that's poetic...that's pathetic

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So, I went down to the cafe to get dinner because I really don't feel like sitting in the dining hall eating barely-recognizable whatever. And while there I got into a conversation with the guy making my food about, among other things, the straight-edge movement.

I realize this doesn't sound like a big deal. But, um. This is not something I do. I do not have in-depth conversations with people I don't know. I only rarely have in-depth conversations with people I do know. The fact that I don't really know a lot of people who would be interested in talking about the straight-edge movement is irrelevant, because the subject could have been anything that required actual interaction and discussion and I don't do that with people I don't know. I get nervous and nod and smile a lot and mentally plot my escape, because I'm shy and socially awkward.

So, um, I'm not sure whether you should be congratulating me or wondering who possessed me for the duration of this conversation, but there it is, I am still trying to figure out how that happened.


In other news, Dirty Sexy Money may be a new addition to my list of OMGFANDOMS. I think I have to see a few more episodes to decide whether I'm addicted or not. And who my favorite characters will be, although Jeremy has pulled to an early lead. And, well, I'm digging on Juliet more than a bit, too. Are people making icons or writing fic yet? That may help me decide. In any case. Definitely sticking around for a while longer.

The Sweet Charity auction is officially over for this round. I won a fic ho and a jewelry ho and have just remembered that I have to go e-mail them. Oops. Also, our very own trascendenza won my vidding services. :D :D :D Yay! I promise to do my very best to make you an utterly brilliant vid and have fun doing it.

The xkcd meetup made the news. Twice.


And in other, other news: I MISS MY NIKI and she needs to come to Massachusetts RIGHT NOW, plzkthnx. :( She can even bring The Boy if she must. I just neeeeeeeeeed to see her.


ETA: Also, OMG musical theatre fandom wank! *flail*

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I MADE ICONS. *flail* I just have to get them all uploaded and then I will make an icon post.

Jeremy's characterization is AMAZING for a pilot episode. Just utterly freaking amazing. He's a fully-rounded person in forty-four minutes!

Juliet has a lot of potential that she's going to have a lot of difficulty realizing, I think. She's this intensely passionate person who unfortunately has spent her whole life to date being spoiled and channeling her passion into the wrong things. And I can't justify it textually, but I really just want to see her and Jeremy drag each other out of the mess that is their family...I really think they need each other to get out.

At the funeral, after Nick calls truce, and Brian agrees and then leans forward to whisper "I hate you"? OMG. He's such a ten year old! And I'm not saying that as a bad thing because, um, all the Darlings are emotional ten year olds and I think it'll make for fascinating television. But that one moment made me laugh so hard.

ABC is not NBC or FOX, I keep telling myself. ABC has a better track record. But I already loathe ratings, so I don't have to learn to.


...I'm now trying to figure out what the best option for an Obscure Musical Ficathon would be. Like a prompt list and claims, or an exchange? An exchange would be a nightmare to organize, I expect, since there's so many options and everyone participating would only be able to write certain ones. Hmm. Must think.

[kawaiispinel.livejournal.com]

(OMG! You made shiny icons. I die of bliss now! *is yoinking some as we speak.*)

I totally think if any of the Darlings are going to get out of the hole their decadent, selfish lifestyles have put them in, it's Jeremy and Juliet. They seem to be the only two who want to change.

At the funeral, after Nick calls truce, and Brian agrees and then leans forward to whisper "I hate you"? OMG. He's such a ten year old! And I'm not saying that as a bad thing because, um, all the Darlings are emotional ten year olds and I think it'll make for fascinating television. But that one moment made me laugh so hard.

Yes! I was all set to hate Brian, but then that happened, and I just couldn't do it. That and the moment where he threatens to hire someone to beat up the headmaster of the school he was trying to get his kid into just made his character for me.

...I'm now trying to figure out what the best option for an Obscure Musical Ficathon would be. Like a prompt list and claims, or an exchange? An exchange would be a nightmare to organize, I expect, since there's so many options and everyone participating would only be able to write certain ones. Hmm. Must think.

A prompt list and claims would be nice, although there'd have to be regulations on what can and can't be claimed or offered up for prompting as far as actual musicals are concerned or else we'd just wind up with a bunch of people sticking to Wicked and RENT fics.

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A prompt list and claims would be nice, although there'd have to be regulations on what can and can't be claimed or offered up for prompting as far as actual musicals are concerned or else we'd just wind up with a bunch of people sticking to Wicked and RENT fics.

I think we'd have to do like a list of musicals what are not involved, as opposed to a list of musicals that are. Because the list of obscurer-musicals is many times longer than the list of...uh...not obscurer. So...Not Wicked, RENT, Phantom, Les Mis, Hairspray...what else? There's a bunch of musicals that I think would be borderline, in that they have a fanbase and get attention but it's not very much.


Anyway.

Definitely, Jeremy and Juliet are the two with the best chance to get out, just because they want it and Patrick, Karen, and Brian don't. Juliet wants to be independent, Jeremy wants to not be a fuckup, and...Patrick, Karen, and Brian want to be able to continue screwing everything up, only with greater ease and fewer people hassling them about the consequences. Y/Y?

If Brian continues on that path of being an utter ten-year-old, I might be won over. XD

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I think we'd have to do like a list of musicals what are not involved, as opposed to a list of musicals that are. Because the list of obscurer-musicals is many times longer than the list of...uh...not obscurer. So...Not Wicked, RENT, Phantom, Les Mis, Hairspray...what else? There's a bunch of musicals that I think would be borderline, in that they have a fanbase and get attention but it's not very much.

Sweeney Todd has one, and it'll only get bigger once the film version's out. But those are the only ones I could think of. I'm sure arguments can be made for others, but as long as we veer away from that set and promote things like DRS, LSoH, ItW, Chess, etc.

Juliet wants to be independent, Jeremy wants to not be a fuckup, and...Patrick, Karen, and Brian want to be able to continue screwing everything up, only with greater ease and fewer people hassling them about the consequences. Y/Y?

Exactly. The other three Darling kids have their issues that influence their decisions and whatnot, but they don't seem to want to do anything about it- they want Nick to fix it, just so they can do it again. Hell, Jeremy was the only one who seemed utterly repentant for dragging Nick away from his family to bail him out. (And how cute was that scene where he made Kiki that origami thing-a-mah-jig to apologize for making Nick late to pick her up? XD)

If Brian continues on that path of being an utter ten-year-old, I might be won over. XD

Oh God, I can only hope that never changes, because it's the only thing that keeps me from wanting to slap him. Much like Karen being so utterly frank all the time keeps me from wanting to slap her. (Because seriously? I'd hate her if her "telling it like it is" attitude didn't amuse me so much.)

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(And how cute was that scene where he made Kiki that origami thing-a-mah-jig to apologize for making Nick late to pick her up? XD)

ImPOSSibly cute. Completely and totally adorable and OMG I wanted to hug him. *does so* He really and genuinely feels bad when he screws things up, and that's so utterly amazing in his family.

And, hee, totally agreed on Karen. I think if I knew her in person I would be utterly mortified to have a conversation with her because of her TMI-tendencies, but she's so much fun to watch. Like a train wreck or something.