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thewhitelily) wrote2006-10-28 09:38 pm
thewhitelily) wrote2006-10-28 09:38 pm
The rule of three + new DVD + champagne = LJ post
The bottle of champagne my grandparents-in-law brought to my birthday party, which we cracked open to celebrate the departure of everyone and the completion of the dishes was... intoxicating.
Yes, that's right, I, The White Lily, your beloved fandom friend, is currently completely and utterly smashed.
As in, fingers-are-numb, typos-are-rampant, drink-lots-of-water-because-otherwise-boy-will-you-regret-this-in-the-morning, drump. I mean, drunk.
And yes, I just made a grammar error, two paragraphs ago, which I can still identify in this state. But no, I can't be bothered fixing it, unlike the last eighty-five typos. Particularly because I can't work out whether it actually is a grammar error. Should it be "am" for "I", or "is" for "The White Lily/your beloved fandom friend"? *ponders* *thinks it should be "am"* *decides doesn't care* *moves on*
What was it I had to say to you all?
Oh, that's right.
I have just realised that my obsession has reached scary new heights. I was watching "The Importance of Being Earnest", my beloved new DVD, and noticed that it seems to feature mainly twos rather than threes. And since I absolutely adore the play, and the production involving Judy Dench as Aunt Agatha, particularly because of the twisty plot, etc... this is quite distressing.
But now I'm not feeling so bad about the whole two/three thing. Half the point of Oscar Wilde is that he doesn't leave you thinking "Wow! Why didn't I think of that?!" Instead, he twists the plot and keeps twisting and twisting until you end up in a disbelieving pretzel. But a pretzel that's had fun along the way!
In fact, I've decided that this is the exception that proves the rule. In that respect, Oscar Wilde's much like Gilbert and Sullivan, my all-time-favourite playwrights. If you're writing humour, you can afford to write in twos, because the unexpectedness is so much more important than any other aspect of the twist. Otherwise... Fear me, and my troupe of Threeness Enforcing Elephants!
No, I can't think of anything more threatening or alliterative than elephants. Sorry.
That's all I had to say, I think. Aside from things I've decided not to say, like Hubby suddenly deciding that the way to attract my attention is to croon "threeeeeeeeee" in my ear...
Okay, so I'm a sad, sad case. I already know this. :)
Yes, that's right, I, The White Lily, your beloved fandom friend, is currently completely and utterly smashed.
As in, fingers-are-numb, typos-are-rampant, drink-lots-of-water-because-otherwise-boy-will-you-regret-this-in-the-morning, drump. I mean, drunk.
And yes, I just made a grammar error, two paragraphs ago, which I can still identify in this state. But no, I can't be bothered fixing it, unlike the last eighty-five typos. Particularly because I can't work out whether it actually is a grammar error. Should it be "am" for "I", or "is" for "The White Lily/your beloved fandom friend"? *ponders* *thinks it should be "am"* *decides doesn't care* *moves on*
What was it I had to say to you all?
Oh, that's right.
I have just realised that my obsession has reached scary new heights. I was watching "The Importance of Being Earnest", my beloved new DVD, and noticed that it seems to feature mainly twos rather than threes. And since I absolutely adore the play, and the production involving Judy Dench as Aunt Agatha, particularly because of the twisty plot, etc... this is quite distressing.
But now I'm not feeling so bad about the whole two/three thing. Half the point of Oscar Wilde is that he doesn't leave you thinking "Wow! Why didn't I think of that?!" Instead, he twists the plot and keeps twisting and twisting until you end up in a disbelieving pretzel. But a pretzel that's had fun along the way!
In fact, I've decided that this is the exception that proves the rule. In that respect, Oscar Wilde's much like Gilbert and Sullivan, my all-time-favourite playwrights. If you're writing humour, you can afford to write in twos, because the unexpectedness is so much more important than any other aspect of the twist. Otherwise... Fear me, and my troupe of Threeness Enforcing Elephants!
No, I can't think of anything more threatening or alliterative than elephants. Sorry.
That's all I had to say, I think. Aside from things I've decided not to say, like Hubby suddenly deciding that the way to attract my attention is to croon "threeeeeeeeee" in my ear...
Okay, so I'm a sad, sad case. I already know this. :)