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Oct. 3rd, 2005 10:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brokenrecordWhat with the hating of Andrew Truong in my post earlier today, I forgot to also mention why I hate the attendance office at school. See, to leave early from class, you first need to get a note from your parent stating why and when you need to leave. Then you take it to the office before school/during snack/during lunch before you leave, they take the note and give you a pass, and you show that pass to your teacher to get out of class. Well, even though this is the 3rd year of me having to do this for orthodontist appointments at my school, my mom still doesn't know how to write a proper note. She addressed it to Mrs. Moore, my English teacher, and then wrote "10 minutes early from class" rather than 12:50 PM. So, this was the result:
Me: Hi. I need to leave from 5th period 10 minutes early for an orthodontist apointment. [gives note]
Attendance Lady: [reads note] So, 2:20?
Me: What? No. 10 minutes early from 5th period. 12:50.
Attendance Lady: [points at note] It says here 10 minutes early.
Me: Yes. From fifth period.
Attendance Lady: So you don't have a 6th period?
Me: No, I do, but I need to leave 10 minutes early from fifth period.
Attendance Lady: It just says 10 minutes early here.
Me: [frustrated] No! My mom's stupid and doesn't understand how to write a note excusing me! She wrote "Dear Mrs. Moore" at the top, do you see that? Mrs. Moore is my 5th period teacher.
Attendance Lady: But it doesn't say 5th period.
Me: I know. But if she thought the note was to Mrs. Moore, then 10 minutes early would obviously mean 10 minutes before that period got out, which is fifth period.
Attendance Lady: 10 minutes early means 10 minutes before school lets out.
Me: Look, I have another note, ok? It's to my 6th period teacher, and you can see that she means that I would be getting back at the beginning of 6th period.
Attendance Lady: If you come back to school, you don't give a note to the teacher you come back to.
Me: [headdesk] I know. I'm just trying to show you that I'm supposed to leave during 5th and come back during 6th.
Attendance Lady: It doesn't say 5th period, though.
Me: I KNOW. But I need to leave during 5th because my appointment's at 1:00 PM and leaving 10 minutes early from 6th will do me absolutely no good, as it will be 2:28 by then.
Attendance Lady: [skeptical glance] ...well... I guess I'll write 12:50, then.
Me: [sigh of relief] Thank you.
I mean, ok, I kind of get why she would be wary of letting me when it doesn't explicitely say 12:50, but honestly. I felt like she was just being difficult for no reason.
Anyways. Onto TV.
Reunion:
So, I finally sat down and finished watching it.
Yeah the fuck right would the inspector guy be the son of the guy that Craig killed 20 years ago. I mean, seriously. Are you fucking kidding me? I bet that whoever wrote/came up with that was all "OMG HAHA WHAT AN AWESOME PLOT TWIST!!!" But no. It's just horribly contrived and makes absolutely no sense at all. asdlkf;j And I thought Sam and her baby was going to be the storyline that irritated me the most.
Carla's pretty much the only character I like right now. Aaron isn't too bad, but at times he just seems like a bad Seth Cohen rip-off. Present day him is weeeeird, though. Carla's the only one who looks good present day. She kind of annoyed me with her trying to be the nanny, but I can understand that she's just trying to be a good friend.
Will is beginning to really piss me off, too. First and second episode, he's all "OMG ANYTHING TO GET SAM BACK!!!" Then he's like that at the start of this episode, but by the end, he's all "Eh, screw it" just because he saw Sam and Craig dancing together? And from what I can see of the previews of future episodes, Sam and Craig try to get married and he's back, once again, saying "OMG I LOVE YOU COME BACK TO ME SAM!!!" Are you fucking kidding me?! I still don't buy that either of them would still be hung up on her. I mean, what's so great about her, anyways? She's pretty, yeah, but not remarkably so, and she doesn't seem particularly intelligent, funny, or enjoyable to hang around for any reason whatsoever.
I practically cheered at the end when Aaron asked out that waitress. I mean, seriously, it's like the only example of one of them who was previously obsessed with another person in their group of six (meaning I'm excluding Jenna, because it seemed like she had always dated around) who's actually asked out someone else.
