June 2012
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“For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to be in a mafia movie.”
– Abed
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Birthday Eve
I’m going to bed for the very last time as a teenager. It’s meant ruminating all week and especially tonight. When I was little, we would tape videos: things I learned when I was six, seven, and so on. What have I learned this year? Quite a lot. And thankfully, it’s all been basically for the better.[[MORE]]
Before I stay awake for another hour, pondering all of this,...
May 2012
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“I’m in the GAP, looking at boxers…”
– We don’t always call each other. But when we do, it’s about something really important.
“That’s a $40 belt that you got for $14. Well, actually, you got it for...”
– Shopping with someone else’s money never really gets old does it?
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“Men don’t take the time to end things. They ignore you until you insist...”
– Joan “Holy Crap Where Have You Been All My Life” Holloway
“What? I said you look nice and I said I don’t want to do this.”
– Roger Silver Fox Sterling
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Texts from the Tolls
Mary: When are we hanging out on Google+ again?
Laura: As soon as humanly possible. Well, after I'm back from the yacht club.
Mary: You're going to a yacht club...hahaha.
Mary: It's funny because if anything is the opposite of a yacht, it's a toll booth.
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SVU Commentary with Laura
[[MORE]]It’s my good great grand friend’s Matt’s birthday today! As anyone who knows me knows, there are two parts to a birthday celebration. First, there’s the gift/card/personal whatever. That can be attending a party or going to the damn thought to find something. That’s the fun part to me, the finding of the gift. I freaking compete with the gifts. I’ve...
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“Last day as a teenager! No worries, tomorrow will feel no different than today....”
– Mary Devlin, On Turning 20
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“She’s going to go to LA, and ilk liv win some shity apartment, and del...”
– Hannah, “Girls”
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That shark thing was not a metaphor.
There’s been a ton of talk about how six seasons and a movie was a battle cry, not something we literally wanted. I think it’s a fantastic battle cry, but I guess I differ from a lot of great and enthusiastic people in this fandom. I remember an interview from season 2 where he said that seven years is as good amount of time to hang out with someone, as in it was a good amount of...
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Give me the hope to run out of steam.
I never, never thought I’d say this, but now I don’t think I want #sixseasonsandamovie. Because even if we got three more seasons and a damn movie, it wouldn’t be #sixseasonsandamovie. Not without him.
I’m not saying I won’t watch the show in the fall. But I’m not saying I will. But if I do end up tuning it, I can’t imagine caring like I used to. And all of this is...
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“Well I’ve never been one for meeting new people. Or doing new things. Or...”
– Ron Fucking Swanson
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“Clear alcohols are for rich women on diets.”
– Ron Fucking Swanson
Can we just take a second to recognize that all...
Lessons in Linguistics with the Family.
My dad, while not exactly blunt, has never been one to mince words. That said, he has come up with a code to keep from sounding cheap. As someone who has studied language and narrative for the past several years, he’s rather a genius in this regard.[[MORE]]
The word he used to describe the cost of my college education and of Jane’s wedding was one that was, to put into Community...
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Ah, so do I!
Dr. Heidi: I think that Abed should be committed.
Jeff: ...You mean committed to his character work right? Because he already is. Abed, show him your Don Draper.
Abed: Cigarettes.
Dr. Heidi: No I mean an institution.
Jeff: ...You mean, like, marriage?
Dr. Heidi: I mean a mental institution.
Jeff: Ah, so do I! ...Will somebody please help me lighten the mood?
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I love a man who orders well.
Waitress: Would you like to hear our specials?
Ron: No need. Porterhouse, rare, quickly.
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“I’m pleasant!”
– Maaaaaaaaary
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I use "duh doi!" so much Matt and Mary have...
holy crap I forgot people actually read this thing...
Oh Laura don’t you know a private post when you write one?!
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Day 30/31 - The Last.
Banneker Day 21/22
I’ve written this last post so many times that I’m left at a bit of a loss. Prime Movers, and Banneker especially, has become so very much a part of my week to week life, that I’ve been upset about leaving it for weeks. Months, really. But yesterday was my last session with the paper and today was my last time seeing the group. And those deserve some final...
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Monday and Tuesday
Serious denial. Serious numbness. No school work rivals the fact that I’m not going to see these people for a long time. Well, not too long. I’m seeing Mary on labor day weekend and during spring break, and Matt’ll be back in the spring. But it’s not the same. Everyone knows that.[[MORE]]
Today I did a lot of glowering and bitching and laughing at Mary and Matt...
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“Please don’t go. We’ll eat you up, we love you so.”
– Maurice Sendak
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"My mom would see me texting my boyfriend and...
Laura smiles stupidly at the computer screen.
Mary: Are you looking at Joel McHale?
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“F*** them is what I say! I hate those eBooks. They cannot be the future; they...”
– Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) on eBooks, on The Colbert Report. (via washingtonpoststyle)
“I have nothing now but praise for my life. I’m not unhappy. I cry a lot because...”
– Maurice Sendak on Fresh Air in 2011. [all interviews with Sendak here] (via nprfreshair)
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Walk and Talks
Laura: Let's walk towards Matt.
Mary: Is that getting us closer to Cosi?
Laura: No...but we'll get to spend more time together.
Mary: Are you treasuring every minute?
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Friendship.
Mary's reaction to my dress: Oh, god.
Mary's reaction to my make up: It's the Joker.
Community is the Misfit of Misfits
Even among the NBC all star line up of odd, smart, funny shows (which, less face it, has lost a lot of its shine as its two eldest shows have started to decay) Community has been the odd one out. I’ll miss all of them when they finally go (even including The Office, just a little anyway). But here’s a little snapshot, one reason of why my loyalty to Community far exceeds the...
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If anyone tells me to "keep calm and carry on"...
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The Troy to My Abed
Mary: I should be sick of you by now!
Laura: But your wording implies that you aren't!
mhelenad asked: Do all of your annotations involve replacing random words with "super moon"?
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“We need to stay on the ship as long as possible!”
– Expert Ship Sinking Avoider, Jack Dawson
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Who's Feeling You Now?
Laura annotates the lyrics of songs from the PLAY SEPTEMBER 2013 playlist to be slightly more relevant and it goes very well.[[MORE]]
I wasn’t tired I’m never tired Youth will not be wasted on this one In a dark room Another dark room She said hey you’re gonna like this It’s easy to like by candlelight if not under the super moon Who’s feeling young now? Dark room...
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There was a photo of Joel McHale on SNL last...
I’m never going out on Saturdays ever again!
