So it's been far too long since I've posted any of my meaningless crap. Love's a bitch, particularly if you're, say, trying to focus on something like trying to be normal and establish some kind of identity.
Nothing really to comment on at the moment, except I have some Simpsons-related (when aren't they?) gripes. You can tell I still have no life-at least, not the productive kind of life.
In "22 Short Films About Springfield", Smithers is stung in the eye by a bee, and it is revealed that he is allergic to bee stings. "They cause me to, uh...die." As a result, he is seen lying semi-conscious outside the hospital. However, in an earlier episode (can't be bothered finding the exact name, despite supposedly trying to improve my German-it's the one where the German guys buy the power plant from Burns), Mr. Burns is shown enjoying his retirement and partaking in a rather odd selection of hobbies, including beekeeping. Smithers comes to see him so they can have a night on the town, and is stung by a number of the bees, and is apparently fine. There was much internal screaming upon this discovery.
The other complaint involves the episode I just finished watching: "Mr. Lisa Goes To Washington". Lisa wins an essay contest (sorry to spoil that for you...20 years later) and the family win a trip to Washington (as suggested in the episode title). As one would expect, they arrive by plane, and Marge is completely content. A mere three seasons later, she apparently has a lifelong fear of flying, resulting in her running up and down the aisle of the plane screaming 'LET ME OFF!'
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that childhood phobias and deathly allergic reactions don't just magic themselves out of nowhere-and in the case of Smithers, magic themselves away again as soon as the episode is done.
