No Laggard in Love: Chapter 15 Review

Last time in No Laggard in Love, Louise was saved by Wow-Wow and Hamish from death in a boat house. Together they made their escape in a Fiat, but Alistair was on their trail and pursued them in his scary scary vehicle. And now, for more of No Laggard in Love.

Chapter 15

Alistair and Fergus are in hot pursuit of Louise and Hamish. Both cars are zipping along round bends at untold speeds, and Alistair is gaining on the Fiat. Fortunately, Alistair is driving a big fat wide car. Hamish takes a hidden turn at 70 onto a dirt path with a steep incline. Alistair zooms on past and has to recount his steps. Hamish zips up and down the mountain side with Alistair inching ever closer. Louise is given a revolver and told to shoot Alistair’s ‘tyres’ when he gets closer. Louise cannot shoot anybody. Not when the car gets shot, not when her window is shattered. She just can’t do it until... Wow-Wow is brought into the fray. She hears Wow-Wow given a wail of agony and her eyes go red. Pow! Pow! pow! How dare they shoot her baby? She shoots out Alistair’s headlights and then windshield, causing Alistair to land in a bog (sucka’!). She shoots until all the bullets are gone and Hamish pries the gun out of her hands. Turns out she’s injured worse than Wow-Wow is. Now the only thing left to do is get to the nearest town and phone the police.

MVOTD: Kim Hyung Jun (Day 191 the Third)

Kim Hyung Jun, formerly of SS501, not to be confused with either Kim Hyun Joong or Kim Kyu Jong of the same group, released a nice little song last year. That song, oH! aH!, is a pleasant blend of song, dance, and comfortable cardigans. In it, Kim Hyung Jun wears a very non-threatening wardrobe filled with pastel suits, v-necked sweaters, and soft cardigans. He is every bit the attractive 'nerd' in a suit, which is a great look for him.

The dancing, it is also soft. I think the movements, being smooth and relaxed/slow, create a comfortable feeling. To add to the overall feeling of softness, the storyline of the music video is a dream with fuzziness. The dream story is interesting having cute, creepy, funny, and anxious parts.The asthetics are good and the flow is nice. oH! aH! is a success of a music video being interesting throughout and pleasant to listen to.

No Laggard in Love: Chapter 14 Review

Last time in No Laggard in Love, Louise was running through the bush, trying to get to safety. Her head, however, met up with a tree and/or club, rendering her unconcious.

Chapter 14

Louise wakes up from being unconcious. She is tied, roast pig style, in a boat house. Alistair and Fergus, Aunt Catrin's warden, are talking about getting rid of her. They agree that it is too dangerous to get rid of (kill) her right away, so they decide to come back at midnight to do the deed. They leave, Louise gets angry and achieves nothing, and then Wow-Wow shows up to the rescue, Hamish in tow. Hamish releases her from her bonds and they scurry back to the house only to find the car's 'tyres' (Britishisms...) have been slit and the phone lines cut. Knowing they can't bunker in the house, they change clothes and book it to the secret car (a Fiat 450) in the decrepid shack and make a break for it. Louise fills Hamish in on all the details that she had forgotten or had been witholding, including the bit where she noticed both Alistair and Mona had died hair. Hamish fills Louise in on what happened on the cruise liner. Apparently a C.I.A. agent went overboard, probably due to Alistair. But wait, there is a car in hot pursuit, and it is most likely Alistair the murderer...

MVOTD: Kim Kyu Jong (Day 191)

Kim Kyu Jong, formerly of SS501, released a nice little song before his apparent departure to the military. Yesterday, which seems to be about romantic relationships, is every bit the classic music video but for one thing. Sexy suspender dancing. That's right, Kyu Jong's choreographer took every swing dancer's favourite belt-like item and made it sexy. Or rather, he used it to imply 'stripping'. Considering that lots of groups do the thing where they slide their blazer off their shoulder (aka. stripping), suspenders are kind of brilliant. They achieve the same result while keeping the singer more cool.

