| Good times never seemed so good (or 6 more days til Glee!) |
[Apr. 7th, 2010|07:30 pm] |
OMG SIX MORE DAYS TIL GLEE!!! I am so excited I can't even. I can't believe I survived the four month hiatus of doom. And I just watched the cast on Oprah and OMG HOW IS THIS SHOW SO AWESOME??? I cannot even contain my glee, it is too boundless. The video for it is right here which includes Don't Stop Believin/Somebody to Love (best two songs!) performances, Q&A (with heartwarming/sobworthy stories, writer love and a a little spoiler alert), behind the scenes (extra spoiler alert). There's more but it's not online yet except a few videos on youtube. Just watching the performances made me go crazy which tells me I'm really going to go insane when I see them live. I hate spoilers normally (and still don't want to be spoiledfor any Glee songs or anything else) but in this case I am so desperate and love this cast/show so much that I don't care because OMG GLEE. More spoiler talk under the cut to let out my happiness.
( Spoilers are screaming for joy )
One of the things I loved that Ryan Murphy said is that this is one of the few shows on TV that is optimistic, that's uplifting and I cannot agree with him anymore. What I love so much about this show is that after the crappiness that life can offer this show brings happiness and joy to me and so many people. There really is not enough of it on TV which always gets me down as my TV to watch piles up with depressing shows. But Glee!! It always brings the emotional highs and puts me in an amazing mood and I really need more of that in my life. This show is why I love TV (and music) and it's really what makes life worth living in the end.
And man is Glee coming back at the right time because I have been feeling more and more out of step with fandom and this is perfect to keep my energized. The recent wave of Supernatural and Doctor Who posts is just so whatever to me as I'm completely over episodic shows and I tried the Eleventh Doctor and hated it. It was just so boring and tries too hard and I don't like the new Doctor's annoying face and just whatever Moffat, go away please. However irrational it is, it just makes me want to get away from LJ/DW and go hang out in a Glee loving place for the next few months to concentrate on the happy. I won't-it'd be like cutting off my own leg-but I'm tempted. But such is life in fandom.
On a happy note, my time in Chicago was great! Totally epic. I went to the rink early in hopes of meeting Johnny but sadly didn't see him come in. I did get to watch the practice and saw the first time he started skating (instantly recognized him in his blue jacket). Totally cheered when he first came out and was the only one, hee (there was like 5 people there). When I saw him doing Poker Face I was SO EXCITED as I had no idea he was going to do it. They did make us leave before he practiced Bad Romance sadly but I caught a little of it waiting in line. I was first in line so I got a front row seat in the middle of the arena. It was very nice even though I was dying to have one of the on the ice seats. When Johnny came out, it was SO awesome, the whole building was filled with Johnny fans so we were all screaming and you couldn't hear the announcer or the music.
Besides Poker Face (which was just so cool to see live), Johnny also did this beautiful piece dedicated to the Moscow bombing victims. And god in the beginning I was so overwhelmed with seeing him live, him being so beautiful on the ice, that I started to cry. It was just so, so worth the money to see him live, he is an angel on the ice and so...perfect. And then finally for the grand finale, he did the famous Bad Romance which was EPIC! I mean the costume!!! Better than Poker Face, maybe even the pink tassel, I don't know. But it was all golden and glittery and just so Bad Romance. And the skating was so perfect for Lady GaGa, such a theatrical show and he totally made it worth it for the audience. So many ass swivel type stuff and ice sliding and fitting the song and just YES. At times he seemed to be looking right at me although that's probably just me. The audience was practically cheering the whole time and he totally got a standing oviation. It was just amazing.
And then at the end, he was coming around the rink waving at the audience and someone threw flowers that he collected. And I had bought flowers at Union Station but wasn't sure whether to throw them out or try to give them to him after the show. But when I saw that, I decided I would so when he came around to my side near me, I threw them down to him and he picked them up and looked at me and I was so overwhelmed with love that I blew him a kiss. And then looking right at me HE BLEW ME A KISS BACK!!! ME!!! OMG it was one of the best moments of my life. I felt so special. It was the best. So even though I didn't get a chance to meet him because he went to a VIP party and I had to leave to catch a train, it still felt personal and worth it anyhow because of that. Oh Johnny Weir, how I love you ♥ |
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| 2010! |
[Jan. 1st, 2010|11:11 pm] |
Happy First Day of 2010 everyone!
I am feeling so good about this year. I know I usually always say that but this one feels like a great setup. I am getting work done on my Festivids vid! The process is pretty easy which is fantastic. It is so nice having vidding be so easy with big thanks to great tech. And of course today I find the *perfect* vid idea for The Office. It sucks that this was the season where I fell out of love with the show although this song is so perfect I might have to do it. It reminds me why I fell in love with the show. I'm really hoping I'll get a lot of Glee vidding done this year because I feel it's my second chance to truly vid a show I'm in love with right when I'm in love with it. I'm still bummed I didn't vid The Office as much as I wanted back in the day not to mention other fandoms that have come and gone. But I am feeling very vid inspired and productive so hopefully that will change this year. I want to do the end of the year vid meme next year!
