Stop the fire

Anger consumes your soul--
your eyes, your mind, your heart--
like wildfire does to the forest in the summer.

It starts slow:
licking, creeping, affecting
each and every leaf in the forest;
burning, heating, taking.

I will not be the wind.
I will not stoke the embers of the fire
that is the anger in your heart.
I will not make it more destructive
or more dangerous because it already is.

I will not be the water.
I refuse to douse your anger
with any of my emotions.

I will let your anger be defeated
not by the wind, not by water
not by my words or emotions
but by your own volition. Your conscience.

I will not stoop down,
and engage you in your petty ways.
Rather, I look up to the sky.
Lord, please stop the fire.

on dancing and its dangers

we keep dancing to a music I have danced to before. to paraphrase Jack Kerouac, we dance, dance, dance like roman candles across the night. but this familiarity is not comforting. on the contrary, I am wary of this because I am not a good dancer and, more importantly, the last time I danced to this music, I ended up dancing alone. I wish my previous experience has made me knowledgeable, or at least to some extent ready, but I continue to be, and I still am, confused. I am never, nor do I claim to be, a good dancer.

dancing has never been my strong suit.

the music, this music we're dancing to consumes me, draws me in, like a moth to a flame... keeps me in, like a drug to its junkie. I am aware of the dangers of dancing to this music that I've danced to before but the thrill matched with a certain kind of comfort I only feel when dancing with you makes me not want to stop. but when the music fades, I am faced with the reality that what I considered to be the most intense experience I have ever done in my life is just a spur-of-the-moment, adrenaline-fueled activity for you.

you are my life's greatest heartbreak because you broke break my heart by not doing anything. by stopping when all I ever wanted to do was keep on dancing... albeit blindly.

Everyone was on Firefly

Firefly was shown in 2002, long before geeks became this millennium's jocks.

Remember Freaks and Geeks--the show where James Franco, Jason Segel, Seth Rogen and John Francis Daley all started? Well, Firefly is the Freaks and Geeks of...a little older generation of actors. Well, except for Zac Efron.

Here is a list of actors/actresses who used to be in Firefly and are now somewhat well-known.


1. Gina Torres

Before she became the fierce managing partner of Pearson Hardman, she was Serenity's second in command. Their expressions are the same; the main difference is in the clothes they wear.

Zoe Washburn [S01E01.Pilot]

2. Adam Baldwin

Even before Alex Coburn became John Casey, he was first Jayne Cobb, the temperamental hired gun of Serenity. If you've watched the calm, collected and cold Casey from Chuck before Firefly you'll be surprised at how...rough Adam can get. You'll be somewhat pleased.

Jayne Cobb: He has a statue, and was even given a song in the 7th episode, Jaynestown. 

3. Gregg Henry

Maybe the reason why Quinn's dad, Russell Fabray, was a big... bummer during her pregnancy was because, as a former sheriff with a degenerative bone disease in a borderline planet, he expected more from his daughter.

Somehow, the gun-toting sheriff was kinder than Quinn's dad.
[S01E02.Train Job]

4. Doug Savant

Before he became the house husband to a desperate housewife, he was the commanding officer of an Alliance Tohoku-class cruiser.

When you encounter a Reaver (survivor?) and its blood gets splattered on your face,
you run away, marry Lynette Scavo and have gazillion five children.
[S01E03.Bushwhacked]

5. Zac Efron

Zac Efron's cool factor went up a couple of notches higher in my book when I found out he played the young Simon Tam.

That smirk is recognizable anywhere. [S01E05.Safe]

6. Christina Hendricks

She was first the feisty, conniving Mrs. Reynolds--who managed to seduce everyone in space--before she became Mrs. Harris.

The seductive Mrs. Reynolds
[S01E06.Our Reynolds and S01E11.Trash]

Did I miss any other notable guest stars, fellow Browncoats?

Quick Change-Ups 2

My first Quick Change-Ups has generated 906 pageviews (and counting)--a manifestation that people are interested in these change-ups regardless of how trivial they may seem. This "motivated" me to be more mindful of change-ups in the shows I watch. And because I have been watching Glee for a considerable (and inexplicable) amount of time, I bring you change-ups a la Glee.

