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You know...I don't think that I quite grasp the fan-gasmness of "The Southern Raiders" episode. Maybe I just feel like the pacing was too fast, or that there was so much more that could have been done with it, that needed to be done with it to give it the sense of closer I feel this episode needed (or maybe we weren't supposed to get it because Katara didn't, really, I don't know).

That's not to say I didn't like it, because I did. For what it was, it was an okay episode. I desperatly wish Sokka would have left Suki behind, there's pretty much no logical reason to take her, and I wish that they would have had Sokka lose interest in her after that talk with about his mother. I desperatly need the kid to show some emotion about the whole thing.

My sister told me last night that Sokka was okay with it because he had a sense of closure. He's NOT okay with it. It's almost like he refuses to deal with it, feel anything, about it. Which bothers me, for a reason I don't know that I can explain.

I DO think Aang was right, and I AM glad they had Katara be as hurtful to Sokka as she was, because right at that moment I agreed with her. I didn't want Sokka to want to go with her, at all, but I was still furious that he hadn't acted upset after his talk with Zuko at. all. But I think that she REALLY needs to apologize for that.

I also believe that, in a way, Zuko wanted to help Katara get revenge for what happend to her mother because he can NEVER have his. The people that took his mother away aren't his to kill, and he knows that, but a part of him must be aching to have his own closure and revenge.

I also LOVED that Zuko cares so much what Katara thinks of him. I know it isn't Katara speciffically, really, but it still made me smile.

Oh, and Azula! Is it just me, or did she seem more... I don't know... completly off her rocker than before. She's like...fractured, somehow, which we knew was coming but it still gives me chills to see it. I think being in trouble with Daddy-- and she HAS to be in trouble-- and losing her two best friends really has done a number on her.

Now..."Ember Island Players". This was interesting, because I was watching this with my mom so I had to explain a lot . Pretty much every other sentance out of my mouth was "they do remember this is a play put on by the ENEMY, right?"

I thought it was going to be more filler than it was, actually, and a little funnier than it was, but we pretty much saw everything that was really funny. Except Toph's excitment over who was playing her. I LOVED that.

Hm...I did like the episode, though. I liked that it forced them, in a way, to deal with a few issues. Like Kataang. Even my mother wanted to know why Aang was intersted in romance when he's just a little kid, which also made me smile. She's right, I think. Aang is too young to really understand romance, and even though there's only a few years difference between him and Katara their emotional maturity is universes apart. That really came out in that scene.

I also loved the Zuko/Toph interaction. It made me giggle. Sibling!Toko is the best! I also enjoyed the fighting Sukka. It's not that I really expect Sokkla to happen, I'm not delusional but...Sukka drives me freakin' nuts! Even more so than Kataang does. There's just something about it that screams all wrong for me.

I'm suprisingly indifferent about these episodes. I think it may have been all the built up anticipation over the long dry spell, but I just can't seem to get excited about them. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better.

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Okay, I'm watching "Nanny 911" and I've come to an official conclusion: some people shouldn't be parents.

If this father says one more time that "the boys aren't going to like that", I'm going to explode. The boys aren't the parents! Of course they aren't going to like it, but it's often true that
people don't often like what's best for them. Yes, sitting them on their butts in front of the TV IS easier, but it's been my experience with the world that the easy path never leads you where you want to be.

And this mother! She's constantly saying she doesn't have time for her children. She's a stay at home mom! You stay at home to BE with your kids, what else is she doing?! A clean house is nice, but it's not the one that out of control and begging for your attention.

It's...frustrating beyond belief, and I think almost qualifies as child abuse in some ways. It's negligent and awful, and these poor boys aren't going to have their emotional needs met at all. It's that 'boys will be boys' mentality that kills me. There is no reason to think they have to be tough, that beating each other is okay. None at all.

If the parents don't want to deal with kids and everything that comes with them, don't have them!

EDIT: I also read yesterday that people without kids report being happier than people with them. I've just concluded that the parents are less happy because they don't know how, or don't want , to be parents.

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Without my tablet to distract me, and sort of facing a writer's blank at the moment, the best I can do right now is make video. So I am.

This one is a fun little Sokkla one. It's meant to make you laugh, so please don't take it too seriously.

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Expect a lot of these this week .

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On a side note, I think this song needs to be on Guitar Hero. Anyone?

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I'm an emotional wreck thanks to certain people who shall remain nameless, but who will know who they are. I'm DYING for a Wild Cherry Pepsi and the machine is out. Finally, the pen to my tablet broke! THAT JUST ISN'T FAIR!

...it could be worse, I know, but that doesn't make now suck any less.

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