Bones

In the meanwhile I've been sick as I had not been in quite a while - sick enough not to be able to work or even to leave the house. Sick enough to stay indoors until boredom nearly made me climb up the walls. Flu, the doctors said, after another odyssey through this country's bloody healthcare system. Five days at home in bed: pills and rest, and fever control. On the fifht, the gig: Muse. Was waiting for it since June, and for a moment I feared the flu would ruin it for me. But someone up there still likes me after all, and I could go and watch the gig of the year in Portugal. It was simply amazing. No kidding: Muse are indeed the best live band nowadays. There can be no rival, really. The stage, the songs, the crowd: everything was perfect. My health was the only thing failing: I was good enough to know, but I thought I was going to pass out in Stockholme Syndrome. Not strong enough, it seems. But it was worth it. Absolutely worth it.

In the meanwhile I've been watching tv again, something I had not done for years. House. Bones. Bones is a very good show, probably the show with the best cast currently on the cable (better than all CSI plus Criminal Investigation plus Criminal Minds plus any other show you want to add here. There is real chemistry between the actors in Bones, which makes the show plausible, funny and yet never ridiculous. And the main actress, of course, Emily Deschanel. God, shes's pretty. Learned now that Zooey Deschanel is her younger sister. Blessed parents, hum?

More. The Simpsons and Family Guy, of course. And anime: Death Note (amazing show) and the old school Saint Seiya. I remember seeing Saint Seiya when I was a child. Now I'm seeing it again and guess what, it's as good as I remembered it. Even if now I have to acknowledge my mistake: Shun, the Andromeda Saint, is a guy and not a gal, despite the soft features, the guardian constellation... and the pink armour. Bah. Silly androginous characters.