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Re: UOs
Yep. Same with rice krispies treats.
Oh I have to disagree with this. Homeland jumped the big fat shark for me this year. It was predictable. The Carrie-doing-whatever-she-wants-even-though-everyone-tells-her-not-to thing got OLD (maybe that's because that reminded me of my 3-year-old...but I digress). The Brody character got old.
It was all way too "24" for my taste. Carrie = the new Jack Bauer (and not in a good way). Last season's Homeland was amazing & I looked forward to it each week. This year all I wanted to do was flick Carrie & Brody & the creators in the forehead. The only redeeming quality of that show for me is Mandy Patinkin.
/rant
Sidebar: did you see the spoof they did on SNL? Hilarious. Link
ETA: Ok there's another redeeming quality of the show: Mike. He's quite yummy. Mike > Brody.
DS2 August 2012
My UO for today: while The West Wing is easily my favorite show, ever, Aaron Sorkin does some hack things in his writing. He reuses plots, and sometimes whole lines, from his other projects (lots of West Wing lines/story arcs in Studio 60), and he has a tendency to use women as props to explain things to the audience. Inevitably, when something needs an explanation, a female character will ask a make character to tell her about it. Also, why must every cute, African American young boy be named Jeffrey?
And now, to make up for my treason, I will watch the pilot episode.
I work with a trauma surgeon who drives a Smart Car--and he uses a helmet. True story.
I just LOL'd. Seriously.
I can't get the ticker to work, but I have two sons:
Baby RJ, born 1/25/2014
Formerly Twilightmv
I agree re: Dexter. I had faith in the writers based on past seasons (the John Lithgow season is my all time favorite season of any show ever), but the show just didn't do it for me this season.
DS2 August 2012
Random UO: I hate, hate, hate it when magazines or websites feature before/after pictures and put the after on the left.
A timeline would run left to right, not right to left! So, before should be on the left, after on the right.
I think Bruce Springsteen and John Mellancamp sound like the same terrible person.
Donating to a local charity has never been an option for me. I know there are folks out there who need help, but I see far worse needs outside of this country (the states, that is).
Something went terribly wrong with the quote tree above. I didn't say any of that.
I did like the spoof SNL did on Homeland. H thinks Claire Danes is possibly the ugliest woman alive. I just see her from MSCL and think she's adorable and an incredible actress. I don't know if this season jumped the shark or not, but I loved it. Every week I was blown away. Although, Carrie is a completely unbelievable CIA operative. There's no way they would put up with all of her shiit. She NEVER follows orders.
Dexter was just meh for me this season. It's gone downhill since the Trinity killer season (John Lithgow), although I did enjoy the Julia Stiles season. Last season was the absolute worst. This season wouldn't have been so bad if Deb hadn't f?cked things up so bad at the end.
Nice to meet you, friend.
Always wanted to attend a live taping of a tv show...
While I think this past season of dexter wasn't the best one (and yes, the john litgow season was the best ever hands down) it's still better than 99% of crap on tv. I thought the finale was pretty awesome. I also think it was better this past season than the one with julia styles. That one was the worst.
I seriously side eye this too... nothing locally at all? Women's shelters, food pantry, clothing drive, a giving tree?? When there are people you may know that need help? I also give to foreign organizations.... but I will not say that any one group of people is more deserving. People in the US are homeless or hungry as well... some of them being children. I feel that local donations often contribute more directly to the people in need rather than paying for the cost of operation for an organization.
I've volunteered myself to my community, and I've given to charities set up locally that go to a larger scale of folks is: cancer foundations, but I find myself empathetic toward Third world countries who have far less than what can be provided nationally.
I admit, I cringe when people announce early too since I've seen all too many Fb status updates announcing a miscarriage. I wouldn't say it makes me stabby though. Some people would feel better with the fb world giving their sympathies if they suffered a loss. It's not my thing but I can't say that someone else making that choice makes me angry either.
Well I guess you don't know that she shared it with all of her FB friends. You can pretty much make any status/photo/whatever specific to only certain people.
Besides that some people just feel comfortable sharing either way.
Generally speaking, after you see a heartbeat, your chance of loss is reduced. If she had problems even getting pregnant, then I can understand shouting from the rooftops. It seems like your advice is that she hide her pregnancy & loss, if she had one. I guess attitudes like yours make ME stabby. She shouldn't have to hide anything she doesn't want to.
Loss/miscarriage is not something to be ashamed about. It seems like you think she shouldn't bother you with it.
No really. The word stabby makes me cringe.
You don't think it's something to be ashamed of, but please keep it hidden!! How would keeping it off FB be any better for her? Or is it just more convenient for YOU to not deal with it? I hope her other friends aren't such jerks.
This is weird. WuFrog, I totally see where you're coming. I also have a friend that announced at like 4 weeks, then announced their miscarriage after their 12 week appointment. They were both healthy, first time parents with no history of trouble or loss. It was so sad. When they announced their second pregnancy, it was around 13 weeks.
I never had a loss, but I wait to announce until 13 weeks because I'm a private person. It worries me when I see people announce super early, not because I think they'll feel ashamed (or that they should) if they have a miscarriage or that I don't want to know about their loss if it happens. I just don't think most people want it to be everyone's business, but that's hard to think of in the initial BFP excitement. I think you are privately projecting your own fear and anxiety onto them. It's not bad, weird or unnatural. I think it means you're very empathetic.
Sofa, cool your tits. Stabby was probably the wrong word, which she's admitted, but she's not saying any of the things you are.
Telling someone to hide something is often heard the same as saying they should be ashamed.
So you are private. That doesn't mean everyone else is. She's 8 weeks & comfortable announcing. Why is that a problem? Because it would be a problem for you? You =/= how everyone else might feel. Talk about projecting here AYG.
I'm trying to figure out why wufroggy thinks the OP should have waited. The news doesn't really impact her at all. If the person has a MC, then so be it. You wouldn't want everyone to know, but that has zero bearing on what other people want or need. Wu keeps saying she wished the person would wait. Why? That's what I am wondering. Making MC more private because it makes someone else more comfortable is shaming, and people shouldn't feel shame about this subject.