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I Spoke Too Much
But I Was Old Before My Time
09 February 2010 @ 09:59 pm
08 February 2010 @ 07:30 pm
Scroll partway down this entry for an adorable story of when Randall Munroe met Neil Gaiman, but not the reverse. Awww.
Also linked to in that entry is this edit of the recent heartbreaking xkcd comic about the Mars rover Spirit. The edited version is a lot less depressing.
...In non-Randall-Munroe-related stuff, have links to some YouTube videos I am currently enjoying!
Oceanic 815 - Side By Side, a comparison of the original crash of Oceanic 815 and the S6 altverse.
"Falling Slowly" Jennifer Damiano & Adam Chanler-Berat, er, what it says on the tin.
Endway - It's My Life - Live at Tainted Blue Studios, in which a band I love records a song I love.
A Goofy Movie - Stand Out (Max Version), why yes I am a total loser dork :D
Muppet Babies: I'll Be Blue For You song, Gonzo sings about Camilla, awww.
ETA: Now with new Side By Side With Susan Blackwell! With bonus Lin-Manuel Miranda! The awesomeness. It is almost too much.
Also linked to in that entry is this edit of the recent heartbreaking xkcd comic about the Mars rover Spirit. The edited version is a lot less depressing.
...In non-Randall-Munroe-related stuff, have links to some YouTube videos I am currently enjoying!
Oceanic 815 - Side By Side, a comparison of the original crash of Oceanic 815 and the S6 altverse.
"Falling Slowly" Jennifer Damiano & Adam Chanler-Berat, er, what it says on the tin.
Endway - It's My Life - Live at Tainted Blue Studios, in which a band I love records a song I love.
A Goofy Movie - Stand Out (Max Version), why yes I am a total loser dork :D
Muppet Babies: I'll Be Blue For You song, Gonzo sings about Camilla, awww.
ETA: Now with new Side By Side With Susan Blackwell! With bonus Lin-Manuel Miranda! The awesomeness. It is almost too much.
mood: 
apathetic
apatheticmusic: Change - Taylor Swift
06 February 2010 @ 08:01 pm
...post subject not actually relevant to this entry. But then how often are my post subjects actually relevant to my entries?
I am excited about the new Doctor Who writer spoilers even if they are over a season off. (Warning: link itself is spoilery, so, you know, don't hover over it if you're avoiding stuff like...who's going to be writing an episode of Who in the 2011 series.)
Exciting and happy-making! Yay, writers I like writing for shows I like!
...in other news, I hate writer's block. But that's not really news.
I am excited about the new Doctor Who writer spoilers even if they are over a season off. (Warning: link itself is spoilery, so, you know, don't hover over it if you're avoiding stuff like...who's going to be writing an episode of Who in the 2011 series.)
Exciting and happy-making! Yay, writers I like writing for shows I like!
...in other news, I hate writer's block. But that's not really news.
mood: 
in pain
in pain03 February 2010 @ 02:54 pm
Hey, see the notes under Jin&Sun on this Lostpedia entry?
SO I TOTALLY MISSED THAT. :O
Wow.
[Warning: spoilers for last night's episode of LOST]
Did anyone else catch that? Am I just a ditz for not noticing?
SO I TOTALLY MISSED THAT. :O
Wow.
[Warning: spoilers for last night's episode of LOST]
Did anyone else catch that? Am I just a ditz for not noticing?
02 February 2010 @ 11:00 pm
( play-by-play LOST 6x01 LAX with lots of capslock and confusion )
I DON'T KNOW WTF JUST HAPPENED BUT I DON'T CARE I LOVED IT I'M SO GLAD MY SHOW IS BACK.
Please don't leave me again, show.
I DON'T KNOW WTF JUST HAPPENED BUT I DON'T CARE I LOVED IT I'M SO GLAD MY SHOW IS BACK.
Please don't leave me again, show.
02 February 2010 @ 01:38 pm
30 January 2010 @ 10:57 am
YOU GUYS IT SNOWED.
Like legit snow, like four inches, not like usual North Carolina ~snow. I know four inches is not objectively a lot, but this is coastal North Carolina.
My mom was supposed to fly up to New York today to visit the older sister for a week but her flight was postponed 'til tomorrow because of the snow.
So yeah.
Er, in other news...
- I am doubtful about the validity of the LOST 'leaked first four minutes of 5x01'. Mostly based on the fact that virtually none of it is new footage.
- I have unexpectedly scored a $15 iTunes gift card. I have so far spent ~$5 of it (I got Raul Esparza singing O Holy Night and I am attempting to rent The Great Muppet Caperbecause I am a geek but it's having some difficulty downloading). Any recommendations on what to spend the remaining $10 on?
