I really liked season 1 of Downton, and then season 2 was pretty meh but the Christmas special was great, and this season has had its ups and downs but I haven't watched the finale yet.
Zoe: Planet's coming up a mite fast. Wash: That's just cause, I'm going down too quick. Likely crash and kill us all. Mal: Well, that happens, let me know.
'Shindig'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
-t - Feb 18, 2013 8:59:38 am PST #11788 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sophia Brooks - Feb 18, 2013 9:00:10 am PST #11789 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh Gary!
That was awful.
§ ita § - Feb 18, 2013 9:06:51 am PST #11790 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Can someone please tell me what the Downton Abbey foofurrah is about?
I really liked S1, watched S2 but with less caring, and then deleted S3 from my machine thinking it was S2 reruns, and didn't feel sad about it, so....just curious.
Tom Scola - Feb 18, 2013 9:08:21 am PST #11791 of 30001
hwæt
ita: [link]
Connie Neil - Feb 18, 2013 9:10:02 am PST #11792 of 30001
brillig
Hubby is oddly into Downton, but he likes foreign soap operas. I have no patience for soap operas or soap opera elements in other shows. People have problems, I know, and they interfere with daily stuff, but problems for the sake of doing something with a character are annoying.
Ginger - Feb 18, 2013 9:13:53 am PST #11793 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm editing several pieces about hydraulic fracturing. My brain went numb 500 words ago.
See, I'd enjoy that.
§ ita § - Feb 18, 2013 9:19:52 am PST #11794 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, Tom. That article seems to put a weird amount of responsibility for the plot onto actors and not writers for a bit, but I think this is an interesting criticism of a narrative:
puts the responsibility of [...] processing [...] on the viewers, not on the show, which is where it belongs.
And that's an interesting thing to keep in mind, from a meta, analysis point of view.
Amy - Feb 18, 2013 9:31:06 am PST #11795 of 30001
Because books.
See, I'd enjoy that.
It actually got better as he started to explain the process and the terms, but first thing on a Monday I could use something like celebrity gossip to wake me up.
I'm editing a writer now who includes sentences like this:
But besides aiming to heighten enrollment rates, schools are often required to urge and encourage current students to complete their programs of study. In this way, a sufficient number of conferred graduates could make for better reputations and augment the tradition of competition among all universities and colleges positively.
I want to strangle him. Or possibly beat him to death with Strunk and White.
Steph L. - Feb 18, 2013 9:36:16 am PST #11796 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm editing an article by authors who make abbreviations plural by adding apostrophe + s, yet when they use a possessive (like "the patient's therapy"), they don't use an apostrophe.
FIST OF DEATH.
Kate P. - Feb 18, 2013 9:39:57 am PST #11797 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Yikes, Amy. "...to urge and encourage"? People, if you can say it with just one word, do! edit: and double yikes to Steph!
I haven't watched Downton Abbey yet, but have been amused at all the angsty posts on FB. It's reminding me there really aren't many shows that I'm watching these days, and even fewer (just one!) that I'm current on.