Really missing California and can't wait to go back. Warm weather and palm trees and sunshine will be sooo nice. I even miss the freeways although not so much the slowness of them. It is just weird not having five way lanes here, it feels deserted. I leave Monday morning and am hoping my return flight experience will be a better one. It will help having a laptop that doesn't need power adapter all the time and having less stuff to bring (no more big speakers and external DVD player!). I am planning on putting in some vidding and TV time :)
Still have to watch the last two Doctor Who episodes which considering I've seen the preview, says a lot about how much I care about the show. Was extremely bored by Water of Mars, wish I had only seen the last 10 minutes or so. Oh well. Have started watching Twin Peaks and like it a lot. I know Dale Cooper from Sex in the City and Desperate Housewives so that's a bit distracting but he's soooo pretty when he's young. Also he's the llama guy from I think the 2005 Premiere intro vid. I love the mystery and am looking forward to seeing what happens. The music is some of the eeriest music I've ever heard.
It is sooo nice working on a vid on a deadline but not feeling rushed or stressed. If only every deadline situation could be like that. |
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| Happy 2009! |
[Jan. 12th, 2009|12:14 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | battlestar galatica, beautiful people, doctor who, fic rec, football, music, oz, ryan/colin, stargate atlantis, tv, vidding, vividcon, whose line | ] |
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Happy New Year everyone! Kinda late, yes but I hope the first month of everyone's year is going well. Just a reminder that January 15th is More Joy Day basically where you spread some joy around by doing something nice anyway you can. For example, while getting drinks for New Years, I forgot my money and some kind stranger paid it for me. I was really touched and it brightened my night not to mention sticking with me even now. People can just be so wonderful. So now it's time to spread it through fandom!
It's Vividcon season YAY! Go here for details but the most important is that registration is at midnight Eastern US time, between Saturday February 28 and Sunday March 1. There's a poll there too to vote for the date. I so cannot wait.
I have a new show! I am massively in love with Beautiful People, a UK show about the life of Simon Doonan (Barneys Creative Director) who I fell for when watching Top Design. It's hilarious, full of joy and fashion and musical theatre and family love and craziness. I just adore it to death. And the older Simon is SO hot and has he and his boyfriend (in the prologue/epilogues) are so cute. Simon and Kylie are my absolute favorites, their friendship is so wonderful. Only six episodes but I savored every episode and love it completely. Definitely worth a try!
Speaking of British TV- Re: Doctor Who Casting Spoilers ( Under the Cut reaction just in case-also spoilers from the special )
Yay Philly winning! What an awesome football game. I always stood by my Donovan and I just *knew* they'd win this game. Love the Giants but they had their glory last year and now I just reeally want the Eagles to win the Superbowl, let alone be in it.
Does anyone know if the BSG webepisodes are worth watching? I haven't seen them yet and usually them up but I do want to know more about what happened in the finale last year so anything about that?
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif) deathisyourart writes about Beecher/Kellar here and talks about some of the reasons why I love them SO MUCH OMG. B/K is one of those couples that never leave you and just rest in your soul until you think about them and spontaneously burst into love for them.
clayangel did this AMAZING comic of the story of how Ryan and Colin met here. As someone who loves fic but loves a visual even more, this is everything I've always wanted to see and makes me SO HAPPY and it's just utterly adorable and romantic. God, they are so meant to be *sighs happily* Everyone should check it out!
It makes going through my iTunes library and rating everything SO worth it when I can listen to my four star playlist and love everything in it. Mmmm music. I will say my biggest disappointment so far has been Kanye West's new album. I only liked one or two of the songs and I feel like he took all the *soul* out of the songs that I loved on his previous albums. I mean, nothing ever compared to The College Dropout which is still on my top five album list but there was always a few songs I LOVED and most songs I enjoyed. I was giving songs ones and twos! I almost never do that so it was sad. Couldn't get into Fleet Foxes either and I don't get why they're so loved but I care much more about my favorite rather than the best in music so I don't mind. I am however loving Bitter:Sweet's The Mating Game, Artic Monkey's Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, Amanda Jenssen's Killing My Darlings, Aimee Mann's Lost in Space, Flobot's Fight With Tools, The Kill's Midnight Boom, Matt Pond PA's Several Arrows Later and Last Light, OK Go's self-titled and Oh No and Spoon's Kill The Moonlight.
If Youtube takes down your youtube vids: Fight it!. Check the comments for more. Also, how to beat the audio finding system here.
