Long weekend to-do list
1. Watch three seasons of Breaking Bad.
Said to be the best American TV series since The Wire. Just finished the first season. It’s not as Shakespeare as The Wire and not as ambitious, but we love a very black comedy. Funnily enough it is referred to as a drama. Breaking Bad is about a man who only starts living when he finds out he is dying. Why are the best TV series about drugs? The hero of this one is a man who cooks shabu. We watch him go from a good law-abiding citizen to a…he’s not quite bad yet, but we can see where he’s headed. This series has given us a new respect for the periodic table.
2. Read The Known World by Edward P. Jones, who is coming to Manila next week. The Pulitzer-winning novelist will give talks at several schools. He will also be a panelist at the Manila International Literary Festival of the Unfortunate Acronym.
3. Buy the wine for the 5th anniversary party on Thursday November 10.
So now you have a real reason to go.
4. Watch Michael Fassbender as Rochester in Jane Eyre.
We never cared for Jane Eyre, but if anyone can make us it is he.
5. Pick up the Reading Group copies of The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, which arrived yesterday.
6. View the group exhibition Ciento Cincuenta at Pinto Art Museum in Antipolo.
7. Attend Ambeth Ocampo’s talk on Jose Rizal on Sunday, 3pm at Pinto Art Museum.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
November 5th, 2011 at 04:24
i prefer jane eyre to wuthering heights. my husband likes breaking bad. if there’s one person who desrves all his emmy’s, it’s bryan cranston.
November 5th, 2011 at 07:51
I’m on Season Two now. It gets better.
November 5th, 2011 at 13:21
I missed your original post on The Sense of an Ending, but I’ll be picking up a copy.
November 5th, 2011 at 14:39
keri mo lahat yan sa tatlong araw madam??
November 6th, 2011 at 15:56
You’re in for a treat I watched 3 seasons of breaking bad in 1 seating for each season! I’d say it doesn’t have the completeness that almost each season of the wire had but the performances were great. I think you’ll also love the early season’s chemistry geekery!
November 6th, 2011 at 22:46
I liked Jane Eyre, and then I read Wuthering Heights (one Christmas day, I was terrifically drunk) It’s like somebody punched me in the face. Not like Jane Eyre at all.
November 7th, 2011 at 11:16
breaking bad + x files = man on wheel chair with bell
November 9th, 2011 at 11:03
I watched Jane Eyre because I was so stunned after reading Wide Sargasso Sea. I should have read the Jane Eyre first but I had to see Michael Fassbender too.
And yes, The Known World! It brings tears to my eyes when I think of that boy, Luke. I wish I could have my copy signed, and my copy of Oscar Wao as well. (Junot Diaz will be at the uhm, MILF too, right?)
November 9th, 2011 at 11:08
You could probably have your copy signed at the lit festival. Junot Diaz’s attendance is doubtful as he has back problems and the long flight would be painful. The organizers are still trying to convince him to make the trip. Our solution: First class air ticket so he can be comfortable during the flight.