Though our hearts break, through rough seas our ship will sail it
Elljay! You're baaaaack! Let's sing Kum Ba Ya or something!
I don't know, flist. My LJ was stuck in some kind of non-functioning space earlier this week, where all LJ-related pages loaded for a moment and then got stuck involuntarily loading some kind of ad? Which I'm not even supposed to have, because I give them money once a year? But: blank pages all around. Either the help request I submitted yesterday (from my phone) worked, or my corner of the internet un-broke itself...which is all I really wanted in the first place.
So!
- I did 12 of 12 last week. Ancient history now, but.
- Aaaaand I think I popped my bed: I've been sleeping on one of those double-tall air mattresses, which has so far been surprising in the arenas of both comfort and reliability...except for this morning, when I woke up at four a.m. to some serious squishiness and my feet six inches higher than my head. I moved to the couch downstairs, and it's only three nights until I go home for Thanksgiving anyway, but boo. (The internet, however, is rife with suggestions on finding the hole using soapy water, and repairing it with either glue and duct tape or an actual repair kit. Fingers crossed!)
- I went to another Big Bang taping last night, and now I think this is the part where I say FINE, INTERNET, YOU WERE RIGHT. IT IS GREAT. I feel like four seasons of this show is basically a primer in spot-on joke writing--funny how the joke style is so different from, say, 30 Rock or Modern Family, in a classic, old-fashioned sort of way. Excellent. Corollary question: Do we think the style of joke-craft necessarily changes with the switch between single-camera comedy and multi-camera, or is that coincidence?
(P.S. I completely failed to put Bill Prady together with Gilmore Girls, though I recognized the name--IMDB tells me he wrote for S5, including primary credit on "Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too" and "How Many Kropogs To Cape Cod?", the combination of which is kind of a mixed bag. I don't know what to think of all of this.)
- Have we talked about how much I loved
I think I laughed at all of Rob Riggle's lines whether they were funny or not. This is my post-Daily Show Marine Corps hangover, apparently.
But mostly I'm just so enjoying Chuck and Sarah and the total non-Moonlightingness of them. The moment where Sarah blurted out that she really doesn't believe Chuck's a spy without the Intersect was so perfect--the conflict there is so real, and so central to each of them, and he was so justified in being hurt by what she said. It was a punch to the gut, and it's fodder for future conversations, and yet the writers are subtle enough to work that into the framework of how very much in love Chuck and Sarah are. (Also a punch to the gut: Sarah's faaaaace when she told Casey and Morgan she was going to find Chuck. You just keep doing that, Yvonne Strahovski, because you are excellent at it.)
Plus, next week: kickass Sarah times, which are my third-favorite Sarah times (after 1. sister-in-law "trying/learning to be a regular girl" Sarah times and 2. romantic "I'm so in loooooove" Sarah times)! This is v. exciting!
- My mom has tasked me with bringing a dessert to Thanksgiving--whatever I want!--and it's the first time I've been asked/allowed to cook for the extended fam! I'm beyond excited, and have no idea what I'll bring (pumpkin and apple pies are already taken care of). I was thinking, however, of making bonus fleur de sel caramels to bring along, mostly because I've been dying to make fleur de sel caramels.
- And last, chipping away at The Meme:
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
I do think one might make a case that my fannish history began with the womb Maria and Luis getting married on Sesame Street, but Lois and Clark was the first show I understood in true fannish terms. This was mostly pre-internet--to me, anyway, and thank your lucky stars, world--but I hung on its every word, and I'm pretty sure my parents still have VHS tapes labeled DNTO (DO NOT TAPE OVER)!!!!!!!! from my eighth-grade year. "Who's asking...Clark, or Superman?" pretty much blew my mind.
Interestingly, L&C is also one of the few shows I've ever walked away from mid-run--I'm a stick-with-it kind of viewer (let's face it: I watched Alias to the end), but I have clear memories of quitting as soon as the Lois-eats-tree-frogs storyline kicked off. I know sarita_m will never forgive me, but even now, I tell myself, "....good choice."
