And the reason I had to stop watching House: "Well, he's a genius, so it's okay if he acts like a complete childish jackass."
Hah! That's how I knew I wouldn't cut it in academia! That attitude seemed to be rampant.
Angel: Lorne, you're— Lorne: Reliable as a cheap fortune cookie? Angel: I was gonna say a guy with good contacts…
'Shells'
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lisah - Mar 24, 2008 10:31:55 am PDT #4490 of 10000
Punishingly Intricate
Fred Pete - Mar 24, 2008 10:34:21 am PDT #4491 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Nutty - Mar 24, 2008 11:08:32 am PDT #4492 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
See, my fed-up point for the crazy/genius thing was A Beautiful Mind. If you're so smart, how come you don't know about all the paranoid schizphrenics who aren't geniuses? Paranoia -- and the inability to regulate leaps of logic -- is not genius; it is paranoia and word-salad! Read a book about functional intelligence some time!
Whew, got that off my chest. See also: my vast and enduring hatred of that dratted movie Camille Claudel.
Kevin - Mar 24, 2008 11:22:04 am PDT #4493 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Is there any medical research linking creative talent with mental illness?
Hayden - Mar 24, 2008 11:56:09 am PDT #4494 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Yeah, but it was conducted by a unlikely team of brilliant yet flawed researchers with a childlife capacity for wonder but a bunch of terminal brain tumors in their bipolar heads. The only way the research was ever published was through the machinations of their dedicated-albeit-emotionally-stunted wives and wisecracking magical Negro sidekicks.
Scrappy - Mar 24, 2008 12:00:33 pm PDT #4495 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Oh, Cor, bless you. I TOTALLY needed that laugh today.
erikaj - Mar 24, 2008 12:08:00 pm PDT #4496 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Don't forget the inspiring crippled guy.
Hayden - Mar 24, 2008 12:15:36 pm PDT #4497 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
"I've got a spike through my head! A spike! Through my head!"
§ ita § - Mar 24, 2008 12:20:30 pm PDT #4498 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thank you, Corwood, thank you.
Hayden - Mar 24, 2008 12:25:20 pm PDT #4499 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
How is it there's no online video of Kevin McDonnell with the spike through his head? Here's the whole speech:
Yes. I've got a spike through my head. I've accepted it. Why can't you? I've got a spike through my head, a spike through my head, spike through my head, a spike through my head, a spike through my head! It's hard to look at, isn't it? Look at it. Read it. It says 'Pennsylvania Steel'. Yes I know I should be dead. Yes, the doctors say I'm a freak of nature. But there's one thing I *do* know damn it! I'm alive, and I love you. And that's the hardest thing of all to accept, isn't it Connie?