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The science of Christmas
Dec. 22nd, 2017 10:24 pmI wonder if anyone's done any studies that explain the mystery of wrapping Christmas presents and why it eats up so much time out of my day? I mean look at my day today.
( Read more... )So crabby right now...
Aug. 29th, 2017 08:52 pmI've had too much time away and too much time in the company of others (even if one of the others is my hubby, and another is my Mum!) because, bloody hell. I'm in such a crabby mood. Poor Paul's gone up to bed early to escape my snappy responses to everything he says and does. I can't wait to get home and do very little in peace and quiet.
Especially as I'm not sure when I'll have to head north again.
Rachel's daughter Anna messaged me today to say that Rachel's consultant told her it was now a matter of days, a week at most. Honestly, I don't know how they know - I'm guessing she's had scans and they can see how the tumours are progressing. Anna says Rachel had a few bad days (bad being days where she is in a lot of pain and barely functions) after I took my Mum to see her last Thursday, but that today she was bright and with it again, singing "Do ye ken Mike Finnegan" to her when she woke. Crazy woman, why that song? Who knows.
I feel so much for Rachel's three kids. They are all there every day, taking it in turns to sleep over in Rachel's room at night, and so they see her up and down like this, never knowing how it's going to pan out. Hoping she'll beat the odds but wanting it all to be over at the same time. It's easier for me because I'm not there - and the two times I've seen her were good days. Her older daughter, Helga, recently found out she was pregnant, so Rachel has a second grandchild on the way, but one she isn't going to meet. Fuck, that's sad. She loves seeing Max, her six month old first grandchild, which is good. I remember when we reconnected after several years she told me she wished she could have more kids - not a sentiment I ever understood but then I don't have a maternal bone in my body.
Especially as I'm not sure when I'll have to head north again.
Rachel's daughter Anna messaged me today to say that Rachel's consultant told her it was now a matter of days, a week at most. Honestly, I don't know how they know - I'm guessing she's had scans and they can see how the tumours are progressing. Anna says Rachel had a few bad days (bad being days where she is in a lot of pain and barely functions) after I took my Mum to see her last Thursday, but that today she was bright and with it again, singing "Do ye ken Mike Finnegan" to her when she woke. Crazy woman, why that song? Who knows.
I feel so much for Rachel's three kids. They are all there every day, taking it in turns to sleep over in Rachel's room at night, and so they see her up and down like this, never knowing how it's going to pan out. Hoping she'll beat the odds but wanting it all to be over at the same time. It's easier for me because I'm not there - and the two times I've seen her were good days. Her older daughter, Helga, recently found out she was pregnant, so Rachel has a second grandchild on the way, but one she isn't going to meet. Fuck, that's sad. She loves seeing Max, her six month old first grandchild, which is good. I remember when we reconnected after several years she told me she wished she could have more kids - not a sentiment I ever understood but then I don't have a maternal bone in my body.
JIB7 Saturday drive by note
May. 22nd, 2016 08:26 amKnackered! And that was mostly from laughing so much. Everyone is on stellar form - the J2 panel was fabulous and hilarious, but then the highlight of the day had to Jared's panel getting trashed by Rob'nRich, who brought Genevieve on to tell that train story - the real truth. Honestly, I had SO much trouble videoing because I was laughing so hard, and trying not to make too much noise and spoil the soundtrack. The hotel wifi continues to be the slowest of the slow and I know loads of people will already have shared their vids but bollocks to it, I'm persevering and that vid will be loaded! As will the complete J2 panel and some other snippets. Flickr can't seem to cope with even small batches of photos being loaded up so that might have to wait until I get home.
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S10E08 episode reaction (no fic yet!)
Dec. 3rd, 2014 11:15 amA quick drive-by post because I just had to thank my flisties for the discussion we had the other day about Sam and Dean's relationship. It meant when the boys were in the Bunker discussing Jody's case, and Dean turned the patented Puppy Dog Eyes on Sam - I actually cheered and shouted "role reversal!!!"
Got to say, Sam does them better. But I suppose he's had more practice!
