i feel like mel's entire life is a hate crime waiting to happen
am not discussing the first five minutes of the show because they DID NOT HAPPEN OMG. just in case you forgot that m.nov was a woman, oh allah, oh shiva, even if m.nov's little "this is my lawfully wedding husband" show was cute, it doesn't matter because NONE OF THAT HAPPENED. also, hello, pulling out to change positions and not refreshing the condom when you're fucking that rigorously? seems like a recipe for buuuuuuuuuug chasing.
imogennegomi: j.tay and justin look like this really adorable mother-and-son gap ad.
ted: "my standards are ridiculously high."
throughadoor: i think i just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
J.TAY HAS A SMOKIN' HOT BOYFRIEND. he better not turn out to have fucked brian in the baths in 1997. because he has that look about him, you know what i mean? i want j.tay to have some happiness oh my god.
smartlikejustin: [while running downstairs to get a coke] let's hope the lesbians babble for a long time. babble, lesbians, babble!
lesbians: [babble] [babble]
debnov having taken drew under her bad cooking and bosterious advice wing is, in turns, predictable, sort of cute and vaguely nauseating. sort of like debnov's bad cooking and bosterious advice itself.
i want to fuck j.tay so badly right now omg.
brian: "tuna casserole means we're going to get stoned and have very meaningful conversation." IT'S LIKE SOMEONE REMEMBERS THAT PREVIOUS SEASONS HAPPENED OR SOMETHING. oh blessed be. deb: "he left you, he moved on." i like this, because i feel like she could have followed that up with, "they both did." because, really. well. yes.
is ted actually jewish? did we know this before? we have this whole pet theory about how ted came into the lives of the homosexual as people gang because he was friends with mel, and i feel like their mutual jewishness would help this along. also, wasn't ted the only one who knew what a bris was at gus' bris way back in season one? still, that's hilarious. [much later] well, that answers THAT question.
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wait a second. simon? critic? art magazine? HAHAHAH. justin: "it was either that or be a mass murderer." it's like randy just spent five minutes playing himself there or something.
when brian said, "it's been a long time since i've fucked an artsy type," and the camera cut instantly away to tuck, i was SO SURE that brian was going to try and hit on tuck. that would have been AWESOME.
smartlikejustin: and they know it's a-okay to have sex in the living room, horvath said.
: i feel like they'd have to watch out for debnov's hidden cameras.
lindsay: [flips her shit]
throughadoor: oh, is it time to completely change your mind about everything?
smartlikejustin: in lindsay's world it's always time to change your mind about everything.
what the hell is this, rough sex night? also, the creepy thing is that i keep thinking that i hear the baby crying from upstairs over their q.con moaning.
j.tay: blah blah realized that you were happy and in love blah blah that's all that matters etc.
imogennegomi: yeah, justin, and now it's your turn to learn that.
smartlikejustin: and it's your turn to learn that about brian.
skipping way ahead, the scene with brian imagining michael in the club, i loved the slow, strange music and the way that babylon is brian's church, king surveying his kingdom, etc. etc. etc. also, wrt: their conversation, when delusion!michael was like "why did you apologize?" and brian said "because i missed you?" katie and imogen pointed out that that's why michael doesn't really have to accept brian's apology, because brian wasn't actually sorry, it was just that he missed michael more than he thought michael was being a tard. and imogen pointed out that you sort of have to accept that that's brian's deal and you either buy into it or you don't, and katie pointed out that michael, you know? not buying into it anymore. i think it's interesting the way that they're handling that. also, okay, assuming that you can sort of tell what's going to happen next week from the promo, particularly interesting the way that babylon is being revered right there at the end.
peter_and_fran part 31: two steps back, one step forward, another step to the side and you turn yourself around.
search for the perfect curried chicken salad recipe continues. after y'all's suggestions last week and some skulking about and scribbling down the ingredients listed at the whole foods deli counter, am working from the following voodoo: 3 cups mayonnaise, 1/4th cup ginger preserves, 1/4th cup honey, 1/8th cup sesame oil, 1/8th cup coarsely chunky salsa, 3 teaspoons curry powder, 2 teaspoons vinegar, juice of one lemon + one lime and salt + pepper + cilantro to taste. still not quite the whole foods laced-with-heroin recipe, but it is sweet and spicy and tangy and delicious omg. yesterday morning, i had chicken salad for breakfast. and brunch. and lunch. and tea time. etc.
um. just so you know, erasure live is re-airing on logo, like, once a day. just sharing. it is very hot and sticky here. good night.