I don't believe in judging art.
So a Catholic church in my city has two almost-full skeletons of saints, which is pretty crazy. And apparently they just had the relics analyzed by archaeologists, so that's kind of interesting, so I was reading the news article about it in the local paper, and then hit this: "Catholics venerate relics in part as a reminder of the saint’s holiness and to pray for their intercession, a practice that is alien to many Protestants who view it as idolatrous and ghoulish."
Lolololol WOW, don't hold back, Courier-Journal, way to keep it professional. GHOULISH.
Anyway, let's talk TV!
The Emmys -- I know this is like saying water is wet, but lol the Emmys are so incredibly lame I can't even. I really, really, really wanted Kristen Wiig and Amy Poehler to win, though, so I am actually bummed about that. Especially Wiig, because at least Julia Louis-Dreyfus is good and Veep is a funny show and not, like, one of the most derivative things on television, YEAH THAT'S RIGHT, I SAID IT.
Thank God Poehler's bit was amazing, and she inspired the Daily Show dudes to do one too, FAVORITE PEOPLE. Also P.S. like all humans I am bummed about Poehler's divorce, but also I'm a Seth/Amy shipper so I'm drowning my sorrows in that, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT. Anecdote: APPARENTLY, over the summer Amy was seen on the street in New York with Seth, CRYING. !!!!!!!! (The source on that was: on, like, the 9th page of ONTD comments on a blind item about her divorce, someone said they had seen someone talking about it on a friend of a friend's twitter. Or as this source will henceforth be known, GOSPEL TRUTH MAGAZINE. I WILL HEAR NO DISSENT ON THIS.)
The Office -- An episode of The Office caused me to have an emotional reaction… is that normal???
This was so weird, that show had gotten so bad that I had no idea why I was ever into it, and then this episode reminded me why. W-welcome back, Greg Daniels, I guess? They used to be so good at those small, quiet emotional moments, and it is basically INSANE that I had Jim Halpert feelings in 2012. So I'm psyched, especially with ALSO GETTING TO HEAR THE DOCUMENTARY CREW, WHICH IS SOMETHING moireach AND I USED TO HAVE LONG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALL THE TIME AS OUR DREAM SCENARIO. I almost had a heart attack. Haha as you know, we were super cool in 2006 and also now. Anyway, I'm really hoping they do some good stuff with Pam, though -- they've character-assassinated her so bad I don't want to get my hopes up, and it was disappointing to have Jim wanting stuff and her not wanting stuff, when canonically in the past Pam was the one with hopes and dreams while all Jim ever wanted was Pam. But we'll see how it goes, I guess. This show has always been terrible demographically anyway, so whatevs.
Parks and Rec -- Yeahhhhhh so I actually quit watching this show after Dave's Return last year because I was finding it so upsetting? I eventually picked it back up and watched the back half, but in terms of fannishness we are pretty officially dunzo. I just -- I hate the way Ben talks to Leslie like a disobedient child so much, you guys. I hate it so much. Anyway, I actually mostly liked this episode, I feel like the quality was almost back to pre-Ben standards. Buuuut I still want Ben to fall in a well and die and I'm trying to just ignore his character, especially this retcon of him being AMAZINGLY GOOD AT CAMPAIGNING, which if I start thinking about too hard, it's like flames on the side of my face, etc.
The Voice -- This was my new fannish show of last spring! And now also another show where I have to try to watch it around a misogynistic asshole. ADAM LEVINE, I HATE YOU SO MUCH, I HOPE YOU FALL DOWN AN EVEN DEEPER WELL. Anyway, Blake Shelton is my favorite though (so handsome! so funny! so weirdly sincere and attached to his girls esp. in season 1!) and I ship Blake/Christina pretty hard these days and I wish there was some actual fic. As it stands, the only Blake fic in existence (to my knowledge) is Blake/Adam, which is just depressing. MY ONLY LOVE BANGING MY ONLY HATE, ETC. The other bad thing about the show is this running-their-only-hit-into-the-ground thing NBC is doing with having another season already, and making the teams SO BIG. Like holy crap, how many sob stories do I have to sit through at this point. Haha I watched one episode with my mom and when Carson voice-overed, "For our next contestant, music gave her the strength to go on," (or something like that) my mom said, "WHAT????" in the most sarcastic voice I have ever heard her use in my whole life. Lol when your repetitive narratives drive moms to sarcasm.
