Power still out at home. Went to a motel at 11pm last night. Might get it back today, might not.
Xander: Am I right, Giles? Giles: I'm almost certain you're not. Though, to be fair, I haven't been
listening.
'Sleeper'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Jun 10, 2019 8:49:26 am PDT #8638 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Jesse - Jun 10, 2019 8:50:28 am PDT #8639 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't think a person could see it for the first time as an adult and enjoy it, but man, I still love it! 40-year-old Stockard Channing as high school bad girl Rizzo? Perfection.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 10, 2019 9:25:56 am PDT #8640 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I actually think there is a little bit of a theme that everyone changes, and Sandy is a rigidly defined by her goodness as Rizzo is by her badness. But I kind of had to think that in order to direct it!
I think maybe "braggin' wagon"? could work.
Theodosia - Jun 10, 2019 9:33:15 am PDT #8641 of 30019
'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"
I'm joining Laura on the Un-Greasy wagon. This despite being a huge fan of doo-wop and 50s Oldies, but then again rarely have I heard musical recreations that have the true musicality of the real stuff.
Dana - Jun 10, 2019 9:35:54 am PDT #8642 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Home! On couch! A/C is running! Fan is running! Not looking at the fridge yet!
Fred Pete - Jun 10, 2019 9:40:15 am PDT #8643 of 30019
Ann, that's a ferret.
Joining Jesse with the Stockard Channing love. Even if the idea of Grease makes you physically ill, check out (at least in audio) "There Are Worse Things I Could Do." Where the good-bad-but-not-evil girl shows that she has feelings, too.
sj - Jun 10, 2019 9:41:02 am PDT #8644 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I love Grease, and I justify the end by the fact that Sandy sings to Danny at the end that he has to shape up and he did get the letterman sweater for her. And what Sophia said about everyone changing after high school.
Jesse - Jun 10, 2019 11:08:09 am PDT #8645 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I justify the end by the fact that Sandy sings to Danny at the end that he has to shape up and he did get the letterman sweater for her.
True! She didn't need to start smoking after all!
Home! On couch! A/C is running! Fan is running! Not looking at the fridge yet!
Woooooo!
billytea - Jun 10, 2019 11:26:19 am PDT #8646 of 30019
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
True! She didn't need to start smoking after all!
I've lately been reading Asimov's Foundation trilogy to Ryan at bedtime. Two things which seem ubiquitous to a modern reading - the casual chauvinism, and everyone lights up at the drop of a hat. (All in all, interesting how little Asimov could actually envisage changing from his current society.)
Shir - Jun 10, 2019 11:33:37 am PDT #8647 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Grease: I cannot remember if I've seen it but the soundtrack was present in my life. And since I never ever hear the lyrics correctly (or bother to check them if I'm not really into the music), I thought for years it was "I got shoes/they're multiplying".
You know, less rapey, more Imelda Marcos.