Legen -- wait for it ... -- DARY.

[annakovsky]

I saw the movie "The Holiday" the other day with my parents, the one with Cameron Diaz and Jude Law and Kate Winslet and Jack Black. It was actually pretty enjoyable, even though it was full of over-the-top monologues and kind of ridiculous scoring. I might not have thought as much about those things, except that the movie had characters that were screenwriters and score composers, and you know, if you are going to write mediocre monologues/music, you really shouldn't draw attention to those parts of movie making IN YOUR MOVIE. It kept reminding me of how they originally scored Strangers With Candy to, like, "Schindler's List" music for the rough cut. Hahahahahahaha.

The really beautiful part of the movie, though, was that there kept being all this apparently unintended innuendo. The most egregious instance: Jude Law, to Cameron Diaz: "I know that I'm a three-for-one package. And maybe you don't really want my package. Maybe my package doesn't look so good in the light of day." Okay, are they serious with this? That's some screenwriter thinking it's hilarious to make Jude Law say that as a straight line, RIGHT? I mean, I spent my entire youth in church, there is no way that I'm the person with the dirtiest mind in any given room. (This is much how I feel about the "Wet Pam/Jim" tag at the Office fic archive. Come on, I can't be the only one who sees that!)

I finally head back home tomorrow, which is good except for how I'll have to do serious work when I get there. Vacaaaaation, don't leave meeeeeee.

If you guys like How I Met Your Mother, you should totally read Thank You by boundbyspells, which is Robin/Barney and just FANTASTIC. I didn't even know I wanted Robin/Barney until I read this, and now I really, really ship them.

Comments

Well, I should hope she is.

[cleversimon.livejournal.com]

You would not have the dirtiest mind in the room if I were also in that room. I feel it is my duty to spare those around me from such a fate.

Yeah, otherwise, ouch.

[annakovsky.livejournal.com]

Heee, I greatly appreciate it! Being a boy in fandom, it is your responsibility.

Jim/Pam/Astroglide = OT3

[cleversimon.livejournal.com]

I do what I can.

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the surprising and most excellent fic rec!

[annakovsky.livejournal.com]

My pleasure! Wasn't it fantastic? I wish there was more HIMYM fic, there isn't even a community for it!

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

The show sort of snuck up on everyone, took us by surprise with how clever it was.

[annakovsky.livejournal.com]

I'm still constantly surprised at how much I like it! Last night I watched the episode where Robin and Barney suit up and play laser tag, and omg, OTP. Who knew?

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

I've only realized how good it is recently.

The episode where Lily moves in with Barney, which I watched by mistake or default, totally slayed me (I'd seen just enough of the show previously to understand why it was as hilarious as it was).

And now I've made a Season Pass for it on the TiVo.

[annakovsky.livejournal.com]

Ohmygod, that episode was SO GREAT. It's still one of my favorites. It totally made me ship Lily/BARNEY a little, which I never thought I'd say, and that whole storyline was just hysterical. (I asked for Lily/Barney for Yuletide, actually.) That, plus Marshall and his straight boy dating? KRYPTONITE.

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

Comedy gold, baby. Comedy gold.

You know a show is firing on all cylinders when both the A and B stories are that awesome. In fact, I don't even know which was the A and which the B. That's how good they both were.

[moireach.livejournal.com]

I finally head back home tomorrow

Shit, I have to clean Hi!

[annakovsky.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha. Dude, I didn't even tell you, last night we were all Wii bowling, and for some reason you came up and math!bro was like, "You have to be nice to her, she's the only one of your friends who's normal and not from the internet." And I was like, "Uh... I know her from the internet." And he was like, "What?? But... you know her in real life too." And I was like, "I know all my internet friends in real life" and he was like, "I know, but it's not the same." And then he tried to make fun of me for living with someone I met on the internet and I was like, I knew her IRL for two years first, and then he was like, "THAT'S HOW THE AXE MURDERERS TRICK YOU." Hahahahaha? In conclusion, please don't murder me in my sleep? But math!bro is fair game.

[moireach.livejournal.com]

"You have to be nice to her, she's the only one of your friends who's normal and not from the internet."

HAHAHAHA. That's the only nicest thing math!bro's ever said about me! Inaccurate, but nice.

"THAT'S HOW THE AXE MURDERERS TRICK YOU."

He's right, though. That is how we trick you.

P.S. HOW DID I COME UP?

[annakovsky.livejournal.com]

Heee, it was nice! I was like, "You've met her!" and he was like, "I know!" It's nice he classifies you as a non-internet person, no matter how misguided that may be.

I think you came up because my dad asked if you were picking me up from the airport? (My flight comes in at 5, so I am thinking no. Haha. Unless you want an excuse to leave work early.)

[boundbyspells.livejournal.com]

Dude! Totally thanks for the fic rec!

[annakovsky.livejournal.com]

Oh, my pleasure, thank you for the fic!! We should really start a comm for HIMYM fic, it's ridiculous there isn't one.

[boundbyspells.livejournal.com]

Yaknow... yes, we should.

[annakovsky.livejournal.com]

himym_fic

Hee. I've been meaning to do that for forever and kept forgetting. You should post your fic there!

[ros-fod.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahahaha. The Holiday

I just can't find Jude Law as a believable heart-throb. I keep thinking, "No, Cameron! Don't touch him! YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S BEEN."

[annakovsky.livejournal.com]

Dude, seriously, it is pretty much impossible to forget about how skeezy he is. "Don't do it! You'll get chlamydia!" And he was playing a single father, and you're just like, well, I hope they don't have a nanny?