In every language, there is a word for the sound of cats.

[amand_r]

1. I can has pet peeve: Comparing the Tosh/Mary relationship to the Ianto/Lisa one. There are many reasons to feel for Tosh in that episode, and I am sorry that her "girlfriend" of a week betrayed and lied to her and then was sent to the center of the sun, but it ain't Ianto/Lisa. It has to do with the length and depth of the relationship. Not knocking Tosh's pain, but it's not Ianto's "rats in the stomach," peoples, and it shouldn't be.

I'm sorry. I'm sure she and Ianto might have a moment in which they commiserated, but I am willing to bet that even she wouldn't compare the two.

God, I'm a bitch.

2. ALSO, WHILE WE'RE HERE. If you have some ridiculously pretentious title for your LJ? I judge. I really really do. Just like if your handle is "DRACO'SSECRETSEXMUPPET". Okay. Maybe not that one. That's pretty good. Sex Muppet. Heh.

3. SO I'M SITTING IN PANERA, and I'm chatting with 51stcenturyfox, and Prince's "Kiss" came on the ipod, and I realised that THAT IS HER THEME SONG IN MY HEAD. It's like an amalgamation of how I know her through lj, and fic and her icons. It's her theme (sorry Foxy!).

So then I went through my flist and found that a lot of you have songs that I have chosen as "your theme," and it's not based on anything other than impressions and icons and things that you have said online (and some of you in RL). I thought I'd divulge how my head works.



arsenicjade: 'Up Against the Wall', n*sync
idyll: '6'1"', Liz Phair
earthly_gnome: 'The Humpty Dance', Digital Underground
kwanalicious: 'AZN PRIDE,' tai mai shu (sorry man, you started it when you gave it to Tianyu)
sthayashi: 'Don't Stop Believing,' Journey
emquilxy: 'Once Bitten Twice Shy,' Great White
unovis_lj: 'Valse De La Lune,' Ilaria Graziano
amonitrate: TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE, WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS! Failing that, 'Strange Little Girl,' Tori Amos
sivatheminty: 'Brown Eyed Girl,' Van Morrison
tripperfunster: 'TNT,' AC/DC
cruentum: 'spotter', yoko kanno (Ghost in the Shell: SAC, OST 3)
neifile7: 'Before I'm Dead,' Kidney Thieves (this one is a mystery)
kel_reiley: 'Ghetto Manifesto,' The Coup (I suspect this has to do with you being from Detroit, but I'm not sure.)
paragraphs: 'Flying' Blue Rodeo (This might have something to do with a geographical location and your blue icon.)
darthhellokitty: 'She-Bop,' Cyndi Lauper (oh this is so fecking obvious)
basingstoke: 'Wuthering Heights,' Kate Bush (it's because you said that was the Joker/Batman theme song)
pattyfeidt: 'T-R-O-U-B-L-E,' Travis Tritt (because YOU ARE SO MUCH TROUBLE, PATTY)
threegoldfish: 'Boom Boom Ba,' Metisse (it was the fishnet icons, girl)

If I didn't get to you, then it's either because I got bored, or I had to think too hard. These are the top of the head ones. I suppose if you want to hear your song I could upload it for you. STEAL IT FROM SOMEWHERE.

Haahahahaha. Everyone is typecast!

I guess that could be a meme. I was trying to figure out what my theme song should be, but I have no idea. Every day I have a new theme song.