TV's back! I loved the new Brothers & Sisters (x2), Gossip Girl, Scrubs, Ugly Betty (the best imo, loved it soo much) and Greys. Also caught up on SGA and saw the finale which was alright but the best part was that it and Vegas convinced me to read some John/Rodney fic and it was gooood. My favorite was A Place On The Corner which is the cutest thing ever and is just my Rodney perfectly and why I love him. I laughed so many times and it's all just a perfect love story. I still can't believe it's over...thank god for fandom. |
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| Journey's End |
[Jul. 6th, 2008|02:51 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | doctor who, house | ] |
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Some late night thoughts on Doctor Who:
( Spoilers for Doctor Who: Journey's End )
I watched the House S5 promo trailer...going to stay away from spoilers from now on. I really want to get the full emotional effect of everything when it comes. Is it fall yet? |
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| DOCTOR WHO OMG |
[Jun. 29th, 2008|12:20 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | doctor who | ] |
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Whoa. Now THAT is what I call an amaaaaaazing TV episode.
( Doctor Who 412 Spoilers: Stolen Earth )
That's all I've got. Oh except More Joy day on July 3rd (next Thursday))! Check out sdwolfpup's LJ for more and don't forget.
Now back to my regularly scheduled Jillian love. |
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| Doctor Who: Turn Left + PREVIEW |
[Jun. 22nd, 2008|02:10 pm] |
Okay so I've been nervous all week for this but that wasn't so bad. It wasn't Utopia and the Utopia threesome (or I should say four) of LOVE but OMG THE PREVIEW FOR NEXT WEEK.
Let me preface by saying while I think Rose is alright and I sometimes liked her, ultimately she feels too Mary Sueish to me (I'm NOT saying she is) and I can't relate to that (ironically). Plus the crazy fandom love has seriously turned me off her. Also I do NOT think in any way shape or form she ever had a romantic relationship with the Doctor and although I do not deny the subtext, I do not choose to see or believe in it. I love them as friends, that's it. There is a wonderful thing called platonic love that I really like on this show. I can't stand people claiming as if Doctor/Rose is canon because it ISN'T. Embrace ambiguity people. Oh and authorial intent is bullshit.
( Brief Thoughts for Doctor Who: Turn Left )
And now the preview of love...
( Spoilers for the Doctor Who Preview )
So the Premieres vid is a no go. I tried but it just was not going to get done in this short of time. Ah well. I'm just glad I worked my hardest to get it done so I have no regrets. Disappointed about not having a vid for VVC but it's not the worst thing in the world and at least I'll get to relax and just have as much fun as I can there. Can't believe it's less than two months away! |
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| Made in LA ie Lots of Little Things Part 2 |
[Jun. 12th, 2008|12:26 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | california, doctor who, jillian michaels, john barrowman, project runway, tennis, the biggest loser, tim gunn, torchwood, tv, whose line | ] |
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| | "Not With You" by Tegan and Sara | ] |
I reeeeally miss LA. Just saying if it's not obvious. It's been annoyingly humid here and although I prefer it over cold, nothing beats the dry heat of LA. So much better to be hot there and with the dry heat, it feels good and totally bearable even in the 90's. At least for me. I did go swimming the other day which I haven't done since...last January maybe? In LA of course. I did unexpectedly meet some friends there which was nice.
Also going to Montreal with clayangel in July to see some Ryan and Greg shows and I can't wait! Never been there before so it'll be good to expand my Canadian horizons.
Okay, now TV. Kind of behind on TV watching with two episodes of Doctor Who to watch and one BSG but both shows are kind of meh to me now so ehh whatever. Hopefully will do them tomorrow though. Not much of a Stephen Moffet lover as it always seems like there is too much random other characters and not enough character love of the ones I do love not to mention plots that I'm not very interested in (The Doctor Dances two parter was okay, plus JACK). So I'm not really that happy about the news he's running the show after RTD but I'm always willing to give him a chance so we'll see what happens. I still have lots of shows to catch up on from Farscape and The X-Files (the odds of finishing before VVC are now way down) to Prison Break and Smallville to Psych, Burn Notice and Mad Men. So little time, so much TV...
John Barrowman pictures of hotness. I am so, so disappointed that there's only going to be 5 episodes of Torchwood next year. I need my Jack fix! Plus, I need Jack and Ianto boykissing...*pouts*
Speaking of, does anyone know the best place to watch the gay parts of that German soap opera? I must see it! I checked out Luke and Noah and they were very cute but the soap opera stuff was too much for me at the time...I may see all of it later though. I am interested in Forbidden Love though.
BEST COMMERCIAL EVER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGDFJPljXNw I just...god, it made me cry. As a huge flying fan, it made me want to fly again so badly and I strongly believe someday I will even if it's not the real thing. It's so cute and very, very touching.
