Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for May 29, 2012

Arms still folded, but the provisions are encouraging.

she’s going to propose to him

‘Spontaneity’ does not ‘just happen’. It has to be painfully pre-planned.

I’ve been wrong in my thinking. Thought Gene’s part of the story was on a lake or ocean. River is mentioned here, so appears the setting is not what I had imagined. I must have missed that strip that originally introduced where Gene was at.

See, she does care for him as a partner, not as a puppet..The arms could be folded because she’s a little cool or maybe even cold.

nah…she’s playing it cool. My bet is things are going to heat up by the river…she misses him as much as he missed her…food, wine and a blanket spells nookie to me…..as the saying goes " It’s hotter than young love out there!"

Is she piggy?

A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread-and Thou … Ah, my Belovèd, fill the Cup that clears / TO-DAY of past

A ‘pre-put-together-picnic’ ensemble is not spontaneous. But once she relaxes those arms, maybe she’ll be willing to admit she’s too intense.

RE: river/lake/ocean – I believe her parents (and the restaurant and the schooner) are at the ocean, but in this scene I’m pretty sure they’re at the farm. I don’t know where the farm is, but I’ve always thought of it as more inland.

looks promising. maybe she did listen to Big Yellow Taxi a few times and heard “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you got till it’s gone.” and took the lyrics to heart and doesn’t want to lose the good thing she has. Mary Lou also has to be aware that she would not be the only one hurt if she ended things with Gene. Meg would also be hurt by the fallout..

Seems that spontaneity is usually one-sided. It’s spontaneous to Gene because he didn’t know about it. Probably depends on the personality, but in our marriage, too, my spontaneous suggestions usually go over much better when I’ve thought them through ahead of time.

What’s always better outdoors?

How ‘spontaneous’ will it be?These two are going to have a dynamite marriage – probably lots of kids and lots of interesting events!

I hear Foghat’s “Slow Ride” softly on the wind.

It struck me that Gene’s kind of pushing it with the, like, sarcasm, so soon after their big spat. Her mad face and “Mr. Smarty Pants” show that she doesn’t appreciate it.

As an actor/director, I have given considerable thought to the old saw that arms-crossed body language is an indication of rejection or self-protectiveness. In fact, people can cross their arms for any number of reasons, including a casual relaxation. The real trick of a skilled actor is to vary the position and the tension of the crossed arms to distinguish between feeling cold, feeling threatened, or just feeling casual.

Not “painfully”! Carefully!

unless one person gets poison ivy in places that don’t much see the light of day and requires cortizone shots

“Piggy” may mean pregnant…

Maybe she learned a painful lesson with spontaneity.

How conveinant the child is always absent during special moments. They make it looks so easy.