If I'm really focused on something and then I go to bed right afterwards, I tend to dream that I'm still engaged in that activity. An example? If I'm road-tripping it for many hours, then stop and go to sleep somewhere, I will continue to dream that I'm driving. The only difference is that instead of passing Accords and Camrys, I'm passing the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile and Snoopy parade floats with Andre the Giant riding shotgun. (If real life were like that, I'd never go to sleep.) The dreams are always very vivid and scary, which is why I've put together a little of activities after which I shouldn't go right to sleep.
After last night, I have two more activities to add to my don't-do-before-sleeping list: watching Big Love and organizing my fantasy baseball team. I had this terrible, terrible dream last night that I was trapped in the cult compound from the show with Brad Wilkerson. Only one man could rescue us: Bill Paxton. I'm sure it's been said before, but it's not exactly a promising mental health beacon when you wake yourself up by screaming, "Save me, Bill Paxton!"
(In case anyone is wondering about my opinion of "Big Love", I'll share it. First, to really summarize what's going on, the show should be called "Big Love, featuring Bill Paxton's butt cheeks". That much Paxton hiney is unwarranted. Secondly, I think there may be too much conflict on the show. Every major character, and some minor ones, has an overwhelming problem to face. A few more weeks, and I expect this thing will turn into American Gladiators, polygamy edition.)
Posted by Cody at April 10, 2006 5:40 PM"The show should be called 'Big Love, featuring Bill Paxton's butt cheeks'."
Truer words have never been spoken.
I love the show too. The only thing that could possibly suck you in more is a breech in the spaceship's airlock.
Posted by: Uncle Gus, driving the party bus at April 10, 2006 8:00 PMI enjoy the show, however I agree with Cody's analysis. There is too much going on. This show is kind of just filler for me until Deadwood and Entourage come back.
Posted by: Danza at April 11, 2006 9:33 AMI really like it. I'm impressed with the way polygamy is presented - Bill Paxton's not a bad guy for having 3 wives - just a guy trying to make a good life for his large family. I watch it and think...huh...that seems to work ok, while at the same time cannot imagine it at all.
Posted by: KC at April 11, 2006 1:13 PMI watch it and think oh my god I would go nuts if that were me!! Those ladies are crazy.
Posted by: trucky at April 11, 2006 5:47 PMIt's ironic. It's actually very easy to tell Bill Paxton's ass from Bill Pullman's ass.
That young wife.... dang.
Posted by: Darby at April 11, 2006 10:10 PMThank you Darby!!! Bill Pullman - for the longest time I was trying to figure out why Bill Paxton looks so different in this show than what I remembered - I was picturing Bill Pullman!
Posted by: KC at April 12, 2006 8:39 AMAnyone else surprised that Chloë Sevigny can go this long on camera without taking her clothes off?
Posted by: Boj at April 12, 2006 8:58 AMBecause of Boj's question, I think it's not the real Chloe Sevigny, but some sort of robot Chloe Sevigny impostor where they turned the meanness control way up and the sluttiness control slightly down.
Posted by: Cody at April 12, 2006 11:38 AMBoj just sees the name Chloe Sevigny and immediately expects the Brown Bunny clip from online. Then he gets that slap in the face when he realizes that 1. it wasn't Chole Sevigny in that clip in the first place and 2. Chloe Sevigny is in reality a total man.
I, for one, am glad the bitch dresses like a burn victim in this show. It's nice to see her actually wearing some clothes when she's being an actress, and from the way she dresses like she went dumpster diving after fashion week and becomes Hollywood's resident bag lady for the next year, it's nice to see her in clothes that don't look like Gianni Versace and Madonna vomitted on her back in the 80's.