If you've ever wanted to save a link for a later or save a post til say after you've seen a show or movie and do it quickly, try the Read It Later add on for Firefox (if you're still using Explorer...you should switch). All you have to do is right click a link or press a button you can add onto the top of your browser and you have it saved for later reading. It's helped me a lot with not forgetting certain posts and links when I don't have the time to read them or comment. I'm still kind of lazy sometimes and am gradually getting better at it.
I have a ticket to the tennis US Open finals! *squee* It'll be my first time going or ever seeing a match live so I really can't wait. Plus I am pretty sure that Federer is going to make it to the finals and tie Pete Sampras's record so I want to see history in the making. I would totally stalk him as I reeeally want to meet him but I'm just going to go for a day to save money so it's not worth the effort. I'm sure I'll meet him someday. The loss at the French Open broke my heart, I was really invested this time and it's always devastating when he can't quite pull it off. Oh underdogs, you kill me.
So I started watching The Biggest Loser on a whim a few days ago...and somehow developed a serious crush on the trainer, Jillian Michaels. I definitely have a type for tough, awesome, ass kicking woman especially dark haired women. The thing is while I think a lot of women are very pretty, I'm usually not very attracted except for a few and personality plays a big part in that. The short list (besides Jillian) is Lena Olin, Alexandra Hedison, Kate Moennig, Karina Lombard and Lena Headey (Katee/Starbuck in the miniseries is very close). But sometimes the stars align and they definitely do in this case. My love for her has grown exponentially while watching Season 5 (how much do I hate the game? FUCK THE GAME) and she pulls off the HARDCORE, yelling (and I love that she swears so great) trainer like no other and I loooove it and eat it up. She's got me so invested in her winning that I cheer ecstatically at the victories and cry at the losses (oh god one scene in S5 was SO heartbreaking it HURT...oh the woobieness). I love a good Jillian beating and nothing beats Jillian HUGS (they make me so happy!). She's so inspiring to me and a great role model which works for me so much as having people to look up to motivates me a lot. Team Jillian for LIFE. (Trainer love! ie where Jillian and Bob are cuteness)
Plus I love that she loves martial arts as one of my dreams is to be able to kick ass like all my girl heroes (and guys too) that I love from both my Sydneys (first Walker Texas Ranger, then Alias) to Buffy and all the other great warrior women (Zoe love!). I will definitely be making that happen at some point. If there's one thing I love about this season it was the awesome display of GIRL POWER. Just so amazing to be the underdogs and yet pull off some awesome, awesome wins. Because women CAN do anything and accomplish their dreams and do the impossible. Fucking A.
Also in one episode there was TIM GUNN. I literally screamed in the middle of the night, I was so excited. Talk about dream crossovers actually happening. There has not been enough Tim Gunn in my life lately. And I hope this puts the zaftig debacle to bed (TWSS...sorry force of habit). Also, July 16th is the Project Runway premiere, yay! Still the best reality show ever.
( Picture of Jillian under the cut in the shirt I want SO MUCH IT HURTS (see subject line) )
Never done this meme so I'm trying it: You give me three names in a fandom I know, I tell you whom I'd toss off a cliff, whom I'd shag, and whom I'd marry. Then (if you like) I give you three names, and so it goes. |
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| Read less, more TV. |
[May. 15th, 2008|11:14 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | 30 rock, alias, battlestar galatica, doctor who, gossip girl, grey's anatomy, how i met your mother, lena olin, project runway, queer as folk, the office, ugly betty, victor garber | ] |
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I watched The Office up to The Client last night and it was so much fun! Michael/Jan were so perfect back then, it makes my heart happy. Everything was perfect in my eyes. Oh, my show.
Gossip Girls is reminding me of Veronica Mars (and not because of Kristin Bell's voiceover) in terms of relationships which can only be a good thing. ( Spoilers for Gossip Girl up to Woman on the Verge )
There's a new interview up with Silvio Horta's thoughts on this season of Ugly Betty and the next. It reminds me of Tim Kring's interview where he acknowledges the mistakes of S2 (although UB's weren't as bad IMO) and promises to fix them next season. Plus UB is moving to NYC next season! Personally I love it because shooting on location brings more of a realistic touch to the show. The sad thing is that Marco Pennette's leaving the show :( He wrote the Thanksgiving episode (Dreamgirls dancing!), Don't Ask, Don't Tell (favorite episode still), East Side Story and the Wedding episode (one of my absolute favorites). ( Spoilers for Ugly Betty up to Betty's Baby Bump )
Nothing much to say about BSG except that the last episode was awesome and got me excited about the show again so yay BSG!
