Elizabeth Bishop, "One Art" (also, Lost 6x12)

[the_wanlorn]

:( When I get into a new fandom, I always forget how much I fucking hate general fandom. And then I find bunches of comments on posts where it's like "Ohhhhhhh right, disliking characters based on their actions is ridiculous! Much better to hate them for being women!" And "Yeahhhhhhh, totally forgot that hating a lovable, adorable character just because he gets in the way of your [CLEARLY VASTLY SUPERIOR, I WILL ADMIT] ship is totally okay."

Every time I think I'm getting really fucking crazy about a show, and really fucking crazy and overinvested in a ship, I see shit like this, and go "Oh, right. I may be crazy and overinvested, and I may think that Mary/Raph is awful, but I still fucking love Raph and don't want him to leave the show, so at least I'm not a terrible person."

Speaking of crazy and overinvested, I haven't fallen this hard for a show this fast in yearrrrrs. I leave VLC open, regardless of whether I've got something playing or not, unless I shut down the computer, so things aggregate in the playlist. Last time I turned off the computer was Saturday. Here is the playlist of things I've watched since Saturday (IT IS SUPER LONG):

The Uninvited
Doctor Who 2005 - 5x02
FlashForward 1x15
In Plain Sight - 1x01
In Plain Sight - 1x02
In Plain Sight - 1x03
In Plain Sight - 1x04
In Plain Sight - 1x05
In Plain Sight - 1x06
In Plain Sight - 1x07
In Plain Sight - 1x08
In Plain Sight - 1x09
In Plain Sight - 1x10
In Plain Sight - 1x11
In Plain Sight - 1x12
In Plain Sight - 2x01
In Plain Sight - 2x02
In Plain Sight - 2x03
In Plain Sight - 2x04
In Plain Sight - 2x05
In Plain Sight - 2x06
In Plain Sight - 2x07
In Plain Sight - 2x08
In Plain Sight - 1x03
In Plain Sight - 1x04
In Plain Sight - 1x05
In Plain Sight - 1x06
In Plain Sight - 1x07
In Plain Sight - 1x08
In Plain Sight - 1x09
In Plain Sight - 1x10
In Plain Sight - 1x11
In Plain Sight - 1x12
The Big Bang Theory - 3x19
How I Met Your Mother - 5x19
In Plain Sight - 2x15
In Plain Sight - 3x01
House - 6x16
Bones - 3x13
House - 6x16
Breaking Bad - 3x04
Castle - 2x20
The Mentalist - 2x18
In Plain Sight - 2x01
In Plain Sight - 2x02
In Plain Sight - 2x03
In Plain Sight - 2x04
In Plain Sight - 2x05
In Plain Sight - 2x06
In Plain Sight - 2x14
In Plain Sight - 2x15
In Plain Sight - 2x06
In Plain Sight - 2x07
In Plain Sight - 2x08
In Plain Sight - 2x09
In Plain Sight - 2x10
In Plain Sight - 2x11
In Plain Sight - 2x12
In Plain Sight - 2x13
In Plain Sight - 2x14
In Plain Sight - 2x15
In Plain Sight - 3x01
In Plain Sight - 3x02
Bones - 3x13
In Plain Sight - 2x12
In Plain Sight - 2x14
In Plain Sight - 2x13
In Plain Sight - 2x14
In Plain Sight - 2x15
In Plain Sight - 3x01
In Plain Sight - 3x02
In Plain Sight - 2x13
In Plain Sight - 1x04
The Mentalist - 2x18
Spartacus - 1x12
Legend of the Seeker - 2x16
Mythbusters - 8x03
Bones - 5x17
Castle - 2x19
In Plain Sight - 3x03


I THINK I HAVE A BIT OF A PROBLEM. But also, I just watched Lost, so it is time to talk about that!


You know what Lost is really fucking good at, internet? Making totally fucking adorable ships. Hurley/Libby is so fucking adorable. As is Desmond/Penny. And so on and so forth.

They're also really fucking good at making me totally love a character to pieces, and then killing the character. ILANA, WHAT THE FUCK, IF YOU HAD BEEN TRAINING FOR THIS YOUR WHOLE LIFE THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW NOT TO JOSTLE DYNAMITE LIKE THAT :( :( :( I LOVED YOU :( :( :( :(

The most surprising thing about this episode was that moment of character growth... for Jack. WTF JACK REALIZING HE CAN'T FIX SOMETHING? IS THE WORLD ENDING?

Totally called that the whispers were ghosts. Totally called that not!Locke was going to push Desmond down that well. TOTALLY GOT UPSET ANYWAY WHEN HE DID.

IDK, I don't really have anything much to say about this episode. It was fucking adorable. But that's pretty much it.



The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.


--Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.

Comments

[shadowkitty]

I LIKE HOW WE WERE GOING NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO STEP BACK FROM THE WELL YOU ARE MAKING IT TOO EASY >:(

[the_wanlorn]

INORITE?

Seriously, Desmond. SELF PRESERVATION INSTINCTS: LEARN THEM.

[sinatra]

In his defense it seemed like that last bout of electromagnetic overload fried his brain a bit.

[the_wanlorn]

I love how he's just all ":) :)" about everything now.

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[(Anonymous)]

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[sinatra]

Also, I commend you on a truly impressive amount of episodes watched! :D

[the_wanlorn]

62 of 79 things I've watched over the past five days were In Plain Sight. There are only 31 episodes totaly. :(

...and I am kind of horrified that I've watched around 79 hours of TV in five days. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD: