Random Babblings

[rj_anderson]

Five people have defriended me in the past three days. O_O Since I was in the hospital and/or lying flat on my back for all that time, I can only assume it was something I didn't say...

I want to do the Introduction Meme, but right now I get tired just thinking about it. Somebody poke me if I don't do it within the next week, though. 'Cos it's cool and I'm really enjoying reading everybody's responses.

How much did the season 2 premiere of House rock last night? Not only was the House snark out in full force (that "Daddy and Mommy" line House delivers to the Ducklings nearly had me on the floor) but there were so many wonderful character touches, and Hugh Laurie seems to have mad chemistry with every single other character on the show (how does he do that?). And they sure packed a lot into that hour, with the A-story (nifty twist on the usual "Ooh, I hope House saves this person" riff) and the B-story (you know what? I like Cameron. Weird as it may be to hear this from a card-carrying INTJ, I like her for just being so darned emotionally sincere, for caring about things and people so much even when caring makes no sense and may not even be what people want from her) plus cleverly bringing new viewers up to speed on all the important background details from last season, without ever making the recapping too obvious.

(Also, how glad am I that Sela Ward says the House-and-Stacy stuff is going to cause conflict and tension but is not going to cross the line? Because adultery = so not cool.)

Re the Canadian Idol finale (of which I have only seen a few clips, like most of the rest of the season in fact, but when did ignorance ever stop me from voicing an opinion?): Congratulations, Melissa. You deserved to win, so I didn't think you possibly could. Good on you for being manifestly woman-shaped, too, instead of some fashionable stick insect. Don't let them talk you into anorexia, k? You look perfectly healthy to me. As for Kalan, it was nice to see you again, and the "Run. Run for your lives!" response to Ben's "What advice would you give to these two Idol finalists" question was perfect, especially as I suspect that deep down you really meant it. However, would you please get Peter Frampton off your head? Seriously, I was never big on the Little Lord Fauntleroy curls, but the sheer hideousness of that shaggy mop you have now is scaring me.

Today as I was unsuccessfully trying to go to sleep for the 10,000th time since I gave birth (one of the many charming sideeffects of the two antibiotics I'm on is insomnia, so you can imagine how much fun that is for someone already operating on a serious sleep deficit) it occurred to me that whatever happens in S5 of Alias, all would be perfect if at the very end of the season, we see Jack, Irina, and Sydney (with optional baby) all walking off together as one free, happy family. Because it's been all about the SpyFam from the beginning, hasn't it? Everybody else -- Vaughn, Weiss, Marshall, Nadia, even Sloane -- are optional extras: the core of the show is Sydney's relationship with her parents, and that's always been by far the most compelling storyline Alias has got.

Also, can somebody tell me when Lost premieres? ETA: Never mind, I found out: September 21st. Agh! Not soon enough!

Hm, I wonder if taking an hour to compose a LiveJournal post counts as the "resting" my nurse friend insisted I ought to be doing at every available opportunity. Well, I'm sitting, aren't I? And I had two one-hour naps today, which is all that my body seems to want to let me take...

Comments

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

It's resting if it's different from whatever you were doing when you were told to rest. That's the rule. =:o}

[claritylit.livejournal.com]

you know what? I like Cameron. Weird as it may be to hear this from a card-carrying INTJ, I like her for just being so darned emotionally sincere, for caring about things and people so much even when caring makes no sense and may not even be what people want from her

Thank goodness. I was beginning to think I was the only non-Cameron hater on the internet. I think she's an interesting character, since she's the polar opposite of the cold, uncaring doctor. And the writers are doing a good job of exploring what being too caring does to a person, or causes them to do.

I thought last season's House/Cameron storyline was completely in character, for both of them, especially with House pulling away her veneer of niceness and telling her she is needy. I'm looking forward to their interactions this season as a continuation of that. As much as I enjoy House's character the way he is, he's not a healthy person. It will be interesting to see if he and Cameron can pull each other closer to the middle ground, so to speak. They don't have to be romantic about it, but the gloves are off for these two characters and I want to watch them spar.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

I absolutely agree. I don't get the Cameron hate. (But then, I don't get the Stacy hate either, and there seems to be a whole lot of that going around, too.) It seems to me that Cameron's worst fault is naivete. She sometimes bumbles around and puts her foot in her mouth because she really wants to help people and she thinks (rightly or wrongly) that she can help them. I'm not sure how that makes her odious, when House doesn't care a fig for people per se and only takes on cases that sufficiently challenge his intellect to be interesting, but everybody (including me) loves him.

