Saturday night wrap-up

[cmk418]

It's raining again. I don't think I signed on for this when I moved to SoCal - I've gotten used to about thirty minutes of rain every couple of months and that's it. This weather has been going on for the better part of the week though. I am not amused.

Finished up Season 2 of "Big Love". There was lots of Alby toward the end, and, much to my delight, an Alby-Lois scene. Bill was quite annoying, but everybody else seemed to step up and really make the season much better than the first. There will be fanfic coming shortly, especially since I've signed up on the 100_women community.

On the subject of communities, I stumbled on the queerasfolkuk community yesterday. There's a lot of Stuart/Vince fic, which makes me very happy. (For those who have only seen the American series, it translates into Brian/Michael - only better). I should watch that series again - it's such fun.

I felt like I hadn't been able to do anything this week at work, but yesterday I definitely earned my money (still didn't get the mounds of paperwork down, but I managed to keep one of our biggest clients happy). Maybe we'll actually get a thank you when the boss comes back from vacation. (I'm not really holding my breath for that one!)

Think I'll work on cleaning the apartment tomorrow (it needs it) and then doing a little bit of writing.

Comments

[michele659.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the annoying rain. We've had the annoying cold here on a continuous basis pretty much since my Dad went to the nursing home for his rehab. The nursing home is near the water,of course. There's nothing like waiting for buses and walking the streets with the wind spinning you around.

I hadn't heard of the 100 Women fic comm,but it sounds interesting. There's alot of good prompts listed. I don't watch Big Love,so I don't really know anything about the characters you're talking about. I know the basic premise of the story,but that's about it. I know you've mentioned Lois before,and that you like the character.
I've seen some of Queer as Folk's UK version on YouTube. It did seem funny. I don't think I could feel as much for the characters as I do for the American ones. Maybe because I really like the actors so much-particularly Gale Harold and Randy Harrison. They have incredible chemistry. Not to mention the hotness factor. I didn't see that in their British counterparts as much. I don't know Stu and Vince, but I did like Ben and Michael. Michael was one of those characters who could be whiny and annoying,as well as sometimes judgmental, but was basically a good guy with a good heart. And he was funny. I also loved Ben. I just saw the episode where they're in bed talking about how their foster son seems to be straight. They're distressed by this and Michael says:"Maybe it's just a phase". I cracked up at that line,and then Ben says:"All you have to say now is maybe he just hasn't met the right boy and we'll sound just like our parents".
I hope your weather gets back to normal. I'm just hoping for a 40 degree day,with no wind!

[cmk418]

There's nothing like waiting for buses and walking the streets with the wind spinning you around.

That reminds me of living in Chicago which seemed to be the only place in the world where, no matter which direction you turned, the snow would always blow in your face.

Ben, Michael and their son was one of the more endearing points of the later seasons. Ben actually grew on me - it took a while though before I was willing to part with the fantasy of Brian/Michael.

[michele659.livejournal.com]

I never had a fantasy of Brian/Michael.Except in
the first episode when I thought that was what was going to happen, I never really could see the two of them together.

My cousin lived in Chicago when he was in college and he described it the same way you did. He transferred after about a year to come back to NY.

[michele659.livejournal.com]

I just realized you said Brian and Michael,not Ben and Michael. I liked Brian and Michael's friendship much of the time. But it was sometimes dysfunctional and judgmental on both sides. Which made me want to smack one or both of them at various times.

[cmk418]

I think the one thing that I love about "Queer as Folk" UK was that none of the characters were as whiny as their American counterparts. The series was a lot shorter than the American version (only about 7 hours for two seasons) which meant that there wasn't the character "growth" that the US series had, so Stuart stayed Stuart and Vince accepted him for all his faults without trying to change him.

[michele659.livejournal.com]

I lamented the shortness of the US version, so two seasons would have killed me.Especially only 7 hours!
I liked the growth of the characters,since it made the story more interesting as it went on. I see what you mean about the two years vs.five. You can have people behaving and being the same way for a short series. In a longer one it starts to get old. I was getting tired of Brian's one millionth trip to the back room after awhile, and Michael had to grow up and build a life without being attached to Brian. And vice versa-in a different way,of course.
In the US series Michael blindly defends Brian most of the time. Until the end. But as judgmental as he could be, Brian could be as well. He was scathing in his attitudes about people who chose a different life than his-whether or not they were judgmental of his. His remarks about "Stepford fags" and similar ones annoyed me. And I seriously wanted Ben to punch him when he was mocking their marriage and said those who got married or were monogamous were "imitation homosexuals". Like there was one way to be gay and that was his.
I have a thing about men (straight or gay) trying to justify infidelity by saying "we're men". Like the old boys will be boys excuse. As if women weren't sexual and couldn't possibly understand.