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I'm not a royal watcher or anything, but it's all over the news, so... Prince William apparently proposed to his longtime girlfriend. Ok, fine. My question is, why would he give her his mother's engagement ring? Because that marriage worked out sooo well. Seriously, go into the family vault and fish something else out - something with better history.

God, how I love Mad Men! I wish I had someone to watch with, so that all of my oohs and aahs and deep thoughts spoken out loud during the episode could be directed at a live person instead of into thin air.

Although, come to think of it, maybe this is for the best - watching MM with me could be pretty annoying.

And I wish I could write up an episode recap or something to summarize all my conclusions, but there are too many themes and issues and it would take too long... So I end up reading other people's recaps instead.

Ok, just a couple quick comments on the latest ep. One: a Don voiceover?! I could get used to that. Two: I was happy he did show up to the birthday party. And then Betty was acting like a mature adult for once? And looking wistfully at Don with the baby? I almost cried. Hmm, somehow all of my crying during MM (twice so far) comes courtesy of Betty. The first one was when she glammed up and broke into Italian during their quick trip to Rome. I wonder why that is.

Мы сейчас у родственников на Long Island. Двоюродный племянник (16 лет) сел смотреть старого Бэтмэна (тот, который 1992-го года, с Michael Keaton и Michelle Pfeiffer). Моя мама и тётя Льва почему-то тоже подсели смотреть. Мы сидим в стороне и играем в Scrabble. После пятнадцати минут стрельбы, бардака, хаоса, и т. д. слышу следующий диалог. Мама: "Ничего не понимаю. Что происходит? Вы понимаете?" Тётя: "Нет, я тоже ничего не понимаю. Мишенька, ты понимаешь, что там происходит?" Мишенька: "Так ещё же ничего не произошло."

Прочитала у bagira про вот это, и теперь состояние совершенно подавленное. То есть, оно, наверно, и до этого было подавленным, но стало совсем херово. И комменты там тоже... Большинство, конечно, более или менее адекватные, но некоторые! Как говорила в далёкой (моей) молодости одна совсем немолодая родственница, "Люди - звери". И, как говорил в не такой далёкой молодости один однокурсник, "Humans are scary people". Это и так ясно, но всё же...

... strikes again: Kate Winslet is separated from her husband. I really thought, if anyone could be safe from the curse, it would be her. I mean, her husband is Sam Mendes, the director of American Beauty and other renowned films. He has had a brilliant career, he is a director, not an actor, so they are not "competing" professionally. Is no one safe?! Ok, I give Sandra Bullock's marriage two years, tops. How sad.

I am too lazy to have a "girls only" group, so I'll just say this. Gentlemen, this is not going to be of interest to you. Ladies, this is hysterically funny. I laughed so hard, I cried.

On January 19th, 1995 (!!!), I wrote Lev our very first email and we started our correspondence. The rest, as they say, is history. I just asked him to dig up those early emails from his archives, which he did. We are reading over them and laughing at ourselves. I was pretty bubbly, rambling about classes, midterms, papers, and dorm life. He was very serious, confidently talking about eventually getting an academic job. We talked about our families and experiences. There was quite a lot of personal stuff in those emails, actually.

This I found very cute. I guess I would end my emails with "I hope to hear from you". I'm not sure I meant it literally as much as just using it as a nice expression, although probably to a certain extent I did. Eventually, he replied "There is no need to end all the letters with this, - the response is guaranteed." All together now - awww!

Just had to share.

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

Friends with photographic know-how will probably understand how the original camera worked, as well as the process of color restoration, better than I ever could, but I think I get the gist of it. The results are brain-warping. I cannot believe I am looking at images from 100 years ago. They look so... real. And I guess they were.

This isn't a question regarding a course of action, it's more like a general question about attitude. ( Here's the back story. )

So, dear pet owners, please enlighten me with your perspective. Is it like losing a family member? And if it is, is it still compatible with getting a new one for Christmas?

Since ranting to Lev about how wonderful it was clearly was not enough (maybe because my voice is gone and I was ranting in a whisper???), I'll rant here some more. Some random points:

"Very good. Happy Christmas!" I think I'll just say that at random moments. I'll definitely think it at random moments. Ha-ha! That was hysterical. I love how Lane Price's dissatisfaction with his bosses back in the UK was growing throughout the season and finally culminated in his defection.

When Roger said he'd make a phone call, I knew he was calling Joan! Yessss!!!

Um, what else? Oh, yeah, those poor kids. But they were screwed no matter what. That family was not getting a happy ending under any circumstances. God, divorce is horrible. Thank God I was too young to remember much of it (although what I do remember is bad enough).

Contrary to my predictions, no Sal in the finale. I hope they find him next season and try to bring him back to SCDP. Of course, American Tabacco is their *biggest* client, so that could create major problems.

Ok, the bad news is that now we settle into 8 or so months of waiting for the next season.The good news is that I can now go to bed at 10 pm on Sundays. Very good. Happy Christmas!