4. OKAY, PEEPS. I WATCHED THE FIRST EPISODE OF TRUE BLOOD, S2.



Mah IMPRESSIONS: Let me show you them, as I wrote them in chronological order—

a) Yay that Lafayette isn't dead!
b) BILL RECYCLES. LOLOR5. (I said that out loud).
Bill: I will not have you looking like a slattern.
Jessica: A what?
Bill: A…lady of…the evening.
Jessica: Oh yay!
c) Kenya: A 'crazy ass mutherfucking Paul Bunyan pig, if I recall correctly.'
d) Oh shit. Jessica knows that Sookie is the reason she was turned. But then later, SOOKIE AND THE GLAMOUR. YES. THANK YOU FORESHADOWING!
e) Rev. Newlin is hot. Dammit. Also? I love Nan Flanagan, vampire PR goddess.
f) Anna Paquin—not looking so good there girl. They really washed you out.
g) Alan Ball is really good at showing the grieving process. Also? Blood on the payout check. FTW.
h) "Is it just me, or have you noticed that Marianne has an endless supply of tropical fruit?"
i) JASON IS A RUBE.
j) LAFAYETTE AND THE REDNECK STOLE THIS SHOW.
The Redneck: Hell once I even pissed in my boss's coffee.
Lafayette: You do NOT need to be telling me that shit.
And then he tells the story about the girl who could crush the beer cans….with her tits. And THEN: "If it makes you feel any better [about me teasing you for being gay], when I was fifteen at safety patrol camp, I let my bunkmate blow me." (PROFUSE CRYING)
h) The bar scene: I love Hoyt Fortinberry—"I'm not much of a hitter. I like 'em nicer than that." I ALSO AM CONTINUING MY LOVE OF TERRY BELLEFLEUR. RANDOM SQUAREDANCE CHAMPIONS! And lastly—Sam: I am tired of charring my ass on your back burner." Best way to say that you are tired of waiting for someone in the history of ever.
i) Marianne: I read the books, but I am lost.
j) THAT WAS THE SAPPIEST ENDING EVER (the Bill/Sookie bit). AND I LOVED IT (and Anna Paquin's boobs. NOM, AND BLOODY KISSES. WOAH.)
k) FINAL NOTE: ERIC WITH HIGHLIGHTS FOIL IN HIS HAIR IS GOD. AND ALSO GROSS. OH SEXAY MAN, YOU WORKED OUT DURING THE FILMING BREAK, AND MY VIKING SOUL THANKS YOU. HAVE SOME MEADE.

That is all.

Comments

[sivatheminty.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my mom calls me everytime she hears that song and tries to hold the phone up to the radio for me to hear it :)

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

ARE YOU SERIOUS? HAAAHAHA. IT IS YOUR THEME SONG!

[cruentum.livejournal.com]

I have rhythm and atmosphere. Mmmm. Me like. I'm thinking rainy big city day actually with that song. Me like.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Excellent. I was thinking of the fact that it has no words, per se being significant, but I don't know why. I like your words.

[neifile7.livejournal.com]

Mystery to me too, babe. But, cool song and Free is hot. Don't object to the association, at all.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Dude, Free is hot. I never looked at her before. Nice!

I think it's especially the beginning of the song.

[kickair8p.livejournal.com]

"2. ALSO, WHILE WE'RE HERE. If you have some ridiculously pretentious title for your LJ? I judge. I really really do. Just like if your handle is "DRACO'SSECRETSEXMUPPET". Okay. Maybe not that one. That's pretty good. Sex Muppet. Heh."

How 'bout a ridiculous title for my friends list? Mine's Eyes and Ears, Hearts and Minds, Assholes and Elbows..... (My LJ itself is just "Pixel Droppings".)

~

[lionessvalenti.livejournal.com]

I think more of the Tosh angst comes from the fact that she's been having her mind blown for a week by hearing everyone's thoughts and coinciding guilt and then with Mary lying to her about everything and then trying to kill her. Sure, there's "Jack killed my girlfriend" angst, but Tosh was losing it LONG before that in the episode.

They both can has angst, but they don't come from this "Jack doesn't like my girlfriend" place people seem to think it does.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think what I mean is that I read a few stories that really have this long angst about Mary that was similar to what I would expect out of Ianto, and I was like, "oh come on." I agree that Tosh was losing it all through that ep.

[hope]

I think it's reasonable for Tosh and Ianto to bond over the fact that any relationship in Torchwood that isn't male/male is DOOMED.

Ahem.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

No, I think you have a point there. I just don't get the tosh angst fest over Mary.

[hope]

yeah, was just poking the bear over in the other cage there, ignore me.

I agree with that aspect of tosh/mary. I mean, i think that's one of the most appallingly written jack episodes/scenes, but in terms of fanon stuff yes, there's heaps of other shit going on with tosh there that's not about losing the love of her life.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I mean, wow Jack, you're an ass. That could have been handled so much better (also, that ep has what I call THE WORST JB LINE DELIVERY MOMENT EVAR. NO SRS, I CRINGE WHEN HE SAYS A CERTAIN LINE.), but OMG people, Mary wasn't the love of Tosh's life, and she wasn't around long enough for-- gah anyway.

WHAT? DO I HAVE SOMETHING ON MY FACE? IS IT FOOD?

OH GOD JB NO.

[beesandbrews.livejournal.com]

Jack was pissed that something was going on in HIS town that he didn't know about. Jack is funny like that. He doesn't take well to being the last one to know. And, I think once Tosh cooled off she got that.

