Hands up if you're an emotional cripple

[lynsangelic1]

*hands waving in the air*

That would be me.  And I'm just fine with it.

I'm giving you ample forewarning that this entry will be a veritable collation of crap.  When I decide what I'm writing.  I suppose I'll start with the news.

RIP George Carlin.  I'm too young to have known most of his work, but I very much enjoyed his roles in Kevin Smith movies.  Good long life though.

Megan Mullally baffled by nude demand before 50.  Am I the only perv in the room who wouldn't mind seeing this come to pass?  Probably.  My misguided friend and I wanted to emulate Karen during first year of uni, until we realised that neither of us takes prescription drugs and I simply can't drink spirits continually without passing out at some point.  As a poor back up, she went as Karen for hallowe'en and I went as Oz as God for the third year running and laughed in a silly high voice.

My £3 bet on Spain to win the European Championships is still safe, as we narrowly edged Italy out the other night.  Now the stakes are higher ('How can they be higher than the princely sum of three pounds?' I hear you ask.)  Claire, who has just threw her hat in the ring for Germany (late comers, pfft) and I have agreed to a forfeit dare should the others team win.  We haven't decided the forfeit yet - suggestions?

I've been listening to a lot of Cher lately (pre '94 Cher, certainly not Believe era Cher) which can only mean I'm contemplating life's most serious issues.  Seriously.  Something about grandiose rock operatic ballads causes great contemplation.  Also, found a random Smithereens song, Blood and Roses on my playlist (presumably from Romy and Michelle) and downloaded more.  However anytime I listen to this catchy 80's pop rock it's steathily followed by The Smiths which is making me want to gouge my eyes out when I realise.  Not because I hate them, but if I'm not in the mood for The Smiths it makes me feel like going Oedipus then crying in a dark, damp corner with a newspaper over my head.  I don't know why.  The sensible solution is to either delete The Smiths or play russian roulette by putting winamp on random.

I succumbed to Doctor Who and have started from the beginning of the new incarnation.  Thoughts of 'God, this is well naff' turned to feelings of unbridled amusement and joy.  I don't quite think an addiction of epic scale has begun, but I'm certainly enjoying it.

Jesus.  I thought I had more to say than this assortment of skittle-type fruityness.  Apparently not

Comments

[carawj.livejournal.com]

You are really, really not the only perv in the room who'd like to see that...

Thoughts of 'God, this is well naff' turned to feelings of unbridled amusement and joy.

This is how it begins! I was totally put off when it first aired by the fact that Billie Piper was in it and I'd never seen her do anything but be a rubbish pop star. I got into right before Season 2 aired, but the epic obsession took a while to build and has been on and off since then. And then at Christmas I was all out of New Who to watch and in the midst of epic obsession, so Classic Who happened, and now look at me. ;)

[lynsangelic1.livejournal.com]

Yep, now look at you with your spiffy classic Who moodtheme. My dad totally loved old Who and he wants me to DVD my downloads for him. It's catching!

I remember Billie when she was 15 and in an advert for smash hits magazine and off the back of that she got her rubbish pop career -- although I do have a fetish for really rubbish pre-noughties cheesy pop. She's had such a bizarre life. I wonder if she thought when she did modelling that one day she'd have a couple number 1's, be married, then divorced from Chris Evans, a leading role in a Who revival and then, as I gather it, become a name in the US with Who and that Confessions of a Call Girl (or whatever.)

This completely blows. Billie and I are practically the same age.

humph.

[carawj.livejournal.com]

I'm an addict. It's a thing. You don't want to know how much of Classic Who I've seen now, because it's a little scary. I'm sort of surprised I didn't fail my degree because of it. ;p

I do rather like some of the rubbish pop also, but at the time, I couldn't imagine her acting at all. And now, well, I adore Rose like anything. It is a bizarre life, isn't it? And well, the rest of us will totally get to be that interesting one day, it just might take us a little longer than it did her... ;)

[pokecharm.livejournal.com]

Euro 2008 has been amazing to watch! I saw all three matches this weekend, I mean I caught them live and they were so great - those PK's on Sunday were just nerv-wracking :s I'm not sure who I'm rooting for now though...

[lynsangelic1.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm Spain all the way - Join me! :)

PK's are always nerve racking. It's the most unsatisfying decider to a tournament match, but what other choice is there? I thought Spain were totally gubbed at that point as Buffon is quite the charm during shootouts but Iker rivals him for Best GK in the world status. I didn't think he'd pull off two saves, though. Tremendous. I have a big soft spot for Italy as one of their usual (he was suspended on Sun) starting midfielders, Rino Gattuso, was a cult icon at the time he spent at Rangers, but if Italy had went through the tournament would've been the poorer for it.

Two exciting SF's to come! The passion of Turkey and a German team who are now hitting their stride (Germany v Portugal was the best QF of the lot - I hope you saw it!). I've not been a big advocate of Germany this year, despite everyone running to claim them as favourites. Their performance against Portugal was the only one thus far to indicate they might have what it takes.

Russia v Spain will be a doozy, considering its been only a few short weeks since Spain thumped them 4-1 with their best performance of the tournament. The Russians are looking fantastic atm and Hiddink will surely have a plan, having close knowledge of Spain. I'm a little edgy :s

/useless boring babbling about football...

