Episode Report Card Wing Chun: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Scribbling Rivalry
By Wing Chun | Season 2 | Episode 9 | Aired on 01.16.2001
I'd imagine that Lily has the same tolerance, which would explain why she does the things she does, but as we cut to the Soliloquy Stool, she says the opposite: "Compared to Christie, I was raised to be a geisha. Not that I would want to be like her, but I thought all women were obsessed with being liked! How did she escape our common fate?" Lily, I don't think I have it, either, or else I wouldn't ban people from the forums every day for offenses as minor as misusing hyphens.
In another meeting, D.B. Sweeney is telling the staff that he knows it's unsettling to have a stranger show up and "stick his hands in the machinery," but that he and Crusty will work as a team -- she on content, he on "survival." She leans over to Lily and repeats, "[in falsetto] I'm the content! [in a deep, manly voice] He's survival." Okay. Again. No one is making this a man/woman issue but you. If you are an editor -- and after RockAndAHardPlaceGate, I'm not so sure you may even lay claim to that title -- you should be grateful to have the money guys send their own guy to handle the money! You should be relieved to have all the financial concerns out of your hands so that you can concentrate on building kick-ass content which, in case you hadn't noticed, is the engine that runs your business! Fucking chill, already! D.B. Sweeney tells a really rehearsed and boring story about a family of steelworkers and aspirations toward a baseball career and a detour to Wall Street. He winds it up: "I can't believe how lucky I've been: from steel that made the infrastructure, to Wall Street that made the prosperity, to the web, and you people who are making the new universe." Crusty rolls her eyes and sighs loudly. For once, we agree. Dial it down, Sincerity Guy.
Later, Lily's on her way out when D.B. Sweeney stops her by the elevator and tells her he heard about her "online families" idea. He asks her whether she has anything written down, and she says she doesn't. He asks if she could, and she says she will. He thanks her, dewy-eyed and breathless. Oh, please. If your bulletin boards don't already have the effect of throwing your users together to discuss and argue about subjects in which they have a common interest, you haven't built them properly. Anyway, Lily makes for the elevator, and D.B. Sweeney asks if she's going for lunch. She tells him she's going to meet her sister, and he dewily asks her to recommend a lunch place in the neighbourhood. She tells him about some dive on the corner with good soup, and books. He tells her to say hi to her sister, and she waves distractedly and takes off.