My only other other comments are that the female lead's white dress was really cute, and once she becomes catatonic the music video kind of gets depressing. It was probably because it became more like him imposing his will on her after that. In general Yesterday is a nice little music video.

MVOTD: Hangeng (Day 191)

Having posted a lovely Super Junior music video yesterday, I thought it was a good time to post a Hangeng music video, what with them having one been band mates and all. Fortunately for me, a new music video came out six days ago, Kuang Cao.

Kuang Cao is amazing. It's immediately and obviously a Hangeng music video with shots of random things in odd lighting and a hand (his hand) letting go of some dirt. Then it gets really good. Everyone is dressed up in what I hope are ancient Chinese warrior outfits (I'm hoping because they remind me of gladiator, viking, and barbarian stuff). The warriors are very tough, and one even has a ferocious dog on a leash. Or maybe the dog is not so ferocious. Hangeng shows up on his mighty steed, with his platinum blond quasi-hawk. All the warriors leap to attack him and he sits there yelling on his horse. The warriors twirl their weapons and do epic leaps and...he twirls his flag and yells some more. When the warriors chase him into a mysterious dark mist, the mist attacks them and then unhorses Hangeng. There is much falling over and weapons leaping through the air at this point. All seems lost, but then the fairy of the mist sees Hangeng and...all the warriors become his allies. Obviously I am missing something, but I don't speak Mandarin so I hope that can be excused. Here is the music video.

While Hangeng's Kuang Cao has no dancing in it, it is an enjoyable piece. The warriors provide lots of movement and the colourless tone makes it dynamic. The costumes are confusing, since they appear to be from different eras and empires, but that's not terribly important because Hangeng's outfit is great. Hangeng looks fabulous in his armor and kind of looks like a fantasy character with all that fur flying around. Honestly, I would want his outfit as my cosplay for D&D if it were woman sized.

Kuang Cao is everything a Hangeng music video has come to mean to me. It's cheesy, it's kind of bad, and it's spectacular. In short. Kuang Cao stands at the top of the music video heap as an amazing work of art. Good job Hangeng and crew.  

No Laggard in Love: Chapter 13 Review

Last time in No Laggard in Love Louise secretly met Alistair in the woods. He took her to a creepy abandoned hut and yelled at her for forgetting the secret smuggled package. She left in a huff.

Chapter 13

Alistair follows Louise back to the road, but then his flashlight goes off. Louise begins to run, in fear of her life. She runs and runs, but it turns out that she was running in the wrong direction. She ended up at the boathouse, where a "coloured youth" from the West Indies beseeches her for help. His mom is sick and locked in a cellar, so he has snuck out of a window to look for help. She promises to get help and is on her way back to Hamish's house when a tree attacks her. And then a person with a club knocks her out. Who could it be?

MVOTD: Super Junior (Day 190)

In honour of Ryeowook's birthday, and manliness in Mr. Simple, today's music video is Super Junior's Mr. Simple in Japanese. That's right, they made two versions of it at the same time, but released them months apart. Smart move that. Makes it fresh again.

As far as critic goes, Mr. Simple in Japanese is basically like Mr. Simple in Korean, but shorter because it's from Avex Network. There are some dance parts that have improved. Donghae's outfits continue to be just as heinous as before and Sungmin's outfits just as wonderful. Ryeowook gets all manly. Eunhyuk says, "Dance!". Yup, it's about the same as the original.

For those who are not hardcore Super Junior fans, here is a Korean version video that indicates who is who. Somebody lovingly put together an introduction of Super Junior for new fans. It's cute, and includes pictures from the really bad photoshoot.



Some Nannering on Super Junior (Day 190)

That's right. This is where I talk about Super Junior and you get to read it. Today, June 21, is Ryeowook of Super Junior's birthday. My wall calendar told me so. As it turns out, it is also my brother's birthday, so it is easy to remember. Happy birthday to both of them.

If you know Ryeowook, you know that he is the smallest and most petite member of Super Junior. He does the cute stuff. However, for Super Junior's fifth album, he suddently got manly. Here is a picture of him being manly.

