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End of the Decade (+True Blood S2)
I cannot believe the 2000s are ending and it's going to be 2010, the start of the new decade. Wow. Here are some memes to sum it all up.
What fandoms did you acquire in 2009?
Glee, The Big Bang Theory, Beautiful People, Modern Family, Better Off Ted, United States of Tara, Damages, Party Down, Nurse Jackie, Community, Parks & Recreation, True Blood, The West Wing, The Sopranos, Kradison, Will & Grace, Sports Night, Kings, Weeds (almost done with s2)
What fandoms did you let go of in 2009?
Brothers and Sisters, Supernatural, Merlin, White Collar, Eastwick, Heroes, Grey's Anatomy, Gossip Girl, Burn Notice, Top Chef, Flashpoint, Leverage, Psych, The Biggest Loser, Private Practice, Primeval, Greek
It was a year of letting go.
What fandoms did you mean to get into but didn't in 2009? Why?
The X-Files and Deadwood because of lack of motivation/wanting to focus on positive/serial shows. Also Castle, Generation Kill, Bones, SG-1, Ashes to Ashes, Charlie Jade, H: LotS, Dead Like Me, Doctor Who (Old School), Invisible Man, Hustle, 24, Drive, The Black Donnelleys,
What fandoms do you intend on checking out in 2010?
Dead Like Me, Deadwood, Twin Peaks, Generation Kill, The Corner, Breaking Bad, Star Trek: TOS, Invisible Man, 24, The X-Files.
What fandoms do you think you might let go of in 2010 unless things significantly improve?
Doctor Who (Moffat better BRING IT), FlashForward (giving it another try for serialness)...most of the shows that I let go of could get another chance but I doubt it.
What fandoms do you think you'll never let go of no matter how crappy they get? Why?
GLEE, The Office, any of the ones where I truly love the characters and usually without episodic plots.
What show impressed you most in 2009?
Glee. Even when it's high quality, it still is the most lovable and happymaking show on TV.
What show impressed you least in 2009?
Merlin, Grey's Anatomy, HEROES (one instance where plot becomes so bad that it drains all character love out), House S6
1. Your main fandom of the year?
Glee, Adam Lambert(/Kris Allen), House (first half). Always vidding.
2. Your favourite film watched this year?
Star Trek Reboot
3. Your favourite book read this year?
Wicked. It is also one of the only books I read so it doesn't have much competition.
4. Your favourite album or song to listen to this year?
EVERYTHING by Adam Lambert. Especially For Your Entertainment. And both Glee CDs. 50% of my listening in the second half of the year can be attributed to them, trufax.
5. Your favourite TV show of the year?
Glee, hands down. I never thought I'd ever love a show the way I loved The Office but I am pretty close right now!
6. Your favorite LJ community of the year?
Festivids!
7. Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
GLEE!
8. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?
House S6. I was SO high on it last season and now I can't even make myself watch it. Sad.
9. Your TV boyfriend of the year?
Eric Northman followed closely by Sheldon Cooper.
10. Your TV girlfriend of the year?
CJ Cregg. Also Pam.
11. Your biggest squee moment of the year?
Every night after Glee! Listening to Adam's music for the first time. Post-Kradam reading sessions. Meeting Rachel Maddow and waving/walking next to Adam.
12. The most missed of your old fandoms?
The Wire, The Office the way it used to be.
13. The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to?
Dead Like Me.
14. Your biggest fan anticipations for the New Year?
Festivids!! GLEE!!!!!!!!! Adam Lambert and Glee concerts. Treme. Vividcon!
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Went to the Inauguration, went to an actual music concert, drove cross country, other stuff I'm forgetting.
2. Did you keep your New Years resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I gave immediate vid feedback until about February and then stopped. Not resolutions this year, more of general goals but I do want to get better at feedback.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes. My cousin, my good friend and of varying degrees of closeness, three LJ friends.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My grandma died.
5. What countries did you visit?
None :( That WILL change next year!