( Spoilers for Doctor Who up to the latest episode )
If you've ever considered watching How I Met Your Mother (or haven't!), I'd check out spectralbovine's pimping post for it here. He sums up a lot of the reasons I love it so much from it's lovable, pretty, relatable ensemble of characters to the nonlinear narrative timelines and flashbacks. It really is a smart, great show and after the first 8 episodes or so gets immeasurably more awesome. ( Spoilers for How I Met Your Mother up to Everything Must Go )
( Spoilers for Grey's Anatomy up to The Becoming )
The thing that bugs me about 30 Rock which I also had an issue with on Veronica Mars and Alias is how it seems like since they have the main character be a woman, they have zero or one other woman regular and that's it. The biggest thing about 30 Rock is where are the women writers? We have Tina Fey and that's it. Personally I only like Twofer and think the other writers are pretty lame. I wish Amy Poehler would star as a new writer although I doubt that's likely now. Anyways, I will keep enjoying the hell out of Liz and Kenneth like I always do. ( Spoilers for 30 Rock up to the finale )
Taken from celli: Cast your dream TV series of all time. Three to five actors, must include at least one male and one female. Tell me why they'd be so awesome together.
(Bonus points for show premise/location.)
Here's my answer and yes, I have thought of this a lot:
Lena Olin, Victor Garber, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison with special guest starring by Jennifer Garner. Insane amounts of chemistry all over the place and lots and lots of pretty.
It'd be an Alias spin off where Irina and Jack start their own spy agency in NYC (solving the Lena Olin problem) and eventually get Gale and Randy (characters TBD)to join them who fall in love and are the gay spy team. Sydney shows up a lot to go on missions with her parents. Jack is still never sure if Irina is using the resources and plans for her own motives...but that's what makes it fun. Flashbacks to earlier times in their relationship abound, Irina gets to spend lots more time with her sisters and family (Isabelle Rossalini guest stars) and there is an elaborate plan they work against that is completely serial starting from the beginning and ending with a huge bang that was all worth it. Lots of kissing and sex for all members of the cast as well as lots of Office like humor.
I'd probably spontaneously burst into flames because of the awesome, hotness and perfectness of this show every week but it'd be worth it.
So what are yours? |
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| Some short TV thoughts |
[Apr. 24th, 2008|05:37 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | brian/justin, doctor who, eli stone, gossip girl, how i met your mother, lost, oz, queer as folk, svu, the office, tv, victor garber, vidding | ] |
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| | "Ordinary" by Paula Cole | ] |
Happy Office Day everyone! I am reeeally looking forward to tonight's episode as it sounds really, really good. And the promo was absolutely delightful. Michael/Ryan, yay! Plus ALL my shows are coming back for the best night on TV. Ugly Betty, Grey's and Supernatural are all back making me very, very happy along with The Office, Scrubs and 30 Rock. I am annoyed at the Scrubs and 30 Rock shift because it messes up my perfect comedy night of Ugly Betty, The Office and Scrubs that all fit so well with being all about the character love. But whatever, downloading solves all problems. Now all I need is for House to come back and all my favorite shows will be back (not counting the ones returning in the fall).
Lost and me are broken up now. I'm going to marathon the show once it's over but I barely get any pleasure from it anymore and feel like a puppet being dragged in crazy directions. I just don't see the brilliance no matter what people say. Hating Jack and most of the characters is probably the biggest reason. It's going to stop being abusive boyfriend now.
Random TV snippets: Absolutely loved How I Met Your Mother (which reminded me why I ship and watch TV with the euphoria) and The Office last week but don't really have much to say about them right now. Enjoyed the latest Doctor Who eps but the episodic nature of it bores me to death. Still miss Martha. OMG NEXT WEEK though. Caught up on Gossip Girl and am enjoying Chuck/Blair, Chuck/Nate and the cuteness of Eric. Also finished watching Eli Stone and Victor Garber continues to make me squee along with the yummy slashiness that is Eli/Jordan. I LOVE all the singing and musical numbers. Having sworn off Law and Order, Christopher Meloni made me change my mind with SVU because he is SO DAMN HOT and I just can't resist his insane amounts of charisma. I swear I don't usually watch actor's work just because I like their character but Victor Garber and Chris Meloni act in a way that reminds of their past characters and it's just nice seeing them again. I wish Lena would do more TV because I want to see her as well! Oz and Beecher/Keller have managed to get under my skin so I can't help but love and think about them so I'm slowly rewatching the first season. B/K kind of traumatized me by hurting me so much though so sometimes it's hard to watch.
I'm posting more of my Queer as Folk and Brian/Justin thoughts at IJ since some of the fandom is over there so if you want to read about that my journal's here. I'm also posting pretty regular updates at Twitter here if anyone is actually interested. I do better with short updates so I can override my perfectionist tendencies and I'm hoping this will be useful in the future if I want to see what I was up to back in the day.
I may have finally settled on my Premiere video after three tries. With some audio editing, I think it's manageable. I really hate vidding to deadlines though, the pressure can be so paralyzing. Hopefully someday I'll learn to start early.
