Comments on: Donna Noble

By: Richard the Previous

Richard the Previous — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:26:36 +0000

I was actually thinking of the same thing last night! I’d haul around the corpse, and DEMAND that people have conversations with it at parties. In fact, I would ask them what he said to them, and then whatever they said he said, I’d respond “You didn’t talk to him! He would NEVER say that! Off with your head!”

I’d dig up the whole family and sit them at a dinner table, invite over live nobles and sit them in this manner — corpse, live person, corpse, live person, corpse, live person. And like Mojo, I’d have servants in the rafters moving around the corpses marionette style. I’d make one of them get in fight with one of the live guests and then bring both the corpse and the live person to trial for treason for daring to fight during my dinner parties!

No one outmads Joanna the Mad!

By: Mojo

Mojo — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:11:12 +0000

I don’t want to work at all. Assuming I can’t ever travel with the Doctor, I would prefer to be a Hapsburg. I want to be given carte blanche to be nutty as a Stuckey’s pecan log, even to the point of introducing my dead spouse’s corpse at parties. In fact, I would DEMAND that servants move his hands and face around, marionette style, as if he were truly alive. It’s more fun that way.

Now, that’s good old fashioned fun. No one out-crazies a Hapsburg!

By: Richard the Previous

Richard the Previous — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:58:28 +0000

When I was with that company that sent me down to Mississippi repeatedly, they said, “ANd you can work at home any time you want to!” what I didn’t know was that meant “While you are at home, you’ll be constantly working!” It was too much.

By: Richard the Previous

Richard the Previous — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:04:36 +0000

Must find a book on the Crimean War. Must find a book on the Crimean War.

Right now I’m reading a book about the history of joy. It is, as expected, a joyless book. Very academic about how and why people first started dancing and what it does as a community builder. She is a dry, joyless academic who complains about how dry and joyless academics are.

So, in my experience, a typical academic.

Can’t remember the name. Also reading a book about the Hapsburgs. (or, Habsburgs). Famous royal family that eventually went completely insane. So unlike every other one. Can’t wait to read about the Queen who carted the corpse of her husband around with her everywhere she went.

By: Che

Che — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:16:23 +0000

I agree. I like Donna Noble as a companion. She’s mature, independent, and isn’t all googly-eyed over the doctor (shaggable though he is, as you pointed out). And a good episode too.

But someone needs to teach the dr to drive that tardis.

“We’re in Pompeii… on volcano day!”

“What! I told you to take a right at the Crimean war! A right!”

Don’t ask me what brought up the Crimean War. It was the first thing that popped into my head. But I’ve probably triggered a reading-spate in Richard. Next thing you know, he’ll be reading books on the Crimean war and posting blogs about what the pilgrims were doing… oh wait. No pilgrims in the Crimean War.

What? No Fly-Fornication Menshikov?

Wow, I’m having some kind of stream of consciousness this morning. Methinks I need more coffee.

And I’m enjoying Baltar’s messiah-hood. But I could’ve done without Tyrol’s whining. Waa waa waa… I don’t want to be a cylon. He seems to have taken Callie’s place as prime-whiner aboard the ship.

Buck up!

And Richard, I’m feelin’ you about the work. You’d think me being able to make my own hours would relieve me of the kind of mind-numbness that assails most workers. But when “my own hours” translates into “my every waking hour” that kind of sucks the joy out of free-lancing.

Urgh.