(1) Rachel's Gay Dads: 

From an inter-racial couple, Rachel's dads were changed to an older, more conventional-looking couple, Hiram and Leroy Berry (played by Jeff Goldblum and Brian Stoke Mitchell).

(2) Random Guy No. 1:

From Titan to Warbler

In season 2, this boy is a Titan (WMHS' mascot?), sitting at Miss Holiday's class with Finn and Puck, but in season 3, he's now one of Sebastian's minions a Warbler (Dalton).

(3) Random Guy No. 2:

From a soulless automaton to a Shark

In season 1, Random Guy No. 2 was part of Jesse's gang of soulless automatons Vocal Adrenaline while in Season 3, he joined Santana and Puck as Sharks in WMHS's West Side Story.


In the first change-up, I believe it was a good decision because Rachel's dads need to look established and... fatherly. I felt the fatherly vibe more with Hiram and Leroy compared to Season 1's fun, quirky inter-racial dads.

In the second and third change-ups, I couldn't care less about these random guys. They may have transferred schools. Or Glee has ran out of extras and dancers so they use the same guys hoping that viewers won't be bored enough to notice these little things.



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Fun Fact: Random Guy No. 2 is Nick Drago from the reality show Step It Up & Dance.

Ned the Piemaker is My New Hero

Reasons Why Ned is My Hero

1. Ned can make delicious pies. I can't bake...anything.

2. He can wake dead people with a touch (but make them dead again the 2nd touch). Obviously, I can't.

3. He inadvertently killed his childhood crush's father when he touched (and subsequently made alive again) his dead mother.

4. He is awkward. I am, too.

5. He overthinks; sometimes more than I do.

6. Ned, generally, wants what's best for other people but his ways sometimes come out with different results.

But more importantly Ned is my new hero because...

Ned is awkward with hugs. 

Exhibit A: Ned's reaction to Hermann the Magician's
sudden hug--priceless.

Exhibit B: Ned's reaction to Olive's hug--same as mine.

...but is okay with holding hands.

Exhibit A: Ned willingly holds hands with Olive
to celebrate their win in the Comfort Food Cook Off

Exhibit B: Since Ned and Chuck can't hold hands, they proxy-handhold Emerson instead.

Ned is my new hero because, like me, he sees hugging as an unnecessary--thus, avoidable--social tool for expressing emotions. The only time he appears okay with hugging is when he's doing it with Chuck and even then a plastic (or a similar material) is wrapped around him.

Maybe Ned has rules for hugging, too.


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You may want to read my other post about Pushing Daisies:

QNBS: Pushing Daisies

Post-Mortem Thoughts # 1

Most people think that when you finish an exam early it's because you either had an easy time answering the exam or you know too much that you'll probably ace it--or worse, you come off as arrogant. Can't it be that you leave the room as soon as you finish because you don't have anything left to write on your blue book? Or that you're out of answers and want to end your misery as soon as you can? Or that you suddenly thought how comforting your bed is and just want to sleep like a baby after two nights of cramming?

Some Basic Rules on Hugging

Due to the amount of reading law school demands of its prisoners, I, being one of the prisoners of Malcolm Hall, have insanely allotted most of my reading time reading cases, codals, annotations and whatnots. Because of this and my insanely-getting-shorter-as-I-become-older attention span, I have considered browsing websites and links to articles appearing on my Facebook News Feed and "reading" Thought Catalog articles as "reading for pleasure".

It is my fervent wish--a dream, even--to have one of my essays, or ramblings, posted on the Thought Catalog site. That and meeting Rich Alvarez in person would be the top 2 things on my "After These Things Happen I Can Die Peacefully" list, if I have one. Passing the bar exams and being a lawyer, obviously, is not part of the list because why would I be peaceful after I've endured five years (god forbid, not more) of law school only to die without being able to enjoy being a lawyer!

Anyway, one of the articles that gave me that "Eureka!" feeling as if someone had read my mind and wrote about it, was this article on hugs. I was so amazed by it that I felt I had to write something about hugs, too. This, for me, is a long overdue piece of crap.

These are Mr. Weatherhead's questions about hugs and my answers...well sort of.

What are they? Are they important?

A hug is an action whereby one person completely invades another person's personal space--whether necessary or not, voluntary or otherwise--to show affection of whatever level.

