Jayne: We was just about to spring into action, Captain. Complicated escape and rescue op. Wash: I was going to watch. It was very exciting.

'Shindig'


Natter 70: Hookers and Blow  

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.


§ ita § - Sep 08, 2012 7:25:29 pm PDT #21484 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Not even fucking 30, and Titanic notwithstanding, they should not be letting him get away with that shit on a project where the team has already been assembled--script's through at least one iteration, and there's already a director associated.

If he was coming into an empty room, maybe. Or if I got the impression that it was the director insisting on him...you know, like Scorsese bringing Leo with, after Gangs of New York or something?

But you have Charles Evans trying to produce the movie, hiring Spacey to direct, getting DiCaprio to star, and the DiCaprio says he won't come without Mann, so Spacey's out...and then Evans finds himself out in the cold himself, because hiring DiCaprio put staffing events in motion that shut him out.

Not even fucking 30.

The thing with Redford shoving Jodie Foster out...yeah, that I am totally unsurprised by.

Then again, I think of Diane Keaton shoving herself all over that stupid film that Colin has a role in. The club is Boys and Broads. Not enough Broads, though, and I'd love to think there are 20-odd year old ones (who aren't singers or teen TV tycoons) making calls.


DavidS - Sep 08, 2012 8:11:15 pm PDT #21485 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

they should not be letting him get away with that shit

Have you met Hollywood?


Cass - Sep 08, 2012 8:50:01 pm PDT #21486 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

they should not be letting him get away with that

And most tv shouldn't be reality tv. But apparently that is what enough of the public and advertisers want.

I despair.

I also hate icing my finger. Or anything.


Cashmere - Sep 08, 2012 9:09:53 pm PDT #21487 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

We won our roller derby bout 229-98. This was against the team that beat us in April by 50 points. It felt AWESOME!


§ ita § - Sep 08, 2012 11:04:01 pm PDT #21488 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Have you met Hollywood?

Yes, and I thought you had to have more than the tweens sobbing for you to be declared an influence.

What's next? RPattz deciding on his director (well, I can think of he might get to fire) because of his involvement in Twilight?

Like I said--Redford's not a surprise. But Leo outballed Kevin Spacey. I would have thought Spacey had the influence that mattered with such a relatively young Leo.


erin_obscure - Sep 09, 2012 12:13:41 am PDT #21489 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

Holy terrible ceiling, Kate! That sounds like the beginning of an episode of Holmes on Homes. scary, but far less terrifying than if it were water related (I'm assuming it hasn't been raining heavily and there wasn't water dripping from the giant rent in the ceiling). That sounds like incredibly terrible renovation work that the seller should absolutely be fixing (to your satisfaction, at their cost.) Sheesh. Very glad ya'll weren't sleeping underneath it when the ceiling fell in!


erin_obscure - Sep 09, 2012 12:58:31 am PDT #21490 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

For other PvZ addicts, the iphone version has a new update with a new game package. There went my evening.


Theodosia - Sep 09, 2012 2:23:27 am PDT #21491 of 30001
'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"

Crossing fingers for bad drywall installation -- that's the kind of problem that would show up a couple weeks/months after installation.


Kate P. - Sep 09, 2012 4:03:46 am PDT #21492 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Yeah, I'm really hoping it's just the drywall too.

Did the home inspector go up into the ceiling/rafters?

Not that I know of. He got there about an hour before we were supposed to meet him there, so I don't know everything he did before we arrived, but while we were there he stuck his head up into the attic crawlspace and took a bunch of pictures, but didn't actually go up and look around further. He did find some roof damage that the seller then repaired, so it's possible that someone walking up in the crawlspace could have further weakened the ceiling, especially if it was already unstable.

scary, but far less terrifying than if it were water related (I'm assuming it hasn't been raining heavily and there wasn't water dripping from the giant rent in the ceiling).

Water damage was my first guess, since it had been raining pretty heavily on Wednesday night, just before I first saw the crack in the ceiling on Thursday morning. But we haven't seen anything that looks like water damage or stains, no leaks that I've noticed, and the guys who came from the insurance company yesterday didn't say anything about water either.

Crossing fingers for bad drywall installation -- that's the kind of problem that would show up a couple weeks/months after installation.

Oh, good point.

Thanks for all the support and feedback, y'all. I'm feeling slightly more capable of handling all this today. Nothing we can do about it today, anyway, so I'm trying to focus on other things for the moment. (Like, um, packing!)

And in less me-me-me news, Sean, I'm so terribly sorry about your grandmother and your friend. Very much hoping your friend gets some good news soon. edit: Oh shit, I just read Bitches and saw your update. I am so, so sorry. That's just awful.

We won our roller derby bout 229-98. This was against the team that beat us in April by 50 points. It felt AWESOME!

Way to go, Cash!


Calli - Sep 09, 2012 4:28:11 am PDT #21493 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Yay, Cash!