Which is strange, given the fact that my unofficial hobbies are recreational-psychoanalyzing, conspiracy-theorizing and watching serial killer documentaries.
"I watched serials on television, and looked at myself in the mirror, and I understood I had to do something," she said.
For taking the long view, India is not a bad vantage point from which to watch the serial eruptions in the Arab world.
While I watch the serial I have the impression that what they're showing me is another country, a distant dimension in sepia tints.
To start, try finding your watch's serial number.
Some approaches include; watches made only in 1900 (pick a year), English Lever watches only; Waltham, Elgin, or some other maker only; American, Swiss, English watches only; Early/Low serial number watches; Railroad Grade watches only, etc.
Lasance had not previously watched the serial, but upon learning of his part he said he watched it "religiously" and carried out research on the net.
While irony tells us it's okay to enjoy watching a serial killer onscreen because we know it's not really a serial killing we are watching, catharsis works to satisfy, and thereby dispel, whatever primal desires that lead to criminal behavior reside within us without our knowledge.
You can even walk into a terrific mock-Egyptian movie palace, created for the museum in 1988 by Red Grooms and Lysiane Luong, and watch vintage serials.
A few months later, she and I were watching a serial based on the Hindu epic the Mahabharata, in which Queen Draupadi vowed to leave her hair disheveled until she could tie it up with hands dripping with her enemy's blood, a pronouncement that led to a great war, much as Helen's marriage to Paris had caused the Trojan War.