Image from Image Shack

If you are a Super Junior fan, please imagine all the members being just as manly as Ryeowook. Or rather, imagine them all doing the lip touchy thing he did in Mr. Simple. If you are not a Super Junior fan, feel free to express your surprise at how manly Ryeowook is.

Have a good day.

MVOTD: F(x) (Day 189)

First off, I should admit something. Recently, the first time I watch an F(x) music video (at least Hot Summer and Electric Shock) the only thing I notice is the costumes. As in, I see that the stylists were trying to make everyone cute but they really only succeeded in giving everybody excessively unflattering outfits. Sigh.

Cue F(x)'s Electric Shock. I'm pretty sure that the song is okay (except when they say "lazer") and the dancing is okay, but the outfits are too distracting. Who decided that a super loose shirt with its front tucked into super tight pants was a good idea? And the booty shorts are even worse. From what I've seen, waist-high booty shorts kind of look like diapers when worn by k-pop girl groups (Watch Chi-Chi's Don't Play Around to really see what I mean). Thus, waist-high booty shorts are a bad idea at all times. Giant pockets on the belly on a shirt and unnattractive unisex clothes round out the bad costume selections. But wait, there's one more thing. F(x)'s stylists don't seem to know how to clothe someone who is not stick skinny. The blond one, who has ever so slightly more girth than the rest, keeps on getting outfits that chop her body up into ungainly sections. They manage to make her legs look short, her hips look flat, and her breasts look non-existant. Now is that a way to treat a lady? No. No it's not. F(x)'s stylists are dropping the ball.

  As a song, Electric Shock wins because the fans like it. As a costume parade though...it doesn't win so much. The colours are fun, but there are just so many bad style choices. Chalk one up to singers valiant attempts losing to stylists' choices.

No Laggard in Love: Chapter 12 Review

It's dark outside, Wow-Wow is barking madly, and Louise decided to call Alistair in order to return the ring her cousin sent with her.

Chapter 12

Louise has called up 'Aunt Catrin' on the telephone and has been transfered to Alistair. He thinks that she is Lynnette and says things that are supposed to be romantic but aren't. She tells him she isn't Lynnette, she's Linnet and she needs to meet him in order to give him something. He is suspicious of her, but agrees to meet right away, on the dirt track between Hamish's house and Aunt Catrin's mansion. Louise, in a fit of 'smartness', sneaks out of the house (past Wow-Wow) and goes to meet him. It turns out, he makes her walk most of the way and then forces her into a small cabin where he interrogates her. She, bless her heart, had forgotten about the smuggled package and so couldn't tell him that she had it in the car. Then they yell at each other and she storms off back toward the road.

MVOTD: G.NA (Day 188)

G.NA. Black and White. While the song is upbeat and catchy the music video expresses...other feelings. Mainly, that she is trying to control her boyfriend and he isn't doing what she wants. So...the song is about making your boyfriend only pay attention to you? Who knows. 

The couple parts were well done, with her trying to be cute and him being cute. The dancing was very normal for female singers. The costumes passed the test, none of them being heinous. Therefore, Black and White gets an average mark as a music video. Good for it. 

MVOTD: BYU Vocal Point (Day 187)

Today I asked my brother for the name of a song he liked. He hummed and he hawed, but he finally told me "Jump Jive". I looked it up on Youtube and found a great cheesy thing by BYU's Vocal Point, one of those accappella singing groups that GLEE has made popular. According to Vocal Point, the song is called Jump, Jive an' Wail.

The music video starts off with a guy in a yellow tie in a library. He keeps getting shushed, but he pays that no mind. For him it's time to hit on the business student across the table. Since she' not paying him any mind he's going to...musically flash mob her into liking him. Therefore he and his goons circle her table (afterwhich there is a hilarious poster), and force her to dance with them. Spontaneous dancing ensues. The business student suddently likes the yellow tie man. People are happy. Children are hanging around. The song ends and...the librarian gives Mr. Yellow Tie a "fine". Ha!

