Whiskey Sour Wednesday

[hope-calaris.livejournal.com]

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz whiskey
1 1/2 oz lemon juice
3/4 oz sugar syrup
maraschino cherry for garnish

Preparation:
Pour the bourbon, lemon juice, and sugar syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
Shake well.
Strain into a chilled sour glass.
Garnish with the cherry.

So now that we have the alcohol out of the way (I sadly don't have whiskey, but I'll drink hot cacao with crème de menthe later), on to the free for all post!

Unfortunately, blissfulmuseum had to step down as a mod, and we thank her for her work. Fear not, though, vic_amy_z has kindly agreed to become our new mod. Let's all say hello to her!

There's still one prompt left unclaimed for our Holiday Ficlet Fest. And how's everyone doing (or not doing since this is supposed to be anon ... which some of us fail at spectacularly not me) with it? Are your characters getting emo when they should cuddle? Do they cuddle when they should have sex? Are you even writing Franklin & Bash or did your muse decide that you desperately need to write a fix-it for Charles/Erik from X-Men: First Class right now?

We're done with our weekly rewatch of the show, which is depressing and we spent a lot of time bemoaning the fact that they only made ten episodes on Sunday. We still will have a weekly rewatch, though, we just didn't agree on what we want to see yet. Suggestions? Ideas? Tell us.

 But now that we all have refreshed our memory on what happens in season one, what are your whishes for season two? Personally, I hope for more hugs, more daddy!issues, more naked!everyone and if Ellen and Jared could get it on in some closet or so I'd be a happy camper. Just saying.

Comments

[matchsticks-p.livejournal.com]

Thanks for stepping up as mod, vic_amy_z! 8)

Sorry again about jumping the gun in the other post, haha. My season 2 wishlist includes more Peter/Jared adorableness (perhaps a secret handshake?!), more Damien/Pindar interaction and more Damien/Hanna/Pindar asskicking, and I really want James van der Beek to come back!

I haven't started working on my holiday fest claim at all, because it's the end of term and I have to mark ALL THE PAPERS. Pro tip to anyone in first year university: if you don't know the answer, guess or leave it blank--do NOT fill it in with something "funny", because after 50 papers nothing is funny anymore and your prof will just be annoyed that you don't seem to take the process seriously. JUST SAYIN'. >:|
However, I do plan to write it over christmas and it will be done by the deadline!

Mmmm, whiskey sours. I usually like my whiskey neat or with a tiny bit of ice, but for sours I prefer a sour mix over making your own with lemon and syrup. Don't drink too many though--it'll wreck your throat and make your teeth soft.

/clearly procrastinating

[hope-calaris.livejournal.com]

Don't tell anybody, but the only way I'll drink my whiskey is with white lemonade. I think all over the world whiskey fans just heard something horrible happening and can't exactly pinpoint from where it came, but that's okay, I ordered it in several Irish pubs and didn't get killed, so it can't be that wrong.

I feel for you and grading. I always thought actually GRADING anything would be less stressful than teaching ... until I got to the grading part. I swear I've never fretted so much about anything before.

[vic-amy-z.livejournal.com]

I think all over the world whiskey fans just heard something horrible happening and can't exactly pinpoint from where it came...

LMAO! You might want to hide from diehard whiskey fans but it's not our fault that their tipple fits in so well with our Wednesday themed posts.

[fobmarwi.livejournal.com]

more Peter/Jared adorableness (perhaps a secret handshake?!)
yeeeees!! You know what I want more than see their handshake (that they obviously have but they haven't bother to show us)?? A video of Breckin and MPG practicing the handshake, and getting it wrong and laughing about it and being adorable!!

[jekesta]

FSjdhflksdf. OH LOVE. (And yet another possible dvd extra that they undoubtedly WON'T GIVE US. Pah.)

[dottycow.livejournal.com]

dunno about you guys, but when F&B first finished, before I found this community, I was having major withdrawal symptoms and decided I needed a fix... so I watched as many episodes of Saved By The Bell as I could find on youtube, then had a Breckin Meyer movie marathon... (OK, so I only have Clueless, Garfield and Road Trip, but still...)

and I realised, Breckin Meyer is the only celebrity that I thought was cute/hot when I was at school who I still think is cute/hot now... all these years later :-P

anyway, if you were looking for something to watch that will give you some kind of F&B fix those would be an option...

oh, is it just me that finds it amusing that Janie has replaced the bottle blond high school drama icon of the late 80's/early 90's with the bottle blond high school drama icon of the late 90's/early 00's...

I'm amused by a lot of the similarities between MPG and JVDB if i'm honest... and can't help but wonder if they might have played a part in the casting of JVDB as Nathan.

sorry for rambling... I'll be quiet and go back to lurking now.

[vic-amy-z.livejournal.com]

You're definitely not the only one who went down the 'must watch more of them' route! In fact, jekesta and I may have watched far more Breckin films than is entirely good for us! And we're going to do a group watch of 'Corporate Affairs' on Sunday, if you want to join us...?

[dottycow.livejournal.com]

I'd really like to, but I work on sundays :(
it would depend what time I got in... I was trying to find that movie to buy... couldn't find it anywhere :(

[jekesta]

I've never had withdrawals for stuff as much as I did for F&B, not in the way that made me just want to eat the entire back catalogue of both Breckin and MPG. Like vic said, that many Breckin films in such a small space of time wasn't the healthiest thing in the world.

