Cashmere -- yeah, that show.
Saddest case maybe was the Las Vegas suntan salon owner who dropped out of rehab after like a month and subsequently died of a GI hemorrhage caused by alcohol. Some of these cases really are life or death....
Played with Kaylee. Sun came out, and I walked on my feet and heard with my ears. I ate the bits, the bits stayed down, and I work. I function like I'm a girl. I hate it because I know it'll go away. The sun goes dark and chaos has come again. Bits. Fluids. What am I?!
River ,'War Stories'
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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.
Theodosia - Dec 14, 2008 4:01:44 pm PST #6122 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 § - Dec 14, 2008 4:14:51 pm PST #6123 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is Intervention a cryfest? It looks that way from the ads.
Jesse - Dec 14, 2008 4:18:59 pm PST #6124 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Most of the crying is in the actual intervention, I think, which is really just the end of the show. Oh except for the moms who cry throughout. The rest of the show is a drug fest/trainwreck.
Cashmere - Dec 14, 2008 4:21:45 pm PST #6125 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
Is Intervention a cryfest? It looks that way from the ads.
Depends on the family. Some people cry. Some don't. The addicts are pretty matter of fact about their problems. The interventionists are AWESOME. They are compassionate but they don't take any shit. They tell it like it is, offer the chance and act on it. If the addict says yes, they are on a plane within hours. I think they edit it pretty well, interspersing footage of the addict going about their daily routine with interviews of the family. Some of it is sad, but it's fascinating to watch.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2008 4:26:48 pm PST #6126 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The ads look awful. I don't think I could go near it.
Baking question--why does the recipe say 1 stick of butter (8oz) and my butter says 4oz/stick?
tommyrot - Dec 14, 2008 4:29:31 pm PST #6127 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.
Your butter came from Mars?
Theodosia - Dec 14, 2008 4:31:53 pm PST #6128 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"
By and large I don't find the show cry-making, but hopeful, and I think I've actually learned something about patterns of codependence from it. YCMMV
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2008 4:32:32 pm PST #6129 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No! I need to know before I mess up these brownies. Also I probably shouldn't rest sticks of butter on the laptop.
But I guess I put in two of my sticks.........
Liese S. - Dec 14, 2008 4:33:49 pm PST #6130 of 10002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm pretty sure I couldn't handle watching Intervention, although I probably could use the information contained within. I have enough peripheral heartbreak, thankyewverymuch.
sarameg - Dec 14, 2008 4:37:14 pm PST #6131 of 10002
it, google random brownie recipes and go with the measurements that match the flour to butter ratio. Mine are also 4 oz sticks and they are standard-in-my-life sizes.