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[katallison]

Stuff that is Good:

(a) Perfectly beautiful day out, will get up to 71, and I'm going out to my brother and sister-in-law's place for some quality hanging-out time.

(b) nifra_idril's recap of The Fast and the Furious made me hoot with laughter, in part because -- OK, my brother? the one referenced above? the uber-bookish academic/cerebral geek, who (1) though he knows about slash, claims not to get it at all, and (2) never had a driver's license until he was in his 30s? This guy is a *total* FatF *fanboy*. He has watched it I don't know how many times. He has tried to explain the underlying themes to me in archetypal terms. And I am so, so tempted to send Nifra's recap to him, except--no, better not. But *heeeeeee*.

(c) Mr. P., when he came over last night, brought me a baggie of -- wait for it -- DARK M&Ms!! I shit you not! They're a mix of navy, dark red, purple, black and grey, and OMG HOW COOL IS IT THAT THERE ARE GREY M&Ms IN THE WORLD! It makes me so very happy that there is DARK CANDY in the world, dark angsty candy, candy the color of a bruise! Ahem.

(d) I went over to my old friend J's house this morning, to help her 11th grade son work on his college application statements, and I've been sort of out of touch with J for a while and hadn't seen her son in, like, five or six years, so imagine my surprise to discover that he's grown into a tall lanky guy who looks startlingly like a younger and thinner Matthew McConaughey, topped with perfect RayK hair. Reprise the "I shit you not" -- PERFECT RayK hair, like it had been lifted right off CKR's head and set down on this really *incredibly* good-looking kid. Who is also a brilliant math/science prodigy, pondering recruiting letters from MIT and U of Chicago and Stanford, and also very funny and sweet. And yes, it's probably a good thing there are standards and codes about not molesting the 34-years-younger-than-one sons of one's old buddies. But a woman can *look*, at least. Golly.

Comments

[brynwulf]

Have you read thefourthvine's The Fast and the Furious recap? If you liked that one, you'll love THIS. :) This is my latest fandom, btw. Maygra has sucked me in again. Oh, and Bone...she does ok, too. *g*

[norah.livejournal.com]

Also, fic recs here (http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=makesmewannadie&keyword=The+Fast+and+the+Furious+recs&filter=all) for over thirty stories.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you're getting some life-juice back into ya. (:

[thepouncer.livejournal.com]

I *think*, although I have not confirmed it for myself, that the dark M&Ms are known as the "Darth mix" - pre-movie tie-ins for Revenge of the Sith. And honestly? I'm not going to say no to anything that gets me dark chocolate M&Ms.

[renenet.livejournal.com]

M&M dark chocolate evil (You may have to click the "switch" button on the left side to join the dark side.) I think the cute undercuts the evil, myself, but there's no arguing with the taste.

[kadymae.livejournal.com]

Totally with you on the dirty old woman thing and molesting the sons of friends.

Somehow our 40something (and frumpy) friends Todd and Brandy have a 19 year old son who looks like the love child of Brad Pitt and Dominic Monigan. And he's such a NICE guy, too that I feel really bad about lusting over him.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

It makes me so very happy that there is DARK CANDY in the world, dark angsty candy, candy the color of a bruise! Ahem.

Hee. This cracked me up this morning.