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yahtzee63

first drafts, Chicago winter, "Vampire Diaries" pimpage

Dec 14, 2009 15:29

After a cold snap late last week, it's been over freezing the past couple of days -- up to about 40 yesterday, which in most cities would have people griping about the cold but in Chicago appears to prompt the locals to break out bermuda shorts, BBQ grills and daiquiris, while everyone sings "Lime in the Coconut." I fear no weather evil, for I ( Read more... )

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inmyriadbits December 14 2009, 23:12:47 UTC

Aaand, now I have "Lime in the Coconut" stuck in my head. It's getting along awesomely with Djuna Barnes. :)

Good lord willing and the crick don't rise

I LOVE THAT PHRASE. I sometime find occasion to use it around my NE friends, and it always brings me great delight. :D

yahtzee63 December 15 2009, 04:12:36 UTC

It's a truly great phrase. :D

joylee56 December 15 2009, 19:09:47 UTC

Good lord willing and the crick don't rise

Goodness. I have never heard anyone use this phrase outside my immediate family. Am I to take it that some long ago ancestor imported it from another part of the country rather than being personally inventive?

inmyriadbits December 15 2009, 22:37:06 UTC

It's definitely more widespread; just do a Google search and check out the hit count. I'm not sure if it's from any region in particular, but it has that particular colorful quality that I associate with Southern colloquialisms, and a drawl makes it come out real nice, so I like to think of it as Southern. :D

ghostrunner7 December 15 2009, 00:14:56 UTC

Also, despite being a biped, Ian Somerholder turns out to be able to slither. It's uncanny.

Ah. Yes. Uncanny is quite the word for it. I wholeheartedly second your push for this show.

yahtzee63 December 15 2009, 04:13:26 UTC

To paraphase Jack Lemmon as "Daphne," sometimes "he moves like jello on springs."

deaver December 15 2009, 00:17:18 UTC

I second the Vampire Diaries suggestion. I'm still slightly shocked to be missing having no new episodes more than almost any other show (Leverage being the other.) Who knew it would be this good?

yahtzee63 December 15 2009, 04:13:45 UTC

I know I wasn't expecting to have anything like this much fun.

wiliqueen December 15 2009, 02:29:54 UTC

I am confused. Was the winter of 1997-98 a particularly nasty one in NYC? Because I remember it being more or less comparable to here. Or are you used to this but still pleased with the new puffy coat (as well you should be)?

yahtzee63 December 15 2009, 04:14:50 UTC

I ... do not understand the reference to '97-'98? NYC doesn't get quite as cold as Chicago generally, but the big difference, I am told, lies in Chicago's ability to get and stay extremely cold.

wiliqueen December 15 2009, 14:24:48 UTC

Just that it's the only winter I was there to form an impression. And possibly I was just unlucky in some of the days I was actually in the city for auditions.

jade_okelani December 15 2009, 02:57:00 UTC

Wooo closing in on the end!! I'm stuck at the midway point and am forcing myself to refrain from revising before I finish. It's my downfall.

I'm so happy you clarified that the first 3 eps of VD (haha, VD. I'm 12, sue me.) were soapy - because I'm on episode 2 right now, and genuinely curious why all my friends are raving. I'll keep going until episode 4 or 5 at least now!

yahtzee63 December 15 2009, 04:15:43 UTC

Hang in there!

TVD (better acronym) really does take a while to bake. I still remember the first good episode, when I was all, "Aw, little baby show, you made a mytharc! I'm so proud!"