It is the fear of hearing Pierce sign badly that keeps me away. I don't want to take away from my adoration.

I actually find the bad singing rather charming. It's not just bad -- it's awful. Really awful. He had to know that he cannot sing, and yet, he agreed to do a musical anyway.

I know I will succumb at some point. I'm hoping the adorable outweighs the cringe worthy.

Wow. A NROTC student at my university was kicked out of NROTC after two other NROTC students saw him kissing another guy at a party and reported it to superior officers. [link]

I haven't seen it because the reviews scared me.

I saw it before seeing any reviews or really anything other than one trailer, and I adored the hell out of it.

Apparently Brosnan knew nothing about the movie, including that it was a musical, when he agreed to do it - just that he'd be starring opposite Meryl Streep, which was good enough for him. And even though singing is clearly not his comfort zone - yeah, I agree that it's not a problem for me. I like the fact that it's real people singing in real voices - some of them are great, some of them aren't. I mean, I wouldn't want all musicals to do that, but I think it works with this one, because the songs themselves are so ubiquitous, and because the film is so joyous and inclusive and all that. I dunno. Some people loathed it - for me, I started off thinking "Yeah, whatever" but was totally seduced by all the strong, sympathetic older women getting to be themselves, have fun, have sex lives and flirt (or not) and not get punished for it. I cannot think of another film that made me feel so happy and hopeful about people - which is much more than I'd been expecting of an ABBA cheesefest when I walked in the door.

I am at urgent care with Drew. Dammit.

I started off thinking "Yeah, whatever" but was totally seduced by all the strong, sympathetic older women getting to be themselves, have fun, have sex lives and flirt (or not) and not get punished for it. I cannot think of another film that made me feel so happy and hopeful about people - which is much more than I'd been expecting of an ABBA cheesefest when I walked in the door.

This. All of this.

I'm watching the last half hour of the original Buffy movie.

"You broke up with my machine?"

Waiting for the best death scene ever.

And it didn't resort to belittling men in order to make the women look good either - it's just a very generous-spirited, fun, happy little movie. (eta clarity: still referring to Mamma Mia. Although the original Buffy movie was fun too.)

Meanwhile - OMGWTF wrt the gay guy getting kicked out of Officer Training? Crumbs! So the policy is that you can be gay, just not do anything about it EVER? I mean, I can see the sense of saying that sexual conduct (of whatever gender combo) is utterly inappropriate to the workplace, and creates inappropriate sets of group dynamics in a situation where people's lives depend on said group dynamics. But off duty? That's harsh. I wonder whether it's the same for the British Army?

Kristin - you okay?

Kristin, what is going on?