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bwaydaily's general consensus on Corbin Bleu appears to be that he's surprisingly good as Usnavi. I am so curious about his performance, negl.
- There is webcomic wank at fandom_wank, omg. It's hilarious. But someone in the comments linked to Darths & Droids and I spent last night archive-binging. Tragic, really. I'm now caught up and subscribed to the RSS feed. Are there any other webcomics I should be reading but am not? Because I should really just get all the archive-binging out of the way at once.
Like legit snow, like four inches, not like usual North Carolina ~snow. I know four inches is not objectively a lot, but this is coastal North Carolina.
My mom was supposed to fly up to New York today to visit the older sister for a week but her flight was postponed 'til tomorrow because of the snow.
So yeah.
Er, in other news...
- I am doubtful about the validity of the LOST 'leaked first four minutes of 5x01'. Mostly based on the fact that virtually none of it is new footage.
- I have unexpectedly scored a $15 iTunes gift card. I have so far spent ~$5 of it (I got Raul Esparza singing O Holy Night and I am attempting to rent The Great Muppet Caper
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bwaydaily's general consensus on Corbin Bleu appears to be that he's surprisingly good as Usnavi. I am so curious about his performance, negl.- There is webcomic wank at fandom_wank, omg. It's hilarious. But someone in the comments linked to Darths & Droids and I spent last night archive-binging. Tragic, really. I'm now caught up and subscribed to the RSS feed. Are there any other webcomics I should be reading but am not? Because I should really just get all the archive-binging out of the way at once.
mood: 
sleepy
sleepymusic: It Won't Be Long Now - In The Heights
29 January 2010 @ 09:01 pm
Series finale, guys. D:
( stream-of-consciousness Dollhouse 2x13 Epitaph Two: Return )
...I hate series finales. *sadfaces for a long time*
( stream-of-consciousness Dollhouse 2x13 Epitaph Two: Return )
...I hate series finales. *sadfaces for a long time*
mood: 
sadface
sadface28 January 2010 @ 05:18 pm
Debating applying for an ME position in Omaha. On the "for" side, it's...you know, a job. A full-time salaried job, at that. On the "against" side, it's in Nebraska. And I'm not entirely qualified for it.
This is dumb, I should just send in my resume. They probably won't be interested in me anyway.
*fails at life*
...my mother suggests I should join the service. This is clearly a terrible idea.
LOST comes back this Tuesday!! I am still torn between "OMG want it now" and "Noooo, it can't be over already D:". My show. :(
I may do a picspam or something later. Don't hold me to that.
[/boring entry is boring]
This is dumb, I should just send in my resume. They probably won't be interested in me anyway.
*fails at life*
...my mother suggests I should join the service. This is clearly a terrible idea.
LOST comes back this Tuesday!! I am still torn between "OMG want it now" and "Noooo, it can't be over already D:". My show. :(
I may do a picspam or something later. Don't hold me to that.
[/boring entry is boring]
music: Monkeys & Playbills
27 January 2010 @ 11:00 pm
( Psych 4x01 You Can't Handle This Episode )
Final verdict: Good episode. Very quip-heavy. That's not a criticism, I like it.
...I miss this show when it's not here. Yay, Psych! :D
Final verdict: Good episode. Very quip-heavy. That's not a criticism, I like it.
...I miss this show when it's not here. Yay, Psych! :D
mood: 
bouncy
bouncy27 January 2010 @ 08:19 pm
So apparently the new season of Psych starts tonight and the Internet failed at letting me know. Or I'm just completely oblivious, that's possible too.
I'm lucky my parents watch NCIS on USA and the network is being so helpful with new-episodes-of-Psych reminder commercials.
Anyway, new Psych in a couple hours, yayyyy.
I'm lucky my parents watch NCIS on USA and the network is being so helpful with new-episodes-of-Psych reminder commercials.
Anyway, new Psych in a couple hours, yayyyy.
23 January 2010 @ 07:45 pm
* I finally managed to sit down and watch Being Human yesterday. ♥ What an awesome and epic episode. And I loved it and I had things to say about it and this is why I should do reaction posts immediately after watching because I forget stuff. BUT ( brief capslocky thoughts ) So yeah, epic and awesome and ohhh.
* So I was poking around Lost-Media's photo gallery, as you do, and stumbled upon this S4 promo picture which I had never seen before which is clearly a grievous error on my part because I love it. Is there a higher-res version anywhere, does anyone know? LM doesn't usually fail me on high-res promo pics but they're letting me down now.
* I need to actually do stuff so that I can have stuff to talk about here. *sadface*
* So I was poking around Lost-Media's photo gallery, as you do, and stumbled upon this S4 promo picture which I had never seen before which is clearly a grievous error on my part because I love it. Is there a higher-res version anywhere, does anyone know? LM doesn't usually fail me on high-res promo pics but they're letting me down now.
