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Weird Leverage clip help question
Aug. 13th, 2010 03:23 pmI watch Leverage regularly, but I can't say it's a hardcore fandom, and so I'm not super well-versed in my clip knowledge of the show, and need some help for a Hardison-centric vid I'm clipping for.
Are there any episodes that would feature anything related to a: 1)hair salon, or haircutting; 2) pets -- a pet store, someone with a pet; and 3)sushi, either eating sushi, a sushi restaurant, or something of that ilk (I know Elliott cooks in that one episode, and I could possible use that as a last resort, but something sushi specific would be outstanding).
Many thanks for any ideas!
In other news today... I had a brief respite in terms of work but that has come to a close. I should have gotten on the stick faster on this vid while I had the time. Before, I had two books and a bunch of other smaller jobs, now I have two books and smaller jobs and I have to prepare for a workshop I'll be running sooner than I would like to. OMG. This wouldn't be so unmanageable if the author of the nonfiction book I was working on had any decent sense of timelines and wasn't so cavalier and rude about not meeting any of the deadlines. It means I can't bill till it's finished, which keeps getting pushed back because he won't communicate or meet deadlines. And then I found out the fiction publisher pays on a freaking 120 day timeframe. After agreeing to another book. Man, I wanted to get a foot in the door for more fiction, but that's simply untenable for a freelancer.
The only silver lining is that the new book is by a friend! I am so excited to read it.
On the TV front, I have had a love-hate relationship this summer with my shows. I'm... not enjoying True Blood much at all. There are a few moments where I do, but then it goes right back to making me hate Tara, loathe Jason (I am so sick of him), and feel queasy whenever most of the newer characters and stories are on. I had to sit and listen to a group of people bang on about how much they didn't like Burn Notice, sitting there feeling like a schmuck because I still love it, but I admit that Jessie bores and irritates me in alternate moments. But I love Fi more this year than ever, I love her saving herself and relying on herself and learning to accept things about Michael she doesn't understand, and Sam has been even more awesome of late than he has been for a while. And I love that Michael is questioning his own needs and identity.
The jury's out on Mad Men since there have been only a couple of episodes. But I think I like what they're doing with Don -- he's still the most loathsome and alluring character on TV at the same time, which is pretty amazing. And Joan is just... sexier than ever, and I love her more each episode. But my god, I hate Betty. I started to hate her last year, and the sympathy I had for her being trapped in that horrible life has completely vanished now. I read someone saying about the first ep this season that Sally was one year closer to a raging eating disorder, and that is so true. The thing about Mad Men has always been that no matter how much you hated a character, you hated them with understanding. But I can't say that about Betty anymore; she's so far off the rails as a human being that I can't stand to watch her anymore.
Project Runway... what can you even say? I believe at this point they have gone out of their way to actually find contestants who will ignore and argue with Tim, as if they believe that creates good drama. But it's the nature of the contestants meeting the challenges and designing that creates good drama. We don't need all the rest of that crap, but Lifetime is making it much worse. And sorry, the instant you argue with Tim or dismiss his opinion, you should just go and die out in the alley -- Tim is a god! He's the only reason I really even watch the show, especially since I find Heidi detestable and more often that not am bored by the designers. I think I should just stop watching and instead visit Tim's video blog. I do like that Lifetime has finally stopped editing the runway walks so short. The past two seasons, you couldn't even see the clothing with their overly stylized editing and picosecond delivery.
ETA: I can't even watch Top Chef this season. It just makes me crazy, crazier even than PR. The couple episodes I watched, I heard Psycho theme music in my head, I wanted to stab everyone so bad.
Are there any episodes that would feature anything related to a: 1)hair salon, or haircutting; 2) pets -- a pet store, someone with a pet; and 3)sushi, either eating sushi, a sushi restaurant, or something of that ilk (I know Elliott cooks in that one episode, and I could possible use that as a last resort, but something sushi specific would be outstanding).
Many thanks for any ideas!
In other news today... I had a brief respite in terms of work but that has come to a close. I should have gotten on the stick faster on this vid while I had the time. Before, I had two books and a bunch of other smaller jobs, now I have two books and smaller jobs and I have to prepare for a workshop I'll be running sooner than I would like to. OMG. This wouldn't be so unmanageable if the author of the nonfiction book I was working on had any decent sense of timelines and wasn't so cavalier and rude about not meeting any of the deadlines. It means I can't bill till it's finished, which keeps getting pushed back because he won't communicate or meet deadlines. And then I found out the fiction publisher pays on a freaking 120 day timeframe. After agreeing to another book. Man, I wanted to get a foot in the door for more fiction, but that's simply untenable for a freelancer.
The only silver lining is that the new book is by a friend! I am so excited to read it.
On the TV front, I have had a love-hate relationship this summer with my shows. I'm... not enjoying True Blood much at all. There are a few moments where I do, but then it goes right back to making me hate Tara, loathe Jason (I am so sick of him), and feel queasy whenever most of the newer characters and stories are on. I had to sit and listen to a group of people bang on about how much they didn't like Burn Notice, sitting there feeling like a schmuck because I still love it, but I admit that Jessie bores and irritates me in alternate moments. But I love Fi more this year than ever, I love her saving herself and relying on herself and learning to accept things about Michael she doesn't understand, and Sam has been even more awesome of late than he has been for a while. And I love that Michael is questioning his own needs and identity.
The jury's out on Mad Men since there have been only a couple of episodes. But I think I like what they're doing with Don -- he's still the most loathsome and alluring character on TV at the same time, which is pretty amazing. And Joan is just... sexier than ever, and I love her more each episode. But my god, I hate Betty. I started to hate her last year, and the sympathy I had for her being trapped in that horrible life has completely vanished now. I read someone saying about the first ep this season that Sally was one year closer to a raging eating disorder, and that is so true. The thing about Mad Men has always been that no matter how much you hated a character, you hated them with understanding. But I can't say that about Betty anymore; she's so far off the rails as a human being that I can't stand to watch her anymore.
Project Runway... what can you even say? I believe at this point they have gone out of their way to actually find contestants who will ignore and argue with Tim, as if they believe that creates good drama. But it's the nature of the contestants meeting the challenges and designing that creates good drama. We don't need all the rest of that crap, but Lifetime is making it much worse. And sorry, the instant you argue with Tim or dismiss his opinion, you should just go and die out in the alley -- Tim is a god! He's the only reason I really even watch the show, especially since I find Heidi detestable and more often that not am bored by the designers. I think I should just stop watching and instead visit Tim's video blog. I do like that Lifetime has finally stopped editing the runway walks so short. The past two seasons, you couldn't even see the clothing with their overly stylized editing and picosecond delivery.
ETA: I can't even watch Top Chef this season. It just makes me crazy, crazier even than PR. The couple episodes I watched, I heard Psycho theme music in my head, I wanted to stab everyone so bad.