People say they are important but, frankly, I can do without them. I don't remember being enveloped by parental hugs when I was young. Kisses, praises, jokes and capital punishment, yes; hugs not so much. Growing up I never really thought about its positive effects. Or if it had any.

Are there different kinds of hugs?

I think so. But I'm not sure. If kisses have different kinds then, by analogy, hugs have them as well right?

Should I hug different people differently?

If it's up to me I won't hug anyone at all. But, to answer the question, yes I do think that a hug, being a socially accepted gesture of affection, should be dished out in varying degrees of intensity corresponding to the degree of closeness (physically or figuratively) of two people.

Should I put my arms over or under their arms? Or should one arm go over and one arm go under in a criss-cross pattern?

I've often wondered about this whenever I feel I cannot wiggle myself out of a hugging circumstance. Too bad for me, though, I wonder about these things while I'm about to hug someone and it's too late to go over the pros and cons in my mind. My mind completely shuts down and my body just waits for the other person to finish hugging me.

Does it depend on height?

I think it does. I can't just hug people who're way smaller/taller than I am without thinking of where my face (or any part of my body, for that matter) will end up during the hug. Ex. If I hug someone who's too tall then my face may end up in their chest or, god forbid, near their crotch area. Because if that happens, my mind would be too preoccupied about hygiene issues that I will not be able to focus on the hug and will myself to hug that person properly. Same thing goes for hugging someone who's way smaller than I am.

How should I hug a girl/boy that is taller than me?

See discussion above.

What’s the best way to avoid accidentally punching/hitting someone when going to hug them?

I've never actually punched someone while hugging or attempting to hug them but I've regularly bumped heads with the other person.

Can I hug from a seated position?

Yes I believe so. I've seen it done (quite effortlessly) on TV and in movies. But I've never really tried it since I'm too f*cked up just perfecting the basic etiquette of hugging someone while standing up I can't bring myself to think of doing it while sitting down.

Should I pat the other person’s back while hugging? Is that a weird thing to do?

As a general rule, I don't pat the other person's back while hugging. Exceptions: (1) When I feel that they need to be comforted or (2) When I feel that the hug is slowly getting awkwardly long and has to stop ASAP.

Should I rub/slide my hand on the person at all?

No. Definitely not. Unless, of course, you have something else in mind.

Should I close my eyes? (No, right?)

No. To close your eyes is equivalent to showing third parties (or those who're not part of the hug) that you like are savoring the hug. It's creepy.

Can I hug with just one arm?

I believe so, yes. But I always, if I can afford it, try not to extend any part of my body and just... let myself be engulfed in another person's hug. It's less complicated.

If a girl/boy knocks my hat off while hugging, should I get mad?

Most likely, he/she didn't do that on purpose so I think it's best to just laugh it off. Who knows, maybe some other time it would be you who would be knocking somebody else's hat and you would wish that they just laugh it off, too.

Is it weird to shake a girl’s/boy's hand?

No. I have done this (or give a tiny wave) to wiggle myself out of hugging someone. It's slightly awkward because it gives the other person the idea that you're not into hugs. But it's a useful tactic nonetheless.

Should I talk during the hug? Or is that a telltale sign of social anxiety/insecurity?

Talking during a hug is for me a no-no because it's weird and doing so means that the hug is taking longer than expected. If I hug someone, I just do it as quick as I can. I don't linger or prolong it because it will give my mind the time and opportunity to overthink. And more often than not, overthinking is never good for me...or my social skills.

After the hug, what’s up with an arm or shoulder squeeze? Why do I feel like an asshole when I do either of those things?

I've made hugging less complicated by doing nothing before, during or after the hug. I just let the other person do all the hugging. I just let myself be hugged not because I like it but because I will just f*ck things up or make things more awkward by doing something. So, no arm or shoulder squeeze for me.

If I have a gay male/female friend and I am a straight male/female, do I hug?

Yes. Gender equality.

Is it weird if I only feel like hugging people I’ve known for 10+ years?

No it's not. I've known my parents forever and my siblings a little less than that and I'm not really into hugging them all the time. Yes, my brothers hug me like crazy (sometimes I think they do it to spite me or make me feel awkward--they love doing that) but I still feel awkward. More so for people (huggers as I call them) who wants to hug me 10mins after meeting me. God.