I think what Tosh was really upset about was all the "insight" she got out of listening in to other peoples' thoughts. Basically what she picked up was that everyone is scamming, lying or plotting or criticizing her fashion sense, which face it, has got to hurt.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not really thinking about Jack in that equation. Like I'm more concerned with the fanon (or I should say occasional fanon) portrayal that equates Ianto's loss with Tosh's. Not what we actually saw on the screen. You know?

[beesandbrews.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I get you. My head is in this story right now, cause I'm writing the episode tag. I haven't read a lot of Tosh fic that dealt with Greeks, which is probably a good thing, cause it doesn't sound like it's been covered all that well.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I wish it had. I think that it's hard to get around, brain wise. We want to make Mary a big deal, because it was Tosh's love interest and we want to create angst or something for her, but of all the things that would create sadness for her, in this, I think it might be the knowledge that she'd been played, and the emotional impact of hearing people's thoughts. That episode wasn't handles well in a lot of ways anyway.

[beesandbrews.livejournal.com]

Get out of my head, woman, and wait for the story! ;)

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

LOLOR5.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

So of course had to run to iTunes to listen to Blue Rodeo. Flying? Yeah, me in TWO WEEKS from TODAY! (I will be in the air then! WOO!) and blue for the icon and Rodeo... lol I live in Cowtown, Texas so that fits. Sure!

I like N's too.

And mmm if anyone doesn't like my lj name, blame Nick. He named it. (He did not like my suggestions!)

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

OMG YOU WILL BE FLYING SOON. Maybe that's why I think of it. I think your lj name is cute. And I am surprised that it wasn't taken already!

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

1. I can has pet peeve: Comparing the Tosh/Mary relationship to the Ianto/Lisa one.

FINALLY! someone on my side
i also truly dislike ppl making thew comparison between beth in 'sleeper' and lisa in 'cyberwoman'

kel_riley: 'Ghetto Manifesto,' The Coup (I suspect this has to do with you being from Detroit, but I'm not sure.)

well, i grew up in kind of a slummy area, but i live out in the boonies now :D (also, you spelled my name wrong again! hah, i only did it once to you! lollerskates)

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

HOLY SHIT. REILEY. I NEVER SAW THE I THERE.

I Srsly think your song has to do with the Detroit angle.

I never thought about the Beth/Lisa angle. (secretly, I wonder if that's not racially motivated, that want to draw that comparison, because I don't get how they're connected.) I mean, I guess you could make arguments about them being corrupted humans, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT BETH NEVER WAS HUMAN. Oh gah. That just doesn't work for me.

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

really? i saw tons of beth-lisa comparisons being drawn just after 'sleeper' aired
a lot of it was obviously about poor woobie ianto and how is little heart just can't take anymore
and, frankly, as soon as i saw ppl comparing the two in a "wow, did you see the similarities between beth and lisa?" my head sort of went to a "how?" place, and then ppl pointed out how the entire team shot lisa in front of ianto, and shot beth in front of gwen
and STILL i didn't seen how you could draw comparisons between the 2 very different situations
and, damn, all i could think was 'you're comparing them b/c they were both female, black, and had lots of alien shit happen to them that they had no control over?' b/c other than that, their situations were completely different, OR just like all the other ppl that had alien shit happen to them with no control over it
but yeah, i just backed away from those arguments

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have the advantage/disadvantage of not having been around when the series aired, so sometimes I feel like I stumble on things and ideas that have already been rehashed.

Yeah, hadn't they decided to save Beth? When they were forced to shoot her? Unlike Lisa, whom they'd sent Ianto back down to kill? How is any of that similar?

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

amonitrate's theme song made me choke on my tea. Perfect!

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I KNOW! TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IS IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS! I even hear the music in the background when I think of it. And the picture of Macaroni and Cheese.

[sthayashi.livejournal.com]

My other theme song is 'Don't Stop Me Now,' Queen.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

ON THE JUKEBOX. WITH ZOMBIES.

BIG AL SAYS DOGS CAN'T LOOK UP.

[blue-fjords.livejournal.com]

Whoever sthayashi is, I already like them, as I love "Don't Stop Believing." Nice tasty cheese.

My LJ has a line from my favorite song, but it's still called just blue_fjords. All this jam and contradiction and fiction stuff is too confusing. I already have to remember a screen name! And then there's plums...

Your Disney theme song is clearly "I'll Make a Man out of You" from Mulan. Mine is clearly "Little April Shower" -- especially the lyrics "gay little roundelay."

