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dev_chieftain) wrote2012-05-16 09:05 am
dev_chieftain) wrote2012-05-16 09:05 am
On Ok Go, GoT, Legend of Korra, Adventure Time
I lost my mp3 player to my old bag--wait, let me try again.
Okay, so years ago when Emma was in college and I was first courting her to be my friend (to my delight, she accepted, and many an arts and crafts funtime was had), she off-handedly gifted me with this little backpack. I don't know if I needed it or she just wanted to get rid of it, just-- for whatever reason she gave it to me.
I used that bag relentlessly as my work-bag for several years following (I guess four!), even though it was kind of old and starting to fall apart. When a hole opened in the bottom, I safety-pinned it shut. When one of the back straps ripped off, I just used the other one. Just as I don't know exactly why I got the bag, I'm really not sure why I kept it so long, either.
The bag had to be put down because the bottom finally pretty much ripped open, which meant it could no longer hold stuff. I only really acknowledged this AFTER I lost my mp3 player, though. Which is definitely an 'aw man!' situation, but not too bad. I only buy cheap mp3 players, so I'm only out 15$ and the songs I had on there, which I have elsewhere because of CDs and the like.
But the point is, I had to bring in CDs to work in the meantime. I haven't had the free money to be buying non-necessities yet(I did, however, buy a new backpack. My options were 'sack', 'Lady & the Tramp', 'nondescript pink' and 'Betty Boop'. So obviously, Betty won). I grabbed Of the Blue Color of the Sky, since I still like it. (Between that and The Wiz I've been pretty well set.)
All that lead to me reading up on Ok, Go again. This particular line in their Bio (written by Ira Glass) pretty much sums up exactly how I felt when I first saw and heard them:
The band simply overwhelmed the audience with this exuberant buzz of fun and happiness and youth and rock ‘n roll. They were sexy in a way that had a kind of well-scrubbed pop innocence to it, but that also moved a friend to murmur backstage, “I want to fuck all four of them.”
Yes. That is exactly it. All four of them is RIGHT.
Game of Thrones: I enjoyed the latest episode, though I could have lived without the rape flashback (just one rape free episode would be nice). Tywin and Arya scenes are so awesome. SO AWESOME.
Legend of Korra: A lot of things that were annoying me finally got resolved in this episode. Though the biggest problem ever is that Tenzin was right and everyone else was a moron. I know the missteps have to happen so the story can be interesting but I sort of feel like when the missteps happen they need to feel less...preordained? so that I can be really involved in the story as a viewer. For me at least, it felt like it just had to happen that way, even though it was logical not to let it happen that way.
I also felt kind of like Korra and company could have stood to remember to point out that oh, yeah, Amon's guys run around with portable lightning sticks, since Mako and Bolin have been on the business end of one before. Would have been handy for Chief Beifong to know that.
I was super annoyed about the previous episode's "lol I stole Tenzin because he was my TWOO WUB!" bit, but I can kind of forgive it now because it led to the hilarious Korra-Tenzin teasing about his past with the Chief. That was pretty much the best thing ever!
(Why is Tenzin my favorite character? Tenzin and Chief Beifong are seriously too cool for school.)
The final bending match was pretty much a disappointment because it was so short-- liketaithe, I have been enjoying the bending matches because they mean we get to see well-animated fight scenes, and that's fun. But I felt like Amon's entrance and subsequent kicking of the Wolfbats' asses more than made up for it, because there was some pretty sweet animation in there.
I still feel like this is Amon's show and Korra's just sorta there for the ride, but I did like the chance to see Korra and the Chief working together at last. Also, Bolin getting Pabu to chew through the ropes? Adorable. Bolin is pretty dang awesome.
However, I really liked how Korra handled herself here, and I think the best, most character defining line came during the huddle:
Korra: If they're gonna cheat, then we've got to do it too!
Mako: No, the refs have it out for us. If we're going to win this thing, we have to do it fair and square.
Korra: That sounds like a lot less fun, but...fine.
Go Korra! I really like that moment for highlighting Korra's kind of questionable moral compass. The show's kicking up speed so here's hoping this episode is indicative of how things will go in the future!