* I need to actually do stuff so that I can have stuff to talk about here. *sadface*
mood: 
bored
bored20 January 2010 @ 10:33 pm
Today:
- Our bathroom sinks have finally reached the point of being fixed. There are gaping holes in our kitchen ceiling, but the sinks work, so.
- I played a lot of Russian Solitaire. And lost a lot of Russian Solitaire. Russian Solitaire is hard, yo.
- I saw my Niki!!!! This is obv the most important item on this list. She brought her boy with her and we went to Muddy Waters and then to Bojangles and her boy got somewhat lost on the trip between "coffeehouse" and "food". And she gave me stuff which to make awesome cupcakes with and I gave her fudge and this shower curtain. Yay belated Christmas gifts!
...I miss my Niki. She needs to come see me more often. *hints loudly*
( icon meme 'cause I can )
- Our bathroom sinks have finally reached the point of being fixed. There are gaping holes in our kitchen ceiling, but the sinks work, so.
- I played a lot of Russian Solitaire. And lost a lot of Russian Solitaire. Russian Solitaire is hard, yo.
- I saw my Niki!!!! This is obv the most important item on this list. She brought her boy with her and we went to Muddy Waters and then to Bojangles and her boy got somewhat lost on the trip between "coffeehouse" and "food". And she gave me stuff which to make awesome cupcakes with and I gave her fudge and this shower curtain. Yay belated Christmas gifts!
...I miss my Niki. She needs to come see me more often. *hints loudly*
( icon meme 'cause I can )
mood: headachey
headachey19 January 2010 @ 07:38 pm
Has everyone read this post? It's about the desexualizing of same-sex relationships in fandom and about asexual relationships in fandom and about asexual invisibility in slash (and wider) fandom and many related things and it is very very good and I thumbs-up it. A lot of the comments are excellent as well.
In very much related news, I have an itch to write fic about Kevin Donnelly coming to terms with his own asexuality even if he doesn't have a label for it (because I'm not sure Kevin would have a label for it).
There's a part of me that keeps saying no, I can't do that, it would be entirely too soapboxish and using someone else's character to explore my own thoughts about my own sexuality. On the other hand, that voice says pretty much the same things when I want to make an original character asexual and actually explore that in my original fic, as well. And you know what? I want asexual characters, and I want fic about asexual characters, and nobody's going to just hand that to me...the best place to start is by writing some myself, right?
To complicate matters more, actually writing that fic would probably necessitate a canon rewatch and also I'm not in a great writing space right now...aside from a couple hundred words of Better Than It Sounds every few days, I'm not really writing anything worthwhile right now. And it's up for debate if Better Than It Sounds is worthwhile anyway. ;)
...I swear tomorrow I will post things that have like squee and whatever in it.
In very much related news, I have an itch to write fic about Kevin Donnelly coming to terms with his own asexuality even if he doesn't have a label for it (because I'm not sure Kevin would have a label for it).
There's a part of me that keeps saying no, I can't do that, it would be entirely too soapboxish and using someone else's character to explore my own thoughts about my own sexuality. On the other hand, that voice says pretty much the same things when I want to make an original character asexual and actually explore that in my original fic, as well. And you know what? I want asexual characters, and I want fic about asexual characters, and nobody's going to just hand that to me...the best place to start is by writing some myself, right?
To complicate matters more, actually writing that fic would probably necessitate a canon rewatch and also I'm not in a great writing space right now...aside from a couple hundred words of Better Than It Sounds every few days, I'm not really writing anything worthwhile right now. And it's up for debate if Better Than It Sounds is worthwhile anyway. ;)
...I swear tomorrow I will post things that have like squee and whatever in it.
mood: 
thoughtful
thoughtful19 January 2010 @ 11:34 am
...Really? Really?
...I don't even know, man. But it's FOX, and we all know how Fox deals with science fiction, amirite.
A vein in my left eyelid is spasming. It has been doing so for approx. 24 hours now and is really annoying. I googled it and just found a lot of advice to get more sleep (yeah, thanks, like I didn't already know my sleep patterns are inadequate but I CAN'T FIX THAT), drink less caffeine (hdu), and wait for it to go away on its own (...). You have failed me, Google.
I still need to watch this week's Being Human, but I don't want to do so while my eyelid is throbbing because I won't be able to pay the proper amount of attention. :( WAS IT EPIC? I BET IT WAS EPIC.
...I don't even know, man. But it's FOX, and we all know how Fox deals with science fiction, amirite.