On the level-of-cheese-o-meter, this music video ranks a 5 out ot 5. Preppy guys in khaki's singing accappella in the library with the added bonus of romance = amazing. The camera work was also okay, especially since it was obviously done by university students. The song, which is a swing song, is not so fun to dance to in accappella, but singing it definitely takes talent. All together Jump, Jive an' Wail is a fun music video. Fun fun fun. 

No Laggard in Love: Chapter 11 Review

Last time in No Laggard in Love Louise and Hamish went to visit Aunt Catrin at her dying mansion. People inferred things. Other people ran away...to down the road.

Chapter 11

Louise and Hamish arrive home to quarrel. Hamish receives…or was it gives, a mysterious phone call. He then rushes out of the house on a secret rendezvous, taking care to warn Louise to lock the doors. Wow-Wow agrees. There is something funky outside. After Hamish leaves, Louise walks around the house, sees Alistair far off on the nearby lake, gets jealous of Mona whose portrait is missing, and phones Aunt Catrin’s house. She gets Kirsty on the line. Kirsty had just been doing her tarot card reading thing. She warns Louise that there is death in the woods. Oh no! Wow-Wow had been right. There was something wrong in the woods.

MVOTD: FLO (Day 186)

Several days ago I posted I'm the Cool One Now which was essentially a nerd's revenge music video. Today, on a similar thread, is FLO's Hateless. Somebody Facebooked it to me asking me to share it if I was against bullying, and honestly, that's not why it's today's music video. I posted it because the song is good. It's not perfect, but it has a good message and a pleasing sound. FLO genuinely loves singing. My favourite lyrics are, "You gotta be weightless", because being weightless means not holding other people's faults/errors against them (aka. forgive), and that's what God calls us to do. It's hard, yes, but it's worth it. Anger at others doesn't just hurt them. It hurts us too.

In the music video I like the way you can tell 1) that FLO is a new artist, possible with a company that has a small budget, and 2) the music video was made in Winnipeg, Canada. Why else would they use concert footage and kids in Hockey Night In Canada/Winnipeg Jets t-shirts? I also like her hair. The way it defies gravity is somewhat amazing... kind of like her fur collar. FLO may be a singer to watch for rising popularity. 

No Laggard in Love: Chapter 10 Review

Last time in No Laggard in Love, Hamish told Louise that they were getting married and then took her to meet his aunt. Louise did not find a problem with the plan...because she thought he was joking.

Chapter 10

At the MacBeagle estate, Louise sees how the mansion is literally dying. Then, Kirsty the maid ushers her and Hamish in to see Aunt Catrin. Kirsty implies that Louise and Hamish are dating, and Louise lets it pass since she thinks it’s too difficult to explain. Then, Aunt Catrin also implies that Hamish and Louise are an item, and then demands that Louise stay at her house for propriety's sake. Hamish disagrees and flies off with Louise, but not before Louise notices that Mona the new servant is familiar (as in car accident familiar), is older than she tries to appear, and was once engaged. What could Mona be trying to achieve?

MVOTD: BTOB (Day 185)

BTOB. What does it stand for? Born To Beat, that's what. Debuting this year, they apparently have two singles out already, one being Insane and the other being Irrisistible Lips. In Insane, they say the words "insane, pain, and back again" fairly often. They also light fire to a piano, clutch piano keys romantically in their hands, and cry in front of books. Other than the fact the dancing take place in a piano repair shop (where else would there be six pianos?), the biggest question is which members are still teenagers and which ones are adults. They have such an intersting age range in BTOB after all.

  

 As a song, Insane is pretty good. It's catchy and fun, but not annoyingly so. For the music video, the costumes are average: not bad, but not brilliant either. The dancing is also okay, so Insane earns an average rating as a music video. 

No Laggard in Love: Chapter 9 Review

Previously in No Laggard in Love, Louise Membury is saved, stalked, and saved again by Hamish Black. Hamish is continuously suspicious of her, but brings her into town anyway so that she can call her family.