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A skill, style and some romance. Travel if I get the money.
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
January 20 when Barack Obama became President and I saw it.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Figuring out what I want to do next year. Making good grades spring semester. Making a vid!
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not making more vids, not doing a lot of things I wanted to do.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Just a fever/flu thing and annoying colds/coughs.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
I didn't buy it but my Macbook Pro :) Also Spring Break trip and Vividcon.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Adam Lambert in general was fucking awesome.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Congress, the NY State Senate. ABC.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Travel, tech and DVDs. As per usual.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
GLEE. Adam Lambert and Kradam. Being in California again, having my own room and car.
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Any song from Adam Lambert or Glee.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder? about the same
thinner or fatter? a little fatter
richer or poorer? about the same
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Vidding mostly. Learning web design.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinate as per usual.
20. How will you be spending New Year's Eve?
Vidding, watching the Ball drop, in a fannish chat.
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Nope.
23. How many one night stands?
None.
24. What was your favorite TV program(s)?
Glee. House S5.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope.
26. What was the best book you read?
Wicked.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
ADAM LAMBERT. Thesixtyone in general.
28. What did you want and get?
Macbook Pro, new fannish show, more friends in college
29. What did you want and not get?
More vids.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Star Trek Reboot.
31. What did you do on your birthday?
I went to Disneyland and finished some HW.
32. What one thing would have made your year more satisfying?
Getting more vids done.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Boring. Will change next year.
34. What kept you sane?
Friends, TV, music, fandom.
35. Which celebrity did you fancy the most?
Adam Lambert.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Gay rights.
37. Who did you miss?
My cats.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Let's not play favorites and say everyone I met this year on LJ/in person.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
You are free to choose any path you want in life even if it's not prescribed by society, your parents or anyone else.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Everybody loves a winner
So nobody loved me
Lady peaceful, Lady happy
That's what I want to be
All of the odds are, they're in my favor
Something's bound to begin
It's gotta happen, happen sometime
Maybe this time I'll win
I would sing this in regards to school but now it's just in regards to life in general.
Also I finished True Blood S2.
Um, so Eric/Godric kind of broke me. I don't even know what to say just NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO why did Godric have to die *sobs* That was one of the worst deaths in the history of ever. I am such a sucker for self-sacrificing and merciful, full of forgiveness and goodness (yet powerful!) characters. Also Godric in the flashback was reeeally hot. Yum. It destroyed me to see Eric CRYING and so heartbroken. God I love their relationship and how much Eric loooooves Godric. I love him calling Godric so much more than he is and doing anything for him (including letting him go :( I loved the black/white clothing choices and the way Godric showed up so beautifully in white at the top of the church. And I loved how when Eric said he cared about others, Bill said he cared about GODRIC. Only him, hee.
My biggest problem with this show is they have such AMAZING characters (some of them) but they waste them by giving time to stupid and boring plotlines. I mean you present the EPIC Godric/Eric relationship and then give them barely any screentime?? Really show really? WHAT THE FUCK?! When you have that deep of a relationship and you want to destroy the viewer with a death scene, give them lots of time so the viewer forms a deep connection with the relationship so they fully are broken when you kill one of them off. I still think the Godric death is a bit...pointless (he could do so much good in the world!) but I do understand it on one level so, okay. I will give them one for not killing Lafayette off but still more of him and moremoremore of Pam and Eric!
Back to the love, I did enjoy Hoyt/Jessica a lot. I love Jessica, she cracks me up and makes Bill/Sookie much more tolerable. And Hoyt is soooo cute. I love his mindset on vampires and just his kindness in general. Also enjoyed the few Pam scenes we did get ESPECIALLY the pumps scene. Those were some awesome ass pumps. Really sad about how they treated Lafayette and felt sooo bad for him at his trauma from it. But it did give us some hot Eric/Lafayette scenes (and the funny dance one hee) so I'll go with it. And I loooooved the Queen omg she is the BEST. Classic fangirl encouraging the guys to fuck and loving two guys together. I love slasher representation.
