Academy of Armitage Studies -- the Research continues

[Theresahollyinyourmind]

Welcome to our newest faculty building. Make yourselves comfortable and ignore the smell of paint. We cannot keep up with the demand for new premises.

Oui, me voici.

My 'puter does not like that vid and freezes half way through, on a rather beauteous shot of cheekbones and existential angst. I almost scorched the blue sheet I was ironing.

If we're having a musical morning, I will

Comment ca va au pays de Limpopo ce matin?

You ought to know better than deal with blue sheets when ol' blue eyes is around. Do make your computer try again, there are some very nice shots of those legendary oculars. And many other delghts.

Ca va comme d'habitude en Limpopo aujourdhui, YT won't let me see the old favourite. And I have housework. But I'm fighting it.

Morning, peeps. Holly, what a lovely treat with which to start the day's thread. Happy Lucas, yay!

Missy, the Thornton Twiglets were very tasty! I would have a little nibble myself but as I'm just about to have lunch I will generously leave those to you.

Huzzah and hurrah, my eBay copy of the RA episodes of Vic of Dibley plonked onto my doormat this morning! DH is away overnight next week so I will enjoy a date with Harry then.

Glad you are enjoying BtS, MrsLNP. I must add that to the list at some point - I have seen the archived clips but need to see the rest :)

Hello, Twiggy. I always feel so sorry for that Moscow asset of theirs, I mean, the things one has to do in the name of idealism. Or maybe just hard cash.

Wrapped up in Guy as I am, it's good to be reminded how utterly scrumptious Lucas is.
I would say I wish I could see a whole lot more of him, but then everyone would snigger, like I sniggered at your BtS comment.

How lovely that your Dibley arrived, I am having to hold off on my multiple wants till after the holidays, the reindeer are refusing to make deliveries along the Limpopo

Nothing wrong with a good old-fashoined snigger, Holly :)

The Moscow asset does have her work cut out for her, doesn't she? Poor lass.

Actually, that's got me thinking. Imagine being an actress who has our sort of massive little crush on RA and having to play that sort of part. I wonder if, as a professional thesp, one would be able to concentrate on the, ahem, job in hand. I suppose method acting comes into its own there.

How very distracting, Holly.

I still maintain, though, that given the pain and deadness in Lucas' eyes so much of the time, the appropriate and compassionate response is to give him some soup, not a snog. After all, his interaction with the Moscow Asset is not exactly red hot in its enthusiasm, is it?

Twiggy - is this some sort of, ahem, samizdat dvd?

Maybe actresses are a bit more hard-boiled, Twigs. Could you have such a ginormous teensy weensy crush on some one you work with and have seen him being just an ordinary bloke, looking rough and having a bit of a cough of a morning and so on?

If it was me, I couldn't even come into the parlour in a lace cap and apron and say ''Dinner is served'' without my knees giving way. But then I have never been an actress, method or therwise

His face did look at trifle discombobulated at odd moments' though, Missy. If you look close enough, which of course I didn't but Teri did.And I know the heavy duty swallowing that was going on elsewhere was really not connected with that little episode, but it was rather sweet.

Of couse a top-drawer spy man could not allow himself to get too caught up in the moment, as his life was probably in danger most of the time.

But okay, soup first. Then the snog.

Maybe not that hard-boiled, Holly. Think of the number of actors who become involved with their co-stars, only for the relationship to implode, curse-of-Hello-stylee, when they realise that this great and everlasting love was actually just the simulated emotion required for the role. That sounds horribly cynical, I know, but I think it must be very difficult, if you spend all day swooning over someone and swearing eternal love in front of the cameras, to remember it's just a job.

Then again, think of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.

Yes, but discombobulated does not necessarily mean enjoying it. He might have been remembering that his gas bill was overdue and he couldn't get a connection to British Gas from Mockba.

You are probably right. Missy. It's a job I could never do. Probaby a tad easier if you aren't already swooning before you start, though. I have never been able to look any of my few RL crushes in the face, never mind pretend to give them a lap-dance.

I think you would have to compare the data with the ''Don't call my name'' resource to work that one out, Missy.

I'm not sure whether even that gives a basis for comparison, Holly. The relationship with the American Strumpet was something that she initiated and he just went along with, as I saw it. Even in Those Scenes with the blue sheets, he seems to lack a certain enthusiasm. It was always my impression that (probably, and discounting Maya for now) the only woman for whom he really felt anything was Elisaveta - witness the wibbling expression on his face when they part on the London street.

But hey, I'm not really a student of Lucas. What do I know?

I wasn't too sure about the Sarah encounter myself, to be honest. I was going to remark that gas bills might have been a more attractive train of thought to dwell on than her and her dodgy accent and dead eyes.

It woud have been good to see him having a bit of fun, sometime, even something as simple as having a snowball fight, or a mug of hot chocolate with squirty cream on top.

Oh, Holly, do we have to talk about Lucas and squirty cream in the same post? A girl has enough distraction here as it is.

Missy, re. my Dibley DVD. The answer is er... um... well... ah right, no it's not. Tis a proper copy that someone was selling on eBay. Can't wait for next Thursday!

What did I miss re. heavy duty swallowing? Huh?

Nothing all that world-stopping in actual fact Twigs. Lucas was just sitting in a taxi and his Adam's apple was 'dancing all over the place' to quote Madonna in Beautiful Stranger They way they cut the vid it looked as though he was thinking after the lap dance. But he wasn't, really.

I am sure we are all wild about Harry!

I have always been wild about Harry. We haven't seen that vid, but should have done, I feel - it's important, after all, to push back the boundaries of our research. Speaking of which, .

Do you often dress like that, Missy, or just when you go out to the thee-ay-ter?

Am loving the pirate ship in the background. Too early an era for Captain Sparrow, but one feels he could almost be aboard.

And, on further reflection, .

I only dress like that, Holly, when I have toned down my naturally exuberant style. I have taken to heart dear, dear Oscar's dictum that the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

Look at this .

Oh, that was another era. Why, though do only the women have to show their legs? 'Twas ever thus...

I don't think Lucas, snake-hipped though he may be, would enjoy cavorting around as in the Get Hsppy vid. It would have been nice though, to make him an honorary member of our faculty, and ply him with blankets, soup or anything else his heart desires. That might cheer him up.

Did you see the vid with Dean and Frank, on the same page as the Garland solo?

Oh, Holly, do we have to talk about Lucas and squirty cream in the same post? A girl has enough distraction here as it is.

Twiglets I am starting to wonder if you are psychic as I thought exactly the same thing !

Snake-hipped Lucas with squirty cream....oh my!

I wasn't proposing that Lucas should be in the vid (aesthetically pleasing though that would be), simply that he should be encouraged to get happy.

I did indeed watch the Frank, Dean and Judy vid. It sure swings! This is the time of year when I risk divorce by repeatedly playing my Christmas with the Rat Pack and Sinatra's Christmas album cds.