Kate,Steve, Shannon and Matt are up from
pittsburghvisiting us for a few days I met Steve in a grocery store
right after we moved to pittsburg.. I was carrying max who was less
than 3 months old. I could tell steve had a baby too because he was
doing the put-the-baby-to-sleep side to side rock that dads do. Kate,
Matt and Steve became our good friends .. and helped keep us sane while
I was in grad school. Max and Cody also drove up from NYC to see Kate and Steve..
After dinner, we all drove to Avery’s where we all gathered to watch the third episode
of The Colony. I think it’s pretty funny that we have to drive that far
(10 miles ?) to find someone who has both cable tv and cell phone
reception.
There was a pretty big crowd of folks there to watch..
It was a hoot watching the show this with friends.. I liked this weeks episode.. I didn’t have much of a role this week.. I’m glad hat some other folks are getting more air time. i thought Joey was excellent in this episode. It’s kind of funny to seem him portrayed as such a serious , down to business guy.. He can certainly be intense.. but he was one of the funniest of all of us.. he was always clowning around. Mike was mike this episode.. Folks either love him or hate him.. “What’s Mike like” is usually the firrst question anyone asks me about the show.. It’s not an easy answer.. yes.. he’s just like that in person.. but he’s also a really nice guy inside.. and a wicked smart guy too. I don’t think I want to go into who things work out between us on the show.. or I’d be giving too much away.. just keep watching. Just like the other episodes..I hadn’t seen what the producers had chosen to include or exclude.. I was so glad that they managed to capture our trip out for oranges.. I’ll never forget climbing into that tree and smellign the oranges and orange blossoms. It was the first fresh food we’d eaten in 3 weeks… Even handling the fruit made us smell better ! I was so greatful to the tree that I thanked it before we left. Sometimes it’s also really interesting to see what they choose to drop.. For example.. we put in a ton of work breaking apart and adapting an old water heater to get the tank we used to make the solar heater.. .. there were also some other things.. none of which I should mention here.. because they may appear in later episodes.
Like the last two episodes, I followed the east coast airing of the show on Twitter. and commenting on it myself. . in the course of the two hours I was watching there were about 254 comments abotu the show.. about 95 of them just mentioned the show with no opinion indicated.. … as in ‘watching the colony’.. of the balance.. 145 were positive comments, and 14 were negative.. I think that’s about 10 to 1 positive.. that’s pretty cool when you think of it.. That’s better than the ‘C-‘ that entertainment weekly gave us.. even as they recomended the show.. Jen had a copy of it there tonight..
I liked seeing the questions folks raised.. As in ‘ do they shut down the streets every time we went out’ (Yes) Did we ever have zombies (no.. but I often felt like one) .. Was mike an ******** (maybe. but I like him alot) .. Can they date Morgan (be my guest…) was I going to take another shower outside (what do you think ?!) . Did we eat the goats (I’ll never tell) .. etc.. It’s very cool watching this stuff roll by.
I spoke with Joey. Mike and Amy after the show.. we all try to connect after each episode to compare notes. I have to admit it’s kind of hard sometimes.. watching the show and hearing what folks said privately stirs up some strong emotions.. but hey.. that’s what reality TV is all about..
I think the episodes, the story and the builds only get builds only get better from here.. I’m really enjoying this show.. Hope you all are too…
You too Sam..
-me