When spell checkers are *not* your friend

[donutsweeper]

Dear Mr. Spellchecker,

Gibbs talking about being threatened by an ex-wife with cast iron is a smidge different than being threatened with castration.  The latter probably would have made him a bit more upset.  Quit trying to change it in my story.

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

next year sucks for DW and TW though. 4 DW "holiday" specials (each give or take two hours) and TW is doing some weird "evening arc" where they'll airing a 5 episode arc over a whole week and that'd it for the season

*mopes*

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Dude. 5 episodes? Those bastards.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

and all in one week- Can you say EXTREME OVERLOAD?

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

It's like trying to eat a whole Devil's Food cake by yourself in one sitting. It's good to a point, but then you just can't take anymore.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

exactly! I probably would have used a donut metaphor, but yeah. *sigh* there is something to be said for anticipation

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Ok, now I want a donut.

I think the anticipation is half the fun.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I always want a donut. And yeah, anticipation makes finally getting whatever it was you're waiting for seem like it's that much better

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I've settled on a cookie, instead.

It's what makes standing outside a movie theater at midnight so much fun.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

cookies are good too.

I've never done that (because I'm too cheap/lazy) but I see the appeal

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I'm slightly insane, so I love sitting outside theaters at midnight, although I do it a lot less now than I used to.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

movies are too damn expensive these days

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

That they are.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

especially for a family of 4. geez

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I tend to hit matinees, anymore, because they're about three dollars cheaper.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

When we go to the theater (which is almost never) we do matinees or the second run theaters- usually the movies there are almost about to come out on DVD, but at $2 a person, it's worth waiting

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Dang. I wish we had theaters like that here.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

there's only one or two, and they are in the boonies, but well worth the trip when it's $8 for the family vs $8 per person!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I'll say.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

although not that I subscribe to netflix we almost never bother with the movie theater.

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Netflix is awesome.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

What I love is all the random and rare tv shows it has.

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Oh, definitely. I go through seasons so quick when I rent them from there.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

and it's better than getting the episodes "elsewhere" because there's the commentaries and deleted scenes and things

although you have to be careful. There were a few shows that I remembered fondly from when I was a kid and rewatched and was O.0 WHAT was I thinking? they sucked

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Definitely. That's probably the main reason I still by TV on DVD.

I tend to think it best not to revisit my childhood in TV form, as that does tend to happen. Case in point: MacGuyver. It definitely looked better as a kid. Although, I must say, going back and watching Quantum Leap, I wondered exactly why I didn't like the show more.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

fond memories are best left shiny and brightened by the rose colored glasses of youth, right? I LOVED MacGyver. I bet I would think it silly if I watched it now

Although some shows hold up amazingly well. Which gives me hope for when I eventually want to revisit shows from this era