Bummer

[gwyn]

Wow. I totally fucked that up. I was reminding myself all day that VVC reg was tonight at 9, and then what did I do? Forgot all about it. I was working for a while and then I went to lie down and get some things off the Tifaux and came back at almost 11 and it was all full. No idea if I'll get in but then no idea if I will be able to afford to go this year anyway. I suppose being low on the waitlist will solve my dilemma, and it's not really like anyone's going to notice or care if I'm not there.

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Last night's Flashpoint made me so very very happy! Everything I love about the show was at the forefront, and the things I don't like about it were in the background.


I think fan_eunice said it best and I wholeheartedly agree that if I ever flip my pancakes and take a hostage at gunpoint, I want them to send Greg Parker to negotiate me. He is just... so amazing. He knew all along that Stan had something else going on, and he was determined to help him -- not just because it's Greg's job to end it all with everyone safe, but because he genuinely understands and cares. He knows that most of us are about a valium away from doing something stupid, and his patience and kindness to even the worst of humanity is just so... augh. It makes me all sniffly.

And I loved his scenes with the new chick -- that he needed her to see that these people weren't the enemy. These people are them, minus the coping skills. I love the new chick, btw, but now I am all scared -- I want Jules back in the worst way, but... I really want them to keep her too. I loved that all the guys were just bowled over by her and badgering Greg to put her on the team. But I also really want Jules back and a chance to see her coping with what happened to her. I really don't want that to be the end of the shooting; I need to see the repercussions on her (and please let it be about her and not about her and Sam, for fuck's sake).

But then... Lew!! He totally figured out the plan to save everyone! Go Lew!! And then ED LANE. Oh, Ed, how are you so awesome? You are the awesomest dude in Awesomeville. His little backstory about his family, and the connection he made with that guy, and that guy realizing that Ed was being honest with him about understanding... and that he was doing it for his friend!! Wah. Yeah, that really got to me. And how Ed homed in on it all being about his friend, about helping Stan get some kind of payback or whatever... oh, Ed. I love you so much. I want to have your little sniper babies.

That's the thing I love about Flashpoint -- it's a lot like many of the shows I've gotten hooked on that, even if they're procedurals, have an element of family and cohesion and love about them. Ed is that guy who brings coffee to the three guys who took over an office building at gunpoint. Greg is that guy who says a hostage taker is "having a really bad day" and means that without sarcasm, just a way of getting people to understand the stakes regular people are dealing with. The show has this humanity about it and when it transcends the sometimes '70s-TV cliches it often has, it's just so affecting. It isn't just about having the coolest guns and the tech toys and the gear porn. It's about them helping to save lives and change the way things are going in the worst possible scenarios.

Oh, team. Oh, Ed and Greg. Oh, Jules. I love you all so much! It may not be the most sophisticated show ever, but it's one of the most human I've ever watched, and I love it so much. When I was making my vid for it, my favorite part of the song was the repeating phrase "it's the only moment that counts/ is right now/ is right now" and using clips of people holding their loved ones or showing someone they care about them. That's really the core of this show, and last night made me love it something fierce.

Cutest thing I heard this week was on a making-of for 3:10 to Yuma on HBO, where Ben Foster, who plays Charlie, talks about how he had never ridden a horse before, and early on he was black and blue all down his legs and butt -- "it was like I had chaps" and he was just lying NAKED in his hotel room, whimpering and crying. It was so funny, especially since Peter Fonda prompted him for that and then sat there laughing while he said it.

Comments

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

I would definately miss your being there. And low on the waitlist means that only a couple of people have to elope to Fiji or discover that they will be giving birth that weekend in order for you to get in.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

I'm sort of way at the bottom as of today, so I don't think there will be a dozen people bowing out, but stranger things have happened. It seems like we're all getting hit by the economy, anyway, and I've been poor for a long time, so it's probably for the best. Still. Sad.

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

Lierdumoa was 22 on the list last year and she got in.

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

nods, and because of the economy there will be people who will have to cancel for various job reasons. not that that is a good thing....

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

I'm trying not to think about the economy. It occured to me the other day that out of myself, my three brothers and my two sisters-in-law, that I am the only one with a job.

My job involves trying to convince people to pay their child care bills.

This is starting to get really weird.