Whenever I feel someone is expecting a hug from me, I do some other thing like pat them on the back, give them a high five, or make a joke to make them laugh.

At what point in a friendship/platonic relationship should hugging begin?

This is a tricky question that deserves another essay/article of its own.

If I fail to hug at the appropriate time in the relationship, will I never be able to hug that person?

Yes. This is very consistent with my "Moments" theory which goes something like this, there comes only one moment in two people's lives when they have to decide whether they want to be friends or something else. Once that moment passes and neither of them do nothing, there will be friends forever. Rarely does it happen that two people are given more than one moment. Applying this to hugs, once that moment passes and they don't hug or attempt to, they'll be no hugging between them forever. The line has been drawn, so to speak.

But I can always be wrong. Hugs, after all, are not my strong suit.

What does it mean when you have an attractive female/male friend who hugs everyone except for you?

Ha. I kind of do this. I try to, at least, not close my doors to the possibility of hugging everyone in the future (maybe when a loved one dies or when something insanely good happens and "congrats" would not suffice) but I absolutely do not hug (I have a memo to myself) the person I like. Why? Because I'm bad at hugging and I don't want the person I like to think of me as The Worst Hugger in the History of Hugs.

What does it mean when a girl/boy tells you you are a bad hugger in 6th grade?

That you need more practice?

What does it mean when a girl/boy tells you you are a bad hugger in college?

That you need to get laid?

What does it mean when a girl/boy says chidingly “you can give me a hug, I won’t bite” when you’re in graduate school?

In general, when people say something and follows it with a "I won't bite" and you're mature enough to know the phrase's other connotations, it's safe to assume that some flirting is going on. But, again, I can be wrong.

Is my hugging ability in any way an indication of my ability in other forms of intimacy?

Maybe.

Why didn’t I hug my mom that one time she was crying in the elevator as we were leaving her dementia’d mom in a nursing home in Georgia?

If there's anything in this world that I can stand and gladly welcome, it is my mother's hugs. They're the warmest, least awkward hugs in this world. The best kind there is.

What does it mean when an attractive girl/boy who has a boyfriend/girlfriend hugs you in really cool and unexpected ways… almost goes out of her way to hug you? How should that be interpreted?

If you are someone who really suck at hugs, like me, then maybe she/he is just lonely. She/he needs a hug so bad she/he is willing to hug a hugger like you. If you're really good at it, then maybe, she/he can't get enough of your hugs. But, again, I shouldn't be trusted with reading into things because I am an overthinker and most often than not I got it wrong. Ha.

What if you’ve read several eHow/wikiHow articles re: “How to Hug” and you really, really can’t see yourself doing what they say?

Develop your own rules. Find out what works for you (and what doesn't), and make rules. Keep it simple and easy to remember so as to not confuse yourself whenever you panic when the possibility of hugging someone is imminent or inevitable.

Of course all of these rules are only necessary to remember if you are an over-thinker and a socially awkward individual who thinks words, not actions, are safer (read: less complicated) tools for conveying a wide array of feelings/moods. Like me.

Common Themes and Things in Glee's Season 1 and Season 3

Glee's writing was at its best and most cohesive in season 1. Somewhere between the screams of gazillion gleeks worldwide, numerous chart-topping singles and the Glee concert tour, the story was lost and forgotten. Season 2 became an avenue where songs defined the story lines when it should've been the other way around. The writers made an effort to make things click in Season 3 by going back to the basics. Unfortunately they did so by rehashing the story lines, details and, for some, even the wardrobe, from season 1. It was so obvious I couldn't help but notice.


Beth. She was born in season 1, was completely forgotten in season 2 but took centerstage in season 3. Her cuteness even fueled Quinn's Crazy Mommy phase.

Beth

and on a related note...

Quinn loses everything... again. In season 1, she lost Cheerios captain-ship and the coolness that went with it when she got pregnant. In season 3, she loses it twice. For the first part of the season, she went into an I-will-get-back-Beth-from-Shelby frenzy and for the second part, she tried to get over the probability that she may forever be a cripple.

I liked Punk!Quinn better.