[lash-larue.livejournal.com]

Was the preceeding post written in English?

"gubbed"? Oh, this is that quaint sport where people run around in little shorts chasing a round ball untill the crowd breaks out in a riot. Gotcha, carry on.

L
(Yes, I'm being an asshole. I gotta be me.)

[lynsangelic1.livejournal.com]

"Gubbed" would be a charming Scottish term, as opposed to strictly football-related, you asshole :)

It's not my fault you can't understand my national language or sport. Poor, simple Americans... Sigh. Yes, our current British Prime Minister has all the charm of a broken toaster but his reading competency extends well beyond the 6-8 age group.

And I know there's absolutely no point baiting you with Bush - You hate him more than I. I don't even know if you like any of your own national sports so I don't know what I can bait you with...

Suggestions?

[lash-larue.livejournal.com]

Dirty pictures have always worked well as bait for me...

And food and drink. Ummm... better stick to the drink.

"Football" is a sport? I freely admit that it makes more sense to call "soccer" football than our brand, shit, you guys can't even use your hands, mostly. Then there is cricket...

L

[lynsangelic1.livejournal.com]

Cricket's not even a sport. Public school boys padded with more stuffing than American Footballers, to play with a tiny ball that doesn't go that fast or high, with little or no contact between players - Not so much a sport as damn right obscene. Pah! Cricket, indeed! I've always said that rounders is a far superior game to cricket or baseball.

Diego Maradona used his hands in football when he wasn't supposed to back in 1986, much to my joy. The Hand of God, indeed.

I've never understood the desire to name American Football as "football" when you're never bloody done picking it up, holding it, hugging it and chucking it around. American Football doesn't get much cred here because it's seen as rugby with padding, ergo the pansy sport. I don't understand either game, but then I've never really tried.

And, em, how bout those Green Bay Packers, eh? Think you cheeseheads'll win anything next season?

(I wiki'd them. It told me to call GBP fans cheeseheads. Blame wiki.)

Oh, and I left my dirty pictures in my other coat. And I left my coat somewhere inappropriate. I'm sure they'll turn up in the tabloids soon enough.

[lash-larue.livejournal.com]

You've been talking to Bear...
I'd agree about pansy Rugby, except the velocities involved are much higher, and the players are much larger in American football. A 320 lb guy and a 225 lb guy coliding at a combined 40 mph is wicked.

It is an open question how Green Bay will do, but at least they will remain cold and crazy.

And the implication here is that you understand soccer. I am impressed.

L

[lynsangelic1.livejournal.com]

Impressed? Football's not that hard to understand, but I would say that as I do understand it. I could explain the dreaded offside rule from age 8. I think there's a differing way of looking at sports in the Uk and US from what I garnered from ESPN (I watched some Euro08 matches on the internet because the commentators were two Scottish guys - much much less annoying than the english commentators talking about England - who didn't make it either).

On ESPN with US pundits they seemed quite focused on talking about 'plays', rewinding it back, circling stuff and so forth. On British coverage you'll get replays of possible offsides or missed penalty decisions etc but less weight is put on the 'set play' side and more on key pieces of skill or ability. I think it's between viewing it tactically and organically... Perhaps. I'm not sure if that's quite true. I've still to figure that one out, but when I do it may hold the secret of why many Americans haven't taken to soccer.

A 320 lb guy and a 225 lb guy coliding at a combined 40 mph is wicked.

Ah! That's what American Football's all about! The violence and carnage! I'm sold.

[lash-larue.livejournal.com]

Ah! That's what American Football's all about! The violence and carnage! I'm sold.

That's part of it, then there is the beauty of watching a guy return a kick 105 yards while evading 10.5 guys trying to level him. (Kickers usually only count for half-a-guy. Which also explains why soccer isn't bigger over here.) And the ultimate poetry in sport, seeing a player throw a ball 70 meters, and having it land precisely in the hands of another player running as fast as an Olympic sprinter. The team sport equivalent of a shattering orgasm.

And I agree about the organic nature of good soccer. Frankly, I tried it. Too much damn running, and I had bruises on my shins you would not believe. On the plus side, I did manage a couple broken bones on the other side, :)

L

"Ahem", I believe it is your turn? Surely Hermione and Ginny did not leave off after one paltry interruption?

L

[redbeargrl.livejournal.com]

Ah the UK and the USA...two great nations separated only by their lack of a common language.
Now, not that I'm suggesting anything here, but if you want to needle Lash, and I'm not sure that is a safe thing to do, simply say something derogatory about the Green Bay Packers. This is an American football team whose fans are (in)famous for wearing hats made in the likeness of slabs of cheese whilst attending games played during blizzards in the dead of winter.
They may not be the sharpest tools in the shed, but they do have bollocks...
'Nuff said.

xxoo
J

[lynsangelic1.livejournal.com]

but they do have bollocks...

Frozen bollocks I'd wager, due to their winter temps.

Those kind of fans make any sport fun - The Dutch are famed for their orange headgear; be it wigs, foam dreads or Chief Indian head dresses. A football team from Dundee are nicknamed the Arabs and so their fans (when they turn up) deck out in full orange Arab kit. The cheeseheads seem right up there with those guys :)