sundries

[rm]

Food yesterday: 1 cherry bakewell tart without the maraschino cherry (which I gave to Patty because I think they are gross), 1 vitamin water (defense flavor), 1 fruit roll-up, 9 mini chicken tacos with salsa, 1 strawberry frozen yogurt with chocolate sprinkles and coconut, a handful of chocolate covered pomegranate jelly candies, 1 slice of swiss cheese, 1 slide of cheddar cheese, 2.5 bratwursts with mustard (no bun), spinach cooked with garlic, shallots and sweet peppers, 1 glass of apple raspberry juice, more of the pomegranate candies.

Poor Patty has jury duty today.

If you want an abortion in Okalahoma, even if you've been raped, you will now need to watch an ultrasound of your pregnancy and basically be told how cute your baby is. Not cool.

Lovely article from a straight, cis-woman engaged to a transman that gets to so many things about gender and love and expectations and everything else. via usullusa.

Mississippi high school pretends that lesbian who wore a tux in her senior photo never existed. The school claims there is legal precedent to support its decision.

Haiti, now that we've started to forget.

New York City as a lab for nearly-lost languages.

I'm messing around with ad.ly in Twitter. We'll see if it's good/evil/weird/useful. I do like that I can approve or deny each individual advertiser, versus just the category battles I have with Adsense.

Last night it was back to Angel Yet again, the guy who plays Wesley is such a good actor. I feel like he got cast in Buffy because he was funny and looked just right for the part and then they discovered he was AMAZING and he sort of became the go to guy when the whole thing with Glenn Quinn went down. Because SO AWESOME. He can turn on a fucking dime.

Meanwhile, the problem with the Darla plotline is that I don't actually care about her, nor do I care about Angel's obsession with her. I do care about Wes and Cordelia having to put up with Angel's obsession with her, however.

I thought "The Trial" was extremely well done, but in the last test thought it got kind of obvious. Of course it was about accepting death to win life. Whether that was the right call (eventhough it worked) for Angel to make though is highly debatable. The tester wasn't wrong that Angel probably has a greater contribution to make and while a man can't decide who's life is more valuable, someone who is Leading a Team Against Evil -- well that's his fucking job, you know? But that all worked out.

EXCEPT IT DIDN'T! Holy crap, I thought Darla accepting the symmetry of her life and death was so lovely and then fucking Dru shows up! Holy crap.

Also: I hate Cordy's new haircut, but the Wolfram & Hart slimeball's new haircut is awesome sauce.

Finally: Why is David Boreanaz a better actor when he's playing Angel acting, than when he's just playing Angel?

Comments

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think Anthony Stewart Head recommended him. They'd worked together in Rope (with John Barrowman) and he was in LA and struggling for work at the same time Joss needed someone who could do an English accent.

He was supposed to die in Buffy, but they couldn't bring themselves to do it.

[rm.livejournal.com]

That's an even more awesome story than my theory. Man, he's SO AWESOME. And I'm so glad they didn't kill him off.

[angstzeit.livejournal.com]

These Oklahomans are the same people against health care reform because they don't want the government interfering in the relationship between a doctor and patient?

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

Alexis Denisof is awesome. And it always makes me smile a little when I think that one of his first jobs was leading man in a George Harrison music video. Blowing a significant amount of cash to win a toy ballerina for his lady-love - rather than just finding one like it and buying one for her - just strikes me as a very Wesley thing to do.

[gement.livejournal.com]

O. M. G.

I hadn't thought of that video in years. He's got such a cute little face!

And I have a terrible weakness for greaser style. Oh dear.

[reannon.livejournal.com]

Well, Angel's overall arc is about redemption, about making up for the horrible things he did as a vampire. So whatever he does as Leader of the Good Guys... if he dies saving Darla and giving HER a chance for redemption, that could be HIS redemption. Angel logic. :)

[rm.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it really is a battle in my head whether Jack Harkness or Angel is more of a goddamn idiot.

[kdsorceress.livejournal.com]

Girls play football, boys like to sew, everyone cries.

Lovely lovely article. Thanks for passing on the link.

~Sor

[elisi]

EXCEPT IT DIDN'T! Holy crap, I thought Darla accepting the symmetry of her life and death was sol lovely and then fucking Dru shows up! Holy crap.
Good, isn't it? And the show is so good at doing that!

Also very much agreed on Wesley. He and Spike - as lots of people have pointed out - have the most interesting arcs, and both actors are absolutely excellent.

ETA: Meant to say thank you for the link to the Oprah article. Touching and wonderful!

[pandarus.livejournal.com]

That Oprah article about the girl and her transman fiance was bloody ADORABLE. So much bless - cheers for that link.

