I have had some kind of terrible stomach flu for three days, which has been awful, but the fever + half a sleeping pill I took last night made for some pretty amazing dreams early this morning. In one, David Tennant and I were walking around in Edinburgh and it was obvious that he was crushing on me pretty hard. In another, I was on an airplane with David Tennant and Danica Patrick, and we were talking about Plato. And in a third, I was watching a big night parade led by Barack and Michelle Obama. So yeah, I'd say that was worth the puking and the chills, and the eating nothing but plain Rice Chex and applesauce since Tuesday.
I know. I have a close friend who gets the same kind of strong reaction watching characters lie. There could probably be an entire branch of analysis based on what makes you deeply uncomfortable in fictional scenes.
The thing that makes me feel squirmy on TV and movies is when people get into trouble -- like, sent to the principal's office, or arrested, or even just caught in a lie. That episode of the Tudors when Catherine Howard and so many of her friends were arrested? Oh man. I was still upset the next morning.
Seriousgum: I am thankful for this site and for all its wickedly funny commenters. I'm a daily reader / infrequent commenter, and Videogum is a necessary part of my daily humor diet. My job is sort of intense and stressful, and it's a huge boon to know that in moments of angst I can click on my (always open) Videogum tab. Many are the conference calls when I've had to put my phone on 'mute' because I am laughing out loud at something I just read here. (In other news: I often have to ask on conference calls, "I'm sorry, can you repeat that?") My life is mostly really, really super-great (fabulous partner! good job! loving family and friends! awesome dogs!), punctuated with heart-stopping moments of terrible bummer (ongoing IRS issue, courtesy of ex-husband). Anyway, I feel really fortunate, and I love being even a peripheral part of this community of people. Happy Thanksgiving, monsters!
In this photo, Kelsey Grammer for realsies looks a lot like my actual personal dad, who was, in fact, on some occasions sort of a bad dad when I was little. So for a second, at first glance, I thought Videogum was exposing the seedy underbelly of my dad's parenting techniques from yesteryear. But he's really mellowed out over the years and now he's totes 100% a GOOD DAD.
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