Next up on my TV catching list: The OC S4, Flight of the Conchords, Prison Break S3, Psych, Sports Night and Carnivale. |
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| Sci-Fi Sunday! |
[Apr. 6th, 2008|10:31 am] |
My username is ______ because ______.
anoel. When I was in 9th grade I was looking for a special internet username for myself and since I loved lions and felt I was one in a way, I wanted one to represent that. So I played around with the Spanish word for lion, leona and when I spelled it backwards it came out to anoel which I liked. Plus it was an A name and I like those for myself.
If I add 43 to it, that's because it's my favorite number. I got it when I was 9ish and I was in love with a book in the Sweet Valley Twins series, Elizabeth's First Kiss because it was really romantic and I had a crush on the guy in the book/on the cover. It was series number 43 and so that became my favorite number and it's never changed ever since. Mostly I just like that it's unique to myself.
My name is _____ because ______.
Ashley because my parents liked it and thought it wasn't popular. Which it was. If I had a choice I would have picked Amy but it's too much a part of me now.
My journal is titled ____ because ______.
Defying Gravity because I've always wanted to fly and gravity is what holds me down. I love how metaphorically gravity is the concrete world while I want to be in a world of possibilities, of imagination, of things which are not describable not to mention the amazing feeling of flying. I thought of it because I loved the name of a group, Mad at Gravity but thought Defying sounded better. I later found out it was the name of a Wicked song.
My journal is subtitled ___ because ____.
Ridiculously Romantic because I AM ridiculously romantic. Plus it's my favorite saying from my favorite scene of my favorite ship and the one I would most like to have someday in a similar sense. Plus ridiculous is my favorite word and I'm a complete romantic.
My friends page is called ____ because ______.
Friends because I've never bothered to change it.
My default userpic is ____ because ______.
it changes but now it's  because I'm in a Doctor Who mood and am loving the Doctor, Donna and Martha at the moment. So much better with all three of them! My lioness one ( ) is because my favorite childhood movie was The Lion King and was my first real fannish experience and I love the picture of Nala looking up curiously in the water. The heart is just because I love romance and love so much.
My first time watching Doctor Who live! Just need to avoid the crazy shippers and I'm good.
( Spoilers for Doctor Who 401: Partners in Crime )
( Spoilers through Torchwood 413: Exit Wounds )
( Spoilers for Battlestar Galactica 401 )
( Spoilers up to the last Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles )
Speaking of Andre Royo, I had this dream with him! Well first it started with Victor Garber who I saw outside of this Paley center type event in LA. I was nervous about whether to approach him and in my hesitation I missed him and he walked away and I was so angry at myself and even tried to call his name. But then inside the auditorium place he was singing so I was in heaven there. But then Andre Royo came up to the stage and I was SO excited. As was everyone else because the room was filled with WGA type people who recognized the brilliance of The Wire and the whole crowd went even more crazy when Wood Harris went up there too. It was just so awesome to be with so many people who loved The Wire. So that was a very good dream.
I've also had two Victor Garber dreams where he was Jack. One in which I was Sydney (or at least Sydney-like) and I had to comfort him when he was all torn up about Irina. Because Irina was with this other guy (because of the events in Search and Rescue I think) and he saw them together and it was all very sad. Although they did have this very purple colored filtered scene that was pretty. But in my second dream I was Irina and her and Jack were at this concert but wanted to leave. And then me (as Irina) starts kissing Jack! It was very hot. Definitely my favorite dream so far ;)
Very sad about Charles Heston dying. I just know him as Ben-Hur who was very slashy in the movie without knowing it.
Comment to this post with a subject for a top 5 (ships, songs, non-canon ships, etc...whatever) you would like to see me post about (with pictures), and I will post it |
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| Finished Doctor Who! |
[Aug. 20th, 2007|01:17 am] |
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Well I had to finish before kitkatbyte ;) But OMFG THE LAST THREE EPISODES!!!!
Best three parter EVER.
( Spoilers Through Last of the Time Lords )
If you had a DW post that I missed when the episodes first came out, link me to it!
And if you haven't seen fan_eunice's glorious video, Moons of Jupiter, an adorable Doctor Who video featuring many, many hugs than I highly recommend seeing it. It's cute and bouncy with wonderful timing and fun Ten movement. Basically, it is love.
Still kind of stuck on VVC con reports and vid feedback but hopefully will be able to get to it soon. I swore to myself that this year I would actually get it all done. I just...miss Vividcon and the wild excitement that it brought that helped with my motivation to get all the writing and stuff done. Is it next August yet? |
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| I made it! Also, DW and SGA |
[Aug. 9th, 2007|01:50 pm] |
I am here in Springhill Suites in Chicago at Vividcon. Yay! Transportation wasn't too much of a hassle besides minor things like forgetting my iPod USB cord *face palms* and things being slow. But it is all worth it now that I am here with VVC people that I know and wireless internet. Looking forward to seeing more people!