Chapter 9

Louise contacts Margery on the phone. Margery is worried…because Lynnette has gone missing and the police are after her. Lynnette’s mother is frantic. Margery and Louise’s dad want to drive up north to see Louise. Therefore, Louise gives them a vague idea of where she is and says bye before Margery can ask more specific questions.

Back in the car with Hamish, Louise lets him know that Lynnette has disappeared but not that Lynnette was engaged to Alistair. Hamish then makes Louise go to the local bookstore and purchase some Wow-Wow books. He implies that they are going to get married to each other, and then he whisks her off to his aunt’s place to meet the family.

MVOTD: Felicia Day (Day 184)

The revenge song. A classic ballad that often gets into the top 40 because people like being vindictive.

There's a new revenge song in town. Felicia Day and The Guild sing, get this, I'm the One That's Cool. Yup. And why are they cool? Because they're nerds.

Nerd revenge. Is there anything more awkward or oddly overdone? Maybe. In I'm the One That's Cool, they intersperse shots of the band with shots of the band mates dressed up in 90's nerd apparel being bullied. Visually, it's appealing and lyrically it's entertaining. There are the nerdy references, of course, for those who care, and the end is really fun with all the bullies gathered to play Rockband. 

What this all really reminds me of is a book my friend once wrote called, "Nerds Grow Up To Be Superstars". The message being personality and skills win, whoever you are.

No Laggard in Love: Chapter 8 Review

Chapter 8

Louise and Hamish have supper. Hamish tells Louise that the engagement ring she’s carting around is his aunt’s and bears the family crest. Louise refuses to tell him why she’s in possession of the ring. Hamish then tells her about his aunt’s estate, and about how after his uncle was drowned (possible murder?) a cousin(?) took over the care of the estate. However, that person had a lover that they were pretending to have just met.

Oh no! During supper, Louise realized that she was attracted to Hamish, despite her displeasure with his general behavior and amazing skills. What will happen next?

MVOTD: Super Junior (Day 183)

Beast has their for-the-fans music videos, and so does Super Junior. This spring, Super Junior made a Japanese language version of Opera, because the fans wanted it.

There are lots of good things about the Opera music video. Number One: it's a music video of a song that came out last fall, refreshing the song for us fangirl types. Number Two: the theme is blindingly obvious. It's Phantom of...the Opera, which suits it quite well. Number Three: Any music video of Super Junior is a good music video. Even Superman which was just clips from Super Show 4 was good because it made Superman available on Youtube.

There were several nice thing about the music video; jeweled chandeliers, candles, Siwon 'turning on' the candles, the hauntingly good bass part, Yesung looking sexy (how weird eh?), and Eunhyuk (that twiggy guy's) dancing parts. There were some not so great things too, like the cowl necks, excessive use of dissappearing and reappearing, lots of mediocre dancing, and bad choice in costume fabric. In general though, it is a good music video.

No Laggard in Love: Chapter 6&7 Review

Last time in No Laggard in Love, Louise Membury woke up in a strange man's house after having a tree fall on her car.

Chapter 6

After telling Hamish that she can’t remember what she’s doing in Scotland, Louise gets him to go collect her luggage from her tree trashed car. Whilst he is gone, she explores the house and begins to remember what happened in the previous week. She remembers about breaking the engagement, but not the secret smuggled package.

Chapter 7

Hamish returns with her luggage, which had been ransacked by mysterious forces (Alistair, clearly) in the bush. He questions her on her returned memory, but she won’t tell him anything because breaking off Lynnette’s engagement is none of his business. However, she does arouse his curiosity by knowing more about Alistair than she should. She does this by asking about the “Big House”, and the “inheritance” (which Alistair was going to claim), and “the nephew from Canada”. Hamish answers her questions, but is very suspicious of her. He tells her that his aunt, who disowned him, lives at the Big House and he is suspicious of Alistair because he doesn’t want his aunt to be swindled. Then he tells Louise that she is going to be staying upstairs in the spare bedroom, because it is the only place to stay for miles and miles around. Louise is scandalized.

