Little bit o' this, little bit o' that
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thebratqueenPolitics! Fandom! Personal stuff! A post that's a floor wax and a breakfast cereal. All at no extra cost!
Anyway...
Many on my friends list have already pointed out: HR 3920, A Bill to allow Congress to reverse the judgements of the United States Supreme Court. Because apparently checks and balances are so last year.
I particularly like the comments from the guy who introduced it. Quote, "America's judicial branch has become increasingly overreaching and disconnected from the values of everyday Americans, many of whom I represent in the Second District of Kentucky." As a word to the wise, pumpkin, you're supposed to represent everyone from the Second District of Kentucky, not just the ones you agree with.
(I file that response under "Fun with sentence diagramming and you". Also acceptable would have been "Word to the wise, pumpkin, but if many of these 'everyday' Americans are in the Second District, then it sounds like the Second District doesn't actually represent America." Though that reply would also fall under "Fun with mathematical statistics and you, Part III: Averages and what they actually mean").
In other news, I continue to have fun with my DVD player (which is, since many have asked, a Philips 727, which retails for $80 and under at places like Amazon and Wal-Mart and which can be turned into multi-region with a very simple hack) and find that it answers a lot of questions to listen to the episode commentaries. For example Joss apparently thinks Fred is the hotness. As I had previously been under the impression that she was supposed to be a mousy, geeky girl (Amy being attractive, Fred not so much) it answers many questions for me as to why Joss did not notice the fatal flaw of the Fred/Gunn/Wes triangle (ie: Fred). I have a suspicion a similar revealation will await us regarding Eve in s5.
Finally, for those that occasionally ask about my parents and their forays into Buffydom, this past weekend brought us Beer Bad and Rm w/a Vu. To which my parents both approached me afterwards and as gently as possible tried to ask if the horrible trend of Buffy, who had formerly been strong and interesting, instead being a mopey girl who obsessed over a boy who treated her badly was going to be a constant. To which I replied "Welcome to the world of Marti Noxon".
I tried to assure them that parts of s4 were still worth watching, but I don't know if I was able to sell it. It was tough to do when you've got the increasing quality of Angel to contrast the decreasing quality of Buffy with. They actually asked if maybe they could skip Buffy altogether (save the crossover eps) and focus more on Angel, which they now prefer. Which just goes to show yet again that the apple doesn't even bother falling from the tree.
I'm torn b/c on the one hand I still think s4, for all its flaws, has some goodness in it but OTOH I don't know if I'm going to be able to prove that when we've got the Veruca eps coming up (and my folks, again proving we are related, have already dismissed her as being neither sexy nor impressive nor particularly interesting). Plus skipping eps save for the good ones would guarantee that I don't have to watch Buffy and Riley having sex. Gotta admit that's quite a pull for yours truly.
So what do you think? Tough it out through Veruca or just skip directly to Pangs once it comes up in the Angel timeline? Possibly using Pangs as a springboard to re-interest them in more eps of s4 as the quality... well not improves but at least stops being as painful as the Parker arc and the horror of all things involving Veruca?
Also it's snowing, which I think is cool.
ETA: Moby refered to it as Smarch weather! How much do I love him? It's probably for the best that I can't figure out how you're supposed to respond to his blog. I'd be too tempted to propose marriage.
Anyway...
Many on my friends list have already pointed out: HR 3920, A Bill to allow Congress to reverse the judgements of the United States Supreme Court. Because apparently checks and balances are so last year.
I particularly like the comments from the guy who introduced it. Quote, "America's judicial branch has become increasingly overreaching and disconnected from the values of everyday Americans, many of whom I represent in the Second District of Kentucky." As a word to the wise, pumpkin, you're supposed to represent everyone from the Second District of Kentucky, not just the ones you agree with.
(I file that response under "Fun with sentence diagramming and you". Also acceptable would have been "Word to the wise, pumpkin, but if many of these 'everyday' Americans are in the Second District, then it sounds like the Second District doesn't actually represent America." Though that reply would also fall under "Fun with mathematical statistics and you, Part III: Averages and what they actually mean").
In other news, I continue to have fun with my DVD player (which is, since many have asked, a Philips 727, which retails for $80 and under at places like Amazon and Wal-Mart and which can be turned into multi-region with a very simple hack) and find that it answers a lot of questions to listen to the episode commentaries. For example Joss apparently thinks Fred is the hotness. As I had previously been under the impression that she was supposed to be a mousy, geeky girl (Amy being attractive, Fred not so much) it answers many questions for me as to why Joss did not notice the fatal flaw of the Fred/Gunn/Wes triangle (ie: Fred). I have a suspicion a similar revealation will await us regarding Eve in s5.
Finally, for those that occasionally ask about my parents and their forays into Buffydom, this past weekend brought us Beer Bad and Rm w/a Vu. To which my parents both approached me afterwards and as gently as possible tried to ask if the horrible trend of Buffy, who had formerly been strong and interesting, instead being a mopey girl who obsessed over a boy who treated her badly was going to be a constant. To which I replied "Welcome to the world of Marti Noxon".
I tried to assure them that parts of s4 were still worth watching, but I don't know if I was able to sell it. It was tough to do when you've got the increasing quality of Angel to contrast the decreasing quality of Buffy with. They actually asked if maybe they could skip Buffy altogether (save the crossover eps) and focus more on Angel, which they now prefer. Which just goes to show yet again that the apple doesn't even bother falling from the tree.
I'm torn b/c on the one hand I still think s4, for all its flaws, has some goodness in it but OTOH I don't know if I'm going to be able to prove that when we've got the Veruca eps coming up (and my folks, again proving we are related, have already dismissed her as being neither sexy nor impressive nor particularly interesting). Plus skipping eps save for the good ones would guarantee that I don't have to watch Buffy and Riley having sex. Gotta admit that's quite a pull for yours truly.
So what do you think? Tough it out through Veruca or just skip directly to Pangs once it comes up in the Angel timeline? Possibly using Pangs as a springboard to re-interest them in more eps of s4 as the quality... well not improves but at least stops being as painful as the Parker arc and the horror of all things involving Veruca?
Also it's snowing, which I think is cool.
ETA: Moby refered to it as Smarch weather! How much do I love him? It's probably for the best that I can't figure out how you're supposed to respond to his blog. I'd be too tempted to propose marriage.
