Yes! There was one scene that was really moving and well done, and the rest was just stupid and obvious.
I honestly think a big part of why I have such trouble with
Glee
is that the first episode I ever watched was the Joss-directed one; part of the reason Joss is, well, Joss, is that in addition to all the good writing he's just a very competent director. The performances, the attention the camera paid to the actors in their silent moments, the way the camera moved and framed things, the way the musical numbers were shot... it was all really freaking satisfying and pleasurable.
And I keep wanting all the episodes to be as well crafted and well executed as that one, but they're so very much not. If I'd started with some other episode, maybe I'd have more realistic expectations.
I'm sorry about your coworker leaving, ita !. Competent and personable people in the workplace are a treasure.
Everyone at my level is clear that there's no one who can replace him in terms of programming ability, architectural vision, and people skills. Man, the pushback I got from my primary business team when I tried to engineer a team with a different developer--and I had to make all sorts of promises to new!developer based on my reputation because he just lacked the imagination to see the solution himself--I don't want to be back with that.
Ugh. I wish I could be there for his birthday lunch. But my insomnia doesn't fuck around. I can't drive right now. And it would look super sketchy if I came in late just in time for 90 minutes of lunch. Although I will consider that.
I will make his going away celebrations if I have to drag my half-dead semi-corpse over broken glass.
I can still watch Glee with partial attention for the music, and once in a while for a funny or touching line (I did get a little weepy last night, and last week, at different moments), but I think overall Ryan Murphy is way better suited to something like Nip/Tuck or American Horror Story than he is to Glee. He can't do a message or a moral without tripping over his own anvils, and the cast is way too big to give most of the characters the kind of attention they deserve.
I will make his going away celebrations if I have to drag my half-dead semi-corpse over broken glass.
I hope it doesn't come to *that*. Sorry you're losing a great work buddy. Those are priceless.
Happy birthday, Laura! Yay kayak!
smonster I did mean to ping you and I did get your paypal. It was nothing important, I will email you sometime.
I got 7 out of 10 correct. I probably could have gotten 9, but I over-thought 2.
Santorum or Megadeth.
I got 8 of 10. Partially because I had heard some of the Santorum quotes. (I'm not a fan of Megadeth.)
Me either and they sound like loons based on some of those quotes.
I got 60%, as I haven't listened to Megadeth and do my best not to listen to Santorum.
Happy birthday, Laura!