MVOTD: B2ST/Beast (Day 182)

B2ST/Beast is one of the few groups that make music videos because fans like the song (Super Junior does this too. Yay!). Their 'special' for-the-fan music videos are intriguing and often surprising. In Mystery, some guy finger skateboards everywhere - through music video props, onto official Tech Deck ramps, and through chess sets. Meanwhile, the Beast members sing passionately. Then... break out the break dancing, finger break dancing! (Tiny shoes, meet tiny dancing fingers.) The music video, with lots of black costuming and lighting, and the finger skateboarding/break dancing, is more masculine than I expect Kpop videos but in an unexpected way. It's almost like they're gently trying to increase their male fanbase, while providing their fans interesting visuals.

The song, Mystery, is catchy and fun. As expected from Beast, their for-the-fan music video songs are a cut above the rest.

No Laggard in Love: Chapter 5 Review

Last time in No Laggard in Love, Louise Membury tried to escape from Hamish Black. Then the sky fell on her.

Chapter 5 

Louise “Linnet” Membury is trapped underneath her dog in her car... underneath a fallen tree. She is injured…or maybe it’s Wow-wow who is injured. A mysterious man and woman appear and talk about a rendezvous with a “white mini” (obviously Lynnette’s car). However, finding no one but Louise and her crashed Forrester, they abandon the site in fear of being investigated by the cops. Cue fade out.

Louise wakes up again, only to find a familiar voice is transferring her and Wow-wow into a grey Volvo. She wakes up again…only to find herself being served tea in bed by Hamish himself. Hamish was heading home (the place Louise was supposed to rendezvous with Alistair, the bad man who abandoned her) when he found her and saved her. Now he wants to know why she ran off. She can’t remember why. Clearly running away was a bad decision because now she is stuck in his clutches. She plans to leave as soon as she’s able, but…she doesn’t remember where she was heading. Turns out, she’s got amnesia, just like the wireless said she did.

A Day In The Life Of...

Meredith was walking around her house trying to figure out what she should do next. She walked back and forth and back and forth, trying to decide. Then, as she was walking through the dining room, something caught her eye. She turned to the left and looked through the door leading into the bathroom. There was a river coursing over the linoleum (sic) floor. She looked for its source. The WASHING MACHINE! Of course! That things couldn't be trusted.

She yelled for help, "DAD!". No Help. He was outside and couldn't hear her. Well, she was going to have to deal with this. She went to step into the room. Wait! Her Shindong socks were still on and couldn't be mussied. After all, her Super Junior (Shindong) socks were very precious to her. She whipped off her socks and yelled for her father again. Then she leapt into the bathroom through an ever deepening puddle. Plip! Plop! Two giant steps and she was there, turning off the washing machine. She looked inside. It was so full...of water. It, the source, may have been turned off, but the deluge kept on coming. She ran for the mop, leaving wet footprints behind her.

Meredith's mother appeared, curious what could make her yell so. "Ack!" She let out, and immediately put some towels on the floor to stop the roaring current. It was spreading faster than either of them could handle. The overflow left the confines of the bathroom and made its way onto the hardwood floor of the dining room. Meredith's mother threw down a towel and created a tremendous dam. Fortunately, the deluge seemed to have ceased, for the dam was soaked and could hold back no more water.

Still, there was an inch of water on the floor. Meredith, seeing how slow and pointless using the mop was, got a dust pan and started to scoop the water up that way. Using this method the water slowly receeded and dry spots could soon be seen. Then Meredith moved onto other spots while her mother attended to the far corners of the room, removing wet objects and making space. It only took a half hour to clean the mess up, or more. Then the washing machine was tried and found to be leaky, so they reset it. The house was in functioning order once again.

