Nnniiinnhhhhhhhhggggggggiiiiiihnnn!!!

Sorry. That's just the sound my brain made watching THE LATEST EPISODE!

Uh... what in other news happened? I got my yearbook from Rutgers today! It's a piece of crap. Seriously. I don't know why I'm surprised. Half of the cover is made of rough plastic. I SWEAR! You cannot make this stuff up. In the back of the book there is a list of graduates. I'm not on it! My pictures looks ... not good, and "Theatre Arts" appears under my name. Just that. Which is going to be awkward when I (hopefully) get my degree that will say "Anthropology" on it. Oh Rutgers, you dumb, dumb bitch. I'm trying to remember if I was told I could only put down one major when I had the picture taken. That would make sense I guess. Because there's no reason I wouldn't have written both on anything. And other people have two down. None of these are uniform. They appear in the following formats:

Major
Major 1/Major 2
"Major 1, Major 2"
"Major" (this one's my favorite)
Major 1, Major 2
Maj.
Major1majo

Seriously. Oh well. This just continues the tradition of me resenting my yearbook. Baaaaah. I solemnly resolve that this be the last one I get.

Also, other stuff happened that I do not wish to divulge in blog-format. Don't worry, nothing bad, just, irritating.

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I actually missed the whole first bit with the phone/package deal because I was cleaning, so I don't really know what happened there. I mean, I taped it, and I could in theory go back and watch it, but, nggih. Oh David Fury! You infuriate me! It's so ironic. It bothers me somewhat that I have become very familiar with David Fury's writing style. It's very loud and brash, and he tries to make EXPLOSIVE things happen, but in the end, nothing actually has happened. See also: Crush. It's impressive when you can dig yourself into a hole *within* an episode, so that you really have nothing to do but get back to square one, stupidly.

Anyway, sadly Fury is one of their more accomplished writers, and I didn't always dislike him. But he tries too damn had, and he's angry. He is, actually, a lot like Spike. I know all the little spikeluva2310s have tried to paint Fury as this bad guy who hates poor little Spike, but he really doesn't. He's connects himself too closely with Spike. And I think Whedon is his Angel. Never gonna be him Fury! Lay down the rage!

Anyway, this loud brash episode also had to do with Spike, and I guess since they forced him onto this show, the writers decided that they needed him, because they needed to work through all the Spike-related crap from Seasons 6/7. And really ... they really didn't. I would have been so content if they just dropped the whole thing and cut their losses. I ceased to give a shit about Spike long ago. Trust me, you cannot win me back. See, part of me knows that there could be a lot of discussion from this episode, it's a Chatter, this one is. But I found myself at a loss for discussion about it. And I realized that this is because I don't care. I didn't get excited that there was a lot to talk about. The idea made me feel tired and irritable and a little sad.

So anyway, what else happened? Oh, that's right, all the sex. Thanks Mutant Enemy! I thought my days of experiencing Unexpected Porn were over, but I forgot we were battling for those ratings. My mistake. Also - lots of Eve in this episode too. God! What is wrong with you people? Why were they buying that sad-eyed bullshit? Why are they all "Poor Eve, let's trust her!"? Seriously! When Gunn was all nuts and choking her (did that have to do with the phones/package? I wasn't paying attention), I was cheering him on. Squeeze, Gunn, squeeze!

Sarah Thompson's speaking annoys me. She overenunciates. And her words sound all wet, like the saliva is splashing around while her lips and teeth are smacking all over the place, catching feedback from the microphones. Oh, especially the "t"s and "d"s. Man, those are killers. It's like when you catch some fabric when you're closing a wooden drawer, that swicky feeling in the fingers and teeth. Ngguh!

oh no. oh no!! Flashbacks! It's the Revenge of the bad hair and accents. And Drusilla, nice to see her as usual, but why did she seem so ... lucid? The hell! She was all ... coherent. I was bothered. Also, I like the fact that this flashback really doesn't fit with say ... Lies My Parents Told Me. THANK GOD. If we could forget that episode more than we forget the rest of Season 7, that would be great. Anyway, I liked the flashbacks. Ah, reminders of somewhat better times. Furthermore, Spike and Angel have totally done it. Totally. They practically did onscreen.

However, despite the tickling anger that I felt watching this episode -- wait, I don't know. I wasn't really angry. I'm not all ... angered by the show. It's just. How much more can you take? How much more can we drink from The Cup of Death or whatever it was? I was sort of angry, but also comicly said. And I missed Wesley. Probably off at the therapist. Wait, what was I going to say? Oh yes! Despite the fact that ... this wasn't the happiest hour of television I've ever sat through, there was that single line ... that I will not even say if in the event the spoiler-whore boy is reading, because I simply cannot ruin the joke ... the single line had made me laugh uproariously. It was, in fact, perfect. If the entire episode consisted of nothing but the setup and the line, it would be the Best Episode Ever. Thank you for that.

Okay, now to the most important thing. LINDSAY!!! I love you! Hate the tatoos or whatever that is, but I love you! Oh, I rolled my eyes at the last scene. As soon as I was sure she wasn't talking to herself (I almost laughed), I realized "oh, it's the Mystery Person is Off-Screen/Dramatic Reveal!!! thing" I was sad. Those can only ever end in disappointment. It's annoying anyway. But yay! Thank God! Save Our Show, Lindsay, Save Our Show! And get away from Eve! Please! You could do so much better. So much better. Dude. HERPES!!

Oh, but he doesn't know about the Halloween! Heee! Great. This gives me something to look forward to. I can also look forward to the fact that Spike could still die at any time. Right?

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— Edit!! —

So, I watched the episode again last night, and I realized I forgot to include some IMPORTANT THINGS.

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First of all, I liked it a lot better after a second time. I don't take back what I said about Fury, because I thnk his "confrontational" writing style is what stunned and disoriented me on the first go-round. But it was tempered with DeKinghty goodness so, eh. I still didn't like all the Spike crap, though. It would have been better if he'd been mute.

1. "Toner" written on the wall in blood: truly inspired. That was near brilliant.
2. You know when Angel and Spike were all sticking their hands in the sun? This reminded me of something that made me roll my eyes. My cousin Michael is a very smart lad. Or at least, he used to be. I don't know, it's complicated and makes me sad. But anyway, his sister used to date an enormous loser. And from some reason Michael took to him a whole lot. I do not know why. Anyway, this loser boy introduced Michael to this neat little game, in which two persons place their arms together, and a lit cigarette is dropped into the groove betwixt them. The first one to move, loses! Isn't that coolest thing you've ever heard??? Sigh. So, yeah, anyway, that's what that reminded me of. That boys are really, really stupid.
3. The little group rolling their eyes at Sirk when he was explaining about translations. What the fuck? "Oh, he's so boring, ha ha!" I found that highly offensive! That shit's important! And Angel especially, you might want to pay attention, seeing as this concerns *your destiny* and everything. Jackasses. "You might as well have read a twelve-year-old's book report on the subjest." Heee! I like Sirk. He's like crotchety, but darker.

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