Jul. 13th, 2012

sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)
I haven't posted anything yet about Tuesday's episode of White Collar because, well first of all, I had a houseful of guests and was only able to get minutes to myself here and there during the week, but second, the episode was ...um. There were things I liked about it, but there were also things that bothered me, and when eventually I put my finger on why it bothered me, my squee collapsed like a punctured balloon.

If you're still on a squee-wave and don't feel like encountering negativity about the show, this post is not recommended.

Major squee-harshing under the cut! (Also, emo complaining about trivial TV-related angst. *g*) )

ETA: Upon rereading, wowwwww, this is even more emo than it felt like when I was writing it. XD I think it is safe to assume that this post is at least partly the result of me being kind of lonely and unhappy at the moment (er, not in a clinically depressed kind of way, just in a MY FRIENDS ARE ALL GONE AND I'M ALONE, WAHHH kind of way), so don't feel like you have to read or comment or anything. I will probably be more cheerful later.

ETA2: Decided to lock comments, because I am in a whiny emo mood and discussing this particular topic in comments is apparently making me even MORE emo and whiny, so in the interests of not encouraging that side of myself, I think I will go make a MORE CHEERFUL post about something else. Sorry if I cut you off in mid-comment, but please respect my desire to stop discussing this by not trying to subvert the comment-lock (e.g. by PMing me, or leaving your response to this entry via comments on other entries). When I feel like discussing it again, I'll enable comments again.
sholio: Peter from White Collar, in a suit, smiling (WhiteCollar-Peter smiling)
I'm noticing a pattern here. Venting to my LJ about trivial and transient unhappiness (see: my previous post) -- as opposed to ACTUAL problems -- tends to have a vicious circle effect on me. I obtain temporary relief by venting, then just end up unhappier when the comments lead to me wallowing in whatever was making me unhappy and reinforcing it. Ironically it's worst when people agree with me. (Me: "The world sucks and it's horrible!" Flist: "Yes, it is! So horrible! You are very right!" Me: "OH MY GOD I KNEW IT. I'M NEVER GETTING OUT OF BED AGAIN." Or alternatively - Flist: "No, it's actually not that bad!" Me: "YES IT IS! Why do you people hate me?! /o\" Really, you can't possibly win.)

SO LET'S TRY THE OPPOSITE TACTIC. Context is kinda spoilery for White Collar 4x01; inevitably to be lots of spoilers in comments )

Oh, but please don't say anything about next week's episode; I know NOTHING and hope to keep it that way!

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