Hookers and blow, y'all!
Seems an appropriate greeting for a Friday.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 25, 2011 4:15:39 am PDT #223 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Fred Pete - Mar 25, 2011 5:11:52 am PDT #224 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Just saw the recommendation of Elizabeth Taylor movies. I have to add Suddenly Last Summer. A film version of a Tennessee Williams play starring Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, and Montgomery Clift. So, movie magic even if the story is very, very badly dated. (On the other hand, it's really much more Hepburn's movie than Taylor's or Clift's.)
Vortex - Mar 25, 2011 5:26:14 am PDT #225 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Boy Saves Local Library [link]
It's a bad link now, I want to see the boy saving the library!
beekaytee - Mar 25, 2011 5:29:00 am PDT #226 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I got to see it!
The kid did a lovely thing...and I'm bemused by how easy it seemed to be. If only every protest/request could go that way!
Basically, he made a sign, got a petition of 100 signatures and his Great Granddad attended a council meeting. et voile! The library stays open...for a year, until a newer facility opens.
Still. Good on him for speaking up.
lisah - Mar 25, 2011 5:38:43 am PDT #227 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I've heard two pieces of very troubling news about two different friends in the last hour and I'm sitting here quietly freaking out, there's nothing I can do about either at the moment, and really, REALLY hoping this isn't one of those things coming in 3s situations!
Consuela - Mar 25, 2011 6:02:14 am PDT #228 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, man, this Cracked.com article is fantastic. [link] And under the snark, really thoughtful and serious about the misrepresentation of what it takes to actually do the kind of work the shows depict.
§ ita § - Mar 25, 2011 6:04:29 am PDT #229 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
that Cracked.com article is fantastic
Which one? I missed something.
Consuela - Mar 25, 2011 6:05:31 am PDT #230 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
woops sorry. Edited to add the link. I got it from LJ, not here.
Consuela - Mar 25, 2011 6:07:45 am PDT #231 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
billytea - Mar 25, 2011 6:09:32 am PDT #232 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Hee. From the article:
"The first lesson TV supergeniuses have drilled into audiences is that it's possible to acquire absolute mastery in multiple fields while still young enough to be attractive to the 18-35 demographic. A few of them are Australian enough to be attractive to every demographic."