Wednesday, February 07, 2007

corporeally-challenged telephonic harrassment

Today's soundtrack:
The Crane Wife by The Decemberists

Dear Miss Austen,

Was thrilled to receive your message this evening. I would have picked up the phone, but it was during Kate's Special Alone Time (every Tuesday at 8pm on Global. Google it, if you have to. It starts with H and ends with -ouse is a very sexy drug-addicted cripple). Naturally, I am quite keen to phone you back and discuss Marianne's recovery (does she really become a modest woman?), but you neglected to leave any contact information. As you are already well-versed with the 20th-century invention of the telephone, I have no doubt that a well-turned Regency-era writer such as yourself will also be comfortable with the series of interconnected tubes called the Internets.

Yours, etc.

Lady Kate.

3 comments:

  1. How rude of Jane Austen to call during House!!! I mean, that actually requires more than one exclamation point! Several, in fact! You would think one with such a keen knowledge of early 19th century society would be able to translate to not disturbing people while they're watching the cranky doctor. I have to confess, I'm a bit disappointed in Jane.

    P.S. Aren't you glad they finally stopped that stupid trial timeline? Nice that the show's finally gotten back to normal.

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  2. to be honest, i'd prefer it if they returned to the trial timeline if it meant they'd drop the "cripples can only date/flirt/mac on other cripples" crap that happened last episode. was quite literally foaming at the mouth. i want stacy to come back and spruce the show up a bit.

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  3. Hm, that was a little annoying, come to think of it, but I suppose it didn't bother me as much as this huge sense of "the cripple is bitter and quirky so we must always treat him as a child" theme that was such a big part of the trial plot. I did like the episode between the trial plot and the parking spot fight episode--I wished we could see more of him helping others emotionally as well as physically. That was an interesting new direction.

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