-A True Tale From The McMolberg House

MVOTD: Month End Review (Day 180)

May saw the greatest concentration of English songs MVOTD may have ever seen. Exactly 88.3% of its songs were in English. Most impressive. If you would like to calculate the percentage, the song list for May was:

Audio Adrenaline	We're a Band
BOA	Energetic
CNBlue	Love Girl
Joe Christmas	Couple Skate
Joy Electric	Burgundy Years
New Kids on the Block	Step by Step
Newsboys	Shine
NSYNC	It's Gonna Be Me
One Republic	Secrets
PFR	Wonder Why
Savage Garden	Truly Madly Deeply
SHINee	Sherlock
Steve Taylor	Lifeboat
Steve Taylor	Jesus is for Losers

There weren't that many blindingly brilliant music videos posted in May, but there were a lot of odd awkward ones. That's why CNBlue's Love Girl, Joy Electric's Brugundy Years, Joe Christmas's Coupleskate, NSYNC's It's Gonna Be Me, and SHINee's Sherlock are the contenders.
Joy Electric's Burgundy Years is certainly the most awkward, because you the audience kind of sit there waiting for something to happen and also because Joy Electric man keeps on crossing his hands and legs whilst wearing leotard. Joe Christmas's Coupleskate is awkward like a teen romance, and is quite charming. CNBlue's Love Girl is charmingly cute, as well as creepily awkward. SHINee's Sherlock has stunningly good moves reminiscent of Micheal Jackson (because apparently they used the same choreographer. Woot woot.), but the actual timeline of the music video doesn't make sense. Are they in the 19th century or in 1965? NSYNC's music video is awkward because it involves them being and flirting with, Barbies.

Considering all this, it's a draw. NSYNC rocks their Barbie plotline, but SHINee dances so well. It's just too hard to decide. Therefore, both Sherlock and It's Gonna Be Me win.

No Laggard in Love: Chapter 4 Review

Thus far Louise, our heroine, has landed in a ditch and talked to a potential sex maniac named Hamish. She has also recounted a good deal of family, and pet dog, history.

Chapter 4

Louise continues to be stalked by Hamish Black. He lounges seductively nearby while she phones her dad’s new wife, Margery. It turns out that Margery and Louise’s dad are having a hard time fishing due to low water levels. Oh, and no, they hadn’t heard about the B.B.C. "wireless" broadcast involving her disappearance. In fact, hearing about it makes Margery nervous…but then the line is cut off and Louise, called Linnet, phones Lynnette. Lynnette, it turns out, hasn’t been to her apartment all week and may be eluding the police. It seems that she was the last person to see a gentleman that disappeared on ship she got engaged on. Also, Lynnette’s roommate seems to think this fiance Alistair guy was foxy.

After the phone calls, Louise is forced to sit with Hamish who may or may not be a rich reporter (his Volvo is obviously of the 1000-2000 British pound level). He wants them (himself and Louies) to stay at the hotel. Louise doesn’t want to take his advice and thinks he’s creepy. Therefore, she goes to the upstairs “powder room” and escapes down the back stairwell. She then drives off with her whimpering dog Wow-Wow into the storm. Making a clean getaway, she turns down a minor road. She's getting away well when, “the sky fell”.

No Laggard in Love: Chapter 3 Review

After rehashing her history to us for two chapters, Louise Membury is finally going to do something other than drive a car in bad weather. That's right, she's going to talk to a complete stranger in an abandoned wood. Pretty smart, eh?

Chapter 3

Louise, called Linnet because her cousin has always been more important than her, meets up with the strange man at the clearing. There, after awkwardly slipping on the path and pondering about whether the strange man is a sex maniac (literally), she finds out that someone is looking for her… someone who thinks that she disappeared from home. That person got the police to describe her on “the wireless”, which was why Mr. Strange Afro Man knew her name. His name, it turns out, is Hamish Black and he is intrigued by her story. She doesn’t like him following her around. Therefore, he follows her around. She contemplates running away from him. Her dog continues to like Mr. Hamish. The end. 

MVOTD: David Bisbal (Day 181)

While irritating a friend, I found this video. David Bisbal's song, Aqui y Ahora....karaoke. Amazing, yes? Complete with changing pictures and accurate timing.