Thanks all!
Happy Birthday Board!
Lindsey: Why--why did you... Lorne: One last job. You're not part of the solution, Lindsey. You never will be. Lindsey: You kill me? A flunky?! I'm not just...Angel...kills me. You...Angel... Lorne: Good night, folks.
'Not Fade Away'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
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.
Lee - Sep 17, 2007 3:18:01 am PDT #1019 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Jessica - Sep 17, 2007 3:30:16 am PDT #1020 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm amazed there was no discussion of the TOTAL CRACK-ADDLEDNESS of the Emmy show last night! Seriously, forget the awards -- what were the producers smoking????
1 - TV eyelines don't work in the round. Film school 101, people! 180-degree rule!
2 - Why the dropped sound & random cut to the giant disco ball o'TVs in the middle of Ray Romano's monologue? Since that technique was used (unsuccessfully) later in the broadcast to keep us from lip-reading celebrity swears, I can only assume he was telling a really filthy joke.
3 - Heigl. HA.
4 - No teleprompter for Ellen! Double HA!
5 - Hey, you forgot to award the guest star Emmys! Or did NPH and HP just get up there to announce the nominees?
6 - I went to bed not too long after that, but I'm sure there was a 6. And probably a 7,8,9, and 10 as well.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEE!
Kat - Sep 17, 2007 3:39:29 am PDT #1021 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Lee, happy birthday. Oops. I missed the emmy's entirely. Links to pretty dresses please?
bon bon - Sep 17, 2007 3:47:12 am PDT #1022 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Happy Bday Lee and borg! Five frickin years!
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 17, 2007 3:47:20 am PDT #1023 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Happy Birthday Lee!
Belated Happy Birthday, Nora!
I had a great time this weekend, with the Cooper-YoungStreet Festival taking up Saturday (I attended a Jump Back Jake concert, bought a silver ring to replace the one I just lost, ate yummy food) andrampant laziness taking up yesterday. But now, Iso don't wantto go back to work.
victor infante - Sep 17, 2007 3:52:19 am PDT #1024 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Thoughts on the Emmys:
- The "sudden jerk away" time-delay censor thing? very annoying. Especially as it turns out that Sally Fields was talking about the "god damned" war, which, IIRC, is an FCC compliant phrase. You'd think she'd exposed Janet Jackson's breast or something.
- Why do I keep finding Helen Mirren hotter than anyone else on these awards shows? Seriously, the woman is ruining me for ogling pretty young things.
- Stewart, Carell and Colbert were having too much fun being together again. And I think the Ricky Gervais/Steve Carell joke webnnt over most people's heads. But I was dying. (Reminiscent of the stand-up special awhile back, where Gervais cracked, "Steve Carell's going to come out here and do this exact same routine, but it'll be funnier and he'll be paid more.")
- "Ugly Betty" got to be the celebrated new kid on the block, and power to them. "Heroes" was grudgingly allowed to sit at the table. "We're not going to give you any awards or anything, but we understand people like you." Hopefully, they'll come back next season hungry and gunning for the judges, now that they've had the accolades dangled in front of them. (Which I sincerely doubt anyone predicted when they started filming.)
- Boy, they made sure to seat Kristen Bell front and center with the "Heroes" cast, didn't they? I'd apologize for the casting spoiler, but frankly, if you don't want to know this, you need to stay away from the Internet entirely. And TV. And print mags. And possibly carrier pigeons and smoke signals. They're pretty much shouting it from rooftops.
- In a related note, I just learned the other day that KB's forthcoming movie, "Fanboys," was written by an acquaintance of mine. (I actually know his wife a bit better.) There's a still of KB in Princess Leia's slave outfit from "Return of the Jedi" floating around. So many reasons to see that film ...
- Finally, Brian and Stewie Griffin win.
Sparky1 - Sep 17, 2007 4:01:33 am PDT #1025 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Happy Birthday, Lee!
sarameg - Sep 17, 2007 4:15:31 am PDT #1026 of 10001
I need to delete 20,000 emails from a mailbox. Using an interface that only allows me to mark 500 at a time.
I woke up at 5:30.
Still had to bucket bathe. And I scalded two fingers pouring the kettle into the camp shower. And got shampoo in my eye and it still burns.
I get to spend the day sheparding a visitor.
I really just want to take a long, hot shower.
Theodosia - Sep 17, 2007 4:23:25 am PDT #1027 of 10001
'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"
sarameg, would it be useful to try contacting IT? They may have admin tools that are much more comprehensive than are allowed to mere mortalsusers.
sarameg - Sep 17, 2007 4:28:30 am PDT #1028 of 10001
I'll probably do that, now that I've beaten back the tide enough that MY mailbox isn't being flooded with error messages (those I can delete easily!) They hate us having this mailbox, so every time we mention it, they try to get it killed.