My Current Interest

                 I was not one of the original watchers of Downton Abbey .   In fact, I did not know the show even existed until the awards committees began nominating it.   While I was intrigued as to what all the excitement was about, it took me awhile to finally get the discs and find out for myself.   At first I did not see the thrill.   My dislike was to the extent that I almost did not get the second disc, but I did.   The reason for my not liking the show was mainly because of one character.   Mary.   I could not stand her.   As a matter of fact, I still cannot.   I think there is a point in each episode where I try to get rid of her.   Thankfully the other characters have begun to shine and I have found so many positive reasons to continue on with the series.                       The show is about a high society family and the people that work for them.   Starting in 1912 with the sinking of the Titanic, the series stretches quite a few years in the first three seasons, i

                Alfred Hitchcock is my favorite director of all time.   Tim Burton comes in a close second, and I mean extremely close, but Mr. Hitchcock takes the prize.   Now every Sunday in September Turner Classic Movies is airing a day of Hitchcock movies.   As I am not exactly a football person, which takes up a lot of the channels on Sundays, this day of great films is fantastic for me.                         While I own quite a few Hitchcock movies, there are so many I have never seen, or even heard of.   These Sundays let me see so many films that I may never be exposed to otherwise.   Last Sunday alone I watched one movie I had never seen ( The Wrong Man ), and three I did not know even existed ( Stage Fright , I Confess , and Foreign Correspondent ).   Some I liked better than others, but I was thrilled to experience them all.                 As much as I enjoy watching the films, they are not the only thing I look forward to.   Before and after each film either Ben

                As far as I know of my high school did not have Saturday detentions.   I am not even sure how popular regular detention was.   Yes, people got into trouble, and maybe they went to detention, but it was not something I really paid attention to.   If I had gotten detention, I think I would have preferred for it to be after school instead of using up an entire Saturday as it does in The Breakfast Club .                          In this classic movie, five students are forced to attend a Saturday detention for various reasons.   Only two of them, Claire (Molly Ringwald) and Andy (Emilio Estevez), know each other as they have similar social circles, but the others all have different crowds.   Rebellious John (Judd Nelson), loner Allison (Ally Sheedy), and studious Brian (Anthony Michael Hall) are not exactly the types popular Claire and wrestler Andy would hang out with.   Actually John, Allison, and Brian would probably not hang out with each other either.   They all s