Born To Be Wild - the story of American rock in the seventies. Catch it on BBC iPlayer before it falls off the map. Nearly three weeks into the year huh. I've made quite a good start - I've certainly got my eye on the ball more than usual. This is entirely fuelled by the creation of Day Zero between Christmas and New Year. I think I blogged about this not so long ago, but if you've just joined us (where the hell have you been), Day Zero is rebooting your life by making a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days - which is about 2.75 years. It's actually really tough to make that list but it does focus your mind as to what's important and all the things you are/aren't doing. So far I've gotten to something like item number 70 in making the list (not actually doing them) but I didn't want to hang about to get started. I tried to talk my Ma into doing one as well. She has made a valiant attempt and written three items - all of which are holidays, but that's fine. It's whatever you want it to be and at least she has booked one of them.
I'm still considering posting that list here - I think it would be fun but on the other hand, I think some things should be just a little bit sacred.
Big Bear Rescue (which is one of the things on the list) got off to a good start today. Rhiannon has decided to join in by forcing her friends to make Bear Cakes with her and hosting a Bake Sale. I can go along with that. One of her teachers is pretty cool so I might ask her to open it up to the whole school and get some traction under it. I have some other ideas too but I really should speak to the people I want involved before I shout about it. I've also set up a page for it (still under construction) here where you can randomly donate if you want but there's lots to do still. I need to figure out how to blog about it properly - I might need to take it external to somewhere like tumblr for maximum traction and use some widgets to pull it back here. Still chewing that one over... mostly because I am trying to spend less time online, not more.
What else has gone on? Let's make a list. I got hooked on the excellent Welsh crime drama Hinterland that's simply excellent and yeah, it makes me want to go home again. I also got hooked on some new Scandinavian crime - this time via audiobook. The man in question is Jussi Adler-Olsen and his Department Q series is great fun. With a Danish slacker detective and his Syrian assistant (possibly ex-special forces or secret police), an ex-wife that won't go away but won't stay either, a crippled ex-partner, a lodger who cooks... and as the series goes on, more and more misfits turn up, such as the forensic guy who won £10 million in the lottery, lost it all and had to go back to work in the canteen. Standing proud in the middle of all of this are the plots. Gripping, serious and harsh plots. Its a great balance. There seem to be a lot of alternate titles in the translation of these on various websites but the first three books that are available are: Mercy, Disgrace and Redemption... and having done that research for you, I see there's a new one available called Journal 64.
...and that's all I got. Wiped out and finished for the day - I am out of here. Maybe I should have gone to bed last night.