After all that begging and whining and petitioning by fans in cyberspace, the Accented One is back. And looking -- well, good. Mostly. But do we detect a little somethin' somethin' by way of Botox or other facial "enhancement?'' OK, the tall, dark and mysterious cafe owner who brought Jenny out of the closet, then slam-dunked the toaster in the nearest trash bin and ran for her life once she figured out just how wack the girl was, isn't really back, back. She's only back for episode one. And will make another appearance later in the season.
But for some fans, a little Marina is better than no Marina. No? Check her out this Sunday in an all-brunette threesome. But don't blink.
not that i begged or whined or anything, but YES. marina for a night is better than no marina.
but cybil and alice? that's just wrong. i just cant imagine cybil s, who must be like 60, is a good tradeoff for the soup chef. and dont get me started on the apparent writing off of carmen...we keep jenny and lose carmen?
oh i bitch, and all, but did i just turn on showtime today? i did. i did.
Posted by: lisalisa | January 05, 2007 at 10:45 PM
The Cybill-Alice thing is sort of disturbing, yeah.
We should all strive to be correct feminists who honor the fact that The L Word is probably the only TV show that would allow CS to strut her stuff. She's way too past her prime to be allowed a romantic role with a guy anywhere near Alice's age.
But. Whatever. It's still a little creepy.
As for Marina, she lost major hot points way back when she messed with Jenny, who by the way, is so beyond crazy this season, it's actually sorta good.
Posted by: Lydia Martin | January 05, 2007 at 11:44 PM
Those Marina moments of old were steamy enough, indeed. "L" words for the day are Lament and Latent, as in, "I Lament my consistent habit of falling for straight women whom I secretly (or not so secretly in some cases...) wish were Latent Lesbians. Thank you, L-Word, for letting me exist comforatbly in my fantasy world, where all of my latent lesbian friends will surely someday emerge from their state of latency and come a-knockin' at my door. Maybe not all at the same time, though I suppose that could get pretty interesting (speaking of that Marina menage you've teased us with today...)!
Posted by: The RD-DJ | January 06, 2007 at 04:24 PM
Hey, The RD-DJ.
Are you really a DJ? Will you spin us some beats? About your unhealthy obsession with straight chicks. You really should see somebody about that. Falling for the questioning and the bi-curious can only mean drama. Sooner or later, they wind up doing the Tina-and-Henry dance against the bedroom door. Or, maybe they won't. But you'll always eye that bedroom door suspiciously.
I say go to Bongos tonight for the L Word party and seek out a genuine article. It's the perfect solution for you. It'll be a crowd of those famously lipsticked Miami lesbians. Meaning they only LOOK straight.
Posted by: Lydia Martin | January 07, 2007 at 08:15 AM
Funny you should ask...I was doing a little unofficial DJ work just recently--helping my latest lamentably latent girlfriend, in fact, when I discovered that there's a new album of music from the L-Word on iTunes. It pleases my Mac-loving, girl-chasing heart to see that the cross-promo-product placement L-Word -Apple affair is as robust and mutually beneficial as ever!
Now, regarding your kind concern about what could be construed as a love life sorely lacking in any actual lesbian living on my part...Life as a magnet to the bicurious and and questioning has taught me a thing or two. For instance, I have noticed that some of my truly straight girlfriends just love making out with other girls once the martinis start flowing. The ones who have all the telltale signs and symptoms of latent lesbianism are not so quick to kiss the girls in these situations. I believe the name for this curious phenomenon is "Secure in My Sexuality." And who can help but have a tender heart for these dear and pretty confused souls who are wandering lost in the labyrinthine world of their latent lesbianism? Certainly not I! As for my track record with these lovely wanderers, of the three latent lesbians who emerged from their latency in my arms, two remain committed lesbians. I grant you wholeheartedly that this important service I have provided has not been without some deep dark valleys of drama, and I probably would do best to confine any future Latent Lesbian guide duties to the safety of my imagniation.
Finally, I think you will be very proud and pleased to know that I had a brief interlude with an actual sister last night, and she totally left me wanting more. So now I wonder: will this intriguing woman be at the Bongo's party tonight? If not, will the impression she left on me last night be lasting enough that I will actually muster up the initiative to go and find her again? And can someone who lives so happily in a safe and parallel universe of straight-girl crushes really find the courage to break out of it and and have an actual real-time lesbian relationship?? The obvious answer, of course, is ....Stay tuned!
My whole-hearted agreement with the compliments on your list of highlights from the upcoming season. Well put, well put indeed!
Posted by: RD-DJ | January 07, 2007 at 02:37 PM
RD DJ
So its now the end of the season. What happened? did you breakout of your 'safe and parallel universe of straight-girl crushes'?
And the girl you had a brief interlude with..didn't you get her phone number? Or is that 'old school'?
Posted by: yamamoto | March 30, 2007 at 06:13 PM
RD DJ you haven't posted any recent stuff. Did you find someone who was not 'bicurious' or 'latent' and you are too busy with the U-Haul to pay atten here any mo' ?
Something happened to me today, too. Today, I was shopping at Dillard's and I found a pair of shoes I loved so much (Haan-Cole at 75% off) that I actually would have gone without food to buy them. (They're really just high-heeled clogs with some metal studs or something.)
So I threw a fit and my mother bought them for me of course. (I said once that when I told my mother that I was gay (over lunch) she replied, "Oh no you're not. You're not like that...come on, I'll go buy you something. And then I noted that she's been buying me things ever since.)
Well, I'm sorry to say that's the truth. However, in this case I really --would--have gone without food to buy them. Probably my mother understood this was in no way an idle threat.
(She totally p*ssed me off though with her remark, "and where do you think you'd wear those?".....typical M O M at her dismissive best.) I would like to think of some threats that would get her to buy me a 27"Mac Pro laptop, but so far I can't think of anything.
I wish you would write more about why you consider yourself a "magnet for the bicurious." Your attraction to straight women is a very common thing, as you must know. The pool of lesbo 'applicants' is not that great.....which is why Lydia and her group need to do something (host an event, etc) to boost sorority membership.
Naturally this would have to be very subtly and tastefully done, and a top-drawer name should be involved (Madonna, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Sarah Shahi, etc)
Something to think about in the "off-season."
Posted by: yams | March 31, 2007 at 05:32 PM