If you're looking for more MPG at all, I would really recommend Raising the Bar, he's LOVELY. It's weird because he's not Peter, but then also it's LOVELY. And now I'm watching his years in NYPD blue, and HE IS SO LOVELY. his career is better at being in television than Breckin's is, and therefore lasts longer. When they're both gone I'm just going to cry until eventually we get season 2.

Don't lurk! I mean do, if you want to. But I love people talking about f&b, more than all the other things. Also I love your icon, so you have to not lurk so I get to see it. Yes.

[dottycow.livejournal.com]

ok, I will try ti be more active in the community, purely for icon viewing reasons. XD

[fobmarwi.livejournal.com]

I'm not writing Franklin & Bash (outrageous) but deadlines inspired me so I'm confident I'll finish in time.
And for suggestions: CORPORATE AFFAIRS and DEAD MAN ON CAMPUS!!
I agree with more naked!everyone for season 2 and also more jealous!Jared.

[matchsticks-p.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I forgot about rewatch suggestions. I haven't seen either of those--are they good?
Has anyone seen Raising the Bar? (I haven't seen that either, but I will now forever find it amusing because Breckin and MP keep bringing up its cancellation as a joke.)

[vic-amy-z.livejournal.com]

'Corporate Affairs' isn't good, but it does have Breckin in it. Then again, you can say that about most of his films! I think that's the one we're going to watch this Sunday.

I really do need to see some more of MPGs stuff though, other than 'Saved By The Bell' and the sex scene in 'Weeds'...!

[hope-calaris.livejournal.com]

Do we have a dl link for "Corporate Affairs"? I'd need one.

[vic-amy-z.livejournal.com]

I think jekesta was going to put one up as she's the one with the digital copy. People are more than welcome to watch my copy, but that would involve everyone coming to my house and snuggling up in the spare room! But as long as people bring chocolate and wine, and don't hog the blanket... ;o)

[jekesta]

I was going to put one up, I am, I will. I'll do that. If the internet lets me, the internet hates me, why does it hate me, I don't remember doing anything much worse than usual.

[teh-bug.livejournal.com]

I liked Raising the Bar, but I have a thing for law shows on TNT, especially ones starring MPG. *shrugs* It's... a law show. The characters aren't as fun as F&B, and MPG is practically the same character, but with more rage against the system and frustration and long hair that I may or may not have wanted to run my finger through.... ahem

As far as career choices go, it's definitely not one of his worse ones. *shrugs*

[jekesta]

Dean Man on Campus is REALLY LOVELY. I totally support rewatching that, it's one of hte nicest bits of MPG's career.

And I LOVED raising the bar. It's very serious and worthy compared to F&B, but also just really normal sort of lawyer fare, and I liked lots of the characters. AND MPG IS SO BEAUTIFUL.

[odannygirl7.livejournal.com]

MPG looks so pretty in Dean Man on Campus. Him in his glasses. Oh yes. I'm also convinced that Peter went through a similar glasses phase, where he was all intellectual and stuff. (that was possibly around the time that Jared decided to work in a sexy club... and they were trying to be seperate people, but it didn't work, and they were always a little sad at night even though they tried having other friends and... erm.)

[jekesta]

Eeeee, oh their lives are TERRIFIC if you imagine they followed their film career. Jared decided randomly to be an olympic runner at one point and grew the best moustache in the world.

But also, yes, I can sort of imagine Peter going away to uni and trying to reinvent himself a bit with glasses and stuff, and Jared kind of not minding because he was still Peter, but also not really getting it.

[misslola89.livejournal.com]

What I would love is a rewatch of the director's cut of 54 XD But let's face it, chances of it ever actually being released on general sale are next to none :(

But things which are (hopefully) possible in F&B S2 are lots more hugs/couch-cuddling, more crazy Stanton and some solid back-story for everyone. (Are we ever told what Carmen was convicted for?)

Also, a little OT but I have a theory on the different high schools/Double D confusion. Not sure if anybody has said it but what if Jared started out at the same school as Peter but Leonard, being the douche that he can sometimes be, pulled Jared out and transferred him to High Tower so that Peter wouldn't 'drag him down'. But they remained friends because obviously their bromance is too strong to stop :p

[jekesta]

the director's cut of 54

OH GOD YES, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE IT????? The sadness is BURNING me.

I don't think we know anything very specific about Carmen. I think she was a con-woman, but yeah, it would be great to find out what she was convicted of, and how F&B met her and came to move in with her. (I love that they all live in a big house together, I love it.)

I like your high schools theory just because I really really want them to have been to SOME school together. They'd have been SO HAPPY. And also Jared being unhappy at Hightower would have been even sadder if he knew what he was missing.

[fobmarwi.livejournal.com]

it would be great to find out what she was convicted of, and how F&B met her and came to move in with her

FLASHBACK!EPISODE, we demanded TNT!!

[misslola89.livejournal.com]

It does seem strange that even with Dante around and Carmen breaking her parole, her previous convictions weren't mentioned. Some back-story for Pindar would be good too.

(I love that they all live in a big house together, I love it.)

This XD

And oh God, now I want a fic, pre- or post-transfer, where Jared is worried about losing Peter, especially with Danny around, and then Peter, being his usual awesome self, convinces him otherwise. Slash or friendship, I need this fic! :p

[jekesta]

I need this fic!

OH GOD YES, that would be very. I really love fic about them being young together at the moment, we need MOAR!