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[rm]

Despite Patty's hatred of Costco, I've lured her into going with me today. YAY. This mitigates, slightly, the pouring rain factor.

Last night I said to myself, "don't forget to post about ANZAC Day tomorrow," and then, of course, forgot. wcg reminds us all.

Don't be fooled by this article. While plastic surgery may be out for actors, impossible beauty standards still reign. So if you didn't win the genetic lottery, you can forget about going into the business, at least on screen, in the United States. Also? the ratio of period films for which natural breasts are a must have to everything else? Yeah, not so much.

I told you the UK was a very drinky country. Because, holy crap, Cardiff! I can't believe this is where Patty's going to be for 10 - 12 weeks.

Last night on Buffy we watched "Shadow" and "Listening to Fear".

- OMG, Riley, REALLY? You're patronizing vampire hookers so you can be dark enough for your girlfriend? This is the most fucked up plot ever, and, quite frankly, sort of a stupid one. But I've always thought Riley was such a dumb lug, that I'm not riveted by this complete absurdity Wheedon has visited upon us.

- Aliens! There are canonical aliens! Man, that thing, that whole ep, was TERRIFYING. Except, you know, the part where Riley was being distracted because he wanted to go visit some more whores.

- Willow was AMAZING in "Listening to Fear"

- This whole arc in which Joyce eventually bites it (yes, I have that spoiler and the Tara spoiler) is going to be really hard for me to watch. I have an acute medical phobia that manifests in weird ways -- it's not about the gore, it's about the lack of control, medicine as punishment and my own probably not so awesome genetic odds. And this is punching those buttons hard.

- I really don't like Glory. She's just not a bad guy I find interesting and I think I really dislike the actresses performance, although it's clear she's just following directions. I am, however, really curious about Ben and the whole cosmology around her now.

- And I forgot to mention about "Fool for Love" the other day that hey RTD, you really liked SPike's little "you're connected to people and that keeps you alive" speech, didn't you? Well, good to know that Torchwood isn't _just_ about the Angel/Wesley Jack/Ianto loving. Wow, now if only Torchwood fandom could remember that. *snerk*

Royalty in New York. Really.

Sainsbury's gluten-free cherry bakewell tarts? AWESOME.

We think Cricket's squeakiness may be cat sonar.

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[elisi]

This is the most fucked up plot ever, and, quite frankly, sort of a stupid one.
Yeah.

Aliens! There are canonical aliens! Man, that thing, that whole ep, was TERRIFYING.
It is the ONLY monster that I have to watch through my fingers, because it just freaks me out! (Although 'killer snot monster from outer space' is a brilliant term!)

But speaking of 'Listening to Fear'... when I did a re-watch some years ago, I realised that this ep is the ep where Buffy becomes My Buffy. To quote River: "You know when you see a photograph of someone you know, but it's from years before you knew them? It's like they're not quite... finished, they're not done yet." And I watched the show from the start back when it was first broadcast, but it wasn't until this point when things snapped into focus. I hope that makes sense.

[rm.livejournal.com]

That makes a lot of sense, although I still don't really feel like I have any connection to her as a character, although in a way I started to through Spike's narrative in that ep. I really, really liked that everything it said about fighting was very, very true even if through the lens of the show's mythology.

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

To quote River: "You know when you see a photograph of someone you know, but it's from years before you knew them? It's like they're not quite... finished, they're not done yet."

Oh goody, another thing stolen from Buffy/Angel for Doctor Who. "...[T]hey're not quite finished, they're not done yet." is what is said about Reinette in The Girl in the Fireplace.

I know that's Moffat, not RTD, but jeez.

[elisi]

Um... Slightly confused here, but that's what River (Song) says about the Doctor in 'Forest of the Dead', so I was stealing from DW to illustrate BtVS. :)

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

Nope, my bad.

I thought you mean River Tam, because to me that sounds like something she'd say. ::facepalm::

[elisi]

Gotcha. And the name is... confusing. (And you're right, it's totally the sort of thing River Tam would say!) :)