Okay back to things I didn't like. It is really starting to bug me that in a show with Vampire Marriages = Gay Marriage, Vampire Hating Church = Gay Hating Church(s), etc that we get tons of het sex scenes and NO gay scenes. Everything happens off camera. Even in the orgy scenes there is NO gayness (believe me, I checked). It pisses me off. There was just too much of boring het ships in general (ex. Sam/Daphne). The Maryanne (Cain!) plot had potential at first but she lost her intrigue fast and became boring evil and swept Tara into a boring plotline of doom and wasted SO MUCH time that could have been spent on Godric and Eric and Pam.
In things I do love, Jason was HILARIOUS this season. Oh god so much love. The best was when he split the flag in half and tried to stake whatshername. Who in fact I recognized from being one of the judges in the finale of Glee! It did get a bit boring after awhile but thank god for funny. Also Eric/Sookie is just ewwwww and I really hope they don't go in that direction. Why is everyone in love with her?? I don't get it. And Bill trying to protect her makes me want to vomit. I really hate the sappy dialogue on this show and will never understand how Alan Ball of Six Feet Under could allow this on a show of his.
I have finally figured out that part of the reason I love Eric so much is that he reminds me of Brian Kinney. Not just the clothes but he has the same kind of looks where you can see the vulnerability underneath them as well as a similar sexy aura.
Anyways, basically I am okay with this year. The highs were balanced by the lows so it all turned out pretty okay. I need to change it up though so I'm hoping I'll follow through on my goals this year. The year has gotten me to the place I need to be in for next year and I didn't mess up anything so much that I can't come back so all in all it's been good. I am making good progress on my Festivids vid on my new computer which is sooo wonderful and perfect. My vid output of one vid this year was disappointing but I'm giving myself a break because of tech trouble. 2010 does not have this excuse and I have five vids in planning that I really want to get done. It's wonderful having a fast computer where Premiere takes 5 seconds to load and it's easy to clip and vid. Onto the future!
Happy New Year everyone :)
What fandoms did you acquire in 2009?
Glee, The Big Bang Theory, Beautiful People, Modern Family, Better Off Ted, United States of Tara, Damages, Party Down, Nurse Jackie, Community, Parks & Recreation, True Blood, The West Wing, The Sopranos, Kradison, Will & Grace, Sports Night, Kings, Weeds (almost done with s2)
What fandoms did you let go of in 2009?
Brothers and Sisters, Supernatural, Merlin, White Collar, Eastwick, Heroes, Grey's Anatomy, Gossip Girl, Burn Notice, Top Chef, Flashpoint, Leverage, Psych, The Biggest Loser, Private Practice, Primeval, Greek
It was a year of letting go.
What fandoms did you mean to get into but didn't in 2009? Why?
The X-Files and Deadwood because of lack of motivation/wanting to focus on positive/serial shows. Also Castle, Generation Kill, Bones, SG-1, Ashes to Ashes, Charlie Jade, H: LotS, Dead Like Me, Doctor Who (Old School), Invisible Man, Hustle, 24, Drive, The Black Donnelleys,
What fandoms do you intend on checking out in 2010?
Dead Like Me, Deadwood, Twin Peaks, Generation Kill, The Corner, Breaking Bad, Star Trek: TOS, Invisible Man, 24, The X-Files.
What fandoms do you think you might let go of in 2010 unless things significantly improve?
Doctor Who (Moffat better BRING IT), FlashForward (giving it another try for serialness)...most of the shows that I let go of could get another chance but I doubt it.
What fandoms do you think you'll never let go of no matter how crappy they get? Why?
GLEE, The Office, any of the ones where I truly love the characters and usually without episodic plots.
What show impressed you most in 2009?
Glee. Even when it's high quality, it still is the most lovable and happymaking show on TV.
What show impressed you least in 2009?
