RL and fandom...intermixed!
I love House. Don't get me wrong. But it kind of pisses me off how he makes such a big deal out of his leg. Or maybe how the writers make such a big deal about his leg.
I mean look at Joe from Highlander. Here's a man who's actually missing *both* legs, and he barely even acknowledges it. I mean, the writers show us the story of how he lost them and how it affected his life. And we see him with his cane and obvious prostheses all the time. But neither Joe nor the writers ever make a big deal out of it. Life goes on. (Even dystopia!Joe's problems seem to center more around his booze and disillusionment than his wheelchair.) Joe still keeps up with Mac fine, sometimes to Mac's chagrin (witness the Scotland trip).
It's just. Granted, House is an expert on medicine. But Joe is an expert on *immortals*. Now tell me who has more of a reason to feel irrationally inadequate?
(But maybe there's a time factor as well. House only got his injury a few years ago, and Joe's legs have been gone at least 20 years.)
I guess what I'm trying to say is that while Joe may be physically even more crippled than House, I don't feel that he's nearly as *emotionally* crippled. And maybe both House and the writers are trying to externalize House's emotional disability by making such a big deal out of his leg.
Sometimes though, I just want to tell House to quit being bitchy and get over it. ::channels inner Stacy::
Go open a bar somewhere with Wilson. ::smiles::
I just watched "The Deal" again (in which, btw HOW GAY is Gardino! Dressing up in his mother's clothes, pretending to be Dorothy. I mean - Judy *Garland*, seriously, how did I not remember this???), so I changed my lj title accordingly. But now I'm paranoid that I've seen this title before and I'm actually stealing someone else's title, which I know is a dumb thing to be paranoid about. I should be paranoid about earthquakes, seeing as I still haven't made an emergency kit. But no. LJ titles. My brain is a strange place.
Speaking of which, I should really stop slashing my students in my brain, but they are just so so cute with each other. Although some of them are at that age where the other gender is icky, the homosocial behavior is out of control. All the touching, handholding, hugging, sitting in laps, wrestling, *towel bondage*.
I mean. Today in class this one boy - their desks were turned sideways into groups and so he and his friend were both sitting sideways in their chairs to face the front - he puts his chin on his friend's shoulder and they're sitting there cheek to cheek looking at the teacher and grinning and omg it was the cutest thing. Their little cute cute Japanese children friendships. I think I need to finally watch my copy of Nagisa no Shindobaddo now to make me want the children to sex each other up get this out of my system. ::cries::
Hee, it was funny the other day in Kita. I was walking past the students' genkan, and this boy and his friend were talking to this male teacher. So the boy called me over, and asked me in Japanese if I knew the shampoo Herbal Essence. Then he talked about the commercial for it and did a hilarious pantomime of the woman washing her hair, saying "Yes, yes, yes!"
And then he asked me what "Yes" meant in that context.
So I paused and then said, "...She's very happy."
"Ah, happy ka. Sono 'hai hai hai' wa..."
While he's processing this, the Japanese teacher is *cracking* the fuck *up* because he obviously knows just how "happy" she is and was probably trying to evade the student's questions before I showed up because he didn't want to talk about orgasms. So yeah. Cultural imperialism yay.
The HP movie also made me think about the English usage of "Yes" when I noticed that when Harry sees the triwizard cup in the maze, he breathes, "Yes," and they translated that as "asoko" - which, okay. It's not great with the shades of meaning, but okay. It made me think about just how many things Harry *could* be saying with Yes in that moment though. I mean think about it:
"Yes! I win! I am awesome!"
"Yes, this ordeal is finally over. Let me stagger over to the cup and out of danger."
"Yes, I found it! Puzzle solved."
"Yes...Magic is pretty." (Hey that's not even out of character for this movie.)
"Yes. I am encouraging the bushes to keep moving out of the way so I can reach it. Yes, keep going. Good bushes."
"Yes. Cedric is touching my special place. Oh look, shiny cup."
"Yes. After the year I've had, everlasting glory is sounding pretty good."
"Yes, Krum didn't get it! At least it's sure that a Hogwarts student will get it. I <3 Hogwarts. And Dumbledore."
"Yes. Now whichever of us gets this is sure to win Cho! Go me! Everlasting glory is a chick *magnet*."
"Yes. Take *that* Ron. I won after all, you sodding prick. All you lot can take those Potter Stinks badges and stick 'em up your arse."
