A few more thoughts on "Extinction"...

What did the title mean? I know, Smallville titles are often obscure or random anyway - has anyone figured out why "Hug" was called "Hug"? My friends were remarking how "Extinction" is an unusually long title, when the show usually goes for titles of one or two syllables. I think of a three syllable word as the sign of a good episode, like "Insurgence".

Aside from the remarkable Clark/Lex embrace in "Phoenix", I think this is the Clexiest episode since "Redux". Lex confides his thoughts to Clark. They spend time together - actually interacting. Clark saves Lex's life. Things are as they should be.

And of course, Lionel.... in fine form. Beautiful! Blackmailing Chloe - and using Gabe to do it! - but how can he believe anything she will tell him under coercion?
And to see Chloe and Clark as friends again - that's worth a lot.

Pete: at least he isn't around too much any more. I would have found his "Lemon Pledge" line funny if it hadn't been metatextual and therefore intrusive. We all burst out laughing when the Lemon Pledge ad came on next.

Martha: At her best. Dare I hope she will go to work for Lionel again?

Jonathan: Yeah, right, Einstein, take a kryptonite bullet out of your son's shoulder and then sit contemplating it while holding it inches from his pain-racked body. Still, I liked Jonathan in that one, particularly in the scene where the Sheriff comes along and everyone is trying to act so innocent - practically whistling.

Lex: Could he be more perfect? Well, he could have more screen time, but I'm not complaining. What we have is cherce. I'm not sure he ever looked so good. All his chemistry is back.

Angel...

I watched it again. Loved the segments with Spike. But otherwise.... I didn't feel there was much there for me. Spikes's conversation with Fred just aren't the same as his conversations with Angel!

Food, glorious food...

Okay: I've reached day 3 back on my ayurvedic diet without a slip. No hint of forbidden dairy products, forbidden meats, sugar, coffee, chocolate, additives, or wheat. And you know what? I'm enjoying it. A lot.

The usual pattern: I can follow the diet for weeks, but it gets more difficult as I go, especially when I socialize with other people eating normally - which of course I always do. Then I start to slip up. It's okay, of course, my Ayurvedic diet isn't meant to be grim. But... a half cup of coffee here, a piece of toast there.... Allowing myself one forbidden substance per week, then twice a week, then each day, and eventually I give up entirely and eat whatever I want.

Hopefully I can keep going for a while here. I will occasionally decree a holiday from the diet, and it's difficult to follow the diet carefully while travelling without spending a fortune.

Meanwhile... supper was delicious. I hope I go on thinking this. I wonder if I'll ever get tired of rice.

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Gakked this from trude:



The 1982 TV movie - The Scarlet Pimpernel.
Starring Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, and Sir Ian
McKellan.


Which Scarlet Pimpernel are you?
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Whee, my favourite movie version of the Pimpernel!

Personality type.... (drum roll) INFP!

halloftwotruths has been exploring her personality via the Myers-Briggs personality classification lately and finding it rewarding. I was trying to remember what I was; for some reason the designation never sticks in my head. So I did the tests again and got this result:

You're an INFP

Yeah, okay, that sounds familiar. I'm not sure about the 'finding perfection' part but the part that seems particularly to describe me is:

Inner harmony is the most important thing to you. You're sensitive and loyal. You have a strong sense of honor concerning your personal values. You'd rather communicate your feelings in writing...

Way too true. So is the line: You do best in a flexible situation where the teacher/colleegue takes a personal interest in you...

I'd quibble about the writing style of the comments, but that'd be too much like looking for perfection, wouldn't it?

The site I got this at (courtesy of halloftwotruths) is here. Here's what it has to say about my type:


( INFP )

Question re Smallville episode Phoenix....

When Lana came to the Kent farm and found the Kents being held at gunpoint in the barn by Morgan Edge's thugs, what did she think? That someone had come to steal the Kent family silver? What explanation did the Kents give her?