I think another huge flaw is how they set up the friends. I mean, it doesn't even seem like a group of 6 friends, more like two groups of romantic triangles with a little overlap. It's like Sam-Will-Craig and Jenna-Aaron-Carla. Carla's good friends with Sam and she seemed to be kind of friendly with Will in both the present and past (don't remember any connection between her and Craig), and I'd bet that Aaron was friendly with either Will or Craig (or both), but otherwise... it's just ridiculous. I don't see any of the rest being friends. And everytime they talk about them being this great group of 6 best friends, I want to punch the TV, because it's exactly like Dawson and Joey were to me in Dawson's Creek: a whole lot of talk about them being best friends and soulmates and perfect for each other, but no... proof. They may claim that they're all best friends, but I haven't seen anything to back that up. Don't remember Jenna every talking to Will or Craig, Aaron talking to Sam, Carla talking to Craig, etc.
You know, after the first two episodes, I knew this show was bad, but I thought I'd enjoy it in its cheesy goodness. Unfortunately, it's not even cheesily good. Still, I'm too intrigued about who died and who was the killer that I'll probably stick around.
bah. Stupid show.
Arrested Development:
How the fuck is it possible for a show to be this funny?! I don't even know where to start.
Tobias Funke, analrapist. Hee! Oh, Tobias. And slapping Michael's ass! Twice! Awesome.
"Good, I was hoping Steve Holt would be gifted sexually." !! Oh, George Michael! I love George Michael so much. And Maeby. And all the lovely cousincest on this show. "You drugged him so you could have your way with him! ...is that even possible?" / "No, you don't see! I drugged him so I wouldn't have to go all the way with him!" / "I think even the anti-drug people will be okay with that." The George Michael/Maeby scenes during this episode were so fabulous. And yay for more Maeby in this episode, but I am saddened that there have been no further kisses between George Michael and Maeby. But ah! The narrator said that Maeby has a crush on George Michael! It's no longer unrequited!
"...in a state of arrested development." / "Hey, that's the name of this show!" and "This would be an act break." / "But it wasn't." (complete with the music they use going into an act break - guh. I love the narrator. How awesome does a show have to be for me to be in total love with the narrator? Though those lines (the first especially) would be awesome even without the narrator's comments.
"Family love Michael." "Michael, just take this and love us again." Oh, such wonderful family love. I also love that how, when the Bluths are trying to be nice to Rita, they just come off as excessively creepy. ...and then, of course, they beat her up and drug her, so yeah, that's not helping with the creepy, any.
Marta 3.0! There are no words for the love I have for this show.
"Why should you go to jail for a crime someone else noticed?" Bob Loblaw is quite possibly the greatest name of any character ever.
"I made a huge mistake." I mean, that enough is awesome on its own, just because Steve Holt is GOB's son, but then: "I know. I had you." guh. And GOB drugging himself so he wouldn't remember! Hee!
"Everyone froze. Michael feared he'd been caught in a lie by his family. His family feared they'd been caught by a woman they clubbed, drugged, and left on a bench." [pause] "It was awkward."
...yeah, so I know this is all mostly quotes, but god was this a killer episode. Probably one of my favorite episodes of the series. And now we have to wait through baseball for the next new episode?! The executives at FOX are clearly trying to make me kill myself.
Prison Break:
So, not as amazing as last week, but I still really enjoyed it. It was better than the first few episodes.
Michael/Sara! Geez, I never thought I'd love them as much as I do now at the beginning of the series, but... man. I really love them together! I mean, Sara's intelligent and normally I get annoyed when women have to be saved by "big, strong men" on TV, but she held off those prisoners for a good amount of time, and she was smart about it, and honestly, no one could've held them off forever, male or female. And she hurt the guy who was coming to help the guy attacking Michael! She's actually useful! And she and Michael actually have chemistry and everything, so yeah. There's no way Michael/Sucre's going to happen, so I'd be totally satisfied if Michael/Sara did.
Veronica still bugs me. I think it's mostly the actress, though. Her voice is so... breathy. I don't know. It just bugs. Plus, the character doesn't seem too bright either to me.
Lincoln hugging Michael was the first time I really cared about them as brothers. I don't know if that makes any sense. But like, in the past I haven't cared about Lincoln much while I've loved Michael, and while I want Michael to succeed in breaking out (well, we all know that he will, anyways, but still), I didn't really care about Lincoln being saved. But now, I don't know. I liked seeing how much they care for each other.
And of course stupid baseball has to delay this 3 weeks as well. My Monday nights are not going to be nearly as awesome as they have been these past few weeks.