The only bad thing is I'm still not finished with Doctor Who (finished 3x06) and SGA (finished 3x15). The good news is I am LOVING both seasons of both shows. The Doctor Who S3 plots are exactly what I love (DALEKS=love), Shakespeare/Harry Potter, Doctor backstory and I can't wait to get to the Jack episodes. I am enjoying Martha a lot, at the moment I like her a bit better than Rose but they're both enjoyable in the end and I do love how Rose is not forgotten. Somehow I have gone from thinking the Tenth Doctor is mildly cute to SQUEE cute and really hot in that lanky way. So that certainly helps.
As for SGA, I have gone from a crush on Rodney to fullblown, total fangirl LOVE. He's on my OTC list now. I want the show to be All About Rodney so I've LOVED McKay and Mrs. Miller and The Tao of Rodney both which overloaded my squee-o-meter and left me in a ecstatic, blissful state all evening. The Game was also perfect and slashy and cuteness of McShep so I loved it almost as much. And I am really loving the plots of the show and how they're making the Wraith complex villians and not just one dimensional, disco clothes wearing bad guys.
I will definitely get these finished before Premieres because I will NOT be spoiled for them. I'll probably be watching both starting with Doctor Who tonight so if anyone wants to watch them with me, I'd love to watch with fellow fans. And still I am just SO glad I made it to VVC and it's finally here and I have a whole day to relax and meet people before programming starts tomorrow. YAY VIVIDCON! |
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| Sci-fi shows, Vid rec, Vid Feedback and VIVIDCON!!! |
[Aug. 1st, 2007|09:30 pm] |
So it's been awhile since my last post. I've been feeling rather uncommunicative lately (read: lazy) and working a lot hasn't exactly made me feel very motivated to post. Instead I have desperately been trying to catch up with Stargate Atlantis and Doctor Who by VIVIDCON (!!). I'm on SGA 2x17 and Doctor Who 2x09 and I've got to finish the third seasons of both so I don't get spoiled in one week. Sadly I have given up on Life on Mars (but I have 4 episodes left so it's still possible!) and Farscape (which I will watch right after VVC) but I still have a little bit of hope for LotR which I'm a bad fan for not reading/watching yet. So far I have found five reasons to watch SGA:
1. Rodney McKay
2. Vids
3. Rodney
4. McKay/Sheppard (I finally saw the white room episode! And the end scene in Trinity is made of squee)
5. Have I mentioned Rodney?
The geek love of Rodney is very strong not to mention the cuteness, paranoia, sarcasm, (earned) arrogance and many other things. I absolutely loved Duet if only because of laughing so much and the kiss (!!!). In terms of Doctor Who, Ten has been growing on me with all his cuteness. I do adore the Ten/Rose friendship although I like their relationship nice and platonic. I really enjoy how the romantic relationship is almost like slash in that it's there if you want to see it but not there if you don't. I still find both shows plots rather sci-fi procedural (although SGA does have a benefit of the Wraith series arc) and thus boring at times but hey, I've managed House, Due South and Supernatural so I'm dealing with it. Doctor Who sometimes suffers from this the worst but I was very surprised and happy by School Reunion which was awesome not only because there was GILES (which I squeed about for the first five minutes and at various times in the show) but there was lots of emotional resonance and contained the things I enjoy most about DW: discussion about what it means to be the Doctor and having to always be alone. Plus, robot dog! And I actually recognized Sarah Jane as an old companion (I think it was settai's posts) so that was a great idea to bring her back. I'm building a lot of high expectations for next season with everything I hear about Martha and the Master and I'm worried that I should tone it down. So I have two questions for Doctor Who fans:
[Poll #1031921]
So first I have a vid rec that makes me completely happy, gleeful and full of love today. makesmewannadie won halcyon_shift for Sweet Charity and got her to make Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, a multifandom video that contains some of the most happiest, cutest scenes from a variety of TV shows. If you ever need something to cheer up your day, this is it. It's a love letter to fandom and to me shows how much I love it from the shows to the ships to the people. And I have to say the Heroes clip is the most perfect thing that ever was perfect. Go watch and leave feedback!
Speaking of vid feedback, I am finally feeling ready to do it. Problem is I have a huge backlog and I'm not sure where to begin. So if you want me to give you feedback on any vid(s) that you've done, comment to this post and I'll comment on your vid. Being a perfectionist at heart, it usually takes at least a paragraph. I just love letting people know how much I appreciate their work and finding out new vids so feedback will be great for that.
