a miscellany, again always

[lunabee34]

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?

Comments

[the_rck]

Psych has a fandom. I'm not sure how large it is, but I remember seeing fic recommendations for it go by on my LJ friendslist (I think it may have been a Crack Van fandom for a while, but I might be wrong). The big thing I don't understand about what I've seen of the fandom is that there's very little Gus/Shaun. The big slash pairing is Shaun/Carlton Lassiter.

[zulu]

We've been rewatching Friends for a while and we're just at the part where Ross and Rachel start to get together. Ross' niceguyness is very cringe-inducing, but Rachel's comebacks are excellent. I'm liking Monica a lot this rewatch.

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. :)

[lyr]

As I see someone else has already mentioned, yeah, Psych has a fandom - and the slash contingent is largely Shaun/Lassiter. This will come to make increasing sense to you as you watch the show, trust me. And there's some pretty good fic in them there waters.

[intrigueing]

Psych is such a fun show! Shawn and Gus's friendship is one of my favorite things. The thing about Psych though, is that it can be very surreal, almost like a live-action cartoon (not a super-'whacky' cartoon, but still) in some ways, with a lot of meta humor and a crop of special episodes dedicated to parodying or giving a shout-out to a particular movie, show, or genre. Also, so many awesome '80s references. SO MANY. I love it.