"You better close your face and stay outta my way..."
As if I didn't feel already like a younger Julie Cooper-Nichol, I have to say the following. It doesn't surprise me that Thirteen doesn't speak "hair band;" someone that perpetually mopey due to their own self-involvement and false sense of self-importance and intelligence really never could see the appeal of something that's all about fun and NOT taking yourself seriously. You know, just because those individuals were able to pull their own heads out of their asses every once in a while doesn't mean that they are worthless. I would say that, if only because their Behind the Musics are so awesome, it's worth being familiar with "hair bands," but I think that does a disservice to what these groups have to offer. Seriously, I'd take their carefree excess over the pretension of Coldplay or fucking Bono ANY day of the week. Give me Dr. Feelgood. Hold the pwecious, she-has-the-worstest-life-EVAR, pity-her Remy. And while we're at it? # of Duran Duran fans in 2009 > # of Thirteen fans... ever. ;)
Anyway,rainbowstevie tagged me for a meme, where I'm supposed to list 25 random facts about my television viewing self.
1. I think I need to start this out right by admitting something horribly embarrassing: I don't know if anyone remember the Lindsay Lohan/Tyra Banks television movie, Life Size, but I do. I remember it so well, I still know the lyrics to "Be a Star," the song Ty Ty Baby sings in the movie.
2. My favorite television couple is Dan and Roseanne Conner from Roseanne. I won't deny that there are probably TV couples with more sexual chemistry. But I don't think anyone has ever come this close to capturing the kind of relationship people can have with one another when they are completely and totally in love and committed to one another. I'm pretty sure that has everything to do with the characters themselves; she was more than the shrill wife. He was more than the lug of a husband. He was the one who taught her it was okay to trust men. She was the one who promised to stick with him no matter what road they went down. I'm pretty sure that without watching them, I would have never seen a healthy relationship on television when I was little. If you know the kinds of shows I watched when I was little, you won't doubt the truth in that statement.
3. I don't really care about the show, but I LOVE the Monk theme song. It makes me really happy. I'm also a fan of the Snoop Dogg remix.
4. I'm pretty convinced that this clip from Being Bobby Brown, where a). Whitney implies that Bobby Brown is the greatest example of terrorism we've seen on television, b). Bobby states that President Bush is the reason he went to jail, c). Whitney acts like anthrax is the equivalent of how I react when I see mushrooms on my pizza, and d). Bobby says that being in jail makes you a true American, makes more sense than Campbell Brown and Mike Huckabee have ever made in their lives.
5. I religiously watched Ghostwriter as a kid, and I really do wish he existed. DDDDDDDDDDDD: RALLY K, you invisible mother fucker! ;-)
6. I think Mad Men's greatest accomplishment thus far has been the portrayal of Joan's rape. The fact that I didn't see anyone in fandom claim that she deserved it is a testament to that.
7. I can still remember MTV's advertisement for Fleetwood Mac's The Dance. It's a little vague, but I can recall a woman's voice like... whispering, "I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain." (Dana Fuchs, is that you?) Very random.
8. Whenever I hear that song, "I'm so Excited," or see Elizabeth Berkeley, I think of that scene on Saved by the Bell, where Zack discovers that Slater was right and she really was addicted to caffeine pills and she's all, "I'm so excited! I'm so excited. I'm. So. Scared."
9. In the sixth season of The West Wing, Jed and CJ are doing a walk and talk while he puts on his coat. In danger of getting caught in the Martin Sheen flap-about way of putting on a suit jacket, Allison ducks to avoid his arm. I've always wondered if it was scripted or Allison Janney actually improving. It bothers me to no end that I don't have the answer.
10. I can't watch shows anymore produced by JJ Abrams. I'm a big believer in sticking with the product you have and seeing it to the end, and his penchant for abandoning shows and allowing them to flounder for newer shows and storylines grates me.