So that aside, what else. Donna is ace, I love her so much - how she's trying so desperately to be jolly so people will like her, how she is visibly hurt but hides it, how she's (like Dean) a LOT smarter than she looks, and occasionally she's brave enough to show it. Jody is brilliant and the two of them together were a perfect storm of kickass womanhood combined with comedy and a dash of angst. I REALLY want to see the SPN spin off being the Sheriffs Mills and Hanscum show (going by the writer's spelling for that one). Of course it won't happen because a) women b) middleaged women c) lack of imagination.
Oh another cheering out loud moment - the coroner was that hilarious woman from Stargate who had hiccups and was brilliant. Under used here I thought, but still, made an impact. And of course, the fake badges...
And I laughed when the dumpster ate that bloke.
Musical moments of note - they played the Family theme music not only while Dean and Sam were talking at the end but for Jody and Donna too, and I loved that implication. And of course - The Weight!
Both gifs are by
fiercelynormal
Got to say, Sam does them better. But I suppose he's had more practice!
So that aside, what else. Donna is ace, I love her so much - how she's trying so desperately to be jolly so people will like her, how she is visibly hurt but hides it, how she's (like Dean) a LOT smarter than she looks, and occasionally she's brave enough to show it. Jody is brilliant and the two of them together were a perfect storm of kickass womanhood combined with comedy and a dash of angst. I REALLY want to see the SPN spin off being the Sheriffs Mills and Hanscum show (going by the writer's spelling for that one). Of course it won't happen because a) women b) middleaged women c) lack of imagination.
Oh another cheering out loud moment - the coroner was that hilarious woman from Stargate who had hiccups and was brilliant. Under used here I thought, but still, made an impact. And of course, the fake badges...
And I laughed when the dumpster ate that bloke.
Musical moments of note - they played the Family theme music not only while Dean and Sam were talking at the end but for Jody and Donna too, and I loved that implication. And of course - The Weight!
Both gifs are by
fiercelynormalPac Man Fever insta reaction
Apr. 25th, 2013 08:53 amWarning for disconnected and nonsensical ramblings.
I don't know why, but this one left me feeling a bit flat. I had a few laughs (something about exploding bodies appeals to the 12 year old boy in me) and I really liked the first two or three scenes, then somehow it lost me. Maybe it was the whole trying to make Charlie an FBI agent thing, which for me really didn't work. I think Charlie is a fun character, but I'm not invested in her, and to be honest, I would rather have seen Garth working with Dean here than Charlie. Though obviously for the purposes of the story, Garth having a Mom in a comatose state probably wouldn't have worked. I get the feeling with Charlie that fans reacted so well to her first appearance, and everyone in the industry seem to LOVE Felicia Day (I seem to remember Jensen saying something about how awesome she is) that they are just looking for excuses to bring her back, when there have been so many fabulous guest characters that could have had more air time and produced better stories.
I can see how they were trying to mirror Dean's scenes with Cas the hopeless FBI agent, but I just thought, this is old, it's been done before, when Charlie did the whole upside down badge. And the modelling costumes thing was downright annoying.
Okay, it looks like the more I think about this, the more I realise it was when Charlie became the centre of the episode's attention that it lost me. I want to watch again now and maybe fast forward her parts so I can appreciate sick!Sammy more - which is what I should have been emotionally engaged with, not the distraction of Charlie's letting go of her Mom. And was that some sort of bludgeon to the head hint that Dean needs to let Sam go? I kind of assumed so when Sam turned up in Charlie's dream.
Argh! Show, what are you trying to do?
Consolation - there was a LOT of hugging, and we do wuv hugz.
I don't know why, but this one left me feeling a bit flat. I had a few laughs (something about exploding bodies appeals to the 12 year old boy in me) and I really liked the first two or three scenes, then somehow it lost me. Maybe it was the whole trying to make Charlie an FBI agent thing, which for me really didn't work. I think Charlie is a fun character, but I'm not invested in her, and to be honest, I would rather have seen Garth working with Dean here than Charlie. Though obviously for the purposes of the story, Garth having a Mom in a comatose state probably wouldn't have worked. I get the feeling with Charlie that fans reacted so well to her first appearance, and everyone in the industry seem to LOVE Felicia Day (I seem to remember Jensen saying something about how awesome she is) that they are just looking for excuses to bring her back, when there have been so many fabulous guest characters that could have had more air time and produced better stories.
