Something like an advent calendar, yes?

I spent the last day of November puttering around, planning my assault upon Brother #2's soon-to-be-assembled blanket. Because I'd like to get it to him in time for Christmas, and it's now in 180 separate pieces. But before that, I have to finish my own knitted blanket, which is mostly done; only two rows (14 squares total) remain to be attached. The reason my brother's blanket has so many more squares is that the squares are smaller (about 5 inches squared versus the 6 1/2 squared of my blanket) and I was going for a double bed size, so he and his girlfriend don't have to fight over it. >:D I'm hoping it won't take as long to assemble as mine is, because I've thought of a newer, possibly sturdier way of doing so. I put B1's blanket together using crochet, but it made bulky seams, which I didn't want on mine (knit in cotton yarn and much stretchier) and don't want on B2's blanket either (knit in various artificial yarns, many of them bulky to begin with). We'll see which is the most succesful! And then -- gah, I just remembered that I want to knit or crochet a border. Crocheting might be faster, though, and I could bust out my 2 beginner's crochet stitches.

I also spent part of yesterday thinking about how to tackle my review-a-day. After making a list, of course. I thought of writing the titles out on slips of paper and drawing one at random every morning, but there are some that I want to review together, as a compare/contrast exercise. I thought of grouping them by genre, but that might make people think I'm more organised in my reading and viewing than I am. Then I thought I should do it in roughly chronological order, because there are some items that I've been dragging along for a while, unsure of how I'd like to tackle them.

Oh, and it should go without saying that these reviews will be riddled with spoilers, but since I'm usually way behind on watching and reading what's hot NOW, I doubt you're in too much danger. Unless you really don't want to find out the surprise, twist ending of, say, Flashdance. XD

Today, I'll bite the bullet and go ahead with something that I finished watching in June, if I recall correctly: ( Twin Peaks, both seasons + Fire Walk With Me )

I thought I'd rate things on a scale of 1 to 10 and just so you all know, a passing grade is 6 or more, and I'll never give anything a perfect 10. My final verdict for Twin Peaks:

First season: 9
Second season: 8
Fire Walk With Me: 6.5

And there it is, Day 1 is done!