See, I was just like- couldn't you go on Rte 88-- it isn't that hard!
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 01, 2014 4:52:21 am PDT #24171 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
flea - Apr 01, 2014 5:03:32 am PDT #24172 of 30000
information libertarian
"Feasible hiking alternatives East of Osgiliath?" Hee.
Jesse - Apr 01, 2014 5:15:49 am PDT #24173 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Well, that was the year that the home plate umpire died during the game. And when my co-worker (who was a notorious prankster) told me, I didn't believe him, because it was April 1. Ooops.
This is why mean pranks are the worst! (Although I enjoy a funny email or two.)
lisah - Apr 01, 2014 5:27:42 am PDT #24174 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I'll just say, thank god that's done and I never have to watch another one ever.
My thoughts exactly!
Jesse - Apr 01, 2014 5:27:56 am PDT #24175 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, I can't figure out where on the internet to say this, so I'm going to do it here in white font. It's about The Good Wife and How I Met Your Mother.
Here's what's making me crazy about both of them: The idea that adults never get over Real Love. Of course they do! All the time! The letter from the Good Wife people was like, "they could never just be apart unless he died." Untrue! Actual people can realize they aren't Meant To Be and/or good for each other, and GET OVER IT. Maybe it takes some time, but it definitely can happen! Especially if one of them moves away and the other one recommits to her husband! And HIMYM was ALL ABOUT getting over real love! For years! Which was a good thing! People change! You actually can move on! I realize television isn't real, but I thought that especially the Good Wife is about realistic reactions to things, especially relationships.
Hmph.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 01, 2014 5:40:44 am PDT #24176 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Tim Minchin has a great song about that, Jesse- [link]
Steph L. - Apr 01, 2014 5:43:32 am PDT #24177 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Now, here is a thing I hate about April Fools' Day: a friend just posted on FB that she and her on-again, off-again, not-together-for-years, and recently-on-again-again boyfriend got married. She would definitely post something like this as a joke, but then maybe not.
If I don't comment and it's real, I'll feel like a dick. But if I comment and it's a joke, I'll be annoyed as hell. (I feel like if it was real -- if it were me -- I would post something saying "Guys, I know what date it is, but THIS IS REAL, SERIOUSLY.")
Jessica - Apr 01, 2014 5:49:50 am PDT #24178 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Tim Minchin has a great song about everything.
Jesse - Apr 01, 2014 5:55:19 am PDT #24179 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I will have to come back to that.
Steph, I would totally just comment "IS THIS REAL????"
§ ita § - Apr 01, 2014 6:11:46 am PDT #24180 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
IS THIS FANTASY???
There was a point in Teen Wolf (related to HIMYM and GW) where one of the kids was told "She was your first love, but not your only one. Move on." And I cheered! And the character seemed to take it to heart. But that was kinda undone with the other half's dying in his arms and proclaiming him her only love while her current boyfriend looked on.
So, we're still not free of that there either.
Do authors really need to believe that, why they sell it so hard? Or was it that way for them, and maybe their current SOs should be a bit nervous instead?
My sister just finished half a self-guided Breaking Bad tour of ABQ. I'm trying to explain to her that for all my fangirl status, I haven't gotten on a plane to a different country to do that.
Perhaps I should say yet.
I made the mistake of making low gly lemonade. I doubt it will last until lunch.