I can see how they were trying to mirror Dean's scenes with Cas the hopeless FBI agent, but I just thought, this is old, it's been done before, when Charlie did the whole upside down badge. And the modelling costumes thing was downright annoying.
Okay, it looks like the more I think about this, the more I realise it was when Charlie became the centre of the episode's attention that it lost me. I want to watch again now and maybe fast forward her parts so I can appreciate sick!Sammy more - which is what I should have been emotionally engaged with, not the distraction of Charlie's letting go of her Mom. And was that some sort of bludgeon to the head hint that Dean needs to let Sam go? I kind of assumed so when Sam turned up in Charlie's dream.
Argh! Show, what are you trying to do?
Consolation - there was a LOT of hugging, and we do wuv hugz.
Pac Man Fever insta reaction
Apr. 25th, 2013 08:53 amWarning for disconnected and nonsensical ramblings.
I don't know why, but this one left me feeling a bit flat. I had a few laughs (something about exploding bodies appeals to the 12 year old boy in me) and I really liked the first two or three scenes, then somehow it lost me. Maybe it was the whole trying to make Charlie an FBI agent thing, which for me really didn't work. I think Charlie is a fun character, but I'm not invested in her, and to be honest, I would rather have seen Garth working with Dean here than Charlie. Though obviously for the purposes of the story, Garth having a Mom in a comatose state probably wouldn't have worked. I get the feeling with Charlie that fans reacted so well to her first appearance, and everyone in the industry seem to LOVE Felicia Day (I seem to remember Jensen saying something about how awesome she is) that they are just looking for excuses to bring her back, when there have been so many fabulous guest characters that could have had more air time and produced better stories.
I can see how they were trying to mirror Dean's scenes with Cas the hopeless FBI agent, but I just thought, this is old, it's been done before, when Charlie did the whole upside down badge. And the modelling costumes thing was downright annoying.
Okay, it looks like the more I think about this, the more I realise it was when Charlie became the centre of the episode's attention that it lost me. I want to watch again now and maybe fast forward her parts so I can appreciate sick!Sammy more - which is what I should have been emotionally engaged with, not the distraction of Charlie's letting go of her Mom. And was that some sort of bludgeon to the head hint that Dean needs to let Sam go? I kind of assumed so when Sam turned up in Charlie's dream.
Argh! Show, what are you trying to do?
Consolation - there was a LOT of hugging, and we do wuv hugz.
I don't know why, but this one left me feeling a bit flat. I had a few laughs (something about exploding bodies appeals to the 12 year old boy in me) and I really liked the first two or three scenes, then somehow it lost me. Maybe it was the whole trying to make Charlie an FBI agent thing, which for me really didn't work. I think Charlie is a fun character, but I'm not invested in her, and to be honest, I would rather have seen Garth working with Dean here than Charlie. Though obviously for the purposes of the story, Garth having a Mom in a comatose state probably wouldn't have worked. I get the feeling with Charlie that fans reacted so well to her first appearance, and everyone in the industry seem to LOVE Felicia Day (I seem to remember Jensen saying something about how awesome she is) that they are just looking for excuses to bring her back, when there have been so many fabulous guest characters that could have had more air time and produced better stories.
I can see how they were trying to mirror Dean's scenes with Cas the hopeless FBI agent, but I just thought, this is old, it's been done before, when Charlie did the whole upside down badge. And the modelling costumes thing was downright annoying.
Okay, it looks like the more I think about this, the more I realise it was when Charlie became the centre of the episode's attention that it lost me. I want to watch again now and maybe fast forward her parts so I can appreciate sick!Sammy more - which is what I should have been emotionally engaged with, not the distraction of Charlie's letting go of her Mom. And was that some sort of bludgeon to the head hint that Dean needs to let Sam go? I kind of assumed so when Sam turned up in Charlie's dream.
Argh! Show, what are you trying to do?
Consolation - there was a LOT of hugging, and we do wuv hugz.
