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falulatonks

"ba ba booey."

May 13, 2011 23:21

!!!!!!!!!

The main office at work mostly mutes sound from outside and from the inside, but at the end of the second episodes of Parks and Recreation I made a noise that made someone walking by outside turn around and glance through the window in concern. Shook a little with joy, I think. Grabbed at my face and maybe sobbed melodramatically. ( Read more... )

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Comments 17

mapsounds May 14 2011, 20:46:38 UTC

you are going to make me watch ALL OF THE SHOWS. ALL OF THEM. DAMMIT, RACHNA.

not really i love you

but there is absolutely nothing wrong with loving things and talking about them, ugh. being asked to feel bad about caring about things is actually ridiculous.

falulatonks May 15 2011, 12:13:04 UTC

ASK ME IF I CARE

ASK ME

also, I hope you like Parks and Recreation, because oh my god, the way I ramble about this show, I'm worried that anyone who tries it because of me is in for huge disappointment. :P

YES. ugh. indifference is bad. judging people for not being indifferent is the worst.

allthingsholy May 14 2011, 21:25:07 UTC

Every time I rewatch these episodes (which has been, yes, a lot) the line that most cracks me up is, "I'm not going to buy cocaine." Amy Poehler, how do you funny? It's amazing.

And yes, I love that these people care about things and that it's not lame or loser-ish or uncool. It's what makes them good at their jobs and their relationships and I just. I can't hardly contain how much joy this show makes me feel, and why it's the happiest show on television and has more heart than pretty much every other show on tv. Combined.

And yes (part two), this is the new "Casino Night." (Though to be fair, nothing will ever quite live up to the way "Casino Night" made me feel inside, which was happy and sad and ecstatic and crushed and hopeful and despondent and awash in the glow of a million angels weeping. Is that melodramatic? Is there praise too high for the wonderment that is that episode of TV? I think not.

falulatonks May 15 2011, 11:41:01 UTC

I just wanted to say - I am terrible at replying to LJ comments, but you are clearly wonderful, and I love that you adore this show and its joy and its heart but also recognise the beauty of Casino Night - which, I believe, even while basking in the afterglow of Road Trip, continues to hit me with emotions that no other show has really been able to do since. but it's not anyone else' fault. Casino Night is emotionally magnificent.

- yes, anyway, you are clearly wonderful, and your comments have made my week, and I am so glad that a) YOU WATCH THIS SHOW!, and b) WE ARE FRIENDS NOW.

Also, yes. Everyone on this show cares about things, and even April, who comes closest to indifferent in the entire main cast, knows how to smile and to love and hey, is also happily married. I can't think of any other show that allows for things like this, and I adore it for that. I adore it for many other reasons, of course, but especially for that.

allthingsholy May 15 2011, 16:45:50 UTC

Ben/Leslie has actually made me a little nostalgic for Jim/Pam and Fancy New Beesly and I've been having a bit of a mini-marathon of good Jim/Pam moments from season two of The Office (which I consider to be one of the most perfect seasons of any television show ever), and yeah. There are so many feelings. Ben and Leslie are bullshit free and I love that about them, how straightforward everything is and no drama and hearts in their eyes and all of that, but I still can't get over Jim Halpert's parking lot love confession and Pam Beesly's sad eyes, and Ben and Leslie are perfect but Jim and Pam are ~epic. I think I actually love them sort of equally, but Jim and Pam just hit me so much harder ( ... )

allthingsholy May 15 2011, 16:47:40 UTC

PS: just followed you on twitter. @andthenisay. FYI.

jessm May 15 2011, 15:17:24 UTC

On a semi-related note, has indifference stopped being cool yet?
Is this in relation to something in particular? I definitely agree with the sentiment, but I don't know to what it's referring!

falulatonks May 15 2011, 17:00:06 UTC

The thought in particular came because of a culmination of random things I've seen and heard around in real life lately, and memories of a few people I used to hang out with in school six or seven years ago - so I guess I even mentioned it here because I think I was contrasting it with Parks and Rec? (I...am not even sure now.)