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It is cheating to give Facebook credit for this though. It's just because I'm a fan of NPR on Facebook, and I really should just pay attention to NPR directly.
Ten Non-Romantic, Non-Comedic Things To Cut From A Romantic Comedy
You should click and read it, really. It's not rocket science, but it is funny, and true. My favorite:
5. Rain-soaked fights. Only morons stand outside in the rain and have arguments. Everyone who has ever been outside in the rain and experienced what that feels like understands this instinctively. Therefore, when you place two people outside in the rain for their climactic argument, you tell me that they are morons, and once I realize that they are morons, I don't so much care whether their romance works out; I just hope they get both through the movie without sticking a fork into an electrical outlet. (Note to people currently fighting in the rain: DO NOT STICK A FORK INTO AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.)
Also, the one about cats.
I stopped checking twitter a few months ago, and I don't really miss it, sorry (hi, Pete Wentz!). I may have forgotten my password. I might have to remedy that, or maybe just keep her (their? not sure) feed open in a tab so that I will be advised of any future airings of The Cutting Edge, and confirmation that people other than the people in my circle also think things like this:
The first note I wrote in the margins of Twilight says "There is no subtext; only text."
My second note is, "That's not what 'nostalgic' means."
Ten Non-Romantic, Non-Comedic Things To Cut From A Romantic Comedy
You should click and read it, really. It's not rocket science, but it is funny, and true. My favorite:
5. Rain-soaked fights. Only morons stand outside in the rain and have arguments. Everyone who has ever been outside in the rain and experienced what that feels like understands this instinctively. Therefore, when you place two people outside in the rain for their climactic argument, you tell me that they are morons, and once I realize that they are morons, I don't so much care whether their romance works out; I just hope they get both through the movie without sticking a fork into an electrical outlet. (Note to people currently fighting in the rain: DO NOT STICK A FORK INTO AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.)
Also, the one about cats.
I stopped checking twitter a few months ago, and I don't really miss it, sorry (hi, Pete Wentz!). I may have forgotten my password. I might have to remedy that, or maybe just keep her (their? not sure) feed open in a tab so that I will be advised of any future airings of The Cutting Edge, and confirmation that people other than the people in my circle also think things like this:
The first note I wrote in the margins of Twilight says "There is no subtext; only text."
My second note is, "That's not what 'nostalgic' means."