The Unholy Trinity. In season 1, Brittany and Santana helped Quinn with her audition by singing "Say A Little Prayer". In season 3, Santana and Brittany tried to talk Quinn out of her Skank-ness in the first episode, and before they perform at Nationals they gather to share a moment.

The Unholy Trinity. Starting together. Ending together.
Just the way it should be.

which reminds me...

Santana and Brittany also danced back-up for Mercedes as she sang Disco Inferno in "Saturday Night Glee-ver".

Mercedes Inferno!

Sue's Minions. In season 1, Coach Sue instructs Quinn to join/ruin-from-within New Directions while in season 3, she gives the same instructions to Santana. 

Sue and Santana

Kurtanny. Brittany became Kurt's beard to help him get close to his dad in season 1. Brittany helped him conceptualize his "Unicorn" campaign posters when he ran for senior class president in season 3--although she ended up running (and eventually winning) against him.

Unicorns unite!

Porcelain (Kurt) and Wheezy (Mercedes) talk to Coach Sue a lot. In season 1 it was all about joining the Cheerios. In season 3, their meetings gave birth to Unique.

Porcelain and Wheezy

on a related note,

Remember the time when Mercedes had a crush on Kurt in season 1? In season 3 their union has (finally!) given birth to an actual person, Unique!

Kurt coming out to Mercedes was one of the most heartwarming scenes in Glee's three-year run

Mercedes vs. Rachel. Mercedes asserts entitlement to the solos which results in: (a) she joins the Cheerios (season 1) but quits eventually, and (b) she joins the Troubletones (season 3), bringing Brittana with her, but also re-joins the glee club when they lose Sectionals.

on a related note,

Mercedes' Cheerios uniform makes a comeback in season 3--although it was only in Tina's body-swapping dream.


The guys sing about Mercedes. In season 1, it was Puck going gaga over Mercedes. In season 3 it was Sam. How lucky she is.

The Changs. They were "born" in season 1 and matured in season 3--with Artie staying the same althroughout.

from tap dancing to duets, Tike got it covered

Vampire Tina. In season 1, Tina uses her vampire-ish abilities to scare and stop Principal Figgins from interfering with the way she dresses. In season 3, Principal Figgins alludes to Tina's vampire-ish ways while talking to Mr. Mike Chang Sr. This time Tina used it to excuse herself from gym class.

Vampire Tina is something I expected from Community not Glee.
But I am amused nonetheless.

Mr. Schue's Manipulative Ways. In season 1, he manipulates blackmails Finn to join New Directions. In season 3, he manipulates (and Mercedes calls him on it) the disco dance-off to force Finn, Santana and Mercedes to think about life decisions after high school.

Scheming Schuester

Virgin monologues? Rachel asks the girls about losing her virginity first to Jesse (in season 1) and to Finn (in season 3).

Rachel and her girls. Notably absent in the season 3 "meeting" is Mercedes. 

Adopt-A-Glee-Kid. In season 1 Mercedes welcomes Quinn into her home after she gets kicked out by her mom and gets tired of Puck's family. In season 3, Sam bunked at the Hummel-Hudson household while he finishes his junior year at McKinley.


Brittana Bombshell. In season 1, Brittany nonchalantly mentions that if sex was dating, she and Santana would be dating. Hence, Brittana was born. In season 3, Brittany, in an effort to make Santana famous (or make her realize that fame is a double-edged sword) puts their sex tape on YouTube, interlacing it with Lord Tubbington doing household chores. Hence, the hashtag #brittanasextape trended worldwide on Twitter just minutes after it was mentioned on the show.

from dating to a sex tape, Brittana got it covered

West Side Story Wars. In season 1, it was Tina versus Rachel for the lead song role of Maria while in season 3, it was Rachel (of course) and Mercedes. Tina folds while Mercedes quits the glee club. I wonder why the season 1 Rachel vs. Tina wasn't mentioned in season 3 when they decided to do West Side Story again.

Mr. Schue chooses Tina to sing Tonight over Rachel. And Mercedes is a Jet.

Sectionals Disqualification. In season 1, Mr. Schuester was disqualified from Sectionals because he slept in one of the mattresses that the club received for doing a TV commercial ad. In season 3, it was Rachel's turn to get DQ-ed for cheating on the class presidential elections to make Kurt win.

