So, for Lent I’ve abandoned eating fast food*. Which means I’m trying new fun* things to cook at home.
Today? Panko breaded chicken strips. Didn’t die, and they tasted good***.
*Slow food too, I guess - anything that comes from a restaurant.
**potentially dangerous
***What do I know? I eat fast food all the time.
Coldplay’d. Second best concert I’ve been to. Wonderful experience.
If you look closely, you can see the water pouring out of an open hydrant.
If television isn’t a liar, there are supposed to be children dancing around this. Maybe they’re on break.
If this has my name on it, I should probably make this an ACTUAL website thing at some point, huh?
Also, I’m continuously baffled by the reluctance of Midwesterners to invest in air conditioning. So you’ll spend $100 a month on a magic-computer phone that lets you play Scrabble on the train, but you can’t shell out the bucks to avoid SLEEPING IN A POOL OF YOUR OWN SWEAT? Genius.
Yes.
(Source: atendemelapic)
Dave Chappelle handles Papparazzi by interviewing them.
We learn everything about Paparazzi.
Breaking barriers.
Wow, Cliff just showed up for the first time (I think) all super-casual… and then he becomes a regular at some point? Right?
What I can’t get over is the ensemble nature of the cast - they all just click together. It really feels organic. All these people seem like they’re in season 6, not episode 5. The games they play (right from the opening of the episode) show that they’re a clan in that bar.
This storyline - the father hating his daughter’s fiance - seems like something I’ve seen before, but the turning point wasn’t what I expected. She wasn’t pregnant? Whaaa? And she cares what her dad thinks?
NB - What is Shelley Long wearing? Wow.
Also, I’m noticing that we’re never time-dashing. It’s just all happening in a row. I guess that’s what you have to do when you’re only in one location?
Two three things really stick out in this episode to me.
1) Who in the world is that guy playing the sportscaster. It’s like my childhood 1980s brain just slightly recognizes him.
2) Sam gets cemented into being successful and likable, and in the same episode we see that he’s kind of a hero only to the peopleinthe bar. He’s made this place where it’s just just ‘Sam’ the bar owner… he has a crew of people who all look up to him as a hero.
3) …except, of course, for Diane. Because she’s this incredible, honestly-played foil who just doesn’t care (OR DOES SHE?), and the scene where she flips Sam onto the pool table felt like such a great physical representation of what they’re slowly doing as characters.
I am loving this show more and more.
