Comments | amand_r: got the phat groove on the reel

amand_r

got the phat groove on the reel

Apr 23, 2010 11:34

Firstly, let us all take a moment to appreciate the fine lyrical genius of Salt N Pepa's 1993 masterpiece, "Whatta Man", the Bechdel-strangling powerhouse ballad performed with nineties flash-paper early Destiny's Child predecessor, En Vogue:

What a man, what a man, what a man what a mighty good man ( Read more... )

links to stuff, torchwood, music, this needs some salt (and pepa), coffee, recs

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paragraphs April 23 2010, 15:47:46 UTC

I love this post. I love the song. As one who feels surrounded by coffee all the time (living with a Barrista who knows EVERYTHING ha ha :) ) I absolutely am awed by the beautiful of your description of this coffee.

And you hit it on Miss Thang (I love that) and her writing. I genuinely love this episode, loved how everyone involved pulled together and supported her to get it done, loved Rhiannon like crazy beans, and now with your words bouncing in my head, I will reread it this weekend, and pay attention to that now that I can relax and just enjoy it.

I love so much seeing works pulled together. I adored, adored being part of your episode, and getting to observe from pretty much the beginning how it evolved. Same with this one--omg I think I get high over watching process or something. Could it be? I think so! Happily, I've now got a lot to fuel my new addiction. :)

amand_r April 23 2010, 15:56:35 UTC

I didn't want to say Miss Thang's REEEEL PEEEEEPLE name because I don't know how quiet she is. so MISS THANG.

iT WAS REALLY REALLY NEAT WATCHING IT EVOLVE, and I think if the VS taught me anything, it was that comraderie that we all got from getting all up in each other's shit. THE BIG BANG IS GOING TO ROCK.

paragraphs April 23 2010, 16:05:12 UTC

YES IT IS OMG! I am so excited about this! I feel crazy driven to finish ballet boy asap now and get it turned in by my birthday (May 29th) and then have the summer to devote to mine, and everyone's.

It is a real amazing thing to watch. I imagine it had to be difficult for Miss Thang to write so exposed to so many, but she chose her helpers wisely...it was rather lovely to see, and everyone brought their own good stuff to it. That was fun. Hee hee I liked seeing what I caught that Anya didn't, smacked my head when you would go WAIT and groan when Blue would say OKAY BUT...or Xtricks would say Hmmm... maybe this... and WHEE! It was spiffy fun. I loved it. Ha ha. And of course N's comments. I love when he gushes over stuff. LOL.

Bounce bounce can't wait to reread it--argh! SO MUCH TO READ AND WRITE THIS WEEKEND!!!! I suppose I should clean the kitchen once too huh. And mop. Argh.

amand_r April 23 2010, 16:09:27 UTC

YOU CAN DO IT! YOU CAN FINISH BALLET BOY!

Yeah, I have to get my ass in gear this weekend.

dremiel April 23 2010, 17:00:50 UTC

but I let it sit too long because I was reading porn

Best excuse ever for over-brewing. I bet even Ianto would have accepted it as reasonable. Although I REALLY hope that's not the reason stuff is always over-brewed at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.

amand_r April 23 2010, 18:13:59 UTC

HAAAHAHAH A BETTER USE FOR DADT.

cruentum April 23 2010, 17:07:52 UTC

I'm actually drinking pure coffee again. At first Ithought it was decaf because my containers are all unlabelled and I know I have two decafs sitting around but I think my state of being decently alert means it was the real stuff.

Well. Actually. I'm drinking cheap half-caf. I'm sure there's a sin somewhere. It's branded as "Balance".

Then I had a sudden desire to see JB/GDL first-time-seduce-the-straight-boy-to-sex fic. Whoa yeah.

I second the rec for Jenny's ep because there are so many moments of awesome in it and I like the subtlety she uses in her dialogue, and the seeding of the Spice Girls pay-off moment is awesome.

amand_r April 23 2010, 18:15:31 UTC

The sin is in the phrase "half caf" because that means half of it is decaf, and that makes baby Jesus cry, Nick.

POSH SPICE!

cruentum April 23 2010, 23:20:52 UTC

I'MDRUNKING er ... DRINKING FULL DECAF NOW!

djin7 April 23 2010, 18:00:12 UTC

OMG STOP WITH THE EARWORMS! sldfks'fslkdf'df

amand_r April 23 2010, 18:13:30 UTC

THIS WAS MY LAST SALT N PEPA POST.

AREN''T YOU GLAD?

From seven to seven he's got me open like Seven Eleven curriejean April 23 2010, 19:21:43 UTC

I will read that ep, but I will read yours first (like fuck, I'm reading the VS all out of order when I have time, and my knowledge of the timeline is a mess, and I WORKED ON THE THING, what is wrong with me).

With the humour. I study you for this, and I'll be studying her for this. So much of my writing is nonfic, and so much of that is habitually focused on being very plainly clear that I don't leave enough out to make room for funny when I should. Because that's what humour takes, right? An implication gathered until it snaps into place. It's about what you don't say as much as what you do say. But then sometimes I leave out too much too. Hence the studying.

Re: From seven to seven he's got me open like Seven Eleven amand_r April 23 2010, 19:25:23 UTC

Not necessarily. Sometimes it's about referencing, and knowing when things are appropriate. I did an essay once in here about putting pop culture references in writing. I should tag this crapola.

I think Buffy taught me a lot about timing, and not being afraid to take it to the stupid place, because that was how you got wit in some ways. I don't want to ref Jenny's fic without spoiling it, but i will say that when you get to the cabbage patch line, that's pretty much what I'm talking about.