Further Musings...
As promised, here is a continuation of Friday’s post. Let’s get the Avatar stuff out of the way first, shall we? I wrote down my reaction as I was watching the episoded. So, this is sort of delayed livebloging. Feel free to skip over if you never heard of the show…
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Okay first…. GROSS with the Zuko and Mai kissing. Just… ew. There. I feel better having gotten that out of the way.
OHMIGOD!!! Zuko knows that Aang is still alive!! He has to know that Katara will use the spirit water to heal Aang. I mean the boy is dumb, but he’s not stupid. And he lied to Azula about it!!!! *dances* That’s practically proof in my book that he is still good!!
Faced, with an enemy ship on one side and a water serpent on one side…
Sokka: “The Universe once again mocks me.”
Toph: “You make it too easy!”
God, I love Toph!
Later, after the sea monster attacked the enemy ship.
Sokka: “Thank you, the Universe.”
Gotta love Sokka too!
Oh for crying out loud! For an all-powerful, highly spiritual leader, Aang is the biggest baby.
Aang: “I need my honor back.” God, could the parallels to Zuko be anymore blatant? It was no surprise when the cut back to Zuko in the very next frame.
Wow. For a crazy, psycho lunatic… Fire Lord Azulon looks rather… nice? I still wouldn’t trust him an inch.
Okay… Aang wind surfing was pretty crazy cool!
OHMIGOD!!! Princess Yue!! Nice too see you, Moon Girl, even if it’s only for a little while! If only Sokka was around!
I loved the whole concept of Aang letting his glider be destroyed…. I mean, that is the last link to his past and as much his symbol as… well, Appa. I love how this show will regularly defy not only children’s show conventions… but more TV general wisdom. That’s what makes this show so wonderful. I could think of a few serial adventure shows that could take notes from it!
You know, if I’m right about Zuko deliberately keeping Aang’s survival a secret, then for once AZULA is the one that played right into ZUKO’S …. Ooops, just saw the sneak peak for next time… and Zuko hiring an assassin to kill Aang. God, Zukko, you’ll never learn, will you? And when will I ever learn to stop letting you get my hopes up?
Fanfic
Maybe it’s because I’ve been busy with real life. Maybe it’s because school has been taking up all of my mental capacity. But whatever the reason, I’m having trouble finishing fanfic. I have four up in the air right now, but I just can’t seem to finish a thing. It’s not like I don’t know what to say. It’s like I’ve even forgotten how. I think my muse is asleep… or in a comma. And I still have a five page paper to finish by Wednesday and two books to read by next week. Sigh. Stupid real life.
Baseball
I went to a National game last Tuesday. I’m so not a sports fan (other than Sports Night, of course), but I’m really enjoy going to the game. This was the second time I’ve ever gone. And it’s the last time I will go at RFK stadium. I’m glad I got a chance to go before the Nats move to the new stadium.
What made this game interesting, from a West Wing fan perspective, was that the Nationals were playing the Mets. Now it is my own personal opinion that Josh would be delighted when baseball came back to DC and that he and Charlie would go to games together. So when the Nationals and Mets play against each other would he be torn? Or would he and Charlie trade insults? Dammit. There’s a fic idea in there somewhere, I know it!
Tim Gunn
Have you guys seen the new Tim Gunn/Martha Stewart commercial? The Usher one was rather cute. But Tim Gunn commercial was just divine. Why can’t the show be more like that?! He is just to adorable… which is strange to say about a grown man. Oh well, I’m all about the Tim love.