character

this is one of the things that i consider myself to be good at.

TaoZedong: I need three cartoon characters
TaoZedong: one that represents the team on the field
ericthehodgeheG: still with this
TaoZedong: one that represents the team at a party
ericthehodgeheG: when is the bid due
TaoZedong: one that represents the team in the bedroom
TaoZedong: in a week

we ended up with
field - cartman + trapper keeper, post-rosie o'donnell-assimilation. because he's on the verge of absolute victory, and chokes (how appropriate!). stoops' suggestion, although i thought of the rosie part.
party - johnny bravo. because he's so overpoweringly male. just like all of our parties...
bed - zapp brannigan. because he talks so so much and has absolutely no goods to deliver. so leela - will you have... the pleasure?

other good choices: shredder for the field, because he always should win, but somehow fucks it up. slurms mckenzie for the party, not because he's apt, just because he's the original party worm. freakazoid for the bedroom, because he's half super nerd and half superhero (tao explained it as the men to ass relationship on the team is like a power curve - a few guys get all the action). and that was an incredible show.

one thing i want to point out is how predominantly pathetic these characters are. but is that the way i think of the entire team? not so much. i think it's more of an individual self-perception that i fit over the team like a lens. the characters are still appropriate, they all also happen to be sad on the inside.

i IMed catherine about this, and she said she has to do the same thing. this is a continuation of an earlier conversation wherein i berated her for not wanting to see 50 first dates when it was out in theaters. i'm mostly posting it here as proof, because i want my hand-written apology.

ericthehodgeheG: and if you really like it, i want a hand written apology
ericthehodgeheG: and if you don't really like it, you're a cold loveless shell of a person
absolut 2 7 0: i never said i would hate it!
absolut 2 7 0: i just said it looked bad!
ericthehodgeheG: i tried to get you to see it with me, and you said no
absolut 2 7 0: no you said i have to see it
ericthehodgeheG: i tried! back when it was in theaters
ericthehodgeheG: and you said you didn't want to
ericthehodgeheG: does lying make you happy or something? you're sick
absolut 2 7 0: oh
absolut 2 7 0: i dont remmeber that
ericthehodgeheG: yeah yeah
ericthehodgeheG: i will be expecting my apology in the mail
ericthehodgeheG: TaoZedong: I need three cartoon characters
TaoZedong: one that represents the team on the field
ericthehodgeheG: still with this
TaoZedong: one that represents the team at a party
ericthehodgeheG: when is the bid due
TaoZedong: one that represents the team in the bedroom
TaoZedong: in a week
absolut 2 7 0: yea, we need them too!
ericthehodgeheG: ooo, who's helping you pick? you're in trouble
absolut 2 7 0: you are!

absolut 2 7 0: cause then i'll go see 50 first dates!
ericthehodgeheG: hand-written apology if you really like it?
absolut 2 7 0: yes

i didn't cut anything between her you are! and the next message. i think she put a carriage return in her message. i also didn't cut anything between the yes and what's coming up next. i'm separating it here because i want to point out that i was still able to think of nothing but mean things. what does that say about me.

ericthehodgeheG: what if i'm just mean and such
ericthehodgeheG: about picking characters, that is
absolut 2 7 0: what do you mean by mean
absolut 2 7 0: you wont do it, or you'll pick nasty ones?
ericthehodgeheG: nevermind. i'm just a bitter bitter person

probably because my perceptions of the girls' team are colored by a certain member -- namely the one deep throating a beer bottle in that picture from the last party we had -- i came up with this. i should put a link up to those pictures. i'm sorry, but i forget how to html links to open in a new window, and i'm not inclined to look it up.

absolut 2 7 0: can we be like butters
absolut 2 7 0: ?
absolut 2 7 0: he is so cute?
absolut 2 7 0: no?
ericthehodgeheG: hahaha
absolut 2 7 0: and confused
ericthehodgeheG: did you see "butters' very own episode"
absolut 2 7 0: yea
ericthehodgeheG: you can be butters
ericthehodgeheG: you're a good butters
ericthehodgeheG: i don't know about the entire team
absolut 2 7 0: haha, aw, how kind
ericthehodgeheG: one way you _could_ go, but probably won't
ericthehodgeheG: is think of the sluttiest character ever, and use it for all three. because the girls' team gives it away on the field (the frisbee), at the party (to each other), and in the bedroom
ericthehodgeheG: but you probably don't want to say that to the td
absolut 2 7 0: omg
absolut 2 7 0: thats funny/horrible all at the same time

i also liked these two. again, the bitterness. also, i wanted to suggest a character that only appears for a few seconds at the most in any given episode. much like those girls that show up at a party decide not to have fun and then leave. but catherine ran away from me before i could think of a specific character.

ericthehodgeheG: big gay al would work at parties because a bunch of the girls seem to enjoy tonguing each other
ericthehodgeheG: or mrs. cartman because she's a hermaphrodite and has sex with herself

maybe i'll make some sort of resolution about berating and less come the new year. probably not. i do so love nursing my grudges and holding my unhappinesses close to my heart.