You guys are overthinking me. I'm not that complex.
I wish all commentary was as awesome as the commentary on reality shows.
Survivor: Vanuatu commentary. You guys. First episode? Commentary was Ami, Chad, Eliza, and Julie.
Yes. Yes. The hot lesbian, the guy with the artificial foot, the girl everyone thought was the bitch, and Mrs. Probst.
I know. I know.
"I had a strange confidence that I wasn't going to get speared."
[about Eliza]
"She was right next to me. I was uncomfortable. I thought, she's gonna get speared."
[Eliza, about taunting the locals]
"Well, I'm not gonna make enough enemies in this game. I better make enemies with the locals."
[Julie and Ami, to Eliza]
"Nice rack."
"I know. I was thinking the same thing, and I was being a lady, but cheers for saying that."
"Like, your boobs are bigger than mine, and my boobs are huge."
[at the challenge involving shimmying up a pig greased pole]
"I was hoping someone would fail at it first."
[re: Chad's artificial foot]
"Did you smuggle anything in in that foot?" "Not that anyone knows about."
[re: one of Scout's comments]
"I learned those cheers in camp, not in my sorority."
[Eliza]
"There's my positive attitude, see? Why didn't anyone like me?"
[Julie and everyone else, about Probst]
"Oh, he handed me the flint." "There was the first spark. So to speak. As the flint was handed over. He was the flint, you were the steel."
[about Chris falling off the balance beam]
"It's not outwit, outplay, outbalance."
[Ami, Julie, and Eliza over why to keep Dolly around]
"viewing pleasure"
...Yeah, I love my unscripted media.
(Sekrit aside to mosca: Also, dude, seriously, one of us needs to write that fic. SERIOUSLY.)
I know I've whined about this at a lot of people already, but I am so offended by Propel Fitness Water that I have no words. First of all, they are running their campaign on the basis that Propel has 25 calories instead of 120 calories, and is thus the healthiest water. Because, apparently, water in its natural habitat? FATTENING. Also, the commercial really bothers me (like, I have to turn off the TV type bothers me), because it's nothing but going through exactly how much exercise would be necessary to burn off those 120 calories.
Now, I can tell you that water? Not actually that many calories. And "calories" are not the be-all and end-all of health, anyway; eventually, lack of calories with excessive exercising will kill you, which- I've heard rumors- is slightly worse than not being a size 0.
And I just really do not need to hear exactly how much walking or sit-up-ing or whatever can burn how many calories. I just really don't. And I don't actually understand how anyone does.
Finally, a link that I was going to just send to a few people, but figure I will post because it's possibly worth discussing even with people who DON'T share my exact opinion:
An AP article entitled Children's book art getting big (c/o caerwynx)
On the one hand, yes, I like that people are acknowledging how awesome picture book art is. (It is only my desire to not completely spam my flist which is keeping me from uploading a ton of illustrations that I've scanned this week and flailing over them.) Because they are! They deserve attention and praise.
On the other, does anyone else find that article kind of, um. What's the word I'm looking for here? Infuriatingly condescending. Let's go with that.
Because I kind of do. Which makes me sad. I mean, articles! About picture books! I should feel glee! Instead I just feel fiercely defensive. Like you do.
In conclusion: Survivor! Vanuatu! Lesbians!
Survivor: Vanuatu commentary. You guys. First episode? Commentary was Ami, Chad, Eliza, and Julie.
Yes. Yes. The hot lesbian, the guy with the artificial foot, the girl everyone thought was the bitch, and Mrs. Probst.
I know. I know.
"I had a strange confidence that I wasn't going to get speared."
[about Eliza]
"She was right next to me. I was uncomfortable. I thought, she's gonna get speared."
[Eliza, about taunting the locals]
"Well, I'm not gonna make enough enemies in this game. I better make enemies with the locals."
[Julie and Ami, to Eliza]
"Nice rack."
"I know. I was thinking the same thing, and I was being a lady, but cheers for saying that."
"Like, your boobs are bigger than mine, and my boobs are huge."
[at the challenge involving shimmying up a pig greased pole]
"I was hoping someone would fail at it first."
[re: Chad's artificial foot]
"Did you smuggle anything in in that foot?" "Not that anyone knows about."
[re: one of Scout's comments]
"I learned those cheers in camp, not in my sorority."
[Eliza]
"There's my positive attitude, see? Why didn't anyone like me?"
[Julie and everyone else, about Probst]
"Oh, he handed me the flint." "There was the first spark. So to speak. As the flint was handed over. He was the flint, you were the steel."
[about Chris falling off the balance beam]
"It's not outwit, outplay, outbalance."
[Ami, Julie, and Eliza over why to keep Dolly around]
"viewing pleasure"
...Yeah, I love my unscripted media.
(Sekrit aside to mosca: Also, dude, seriously, one of us needs to write that fic. SERIOUSLY.)
I know I've whined about this at a lot of people already, but I am so offended by Propel Fitness Water that I have no words. First of all, they are running their campaign on the basis that Propel has 25 calories instead of 120 calories, and is thus the healthiest water. Because, apparently, water in its natural habitat? FATTENING. Also, the commercial really bothers me (like, I have to turn off the TV type bothers me), because it's nothing but going through exactly how much exercise would be necessary to burn off those 120 calories.
Now, I can tell you that water? Not actually that many calories. And "calories" are not the be-all and end-all of health, anyway; eventually, lack of calories with excessive exercising will kill you, which- I've heard rumors- is slightly worse than not being a size 0.
And I just really do not need to hear exactly how much walking or sit-up-ing or whatever can burn how many calories. I just really don't. And I don't actually understand how anyone does.
Finally, a link that I was going to just send to a few people, but figure I will post because it's possibly worth discussing even with people who DON'T share my exact opinion:
An AP article entitled Children's book art getting big (c/o caerwynx)
On the one hand, yes, I like that people are acknowledging how awesome picture book art is. (It is only my desire to not completely spam my flist which is keeping me from uploading a ton of illustrations that I've scanned this week and flailing over them.) Because they are! They deserve attention and praise.
On the other, does anyone else find that article kind of, um. What's the word I'm looking for here? Infuriatingly condescending. Let's go with that.
Because I kind of do. Which makes me sad. I mean, articles! About picture books! I should feel glee! Instead I just feel fiercely defensive. Like you do.
In conclusion: Survivor! Vanuatu! Lesbians!