And YAY for the Wesley enthusiasm! Alexis Denisof is absolutely my favourite, he really is - dear HEAVENS, that man is versatile, and his English accent is superb. (I get a terrible cognitive dissonance whenever I hear him speaking in his real voice. So wrong!)

Aww...you don't like the Darla plotline, though? I'm much fonder of the Darla/Angel backstory than I am of the Buffy/Angel schtick - I loved the way that reintroducing Darla turned that whole Buffy/Angel thing on its head, and made it Angel working through his Darla issues by getting stalkerly obsessive about another cute little blonde chick who could kick his ass into the middle of next week. And she loves him, in her evil, fucked up fashion - "God doesn't want you, but I still do." Aww, Darla. I loved what Julie Benz brought to the table, and that she was the first person we ever saw on BtVS, faking us out with the possibility that she would be Buffy, or a victim, and actually being the vampire who chomps on the schoolboy.

And now we get the Darla/Drusilla double act, for which I have a terribly soft spot. I &hearts Dru, Dick Van Dyke accent and all.

[1-mad-squirrel.livejournal.com]

Beautiful article! Thank you so much for posting it.

Re: Alexis Denisof, just an amazing actor. Did you know that in Buffy, when the battle with the snake-mayor went down, Wesley getting taken out in the first moment was the actor's idea? Whedon asked him if he would like Wesley to finally have his moment of bravery and cool, and Denisof said he thought it would be much funnier if Wesley got smacked down in the first wave and spent the rest of the fight whimpering. How many actors have the instincts and the lack of ego for something like that?

Also did you know that Denisof did a play in England years ago with Anthony Stewart Head and John Barrowman?

[marcmagus]

If you don't mind sharing, how much is ad.ly offering you?

[rm.livejournal.com]

$.48 a tweet. My biggest curiosity is to see how I can make that number move.

[sociallyawkrd.livejournal.com]

The Allison Cooper piece was lovely. Thank you for sharing.

[abnormal-apathy.livejournal.com]

Your food lists are proof positive that I will probably never weigh much less than I do now. I think I eat that much before noon each day. Now clearly, I weigh significantly more than you and so NEED to take in more just to function, but still.

Today I've had: 1 can of pomegranate seltzer, 1 large banana, 4 oz. cottage cheese, 1 Fiber One bar. I've got a PB&J in my bag for lunch as well as a few ounces of cut up strawberries and blackberries as well as one of those Dole fruit cup thingies.

Also, how were you born with the self-restraint to eat like 2 pieces of cheese? I'm CERTAIN my love of cheese came from the Sicilian side of the family!!!

[rm.livejournal.com]

Depends on the type of cheese! Mozzarella and I'm doomed. Part of the problem is also that celiac disease has impact on the ability to digest fat, so a lot of cheese really screws up my body now in a way that it didn't used to. Cheese and wheat are about the only things I have food restraint on, and it's only because I have to.

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the article on the trans couple. Just lovely.

Wish I could love Wesley's character as much as you do. I did, once. Though Alexis always does fine work. And his arc is fascinating.

[bethynyc.livejournal.com]

Oh, I *love* that icon! There needs to be an expedition to the past so we can have more pictures of Alexis Denisof and John Barrowman in Rope.

[l33tminion]

If you want an abortion in Okalahoma...

Makes this Onion piece suddenly seem a bit too accurate.

[bugeyedmonster.livejournal.com]

That is sooo twisted. The Onion piece, I mean.

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

That yearbook article makes me fume! WTF! What is the problem with her wearing a tux? Why would anybody care? Its her friggin picture - would it spoil the yearbook for everyone else if the picture was included? One tiny little picture..I really don't understand this at all. Its so petty and mean spirited that I really can't get my mind around it. Excuse me while my head explodes.

[nicoli-dominn.livejournal.com]

Man, so many good links in this post, both the upbeat and the awful.

The letter written from the cis-woman to her husband nearly made me cry, too. It makes me happy to see that there are truly kind-hearted, open-minded people in the world.

As for Oklahoma, I'm feeling a little like exhibiting physical violence towards their legistlative committees. With all of those roadblocks they just approved, they might as well have passed a law saying women aren't people and therefore are not entitled to make any medical decisions whatsoever. But you know, I couldn't say that to them because they'd probably vote that in as a clause, too. ::head --> desk::

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

they might as well have passed a law saying women aren't people and therefore are not entitled to make any medical decisions whatsoever.

Not merely that, but according to that little bit of statute, doctors have the privilege of being able to lie to them if it suits them, and the women have no means of redress if this causes harm.

Fascinating about the "lost languages of NY" (though I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, knowing what I now know about this city).

