Grateful

[purejuice]

Delighted to report that

• Acey is eating again and isn't pissed off about losing an eyebrow any more
• Jack Daniels will not be here for Thanksgiving, he's flying back east to go smoke cigarettes with his repulsive daughters and
• that the wonderful gnm, who is doing the best writing on Obama on LJ, is also absolutely right about how HGTV has sold out. It's all about real estate now, which while a reasonable calculation of what the news is, is a serious bore. DIY TV is the place to be. Lotsa hardcore drillin', men in tool belts and Hard Wood t shirts. Yow.
• And I scored this Hollywood Regency chandelier for the Pillow Talk room off Etsy. It's just like (more or less) the one Doris has in her study overlooking the 59th Street bridge. Yay.

Comments

[villagecharm.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear about Acey, and about Thanksgiving. I had a similar thought about "This Old House," which I remember from years ago as being sensible, DIY stuff aimed at people in real dwellings. I saw it not long ago, and it was full-on subprime porn, with 23-year-olds taking on $450,000 mortgages and remodeling their gross prefab mansions to include laser discos or something.

[purejuice.livejournal.com]

subprime porn!

[auntysocial.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear Acey is happier now. HGTV--I've been wondering about their emphasis on real estate. Is that what people want to watch? Not me! It made sense that they wanted to watch during the boom, but now?
Love that chandelier!