Desperate Houswives, and Weekend Plans

[dlgood]

Gotta steamroll through my work. I'm going up to Connecticut for John Nam's wedding. Nam, as I may have briefly mentioned, is the guy who's bowflex I used to keep. Since getting engaged, John has cut down on his drinking and swearing and pretty much stopped running off to gamble in Atlantic City every weekend like he used to do for years. Either he's growing out of his vices, or this girl is destroying him. Because without the drinking, swearing, and gambling, I'm not so sure I know who John is. That said, we're supposed to all be going to Mohegan Sun on Friday night, so not everything has changed so drastically...

Desperate Houswives
At some point, I'll probably get into discussing this show. I don't necessarily think it's great TV, but it has amused me. I'm particularly interested in the marriage counseling sessions with Bree Van de Kamp and her husband. She's resentful becuase her Martha Stewart-esqe housework goes largely unappreciated. Largely, it goes unappreciated by her family because they don't care all that much about it.

Which sort goes back to teenaged me dealing with my mother. I was willing enough to take advantage of all the stuff mom did for me, but for the most part it wasn't particularly important to me. For the most part, I'd rather have had my mom just relax and chill, rather than running herself ragged to provide me with stuff I didn't care about anyway.

I don't know what the deal with the Bree character is yet. With my mom, it goes back to her overcompensating. She had tremendously lousy parents (neglectful at best, abusive at worst) and she's been hellbent on showing her kids that she loved us, would be there for us, and would do whatever she could for us. This sometimes goes beyond the loving mother into overbearing territory, as she makes sure that we're appreciated whether we actually appreciate it or not.

Bree, though, is played by Marcia Cross(Kimberly from Melrose Place) so I'm fairly suspicious she's nuts.

Comments

[chrisleeoctaves.livejournal.com]

I would actually be very interested in hearing your thoughts about DH, because I wonder if the male perspective might not be totally different from the female. I also believe that younger, single women would probably scoff at the characters and the show, while someone like me sits there nodding, "yeah, hmm hmm" through the whole thing.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

I grew up in the suburbs, and I live in a suburb now. The only character I didn't immediately recognize from that experience was Gabrielle, as neither of my neighborhoods have had trophy wives. Or if they did, they weren't on my street...

[regala-electra.livejournal.com]

I actually really like the show, and heh, I am a youngin'. I certainly see shades of assorted family members in the characters and I really connect with the Sarah character because dude, that's almost like me, although I am a bit more assertive.

[regala-electra.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I'm a terrific cook, so yeah, not so Sarah-like, then.