alexandra ewing is on the internet

I'm only going to have sporadic internet access for a week or so.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:10:24 -0500

I will come back to no tumblarity and plenty of soaps to catch up with. Right now that sounds only like a good thing.

"It all sounds really bizarre if you ask me. What? Most people don’t renew their vows after..."

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:26:58 -0500

“It all sounds really bizarre if you ask me. What? Most people don’t renew their vows after only being married a few months, that’s something you do after being married fifty years, or cheating on each other and feeling guilty about it. You know I’m right!”

- I don’t know who this Molly is on As the World Turns, but she’s hilarious and they need to keep her around, even if the show’s only staying until September.

Stupid thing that makes me happy: when people give my YouTube...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:16:32 -0500

Stupid thing that makes me happy: when people give my YouTube comments a thumbs up. I don’t even comment very often. Getting a thumbs up doesn’t actually mean anything. And yet, I get all smiley when it happens.

adeandabet / neverforgets / catsandmonkeys /...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:44:34 -0500

adeandabet / neverforgets / catsandmonkeys / sevenminutesinheather / farpointstation

Oh god, there’s a movie too? I don’t even know what...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:42:48 -0500

Oh god, there’s a movie too? I don’t even know what to do with her anymore.

Lindsay Lohan for Muse Magazine Oh Lilo, you need a job.

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:46:01 -0500

Lindsay Lohan for Muse Magazine

Oh Lilo, you need a job.

carolineyi / samsantos / liveandletlive / dver / tapatapa / blua

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:22:01 -0500

carolineyi / samsantos / liveandletlive / dver / tapatapa / blua

(via stepliana)

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:49:56 -0500

(via stepliana)

Things to admire about Joseph Cotten

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:48:09 -0500

magicmolly:

-He plays drunk well

-He’s handsome but not swanning

-He stands up to Orson Welles

As the World Turns was canceled whaaaat

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:45:28 -0500

circlegame:

alexandra-ewing:

More evidence I am a show-killer: I started watching this four months ago and now it’s done.

Oh well. It’s not even very good. BUT IF OLTL IS NEXT I AM GONNA BE PISSED.

What? I didn’t even know they canceled soap operas.

What! Girl, you serious? Soaps get canceled more and more all the time. Now there are six—at the beginning of the decade there were nine or eleven, I believe. It’s sad because while this was definitely seen coming, it was still somewhat unexpected because it came on the heels of many rumors that the show had actually been picked up an additional year because it would look bad for Proctor & Gamble to cancel a show right after it canceled Guiding Light. Oh well. Unfortunately this means when ATWT goes off the air in September 2010, unless there is some major behind-the-scenes miracle a la Days of Our Lives, One Life to Live will be the lowest rated soap—and thus, the next to go.

synecdoche: i think this was the nicest thing ever. I always...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:40:34 -0500

synecdoche:

i think this was the nicest thing ever.

I always loved Charlie but this was the moment I fell in love with Charlie.

As the World Turns was canceled whaaaat

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:46:05 -0500

More evidence I am a show-killer: I started watching this four months ago and now it’s done.

Oh well. It’s not even very good. BUT IF OLTL IS NEXT I AM GONNA BE PISSED.

On the subject of my soaps: I could use your help. I’m...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:35:06 -0500

On the subject of my soaps: I could use your help.

I’m fairly vocal here about how great One Life to Live has been lately, specifically in the treatment of its gay couple, Kyle and Oliver. ABC Daytime has been nothing but supportive of the way the writers have chosen to write the couple, and that means something: both As the World Turns and Guiding Light, owned by Proctor & Gamble, feature(d) gay couples that never receive(d) the studio support. Natalia and Olivia of GL were only brought together shortly before the show’s cancellation, and the network used that as an excuse to never fully develop their relationship. Luke and Noah are unrealistically chaste for teenagers. Both have seemed out of place within the landscape of their shows.

OLTL has made no effort to hide or under-represent Kyle and Oliver, and even introduced other gay characters to flesh out their storyline. They featured the first male love triangle on daytime television. They planned a gay wedding storyline over the course of several months. Most importantly, they told the Advocate Kyle and Fish would have sex before the New Year.

Kyle and Fish wouldn’t be the first gay couple to have sex on daytime television, but with the touch OLTL has used throughout this storyline, they could be the first to have satisfying sex on daytime television. Every other show has cut away from a kiss to couples fully clothed.

Today Kyle and Fish thought they might be getting lucky—the fans knew better—but were interrupted. This happens in soaps a lot. As another character put it last week, the anticipation makes things exciting.

But today, on the day when Kyle and Fish didn’t even get to have sex, they did get to talk about it, did get to mention condoms, did get to grope horizontally on a bed before circumstances forced them to stop.