Day 01 - A show that should never have been canceled
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Favorite guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite miniseries
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
I don't know, flist. My LJ was stuck in some kind of non-functioning space earlier this week, where all LJ-related pages loaded for a moment and then got stuck involuntarily loading some kind of ad? Which I'm not even supposed to have, because I give them money once a year? But: blank pages all around. Either the help request I submitted yesterday (from my phone) worked, or my corner of the internet un-broke itself...which is all I really wanted in the first place.
So!
- I did 12 of 12 last week. Ancient history now, but.
- Aaaaand I think I popped my bed: I've been sleeping on one of those double-tall air mattresses, which has so far been surprising in the arenas of both comfort and reliability...except for this morning, when I woke up at four a.m. to some serious squishiness and my feet six inches higher than my head. I moved to the couch downstairs, and it's only three nights until I go home for Thanksgiving anyway, but boo. (The internet, however, is rife with suggestions on finding the hole using soapy water, and repairing it with either glue and duct tape or an actual repair kit. Fingers crossed!)
- I went to another Big Bang taping last night, and now I think this is the part where I say FINE, INTERNET, YOU WERE RIGHT. IT IS GREAT. I feel like four seasons of this show is basically a primer in spot-on joke writing--funny how the joke style is so different from, say, 30 Rock or Modern Family, in a classic, old-fashioned sort of way. Excellent. Corollary question: Do we think the style of joke-craft necessarily changes with the switch between single-camera comedy and multi-camera, or is that coincidence?
(P.S. I completely failed to put Bill Prady together with Gilmore Girls, though I recognized the name--IMDB tells me he wrote for S5, including primary credit on "Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too" and "How Many Kropogs To Cape Cod?", the combination of which is kind of a mixed bag. I don't know what to think of all of this.)
- Have we talked about how much I loved
I think I laughed at all of Rob Riggle's lines whether they were funny or not. This is my post-Daily Show Marine Corps hangover, apparently.
But mostly I'm just so enjoying Chuck and Sarah and the total non-Moonlightingness of them. The moment where Sarah blurted out that she really doesn't believe Chuck's a spy without the Intersect was so perfect--the conflict there is so real, and so central to each of them, and he was so justified in being hurt by what she said. It was a punch to the gut, and it's fodder for future conversations, and yet the writers are subtle enough to work that into the framework of how very much in love Chuck and Sarah are. (Also a punch to the gut: Sarah's faaaaace when she told Casey and Morgan she was going to find Chuck. You just keep doing that, Yvonne Strahovski, because you are excellent at it.)
Plus, next week: kickass Sarah times, which are my third-favorite Sarah times (after 1. sister-in-law "trying/learning to be a regular girl" Sarah times and 2. romantic "I'm so in loooooove" Sarah times)! This is v. exciting!
- My mom has tasked me with bringing a dessert to Thanksgiving--whatever I want!--and it's the first time I've been asked/allowed to cook for the extended fam! I'm beyond excited, and have no idea what I'll bring (pumpkin and apple pies are already taken care of). I was thinking, however, of making bonus fleur de sel caramels to bring along, mostly because I've been dying to make fleur de sel caramels.
- And last, chipping away at The Meme:
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
I do think one might make a case that my fannish history began with the womb Maria and Luis getting married on Sesame Street, but Lois and Clark was the first show I understood in true fannish terms. This was mostly pre-internet--to me, anyway, and thank your lucky stars, world--but I hung on its every word, and I'm pretty sure my parents still have VHS tapes labeled DNTO (DO NOT TAPE OVER)!!!!!!!! from my eighth-grade year. "Who's asking...Clark, or Superman?" pretty much blew my mind.
Interestingly, L&C is also one of the few shows I've ever walked away from mid-run--I'm a stick-with-it kind of viewer (let's face it: I watched Alias to the end), but I have clear memories of quitting as soon as the Lois-eats-tree-frogs storyline kicked off. I know sarita_m will never forgive me, but even now, I tell myself, "....good choice."
Day 01 - A show that should never have been canceled
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Favorite guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite miniseries
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death