"Yes! There are no dragons or merpeople between me and the cup! W00t!"
"Yes. I haven't had to use any complex, higher-level spells so far (you know, the ones that I haven't learned yet but all the other champions have), and it looks like my luck is holding out! Underclassmen represent!"
I <3 my native tongue.
I've been struggling over the decision to buy the Sentinel or not. ('Cause omg you guys, this chat transcript here is TOTAL RPS FODDER. Hello Garett wants to be Lucy and "touching...ACTION" omg they want to have gay sex on television I LOVE THEM THEY ARE SO CUTE WITH EACH OTHER OMG ::points to bloopers::) Usually I don't buy shows. I just don't. That's what I'm paying for the internet for. But this Blair vidbunny is being gnawingly persistent. Damn rabbit teeth. Even if I'd have to *watch* 2 and a half seasons before I could vid. With the Sentinel, that's really not a hardship. It's like Jump St.: video candy.
With other things...It's easy for me to read things online, but watching things (or even reading books) just seems like such a *commitment*, even if I really really want to watch or read them and I have them within easy reach. I dunno. I should catch up on watching my downloads. Maybe if I don't download anything else ever for a year, and do nothing but watch stuff in my free time, I can actually do that. I'm not even gonna *start* to think about all the stuff I've *taped* but not watched. Jesus. Or all the books I own that I still haven't read. It's ridiculous. You see why I'm reluctant to shell out money for more media.
I'm kinda stuck on this Due South happy vid, so maybe I'll finish it, but maybe I'll start work on the Methos vid too. If I can clear up enough space for Highlander and can download it all. My life, it is hard.
I couldn't seem to get in the zone with the happy vid, so it's been taking forever. I hope this vidblockery doesn't continue. My bunnies are very impatient with my lack of production.
OTOH, my DS undercover historical crack fic is coming along fairly well.
::cracks knuckles::
::continues writing porn at work::
I'm glad that no one around me understand English well enough to know that when I'm writing about "nipples" I'm not preparing for Thursday's sannensei Going to the Doctor class. (Though, dude, Uegaki-sensei brought me some toy doctor paraphenalia to use when I play doctor with the class. Am I the *only* one who thinks that's just a bit kinky?)
I mean look at Joe from Highlander. Here's a man who's actually missing *both* legs, and he barely even acknowledges it. I mean, the writers show us the story of how he lost them and how it affected his life. And we see him with his cane and obvious prostheses all the time. But neither Joe nor the writers ever make a big deal out of it. Life goes on. (Even dystopia!Joe's problems seem to center more around his booze and disillusionment than his wheelchair.) Joe still keeps up with Mac fine, sometimes to Mac's chagrin (witness the Scotland trip).
It's just. Granted, House is an expert on medicine. But Joe is an expert on *immortals*. Now tell me who has more of a reason to feel irrationally inadequate?
(But maybe there's a time factor as well. House only got his injury a few years ago, and Joe's legs have been gone at least 20 years.)
I guess what I'm trying to say is that while Joe may be physically even more crippled than House, I don't feel that he's nearly as *emotionally* crippled. And maybe both House and the writers are trying to externalize House's emotional disability by making such a big deal out of his leg.
Sometimes though, I just want to tell House to quit being bitchy and get over it. ::channels inner Stacy::
Go open a bar somewhere with Wilson. ::smiles::
I just watched "The Deal" again (in which, btw HOW GAY is Gardino! Dressing up in his mother's clothes, pretending to be Dorothy. I mean - Judy *Garland*, seriously, how did I not remember this???), so I changed my lj title accordingly. But now I'm paranoid that I've seen this title before and I'm actually stealing someone else's title, which I know is a dumb thing to be paranoid about. I should be paranoid about earthquakes, seeing as I still haven't made an emergency kit. But no. LJ titles. My brain is a strange place.
Speaking of which, I should really stop slashing my students in my brain, but they are just so so cute with each other. Although some of them are at that age where the other gender is icky, the homosocial behavior is out of control. All the touching, handholding, hugging, sitting in laps, wrestling, *towel bondage*.