A vein in my left eyelid is spasming. It has been doing so for approx. 24 hours now and is really annoying. I googled it and just found a lot of advice to get more sleep (yeah, thanks, like I didn't already know my sleep patterns are inadequate but I CAN'T FIX THAT), drink less caffeine (hdu), and wait for it to go away on its own (...). You have failed me, Google.
I still need to watch this week's Being Human, but I don't want to do so while my eyelid is throbbing because I won't be able to pay the proper amount of attention. :( WAS IT EPIC? I BET IT WAS EPIC.
16 January 2010 @ 06:52 pm
A few posts back ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
astropixie and I were discussing our respective "lists of things we want but will not get from Doctor Who".
I finally got around to writing down mine, so here it is. ...I probably forgot a couple things off it, but y'know. If I kept it on my hard drive until I was sure I remembered everything, I'd never post it.
( fifteen items of hopeless dreaming )
astropixie and I were discussing our respective "lists of things we want but will not get from Doctor Who".I finally got around to writing down mine, so here it is. ...I probably forgot a couple things off it, but y'know. If I kept it on my hard drive until I was sure I remembered everything, I'd never post it.
( fifteen items of hopeless dreaming )
15 January 2010 @ 10:00 pm
( Dollhouse 2x12 The Hollow Men...capslock and swearing and things )
In conclusion, two things:
1) This cast is ridiculously awesome.
2) CURSE YOUR SUDDEN BUT INEVITABLE BETRAYAL, JOSS WHEDON.
In conclusion, two things:
1) This cast is ridiculously awesome.
2) CURSE YOUR SUDDEN BUT INEVITABLE BETRAYAL, JOSS WHEDON.
mood: 
shocked
shocked14 January 2010 @ 09:47 pm
Fandom makes me wish I was rich. That is clearly not the only thing in fandom that makes me wish I was rich, but point stands, because omg. Shiny.
I need to buy a long coat eventually. Probably not that one because, again, money. But I really, really want a full-length coat.
Bathroom sinks are still not fixed, and now there's a busted pipe in the mix as well. This despite my best efforts at being not a snarling antisocial beast today. Will have to try not to be a snarling antisocial beast again tomorrow. OH JOY.
Currently happening in Better Than It Sounds: Liam is spreading rumors about himself by proxy in an attempt to convince the band's road crew that he is a vampire. It appears to be working. This is why I probably shouldn't write when I haven't slept properly in two or three days.
Support an excellet cause.help_haiti Every little bit helps!
I need to buy a long coat eventually. Probably not that one because, again, money. But I really, really want a full-length coat.
Bathroom sinks are still not fixed, and now there's a busted pipe in the mix as well. This despite my best efforts at being not a snarling antisocial beast today. Will have to try not to be a snarling antisocial beast again tomorrow. OH JOY.
Currently happening in Better Than It Sounds: Liam is spreading rumors about himself by proxy in an attempt to convince the band's road crew that he is a vampire. It appears to be working. This is why I probably shouldn't write when I haven't slept properly in two or three days.
Support an excellet cause.
help_haiti Every little bit helps!music: Soft Rocked By Me - Jonathan Coulton
13 January 2010 @ 06:30 pm
Okay, so maybe I've been listening to Love Again on repeat far too much. IT IS A VERY CATCHY SONG. And maybe I have in fact despite my better intentions started making a DW vid to it. (If it turns out too similar to Forever, pssh, I just won't show it to anybody else then. Like when I make vids that suck. Easy solution!)
Today our landlords sent a handyman over to fix various stuff around the house that is Not Working, which regrettably meant that I had to, like, interact and talk to people and stuff like that. D: And will have to do it some more tomorrow because the bathroom sinks aren't fixed yet and need special equipment or something. But! The front door lock is working correctly now and the upstairs bathroom door closes properly and those are both positives, so, maybe it balances out?
...my asocial tendencies, let me show you them.
Otherwise, I've been mostly just playing MarioKart DS all day. Ohgodiamsoboring.
Today our landlords sent a handyman over to fix various stuff around the house that is Not Working, which regrettably meant that I had to, like, interact and talk to people and stuff like that. D: And will have to do it some more tomorrow because the bathroom sinks aren't fixed yet and need special equipment or something. But! The front door lock is working correctly now and the upstairs bathroom door closes properly and those are both positives, so, maybe it balances out?
...my asocial tendencies, let me show you them.
Otherwise, I've been mostly just playing MarioKart DS all day. Ohgodiamsoboring.
mood: bored
bored11 January 2010 @ 10:42 pm
In memory of family and friends who have lost the battle with cancer; and in support of the ones who continue to conquer it! Re-post this in your LiveJournal if you know someone who has, had or has been affected by cancer. 93% won't even take the time to copy and paste this. Will you?