I can't believe next week is VIVIDCON OMG! I will be getting to the hotel around 11:30 or 12 on Thursday and am leaving Monday night so hopefully that will give me plenty of time to hang out with everyone. I'm so excited now that the schedule is up even though once again I'm tempted to only go to panels (I mean, Why vid? Hip Hop Vidding!!!, Vid Structure, HOW VIDS WORK=sooo good) but I hope to make it to a few vidshows. Maybe even some parts of Nearly New if there are some premiering vids and to see my vid in it. Also I've actually made a list of every person whose attending in terms of their LJ names (and a few non) with the help of various posts and polls so now I'll actually be able to recognize more people. And to anyone who's going, I'm always happy to talk to anyone about anything from vids to RL as I'm always looking to meet new people (and old!) who love vids. It should be fun no matter how nervous I am with a vid premiering and even seeing people again is always a bit nervewracking when my shy tendencies start to come out. But Vividcon is always worth it and after having the time of my life last year, I hope this year is just as good, if not better. One more week!
P.S. I swear I will finish the Stockbridge, Harry Potter and Torchwood posts I have yet to make. In the meantime, I have enjoyed reading my Flist's comments on HP and everything else as usual!
ETA: Also, courtesy of lianri, I have a Heroes vid idea! And I figured out a way to make it visually interesting so I'm all excited now :D And if anyone wants to rec me any kind of Hiro or Hiro/Ando vid, it'd make me very happy. |
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[Jul. 3rd, 2007|09:25 pm] |
First Happy Belated Birthday to norwich36, makesmewannadie, tamalinn and ficbyzee! I hope you all had great days and a wonderful year to come.
So today was my movie catch up day. I've been feeling kind of meh about movies lately as TV shows better suit me. The best way I can explain it is it takes too long for me to get into movies and once I do, they're practically over. Whereas with TV, while it might take me a little while to get into a show, once I do I have a lot more of the show to fall in love with. But I do love when I see high quality movies which I've been doing lately except for Evan Almighty. But I was only seeing that for Steve and seeing all the Michaelisms and ultimate cuteness and squeeing over Steve made it all worth it. I don't think the movie is as bad as the critics say it is, it was fun and cool to see on the big screen and I did love the animals and laughed enough to make it a comedy movie for me. And I didn't think the religion was too much so it worked for me. The other night I saw Little Miss Sunshine again which has become my third favorite movie (behind Serenity and Brokeback Mountain). For me it's the perfect comfort movie; whenever I'm feeling particularly emotional I watch it and it makes me feel better about life and just happy with the universe. I would actually love to see a good vid to it one of these days.
So today I saw three amazing movies. The first was a classic, Casablanca which I have never seen and which needed to be remedied stat. I really enjoyed it, took me awhile to get into as usual but the narrative was absolutely wonderful. And the end made me ever so happy with the two guys walking into the sunset...mmm slash. Then I watched Memento which blew my mind with how cool it was, how interesting and unique it was in terms of narrative. Lots of Matrix people which always helps too.
And I finally saw Dead Poet's Society which...WOW. Now I know why everyone was crying over Lullaby at Vividcon. First the movie broke me and then that vid did multiple times. I had seen half of the movie last August but again had a hard time getting into it. This time it was much easier especially with seeing kid!Wilson who completely won me over with his enthusiasm and adorable relationship with Todd. To anyone who hasn't seen the movie, I HIGHLY recommend it. It really teaches you to make something out of your life, to be a non-conformist no matter the cost, no BECAUSE of the cost and it's really a great story for any person who has ever been a student or teacher (I assume that's everyone. It rocketed up to number four on my favorite list of movies and I think it shares some similarities with Little Miss Sunshine with them both being about people pursuing their dreams no matter what society thinks and especially with the amazingly well acted heartwrenching scenes of Dwayne and Todd. So go watch it!
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Life As We Know It - Second City - Ryan Stiles AND Steve Carell together in their younger days makes me ridiculously happy. They're so cute!
Unaired Colin kisses Ryan sketch on Whose Line - I may have died in happiness watching this clip over and over when I first saw it. What makes it even better than the first purely Colin initiated kiss is the "worked together for 20 years" and "Oh who am I kidding" right before it. Just so awesome and it fills my romantic heart with glee.
Everyone's been posting a ton about Doctor Who but I'm finding it still hard to get into the show in the second current season. My problem with it is it's all stand alones and I only like the Docter and Rose so it's hard for me to get into watching it. I will by Vividcon though. Oh and I changed my page layout a bit mostly to use a new Office header which has some of my favorite Dundies scenes in it. Still my favorite Office episode, of course. |
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[Aug. 5th, 2006|01:53 am] |
Just about done with Supernatural and so I'm trying to decide what show to watch next. I've heard great things about Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who and Stargate Atlantis (and I want to see the vids to them) so those are the three I'm trying to decide on now. Take your pick:
[Poll #786200]
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