( we're gonna skipalong, quite merrily, baby )

I hate summer.

Hand me any justification you might think of and I will demolish it.

The part that has me distinctly disgruntled right now? I had two family blocks of Cadbury waiting to be devoured- and they MELTED. A true tragedy, I tell you. I tried to force myself to nibble on the melted mush anyway, but it made me feel rather nauseous so I gave up on it as a lost cause. *sniffles*

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odakota_rose

Okay, moment of truth here; I'm an idiot. I was watching Bad Guys [YAY!] and it hit me. Marguerite and Vala have this other similarity that I can’t believe I overlooked before- their immense fondness for teh shinies. Both are renowned thieves in their respective universes. I love that Marguerite is a ‘jewel thief wanted on five continents’, how cool does that sound?! On a side note, this factoid is what made me squee a little in Leverage’s season finale [please, someone tell me there is going to be a second season?] when the baddie was listing each team member and their respective ‘wanted’ status. *g* [Hardison is a bit of an underachiever- Iceland? That’s it?]

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On the off chance that this interests anyone, I’ve written up a brief translation of the Samoan exchanges in the second ep of TLW, Stranded. [Why no, I didn't have anything better to do....]

Netty made fun of them, but Ma tells me that the writers and actors did a decent job overall; the translation was correct for the most part, aside from the odd glaring error [as well as the fact that the Samoan alphabet does not include a ‘J’ or ‘Z’, but then, these are the fictional Zanga, so I think that’s excusable] and the actors did a credible job with the pronunciation and accent-  though she preferred Marguerite to Jacoba, lol, whose mumbling enunciation drove her crazy. An example of a dude spitting out the lines with more attitude than accuracy, heh.

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Randomly? That quote in my post title is from Blair of Gossip Girl, talking about her and Serena. But doesn't it kinda remind you of Marguerite/Veronica? :D The dark/light parallel, and the unflattering self-portrait: '...then there’s little baby Veronica and me- I’m the wicked stepsister...' *snickers*

For the longest time, when I saw the skillet scene in Prodigal Father, I had this nagging sense of familiarity but couldn’t recall why. This is so random, even for me, but I finally realized this…
( 'Summerlee whacked me with a skillet' )

…brought back memories of a high school drama performance. We created a short play about the rampage of an insane squirrel in the town of Nutsville [based on a true story, seriously! It was in the paper and everything!] I was a baker and the highlight of my scene involved being bashed over the head with a loaf of my own bread and knocked unconscious. It was silly and comedic, tragic and poignant, bizarre and surreal, all at the same time!

Btw? Never say I didn’t suffer for my art. Consider three things:

#1- the loaf of bread was (duh) a prop. Naturally, it was a prop with the composition of a BASEBALL BAT.

#2- we’re high school kids, not trained professionals. So it was less about pretending to hit me on the head and more like actually hitting me on the head.

#3- our leading squirrel went MIA during rehearsals, so I got to enjoy first being abused by the understudy and then by the lead when she eventually returned. GOOD TIMES.

I tell you, I had no trouble acting out ‘apprehension’ and ‘pain’ by the end of the term. It was only being singled out for praise by my drama teacher for attention to character detail and developing her personality that made it all worthwhile. I am always hungry for praise and validation. It makes me pathetically easy to manipulate because even when I know it’s happening, I can’t help but go along with it.

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As we started season 2 of TLW, All or Nothing prompted two exclamations from Netty:

#1. ‘Look at him, he’s so much more handsome! He’s automatically ten times hotter! Why didn’t he do this sooner?’

( *Lol. Yes, this is considered a good hair day for Lord John Roxton.*  )

I feel irrationally proud, despite having nothing to do with the makeover. I’ve had to make excuses for him throughout all of season 1, so reaching this point now is all the more rewarding and meaningful.

( *the new, improved, prettier Roxton* )

@ odakota_rose - lol, one of the rare issues we’re on opposing sides over. :P I know, I know, it’s bizarre that I love The Wig Episode- the random dancing! the random make out scenes! whee!- and yet pan Roxton’s first season hair, but that’s how I feel. [And I can never say that without thinking about Daniel and Jack in Window of Opportunity. *giggles*]

#2. ‘OMG, it’s her!’ - I frantically try to identify who it is but fail as she continues-

( ‘It’s Natalie Bassingthwaite! She looks exactly the same! Botox…’ )

Considering how much I pay her out on SYTYCD [Australia] for her lack of charisma, shrill irritating personality and inexpressive features- I MISS YOU, CAT- you’d think I’d recognize her but the dark hair is a good disguise. If you ever want to hide from me, changing hair color would be a good start, I’m not that observant. *facepalm*

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On the latest ep of The Gruen Transfer, the only comedy show I actually find amusing, the team were analyzing a Bankwest ad, in which an executive engages in conversation with a mini horse-like creature.

Imbecilic Dude: What can we do about our home loan rates that will make people happier?
Vertically Challenged Equine Advisor: Well. Hmm. You could make them smaller.
Wil Anderson: What do I think is wrong with this ad? Well, it’s not the fact that the people that want to look after my money take their advice from dwarf ponies, no, its that the dwarf pony isn’t telling them anything worth hearing. ‘Customers want lower interest rates’. Really? They didn’t know that before they spoke to- the horse?!

Having seen Divine Right last week, it of course reminded me of:

Lol, why does everyone in this show eventually get promoted to royalty?

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