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newnumber6So yesterday I finished watching Dead Like Me. Well, technically, yesterday I watched again the first episode I saw - I started watching it when the station was already on episode 3, and so watched the whole series and cycled back around to where it was a rerun.
Anyway, it was a pretty good series on the whole, would have liked to see it continue, although there were some annoying continuity glitches and sometimes it got a bit too silly for my tastes. I also would have liked to see more of George trying to skirt the rules about contacting her family after she died. I think they were probably building up to it long term, but of course there was no long term.
Right around when I saw the first episode, it occured to me that the family setup was very close to an old 90s show, My So-Called Life. The thought amused me. You've got the protagonist, an intelligent but slackerish girl who narrates meaningfully over scenes. Her mother who's wound a bit too tight and a little too controlling. The father who's liable to fall into an affair but is otherwise much more laid back. And there's the invisible little sister. The only thing really missing is the friends, and we never really see anything about George's friends (though the implication is more that she didn't really have many). Still, since I realized the similarity I have the image in the back of my head that DLM is My So-Called Life if the main character got a little older but died young and became a grim reaper. Okay, the age difference between her and the sister would have to be a little wider too. Which kind of makes me half plot out what it'd be like if it really was a crossover. Anyway, as I said, it amuses me to think about it. Sometimes I wish that after you die you get to remix reality as you wish and so if you want you can watch (or live in) crazy crossovers that would never be possible in normal life, as if they actually happened. Don't actually believe it, but it's my favorite afterlife scenario.
Anyway, the show's worth a look if you haven't seen it.
Also another 5 question survey meme early-school-based, stolen from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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bachika and soleta_nf...
1. What book were you forced to read in English class that made you want to gouge your eyes out?
Hmmm... I can't actually require any that did that to me. I wasn't all that interested in Fifth Business or To Kill a Mockingbird (both needed more space ships or dragons)
2. What was your best elementary school science project?
You know I can only actually remember one, and that was the one that turned out badly. Also I think science fairs were optional most of my high school career so I opted out of most of them because I am not the butterfly of society.
The one that went badly was on growing plants hydroponically. They didn't grow very well.
3. What was your favourite thing to do at recess?
'Let's Pretend'. Big surprise there. Generally pretending to be superheroes or fantasy characters or things like that. In Jr. High we'd play RPGs during our lunch breaks.
4. Did you ever participate in a school play?
Not any that was actually schoolwide. I have a sort of schizophrenic relationship with acting. There was one time I was supposed to be in some school musical thing when I was really young (I recall I was supposed to play fries. It was food themed). But I chickened out and faked sickness at the last minute. But on smaller scale stuff, like in Drama class or skits in other classes, I was actually usually able to do fairly well. I mean sure I'd get nervous as hell before but once I immersed myself in a character I could do okay. I even voluntarily took drama one year (before that it was mandatory). People often told me I'd be a good actor, and in fact once apparently I did well portraying a really angry person (it was a high school skit where we were supposed to portray psychological issues... I was deflection(?) where instead of being angry at what was really bothering me, I took it out on everybody else), somebody not in my class that I'd never met tracked me down because they heard I did really well and they were trying to make a student film and wanted someone who could do anger. Except I backed out of it because I couldn't deal with the various social issues in going out to rehearse it with people I've never met. Plus the script sucked.
5. Describe your most embarrassing school photo or early fashion faux pas.
When I was young I was a bit of a chubby kid. I had this long sleeved red shirt with a zip up collar and it was a little too tight for me, and I also had longish hair.
I cringe when I think of myself like that. The worst thing? That was what I wore to the first day to my new school that I was joining mid year. In a much later conversation with my friends we were discussing what we first thought when we first saw each other and one of my best friends told me he thought I was a 'retard' when he first saw me (yeah, I know, I'm just quoting accurately).
I'm still horrible at 'getting' fashion so I just stick to what I understand. Jeans and a t-shirt. Can't go wrong with that. I was so happy the day I discovered that I could _do_ Jeans and a T-shirt (I had an unreasonable distaste for jeans before my parents convinced me to try them).
