Questionable Content #2800

1000 issues ago, Dora and Marten broke up. What does it mean???

Urgghlllle I really don't think Claire and Marten should get together. Their friendship seems too unequal. I mean sure, Marten/Dora and Marten/Faye were borderline abusive. And it would be unethical for Marten to sleep with an intern.

My predictions: They're gonna kiss and then Marten will be all "whoa now Claire I think I've made a horrible mistake and I don't wanna ruin our friendship" and Claire will be very sad, quit her job at the library, and move to LA.

- become writer
-- write epic fantasy novel
-- OR write epic bildungsroman about an engineer
-- OR write Harlequins?

- become math teacher (if I graduate, I know I'll already qualify for the top grade starting salary...)

- become grad student

Last week was a really good episode. By that I mean one where they exceeded my meagre expectations and did not screw up. Mike's scenes were very sweet, and I'd be happy to see increasing signs of mental instability from him later on in the season. Will and Emma's plotline advancement was not particularly annoying and it was nice to see another villain besides Le OCD.

Kurt and Blaine - I love them together, they're two alphas rather than an alpha and a beta or two betas, they're (literally) made for each other. But I've made it no secret that I want to BREAK their relationship into shards. And this is the way it should go. First with odd looks and, backwards glances and then to fragment explosively leaving both parties for the worse, or the better. Conventional TV knows no such thing as a happily married couple. This isn't even me being resentful at the set of people in relationships. I believe it would be a fascinating thing to see play out.

This episode was also the first one where I empathized with Rachel. As I only began watching in the middle of the second season, please forgive me if I missed a crucial chunk of character development. Rachel and her ambition have been trampling people as long as I can remember. And she does succeed often, as Mercedes may note. Seeing her a little bit desperate and running for class president was a welcome sight.

Ooh, yes. Remember how Book quoted Shan Yu in- War Stories on Firefly?

Live with a man 40 years, share his house, his meals, speak on every subject. Then tie him up and hold him over the volcano's edge. And on that day you will finally meet the man.

And remember what Jayne said when he was about to get flushed out of airlock? I have yet to see anything like that in Glee. Perhaps I never will.

Ruminating on past episodes
Why did they have Karofsky kiss Kurt? Was it like, a "SHUT UP" kind of thing? Was it because Karofsky was overcome with Kurt's hotness? Did the writers just need to wordlessly explain he was gay? Where is Karofsky now?  

Predictions
Someone will commit suicide this season. Glee is overdue for a suicide.

Today I found out I was outright unranked (REJECTED) after my interview which I only got because of my double 100s in calculus last year. I feel unmotivated to do anything except finish Season 3 of Breaking Bad and drink tea. I don't even want to shower. But I need to study and write at least 700 words about sleeping tips and alternative sleep cycles (e.g. The Uberman, the xkcd 28 hour day) for the Iron Warrior newspaper, who did appreciate the appropriateness of writing it at all.

Is it even possible to get a job one term and then be unable to find one the next? My interview skills have decreased in quality and I have limited innate charisma. Another interview is scheduled on Friday for a project coordinator position at St. Mike's hospital. The phrase "supremely unqualified" applies to this situation.

 I now have the urge to Do Unto Others, so the H.I.V.E. motto goes. To create, to destroy, to mourn, to celebrate, instead of navelgazing. So I offer this minor spiel. 

Do whales get mood swings? Do cats? Do gorillas? Do elephants? Mood swings are related to bipolar disorder. Are there bipolar whales?

And this goes back all the way around to the question of what makes us human. As opposed to whales. 

I don't believe whales get mood swings because of brain size relative to body mass. With large brains comes great brain problems. Like insanity, irrationality, and mood swings. (Fine line between madness and genius, anyone?)

I ask this because I wonder if it's sheer randomness that makes us human. To make leaps of faith, to be contrary to instinct, to DO because it's there. 

The side effect of this is that we also get things like the Darwin Awards. We never hear about the elephant that tried to do a headstand with a chainsaw on an inukshuk, do we?

And that leads to another thing. Love is probably a byproduct of that insanity. Gorillas mourn. Elephants mourn. But is it attachment? Survival instinct? As far as I know whales don't have love songs, only mating songs.  

 Since Runaways has been on hiatus for the last two years, it was nice to find this to satisfy my comic cravings. And now I realize how great Animorphs might be as a graphic novel form. They did it to the Baby Sitter's Club... chances are that they have something for Goosebumps... why not?