Overcast days are my favorite. There is something special about the kind of day that drives people to nap or curl up with a good book. I love to do those things when the sun is sleeping under his cloudy covers but more than anything I love to step outside and feel the cool air hit me in the face, I love to feel the wind run its light hands through my hair and I love to get lost in the waves of clouds above me. It’s days like this that I feel inspired. To do what, I don’t quite know but I always have an abundance of positive energy pulsing through me. Maybe the sun loans me his energy for the day. Maybe not.
I just finished watching the newest episode of Dollhouse, Joss Whedon’s new show. The episode, titled “The Man on the Street” was a breath of fresh air from Joss. It’s the 6th episode of the series and the first 5 weren’t much to spit at. Formulaic plotlines and a few stock characters with dull motivations pretty much encapsulate those first few episodes but this one was something different. Complications abound in this newest episode and all I can say is, “It’s about frocking time.” The plot wasn’t the stand-alone, isolated episode plot that it has been and the Joss Whedon humor that I love so much is all over. We now have characters with understandable and sympathetic motivations that we can stand behind and conversely, we have characters with similarly understandable motivations that we can stand against. Dollhouse has changed from a tv show to be watched to an adventure to be enjoyed. Good for Joss.
