Sherlock + Facts I will know forever, ii

1. Berlioz was a music critic
2. Uruguay became totally independent in 1828.
3. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was known for his progressive policies.
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No, I don't know why I'm telling you this.   It's just kind of fun, you know, making lists of stuff you missed on tests.

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Been rewatching Sherlock BBC (season 1).  I like it even better this time around...21st century setting, fantastic music, wonderfully choppy dialogue, and Benedict Cumberbatch.  You can see him thinking.  You can see it in his face.  That's chiefly how he reminds me of Jeremy Brett.  Cumberbatch, of course, plays Holmes much like he was in A Study in Scarlet.  There's a brilliant balance between genius and childishness, especially at the ending of "Study in Pink".  He can't resist the temptation of proving himself right or, at least, of proving he's insusceptible to the killer's best spiel.

Anyway.  Yes, he's eccentric.  But I like his eccentricity.  If he weren't a stoic, he'd have a hard time being himself--people make fun of him as it is.  Obviously, not a good idea to be quite so stoic as Sherlock.  Still, I relate to him because he is himself and he is different than everybody else and he doesn't let it bother him.  That takes a lot of guts.