A horrible day at work starts early - with a shit-ton of work coming in inexcusably late from a client too important to ignore or chastise. I explain my point to the boss and get the impression that the work my department does is completely unappreciated and underestimated. Nevertheless, I grit my teeth, do some light to heavy swearing and crack on with it. A day like this comes around every so often at work (as I'm sure it does for absolutely everyone) but it makes it no more pleasurable to get through.
Another evening alone is spent watching large swathes of the latest US comedies I've been getting into, namely Community and Eastbound and Down. Community, which follows a disbarred lawyer attempting to requalify at a less-than-prestigious community college, is lots of fun and full of some very tight comedy writing - even though at times it wallows in the sort of pop culture reference-based humour that shows like Spaced made famous ten years ago. It does have that nice 23-minute 30 Rock appeal about it though, so I manage to watch seven or eight episodes around and beyond dinner. Eastbound and Down is about an egotistical former pro baseball player reduced to teaching gym at his old high school, and mixes HBO swearing, Will Ferrell-style "arrogant idiot" comedy and King of the Hill-style gritty Americana. It's pretty bleak in places but there are some brilliant lines here and there. I hope both of them make it to British TV soon.
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