Adventure Time: I think my favorite part was Cinnamon Bun cracking when Hug-Wolf-Finn kept asking if he wanted a hug. So awesome.
Okay, so years ago when Emma was in college and I was first courting her to be my friend (to my delight, she accepted, and many an arts and crafts funtime was had), she off-handedly gifted me with this little backpack. I don't know if I needed it or she just wanted to get rid of it, just-- for whatever reason she gave it to me.
I used that bag relentlessly as my work-bag for several years following (I guess four!), even though it was kind of old and starting to fall apart. When a hole opened in the bottom, I safety-pinned it shut. When one of the back straps ripped off, I just used the other one. Just as I don't know exactly why I got the bag, I'm really not sure why I kept it so long, either.
The bag had to be put down because the bottom finally pretty much ripped open, which meant it could no longer hold stuff. I only really acknowledged this AFTER I lost my mp3 player, though. Which is definitely an 'aw man!' situation, but not too bad. I only buy cheap mp3 players, so I'm only out 15$ and the songs I had on there, which I have elsewhere because of CDs and the like.
But the point is, I had to bring in CDs to work in the meantime. I haven't had the free money to be buying non-necessities yet(I did, however, buy a new backpack. My options were 'sack', 'Lady & the Tramp', 'nondescript pink' and 'Betty Boop'. So obviously, Betty won). I grabbed Of the Blue Color of the Sky, since I still like it. (Between that and The Wiz I've been pretty well set.)
All that lead to me reading up on Ok, Go again. This particular line in their Bio (written by Ira Glass) pretty much sums up exactly how I felt when I first saw and heard them:
The band simply overwhelmed the audience with this exuberant buzz of fun and happiness and youth and rock ‘n roll. They were sexy in a way that had a kind of well-scrubbed pop innocence to it, but that also moved a friend to murmur backstage, “I want to fuck all four of them.”
Yes. That is exactly it. All four of them is RIGHT.
Game of Thrones: I enjoyed the latest episode, though I could have lived without the rape flashback (just one rape free episode would be nice). Tywin and Arya scenes are so awesome. SO AWESOME.
Legend of Korra: A lot of things that were annoying me finally got resolved in this episode. Though the biggest problem ever is that Tenzin was right and everyone else was a moron. I know the missteps have to happen so the story can be interesting but I sort of feel like when the missteps happen they need to feel less...preordained? so that I can be really involved in the story as a viewer. For me at least, it felt like it just had to happen that way, even though it was logical not to let it happen that way.
I also felt kind of like Korra and company could have stood to remember to point out that oh, yeah, Amon's guys run around with portable lightning sticks, since Mako and Bolin have been on the business end of one before. Would have been handy for Chief Beifong to know that.
I was super annoyed about the previous episode's "lol I stole Tenzin because he was my TWOO WUB!" bit, but I can kind of forgive it now because it led to the hilarious Korra-Tenzin teasing about his past with the Chief. That was pretty much the best thing ever!
(Why is Tenzin my favorite character? Tenzin and Chief Beifong are seriously too cool for school.)
The final bending match was pretty much a disappointment because it was so short-- like
taithe, I have been enjoying the bending matches because they mean we get to see well-animated fight scenes, and that's fun. But I felt like Amon's entrance and subsequent kicking of the Wolfbats' asses more than made up for it, because there was some pretty sweet animation in there. I still feel like this is Amon's show and Korra's just sorta there for the ride, but I did like the chance to see Korra and the Chief working together at last. Also, Bolin getting Pabu to chew through the ropes? Adorable. Bolin is pretty dang awesome.
However, I really liked how Korra handled herself here, and I think the best, most character defining line came during the huddle:
Korra: If they're gonna cheat, then we've got to do it too!
Mako: No, the refs have it out for us. If we're going to win this thing, we have to do it fair and square.
Korra: That sounds like a lot less fun, but...fine.
Go Korra! I really like that moment for highlighting Korra's kind of questionable moral compass. The show's kicking up speed so here's hoping this episode is indicative of how things will go in the future!
Adventure Time: I think my favorite part was Cinnamon Bun cracking when Hug-Wolf-Finn kept asking if he wanted a hug. So awesome.