in which there’s an observation

nobody else could have played greg house because the character is a complete, irredeemable fucking asshole as written, and the show only worked because laurie’s intrinsically as soft as a lop-eared bunny yet obviously brutally intelligent

the show never would have gotten a second season, or possibly even past the pilot, if they’d cast literally any other actor in the role, because house is SUCH a total dick no viewer would have warmed to him without that inherent compassion

you notice on re-watch that laurie almost always plays house against the script, making him gentler and more internal than the plot suggests through the character’s actions and behavior

(yes, i’m watching ‘house’ in the middle of the night again, it’s a pandemic, wtf do you want from me)

for the record, both laurie and house (even though the former is probably passive-aggressive af and the latter’s a drug-addicted sociopath) could totally get it, i’m not gonna lie, and furthermore this is based entirely on closeups of those eyes and the scene where house is seen chopping up a line like a true partier lol

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in news unrelated to ‘house’, i’ve been having actual hot flashes lately, like genuine full-fledged ones, and HA HA HA they really DO SUCK, and also The Dread returned a week ago and i’ve had two or three utterly shitty episodes, so if you’re thinking of developing a panic and/or anxiety disorder may i suggest you absolutely really just DON’T

did some very gentle isometrics the other evening — because i was reading a book about menopause that told me all about muscle loss (muscle mass peaks in your 30’s and then it’s all down hill from there) and how to maintain bone density — and fucked up my left knee for the next three days, and it’s still tender and weak, goddamn it

fucked up my right arm while sleeping last week, too, and it remains sore, but at least i can still wrangle throughout the day multiple 20-pound wheels of cheese at work like i’m supposed to

keep resolving to bike more but then i don’t like the weather so i don’t, need to just make myself ride anyway, keep my quads from dissolving

aging while female is serious business, bitches, i swear i never realized how robust i’d always felt until i got this old and menopausaly, it’s a fucking racket

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I MADE VEGGIE PULAO, DAL MAKHANI, AND TOMATO & ONION RAITA TODAY and it was yummy, and i also did a ton of laundry because the bedroom smelled like sweaty socks

paid the bills, did the dishes, and mended a favorite dress and a favorite tunic today as well, felt so productive!

we’re gonna walk through the house across the street tomorrow, hoping to buy it, i am dying to see the weird built-in china cabinet i saw on zillow