True Blood?

YES.

It is trashy and wonderful.

I first heard about it a little over a year ago, when it was debuting on HBO. In case you don’t know, it’s based on a series of novels by Charlaine Harris about a waitress who lives in Bon Temps, Louisiana, in a world where vampires have “come out of the coffin” and are living openly. I read the first book when I heard about the show and I didn’t think it was too bad. I liked it more than the Anita Blake books (which are super-trashy and the basis for my favorite Penny Arcade cartoon ever) and thought I might check the show out once it was on DVD.

Will and Annika gave me a brief review of the show, giving the cold open a big thumbs up and the rest of the show a mild endorsement, which I will admit, made me a little wary of it. I mean, if Will and Annika like something they REALLY LIKE IT and shout it from the highest hill top, so the lack of enthusiasm was concerning.

Oh boy, I need not have been concerned. I watched the first four episodes without a break. And immediately wished that I had the rest of the Season One DVDs to watch.

Which is weird because the it seems like the first season is based on the first book and so I know what is going to happen.

Without being spoilery, I will say that the TV show has fleshed out (and added) some characters that I am really enjoying and added some subplots and secondary stories that I think are brilliant. Now, whether these stories show up in later books in the series, I don’t know. But I love that they are in the show.

I guess the reason I am really surprised that I like it so much is that I am not a fan of Alan Ball’s other HBO hit, Six Feet Under. That show did nothing for me and I thought that the actors sucked.

I love the actors in True Blood. I love that the accents all seem to be from different parts of the world, let alone the South, and, yet, most of the characters have never lived anywhere but Bon Temps! I love the trashy sex. I love that the classiest girl in the show is a waitress in a redneck bar. I love that it is gory and violent. I love how the storylines are being woven together.

I can’t really recommend it without reservation, though. Sort of like Breaking Bad, it treads a line. If you’re the kind of person who thinks that drinking, drugs, sex, nudity, blood, violence, and psychic powers are best done in small doses, and you thought that Buffy was too cheezy… well, you won’t like this show.

But I am not one of those people, this show was made for me.

I don’t want to spoil House for anyone, but let me say that I like the direction things are taking. You can’t make an omelet without killing some people!

Her imaginary princess name was “Queen Helvetica” and her co-queen in the queendom of Equalia was “Queen Valedictoria.”

Also, I found the episode to be shades of Heavenly Creatures.

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I tweaked my hip in such a way that my ankle hurts.

I am knitting and watching Naruto in all of my spare time. I have no other purpose.

I still have three spaces left on my Pay It Forward Meme. I want to give you something. PLEASE LET ME GIVE YOU SOMETHING. I’m going to start paying it forward next week, so the sooner you sign up the better. I think that people who previously posted this thing should be able to sign up and not repost it, so, if you have it on your blog or journal or whatever already, feel free to sign up.

After years of watching me watch anime, my mom has found her own series to obsess over. I am so proud!