Show me your neck.

A long time ago, I said that I would punch anyone in the neck who didn't watch Pushing Daisies when it premiered (at this point I am very sad because Jen sent me this fantastic photo of a guy totally ninja punching another guy in the neck, and for some reason I can't upload it).

As of this morning, I had no internet. Therefore, I had no TiVo (yes, the two are oddly connected). And I work with the youth at my church during the time that Pushing Daisies airs. Which mean that I couldn't watch it. And I couldn't TiVo it.

Lucky for me and my neck, I got my internet working. Thank goodness. Now we don't have to mooch off of our neighbor so I can leave long, rambling posts on Vox, and I no longer have to punch myself in the neck.

And because I've been a little fragile as far as my emotions go lately, I decided to skip youth group anyway. I hate doing that, but I realized that I would have been pretty much useless this evening. Instead, I stayed home and watched Pushing Daisies as it aired (and as I TiVo'ed it for repeated viewings in the upcoming week).

And I loved it. Then again, I knew I would.

I thought it was all the words that Jen came up with: "Magical. Whimsical. Enchanted. Vibrant. Beautiful. Touching. Clever. Quirky. Funny. Smart."

I'm going to add "Addicting." Like magical, whimsical, enchanted, vibrant, beautiful, touching, clever, quirky, funny, and smart crack. All I want is some more.

Lee Pace was fantastic. A total Acronym. I loved him in Wonderfalls ("I'm somebody's brother") and I love him even more after one episode of PD. He's plays the part of Ned, the pie-maker, to a T. Speaking of T's, that boy can pull of a plain black T-shirt like no one's business, am I right?

I loved Anna Friel (who is British, by the way. My friend Hillary would have wanted me to tell you all that. She would also want me to say that Anna Friel was fantastic in Me Without You, and that you should rent it without delay.). I loved the aunts. I loved Kristin Chenoweth. I loved Chi McBride. I loved Jim Dale's narration -- especially how he referred to Ned as "the pie-maker" all the time. I loved how Ned had a device to scratch his dog. I loved the whole basis for the world Bryan Fuller has created.

I love whimsy.

Oh, how I looooooooved how it was filmed. Like a less creepy version of Tim Burton (whose work I really like) had gotten his hands on the technicolor machine (yeah yeah, I know that there's no such thing). It was all so fantastical and wonderful and...perfect.

It also made me miss Fuller's other work, and mourn the cancellation of two of his shows: Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me.

I really hope that ABC gives this a chance.