IT LIVES!!!!!
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shadydaveSo, these past two weeks kind of sucked out loud. Week one, I had my 19th Century Women Novelists paper due, which even though I started three days before it was due -- THREE -- still had me up til 5:00 AM the night before it was due. However, thank God for time zone differences, because this meant I felt (relatively) unguilty about making Meera read it. And this past week, I had a 1500-2000 word essay due on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, which meant that I started writing on Saturday and didn't stop until yesterday morning. Yeah. But now I don't have to worry about writing papers for another 5 weeks! Of course, then I have FOUR due in one week, but I'm choosing to ignore that for now.
In more entertaining school news, yesterday was the Ides of March, and we started reading Julius Caesar. Apparently, it wasn't on purpose. Heh. Also, tomorrow we leave for Oxford!
Kirstin got me a t-shirt that says "Saving people. Hunting things." for my birthday. She wins.
I finally saw last night's episode, which was pretty good. I liked having the outside perspective on Sam and Dean, even though they came off even shadier than usual. There was a reason for this, of course, but it was still kind of jarring. Also, Tricia Helfer is awesome. Now Six can move on and download into a new body! (I was kind of distracted at the very beginning by picturing Six and Baltar trying to get to Earth in a basestar, and Baltar won't stop and ask for directions. Heh.) However, I totally figured out she was probably dead in like, 20 minutes. The Sixth Sense has pretty much spoiled that ending for everyone. However, they weren't too obvious about ripping it off until they did the flashbacks, which were kind of lame.
Also kind of lame? How Molly's outfit didn't look like anything from 1992. I liked how they got her car right, but not her actual clothes. I think this showcases Spoon's priorities pretty clearly.
And finally, what the heck was Dean doing after Greeley got toasted? He just kind of sat there and twitched. It was really weird.
However, I really like it when they use songs I have in iTunes. I always feel so special.
OTHER THINGS FROM M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN MOVIES THAT SPOON SHOULD TOTALLYSTEAL USE:
- Crop circles. They are Dean's way of telling the world that sometimes, corn just needs to lie the fuck down.
- Superheroes
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Tinfoil hats
- Somebody shouting "I AM INSANE WITH ANGER! I AM LOSING MY MIND!", preferably Dean
So, in the previews for next week, I can't say that the werewolves looked particularly... wolfy. Although they would have to be pretty bad to look worse than the weremonkeys on Buffy. Or the werefruit-bats in Werewolf. I am anxiously awaiting this episode just to see how many MST3K quotes are appropriate. Considering that the preview already produced two, I have high hopes.
In conclusion, I found this on Maya's Livejournal and had to share:
This book reminded me of a dreadful TV show about Romantic Heroes, in which the opinion was expressed that every woman wanted to marry Heathcliff, Mr Rochester or Mr Darcy.
I took offence, both for myself and for my beloved Mr Darcy. I mean, can you imagine them all in a room together?
TV PRESENTER: Boys, would you like to talk about your interest and hobbies?
ROCHESTER: Well, there’s the compulsive lying. And then there’s the cross-dressing.
HEATHCLIFF: I enjoy long romantic walks on the moors-
TV PRESENTER: Oh, that’s nice!
HEATHCLIFF: And then I round off the day by hanging a puppy.
DARCY: …
TV PRESENTER: So, do any of you have a special lady?
ROCHESTER: Well, I may have gotten the syph from my score of mistresses. And I have this illegitimate kid. And I do have a wife, but she’s crazy and in the care of a drunk, so that won’t stick.
HEATHCLIFF: Oh snap, I have a wife too! I beat her.
DARCY: I am as yet unmarried, madam.
TV PRESENTER: Thank God for that… So, uh, what would you consider your greatest, uh, fault?
ROCHESTER: Some narrow-minded fools frown on tricking defenceless girls into bigamy.
HEATHCLIFF: So I practise incestuous necrophilia. Don’t be a hater.
DARCY: Sometimes I’m a little judgemental. And aloof at parties.
TV PRESENTER: *hides behind Mr Darcy*
Hee.
In more entertaining school news, yesterday was the Ides of March, and we started reading Julius Caesar. Apparently, it wasn't on purpose. Heh. Also, tomorrow we leave for Oxford!
Kirstin got me a t-shirt that says "Saving people. Hunting things." for my birthday. She wins.
I finally saw last night's episode, which was pretty good. I liked having the outside perspective on Sam and Dean, even though they came off even shadier than usual. There was a reason for this, of course, but it was still kind of jarring. Also, Tricia Helfer is awesome. Now Six can move on and download into a new body! (I was kind of distracted at the very beginning by picturing Six and Baltar trying to get to Earth in a basestar, and Baltar won't stop and ask for directions. Heh.) However, I totally figured out she was probably dead in like, 20 minutes. The Sixth Sense has pretty much spoiled that ending for everyone. However, they weren't too obvious about ripping it off until they did the flashbacks, which were kind of lame.
