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[mistletoe]

Telephone saga update.

Went down to parents this morning and, hopefully, fixed phone. Basically it was a reset job and a lesson in watching the battery level for when it needs to go on the charger. I rang when I got home and we didn't get cut off so let us hope that is that. I got my dinner there too so no need for cooking tonight. We watched tennis from Australia and bowls from East Anglia so that was quite fun.

As a result, I haven't had time to watch a film today though I did start my Season 3 rewatch last night so that's one item ticked. I saw one or two things to comment on in the opener and will have to start Soccer Mom in the Mini van again to keep the focus on Booth instead of Brennan's family journey. Incidentally, is it just me, but why would someone with no interest in sports and a lack of pop culture knowledge use and understand the term 'Soccer Mom'? It is such an un-Brennan type thing. She has no idea about soccer and no liking for momness. Careless writing again.

Also, I need to know if the hockey player in the picture behind Booth's desk is a Boston Bruin and if he is famous. Just a theory.





No progress on the Darren Bent story though he will go I think. *pout*

Comments

[amilyn.livejournal.com]

The "soccer mom" reference worked for me entirely because it was a HUGE deal in the Clinton elections in 1992 AND 1996. So there was a lot of news focus on "the soccer mom" and in '96 AND '00 there continued to be media talk surrounding the elections about "wooing the soccer moms" who are/were perceived as being the swing vote that got Clinton elected (at least the first time).

In 1992, Brennan was in high school and schools here have a field day over the election cycle in a presidential election year with mock elections and current events articles and the like, and in 1996 she could vote (show says she was born in 1976), and she could vote in 2000...so...as a responsible voter, she likely would have encountered the term being used to describe "standard suburban, often stay-at-home, mom" since it was batted around SO much.

[a-mistletoe.livejournal.com]

This is excellent information. We Brits did not get that sort of coverage of electioneering stuff so the phrase came out of the blue. Thank you for adding to my knowledge!