So I've been really busy the past month and it's really interfering with my fannish life as well as a multitude of other things I want to do. The good thing is November shouldn't be as bad so I'll actually have time to do stuff. I'm working on catching up to LJ right now so if you get a comment from me from a post you posted awhile back, that's why.

The best news is that I'm going to bascon and I'm sooo excited! It gives me a great excuse to check out San Francisco for the first time and I've been dying to see the city. I can't wait to see and walk along the Golden Gate Bridge as well as check out all the other sights. I just remember seeing it on the Disneyland Soaring over California ride and thinking it was beautiful (have I mentioned how much I LOVED that ride?). But most of all I'm looking forward to seeing some people from Vividcon, meeting some new ones and discussing slash, TV and fandom. Should be lots of fun and I've been looking forward to it for awhile. On another I love California note, I'm ridiculously happy with all the great weather. It feels so nice to go outside and feel the sunshine shining down on my face. It's what I call my heat and sun therapy as it really helps to get rid of the bad memories of the cold. And I went through my first Santa Ana winds! Which is not fun to bike against, I can tell you that much. People say California gets no seasons (to which I say, thank god) but 80s+ for summer, 70s for fall and spring and 60s for winter works just right for me. And I'm planning on going skiing in the mountains for Thanksgiving so there's my winter. I love my state.

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I love my video iPOd with all my heart still. How did I survive without one so long? Playing vids and tv shows on it is just the coolest thing in the world. It helped me get through Life on Mars which I finally finished and loved. Awesome show, now I actually understand all the vids to it (which all rock btw and I will be leaving some feedback soon). Also I had the pleasure on Tuesday of having only one class and all my other obligations cancelled, so I got to curl up and read a book. Which happened to be His Majesty's Dragon of the Temeraire series as I went out and bought all three of the books. I am SO glad I did because I LOVED the book. I absolutely adore dragons and am now dying to have one. Particularly Temeraire who is the best dragon ever. And did you hear the books might be made into a movie by Peter Jackson?! So awesome. I'm planning on reading the next two on my way to Bascon and back. Speaking of reading, I also read Flowers for Algernon which I had read a short part of it about eight years ago and really liked it. But reading the whole thing destroyed me, the book gets to the heart of a lot of my emotional issues and broke me with all the emotion. Amazing book though, I definitely recommend it and the Temeraire series wholeheartedly.

I've been loving the TV season so far and sadly do not have time to write about all of it. But Supernatural, Friday Night Lights, Torchwood and Grey's Anatomy all have been great. I will hopefully be able to get caught up on BSG so I can watch that as well. Just finished the first episode of Heroes and liked it, it has some potential although I need to connect with the characters a bit more before I can really get into it.

Okay, I'm done. Off to bascon!

Finally my birthday is here :) I love birthdays and this one was definitely great. I slept in late of course, I'll never be a morning person and its always great to get to do that on a Monday. Beginning off my day, my dad made french toast just for me, that was nice. Then i did a little studying for fossils, cmon, I had to do something productive. Next I went to the mall with my mom and brother and headed straight to Media Play. There I bought, with the gift cards from my birthday, the Everwood season 1 dvd. I really wanted that since I had never seen half the episodes and I knew they were good, since I love all the characters and their relationships as well as how well written the show is. After eating some good food I checked out a book store and comic book shop and read some manga, always fun reading about those hot guys and their relationships. I got a book there too, about how to draw manga because I'm interested in trying my hand at it. I came home and settled down to watch my new Everwood dvd, loving the special features. All the actors were so funny, it was very entertaining. Saw the first 2 episodes after that, and they were just as good as I always thought they would be. That show always makes me cry, I really think its the death theme and me relating to it with my cat as well as the show having a lot of heart and real moments. And then there was delicious cake :) After a brief check online, there was more Everwood but this time the new season. Finally there was more internet time, culminating in writing this entry. I will be getting my big present tomorrow as disappointingly our Media Play didnt carry it :( Guess tomorrow will be a fun day then. Thanks to all the people who congratulated me :)

And now for a birthday quote I find amusing...

"I was born on the first day of the Methosian calendar. I have a birthday whenever I feel like it. I had three last week, as a matter of fact, and none of you got me any presents." --Methos

Hehe.