Anyway, but remember that time Christina sat on Blake's lap in their performance to open the season??? Let's focus on that, okay everybody, okay, I'm glad we agree on this.
Lolololol WOW, don't hold back, Courier-Journal, way to keep it professional. GHOULISH.
Anyway, let's talk TV!
The Emmys -- I know this is like saying water is wet, but lol the Emmys are so incredibly lame I can't even. I really, really, really wanted Kristen Wiig and Amy Poehler to win, though, so I am actually bummed about that. Especially Wiig, because at least Julia Louis-Dreyfus is good and Veep is a funny show and not, like, one of the most derivative things on television, YEAH THAT'S RIGHT, I SAID IT.
Thank God Poehler's bit was amazing, and she inspired the Daily Show dudes to do one too, FAVORITE PEOPLE. Also P.S. like all humans I am bummed about Poehler's divorce, but also I'm a Seth/Amy shipper so I'm drowning my sorrows in that, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT. Anecdote: APPARENTLY, over the summer Amy was seen on the street in New York with Seth, CRYING. !!!!!!!! (The source on that was: on, like, the 9th page of ONTD comments on a blind item about her divorce, someone said they had seen someone talking about it on a friend of a friend's twitter. Or as this source will henceforth be known, GOSPEL TRUTH MAGAZINE. I WILL HEAR NO DISSENT ON THIS.)
The Office -- An episode of The Office caused me to have an emotional reaction… is that normal???
This was so weird, that show had gotten so bad that I had no idea why I was ever into it, and then this episode reminded me why. W-welcome back, Greg Daniels, I guess? They used to be so good at those small, quiet emotional moments, and it is basically INSANE that I had Jim Halpert feelings in 2012. So I'm psyched, especially with ALSO GETTING TO HEAR THE DOCUMENTARY CREW, WHICH IS SOMETHING moireach AND I USED TO HAVE LONG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALL THE TIME AS OUR DREAM SCENARIO. I almost had a heart attack. Haha as you know, we were super cool in 2006 and also now. Anyway, I'm really hoping they do some good stuff with Pam, though -- they've character-assassinated her so bad I don't want to get my hopes up, and it was disappointing to have Jim wanting stuff and her not wanting stuff, when canonically in the past Pam was the one with hopes and dreams while all Jim ever wanted was Pam. But we'll see how it goes, I guess. This show has always been terrible demographically anyway, so whatevs.
Parks and Rec -- Yeahhhhhh so I actually quit watching this show after Dave's Return last year because I was finding it so upsetting? I eventually picked it back up and watched the back half, but in terms of fannishness we are pretty officially dunzo. I just -- I hate the way Ben talks to Leslie like a disobedient child so much, you guys. I hate it so much. Anyway, I actually mostly liked this episode, I feel like the quality was almost back to pre-Ben standards. Buuuut I still want Ben to fall in a well and die and I'm trying to just ignore his character, especially this retcon of him being AMAZINGLY GOOD AT CAMPAIGNING, which if I start thinking about too hard, it's like flames on the side of my face, etc.
The Voice -- This was my new fannish show of last spring! And now also another show where I have to try to watch it around a misogynistic asshole. ADAM LEVINE, I HATE YOU SO MUCH, I HOPE YOU FALL DOWN AN EVEN DEEPER WELL. Anyway, Blake Shelton is my favorite though (so handsome! so funny! so weirdly sincere and attached to his girls esp. in season 1!) and I ship Blake/Christina pretty hard these days and I wish there was some actual fic. As it stands, the only Blake fic in existence (to my knowledge) is Blake/Adam, which is just depressing. MY ONLY LOVE BANGING MY ONLY HATE, ETC. The other bad thing about the show is this running-their-only-hit-into-the-ground thing NBC is doing with having another season already, and making the teams SO BIG. Like holy crap, how many sob stories do I have to sit through at this point. Haha I watched one episode with my mom and when Carson voice-overed, "For our next contestant, music gave her the strength to go on," (or something like that) my mom said, "WHAT????" in the most sarcastic voice I have ever heard her use in my whole life. Lol when your repetitive narratives drive moms to sarcasm.
Anyway, but remember that time Christina sat on Blake's lap in their performance to open the season??? Let's focus on that, okay everybody, okay, I'm glad we agree on this.