She looks very Lisbeth here. I agree that it looks like he is protecting her, which is the opposite of the many times she saves his bacon on the story. But I think that the American version is shaping up alright. I am very excited for Craig as Blomkvist, I think he will do a great job.
That's funny, I feel completely the opposite. The Wire had me from the word go. I tried Breaking Bad, but I just didn't feel any connection to it. I've heard good things about it, though.
@ person9911: From what I've seen of Canada, you seem to be much less of a religious-based society than the US is. Here we pay lip service to the separation of church and state, but in reality most of the people in power are Christian. You really can't run for office here without declaring a religious affiliation, whether you're a liberal or a conservative. And those affiliations result in a lot of attempts to legislate morality and influences our social interactions. This is where the "defense of traditional (opposite sex) marriage" comes from, as well as a lot of social pressure to get married and have children. I like your way better, FWIW, and after the right wingers are done having their freakouts, I think it is probably the way the US will go as well. But we are a ways away from that sort of egalitarian and sensible law re: marriage.
@Transfat: How do you figure?
A line that purports to dress "the everyday woman with curves" that only goes up to size 14?
I can't even with this guy. And he's a pastor? I'm sure he takes GREAT care of any rape victims he encounters.
Vitamins, soup, orange juice by the gallon, run a humidifier at night. #Groupthink
Noxema is magic on sunburns. Aquaphor is also nice.
"or make the girl with the big rack carry it in her bra."
??? What a tacky, awful thing to say. Her body is not your storage locker.
??? What a tacky, awful thing to say. Her body is not your storage locker.
@Commentista: This. I think that brides get a pass on far too much asshole behavior. Your family and friends are not there to play bit parts in your big princess day, nor is it OK for them to be treated like they are. I have only been a bridesmaid in one wedding that didn't involve me getting screamed at at least once. Or spending the preceding year calling all the time just to obsess about wedding minutiae with no thought of asking anything about my life. The idea that the Bridezilla mindset is acceptable or inevitable really needs to go out the window. It is hard to be stressed and not behave horribly, but it is not impossible. So I hardly think that the wedding party should be held to higher standards of behavior than the bride and groom are.
@julieannie: I so feel your pain on that one. For my brother's wedding we were expected to set up tables, chairs, tents, centerpieces and the arbor they were to get married in front of (without adequate hardware to do so, because my brother couldn't be bothered to spend the whole $65 on the arbor rental fee. And yes, he could have easily afforded to hire help and pay the fees, he just chose not to.) There was no warning that we were to do all of this, and no functional plan to allow enough time to make it happen. So we were working until half an hour before the wedding, and I had some really interesting sunburn lines that made my strapless dress look ridiculous in the pictures.
Basically, if you're a cheap bastard who plans to save money on your dream wedding by pressing your family into service, you had better a) give them adequate warning that this is the case and b) bend over backwards thanking them for their help. Or accept that your behavior is godawful and that the trainwreck of stress and aggravation you've caused will be gossiped about for the forseeable future.
Basically, if you're a cheap bastard who plans to save money on your dream wedding by pressing your family into service, you had better a) give them adequate warning that this is the case and b) bend over backwards thanking them for their help. Or accept that your behavior is godawful and that the trainwreck of stress and aggravation you've caused will be gossiped about for the forseeable future.
I was in that situation, and I told her that I loved her, but I couldn't do it. Our nickname for the guy was "The Antichrist," because he was so bad to her. He spent all her money, cheated on her left and right and was just basically a complete scumbag. But he was attractive and she was thinking with her hormones, so it lasted far longer than it should have. I'd like to think that ultimately saying no was part of the wakeup call she needed to get out. If you (really, sincerely, and for good reasons) object to this person and think they are no good for your friend, I think you have to bow out. Unless you have the best poker face of all time, your discomfort and displeasure will be on display for all to see in their wedding pictures, and that is not something you can apologize away. But it can be a scorched-earth, friendship ending tactic, so you want to be really sure that this guy is bad for her and just not your cup of tea before you do it.
I dated a cute republican-once. It was over when he told me that he didn't have a problem with the Abu Ghraib scandal because the prisoners "must have done something to get there in the first place." Like that some how justified what was done to them. He also waxed poetic about Donald Rumsfeld. Clearly, he had to go.
I can't do it. Anti-choice men are anti-sexy to me.
Twin Peaks is really more of a character study than anything else, IMO. The pace is pretty glacial and you either have to enjoy it for the time you spend watching the characters do their thing, or it's probably not going to work for you. WTHBS, even though I loved it, there were certain character who got an automatic fast-forward (James and the rest of the annoying whiny teenagers! Except Audrey, who was hilarious.)
@AtomicB-yeah, lots of WTFing going on at that point. They up the weird factor by 10 when they do the big reveal.
@AtomicB-yeah, lots of WTFing going on at that point. They up the weird factor by 10 when they do the big reveal.
It was a convo about the Slut Walk and it was all women saying "Well, if she dresses like a slut, she gets what she deserves! Judgejudgejudge, LOL, I'm not like those other sluts who deserve to be attacked" So much fail, and so little knowledge of just how hard they're doing it. #Groupthink
OMFG, talking about any sort of feminist event or idea with non feminists is depressing. So much victim-blaming and slut-shaming, and all of it is coming from other women. The Man doesn't need to hold us down, we seem to be doing a spectacular job of doing it ourselves.
#Groupthink
#Groupthink
I really like her. Shes sounds so funny and self-deprecating in interviews.
She was a pretty girl before. Now with the hair extensions and the razor sharp chin...she still looks pretty, but in more of a vapid H-wood starlet kind of way. It's disturbing me for reasons I can't entirely articulate.
This is about establishing healthy eating patterns while kids are still young. Since there are kids who eat three meals a day at school, the nutritional value of the food selections matters. Obesity levels have gone way up since schools have started getting paid to stock sodas and serve fast food options in the cafeterias. No one's saying that having chocolate milk as a treat is a bad thing. But treats are by definition something you don't eat every day. No one's saying that removing chocolate is suddenly going to solve the obesity problem. It's just one step.
