@serenityfound
A SoCal kid born and raised who ran away to Minnesota for college. After a few years there, a semester in Denmark, and a year volunteering in NYC, I came back to SoCal to get my MA in Cultural Studies/Media Studies. Now I'm about to working in Irvine, Ca. I am like an 80yo grandma: I will stuff you full of hotdish and baked goods, watch black & white films with you while we drink whiskey-laced tea, then tuck you in for bed in a blanket I knitted. I am also like your 12yo kid sibling: I'll geek out with you about dorky scifi movies, pull out every bit of innuendo EVERYWHERE, and do dramatic LOLcats readings. ...I watch too much television and spend too much time on Tumblr & Twitter.
On Never-Complainers, Workaholics, and the Balding-and-Manly
I have a friend kind of like the one in letter 4 (although not to Picard status yet). I agree with the Dude that you should probably say something to the friends who are teasing him. It may seem like a little thing to them but if he's already self-conscious, even light teasing will deepen that if it's constant.
...also, baldness can definitely definitely be attractive. I will never not have a lusty passion for Picard.
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On Or, if You Live Elsewhere, on Your Dogsled?
Aww. I once was reading American Psycho on the subway when I lived in NYC. It got me some awkward looks.
Currently reading: The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King (mostly at home/on my walk to work, although I did read it on the Amtrak this weekend!)
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On Friday Open Thread
@Hellcat Because they're dumb? Needed money? I honestly have no idea, because I didn't know about it until after that tv was already gone. I came home one day and they'd switched out the couch in the living room for one of their futons, then a week later they sprung this on me. ....and it's not at all unlike them.
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On Friday Open Thread
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On Friday Open Thread
@tessamae @Jade So, at WonderCon, an audience member asked if they would be doing any gender bent characters or (since the show is all about the power of different kinds of lurve) any (explicitly) queer couples. The showrunners were totally for it and started talking about how supportive ABC/Disney is of the queer community and you could just feel half the audience go "waaaaaaaa?" I would like a gender bent or queer Little Mermaid, please. Or Peter Pan?
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On Friday Open Thread
@tessamae They talked about that at WonderCon! They also kind of want to do Mulan and talked about maybe having a gender bent version of something (although part of me thinks that was just cuz the audience was all QUEER CHARACTERS PLEEZ). They also promised Wolfie would be back so I totally knew that was him! And now that Purple Stuff is back, ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
@Jade I missed this unicorn thing, too? Also, I just started watching BSG so I thought for a minute that you meant Chief Galen Tyrol was in the basement and ran off excitedly to IMDb. But it wasn't!
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On Friday Open Thread
@tessamae Maybe Other Lost Child (who I totally expected the Wishing Well to be about) will come back and they can ALL wear matching leather jackets and commiserate about their orphanness/parent issues!!!
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On Friday Open Thread
@VolcanoMouse I keep trying to get something done, but then I come on the Open Thread instead. Or talk to someone in the office about how "this Friday is too Friday."
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On Look, We're Gonna Talk About the Gatsby Trailer Now
I am prepared to get hated on for this, but I honestly, sincerely do not like the book. I just find it dull and full of dull, hateful people doing hateful things. I'm also not usually a fan of Luhrmann, but I might actually be interested in this.
(just for reference: I also dislike Hemmingway but love Steinbeck)