I think a lot of the Cameron hate has to do with her adolescent approach to her relationship with House -- refusing to come back to work unless he goes on a date with her, for instance, seems like the kind of thing that a high school girl with a massive crush would do, rather than a professional woman. But so what? We're all immature at different times and different ways -- and again, House is plenty immature himself. To me that just says how strongly she feels her attraction to House, whatever motives he may attribute to her for having that attraction.

I don't think House has the whole picture on Cameron, either. Just because he says she's only interested in him because she's needy doesn't make it true: House may be infallible when it comes to diagnostic science, but not when it comes to understanding people (though he talks so confidently, and occasionally does hit the mark so obviously, that it might seem that way).

I think Cameron loves broken things, things she knows deep down she can't fix -- not just her dead husband and Cindy-Lou-Who, but House as well -- because she sincerely feels that they need to be loved. She's drawn to them, she tries to fix them if she can, but even if she can't, she won't give up. To me there's something very touching about that.

Yeah, I like Cameron.

[innerslytherin]

I think Cameron loves broken things,

I'm spamming your LJ with my House-love... I am someone else who loves broken things. I once bought a butterfly windchime because it was the broken one at the store, and I knew no one else would love it. My Slytherin ring lost one of the crystals the first day I had it, but I have grown attached to it and don't want to return it. I am the girl who would take the runt of the litter, a sucker for sidekicks instead of heroes.

[innerslytherin]

*waves Cameron-love flag*

I also love Cameron. I love the way she is unflaggingly cheerful in the face of House's snark, I love how she cares about people, I love her heart. I don't by any means think she is perfect, but I do like her.

[penwiper26.livejournal.com]

I don't have any Cameron-hate on, though I seriously wanted to thwap her late in S1, several times. What I really hope is that they go somewhere with her character, rather than just hovering around the same stock responses -- but I'm willing to Wait And See.

I don't hate Stacy either, but I'm very glad that the signs are that she and House won't get back together. House is best when Alone.

Altogether, I was pretty pleased with the season opener, and look forward to what comes next.

I hope you're feeling better -- that whole illness thing had to bite.

[ljrags.livejournal.com]

Glad to see you posting. I hope you are feeling better!

[innerslytherin]

OMG how dare you take time off to have a baby! *defriends* Oh, just kidding. ^_~

Yes, House did rock. I love House. And am also very glad the Stacy/House tension isn't going to cross the line, not only because I don't like adultery, but also because I don't really like Stacy either.

And I found myself torn the whole time about Cameron's tenacity - I love her as a character, and I kind of agreed with everyone, but I also loved what she did for that girl.

[sunsethill.livejournal.com]

Glad you're feeling some better. It must be awful to be sick on top of just giving birth! And thanks for the heads up on House. I have really been afraid to begin liking it because I feared it was going to cross the line, and then I would have to stop watching it.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know what you mean. My husband and I were kind of holding our breaths about that, too. Because ew.

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

I'm still here! [waves]

But I don't get to House-babble 'cause I don't get to watch it. :(

=)

[kiri-l.livejournal.com]

Congragtualtions on the new baby! Was waiting for you to return myself.. =)

What is this "Introduction Meme?"

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[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

It's a meme where you write a mini-essay introducing yourself, as though you were describing yourself to a bunch of total strangers instead of the mixture of friends and acquaintances who read your LJ. The ones I've seen have been written with a rare degree of honesty and I've learned some fascinating things about the people I thought I already knew...

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[kiri-l.livejournal.com]

ok.. thank you. where would I find it?

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[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

It took me a while to find one that wasn't friendslocked... but you can see lydaclunas's version of the meme, here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/lydaclunas/115882.html#cutid1). There isn't an exact form for it, but most of the ones I've seen include some kind of physical/how I feel about my looks description, and various additions about personality, life experiences, surprising things about the person etc.

[lydaclunas.livejournal.com]

I do hope you start feeling better soon. How's baby?

I take it you have not got my package yet?

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad to see you're kind of back. Not that I expect you to be online and dancing for my entertainment 24/7, but I've been worried.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

*dances*

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

That's the stuff.