Anyway, it was a pretty good series on the whole, would have liked to see it continue, although there were some annoying continuity glitches and sometimes it got a bit too silly for my tastes. I also would have liked to see more of George trying to skirt the rules about contacting her family after she died. I think they were probably building up to it long term, but of course there was no long term.
Right around when I saw the first episode, it occured to me that the family setup was very close to an old 90s show, My So-Called Life. The thought amused me. You've got the protagonist, an intelligent but slackerish girl who narrates meaningfully over scenes. Her mother who's wound a bit too tight and a little too controlling. The father who's liable to fall into an affair but is otherwise much more laid back. And there's the invisible little sister. The only thing really missing is the friends, and we never really see anything about George's friends (though the implication is more that she didn't really have many). Still, since I realized the similarity I have the image in the back of my head that DLM is My So-Called Life if the main character got a little older but died young and became a grim reaper. Okay, the age difference between her and the sister would have to be a little wider too. Which kind of makes me half plot out what it'd be like if it really was a crossover. Anyway, as I said, it amuses me to think about it. Sometimes I wish that after you die you get to remix reality as you wish and so if you want you can watch (or live in) crazy crossovers that would never be possible in normal life, as if they actually happened. Don't actually believe it, but it's my favorite afterlife scenario.
Anyway, the show's worth a look if you haven't seen it.
Also another 5 question survey meme early-school-based, stolen from
mondaysabitch by way of bachika and soleta_nf...1. What book were you forced to read in English class that made you want to gouge your eyes out?
Hmmm... I can't actually require any that did that to me. I wasn't all that interested in Fifth Business or To Kill a Mockingbird (both needed more space ships or dragons)
2. What was your best elementary school science project?
You know I can only actually remember one, and that was the one that turned out badly. Also I think science fairs were optional most of my high school career so I opted out of most of them because I am not the butterfly of society.
The one that went badly was on growing plants hydroponically. They didn't grow very well.
3. What was your favourite thing to do at recess?
'Let's Pretend'. Big surprise there. Generally pretending to be superheroes or fantasy characters or things like that. In Jr. High we'd play RPGs during our lunch breaks.
4. Did you ever participate in a school play?
Not any that was actually schoolwide. I have a sort of schizophrenic relationship with acting. There was one time I was supposed to be in some school musical thing when I was really young (I recall I was supposed to play fries. It was food themed). But I chickened out and faked sickness at the last minute. But on smaller scale stuff, like in Drama class or skits in other classes, I was actually usually able to do fairly well. I mean sure I'd get nervous as hell before but once I immersed myself in a character I could do okay. I even voluntarily took drama one year (before that it was mandatory). People often told me I'd be a good actor, and in fact once apparently I did well portraying a really angry person (it was a high school skit where we were supposed to portray psychological issues... I was deflection(?) where instead of being angry at what was really bothering me, I took it out on everybody else), somebody not in my class that I'd never met tracked me down because they heard I did really well and they were trying to make a student film and wanted someone who could do anger. Except I backed out of it because I couldn't deal with the various social issues in going out to rehearse it with people I've never met. Plus the script sucked.
5. Describe your most embarrassing school photo or early fashion faux pas.
When I was young I was a bit of a chubby kid. I had this long sleeved red shirt with a zip up collar and it was a little too tight for me, and I also had longish hair.
I cringe when I think of myself like that. The worst thing? That was what I wore to the first day to my new school that I was joining mid year. In a much later conversation with my friends we were discussing what we first thought when we first saw each other and one of my best friends told me he thought I was a 'retard' when he first saw me (yeah, I know, I'm just quoting accurately).
I'm still horrible at 'getting' fashion so I just stick to what I understand. Jeans and a t-shirt. Can't go wrong with that. I was so happy the day I discovered that I could _do_ Jeans and a T-shirt (I had an unreasonable distaste for jeans before my parents convinced me to try them).
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Date: 2006-05-12 07:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-12 03:36 pm (UTC)As to fashion, thanks, but really I don't go out enough for it to make much difference, everywhere I do go, jeans + t-shirt is good enough. ;)
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Date: 2006-05-12 03:38 pm (UTC)Jeans and a t-shirt is a classic combination. I use it myself a lot. :D
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