11. I was a little nervous for the 9 to 5 musical opening on Broadway. I mean I always knew it would be great, but I am slightly annoyed by the turn Broadway has taken with this random emphasis on adaptations over original work. What does this have to do with television? I think I fell in love with the screenwriter when she gave an interview and specifically cited the Democratic Primaries as the proof that 9 to 5 was still relevant. I mean really: if a movie about a sexist, idiotic boss always promoting the younger, hipper man over the smarter, more qualified woman while still expecting said woman to give him all the business proposals that make him a success and all other women to do whatever he wants doesn't accurately describe the bag of bullshit that is the Democratic Party, I'm not sure what is. So kudos to you, Patricia, for bringing that up.
P.S. I really hope you are the same Patricia I found who describes herself as a "foodie/psychic."
12. I LOVE The Mole. I watched when it was hosted by Anderson Cooper; I watched the Celebrity editions, and I watched it when they brought it back, due to the WGA strike. Which is almost enough to make me love the writers' strike, because unlike most reality TV, The Mole was decently smart television.
13. I miss Huff so much, despite the fact that the show almost always makes me incredibly depressed (which is odd, considering there are parts that are HILARIOUS). That show was soooo fantastic, one of the best ensembles to have ever existed. And I'm seriously in love with the episode title, "Maps don't Talk." If only because it really does make you think, "Yeah, Onstar probably has to be terrifying for schizophrenics."
14. The Simpsons make me feel sooooo old. I watched it as a kid, so really, it shouldn't surprise me that it's a billion years old. But somehow, I never really notice my own age until I compare it to other things or people. Oh well, I still want to see Mr. Burns' vest. ;-)
15. Whenever I watch The O.C., I really start to want breakfast. I'm not really sure why, although I suppose they do eat breakfast a lot on that show. Still, it's not good, because it makes me want eggs and orange juice and stuff -- and all of those things, without fail, make me puke. Literally.
16. I'm very sad that there is no Desire fandom... because it means I can't write the George/Victoria epic incest fic of DOOM! In my defense, that crap was basically canon, and I would ship Sofia Milos with my socks, so... clearly that shit was going to be lurking in my head.
17. When I was 8? maybe?, I convinced my mom to buy me a black-with-red-poppies-on-it chiffon crop top from the Blossom clothing line. There are no words, I think, to describe the WTFiness of that.
18. I think it's hilarious that people think Cuddy is a ho, because on any given day, I'm showing just as much if not more cleavage (and I have more cleavage to show, lol). But that's not nearly as hilarious as the writers constantly having House talk about her "large" breasts. Cause no. Just NO. I'm not saying they aren't nice, cause Lisa Edelstein has a great body. But that shit doesn't even remotely approach big. If my post-op tits are still bigger than yours, sorry, they don't qualify as big.
19. I think it's morally wrong that they updated the song to Reading Rainbow - and to do it in such a way that makes it sound even MORE 80sish is just unacceptable.
20. I wish Quack from Peep and the big wide World was real. I'd pat his cute little duckie-but-looks-like-an-eggplant butt and straighten his little sailor hat, and we'd talk about how ducks are the greatest animal in the world. And then we'd probably also discuss how that show isn't all that great for young kids, lol.
21. I'm convinced that the addition of Marisol on CSI: Miami was the beginning of the end. She's pretty much the equivalent of airplane pilot saying, "We don't need these parachutes" at the beginning of a survival movie. There's no place to go but down afterwards.
22. I'm pretty sure I haven't watched NBC in years, since The West Wing and Will and Grace died.
23. I love Animal Precinct, but I can't really watch any of the other animal cop shows. A lot of the times, it's a matter of the locations of the other programs; Detroit and Miami, specifically, have breed specific legislation, and that infuriates me. Aside from the idiocy of said laws, it bothers me that Animal Planet would feature cities and cases affected by them. I think that only perpetuates this idea that pitbulls are this unpredictable/time bomb animal. But more than that, I just don't ever get the feeling that the other cities take as hard a line on animal cruelty. Would Annemarie Lucas let the jackass who, for no reason, starved his animals get them back on the promise that he would feed them? Would she let a pet store incur FORTY violations before deciding that that person shouldn't be allowed to run a pet store? NO. She would rescue those pets with her navy scrunchie and stink eye and bitch the poor excuses for human beings out as she did it. :P
24. When Heather Locklear married Ritchie Sambora, I cried for weeks. The woman who played Amanda Woodward was supposed to wait until I was legal to marry ME. Even now, I still kind of have a crush. Anyone who can sound that hot while throwing out insults is great in my book.