How I Met Your Mother I watched but have nothing to say about. Kitchen Confidential I didn't feel like watching, so I'm leaving it till tomorrow or Wednesday. I don't think I'm going to keep watching it, though, because I really don't care what happens and it doesn't seem to have much of a... plot, I guess.
Heh. I found out that my mom's started watching The Daily Show. Next things to convert her to: Veronica Mars and Serenity/Firefly.
Me: Hi. I need to leave from 5th period 10 minutes early for an orthodontist apointment. [gives note]
Attendance Lady: [reads note] So, 2:20?
Me: What? No. 10 minutes early from 5th period. 12:50.
Attendance Lady: [points at note] It says here 10 minutes early.
Me: Yes. From fifth period.
Attendance Lady: So you don't have a 6th period?
Me: No, I do, but I need to leave 10 minutes early from fifth period.
Attendance Lady: It just says 10 minutes early here.
Me: [frustrated] No! My mom's stupid and doesn't understand how to write a note excusing me! She wrote "Dear Mrs. Moore" at the top, do you see that? Mrs. Moore is my 5th period teacher.
Attendance Lady: But it doesn't say 5th period.
Me: I know. But if she thought the note was to Mrs. Moore, then 10 minutes early would obviously mean 10 minutes before that period got out, which is fifth period.
Attendance Lady: 10 minutes early means 10 minutes before school lets out.
Me: Look, I have another note, ok? It's to my 6th period teacher, and you can see that she means that I would be getting back at the beginning of 6th period.
Attendance Lady: If you come back to school, you don't give a note to the teacher you come back to.
Me: [headdesk] I know. I'm just trying to show you that I'm supposed to leave during 5th and come back during 6th.
Attendance Lady: It doesn't say 5th period, though.
Me: I KNOW. But I need to leave during 5th because my appointment's at 1:00 PM and leaving 10 minutes early from 6th will do me absolutely no good, as it will be 2:28 by then.
Attendance Lady: [skeptical glance] ...well... I guess I'll write 12:50, then.
Me: [sigh of relief] Thank you.
I mean, ok, I kind of get why she would be wary of letting me when it doesn't explicitely say 12:50, but honestly. I felt like she was just being difficult for no reason.
Anyways. Onto TV.
Reunion:
So, I finally sat down and finished watching it.
Yeah the fuck right would the inspector guy be the son of the guy that Craig killed 20 years ago. I mean, seriously. Are you fucking kidding me? I bet that whoever wrote/came up with that was all "OMG HAHA WHAT AN AWESOME PLOT TWIST!!!" But no. It's just horribly contrived and makes absolutely no sense at all. asdlkf;j And I thought Sam and her baby was going to be the storyline that irritated me the most.
Carla's pretty much the only character I like right now. Aaron isn't too bad, but at times he just seems like a bad Seth Cohen rip-off. Present day him is weeeeird, though. Carla's the only one who looks good present day. She kind of annoyed me with her trying to be the nanny, but I can understand that she's just trying to be a good friend.
Will is beginning to really piss me off, too. First and second episode, he's all "OMG ANYTHING TO GET SAM BACK!!!" Then he's like that at the start of this episode, but by the end, he's all "Eh, screw it" just because he saw Sam and Craig dancing together? And from what I can see of the previews of future episodes, Sam and Craig try to get married and he's back, once again, saying "OMG I LOVE YOU COME BACK TO ME SAM!!!" Are you fucking kidding me?! I still don't buy that either of them would still be hung up on her. I mean, what's so great about her, anyways? She's pretty, yeah, but not remarkably so, and she doesn't seem particularly intelligent, funny, or enjoyable to hang around for any reason whatsoever.
I practically cheered at the end when Aaron asked out that waitress. I mean, seriously, it's like the only example of one of them who was previously obsessed with another person in their group of six (meaning I'm excluding Jenna, because it seemed like she had always dated around) who's actually asked out someone else.
I think another huge flaw is how they set up the friends. I mean, it doesn't even seem like a group of 6 friends, more like two groups of romantic triangles with a little overlap. It's like Sam-Will-Craig and Jenna-Aaron-Carla. Carla's good friends with Sam and she seemed to be kind of friendly with Will in both the present and past (don't remember any connection between her and Craig), and I'd bet that Aaron was friendly with either Will or Craig (or both), but otherwise... it's just ridiculous. I don't see any of the rest being friends. And everytime they talk about them being this great group of 6 best friends, I want to punch the TV, because it's exactly like Dawson and Joey were to me in Dawson's Creek: a whole lot of talk about them being best friends and soulmates and perfect for each other, but no... proof. They may claim that they're all best friends, but I haven't seen anything to back that up. Don't remember Jenna every talking to Will or Craig, Aaron talking to Sam, Carla talking to Craig, etc.
