Comments | minervacat: [the radio is sucking my butt today, by the way.]

minervacat

[the radio is sucking my butt today, by the way.]

Feb 24, 2005 09:41

Thing 1: Dear Chicago Sun Times and also the Chicago Tribune: Sammy Sosa no longer plays in Chicago. Get him off your front back SPORTS pages RIGHT THIS MINUTE. Did you now get the memo? Chicago doesn't give a fuck anymore. If I wanted to read about how Sammy's doing in Baltimore, I'd read the bloody Baltimore Sun. No love, Min

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lalejandra February 24 2005, 15:45:02 UTC

Dan Rydell totally made Sports Night worth watching. In fact, he makes me want to watch it all AGAIN, just for him, just for his attitude and uncertainties and the way he looks in those black boxer briefs. Mmm.

minervacat February 24 2005, 15:47:09 UTC

when you get down to it, dan is my favorite fictional character ever. and yeah, i love the rest of sports night, too (though it's been bugging me, dana's total competence in everything but men, since you pointed it out, and i can't figure out why she's so damn clueless in that arena, and aaron sorkin, you suck!), but danny is why i keep watching it. over and over again.

yeah. i love dan rydell.

lalejandra February 24 2005, 15:49:16 UTC

I know why!! It's because no one who works for Aaron Sorkin can write a competent, professional woman with a stable love life who ISN'T a character that people are supposed to love to hate. I give you: CJ v. Dr. Bartlett. You know what I mean?

*stabs the writing team*

I don't know if Dan is definitely my favorite fictional character ever, but he is totally in my top 20.

caffeinediary February 24 2005, 15:57:56 UTC

1)Hannah in Everwood
Her mix of knowing people and yet perhaps not really knowing the world is me. I completely get that smart naviety thing.

2)Kivrin from Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
She has this mixture of wanting to help people yet perhaps not going about it the right way. She plunges right in without necessarily considering the consequences yet genuinly means well.

3)Fran from Strictly Ballroom-
Kind of shy yet also tells people exactly what they need to hear and is so fiesty. I wish I could be more like her and gain a sense of fiestiness.

4)Lyra from His Dark Materials Trilogy-
I love, love, love her character. She is inquisitive about the world and sees a lot of beauty where other people don't. I'd like to think I do the same.

5)Georgia from Dead Like Me-
Makes lot of mistakes and wants to know the whys of things and why things are happening. Perhaps too curious for her own good but does have a good heart.

anterastilis February 24 2005, 16:09:31 UTC

1) Francine from Strangers in Paradise (no need to explain if y'all know SIP, if not, no way to explain)
2) Donna Hayward from Twin Peaks (loyal to her friends, curious and brave, but kind of a moron when it comes to love)
3) Walter Mitty from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (I've spent way too much time daydreaming, and I see nothing wrong with it)
4) Richard Papen from The Secret History (The idiot amongst the smart people - sometimes. He's got a conscience, though, and isn't afraid of sleeping outdoors in the winter)
5) Sonja Wegmus Rosenberger from The Nasty Girl - bad German translation of the title (Sonja is researching the history of her east german town during the third reich...the truth becomes more important than her marriage, her job, her family, and life. She's pretty cool.)

notmonochrome February 24 2005, 17:38:32 UTC

Francine, absolutely. I'm with you 100%.

irihs February 24 2005, 16:26:41 UTC

1. Willow Rosenberg (the high school years) - introverted geek who has seen the softer side of Sears. Yeah, that's me.

2. Amelie Poulain - I don't identify with her in every way, but I thin I do share a lot with her, and identify with her in many of her quirks. I am often scared of other people, and can be very shy. I take pleasure in small things, and I wonder about the weirdest things. I like the mundane details of life, and think those are the things that make life special. I like pasta with cheese on it and a good, crunchy creme brulee.

3. Francie Nolan - Shy, bookish type. Here we go, again. She notices a lot of things, and relishes in the small details, as do Amelie and myself. She's sentimental to a fault, as am I.

4. Sookie St. James - I think that we're both often bubbly and perky on the outside, while being a bit more sullen on the inside. We both had somewhat quiet love lives until we met the guy we love. We share a love for great produce, and dislike watery peaches. Truly great strawberries excite both of ( ... )

minervacat February 24 2005, 19:07:42 UTC

i was hoping someone would say amelie. how wonderful. :D

jenna_thorn February 24 2005, 16:28:36 UTC

Francine from Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise series. I fell in love with Katchoo, but I was Francine.

As much as I love Willow, I identified more with Tara, the one unpicked, spoken over, neglected. Never underestimate the power of a good second in command.

Richard Mayhew of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. Surrounded by utterly competent people and asea in his own confusion.

Someday I hope to grow up to be Kathleen Turner's character in Undercover Blues. Absolutely family loyal, quick with a witty quip. (And I called in for help on these one, because I'm really blanking and my husband said Charlie in Long Kiss Goodnight. "I guess I'm a chef. Chefs do that." Boy, have I got him fooled.)

Molly Weasley of Harry Potter. I can't fix the world. I know that I can't beat the big bad and that others must carry that fight. But dammit, I can make sure that the ones fighting are properly fed, bandaged, and loved. She's seen the cost of war and at a level so deep she won't admit it to herself, she knows there will be losses again. So she ( ... )

minervacat February 24 2005, 17:32:01 UTC

i love that you said molly weasley, because i can totally see that in how your talk about your family. and that's wonderful, that's a wonderful thing. yay. <3

family jenna_thorn February 24 2005, 18:16:23 UTC

Thanks. I see a lot of Molly-bashing and I don't get it. She's not perfect. We aren't.

I was just thinking of all the characters I like to read about, but don't particularly empathize with.

I mean, I could see myself in the Handmaid's situation, but really and truly, I'd like to think that I'd react differently.

And it may say something deep and meaningful that the characters I do empathize with are secondary or tertiary characters. I don't live, have never wanted to live, at the point of the action. At my most ambitious, I wanted to be an editor or a scientist, not the Pulitzer winner or the diva. In Drama, I was the one volunteering to run the lights, paint scenery, rig costumes. Spotlights make me sweat. 8-)

I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be.
Am an attendant lord, one that will do
To start a progress, swell a scene or two.

no Gryffindor, me. 8-)

Re: family cincodemaygirl February 25 2005, 01:13:57 UTC

You've got a Gryffindor protective fierceness when it comes to your family. <3

I totally see Molly in you, and I think that's wonderful-- she's one of my favorite characters in the series.

I too am a Tara rather than a Willow and a Francine rather than a Katchoo.

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