XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.sf.tv, rec.arts.movies.past-films
From: exquisitepeach@hotmail.com
Merrick Baldelli wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:29:33 GMT, peachy ashie passion
> wrote:
>
>
> [some snippage]
>
>
>>> I tend to end up always in the middle of a cross-posting
>>>flamewar... But then it has to do with the fact that I have a habit
>>>of jumping into the middle of it and playing it to the hilt.
>>
>> Yeah, that's how I ended up here too. In this thread, I mean.
>
>
> Pity though.. I was hoping to see this one cross-posted for a
> good ol' fashioned trolling in alt.retards. It's been a dead group
> for years, but still...
>
>
>>>> I have inadequate star wars geek cred to post to anything but the
>>>>most basic of topics. My hate on for the Jedi Council for creating
>>>>Darth Vader is virtually it. :) I don't Dr. Who, and I don't
>>>>stargate. Go figure.
>>>
>>>
>>> I watched SG-1 up until the time O'Neill became a desk jockey,
>>>then walked away... Atlantis about 8 episodes until I realized the
>>>Wraiths were a farce. I haven't been able to find much on television
>>>that can grab me for more than 5 episodes before I shut it down and
>>>move on.
>>
>> Hmm. What does grab you?
>
>
> Usually a man 6'4" or taller, blond or red hair, has a sense
> of humour and can understand some of the words I use without looking
> them up or asking, 'what does that mean?'...
Oh! You've described my dream man. Well, except shorter.
I'm 5'3", I don't need to be dating a basketball player.
>
> Err wait, you mean television. *grinning*
>
> I don't know really. It's been some years since I've found a
> series that I'll want to stop what I'm doing and watch television for
> that hour. I think officially the last series that I watched from
> beginning to end have been Babylon 5, and Farscape... I did pretty
> damned well with Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and Angel -- but that's
> only because they replayed from beginning to end on FX/TNT
> (respectively) so that I could watch the ending seasons on Fox.
> Other than that, I tend to stick to movies, books, and the
> Internet.
>
>
>> I watch a lot, I like the tv on as background sound, the way most
>>folks use music. But there isn't much I am passionate about, or notice
>>if I miss.
>
>
> I find the noise of television too distracting if I try to use
> it for background noise, and if the show's particularly bad -- I end
> paying more attention to it, and ripping it to shreds in the process.
> Like I used to do with "Enterprise".
Ahh. I put on a decorating show or documentary on animals. I
process it way below the conscious level, and find I know lots of
obscure things.
>
>
>>>>>>> I'm glad you did this more succinctly, because I admit I was
>>>>>>>struggling something fierce because it's been quite some time since
>>>>>>>I've come in contact with the level of mind-boggling idiocy this
>>>>>>>smeghead was demonstrating.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Heh, I work with young'uns, I'm used to explaining at the idiot
>>>>>>level. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> And to think I used to.. Then I had to deal with management,
>>>>>which is an entirely different level...
>>>>
>>>> Whole different issues. I get in trouble with those management
>>>>sorts. The sing songy preschool teacher voice I use on them comes
>>>>across as condescending somehow.
>>>
>>>
>>> Use pictures... Be they screen shots, reports, whatever. Then
>>>they ignore the singsong and point at the pictures and giggle.
>>
>> I've been plotting pictures since I first read this. :)
>
>
> And memos too. Lots of them. E-mail invitations as well,
> with no more than three revisions to meeting place and time.. Makes
> them feel important that you're telling them and revising the meeting
> to optimize someone's time...
>
> It's amazing how management thinks sometimes. Frightening
> when you realize it.
>
Oh, lovely!!!
I'm going to rock at my new job, and it's gonna be all your fault.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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