I mean. Today in class this one boy - their desks were turned sideways into groups and so he and his friend were both sitting sideways in their chairs to face the front - he puts his chin on his friend's shoulder and they're sitting there cheek to cheek looking at the teacher and grinning and omg it was the cutest thing. Their little cute cute Japanese children friendships. I think I need to finally watch my copy of Nagisa no Shindobaddo now to make me want the children to sex each other up get this out of my system. ::cries::
Hee, it was funny the other day in Kita. I was walking past the students' genkan, and this boy and his friend were talking to this male teacher. So the boy called me over, and asked me in Japanese if I knew the shampoo Herbal Essence. Then he talked about the commercial for it and did a hilarious pantomime of the woman washing her hair, saying "Yes, yes, yes!"
And then he asked me what "Yes" meant in that context.
So I paused and then said, "...She's very happy."
"Ah, happy ka. Sono 'hai hai hai' wa..."
While he's processing this, the Japanese teacher is *cracking* the fuck *up* because he obviously knows just how "happy" she is and was probably trying to evade the student's questions before I showed up because he didn't want to talk about orgasms. So yeah. Cultural imperialism yay.
The HP movie also made me think about the English usage of "Yes" when I noticed that when Harry sees the triwizard cup in the maze, he breathes, "Yes," and they translated that as "asoko" - which, okay. It's not great with the shades of meaning, but okay. It made me think about just how many things Harry *could* be saying with Yes in that moment though. I mean think about it:
"Yes! I win! I am awesome!"
"Yes, this ordeal is finally over. Let me stagger over to the cup and out of danger."
"Yes, I found it! Puzzle solved."
"Yes...Magic is pretty." (Hey that's not even out of character for this movie.)
"Yes. I am encouraging the bushes to keep moving out of the way so I can reach it. Yes, keep going. Good bushes."
"Yes. Cedric is touching my special place. Oh look, shiny cup."
"Yes. After the year I've had, everlasting glory is sounding pretty good."
"Yes, Krum didn't get it! At least it's sure that a Hogwarts student will get it. I <3 Hogwarts. And Dumbledore."
"Yes. Now whichever of us gets this is sure to win Cho! Go me! Everlasting glory is a chick *magnet*."
"Yes. Take *that* Ron. I won after all, you sodding prick. All you lot can take those Potter Stinks badges and stick 'em up your arse."
"Yes! There are no dragons or merpeople between me and the cup! W00t!"
"Yes. I haven't had to use any complex, higher-level spells so far (you know, the ones that I haven't learned yet but all the other champions have), and it looks like my luck is holding out! Underclassmen represent!"
I <3 my native tongue.
I've been struggling over the decision to buy the Sentinel or not. ('Cause omg you guys, this chat transcript here is TOTAL RPS FODDER. Hello Garett wants to be Lucy and "touching...ACTION" omg they want to have gay sex on television I LOVE THEM THEY ARE SO CUTE WITH EACH OTHER OMG ::points to bloopers::) Usually I don't buy shows. I just don't. That's what I'm paying for the internet for. But this Blair vidbunny is being gnawingly persistent. Damn rabbit teeth. Even if I'd have to *watch* 2 and a half seasons before I could vid. With the Sentinel, that's really not a hardship. It's like Jump St.: video candy.
With other things...It's easy for me to read things online, but watching things (or even reading books) just seems like such a *commitment*, even if I really really want to watch or read them and I have them within easy reach. I dunno. I should catch up on watching my downloads. Maybe if I don't download anything else ever for a year, and do nothing but watch stuff in my free time, I can actually do that. I'm not even gonna *start* to think about all the stuff I've *taped* but not watched. Jesus. Or all the books I own that I still haven't read. It's ridiculous. You see why I'm reluctant to shell out money for more media.
I'm kinda stuck on this Due South happy vid, so maybe I'll finish it, but maybe I'll start work on the Methos vid too. If I can clear up enough space for Highlander and can download it all. My life, it is hard.
I couldn't seem to get in the zone with the happy vid, so it's been taking forever. I hope this vidblockery doesn't continue. My bunnies are very impatient with my lack of production.
OTOH, my DS undercover historical crack fic is coming along fairly well.
::cracks knuckles::
::continues writing porn at work::
I'm glad that no one around me understand English well enough to know that when I'm writing about "nipples" I'm not preparing for Thursday's sannensei Going to the Doctor class. (Though, dude, Uegaki-sensei brought me some toy doctor paraphenalia to use when I play doctor with the class. Am I the *only* one who thinks that's just a bit kinky?)