Merlin, Grey's Anatomy, HEROES (one instance where plot becomes so bad that it drains all character love out), House S6
1. Your main fandom of the year?
Glee, Adam Lambert(/Kris Allen), House (first half). Always vidding.
2. Your favourite film watched this year?
Star Trek Reboot
3. Your favourite book read this year?
Wicked. It is also one of the only books I read so it doesn't have much competition.
4. Your favourite album or song to listen to this year?
EVERYTHING by Adam Lambert. Especially For Your Entertainment. And both Glee CDs. 50% of my listening in the second half of the year can be attributed to them, trufax.
5. Your favourite TV show of the year?
Glee, hands down. I never thought I'd ever love a show the way I loved The Office but I am pretty close right now!
6. Your favorite LJ community of the year?
Festivids!
7. Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
GLEE!
8. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?
House S6. I was SO high on it last season and now I can't even make myself watch it. Sad.
9. Your TV boyfriend of the year?
Eric Northman followed closely by Sheldon Cooper.
10. Your TV girlfriend of the year?
CJ Cregg. Also Pam.
11. Your biggest squee moment of the year?
Every night after Glee! Listening to Adam's music for the first time. Post-Kradam reading sessions. Meeting Rachel Maddow and waving/walking next to Adam.
12. The most missed of your old fandoms?
The Wire, The Office the way it used to be.
13. The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to?
Dead Like Me.
14. Your biggest fan anticipations for the New Year?
Festivids!! GLEE!!!!!!!!! Adam Lambert and Glee concerts. Treme. Vividcon!
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Went to the Inauguration, went to an actual music concert, drove cross country, other stuff I'm forgetting.
2. Did you keep your New Years resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I gave immediate vid feedback until about February and then stopped. Not resolutions this year, more of general goals but I do want to get better at feedback.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes. My cousin, my good friend and of varying degrees of closeness, three LJ friends.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My grandma died.
5. What countries did you visit?
None :( That WILL change next year!
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A skill, style and some romance. Travel if I get the money.
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
January 20 when Barack Obama became President and I saw it.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Figuring out what I want to do next year. Making good grades spring semester. Making a vid!
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not making more vids, not doing a lot of things I wanted to do.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Just a fever/flu thing and annoying colds/coughs.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
I didn't buy it but my Macbook Pro :) Also Spring Break trip and Vividcon.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Adam Lambert in general was fucking awesome.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Congress, the NY State Senate. ABC.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Travel, tech and DVDs. As per usual.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
GLEE. Adam Lambert and Kradam. Being in California again, having my own room and car.
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Any song from Adam Lambert or Glee.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder? about the same
thinner or fatter? a little fatter
richer or poorer? about the same
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Vidding mostly. Learning web design.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinate as per usual.
20. How will you be spending New Year's Eve?
Vidding, watching the Ball drop, in a fannish chat.
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Nope.
23. How many one night stands?
None.
24. What was your favorite TV program(s)?
Glee. House S5.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope.
26. What was the best book you read?
Wicked.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
ADAM LAMBERT. Thesixtyone in general.
28. What did you want and get?
Macbook Pro, new fannish show, more friends in college
29. What did you want and not get?
More vids.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Star Trek Reboot.
31. What did you do on your birthday?
I went to Disneyland and finished some HW.
32. What one thing would have made your year more satisfying?
Getting more vids done.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Boring. Will change next year.
34. What kept you sane?
Friends, TV, music, fandom.
35. Which celebrity did you fancy the most?
Adam Lambert.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Gay rights.
37. Who did you miss?
My cats.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Let's not play favorites and say everyone I met this year on LJ/in person.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
You are free to choose any path you want in life even if it's not prescribed by society, your parents or anyone else.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Everybody loves a winner
So nobody loved me
Lady peaceful, Lady happy
That's what I want to be
All of the odds are, they're in my favor
Something's bound to begin
It's gotta happen, happen sometime
Maybe this time I'll win
I would sing this in regards to school but now it's just in regards to life in general.
