So on 24 this week, and the preview, why in the hell is Terror!Spawn more important than Jack being dead (other than Marwan channelling Dr. Evil, I mean) ? Also, what's the likelihood that Terror!Mom is really dead, since the shot her off camera? I just can't think of a single reason why they would have let her live.
Tell me more good stuff about me.
Kaylee ,'The Message'
Natter 33 1/3
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 21, 2005 5:07:47 pm PST #9256 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Jessica - Mar 21, 2005 5:18:18 pm PST #9257 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
The reasons why that was a really, really stupid plan are far too numerous to go into. But dude, at the very least, put some kind of tracking device on Jack! We know he can't die, but the characters shouldn't. I think Shorei's dead. Yeah, it was offscreen, but what would be the point of letting her live? (Of course, what was the point of her not shooting Jack in the head?) All in all, not one of their finer eps. Good to have Chole back, though.
quester - Mar 21, 2005 5:18:43 pm PST #9258 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Frank, I wondered about that staging too. If it happensoff camera, it didn't really happen.
sumi - Mar 21, 2005 5:39:10 pm PST #9259 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
on 24: Yes, but somehow, they want us to think it did.
I think that Orly just wants to find an island adjacent to Johnny's.
Kathy A - Mar 21, 2005 6:06:39 pm PST #9260 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Wait. A Fan fic writer was genre bashing?
Yep. She has no problem with shipping characters (she writes Harry Potter and Star Wars fic, mostly), but when it comes to reading "drivel" such as a romance, I guess it's beneath her. Really disappointing, because she really is one of my favorite HP ficcers.
dcp - Mar 21, 2005 6:09:20 pm PST #9261 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I'm out of learning/teaching modes on that one.
ita, I used to teach flying, not martial arts, but to break the "You aren't" "Yes I am" "No you aren't" cycle, I found that some students respond to qualitative adjustments ("Do that more" or "Do less of that") and some respond to quantities ("That wasn't far enough. Whatever that felt like, try twice as much, and see where you end up. Then we'll look at it again.").
meara - Mar 21, 2005 6:13:25 pm PST #9262 of 10002
Last year when I tried curling and wiped out, the instructors were actually really impressed by how well I'd fallen.
Heh. Nah, they were just impressed you weren't me, and didn't fall down and break your arm (was this at the curling club outside DC?)
Obviously, I am on the "banging arms into doorways and tripping on my own pants cuffs and falling down the stairs" end of the gracefulness scale.
§ ita § - Mar 21, 2005 6:17:56 pm PST #9263 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I found that some students respond to qualitative adjustments ("Do that more" or "Do less of that") and some respond to quantities ("That wasn't far enough. Whatever that felt like, try twice as much, and see where you end up. Then we'll look at it again.").
Thanks, dcp. I will focus on this distinction.
Rio - Mar 21, 2005 7:26:09 pm PST #9264 of 10002
Are you ready to be strong?
I always use metaphors to teach stuff that people aren't getting when I describe them literally. It usually works, and when it doesn't at least it gets the students laughing. At me.
Scrappy - Mar 21, 2005 7:27:55 pm PST #9265 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We're watching the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame AIFG. I haven't liked a lot of earlier ones because I'm not a big awards show fan, but now TiVo lets us fast forward through the dull or cheesy parts so it's really fun to watch. Chrissie Hynde was wonderful and now, after an AMAZING speech by Bruce Springsteen, U2 is kicking ass.