The Welcome Wagon and Civics 101

[itsallovernow]

First, everyone go say hi to operalover. She has been coerced and harrassed into getting an LJ account, so please make her welcome. And she was wondering how to get one of those pretty pictures on her journal. Anyone think they could help her out:)

Do I get points for rounding up new members for the revolution? Oh, wait, I wasn't supposed to say anything about the revolution outloud.

Big smacking kisses to fbf who sent me plot lifelines. That they were in the same ocean as my own is a marvelous thing indeed, and I am going to try and write up a storm.

In the TMI category, forgot to put deoderant (and clearly have no idea how to spell it) on this morning. Knew before I left the house that something was off, one of my foggy, autopilot morning tasks had been neglected, but I had on my watch, my clothes, my shoes, my jewelry and my underwear. (Sadly, I've left the house, at least once, missing all of these items - not all at once, but individually). So I obsessed about it, and then had to go to Sav-On, and have been far more productive since that point.

And, and, and, I'm finally going to get to see Damien Rice. November 22nd at the Universal Amphitheatre. Damien Rice, Gary Jules, Beck, Polyphonic Spree and Jurassic 5 through KRCW. I'm beyond excited. I've missed Damien Rice everytime he's been here, Gary Jules only plays in town on Tuesdays, and Beck's doing an acoustic set. Yes, I bought the cheap seats, but I'm still bouncing off the frelling walls.

I also stayed up last night to watch The West Wing, and was annoyed while still manipulated into being sappily pleased.



So, since I actually passed American History, I do know what a fillibuster is. So does everyone who's seen Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Hell, my students who still don't get that we have a bicameral legislation know what a fillibuster is. Didn't need it explained. And I found the e-mailing annoying instead of endearing.

I also found Bartlet annoying, and usually I'm absurdly found of him. And give me a break, the President of the United States doesn't know you can yield the floor to questions. I know this! Didn't he ever debate, was he never forced to read Robert's Rules of Order. Never talked to the Senators? And if Stackhouse knew how to conduct a fillibuster, he also knew he could yield to questions.

I did love Leo and the President eating dinner by candlelight. I also loved CJ excited about democracy, and asking Sam who his favorite writer was, and him answering Toby. But Dickens? Hmm.

And regardless, I was still rooting for Stackhouse, and got the aww sound in my head when the administration supported him.

And how do I get a line to appear through words? That seems like it can't be that hard, but Webmonkey has failed me (in that I'm too lazy to go searching for the HTML code).

Comments

[spoonishly.livejournal.com]

Damien Rice, I am extremely jealous. Just, yowza!

As for the line through words, I think its < strike> "insert word here < / strike >

Of course, take out the spaces.

So it would look like this. Damien Rice

[spoonishly.livejournal.com]

Oh, and no quotation mark. My finger made a slip.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

You are a life saver - and will now be responsible for the 8 million things I'm gonna want to use this on.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Thank you Hee hee. No, really. Thank you.

[raithen.livejournal.com]

Or you can just use < s >, if you are lazy ambitious like me. *g*

so I am behind the times. I was busy playing. Sue me.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

And I haven't even played with my new skills yet:)

Welcome back! I hope you had a lovely holiday with ELL!

[elishavah.livejournal.com]

Ooh, Damien Rice. And I remember when I first figured out how to do strikethrough. :) It also works with < s >whatever< /s >.

As for The Stackhouse Filibuster, I just love it for the moment of Josh completely wiping out in the hallway. First time I saw it I laughed for minutes. I watched it last night just to see that. But, yes, Sorkin did kinda go overboard on the e-mail writing as a device.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Oh, I totally forgot to mention loving Johs wiping out, and "Your mother sent you shoes?"

I think it bugged me for the details. I loved a lot of the Civics 101 stuff - the Christmas tree bill, the excitement of passing family health legislation, hell, even for the Filibuster, and I really loved Stackhouse, but I didn't like that Sorkin assumed we didn't know a damned thing about how the legislation worked and I was yelling at the beginning that he could yield to questions:)

So excited about Damien Rice. I've listened to the CD so many times that the laminate is coming off:)

[haphazardmethod.livejournal.com]

The shoe thing was based on something similar that happened to Stephanopolous. That scene makes me laugh every time.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

MMmmm. Stephanopolous. And the thought of him sliding onto his ass in new shoes cracks me up.

That scene is hysterical, especially that look Josh has on his face, not really disbelief, but sort of, huh.

[fourteenlines.livejournal.com]

I have forgotten many things at home - usually about one item every time I leave the house - but I have never ever forgotten clothes, shoes or underwear.

And yay on Damien Rice - I wanna see him agaaaaaiiiiiiin!

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

It's more like items of clothing - sweaters, coats, that kind of thing. I have a lot of stuff that has to get out the door with me - my purse, my bag, my ballet bag, my belly dancing bag, and sometimes my gym bag. And the shoes were legitimate. I was going to put them on in the car, but they weren't in my bag. I did have to go home and get them. The underwear, well, I don't really have an excuse except to say, again, it was a legitimate circumstance, and not nearly as traumatic as the time my underwear fell apart at a luncheon!!

[cretkid.livejournal.com]

I have left the house without apparel, of all sorts! heh heh.

"The Stackhouse Filibuster" is one of my favorites of that season... and I agree, Sorkin always assumed we were dumb about civics.. granted, I got out of civics class (I was on the AP track in high school), but even I recognized I was being spoon-fed high school history classes as if I had the IQ of my show size. My IQ is MUCH bigger than that! (Not, much, but... )

[lomer.livejournal.com]

Dude, can I be in the Revolution?

Can I be Granataire? Please? Or Gavroche... I'll be Gavroche too... but Grantaire gets better alcohol then Gavy. *g*

I am such a Les Mis geek. *g*

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Alright, this totally cracked me up. But I hate to tell you that the student revolutions of the 1840's, not so successful. But our revolution will have alcohol!! It's hard to give good, rousing, slurry speeches without it:)

[lomer.livejournal.com]

Yay! Alcohol!

We don't even need to build a baricade if we have alcohol! We'll just sit in the bar, get drunk and make speechs.

"I make gooo shpeeekes when drunk... shuudup don' laugh a'me! *hic* I wanna dance!"

Um... okay... maybe not.

Can I wave the flag though? I want a pretty sash too. (I'm so needy)

As for June 6th 1832 (SUCH a Les Mis geek!) *pours some Ameretto Sour on the floor* here's to my homies.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

I promise there will be flags and sashes, and tall boots! But no barricades:)

[lomer.livejournal.com]

No barricades?!

Okay... but can we have hot French boys in our Revolution? Please?

Yes, I am a shallow Les Mis geek. *g*

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. Hot French boys will definitely be welcome in the revolution:)

[lomer.livejournal.com]

Whoohoo! Sign me up then! *g*