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a miscellany, again always
1. I noticed tonight that the line about an inch down in a Solo cup marks 12 oz.
2. I have started reading Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin, and it is fabulous. It reminds me a great deal of Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad--very meta-textual, very fourth wall-breaky. I am always so pleased when the women who get to say very little (Or nothing in Lavinia's case) are given a story. Highly, highly recommended. I could drown in UKLG's words no matter the subject, so perhaps I am a bit biased.
3. Josh and I watched The Perfect Host on Netflix the other night, and it was such a fun movie. First off, it was an hour and a half long. Don't get me wrong. I want some movies to be epic. But on the whole, I lament the demise of the hour and a half movie. It's the perfect length of time for a weeknight movie. I don't want to watch a three hour movie after Ems goes to bed at nine. I want something that puts me going to bed before midnight. I also think that the shorter form makes in many cases for tighter storytelling and a lack of extraneous bits. This movie stars Niles Crane LOL and it's one of those where I don't want to say much at all about the plot except for the basic premise is that a bank robber takes refuge at Niles's house immediately after he commits his crime. Highly entertaining and unpredictable with lovely black humor.
4. Josh and I watched the first episode of Psych, and it was fantastic, unbelievably good; pretty much zero pilot pains. Josh and I both literally LOL'ed multiple times. We're holding off on watching any more until Ems gets back from her grandparents. We both agree that this is a show she will enjoy. I hope like hell this show has a fandom; I find that the comedies are less likely to have much of a fandom which makes me sad. I probably won't go looking until we're done with the show.
What've y'all been up to?
2. I have started reading Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin, and it is fabulous. It reminds me a great deal of Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad--very meta-textual, very fourth wall-breaky. I am always so pleased when the women who get to say very little (Or nothing in Lavinia's case) are given a story. Highly, highly recommended. I could drown in UKLG's words no matter the subject, so perhaps I am a bit biased.
3. Josh and I watched The Perfect Host on Netflix the other night, and it was such a fun movie. First off, it was an hour and a half long. Don't get me wrong. I want some movies to be epic. But on the whole, I lament the demise of the hour and a half movie. It's the perfect length of time for a weeknight movie. I don't want to watch a three hour movie after Ems goes to bed at nine. I want something that puts me going to bed before midnight. I also think that the shorter form makes in many cases for tighter storytelling and a lack of extraneous bits. This movie stars Niles Crane LOL and it's one of those where I don't want to say much at all about the plot except for the basic premise is that a bank robber takes refuge at Niles's house immediately after he commits his crime. Highly entertaining and unpredictable with lovely black humor.
4. Josh and I watched the first episode of Psych, and it was fantastic, unbelievably good; pretty much zero pilot pains. Josh and I both literally LOL'ed multiple times. We're holding off on watching any more until Ems gets back from her grandparents. We both agree that this is a show she will enjoy. I hope like hell this show has a fandom; I find that the comedies are less likely to have much of a fandom which makes me sad. I probably won't go looking until we're done with the show.
What've y'all been up to?
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I am starting to think this is A Thing Except When It Is Not. I mean, who's the obvious juggernaut slash pairing of HP? Ron/Harry which is juggernauting nothing. Or Wesley/Gunn for AtS. But then you've got pairing like McShep from SGA that skew the results. LOL
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I hope I get inspired to write for this show!!!!
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There's a story I want to find again that crosses Psych with Harry Potter. Hermione is trying to learn how to convince people that she's psychic because people won't listen when she uses logic.
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I love it!!!!
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Lassiter/Shawn is only interesting if you like one guy who is continually humiliated by the guy he hates and the grudgingly comes to accept and maybe kind of like. A little. IN MY OPINION. You may feel free to disagree.
Juliet and Lassiter's friendship and mentor/junior detective relationship is adorable and I love it, and Juliet and Karen Vick's mentor/junior detective relationship/friendship is also adorable and I would watch the Juliet O'Hara and Karen Vick show in a heartbeat.
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Oh, and yay for femslashy stuff. I'm looking forward to that.
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Psych is a lot of fun and really enjoyable as light watching but I found it gets same-y after a while--I think we got two or three seasons in? I think later in its run it has a longer arc with more character development, but we didn't get that far. Gus is my favourite. I love the spelling bee episode for him. :)
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Monica and Chandler's relationship reminds me a lot of mine with my husband. Josh is extremely witty and comebacky like chandler and I have control issues. LOL BUT WE LOVE!!
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That makes me happy. :)
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