Grounds for DQ: Vote rigging and mattress sleeping

Gleeks Protecting Their Own. In season 1, the glee kids went up against Jesse for egging Rachel while in season 3, they all went up against Sebastian for slushing Blaine and hurting his eye.


Even the perfomances were repeated...

I Kissed A Girl makes a comeback. In season 1, Tina's edgy rendition of the song got her into New Directions. Ok fine, everyone who tried out got in... except Becky Jackson. In season 3, the song was used (ironically, I think) to celebrate Santana's acceptance of the fact that Finn outed her.

Single Ladies also makes a comeback. Tina and Brittany joins Burt Hummel in the season 3 performance as a graduation present to Kurt. I wonder why the ladies had to wear some sort of flimsy skirt/cover-up in 2012. Did they get more conservative or did they put on weight? Hehe

Burt Hummel: Best. Dad. Ever.

Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat makes a comeback, too. All 5 original members perform the song to show how far they've gotten. In Artie's words... "from the ghetto to the penthouse. National champs, baby."


Little details were also re-used, whether conscious or not.

Brittana holding hands while waiting for the winners of Regionals to be announced. See, the parallelism is evident, even in the tiniest of details.

Or maybe Brittana always held hands.

Regionals, black and gold. In both season 1's and 3's regionals competitions, the New Directions wore an ensemble of black and gold. I think that if Blaine did not transfer to McKinley in season 3, the boys wouldn't be wearing bowties instead of neckties.

gold = victory

Bullet-proof case in the choir room. It was built by Sue's shop class in Season 1 to house the Cheerios' 2010 Nationals trophy. In Season 3, it was used to house the New Directions' 2012 Nationals trophy. Reversal of fortunes: New Directions were National champs in 2012 while the Cheerios lost theirs.

"How the mighty have fallen."

Lights. In season 1, the lights spelled Kurt's name. In season 3, it spelled Mercedes'.

Altho, upon closer inspection, I think the lights were different. Kurt's was more similar to ones they used in the "Michael" episode.

Kurt's spider pin. Kurt wore it in his Defying Gravity performance in the episode "Wheels" in season 1, and in his graduation in the the season 3 episode, "Goodbye".

Only Kurt Hummel can pull off a spider pin without looking tacky.

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You may want to see my other posts about Glee (yes there are a lot!!!):

Quintet 3: GLEE-king Out
Things I Missed From Glee's Season 1 (Part 1)
Things I Missed From Glee's Season 1 (Part 2)
Things I Missed From Glee's Season 1 (Part 3)
McKinley High School in a Decade
15 Glee Club Truths
Final(e) Thoughts: GLEE-duation
Who Wore It Better: Kurt vs Santana
Kurt's 27 (Head) Dresses [Updated]
Glee "Mysteries": Mike, Quinn and Mercedes
How Sue Sees It

How Sue Sees It

Kurt: It's my dad. He's the most important thing in the world to me. I love him...and I'm afraid that I might be losing him because of my... sexuality.

Sue: Your sexuality? How old are you, sixteen? Have you even kissed a boy?

Kurt: No.

Sue: Have you ever kissed a girl?

Kurt: No.

Sue: Well, then how could you possibly know what you like? You see that's the problem with your generation. You're obssessed with labels. So you like Showtunes, doesn't mean you're gay! It just means you're awful. You know there's only one person in this world you can tell you what you are...

Kurt: Me.

Sue: No, me, Sue Sylvester. And she hasn't quite made her mind about you.

[From Glee S01E18 "Laryngitis"]

...and this is how Sue sees it.

Glee "Mysteries": Mike, Quinn and Mercedes

A lot has been said about  Glee's writing in Season 2--its quality, the lack of consistency and the lack of character development of non-major characters. But in Season 3, the writers tried to go back to the basics to make it click. Unfortunately, they did so by literally copying off Season 1. I would go into that some other time.

Today, I will write about the mistakes of  Glee's Season 3. These mistakes are not just little faults that have no bearing in the story (ex. during the "Run the World (Girls)" number, Kurt and Santana kept changing positions; Santana's changing hairstyle in the "Stayin' Alive" performance in "Saturday Night Gleever"). These mistakes--okay let's call them mysteries to make it less painful--are fundamental faults that touch on the basic details/structure of the story, or the lousy attempt to keep one.