25. I found the Barack and Michelle Obama portrayed on South Park to be way more likable than the real ones. :-P
Anyway,rainbowstevie tagged me for a meme, where I'm supposed to list 25 random facts about my television viewing self.
1. I think I need to start this out right by admitting something horribly embarrassing: I don't know if anyone remember the Lindsay Lohan/Tyra Banks television movie, Life Size, but I do. I remember it so well, I still know the lyrics to "Be a Star," the song Ty Ty Baby sings in the movie.
2. My favorite television couple is Dan and Roseanne Conner from Roseanne. I won't deny that there are probably TV couples with more sexual chemistry. But I don't think anyone has ever come this close to capturing the kind of relationship people can have with one another when they are completely and totally in love and committed to one another. I'm pretty sure that has everything to do with the characters themselves; she was more than the shrill wife. He was more than the lug of a husband. He was the one who taught her it was okay to trust men. She was the one who promised to stick with him no matter what road they went down. I'm pretty sure that without watching them, I would have never seen a healthy relationship on television when I was little. If you know the kinds of shows I watched when I was little, you won't doubt the truth in that statement.
3. I don't really care about the show, but I LOVE the Monk theme song. It makes me really happy. I'm also a fan of the Snoop Dogg remix.
4. I'm pretty convinced that this clip from Being Bobby Brown, where a). Whitney implies that Bobby Brown is the greatest example of terrorism we've seen on television, b). Bobby states that President Bush is the reason he went to jail, c). Whitney acts like anthrax is the equivalent of how I react when I see mushrooms on my pizza, and d). Bobby says that being in jail makes you a true American, makes more sense than Campbell Brown and Mike Huckabee have ever made in their lives.
5. I religiously watched Ghostwriter as a kid, and I really do wish he existed. DDDDDDDDDDDD: RALLY K, you invisible mother fucker! ;-)
6. I think Mad Men's greatest accomplishment thus far has been the portrayal of Joan's rape. The fact that I didn't see anyone in fandom claim that she deserved it is a testament to that.
7. I can still remember MTV's advertisement for Fleetwood Mac's The Dance. It's a little vague, but I can recall a woman's voice like... whispering, "I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain." (Dana Fuchs, is that you?) Very random.
8. Whenever I hear that song, "I'm so Excited," or see Elizabeth Berkeley, I think of that scene on Saved by the Bell, where Zack discovers that Slater was right and she really was addicted to caffeine pills and she's all, "I'm so excited! I'm so excited. I'm. So. Scared."
9. In the sixth season of The West Wing, Jed and CJ are doing a walk and talk while he puts on his coat. In danger of getting caught in the Martin Sheen flap-about way of putting on a suit jacket, Allison ducks to avoid his arm. I've always wondered if it was scripted or Allison Janney actually improving. It bothers me to no end that I don't have the answer.
10. I can't watch shows anymore produced by JJ Abrams. I'm a big believer in sticking with the product you have and seeing it to the end, and his penchant for abandoning shows and allowing them to flounder for newer shows and storylines grates me.
11. I was a little nervous for the 9 to 5 musical opening on Broadway. I mean I always knew it would be great, but I am slightly annoyed by the turn Broadway has taken with this random emphasis on adaptations over original work. What does this have to do with television? I think I fell in love with the screenwriter when she gave an interview and specifically cited the Democratic Primaries as the proof that 9 to 5 was still relevant. I mean really: if a movie about a sexist, idiotic boss always promoting the younger, hipper man over the smarter, more qualified woman while still expecting said woman to give him all the business proposals that make him a success and all other women to do whatever he wants doesn't accurately describe the bag of bullshit that is the Democratic Party, I'm not sure what is. So kudos to you, Patricia, for bringing that up.