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

OH! YOU GAVE ME A THEME SONG. YAY! I wish more people would give me a theme song. AND HOW APPROPRIATE IS THAT?? DONNIE! YOU ARE SO MORMON AND TECHNOCOLOR DREAMCOAT.

I think my problem isn't the tirles so much when they're line from songs and shit, but when they are like, "A JOURNEY THROUGH MY INSANE MIND" and they are clearly not nearly as crazy as I am. You know? Or they write fluff and their lj title is like, "DRAMA LOVE AND ANGST" or "I AM THE GODDAMNED BATMAN NIGHT."

[blue-fjords.livejournal.com]

Ah. The 15 year old emo girl titles? What's weird is when they belong to a lady in her 50s... Oh, well, I guess LJ attracts all kinds, including those who never quite let go of their younger emo selves.

Am tempted to name mine "I AM THE BATMAN! FEEL MY PAIN, AND WEEP FOR YOUR OWN INADEQUATE PAIN! B/C MINE IS CLEARLY MORE PAINFUL, AND ONLY A WANKER WOULDN'T SEE IT AND ADMIT IT! LOOK, I GOT A FUCKING PAPERCUT!" Only I think that is a little long.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I think the best one I ever saw was Te's...what is that called, the name that you put in your profile? Mine says "I ate your juicy....plums," you know? Hers said, "I...I want you to dress up like a cowboy." It was the "I...I" that got me. LOLOR5.

We should have some sort of contest, like those Bulwer-Lytton Bad novel sentence starter contests.

[arsenicjade.livejournal.com]

I am glad that I will forever be twenty in your eyes. Also, sexually active. Oh, the irony.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

BANG BANG BANG BANG.

No really, what would it be? You told me SPECIFICALLY that we had to play that at our wedding reception for you.

[arsenicjade.livejournal.com]

Tis true. Look, it's not as though I mind. Just, still, funny.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Well, seeing as how I will always be 32. Which is fine, now that I have overshot that. When we are in the nursing home together, I'll be the youngest one there.

[arsenicjade.livejournal.com]

No, I will be, since I am forever 22.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

TNT ahahahah Quincey would be so proud!

The other day he was singing it "Lock up your DOUGHNUTS, lock up your wives, lock up your back door and run for your lives." Mom? Why does he want you to lock up your doughnuts?

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

You were like, "Well, it depends on the KIND of doughnuts, Q."

1 B 2 S

[emquilxy.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes. I did just do the the dance. For being quite anti-line dancing, that oddly doesn't bother me at all....

Re: 1 B 2 S

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

HAAAHAHAHHA. I FEEL THE NEED FOR A KEYSTONE LIGHT.

[fide-et-spe.livejournal.com]

I haven't noticed this trend of comparing Tosh/Mary to Ianto/Lisa, but I agree with what you say. I think at the end of the day, and I relate to Tosh, so this isn't putting her down. Tosh was a very sad woman, who had an unrequited love for Owen. Mary used her because she was vulnerable. Mary though, was evil and alien etc, I think to even imagine it was a real relationship is daft, it was what it was. Tosh was upset be Gwen and Owen and even more upset by overhearing their sex thoughts, I have to say if I were her I would have punched Gwen with that patronising comment about "love suits you" Or at least shouted at her. Still maybe Tosh was too good for the world!

Anyhow it is a completely different thing. Although sometimes I read stories that make too much of Ianto/Lisa as well. The man has moved on guys, he has gotten over it. It's a happy Ianto in series two. He woobied for a bit in S1 and had some emo rats in his belly. Of course grief always stays with you and becomes part of your life, I would never disagree with that as I know it. I think he also had PTSD at that point as well. I do think he has done pretty well though, in a kind of screwed up way if you think about making your life around this bizarre job, a pet dinosaur and an immortal boyfriend. Still we all have our coping mechanisms. But, as GDL says, he is happy in S2, and some fans can't let go of the emo in their stories.

Sorry for the meta! Just here to read your great Mickey story and saw this.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Ha ha! No, you are right. Though I think Ianto will always have moments really, in which he has issues with Lisa and her death, I think he's mostly over it.

[amonitrate.livejournal.com]

IT'S A LITTLE SCARY HOW CLOSELY YOU HAVE NAILED ME WITH THOSE SONG CHOICES.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

IM IN UR BRAIN. BRAIN LOL.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Bahahaha! How did I miss this post!

I like the song Kiss, actually. I fully enjoy Prince, and his shimmery peachy spandex pants. :D

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I like his assless pants, myself!