1. What is Mike's real full name?

Principal Figgins refers to Mike as Michael Chang Jr. twice--while talking to Mike and his dad in "Asian F" (S03E03) and during the graduation ceremony in "Goodbye" (S03E22). But in "Props" (S03E20), Tina called Mike "Michael Robert Chang" when they were text-fighting. What astounds me more is that both "Asian F" and "Props" were written by Ian Brennan. I can only imagine what would happen if Glee writers wrote How I Met Your Mother.

Even Mike is confused.

2. Where did Quinn go?

In "Saturday Night Glee-ver" Mr. Schue and Coach Sue organized a dance-off despite the fact that Quinn recently got into an accident which paralyzed her legs. In one scene she was right there between Tina and Santana...

There she is!

but in the succeeding scenes, where everyone is shown dancing, she was gone...

There she is not.

Yes, Quinn might've been uncomfortable with the dance-off and chose to leave but the writers should have had the decency to show her go out of the room or, maybe, explain her absence in the succeeding dialogues. But nothing was said. It was as if she wasn't there in the first place. Which leads me to the 2nd option... which is re-shoot the first scene without Quinn in it; then, there would be no obvious need for an explanation. Assumptions could be made. She may have been in therapy with Joe or purposely skipped glee club practice because of the dance-off. But with conflicting scenes showing that she was and wasn't present, it just doesn't make any sense.


3. Where did Mercedes go?

On senior's ditch day, she arrived at the park with the rest of the club sans Blaine (who was with his brother Cooper) and Quartie (who were at a skating park for the differently-abled). She even got off the bus in front of everyone else....

Mercedes leading the charge.

Then, during the all important rollercoaster ride where every gleek wanted to see who sat with whom... she's gone! Sam sat with Puck and Rory was left alone to sit with a stranger.

Mercedes left?

Amber Riley may have a phobia for rollercoaster rides but, again, the writers could have not made her go at all like they did with Blaine and Quartie. Yes, Mercedes not going may result to the need for further explanations but, for me at least, it's better than make her disappear and hope no one will notice.

Glee writers should give their viewers more credit than this. They can't keep making writing or editing slip-ups and hope that no one will notice. Because someone does. Or worse, we all do. Gleeks are a different, more passionate kind of fans. We watch and re-watch every episode; we memorize the songs by heart; we criticize the show for its faults; we praise it for the good things (Nene Leakes as Coach Roz!); we ship our own pairings religiously, to the point of seeing things we want to see (ex. Faberry); we write our own versions of the stories when things don't go the way we want it go (read: fanfiction)...and so on. The point is, Gleeks are addicted committed to the show intensely and the writers, I think, owe us--considering the bad storylines they constantly come up with--the decency to keep these little details right. This is one of the reasons that make How I Met Your Mother awesome. Sadly, it's one of the reasons why Glee fail.

Why do I even compare?


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You may want to see my other posts about Glee (yes there's more than one!):

Quintet 3: GLEE-king Out
Things I Missed From Glee's Season 1 (Part 1)
Things I Missed From Glee's Season 1 (Part 2)
Things I Missed From Glee's Season 1 (Part 3)
McKinley High School in a Decade
15 Glee Club Truths
Final(e) Thoughts: GLEE-duation
Who Wore It Better: Kurt vs Santana
Kurt's 25 (Head) Dresses [Updated, now 26]

Kurt's 27 (Head) Dresses [Updated]

Because of the countless times I have watched and re-watched Glee's Season 3 for no logical reason at all, I was able to notice (one can't help it really) Kurt's many hats (or headdresses?). I never knew there can be that many kinds of hats.

I am not a fashion-forward person so I did my best to screencap all his hats (and headdresses) and let you, dear reader, educate me on the names of these fabulous, sometimes too creative, head wear.


Hat #1 - Kurt starts the season off with a witch's hat. Wicked.

(S03E01) "The Purple Piano Project"

Hat #2 - Then moves on to stretch his hat-wearing powers by wearing this outrageous but looks well-made... Shakespearean(?) hat.

(S03E02) "I Am Unicorn"

Hat #3 - A leather beret that Kurt wore twice.

