Actually I'm not surprised that Laura Prepon is a scientologist. She used to date Chris Masterson, and I knew Danny and Chris Masterson were (still are?) scientologists. Disappointing, but not shocking.

Yes! Although I haven't watched the final season yet, I loved all the others. Patty and Ellen are two of my favorite TV characters - they're smart and complex and complicated. And it was such a pleasure to watch, aesthetically speaking.

I always have a list, but the names on it change. It always bothered me that Ross laminated his - tastes change, buddy! If I had to stick with mine from when I was 18 and my then-bf and I made our versions of the list, I'd be wasting spots on Orlando Bloom and Adrien Brody! Then again I've had a thing for Joseph…

Oh thank god! I was like ummm I saw that movie and I do not remember that happening. Glad I'm not going crazy! (I think people just thought it was going to happen because the trailer gave off a Harold and Maude vibe).

Where is anybody saying that? We're saying don't judge someone's humanity based on what they look like. We all have our preferences, but just because you're more inclined to want to fuck someone who looks a certain way doesn't mean that all people who don't look like your preferred type deserve to be told that they're…

I love Friday Night Lights but I still couldn't care less about the game.

Haha I was just going to post that. SO perfect!

This isn't to say that the NFL is going about this in a good way, but I actually had a similar idea for soccer football. I was lucky that when I first got into it I found some great communities right off the bat who were either mostly women or at least 40/60, and had friends who'd been following it their whole lives…

Don't do it Charlie! Keep away!

Yeah, and like some else brought up, it's starting to be like classic movies, where you just have these great TV shows. I definitely want to watch all the things that people have raved about, but I also want like another 12 hours added to each day!

My thoughts re: The West Wing right now are that I might watch the first few seasons and then stop. Everyone says the post-Sorkin seasons aren't great. Your thoughts, as The West Wing lover?

Republicans - the party of morals and family values. Unless your family is black, Hispanic, Native American, has members not born in America, has members who are queer etc. etc. etc.

It depresses me how on point a lot of the political issues on that show still are. It makes me feel like we're making progress at a crawling pace. By current I didn't really mean that the topics the shows address are out of date, more that the shows are out of the cultural zeitgeist. I like the social component that…

I thought about the movie comparison and part of me agrees. Then part of me thinks that a movie is 3 hours tops and a long running TV series is many many more hours than that. And I'm trying to do a thing where I don't marathon, because I find that I don't remember shows as well when I do that, so I try to watch one…

I'm sorry you're going through that. It's such a terrible feeling when you know someone is wrong for you but you can't seem to stop yourself. I've never been super successful at putting an end to things when I still have feelings for someone, but in theory, just keep reminding yourself that the pain and difficulty…

So. TV. I tried to start watching Downtown Abbey a while ago and wasn't that into it. I started again this summer and now I love it. I've also been trying to get into Breaking Bad (I'm almost at the end of season 2) and The West Wing (still on season 1) and I like them but I'm not dying to keep watching. Keep going…

Yeah seriously. If trusting that science is more accurate than religion and holding values like equality, is a disease, I hope I'm never cured. Be religious if that's what you believe in (I was very involved in my religious community growing up and it didn't stop me from being a dyed in the wool liberal feminist by…

I have a friend whose family owns a gun range and we've talked at length about this. She feels strongly about her right to carry, and just as strongly that there should be ironclad restrictions on who can obtain a gun permit and what kinds of guns private citizens should be allowed to own - which is a middle ground I…

I have never been down with traditional romantic gestures. Like, I'm fine with "I love you" and "you look really pretty today" or small private gestures, but anything more than that skeeves me out. Among the most uncomfortable moment of my life: my ex serenading me as an anniversary gift, an ex chanting "I love Bel_"…

My new neighbors have such charming bumper stickers as "I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy" and "Beware liberals posing as Americans." Which are majority opinions around here. I need to get out as soon as possible.