I never knew Brazil nuts as anything but Brazil nuts and I always caught a tiger by it's tail.
I was also blissfully unaware of any other versions until well into adulthood. My childhood was very blessed in this way.
I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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.
Trudy Booth - Jun 22, 2013 12:25:49 pm PDT #26783 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
dcp - Jun 22, 2013 12:57:54 pm PDT #26784 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
AHS is way disturbing--I'm trying to work out if it's engaging enough to be this disturbed or not.
I think I watched the first three episodes, but Constance and Adelaide's trespasses were so enraging, capped by Ben's failure to put a stop to them, that I gave up. I was shocked at myself -- never before or since have I felt such an overwhelming desire to see physical violence done to people. I didn't know I had that button, but it sure got pushed. I couldn't handle it, so I quit.
shrift - Jun 22, 2013 1:06:48 pm PDT #26785 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Pretty soon I need to put on some outside pants and go to a sports bar for the playoffs game. Considering that I've been out and about a lot today already, you'd think this would require less effort.
Lee - Jun 22, 2013 1:16:23 pm PDT #26786 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I ran all the errands this morning, or at least bought all the food (for me and for the office), but since then I have done nothing. Except napping, I mean.
Jesse - Jun 22, 2013 1:23:29 pm PDT #26787 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Napping is something!
meara - Jun 22, 2013 1:24:43 pm PDT #26788 of 30001
Yeah, I basically got up, got aspirin, went back to bed, got up, walked over to get coffee, went back to bed, fed the kittens, went back to sleep on the couch...I'm only now semi-awake, and my head still hurts. (GRRR)
aurelia - Jun 22, 2013 1:28:47 pm PDT #26789 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
AHS is way disturbing--I'm trying to work out if it's engaging enough to be this disturbed or not.
I found the first season to be brilliant and possibly the most fucked up thing I've ever seen. I usually watched Glee after to clear the brain a bit before bed. I haven't seen the second season.
Lee - Jun 22, 2013 1:37:09 pm PDT #26790 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Napping is something!
It is! Especially because, like meara, I have a headache. It is beginning to go away though, so I may do stuff later.
le nubian - Jun 22, 2013 1:40:31 pm PDT #26791 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
damn dcp, that's amazing.
§ ita § - Jun 22, 2013 1:55:20 pm PDT #26792 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Now that I understand more about the rules of the universe, I have those to attach myself to. And I find that although I do intermittently want to do damage to Violet, I like how she's fleshing out much better than I had hoped--the bratty teen isn't going away, but there's other stuff there too.
I remember the Alias writers making a decision about Will Tippen when they decided they needed to bring him closer to the audience's level of knowledge because otherwise the audience wouldn't be able to like him, because he'd seem too stupid. That shift for Violet helps her and the story as a whole.
However, HOLY FUCKED UPEDNESS. I can't believe this was where just anyone could stumble across it...It's remarkable for "free" cable, in terms of sexual suggestiveness, maybe not so much, but the violence is gross and it's all so unapologetic. And I am worried about mainlining it, in a way Netflix might have wanted me to be with Hemlock Grove--I thought that show was clunky in reaching for its aspirations, but it pales dramatically in comparison to this.
I did my erranding (art store! YAY AND THANK YOU!) and I have so much housework to do, but I just want to coddle my aches and pains. Oh, and draw my OTP cuddling. I want that a lot.