Jul. 24th, 2005

thebratqueen: Captain Marvel (Seasonal)
So my baby is home. The guy at the garage couldn't find anything wrong with it. There was one thing on one test that sort-of kind-of wasn't at a total 100%, but it wasn't the kind of thing that demanded a repair, just something that wasn't 100%. He recommended that I call the dealer to find out if anybody else has been having a problem with the not 100% thing, but otherwise all he could say is that I should keep driving and hopefully it won't happen again. He also asked that I let him know if I ever find out what, if anything, was wrong with the car because he's dying of curiosity too.

The car needs to go in for a non-urgent recall anyway, so what I'll do is set up an appointment for that and at the same time ask them to check out the whole car just to see if anything's amiss. They may not find anything, but at least this way I'll have the peace of mind of knowing it's been checked twice.

So, my baby back home, I then proceeded to run some errands to help up my preparadness in case this ever happens again. I now have a better emergency kit in my trunk, plus an extra flashlight and a cell phone charger safely stashed in the storage compartment of my armrest.

Buying the cell phone charger was fun. I first went to Radio Shack because there was something else I wanted to buy (more on this later if I end up getting it) and though I'm planning on getting it off the 'net I saw Radio Shack apparently keeps them in stock, so I figured this way I could play with the possible new thing to see if I really wanted it, plus pickup the charger. Two birds/one stone = OTP.

So of course I'm totally ignored until I do my usual move to get attention at Radio Shack, viz. immediately start touching the expensive stuff, and a sales guy materializes to help me. We then have this conversation:

Him: Can I help you?
Me: Yeah, I'm looking for a car charger for my cell phone.
Him: Can I see your phone?
Me: [hands it over]
Him: [looks at me as though I've handed him a diseased puppy] And how is this phone working out for you?
Me: Fine. Why?
Him: [same look] Well it's so old.
Me: [with my sweetest smile] Gosh, isn't it sad how we're so materialistic these days that something is considered completely useless even though it's only two years old?
Him: Oh... er... uh... yeah.

Turns out they had neither the possible new thing nor a car charger for me, so I happily did not spend my money there and hoofed it half a block to the Sprint store where not only did they have the charger they also did not try to upsell me on a phone while I was there. Funny, that.

Errands done for the day I went home to relax with some reading on my porch as well as a nice walk in the comparatively cool weather. Today I shall do some more research on the possible new thing, clean house, possibly visit my brother, possibly do some writing, and definitely do some knitting. So there.
thebratqueen: Captain Marvel (dead gay show)
Went to brother's, went to Mom and Dad's, about halfway through the day got sick due to heat, something I ate, leftover stress, or all of the above. Am still feeling a bit wonky so this might be an early night for me.

Rewatched The Gift. You know, I almost hate to say it but that ep does not bear up under repeat viewings. It was a barely held together ep in the first place, but the more you watch it the more you realize how much Joss was really phoning it in. Sure there are good lines and moments, but they're tiny pockets inside of a big muddled mess the likes of which we wouldn't see again until Hole in the World. Perhaps the lesson here is that Joss has a kink for killing off beloved female characters, but he's way too close to actually execute that well. Or, er, them well, as the case may be. Ahem.

Which isn't to say that I'm not a big girl who doesn't tear up every time Spike loses it at the sight of Buffy's body because I am and I do. But so much of that is due to the score, which is amazing, and Marsters selling that moment, which is also amazing, and so very little is due to what's actually going on because yes, continuity of any kind did fly out of the window and keep on flying throughout the ep, and Hole in the World was incredibly sucky on so many levels but at least that plot convienence death made sense in and of itself whereas with this, even years later, you still want to shake Buffy and the Scoobies and demand to know why in all their years of combat not one of them has ever learned about applying pressure and elevating.

At least, you want to do that in the moments you're not wanting to know why, if it had to be blood, the monks didn't save everybody a lot of time and turn the key into a stone, or a teddy bear, or a bagel for that matter.

Still, one has to admit that even watching the dumbness takes on a nostalgic glow. Buffy and Angel may have had some truly sucktacular moments (coughBuffymorethanAngelthankstoMarticough) but their our sucktacular moments, damn it! I mean come on, where else would you get one show torturing a vampire by sticking his head underwater in the exact same year as it being a huge plot point on the other show that vampires could theoretically live at the bottom of the ocean for millenia so long as no cute British boys come to save them? Only on our shows, baby! You gotta love it.
thebratqueen: Captain Marvel (dead gay show)
So I was talking about how The Gift has some of the worst continuity that BtVS has possibly ever seen and it got me and others talking about moments in Buffy and Angel that are so bad or dumb that at this point you can't help but look back on them with an indulgent smile.

I'm not talking about things that you remember that angry up the blood, though lord knows both shows had those too. Nor am I talking about concepts that sounded dumb and yet worked out really well, like Smile Time or the musical.

Instead I'm talking about stuff that's dumb in that special, unique, only Joss and the gang could ever write something that stupid and yet we still love them, kind of way.

As a for instance:

Spike being tortured by having his head held underwater in the exact same year that Angel not needing to breathe underwater is a huge plot point.

Very possibly all of The Gift, from "Olaf's a troll god since when again?" to "Haven't any of you ever heard of a band-aid?"

You get the idea.

So let's hear it. Now that the shows are over and everything takes on that sweet nostalgic glow, what are some of your favorite most dumb-ass moments on either Buffy or Angel?

I'll toss a few of mine in under a cut like this )

So what are some of yours? =)

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