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1. There is a Tumblr dedicated to cats that look like Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation. And then Vulture called up Nick Offerman and got him to comment on some of the posts ("You wouldn't guess it, but that's a look of abject pleasure on both the cat and Ron," says Offerman. "That would be Ron sitting by a burbling stream, redolent of trout."). Oh internet! The random joy that you bring!

2. Speaking of Nick Offerman, I've started my West Wing rewatch and I saw him in episode 1x05 aka "The Crackpots and These Women". He played one of the crackpots, part of the delegation that speaks to CJ about Pluie the wolf and the wolves-only highway they want the government to build. It's just the kind of outdoorsy thing I can see Ron being interested in if it weren't for the fact that he hates to see tax payer's money spent so frivolously. So I have decided that Ron was once an idealistic young man who believed in big government and went to the White House to plead his case, only for him to be rebuffed by CJ's disbelief and thus he became the Libertarian curmudgeon we all know and love (and now compare to cats!). If only he'd known about the position paper CJ went on to write, about the necessity of wildlife protection...

3. Still enjoying The Chicago Code. It's definitely more about the corruption and the politics than it is about the cases, which is good because crime procedurals generally bore me to turning off the TV. One unexpected source of delight is the scenery. They film on location and they really take advantage of it by shooting the streets of Chicago in a very cinematic way: lots of wide pans and overhead shots. I had no idea Chicago was so beautiful.

And it's an interesting when juxtaposed with The Good Wife which is set in Chicago but actually shot in New York and deals with similar subject matter. Already I've gotten a much better sense of Chicago itself in the three episodes of Code than I have from the season and a half I've seen of Wife.

4. I think we're headed for trouble in the Community fandom. I think it'll look like a shipper war but speaking for myself it's actually more complicated than that. I feel that the second season hasn't had the same depth of character as the first, with Abed and Troy being the only characters to grow. Jeff and Annie get most of the focus (him out of all the characters - which, yes, he is the main character, I know - and her out of all the girls) but they keep on playing the same beats: he eventually realises that he does love this rag-tag bunch of misfits, she runs into conflict over her standards/perfectionism, and the ship teasing continues apace. Pierce has actually regressed as a character, becoming more and more unlikeable. Britta and Shirley get pushed into the background far too often for my liking and often come across as one-note (something I attribute entirely to the writing).

Anyway, I've noticed some disagreements breaking out between Jeff/Annie shippers and people who aren't Jeff/Annie shippers. Trouble is on the horizon. We'll see if the next few episodes keep it at a rumble or cause the fandom to splinter.

5. I'm currently drinking wine that cost me $8.00. I'm having a hard time detecting the notes of melon and guava it's supposed to possess, so I guess you get what you pay for.

There has been a lot of fandomy talk on my flist in the past couple of days, but I don't want to re-hash that here. I'd rather just tell you how much I think you all rock. If I had the time I would write something nice about you individually but Hellenistic Greece (not to be confused with Hellenic Greece) demands to be studied and written about, so I won't - well not tonight anyway ;-) 

Though I don't always comment, I do try to read all your wonderful, amazing, hilarious and insightful posts and they entertain me immensely; thank you. 

And thanks for letting me blather about the most ridiculous things, try to be funny and ABUSE THE CAPS LOCK EVERY NOW AND AGAIN. I appreciate it more than I can say.

ETA: You'd think lj would include 'flist' as correct in the spell check wouldn't you? But alas, it is always picked up as being incorrect.

So miniorr has written this fantastic post about the 'annoying Logan fangirls' (as I like to call them) and it basically sums up how I have been feeling about certain L/V shippers.

She also posted it to The LoVe Shack  (A Logan/Veronica fansite where most of said annoying shippers hang out (though there are some good posters as well)) and it was interesting to read some of the reactions.

miniorr (who goes by 'Mini_glik' on TWoP and other forums) is one of the most intelligent L/V shippers in the fandom and her posts are always thoughtfully written.


On the whole, I've found the fandom a lot more enjoyable of late, if a bit slow. However the lack of posting is probably a good thing. During the last hiatus we all went a bit nutty, and there was a lot of negativity, mostly because the last episode we saw was such a poor one (in terms of VM's normal caliber).

I can't wait for new episodes  but this hiatus has been much more bearable than the last one.


And now a challenge to keep this fandom positivity going.

So Beaver says "Remember Sally?" in 'Ain't no Magic Mountain High Enough.'

Who/what is Sally? Best answer wins...bragging rights.

( Sally is... )