Fans, well, we did not see that coming. This was an unexpected, pleasant surprise. With the history of how daytime television has treated same-sex relationships, fans and soap aficionados did not expect to see something like this at all, let alone on a day when they didn’t even end up having sex. All of the soap operas on television have made announcements on their plans to treat their gay couples just like their straight couples, but One Life to Live is the first to put their money where they mouth is. They delivered. Kyle and Fish will have sex later this month, and that scene has already been filmed. If today’s scene was an indication, it seems likely that there will be more gay intimacy on daytime television in the near future.

But just because a sex scene has been filmed doesn’t mean ABC can’t back out of this storyline. Just a few years ago OLTL backed out a storyline featuring an interracial couple due to viewer backlash. Daytime television viewers are conservative, older, and don’t tend to come from the coasts. Daytime television depends heavily on viewer feedback. It’s still extremely likely that after what aired today stereotypical fans will speak up about what happening on their televisions.

Here’s how you can help me: you can call the voicemail for ABC Daytime, or the voicemail for One Life to Live and say “I’m a fan of the Kyle and Fish storyline, and I’d like to thank you for your show on Monday. Please keep airing this couple.” I’m making it easy for you! I didn’t get the chance to call yesterday but I will when I wake up today. Or, you could just watch the clip and pass it along to someone. I won’t pretend soaps are without their problems. I won’t try to convince you that you’re missing out on something phenomenal. But please recognize you’re missing out on something important. This is the moment for daytime television. You don’t have to like them to know this is how things are going to change. Please, call.

ABC Daytime: (818) 460-7477
One Life to Live: (212) 456-3338

Oh my lord I love Roman Wild. Were I simultaneously a little...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:52:00 -0500

Oh my lord I love Roman Wild.

Were I simultaneously a little richer and a little sadder, I would go to the recently announced New York fan event for people like myself who watch soap operas in other languages online and meet the actor, Dennis Grabosch (who is, as far as I can tell from interviews, great). However, I would never spend almost a thousand dollars to hang out with soap opera fans, even if I am one of them. (And even if, as I’ve come to find from reading about these events, they tend to end up with everyone getting drunk and are actually sort of fun.) Furthermore, I need to preserve that illusion that Roman Wild is real, and that I might one day become his best friend.

carolineyi: This is so dorky, but I made these little...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:14:03 -0500

carolineyi:

This is so dorky, but I made these little peppermint candy containers for my friends about 4 years ago and I filled them with an assortment of mints. But maybe you’ll think it’s cute, so I wanted to share [:

This is too adorable.

Dermott: Man, you dig this Tracy girl or not?Dean: Well, she...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:11:37 -0500

Dermott: Man, you dig this Tracy girl or not?
Dean: Well, she seems nice, and her hair is really pretty.
Dermott: Well, talk to her then! You don’t have to nail her. Just see what happens! Man, way to be uptight.
Hank: Wait, did you just give good advice?
Dean: I have to go check the temperature in hell.
Dermott: You can both blow me! (speeds away)

I’ve come to love this season far more than I ever expected to. Maybe it’s because Hank and Dean are finally starting to grow up.

Dean: I don’t get it.Triana: (sigh) It’s an ego...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:42:54 -0500

Dean: I don’t get it.
Triana: (sigh) It’s an ego thing. My dad thinks if the Outrider can travel through hell, he can too.
Dean: Isn’t the Outrider married to your mom?
Triana: Yeah. I only met him once. I was eight.
Dean: Well if I was your dad, and you were your mom, and the you that wasn’t your mom was another girl, I would never let anyone take the you-mom.
Triana: That would be really sweet… if it wasn’t so confusing.
Dean: I’m sorry. Ooh! Can I pet your pussy?
Triana: There’s no irony in that, is there?

(the Order of the Triad watch the Outrider ride away)The...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:30:00 -0500

(the Order of the Triad watch the Outrider ride away)
The Alchemist: Call me!
Dr. Orpheus: Call me? What was that?
The Alchemist: Instinct? He’s adorable, I panicked!

The first three minutes of Futurama season 6 in storyboard...

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:21:09 -0500

The first three minutes of Futurama season 6 in storyboard animatics!!!!!!!!!!!!

And this has been on YouTube for like two months and yet ONTD just found out about it but who cares because I AM SO FUCKING HAPPY.

synecdoche: billboard’s best one hit wonders of the 2000s i...

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:03:31 -0500

synecdoche:

billboard’s best one hit wonders of the 2000s

i don’t know what i’m doing for new year’s eve yet but now i have a playlist.

I know I ~~sound like~~ am an idiot, but how unfair is the S Club 7 inclusion on this list? Not that they weren’t a one-hit wonder in the US—they were—but it was not their first single, not even in this country.

This has so many of my favorite “songs” are on there. But seriously, why did Samantha Mumba never end up extremely popular?