amazing the TV shows Doctor Who (2005) and Torchwood were, that I became more and more anxious to watch them. And then I did, and though I at first thought “Well, ´tis a bit trashy.”, I quickly learned to ignore the trashy bits and was completely blown away by […]