KB Loves Downton Abbey

Hey, in case you didn’t know, I’m super cultured. Like, I’m like, the most cultured and like, well-rounded person I know.

 And because of that, I obviously love all things PBS/NPR related and/or British. So imagine my delight when I stumbled across a PBS show that was British! It was like Christmas and Hanukkah with a little slice of Kwanza on the side.

In case you are uncivilized savages and haven’t figured it out yet, I’m talking about Downton Abbey. Better known as KB’s new favorite show.

Let me give you a quick run down:

There is a super loaded family in 1912 made up of Earls or Dukes or Lords or something. I don’t know how that sh!t works. I’m not British. Anyway, they live in a huge house (surprisingly called Downton Abbey) and they spend their lives drinking tea and having diner parties. Downstairs are their servants who get up at the butt crack of dawn and slave away cleaning the house, feeding and dressing the rich family, and trying out various hideous hairstyles.

Bad hair choice #1

Bad hair choice #2

Not interested yet? What if I told you the upstairs family has 3 daughters 16-20ish so no one can inherit the title (because they don’t have a penis). Instead, they bring in a male cousin who is just far enough removed from the family for it to be okay that he dates one of the daughters. And then everyone’s happy, right?

 We're third cousins so this is ok!

Wrong.

Two of the three daughters hate each other and spend the majority of the series doing various brutal things to try to destroy each other’s lives. For instance, the oldest daughter has sex with a Turkish diplomat and he dies in her bed (that happens, right?). The middle sister finds out about it and writes a letter to the Turkish embassy that not only gets the oldest sister into a lot of trouble but also makes everyone talk about how big of a slut she is. The older sister retaliates by breaking up the middle sister’s relationship. It’s family relationships at their best.

 Look at how pissed the sister in the background looks!

There is also a bunch of awesome things going down with the servants including thievery, homosexuality, back stabbing, divorce, and murder but we would be here forever if I explained it to you.

And if you still aren’t sold about the epicness of this show, I saved my trump card for last…

It has Maggie Smith! And Maggie Smith is at her absolute best. Every time she is in a scene you can expect some awesome zingers. Still don’t believe me? Watch these clips.

Great. Glad we now agree that you need to start watching Downton Abbey. It’s the part of your life that’s been missing. Season 1 is watch instantly on Netflix and I think Season 2 is going to be added soon. Season 3 is being shot now.

KB Loves the Gays!

In case you haven’t heard, I’m kind of a big fan of the Gays.

And and even bigger fan of them having equal rights.

So for this week I’m talking about a few gay people that I love.

Elton John!

How could I possibly have a gay people list without including Sir Elton?! He’s the man and is responsible for one of the greatest movie scenes of all time.

Tegan and Sara

My love for Tegan and Sara is well documented. If you don’t like them (*cough* Raeann *cough*) I’m not sure we can be friends anymore. Plus, they’re hilarious.

Robert Mapplethorpe

I’ll be the first to admit that I really don’t get what he was going for with his art. I mean, when I see it, I basically just see pornography. But… He was Patti Smith’s best friend and is immortalized in one of my favorite books, Just Kids by Patti.

Walt Whitman

I do not like poetry. I think it is obtuse and deliberately unintelligible. However, for some strange reason, I am a fan of Whitman. “Oh Captain, My Captain” is my sh!t.

Stephen Fry

Do you like British people? Do you like humor? Then you obviously love Stephen Fry. He is awesome.

Ted Allen

I only recently found out that Ted Allen is gay and I was distraught because I was planning on making him my husband. Whatever. I guess you can’t always get what you want.

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen is hilarious and is responsible for scaring the crap out of numerous celebrities. Plus, her and Portia are my favorite celebrity couple. If they ever get divorced… there will be hell to pay. HELL, I say.

Also, I'd like to take this moment to introduce an exciting new feature called KB Thinks Music! Every  Monday I will be posting a playlist of 5 songs to help you get through the week. Get pumped!

New Feature of KB Thinks For You!

Last week I introduced the "KB Loves This" section of "KB Thinks For You."

Upon further consideration, I decided it would probably just be a better idea for me to create a whole new sister blog that will simply be filled with everything I, KB, love. Ya dig?

Remember, every Friday I will post a new somethin' somethin' that I'm currently loving.

If you remember, last week, I was loving Robyn.

Check back in two days for the next installment... and ANOTHER TOP SECRET SUPER COOL SURPRISE!