But The Thing That Makes You Really Jump...Is That The Weirdest Shit Is Still To Come

[snogged]

Day 24 - Something you liked that most people didn't.

After thinking about this one for awhile, I decided to go with something not from Season 5. *le gasp* And I actually, when I say something, I should say someone. When I first found out this celebrity was going to guest-star on the show, I was a little horrified. But seeing her work with the cast, seeing her play to role that seemed to fit her acting ability, and finding her kinda cute and funny made me rethink my feelings.

Have you guessed who yet?

If you haven't...the answer is: Britney Spears as Abby, Stella's receptionist.

Now, I can't completely give her total love on account of the fact that it didn't make sense to me to have her be the one behind Barney's bracket problems. I mean, she seemed so willing to sleep with him at the end of "Ten Sessions" that it seemed outside of Barney's usual score tactics. But outside of the that, she pretty much exceeded my expectations and I'd call that a win.

Spring Awakening

Can I just say damn? (And I mean that in the best way.)

This show was intense, awesome, disturbing, and depressing. I really admired the way it dealt with "dark side" of teen angst and found myself gasping at all the right moments (and closing my eyes during a few of them too). I was also a bit surprised by the way it was able to bring out the voyeur in me, but I went along with it.

One thing that kept distracting me though was the actor who played Hanschen (a gay teen who seduces one of his male classmates) had shock-blond hair that kept reminding me of Tom Felton from the Harry Potter films. I kept having these moments of: Holy Crap, Draco!

It's not a show to see if you're looking for a good chuckle, but it is a good one to see if you're looking to think and cry and hurt.

Himalayan Food

I had my first experience tasting this brand of international cuisine last night and I loved it. I got a dish called Lamb Korma, which was lamb marinated in an almond sauce with peas and a dollop of sour cream. I also tried some of the goat dish my sister got and that was unexpectedly delicious.

Comments

[promethia_tenk]

I approve this choice. Britney was awesome.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

WOO!

Glad someone out there agrees.

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for yummy new cuisines!


Gabrielle

[snogged.livejournal.com]

For sure!

[idioticonion.livejournal.com]

Britney / Abby for the win. Honestly, I thought she was adorable. By far one of the best guest stars.

Spring Awakening - our Hanschen was the same! Blonde teutonic sort of thing! They must cast a similar "look".

The thing that shocked me most in the musical was Martha/Ilsa's song "The dark I know well". I'm STILL disturbed by it.

And yummers @ Korma. Way too lovely and way too fattening! I miss creamy curry.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Well...this is clearly showing what I know about people's views on Britney.

They must!

And yes! That song is terribly disturbing. It just breaks your heart, you know?

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

Spring Awakening is a very intense show. It's almost hard to believe that Lea Michelle (Rachel on Glee) played Wendla on Broadway.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

That role must be tough as hell. I give Lea major props.

[shakensilence.livejournal.com]

I so want to see Spring Awakening but I don't want to see it alone and no one wants to see it with me. I don't know when or if it will ever be around here (or if I already missed it). If I haven't missed it I may just have to buck up and go alone.

And my sister LOVED Spears there.... I of course haven't gotten there yet.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

You should definitely see it if you get the chance.

How far are you in the show now?

[shakensilence.livejournal.com]

I'm still only three eps in. I haven't gone into junkie mode yet with it. I expect that will come, but I've been busy writing.

[spike7451.livejournal.com]

The Lamb Korma sounds delicious.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

It was!

I'm sure it was crazy fattening though.

[magpieinthesky.livejournal.com]

I actually liked Britney in the ep as well. Funny enough, the fact that she guested in an ep was I think the first thing I knew about the show because I remember a friend of mine mentioning that when he was trying to get me to watch it about a year before I actually did - not as a selling point, but I guess in that it was popular enough to get someone high-profile on there? Now, if he had said that Nick from Freaks and Geeks was a main character, THAT would have made a difference!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I'm finding it really interesting how something I thought people disliked turns out to be something that plenty of folks liked a lot.

[magpieinthesky.livejournal.com]

Welp, just because probably the general population didn't like it doesn't mean that a smaller sample didn't like it as well. That's the problem with sampling, and that's all I'm going to say about research methods because that kind of stuff kicked my butt in college. I think I mentioned that curiosity in one of my entries about "going against the grain" though.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

HA!

Yeah...that is a problem with sampling.