You know, after the first two episodes, I knew this show was bad, but I thought I'd enjoy it in its cheesy goodness. Unfortunately, it's not even cheesily good. Still, I'm too intrigued about who died and who was the killer that I'll probably stick around.
bah. Stupid show.
Arrested Development:
How the fuck is it possible for a show to be this funny?! I don't even know where to start.
Tobias Funke, analrapist. Hee! Oh, Tobias. And slapping Michael's ass! Twice! Awesome.
"Good, I was hoping Steve Holt would be gifted sexually." !! Oh, George Michael! I love George Michael so much. And Maeby. And all the lovely cousincest on this show. "You drugged him so you could have your way with him! ...is that even possible?" / "No, you don't see! I drugged him so I wouldn't have to go all the way with him!" / "I think even the anti-drug people will be okay with that." The George Michael/Maeby scenes during this episode were so fabulous. And yay for more Maeby in this episode, but I am saddened that there have been no further kisses between George Michael and Maeby. But ah! The narrator said that Maeby has a crush on George Michael! It's no longer unrequited!
"...in a state of arrested development." / "Hey, that's the name of this show!" and "This would be an act break." / "But it wasn't." (complete with the music they use going into an act break - guh. I love the narrator. How awesome does a show have to be for me to be in total love with the narrator? Though those lines (the first especially) would be awesome even without the narrator's comments.
"Family love Michael." "Michael, just take this and love us again." Oh, such wonderful family love. I also love that how, when the Bluths are trying to be nice to Rita, they just come off as excessively creepy. ...and then, of course, they beat her up and drug her, so yeah, that's not helping with the creepy, any.
Marta 3.0! There are no words for the love I have for this show.
"Why should you go to jail for a crime someone else noticed?" Bob Loblaw is quite possibly the greatest name of any character ever.
"I made a huge mistake." I mean, that enough is awesome on its own, just because Steve Holt is GOB's son, but then: "I know. I had you." guh. And GOB drugging himself so he wouldn't remember! Hee!
"Everyone froze. Michael feared he'd been caught in a lie by his family. His family feared they'd been caught by a woman they clubbed, drugged, and left on a bench." [pause] "It was awkward."
...yeah, so I know this is all mostly quotes, but god was this a killer episode. Probably one of my favorite episodes of the series. And now we have to wait through baseball for the next new episode?! The executives at FOX are clearly trying to make me kill myself.
Prison Break:
So, not as amazing as last week, but I still really enjoyed it. It was better than the first few episodes.
Michael/Sara! Geez, I never thought I'd love them as much as I do now at the beginning of the series, but... man. I really love them together! I mean, Sara's intelligent and normally I get annoyed when women have to be saved by "big, strong men" on TV, but she held off those prisoners for a good amount of time, and she was smart about it, and honestly, no one could've held them off forever, male or female. And she hurt the guy who was coming to help the guy attacking Michael! She's actually useful! And she and Michael actually have chemistry and everything, so yeah. There's no way Michael/Sucre's going to happen, so I'd be totally satisfied if Michael/Sara did.
Veronica still bugs me. I think it's mostly the actress, though. Her voice is so... breathy. I don't know. It just bugs. Plus, the character doesn't seem too bright either to me.
Lincoln hugging Michael was the first time I really cared about them as brothers. I don't know if that makes any sense. But like, in the past I haven't cared about Lincoln much while I've loved Michael, and while I want Michael to succeed in breaking out (well, we all know that he will, anyways, but still), I didn't really care about Lincoln being saved. But now, I don't know. I liked seeing how much they care for each other.
And of course stupid baseball has to delay this 3 weeks as well. My Monday nights are not going to be nearly as awesome as they have been these past few weeks.
How I Met Your Mother I watched but have nothing to say about. Kitchen Confidential I didn't feel like watching, so I'm leaving it till tomorrow or Wednesday. I don't think I'm going to keep watching it, though, because I really don't care what happens and it doesn't seem to have much of a... plot, I guess.
Heh. I found out that my mom's started watching The Daily Show. Next things to convert her to: Veronica Mars and Serenity/Firefly.
