Sookie is not exactly thrilled what this week's episode revealed about her.
Things are certainly gearing up for True Blood‘s season finale. “I Smell a Rat” was definitely a set-up for everything that’s going down. So here’s my speculation (which I’ll try to keep out what I know from the books, though Alan Ball doesn’t always follow those): Continue reading
I felt “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword” was a lighter episode than the ones that came before it. (Lighter in depth of content, not in tone.) A step-up for the next several episodes as the week before ended several plotlines, particularly a couple coming to head in Don’s life. Not that there still isn’t room for the Golden Boy to fall down some more.
Peggy and John fake a commercial. Peggy knows she has the best job ever.
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Perhaps the theme of “The Rejected” was that sometimes advertising goes too far or it goes just far enough to reveal our true faces. Of course, this is not the advertising of yesterday. This is not the kind which made Don famous and talked about the health benefits of cigarettes. No, this is the advertising of Peggy’s Western Union and of Dr. Faye Miller’s psychology. It pushes buttons people didn’t know they had. Or perhaps more importantly, things they thought they’d buried.
Roger lets Lee know they need to get off the phone because Manhattan's on fire. On fire with everyone's feelings, which is why Roger's retreating to his office.
Of course, when their true hearts are revealed, they all want to put them away and keep them private. Nothing signals this more than Don being protective of the photo of him and Anna, which arrived in the mail that day. Continue reading
Before the spoiler cut, this was the best ending ever. If you hated everything else in True Blood 3×09 “Everything is Broken,” you need to stick through until the last scene. It’s brilliant and over-the-top. Just in the perfect way that keeps me coming back for more.
True Blood starts off the right way: shirtless Eric and Pam in her bra.
To launch right into things, I rather sick of every woman’s backstory containing sexual abuse or physical abuse. Continue reading
Me, eagerly waiting. (Photo by Jason)
On Sunday, I went to the Belltown Pageant. The Belltown Pageant serves as a sharp contrast to the Miss America Pageant as the winners, Mr. Belltown and Betty Belltown, must present their best Belltown spirit.
Some contest had talent. Other were humorous. Some were low-brow. Some were classic. And there was some nudity and dildos involved. There were lots of jokes about Belltown’s notoriety as a neighborhood filed with a vibrant nightlight, the homeless, and no police patrol between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m.
Overall, it was a lot of fun. The Belltown Pageant definitely goes on my list of awesome things about Seattle. My friend Steve, who participated, didn’t win the title. Which was sad. And my only other criticism was that the Pageant lasted 4 and a half hours, until 12:30 a.m. on a school night.
Me and Jason are amazed. (Photo by Emily)
Me, Holly, Rya, and Steve entertain ourselves during intermission. (Photo by either Emily or Jason)
Slideshow of my photos of the contestants trying to win either Mr. Belltown or Belltown Betty.
Links to astound and amazing you, dear reader.
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• I went to Social Media Breakfast on Tuesday to see Kira Wampler from Ant’s Eye View/Intuit speak. Here were a couple the tips I tweeted:
Find the sexy about your business, which may not be your product itself.
Don’t stop at just listening to your customers. Do something too.
Employees needs guard rails for rules of online engagement. Want to do right by the company.
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• Runaways Movie Casting Breakdown Racebending brings a summary of the casting for the Runaways movie, and the actor requirements don’t even mention the character being Japanese-America. Instead she’s “Uniquely beautiful, nurturing but guarded.” Worth noting that most casting breakdowns are horribly stereotypical, even if the end result of a film is not. However, after the complete whitewashing of The Last Airbender…
• Will You Subvert the Dominant Paradigm for a Cookie? The return of the Joss Whedon puppy. Continue reading
Finally, this was the episode I’d been waiting for. One which dug into the lives of other characters besides Don Draper’s very depressing, and mostly likely very short, bachelorhood.
Joan kicks off this episode in a fiery passion and a gorgeous dress.
We find out where Joan is after ending her Season 3 stalemate with her new husband enlisted in the army and her being the office manager. Continue reading
In “Night on the Sun” episode 3×08, True Blood brings on the vampire porn. I think almost everyone had sex and/or almost died. Lots of blood and nudity. Just the way we like it.
Sookie screams because she's a big fan girl for this episode.
Sookie wakes up screaming, and she unfortunately forgets Continue reading
Oh, True Blood, I’m glad to see you’re back in form. Good old, supernatural soap opera. I just can’t stay away from you. “Hitting the Ground” was an overall pretty satisfying episode, and they’ve dropped/ended most all the plots which made me cringe with horror and explode all over my blog with rage about.
Jason and I ponder episodes in much the same way. Almost naked and with nightsticks.
– I did love Sookie’s line to Lorena: “You wouldn’t know love if it kicked you in the fangs!” That’s classic Sookie Stackhouse right there.
– Poor Lorena. She never got any slack. And that shirt. Continue reading
Links I’ve enjoyed during the last week. And you might too!
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• Old Spice Guy Meets Feminist Hulk. This is awesome and talks about the problematic nature of some of the Old Spice YouTube social media campaign.
• Match Game – Charles Nelson Reilly hosts. Jason and I’ve been watching a lot of Match Game, and Reilly grabbing the mic is hilarious.
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A web producer person using seaweed to make chain mail
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