When we bought season one of True Blood last summer, I was not a fan. I thought it was ridiculously bad and gave up after two episodes. Steve was hooked. He begged me to give it another chance but I had pretty much drawn the line: two hours of my time had already been sucked down the drain and if I were going to do any more than that I would charge one million dollars per episode. Not. Gonna. Happen.
Season two came via Netflix and I’ll admit, as hard for me as it is: now, I am hooked in the it’s so bad it’s good kind of way (which is maybe true of most vampire stories; Twilight anyone?). I’m not in it for the vampires. And there are still things about it I don’t like. One, I have no stomach for the blood. Two, Anna Paquin’s Southern accent makes me want to drive a stake through my head. But here’s what I love: the story! It is a very American story and it comes together at a genius level.
Now here’s the spooky: we take a walk every night with George. Picture this:
Last night, one of the houses we passed – that we know to be vacant while it’s under repair – had something creepy going on in an upstairs window. The entire house was completely dark and suddenly, in that upstairs room, the lights switched on in a very quick, schizo (read: haunted) manner: flicker flicker flicker. And then the room went dark again and stayed dark (we stood there watching it for a time). There were no curtains so we could see the room was completely empty. It gave me the shivers. That spine tingle.
3 comments:
Ugh, that accent. It makes me want to stick sharp objects in my ears. Did you know that the actor who plays Jason is from Australia? It blew me away. Also, I think Alan Ball is a genius.
the accent *actually* grows on you. at least, it did for me. probably because i'm always staring at eric and/or the naked chests.
Was just going through the "next blog" button and came upon your blog. I just have to say that I LOVE True Blood!! My sister made me watch it. I thought it was so stupid and annoying at first, too. But now, I can't wait for Sunday nights!! :)
Ummm, Eric....yeah :)
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