Also I finished True Blood S2.
Um, so Eric/Godric kind of broke me. I don't even know what to say just NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO why did Godric have to die *sobs* That was one of the worst deaths in the history of ever. I am such a sucker for self-sacrificing and merciful, full of forgiveness and goodness (yet powerful!) characters. Also Godric in the flashback was reeeally hot. Yum. It destroyed me to see Eric CRYING and so heartbroken. God I love their relationship and how much Eric loooooves Godric. I love him calling Godric so much more than he is and doing anything for him (including letting him go :( I loved the black/white clothing choices and the way Godric showed up so beautifully in white at the top of the church. And I loved how when Eric said he cared about others, Bill said he cared about GODRIC. Only him, hee.
My biggest problem with this show is they have such AMAZING characters (some of them) but they waste them by giving time to stupid and boring plotlines. I mean you present the EPIC Godric/Eric relationship and then give them barely any screentime?? Really show really? WHAT THE FUCK?! When you have that deep of a relationship and you want to destroy the viewer with a death scene, give them lots of time so the viewer forms a deep connection with the relationship so they fully are broken when you kill one of them off. I still think the Godric death is a bit...pointless (he could do so much good in the world!) but I do understand it on one level so, okay. I will give them one for not killing Lafayette off but still more of him and moremoremore of Pam and Eric!
Back to the love, I did enjoy Hoyt/Jessica a lot. I love Jessica, she cracks me up and makes Bill/Sookie much more tolerable. And Hoyt is soooo cute. I love his mindset on vampires and just his kindness in general. Also enjoyed the few Pam scenes we did get ESPECIALLY the pumps scene. Those were some awesome ass pumps. Really sad about how they treated Lafayette and felt sooo bad for him at his trauma from it. But it did give us some hot Eric/Lafayette scenes (and the funny dance one hee) so I'll go with it. And I loooooved the Queen omg she is the BEST. Classic fangirl encouraging the guys to fuck and loving two guys together. I love slasher representation.
Okay back to things I didn't like. It is really starting to bug me that in a show with Vampire Marriages = Gay Marriage, Vampire Hating Church = Gay Hating Church(s), etc that we get tons of het sex scenes and NO gay scenes. Everything happens off camera. Even in the orgy scenes there is NO gayness (believe me, I checked). It pisses me off. There was just too much of boring het ships in general (ex. Sam/Daphne). The Maryanne (Cain!) plot had potential at first but she lost her intrigue fast and became boring evil and swept Tara into a boring plotline of doom and wasted SO MUCH time that could have been spent on Godric and Eric and Pam.
In things I do love, Jason was HILARIOUS this season. Oh god so much love. The best was when he split the flag in half and tried to stake whatshername. Who in fact I recognized from being one of the judges in the finale of Glee! It did get a bit boring after awhile but thank god for funny. Also Eric/Sookie is just ewwwww and I really hope they don't go in that direction. Why is everyone in love with her?? I don't get it. And Bill trying to protect her makes me want to vomit. I really hate the sappy dialogue on this show and will never understand how Alan Ball of Six Feet Under could allow this on a show of his.
I have finally figured out that part of the reason I love Eric so much is that he reminds me of Brian Kinney. Not just the clothes but he has the same kind of looks where you can see the vulnerability underneath them as well as a similar sexy aura.
Anyways, basically I am okay with this year. The highs were balanced by the lows so it all turned out pretty okay. I need to change it up though so I'm hoping I'll follow through on my goals this year. The year has gotten me to the place I need to be in for next year and I didn't mess up anything so much that I can't come back so all in all it's been good. I am making good progress on my Festivids vid on my new computer which is sooo wonderful and perfect. My vid output of one vid this year was disappointing but I'm giving myself a break because of tech trouble. 2010 does not have this excuse and I have five vids in planning that I really want to get done. It's wonderful having a fast computer where Premiere takes 5 seconds to load and it's easy to clip and vid. Onto the future!
Happy New Year everyone :)
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