girlofprey

Things I love:

The King brothers from Emmerdale. I didn't have much time yesterday to explain things, but last week it basically all came out about how Matthew had planted a PA in Carl's office to steal his ideas and ruin his launch for his new business. Carl got mad and smashed printers and computer screens, and Jimmy decided he was SICK of the fighting, and wanted to leave the business and move out of their big house. This led to Matthew pretending he didn't care, then hanging around by doorways listening to Jimmy on the phone to estate agents, and staying late at the office to build a tower of pencils, then run a hand over his face and SMASH the pencils.

And then on Friday, ALL they talked about was making proposals to each other. Jimmy had a proposal that he and Carl should go into business together. Then Carl found out just how deep Matthew's plan had gone, and went round to tell him how appalled he was. Matthew then chased him out into the street to ask him what would happen now, and Carl was all "Nothing. I'm sick of fighting." And Matthew was all "Come on, you're not ACTUALLY going to stay with [new old businessman]?!". BECAUSE THE IMPORTANT THING IS REALLY THAT CARL COMES BACK TO THEM. THAT IS WHAT HE REALLY WANTS. ALSO CARL SHOULD STAY IN HIS LIFE AND BE FIGHTING WITH HIM, PLEASE. And someone, possibly Jimmy, pointed out that he was going to be ALL ALONE now. And the next scene with them was them all sitting awkwardly in the Woolpack together having a drink. Carl ran off to the bar to get them some more drinks with the new old businessman, who clearly thought he had won something when he HAD NOT, and Matthew asked if Jimmy wasn't going to stay in the house now. Jimmy seemed less than keen, and Matthew said that it wasn't a marriage proposal, WHICH CLEARLY IT WAS. Jimmy said he'd think about it.

Tonight, Jimmy was round at the office with boxes, and Matthew looked all a bit confused and wary and slightly hurt, until Jimmy said he was just tidying up a bit, having MOVED BACK IN. Then he almost tricked Matthew into giving him a hug, and then laughed at him, and then jumped on him and covered Matthew's mouth with his hand and kissed it. His hand, over Matthew's mouth. Probably they have rules about kissing. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH.

My plants. They haven't died yet. I got two new ones, actually. A Strelitzia, or Bird of Paradise plant, whose flowers look gorgeous on the little card, but the buds of which form in the winter the back of the card tells me. It also tells me the plant needs fertilising or resoiling every month or so, so the odds of me actually getting it to the flowering stage don't seem that good. The other is an Art Deco dahlia, which I bought already flowering from a market stall, and which is beautiful, if a bit overgrown in the leaf sense. I have slightly higher hopes for it though. The busy lizzies are busy flowering, flowering all over the place. Need to pot them soon, really. And one of the dahlias I bought has one flower on it, flowering. It is the plant I thought it was, I'm pretty sure. And a beautiful colour. All in all, I'm very proud. And pleased.

The paralysis scene from Iron Man. I love how Obadiah sneaks up on Tony. I love how he catches Tony's head and lets him down gently onto the couch. I love how he tells him to breathe. I love Obadiah touching Tony's face. There's a bit where he's standing over Tony and looking down at him, and his eyes flick down, and there's a good chance he's looking at Tony's mouth. I love how he sits down on the couch and puts an arm around Tony. I love him explaining to Tony that he'd really like Tony to be able to live - powerless - and for him to have his death machine, but it just isn't to be. I love that he has a briefcase. I love the whole scene so much.

And where was Obadiah hiding, precisely? He clearly wasn't at the back when Tony sat down, and it was a round couch, so Tony would possibly have seen him out of the corner of his eye if he came from the side. I think there's a good chance he'd ducked behind the couch. Like a pro.