Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

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.


beth b - Feb 21, 2009 9:48:45 am PST #7319 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

My sister has a pair. Their fur is magical -- it repels dirt. Sadly, their bark is really high pitched and nothing is more fun than barking.


Hil R. - Feb 21, 2009 9:53:36 am PST #7320 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

So, anybody else still watching 90210? I'm just getting caught up on some Tivoed eps.


§ ita § - Feb 21, 2009 10:18:32 am PST #7321 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think I'm about to give up on it, Hil. I no longer like Ethan and whatever the daughter's name is, and they take up too much time.


Hil R. - Feb 21, 2009 10:23:42 am PST #7322 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

The ones that I'm giving up on are Silver and Dixon, because Silver's just been acting insane, and it's annoying. Navid is still adorable, though.


Jesse - Feb 21, 2009 10:30:59 am PST #7323 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I just realized I have like a month's worth of Ugly Betty sitting on the DVR. Does that mean I should just quit watching it? Somehow that makes me feel bad.


§ ita § - Feb 21, 2009 10:35:11 am PST #7324 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Have you reached the last ep yet, Hil? Because Silver loses it entirely there. Ethan and Annie, now that they're distanced, get too much screen time. I do agree about Navid, and I've come to like Adrianna.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 21, 2009 10:36:41 am PST #7325 of 30000
"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

Watch this week's before you do, Jesse. It was hysterical.


Steph L. - Feb 21, 2009 10:44:32 am PST #7326 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I just realized I have like a month's worth of Ugly Betty sitting on the DVR. Does that mean I should just quit watching it? Somehow that makes me feel bad.

Man, I managed to stop watching it right around the time Betty and Henry went to see Wicked and then had The Sex. I want to jump back in, but I'm afraid I would just be confused.


Hil R. - Feb 21, 2009 10:48:57 am PST #7327 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Yeah, I just watched the last ep. Silver's tattoo was just so completely ridiculous. Adrianna's growing on me -- for the first bunch of episodes, I was mostly thinking that she did not react to anything in the way that it seemed any normal person would, but I'm starting to like her more.

Navid's family is interesting. It's like each episode we find out a new detail about them that just adds to the "Huh?" His father is a porn producer! He's Persian! He's got an enormous overbearing family who all live with him! And know all the details of his life! He's Jewish! I think it's mostly the porn producer part that's not fitting in with the rest.


Typo Boy - Feb 21, 2009 10:55:34 am PST #7328 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Only slightly apropos of the discussion of various soap operas:

Soap operas (and especially DOOL) as metaphor for evolution. [link]

The author is having fun, but is also dead serious, and I think he makes a good case