(S03E03) "Asian F" and (S03E17) "Dance with Somebody"

Hat #4 - I have no idea what it is called but it looks so cute.

(S03E03) "Asian F"

Hat #5 - A weaved hat(?) Kurt (or Glee designers) must like this hat so much he wore it twice.

(S03E04) "Pot O' Gold" and (S03E20) "Props"

Hat #6 - A beret that is non-leather?

(S03E04) "Pot O' Gold"

Hat #7 - This is the Whatthefuckisthat?! Hat. Haha

(S03E06) "Mash Off"

Hat #8 - This is the most outrageous one I've seen on him so far.

(S03E06) "Mash Off"

Hat #9 - A jockey's hat, which he, fortunately, wore sparingly.

(S03E06) "Mash Off"

Hat #10 - He wore this sporty headband for the dodgeball game against the Trouble Tones and during gym class while eavesdropping on the boys.

(S03E06) "Mash Off" and (S03E09) "Extraordinary Merry Christmas"

Hat #11 - He highlighted his campaign by wearing a unicorn hat.

(S03E06) "Mash Off"

Hat #12 - A normal brown hat. Too bad this was the picture I could come up with.

(S03E07) "I Kissed A Girl"

Hat #13 - A beret again. He never gets tired of berets.

(S03E08) "Hold on to Sixteen"

Hat #14 - What would he wear on Christmas season... of course, a Christmas headband!

(S03E09) "Extraordinary Merry Christmas"

Hat #15 - A sailor's hat. Cute.

(S03E02) "I Am Unicorn" and (S03E10) "Yes/No"

Hat #16 - A winter hat of some sort.

(S03E10) "Yes/No"

Hat #17 - I don't know what it's called but it's the same as Santana's from Season 2.

(S03E11) "Michael"

Hat #18 - This shiny (leather?) cap that makes him look like a drag queen. Sorry Kurt.

(S03E15) "Big Brother"

Hat #19 - He wore this patriotic headband for glee club booty camp.

(S03E15) "Big Brother"

Hat #20 - He wore a patchy(?) beret in glee club while listening to Brittany and her prom theme.

(S03E19) "Prom-asaurus"

Hat #21 - A magician's hat!

(S03E19) "Prom-asaurus"

Hat #22 - Another hat I don't know what's called but it looks good on Kurt.

(S03E20) "Props"

Hat #23 - He and his fellow glee club members had to wear a welder's(?) mask for the sparkly number that Sue wanted them to perform for Nationals--although he likes to not use it as a mask even if he's using that welding machine.

(S03E20) "Props"

Hat #24 - Yes, he wears a normal cap, too. But it looks so un-Kurt, so to speak, that this normal cap looks so ghetto on him. And, the orange pants?!

(S03E21) "Nationals"

Hat #25 - Kurt capped off the season with a cap I am willing to wear anytime: a graduation cap.

(S03E22) "Goodbye"

I rarely post about hairstyles, clothes or hats but I liked doing this one only for the thrill of watching each episode and playing "Spot the Hat" with myself.

As I screencapped Kurt's hats I also noticed that the entire glee club is fond of hats, namely Quinn, Mike, Santana and Brittany (mostly, when they're not in Cheerios uniform), and even Mercedes. Maybe I'll post them soon... after midterm exams.

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[Updated]

Hat #26 - I almost missed Kurt's khaki boy scout-ish hat because it had a split second (well, 30 seconds max) of exposure. Kurt wore it while the seniors were waiting for Puck's Geography test results to come out.

(S03E22) "Goodbye"

Now I only need 1 more hat to make it 27.....did I miss anything?


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It turns out I did miss a 27th hat.

Hat #27 - Police cap. Kurt wore this for his role in the "Westwide Story" where he played a police officer.

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You may want to see my other posts about Glee (yes there's more than one!):

Quintet 3: GLEE-king Out
Things I Missed From Glee's Season 1 (Part 1)
Things I Missed From Glee's Season 1 (Part 2)
Things I Missed From Glee's Season 1 (Part 3)
McKinley High School in a Decade
15 Glee Club Truths
Final(e) Thoughts: GLEE-duation
Who Wore It Better: Kurt vs Santana