Also kind of lame? How Molly's outfit didn't look like anything from 1992. I liked how they got her car right, but not her actual clothes. I think this showcases Spoon's priorities pretty clearly.
And finally, what the heck was Dean doing after Greeley got toasted? He just kind of sat there and twitched. It was really weird.
However, I really like it when they use songs I have in iTunes. I always feel so special.
OTHER THINGS FROM M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN MOVIES THAT SPOON SHOULD TOTALLY
- Crop circles. They are Dean's way of telling the world that sometimes, corn just needs to lie the fuck down.
- Superheroes
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Tinfoil hats
- Somebody shouting "I AM INSANE WITH ANGER! I AM LOSING MY MIND!", preferably Dean
So, in the previews for next week, I can't say that the werewolves looked particularly... wolfy. Although they would have to be pretty bad to look worse than the weremonkeys on Buffy. Or the werefruit-bats in Werewolf. I am anxiously awaiting this episode just to see how many MST3K quotes are appropriate. Considering that the preview already produced two, I have high hopes.
In conclusion, I found this on Maya's Livejournal and had to share:
This book reminded me of a dreadful TV show about Romantic Heroes, in which the opinion was expressed that every woman wanted to marry Heathcliff, Mr Rochester or Mr Darcy.
I took offence, both for myself and for my beloved Mr Darcy. I mean, can you imagine them all in a room together?
TV PRESENTER: Boys, would you like to talk about your interest and hobbies?
ROCHESTER: Well, there’s the compulsive lying. And then there’s the cross-dressing.
HEATHCLIFF: I enjoy long romantic walks on the moors-
TV PRESENTER: Oh, that’s nice!
HEATHCLIFF: And then I round off the day by hanging a puppy.
DARCY: …
TV PRESENTER: So, do any of you have a special lady?
ROCHESTER: Well, I may have gotten the syph from my score of mistresses. And I have this illegitimate kid. And I do have a wife, but she’s crazy and in the care of a drunk, so that won’t stick.
HEATHCLIFF: Oh snap, I have a wife too! I beat her.
DARCY: I am as yet unmarried, madam.
TV PRESENTER: Thank God for that… So, uh, what would you consider your greatest, uh, fault?
ROCHESTER: Some narrow-minded fools frown on tricking defenceless girls into bigamy.
HEATHCLIFF: So I practise incestuous necrophilia. Don’t be a hater.
DARCY: Sometimes I’m a little judgemental. And aloof at parties.
TV PRESENTER: *hides behind Mr Darcy*
Hee.
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Date: 2007-03-16 06:40 pm (UTC)Yeah, by the time her car disappears, it's pretty obvious (at least in my opinion) that she's dead. But I wasn't thinking about The Sixth Sense when watching it, especially since I hadn't actually seen the movie until a few months ago because I'm lame like that. The dead not knowing they're dead shows up pretty frequently in ghost lore, so I wouldn't say that they were necessarily ripping off Shyamalan. But yes, I agree with you on needing tinfoil hats and superheroes (wouldn't be surprised by the latter, given the psychics thing).
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Date: 2007-03-16 09:56 pm (UTC)Can you imagine the amount of tinfoil you'd need to cover Sam's hair?
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Date: 2007-03-17 12:41 am (UTC)If Dean ran shouting, "I AM INSANE WITH ANGER! I AM LOSING MY MIND!" I could die happy. But it doesn't seem to be a very Dean thing to say, somehow. The Dean version would probably involve more profanity.
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Date: 2007-03-17 06:07 am (UTC)like that? :D
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Date: 2007-03-18 04:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-18 12:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-18 04:03 pm (UTC)Man, I ♥ this show. Just thinking about that is making me happy.
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Date: 2007-03-18 05:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-17 06:15 am (UTC)Hehe, yes! Or HP's lovely Hairless Anubis variety...
Heheheheehee Dean should get bit and turn into a Hairless Anubis + leather jacket and pout of DOOM. I would totally watch that one. :P
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Date: 2007-03-18 12:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-18 04:37 pm (UTC)Pinocchio ain't in it. :P
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Date: 2007-03-20 11:33 pm (UTC)Dean (or even better, Sam) shouting, "MAN, I AM INSANE WITH ANGER! I AM LOSING MY MIND! DUDE!" would have made it so much better.
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Date: 2007-03-22 12:11 am (UTC)Especially if he did so while wearing a tinfoil hat.
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Date: 2007-03-22 02:05 am (UTC)OH, WAIT.
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Date: 2007-03-22 06:42 pm (UTC)