ebonlock | EVERYONE SIT DOWN AND SHUT THE GODDAMN HELL UP.

cleolinda has her latest masterpiece up over on her m15m list: HP: And the Prisoner of Azkaban
Fave quote:

SNAPE: EVERYONE SIT DOWN AND SHUT THE GODDAMN HELL UP.

CLEO: Dude, this is so totally how I would teach a class.

Although the repeated use of "I think I saw a porno like this once." is also quite masterful.

Heard on the radio today somebody saying there was talk of putting Reagan's face on the ten dollar bill. *sigh*

Oh, got my first b-day present from my sis in London. She always manages to give me much cooler gifts than I do her, but she's in London fer chrissakes so I refuse to feel bad about that. I now have a very cool book, a gorgeous museum replica silver ring (with the inscription "Think of me, God willing" in French with a little crossed heart) and the most gorgeous skirt I've ever seen. Good thing I've got some parties coming up that I can wear it to. Although if I should put on even an ounce it will cease to fit.

Watched two episodes last night and I felt slightly dirty by the end. Saw the one with the ball during which I kept screaming at the captain and courtesan characters, "Jesus god will you two please just fuck each other?!" Most. Painfully. Unrealistic. Sexual. Tension. Ever. One cute scene with the pilot and a mostly naked Gina Torres could not cancel out the evil that is Kaylee (or as I refer to her, "Smurfette") and the most HIDEOUS DRESS IN THE UNIVERSE! Argh, my eyes, my eyes!

But not even that ep could prepare me for the horror that was "Safe". I kept looking for Joel and the bots in the lower part of the screen and realizing sadly that they weren't going to be able to save me. This thing didn't have plot holes, it had plot chasms, and I kept moaning "Joss, why hast thou forsaken me?" I know he can do better, I've seen it, so what the hell went wrong? Does this series mark Whedon's descent into crack addiction? It would explain so much.

If it was just me I'd think perhaps I was just some cynical old grouch, but Aelf was right there with me. We actually had to sit and grouse about "Safe" until we'd gotten it out of our systems. Neither of us could bear watching any more, but we're determined to make it as far as "Out of Gas" as I've heard it's a great episode and may change my mind. Unless it includes Kaylee's horrible, bloody, agonizing death I'm not sure if can save the series for me. Lord knows if I'd seen "Safe" (or more likely, only part of it) during its original run I'd never have even attempted to watch the show.

Right, end rant.