Bravo and F/X deserve extra love from me for keeping my mind off of Bush's nomination of John G. Roberts (is it just me or does he look like a younger, smarmier, if possible, Larry Hagman? You know, from Dallas?) with their stellar programming (Blow Out and Rescue Me, respecitvely).
Speaking of Blow Out, I think I need to take lessons from Jonathan Antin in "It's all about meeeeeeee." He should offer that class at his Academy. I loved all the Sephora/Jonathan fangirls. Everyone's a fangirl in her own special little way.
I can't say how much I loved Jonathan pitching his water/shower filtration idea. And the intercutting of him on the phone with him at home, discovering he's got no hot water and then resorting to using bottled water to wash his hair. Brilliant editing. I'm totally going to wash my hair with Evian tomorrow. *g* Maybe I should turn it into a week-long project and use a different bottled water everyday.
Also, I wonder how much he pays his assistants/stylists/managers.
It saddened me to do so, but I finally unsubscribed from the NARAL mailing list. I got about 15 emails from them the day O'Connor resigned and it's been non-stop since then. I get it, they're panicked, they're mobilizing and that's all well and good, but when each one of their emails is a flurry of fear and anxiety, which only serves to make me anxious, it's time to step back. So yeah, I think I'll be okay with going to the website periodically and saving myself from imagining a few extra worst-case scenarios than I've already got going in my head.
Gilmore Girls sides for 6x01 came out yesterday. I spoiled myself silly.
July 19 2005, 21:32:28 UTC 6 years ago
I finally unsubscribed from the NARAL mailing list.
Ah, the overproduction of panic-level calls to action: as though there's some virtue in clinical depression, or something. Me, I just get numb. It's a huge weakness in the communication strategy of almost every righteous cause I know of.
OT: Your last post made me want to ask whether you ever read Sepia Mutiny, which isn't so much about keeping in touch with the motherland as about the south Asian diaspora, with lots of pointy pop-cult commentary, plus snark. I felt like a sneak and a fraud, bookmarking it, until I checked out the FAQ and was reassured by the answer to the frequently asked question: "I'm not desi, can I still read this blog?" :)
July 19 2005, 22:01:47 UTC 6 years ago
I get numb, too. First I think, okay, we'll get through this, there are people doing stuff and getting motivated and that's good. But that quickly passes into oh holy fuck, we're screwed and then I just can't think anymore. Which I know is ultimately unhelpful, but I don't have any money to give and I don't put much stock in petitions and I can only write my legislators so many times (and trust me, I think it's safe to say that of all the people they represent? They're definitely not representing me, let alone taking *my* interests and ideas to heart when it comes to many issues.) I know there are like-minded people where I live, but I don't want to have to go through the hundreds of other not like-minded people to get to them. Again, that's my apathy talking. It's a vicious circle. If only I could bottle that first feeling and keep injecting myself with some of that.
I have not read Sepia Mutiny and I thank you very much for directing me to it. Pop-culture commentary plus snark is always right. While we're on the subject of things desi, I have a music video made by some Indian rappers that I've been meaning to upload to share with the masses. It's subtitled, it's cheesy, it's every Indian parent's nightmare of their child becoming too Americanized. You may enjoy it.
July 19 2005, 22:19:21 UTC 6 years ago
July 19 2005, 22:37:06 UTC 6 years ago
July 20 2005, 07:04:48 UTC 6 years ago
Oh my god, that's IT! He is Larry Hagman's clone! V. disturbing.
I also read the GG sides yesterday. So glad about what happens to Rory.
July 20 2005, 10:32:16 UTC 6 years ago
Oh, good, it wasn't just me. I'm going to be humming the Dallas theme song every time I see him. I wonder if the Ewings know they have a long-lost family member?
Am also pleased re: Rory.
July 20 2005, 19:21:38 UTC 6 years ago
And do I want to know?
July 20 2005, 20:08:06 UTC 6 years ago
July 20 2005, 20:15:36 UTC 6 years ago
Yes. Send them to me. Thanks (:
July 20 2005, 20:35:30 UTC 6 years ago