Tabbyclaw

*brain quietly implodes at the mere thought of this*

On the one hand, waiting until fall sounds excruciating. On the other hand, this fanfic I want to finish before anything else airs is kicking my ass and I won't complain about a little extra time.

"And... I'm 30! I know the exact minute of my birth, because it was mentioned in my mom's lawsuit against the roller coaster company."

Observation on rewatch: Stan was planning on telling the kids that they're going to hear some bad things about him, some of which are true, before he knew that the government was onto him, when all he was focused on was opening the portal and seeing his brother again. This is, I'm guessing, not going to be a happy reunion.

The star is definitely Mabel. When Bill meets the kids and Soos in "Dreamscaperers," he addresses them as "Pine Tree, Shooting Star, and Question Mark."

The llama is almost definitely Pacifica; there's an identical one in one of the paintings she and Dipper find in the hidden room of her mansion. The glasses have been long suspected to refer to the mystery character who we now know is also the Author. I am down with McGuckett as a plausible 'next most likely.'

GROUNDHOG DAY LOOPS. Forever and always, stick one character in everyone's second-favorite Bill Murray movie and I will love you forever.

"Shuffle all" can turn up some gems when you've got over five days of music stored in iTunes and tend to forget some of it exists. While I never saw the movie, I was reminded tonight that I own the theme song from Snakes on a Plane. I regret nothing.

I'm pretty sure the implication in the last verse is that her friends are sneaking her out without Daddy's permission. Most of my songs in this category are ones I hate because the lyrics are stupid and pretentious rather than offensive, because I am a thirtysomething woman with a soft spot for rock music aimed at angry teenagers. But the insulting one with a gorgeous tune that always gets me is Jolene.

I think my eyes got all big and sparkly when I realized they were actually doing an entire episode of Johnny Karate. It was all the joyful ridiculousness that I love about Andy. I was worried for a minute that they were actually going to have April give up the DC job, and I'm glad Andy wouldn't let her. I spent Mayor Gunderson's entire video message waiting for his dog to make an appearance. Fortunately, there was at least a photo of him on the desk when the camera pulled back.

Of lying to get the answers she wants on a personality test.

For everyone who's in love with the chef's love song, do yourselves a favor and hunt down Horrible Histories on Youtube.

Finally getting to watch this show, and loving it so far. Given that nobody ever calls Galavant anything other than "Squire" while in town, presumably they don't know that's who he is. And the typical medieval fantasy squire is doing it as a stepping stone to his own knighthood, so we can also presume that Sid told his parents he's been knighted since they last saw him. Kicking a eunuch? Eh. Not particularly funny. Richard being so gleeful about the eunuch kicking that he's lining up the entire kingdom to do it and giggling all the while? A riot. The most unexpected laugh of these two eps for me was Isabella hiding the jewel with her girl supplies, and declaring that the pirates must have sisters when they found it. Though between that and the captain saying that he met Galavant once at Lilith Fair on the Island of Lesbos, I wonder if we were supposed to get the impression that at least some of the pirates were butch women or transmen, but it never landed.

Resurrecting this thread because I have discovered Trader Joe's latest seasonal chocolate: Fireworks. A dark chocolate bar with a touch of chili and pop rocks. Yes, you read that correctly. I didn't think the heat added anything to the experience, but the candy was...entertaining.

Challenge accepted. Two versions of I 2 I on my iPod, the original and the cover by On The Rocks, the University of Oregon's a capella group.

The current gentleman in the Jaguar commercials is Nicholas Hoult, who will never not be the world's cutest and most socially awkward zombie to me.

There's a song they play constantly at work. I have no idea what it is, but I know that the hook is "I feel invincible with my headphones on." Not, as I originally heard it, "I feel invincible till my head falls off." I thought it was a song about self-destructive behavior.

Start as far back as you can; they're all worth it. More practically, though, it's a spectrum. The majority of the 'middle segment' episodes (everything that isn't Sparks Nevada: Marshall On Mars or Beyond Belief) are purely episodic, with stock characters in stock situations that require no prior knowledge. Beyond belief does a fair amount of referencing that which has gone before, and starting back as far as you can will make it more enjoyable but isn't strictly necessary. Sparks Nevada is a tangled mess (she said fondly), and while it makes an effort to explain itself as it goes along you will probably be very confused if you try to jump straight into it.

A weird little bit of probably-unintentional fridge brilliance that struck me last night. Remember the running 'thing' in a couple first-season episodes where Audrey didn't know how to dress outside work or what looked good on her? It's because she had no idea what she looked like. Any memories she had of picking out clothing were tied to a different body.

I like the changed verse. All the talk about 'you-know-what' crossed the line from 'coy euphemism' into 'what are you, six?' But I'm torn about the other changed line, because while I appreciate them removing the nymphomania reference (nice combination of misusing an actual diagnosis and implying that there's something crazy about women who want sex, there), it was a really good rhyme -- wouldn't surprise me if it was half the reason for the character's name -- and the 'cleavage' line just isn't.

I can only remember the fake clues I found, so if other Villains want to offer theirs feel free to chime in. I think the ones pointing to Stacey were the only real ones we worked out. On Day One, Adam West Batman was reminiscing about better times and old friends. I took that as a reference to HalcyonDays. On Day Two, Merlyn (my character) referred to something as 'a dog-and-pony-show.' I thought that might be a clue that he was me, since I'd just mentioned my obsession with love of My Little Pony in my intro post.

I think it was HalcyonDays who caught the Stacy Keach thing. Definitely wasn't me. What say you, Villains? Should we share all the clues we thought we saw?

I told you the 'calm' thing wasn't a clue. I told you.

Oh good. I was feeling guilty about not being able to contribute, and then I get reminded of what happens when I do.

The last couple days off have involved one of my favorite holiday recipes: I've been making marshmallows. They are a time-consuming but easy way to make people think you're a wizard.