P.S. I really hope you are the same Patricia I found who describes herself as a "foodie/psychic."
12. I LOVE The Mole. I watched when it was hosted by Anderson Cooper; I watched the Celebrity editions, and I watched it when they brought it back, due to the WGA strike. Which is almost enough to make me love the writers' strike, because unlike most reality TV, The Mole was decently smart television.
13. I miss Huff so much, despite the fact that the show almost always makes me incredibly depressed (which is odd, considering there are parts that are HILARIOUS). That show was soooo fantastic, one of the best ensembles to have ever existed. And I'm seriously in love with the episode title, "Maps don't Talk." If only because it really does make you think, "Yeah, Onstar probably has to be terrifying for schizophrenics."
14. The Simpsons make me feel sooooo old. I watched it as a kid, so really, it shouldn't surprise me that it's a billion years old. But somehow, I never really notice my own age until I compare it to other things or people. Oh well, I still want to see Mr. Burns' vest. ;-)
15. Whenever I watch The O.C., I really start to want breakfast. I'm not really sure why, although I suppose they do eat breakfast a lot on that show. Still, it's not good, because it makes me want eggs and orange juice and stuff -- and all of those things, without fail, make me puke. Literally.
16. I'm very sad that there is no Desire fandom... because it means I can't write the George/Victoria epic incest fic of DOOM! In my defense, that crap was basically canon, and I would ship Sofia Milos with my socks, so... clearly that shit was going to be lurking in my head.
17. When I was 8? maybe?, I convinced my mom to buy me a black-with-red-poppies-on-it chiffon crop top from the Blossom clothing line. There are no words, I think, to describe the WTFiness of that.
18. I think it's hilarious that people think Cuddy is a ho, because on any given day, I'm showing just as much if not more cleavage (and I have more cleavage to show, lol). But that's not nearly as hilarious as the writers constantly having House talk about her "large" breasts. Cause no. Just NO. I'm not saying they aren't nice, cause Lisa Edelstein has a great body. But that shit doesn't even remotely approach big. If my post-op tits are still bigger than yours, sorry, they don't qualify as big.
19. I think it's morally wrong that they updated the song to Reading Rainbow - and to do it in such a way that makes it sound even MORE 80sish is just unacceptable.
20. I wish Quack from Peep and the big wide World was real. I'd pat his cute little duckie-but-looks-like-an-eggplant butt and straighten his little sailor hat, and we'd talk about how ducks are the greatest animal in the world. And then we'd probably also discuss how that show isn't all that great for young kids, lol.
21. I'm convinced that the addition of Marisol on CSI: Miami was the beginning of the end. She's pretty much the equivalent of airplane pilot saying, "We don't need these parachutes" at the beginning of a survival movie. There's no place to go but down afterwards.
22. I'm pretty sure I haven't watched NBC in years, since The West Wing and Will and Grace died.
23. I love Animal Precinct, but I can't really watch any of the other animal cop shows. A lot of the times, it's a matter of the locations of the other programs; Detroit and Miami, specifically, have breed specific legislation, and that infuriates me. Aside from the idiocy of said laws, it bothers me that Animal Planet would feature cities and cases affected by them. I think that only perpetuates this idea that pitbulls are this unpredictable/time bomb animal. But more than that, I just don't ever get the feeling that the other cities take as hard a line on animal cruelty. Would Annemarie Lucas let the jackass who, for no reason, starved his animals get them back on the promise that he would feed them? Would she let a pet store incur FORTY violations before deciding that that person shouldn't be allowed to run a pet store? NO. She would rescue those pets with her navy scrunchie and stink eye and bitch the poor excuses for human beings out as she did it. :P
24. When Heather Locklear married Ritchie Sambora, I cried for weeks. The woman who played Amanda Woodward was supposed to wait until I was legal to marry ME. Even now, I still kind of have a crush. Anyone who can sound that hot while throwing out insults is great in my book.
25. I found the Barack and Michelle Obama portrayed on South Park to be way more likable than the real ones. :-P