Random Raves XIX: My nipples explode with delight!
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I got my essay back from my English teacher that I wrote about the book Medea. She said it was the best essay she's ever read. You know, I try so hard to be humble, but Lord knows it's just so difficult sometimes.
Air -> Pear -> Pear-n --> Pearn-ts
Most people end up sounding Kiwi, though.
lolwut?Air -> Pear -> Pear-n --> Pearn-ts
Most people end up sounding Kiwi, though.
Last night I got bored with the Cowgirls-Heat game (when I left: 24-0, and it didn't get better for the Cowgirls, not that I'm a fan of either team) so I lost control of the TV. This was unquestionably a good thing, because I got to see one of the funniest scenes I've ever seen on any TV show.
I ended up watching much of the show The Good Wife, a show about which I knew little beforehand but which appears to be about a collection of dickweed defense attorneys in Chicago and a moderately interesting assistant DA who appears to be one of the few decent people around. I'm not entirely sure who "the good wife" in the title is, because the only women who were married in the show that I saw are now divorced.
Anyway, in the show, a lobbyist affiliated with the defense attorneys (Alan Cumming, in all his pinched-face glory) has to ask his ex-wife (Parker Posey, who shifts from "likable" to "complete whore" so fast it's disarming) for a favor at the State Department, which is supposed to completely overturn its "one-China" rule to allow a Taiwanese kid to be able to claim diplomatic immunity and avoid a rape and murder charge. This is already pretty ridiculous, but Parker Posey says that it'll be cool so long as he does a favor for her in exchange: vet her to see if she'll work out as a candidate for state senate.
While the diplomatic immunity gambit fails (hooray for lawyers who don't do their homework and DAs who do) Alan Cumming has her vetted anyway by an Indian woman who appears to be the defense attorneys' in-house PI or something. She quickly discovers that Parker Posey has a ridiculous number of skeletons in her closet, the worst of which is that she had an affair with a made-up bin Laden cousin (who has an Indian name, comically) while she was still married to Alan Cumming.
The confrontation between the two of them after the PI tells Cumming is hysterically funny, although I'm almost certain it wasn't supposed to be. In the real world, Cumming is gay, which would be hilarious on its own. But after starting fairly reasonably ("I don't even know why I care"), Cumming's histrionics increase exponentially until he finally reams her out for letting "[his] semen mix with a bin Laden's!!!!!"
This was, bar none, the funniest line I've ever heard. I almost self-asphyxiated. Hell, The Good Wife may be a mediocre drama, but it scores right below Dikembe Mutombo's voice on the Unintentional Comedy Scale. Instant classic.
I ended up watching much of the show The Good Wife, a show about which I knew little beforehand but which appears to be about a collection of dickweed defense attorneys in Chicago and a moderately interesting assistant DA who appears to be one of the few decent people around. I'm not entirely sure who "the good wife" in the title is, because the only women who were married in the show that I saw are now divorced.
Anyway, in the show, a lobbyist affiliated with the defense attorneys (Alan Cumming, in all his pinched-face glory) has to ask his ex-wife (Parker Posey, who shifts from "likable" to "complete whore" so fast it's disarming) for a favor at the State Department, which is supposed to completely overturn its "one-China" rule to allow a Taiwanese kid to be able to claim diplomatic immunity and avoid a rape and murder charge. This is already pretty ridiculous, but Parker Posey says that it'll be cool so long as he does a favor for her in exchange: vet her to see if she'll work out as a candidate for state senate.
While the diplomatic immunity gambit fails (hooray for lawyers who don't do their homework and DAs who do) Alan Cumming has her vetted anyway by an Indian woman who appears to be the defense attorneys' in-house PI or something. She quickly discovers that Parker Posey has a ridiculous number of skeletons in her closet, the worst of which is that she had an affair with a made-up bin Laden cousin (who has an Indian name, comically) while she was still married to Alan Cumming.
The confrontation between the two of them after the PI tells Cumming is hysterically funny, although I'm almost certain it wasn't supposed to be. In the real world, Cumming is gay, which would be hilarious on its own. But after starting fairly reasonably ("I don't even know why I care"), Cumming's histrionics increase exponentially until he finally reams her out for letting "[his] semen mix with a bin Laden's!!!!!"
This was, bar none, the funniest line I've ever heard. I almost self-asphyxiated. Hell, The Good Wife may be a mediocre drama, but it scores right below Dikembe Mutombo's voice on the Unintentional Comedy Scale. Instant classic.
Darth Caesar
Might be a Wizard
Last night I learned how wonderful it is to take a bath while playing Beethoven's fifth.
classical_hero
In whom I trust
You Brits aught to talk. You guys butcher the English language, especially you Scots.
aimeeandbeatles
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I got some work done.
ought*
Anywho, um, wait which thread is this again?
Ah, yes, raves. My Mizzou sweats are freaking awesome - comfortable and very good at keeping my legs warm, not to mention the aesthetics. Also, I only missed a couple of small assignments Friday.
NickyJ
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Was that intentional?
Anyway, I think there is a good chance of no trick-or-treaters this year. May the streak continue!
classical_hero
In whom I trust
ought*
My mind is not at full working capacity right now, which is actually a rant.
carmen510
Deity
My school library ran out of space on the oversize book shelf, so they gave away some of them. I scored this huge 29.5 by 42 cm book, called Moscow: An Illustrated History, the English edition from 1986, published by Mysl Publishers in Moscow. It has beautiful pictures and illustrations, although the text itself is clearly propaganda.
This is what the Russian edition looks like:
Link to video.
This is what the Russian edition looks like:
Link to video.
What about Falkirk?
They won it in Age of Empires II, that counts for something!
Verarde
Pondering Wearing A Hat
The trick-or-treat crowd has been slim so far. Oh well, more carndy for us!
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