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shadowkatTense tonight. Actually been tense most of the week.
So got a charlie horse (tightened muscel that won't go away and hurts - also know as leg cramp) in the calf.
Ugh.
Also made the mistake of reading fanboards after ATS 5.8. Now from the spoilers (not to mention the reactions to the spoilers) I knew that several fans would freak out. And feel the need to rant, bash characters, and whine incessantly like two year olds. Heck I said as much in October. One of the nice things about being spoiled is you are prepared for nitwit reactions.
No board was immune. Well, that's not completely true -Sunnydale U (a private board) and Angel After Spike board (a board moderated by people who like myself have 0 tolerance for this behavior) were immune. (Of course the downside of that is you don't get as many people posting, b/c let's face it lots of people who post on the internet like to do this, their raison d'etre for posting is to start flame wars, incite others, rant, etc...about the show. Sigh. I really wish people would just ignore them and not give them the compliment of a reply.) All the other boards have nitwit threads or posts, which I've worked hard to ignore. I will say that I appreciate the fact that they warned me they were nitwit threads with their subject headings, so I wouldn't unwittingly read one of them. Good thing I'm not a board moderator - these folks asses would be deleted. If they did it more than three times? Banned. I have 0 tolerance for nitwits at this point in my life, they bring out the worste in me and everyone else. Honestly in comparison to the fans, the characters are really very mature. But as dear old Mom recently reminded me - competition brings out the obnoxious kid in everyone. It does by the way. Just watch a few football games over Thanksgiving- focus on the fans. Part of human nature, I suspect. End nitwit rant.
Watched Joan of Arcadia again tonight. This is rapidly becoming my comfort show. It gives me hope. I was discussing Joan with a friend recently and she wondered why we couldn't have a show about a corporate guy or gal who talks to representatives of God and deals with issues. Why did it always have to be a teenage girl - like Buffy who deals with supernatural or Joan. (I told the friend that actually we had a show that took place in a corporate environment and dealt with corporate problems through metaphor and these issues - it's called Angel, but she retorted, she tried one episode, couldn't get into it and stopped.) Well the reason it's a teenage girl is that more people can identify, then they can identify with corporate environment. Most of us have been in high school, most had bad teachers and annoying principals. Also the key demo is 18-34 year olds. Most people on the other hand have not worked in a corporation and have no clue how to identify with that world. (Heck that probably explains half of the posts on the fanboards about Angel, I get it, I've worked in corporations, but lots of people just haven't.)
The reason Joan gives me hope...is her conversations with God aren't clearly God and God doesn't give her answers so much as questions and assignments. God also doesn't make things easy. But each assignment indirectly leads to Joan inadvertently helping someone...and her reward is the fact she helped them. It doesn't solve her own problems, doesn't give her a reward. And she's complicated. It's very similar in a way to Buffy who slays a demon, can't tell anyone b/c they'll think she's nuts and it usually just complicates her life more.Yes, Joan's a tad more obvious than Buffy, a little sappier, and not as humorous, but it's something at least. Also has a fantastic cast. I call it BTVS for the mainstream/metaphor blind audience. ;-)
So got a charlie horse (tightened muscel that won't go away and hurts - also know as leg cramp) in the calf.
Ugh.
Also made the mistake of reading fanboards after ATS 5.8. Now from the spoilers (not to mention the reactions to the spoilers) I knew that several fans would freak out. And feel the need to rant, bash characters, and whine incessantly like two year olds. Heck I said as much in October. One of the nice things about being spoiled is you are prepared for nitwit reactions.
No board was immune. Well, that's not completely true -Sunnydale U (a private board) and Angel After Spike board (a board moderated by people who like myself have 0 tolerance for this behavior) were immune. (Of course the downside of that is you don't get as many people posting, b/c let's face it lots of people who post on the internet like to do this, their raison d'etre for posting is to start flame wars, incite others, rant, etc...about the show. Sigh. I really wish people would just ignore them and not give them the compliment of a reply.) All the other boards have nitwit threads or posts, which I've worked hard to ignore. I will say that I appreciate the fact that they warned me they were nitwit threads with their subject headings, so I wouldn't unwittingly read one of them. Good thing I'm not a board moderator - these folks asses would be deleted. If they did it more than three times? Banned. I have 0 tolerance for nitwits at this point in my life, they bring out the worste in me and everyone else. Honestly in comparison to the fans, the characters are really very mature. But as dear old Mom recently reminded me - competition brings out the obnoxious kid in everyone. It does by the way. Just watch a few football games over Thanksgiving- focus on the fans. Part of human nature, I suspect. End nitwit rant.
Watched Joan of Arcadia again tonight. This is rapidly becoming my comfort show. It gives me hope. I was discussing Joan with a friend recently and she wondered why we couldn't have a show about a corporate guy or gal who talks to representatives of God and deals with issues. Why did it always have to be a teenage girl - like Buffy who deals with supernatural or Joan. (I told the friend that actually we had a show that took place in a corporate environment and dealt with corporate problems through metaphor and these issues - it's called Angel, but she retorted, she tried one episode, couldn't get into it and stopped.) Well the reason it's a teenage girl is that more people can identify, then they can identify with corporate environment. Most of us have been in high school, most had bad teachers and annoying principals. Also the key demo is 18-34 year olds. Most people on the other hand have not worked in a corporation and have no clue how to identify with that world. (Heck that probably explains half of the posts on the fanboards about Angel, I get it, I've worked in corporations, but lots of people just haven't.)
The reason Joan gives me hope...is her conversations with God aren't clearly God and God doesn't give her answers so much as questions and assignments. God also doesn't make things easy. But each assignment indirectly leads to Joan inadvertently helping someone...and her reward is the fact she helped them. It doesn't solve her own problems, doesn't give her a reward. And she's complicated. It's very similar in a way to Buffy who slays a demon, can't tell anyone b/c they'll think she's nuts and it usually just complicates her life more.Yes, Joan's a tad more obvious than Buffy, a little sappier, and not as humorous, but it's something at least. Also has a fantastic cast. I call it BTVS for the mainstream/metaphor blind audience. ;-)
