Get your words out.
1. Tomorrow is March 2, 2010. It is not just a day. It is THE DAY. It is the premiere of Season 2 of Southland on TNT. Now I know everybody's like, oh, well, I'll watch the repeat after White Collar or I'll catch a download later this week. NO! Not okay!
When TNT bought Southland from NBC last year (tl;da - too long; don't ask) they did so to see how the series performs on cable and they will make their decision about future episodes based, in par, on tomorrow's premiere. That means that if Southland doesn't jump out the gate, they are going to be less inclined to order more episodes. And I want more episodes. You want more episodes. Southland is the only series I enjoyed in all of last year* and if you've enjoyed anything I've written in the last year -- Southland gets partial credit for that.
So, I am asking. No, I am begging. Please. If you've thought about it, if you've been curious, if you've ever thought, I'll get around to it eventually -- tomorrow is eventually.
Tuesday night at 10 p.m. Watch Southland on TNT
ETA: TNT is running a marathon of S1 before the premiere, it starts at at 3 p.m. EST on Tuesday. Please watch my show. PLEASE.
*GK was 2008, doesn't count
2. I am looking for stories to read. I need some entertainment. Things wot I am eyeballing currently: Southland, Iron Man (IM2 in May baby, I iz gonna write it. Believe that.) Terminator Salvation (Marcus/Kyle - wot?), James Bond - the Daniel Craig iteration, Jason Bourne (Is it time for the Green Zone or what), or anything else you think might catch my fancy.
3. You people don't know what kind of crack sparky77 is capable of. Last week we gave Lady Gaga and Johnny Weir a baby named Spectacular Magenta Sparkle Weir, or Steve for short. Two days ago she had me outlining hockey RPS. I don't even like hockey!
4. Someone on my reading list posted the other day about the spate of Christina Hendricks love, wondering if perhaps all this attention to body might smack of fetishization. I cannot speak for anybody else or what they're into, but I will summarize what I said, which is this:
I have been watching Mad Men since the pilot. I love the show whole-heartedly, except for most of the Don/Betty foolishness. I would recommend it without hesitation. My adoration for Christina has to do with her character, the way she portrays her character and the fact that finally, fucking FINALLY, there is a woman on TV who looks like a woman and not a 13 year old boy masquerading as a pneumatic girl. I love CH's style and I love the way she carries herself. She wears dresses and skirts and headscarves. She plays the accordion (or else that was awesome faking). She is unbelievably awesome and she makes me happy.
I am crazy about CH's portrayal of Joan Holloway (I refuse to acknowledge that she married that asshole). But what I like about Christina Hendricks *the woman* is that she's happy to be herself. That she is happy in her life and doesn't feel the need to apologize for being real and not wearing a size 00. In a time when even my beloved Michelle Obama is talking about her children's BMI (no, man, just no) it's nice to see some acceptance of self.
The fact that CH is in magazines *finally* and they are putting her in corsets and dresses with cleavage is fine with me, because she is getting attention. She doesn't choose what she wears, that's the stylist's job, but she wears it well. No, wears it better than well. And she's just as hot in a denim shirt and boots. The fact that a lot of the press (both print and internet) is basically, "Look, she has tits and ass and isn't ashamed! Shocking!" That I have issues with.
To my mind, she is not the same as Beyonce and J. Lo and Mariah Carey. They have curves it's true, but they have Hollywood curves where you're practically zaftig at size 6. I also find them tacky as hell. If I were to mention someone equally classy then I'd think of, like, Jennifer Hudson, who is damn awesome. And also, talented.
So, I say all this to say, everybody's got their own reasoning, I just want mine to be clear. I call Christina Hendricks damn hot, because she is, but I enjoy her and talk about her because I respect her as an actress and because she makes me happy to have a hips and ass, but I do not fetishize her body. I respect it. Now my interest in her red hair may be another story...
When TNT bought Southland from NBC last year (tl;da - too long; don't ask) they did so to see how the series performs on cable and they will make their decision about future episodes based, in par, on tomorrow's premiere. That means that if Southland doesn't jump out the gate, they are going to be less inclined to order more episodes. And I want more episodes. You want more episodes. Southland is the only series I enjoyed in all of last year* and if you've enjoyed anything I've written in the last year -- Southland gets partial credit for that.
So, I am asking. No, I am begging. Please. If you've thought about it, if you've been curious, if you've ever thought, I'll get around to it eventually -- tomorrow is eventually.
Tuesday night at 10 p.m. Watch Southland on TNT
ETA: TNT is running a marathon of S1 before the premiere, it starts at at 3 p.m. EST on Tuesday. Please watch my show. PLEASE.
*GK was 2008, doesn't count
2. I am looking for stories to read. I need some entertainment. Things wot I am eyeballing currently: Southland, Iron Man (IM2 in May baby, I iz gonna write it. Believe that.) Terminator Salvation (Marcus/Kyle - wot?), James Bond - the Daniel Craig iteration, Jason Bourne (Is it time for the Green Zone or what), or anything else you think might catch my fancy.
3. You people don't know what kind of crack sparky77 is capable of. Last week we gave Lady Gaga and Johnny Weir a baby named Spectacular Magenta Sparkle Weir, or Steve for short. Two days ago she had me outlining hockey RPS. I don't even like hockey!
4. Someone on my reading list posted the other day about the spate of Christina Hendricks love, wondering if perhaps all this attention to body might smack of fetishization. I cannot speak for anybody else or what they're into, but I will summarize what I said, which is this:
I have been watching Mad Men since the pilot. I love the show whole-heartedly, except for most of the Don/Betty foolishness. I would recommend it without hesitation. My adoration for Christina has to do with her character, the way she portrays her character and the fact that finally, fucking FINALLY, there is a woman on TV who looks like a woman and not a 13 year old boy masquerading as a pneumatic girl. I love CH's style and I love the way she carries herself. She wears dresses and skirts and headscarves. She plays the accordion (or else that was awesome faking). She is unbelievably awesome and she makes me happy.
I am crazy about CH's portrayal of Joan Holloway (I refuse to acknowledge that she married that asshole). But what I like about Christina Hendricks *the woman* is that she's happy to be herself. That she is happy in her life and doesn't feel the need to apologize for being real and not wearing a size 00. In a time when even my beloved Michelle Obama is talking about her children's BMI (no, man, just no) it's nice to see some acceptance of self.
The fact that CH is in magazines *finally* and they are putting her in corsets and dresses with cleavage is fine with me, because she is getting attention. She doesn't choose what she wears, that's the stylist's job, but she wears it well. No, wears it better than well. And she's just as hot in a denim shirt and boots. The fact that a lot of the press (both print and internet) is basically, "Look, she has tits and ass and isn't ashamed! Shocking!" That I have issues with.
To my mind, she is not the same as Beyonce and J. Lo and Mariah Carey. They have curves it's true, but they have Hollywood curves where you're practically zaftig at size 6. I also find them tacky as hell. If I were to mention someone equally classy then I'd think of, like, Jennifer Hudson, who is damn awesome. And also, talented.
So, I say all this to say, everybody's got their own reasoning, I just want mine to be clear. I call Christina Hendricks damn hot, because she is, but I enjoy her and talk about her because I respect her as an actress and because she makes me happy to have a hips and ass, but I do not fetishize her body. I respect it. Now my interest in her red hair may be another story...