[exbentley]

David Boreanez is a better actor when he's doing anything with Angel outside of being Angel, imho.

Meanwhile, the problem with the Darla plotline is that I don't actually care about her, nor do I care about Angel's obsession with her. I do care about Wes and Cordelia having to put up with Angel's obsession with her, however.

Absolutely. This is sadly around the time that the OT3 dynamic began to seriously lose its appeal to me, but I want to read Cordy/Wes/Angel fic set at the end of S1 forever and ever.

Alexis Denisof (the guy who played Wesley, now married to the kickass lady who played Willow) is an amazing actor; he filmed the first long-shot scene in the first episode of S5 not long after recovering from a stroke, and his ability to angle himself properly and act amazingly means you don't even notice he barely has the use of the entire left side of his face. Tragically I have seen him in some other things and while he's good in Dollhouse (and keeps his American accent - like with James Masters, that still wigs me) he's not so good in various b-grade movies he's been in.

once more with html

[rm.livejournal.com]

The OT3 is still there for me right now, largely because it sort of reads as if Cordy and Wes are just like "shit?!? what do we do about this Darla mess?" and it's sort of cute and sad.

Also, recs for OT3 stuff for them. I can't find ANY!

[baka-kit.livejournal.com]

Don't you just love it how it's always "your baby could grow up and find the cure for cancer or be a policeman" and never "your baby could grow up to be a serial killer a mass-murderer"?

[paulshandy.livejournal.com]

It has been pointed out that adult crime rates dropped 18 years after Roe v. Wade. I wish I could remember where I found the study, but it's not something people like to talk about, so I don't much.

flourless chocolate cake link

[bugeyedmonster.livejournal.com]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/flourlesschocolateca_93580.shtml

[bugeyedmonster.livejournal.com]

Loved the Oprah link. Thanks for posting it as I usually never go browse her website much.

As for Oklahoma... ergh... I keep hearing banjo music and wanting to make reddnek comments... That the doc can lie to the woman about a disabled fetus is very scary to me. And the sonogram bit, is like WTF?!

Concering the Mississippi school

[bugeyedmonster.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there might actually be a legal for the school to pretend she never went there.

I'm trying to remember the name of a writer who went to an Indian Boarding school (the school is now the Red Cloud School) who wrote a book that was very critical of the boarding school. (Not surprised, there was abuse at the school.) But Red Cloud School now supposedly has no record of his attendance, despite that all his siblings went there and several school mates remember him there.

But since the school officials claim that there are no records of him attending, then there is no proof he attended. I'm wondering if what happened was that after he ran away, then perhaps the priests and nuns at the boarding school destroyed his records.

I'll have to try to google the book. I know the copy I read had something from Oprah on the back cover, but I didn't see it in her book list.

Re: Concering the Mississippi school

[bugeyedmonster.livejournal.com]

Ah, here is a link by an article written by the author, Tim Giago.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-giago/the-dark-legacy-of-the-in_b_44720.html

The school is now Red Cloud School. Back then it was Holy Rosary.

[humascot97.livejournal.com]

Apropos of nothing, it looks like the new Metropolis edit we were all drooling over in (I think) February will be at Film Forum from May 7th to the 20th.

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

Whoa, that's next week!

*checks site*

Dammit, can't buy tix online yet.

[shipchan.livejournal.com]

Looking at the food list makes me realize how much I eat each day. Haha It's interesting because I think a lot of people think people with Celiacs eat very alike, when in fact they don't at all.

[(Anonymous)]

“The goal of this legislation is just to make a statement for the sanctity of human life,” State Senator Todd Lamb, the majority floor leader, said in an interview after the vote. “Maybe someday these babies will grow up to be police officers and arrest bad people, or will find a cure for cancer.”
Or maybe they will go hungry or thirsty because the earth has been overpopulated. Or maybe they will go to prison because they were not wanted and were not loved and the people they were born to mistreated them and turned them into monsters. Or maybe their little bodies will be found in a dumpster because someone who shouldn't have had them will have beaten them to death. This law and the others that are proposed, will bring back the butcher that gives abortions in a motel room with a coat hanger. It endangers women's lives and unconstitutionally invades the privacy of women. I am amazed at how many states are making laws that restrict women and minorities and we are not rioting in the streets. The women of OK should be out en masse picketing the lawmakers and demanding their rights back. In the meantime I am on a boycott of Oklahoma, it is one of the states I will never set foot i; nor will I spend a dime of my money there. I will also continue to support the ACLU so women can fight this kind of inequality.

[natf.livejournal.com]

Have you seen DB in Bones? He is rather good in that - way better than in Buffy or Angel.