A Miscellany

[lunabee34]

1. I really want to participate in the Month of Meta I posted about last time I posted. Whenever that was. :) I was wondering, is there anything you guys would like to see me post about? The comm is going to do an inspiration/prompt post, which I'm looking forward to, but you guys know me and what I tend to write and think about, and I wondered if you had any suggestions.

2. I am digging my MP3 player liek whoa. I walked several miles today while rocking out to Stone Temple Pilots. "Art School Girlfriend" is kinda the best song ever.

3. One of my students wrote a post about her favorite story Twilight in which Bella is in love with a vampire named Edwin. Total spittake! LOL

4. Who else is besotted with New Girl? Who wants to dissect it with me?

5. Is there some kind of magic cure for snoring besides killing your partner that I've been missing? Please to be preventing the homicide, dear flist.

6. I made an awesome soup tonight. In my sexy Dutch oven, I melted 2 tbsp of butter, chopped up a box of baby portabellos and four stalks of celery and put them in with some garlic, liberally splashed in sherry, and let them all soften for a bit. Pureed that up with some chicken stock and added fresh ground nutmeg and some Worcestershire sauce. Happy mouth!

7. Tell me something. :)

Comments

[lunabee34]

OMG, where did you get your icon? I need an icon! :)

I commented upthread about my thoughts about pairings if you're interested in that.

I like that the show is about very low-key things that actually happen to real people. I like that Jess is a teacher and Nick tends bar and Schmidt has the high power corporate job (or at least he's trying to claw up that ladder) and Winston is just flailing. I know people doing all these things! LOL This show is like the Friends I actually know. Nobody's living in a rent-controlled fab apartment or working for Ralph Lauren or acting on DOOL. While plenty of people do all those things, I am not hanging out with them. LOL You know what I mean?

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I made the icon! Do you want me to make you one?

I love everything you said and I agree entirely. I love that the stories are about their emotional lives, NOT about work (though Schmidt's work scenes are great), and I can't think of another sitcom that has had so much character development in just 12 episodes.

ALSO, it totally hits that 'people being kind to each other' button that you and I share.

[lunabee34]

OMG, yes! I would love a black and white icon of Jess if that's doable. :) Thanks for the offer.

I like that it's not really focused on their jobs either. I mean half the time, they don't even leave the apt. All the action takes place there mostly.

I like that we haven't had any Very Special Episodes or anything because even a show like Friends which I adore would do that now and again.

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Jess happy or sad? (As I've been iconning, I have developed a whole new appreciation for her variety of sadfaces. :P)

The show has a much firmer idea of what kind of humor it wants to do than Friends did early on (like, I don't think there will ever be a Marcel the monkey equivalent). And the warmth of friendship is just as believable. <333

[lunabee34]

Your choice! I like her in her infinite expressions. :)

I had forgotten Marcel the monkey. *full body shudder* That was a deep badness. LOL

I like that all the characters in the show are shown being vulnerable and that that vulnerability is not exploited by the core characters.

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Okay, let me know if any of these work, or if you'd like something else, or what! <3333

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[lunabee34]

OMG OMG OMG OMG

THESE ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am seriously grinning like a fool. You don't do things by haves, do you, my dear?

*loves every single one*