I find the thing I'm liking most about 24 this time around is Chloe and the First Lady. They should get together and fight crime before this season is over.
River: 1001. 1002. Simon: River... River: Shh. I'm counting between the lightning and the thunder to see if the storm is coming or going. .1005
'The Message'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Jan 24, 2006 4:29:24 am PST #2234 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
§ ita § - Jan 24, 2006 4:30:07 am PST #2235 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You have a family of many and varied accomplishments.
Aren't they cool? I like to bask in the reflected glow sometimes.
I always wonder what gets someone into those places -- CDC appointments, MP, ambassador, anti-war protest lead...it's so much something I don't have. Sure, I'm lazy and unambitious, but I'm also much more about the little things. I love teaching people how to defend themselves, how to feel physically confident. One person at a time.
Calli - Jan 24, 2006 4:31:45 am PST #2236 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Your cousin sounds amazingly talented and well rounded. Not just a prestigeous doctor, but also an artist and a mentor? Wow!
Jessica - Jan 24, 2006 4:36:33 am PST #2237 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
24: I like the first lady, but I'm not sure exactly what she hopes to accomplish, other than proving that she's not insane. CTU, at this point, has already made the connection between Palmer's assassination and the terrorist attack, and it didn't sound like she had any information beyond that.
§ ita § - Jan 24, 2006 4:38:37 am PST #2238 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But she doesn't know that. Her actions seem perfectly reasonable--I wonder what the writers are trying to accomplish. Probably to put her in jeopardy. I like her, though. She rocks. Her assistant seems familiar--where's she from?
Jessica - Jan 24, 2006 4:42:18 am PST #2239 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I wonder what the writers are trying to accomplish.
Yes, that's what I meant -- her storyline feels like a dead end right now.
Like last year, I feel like the whole thing is moving way too fast to sustain an entire season, but last year surprised me (in a good way), so I'm enjoying it so far.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 24, 2006 4:54:50 am PST #2240 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I wonder what the writers are trying to accomplish.
And how messed up is she that she can't remember the relevant details from talking to Palmer AND reading the transcript?
msbelle - Jan 24, 2006 4:57:39 am PST #2241 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
on conference call - I am only tangentially involved with the issues being discussed. Is very hard to pay enough attention and yet every so often they call on me for an opinion.
Ginger - Jan 24, 2006 5:08:18 am PST #2242 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
This is my cousin.
Cool. The CDC is only a couple of miles from me, which is something I would occasionally ponder when they were running articles about the old Level 4 lab, which was in a building that was falling apart.
tommyrot - Jan 24, 2006 5:09:52 am PST #2243 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is cool - except for the restrictions:
Free limited access to the Oxford English Dictionary for Britons
Tom sez, "In conjunction with a six-part series showing on the BBC at the moment, the Oxford English Dictionary is allowing free access to the full dictionary with all the fascinating citations and etymologies." While this is deeply cool, there are two genuinely sucky caveats: one, this will vanish when the show finishes its first season and two, the OED is using whacky IP-address filtering to try to limit this to Britain. Cos, you know, people outside of Britain aren't interested in speaking English.
So, how would one get one's browsing appear to come from Britain?