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End of an Era [May. 21st, 2012|11:50 pm]

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While I'm in the midst of Game of Thrones love, I took some time to watch the series finale of House.

( Spoilers for House series finale )
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Glee Love! [May. 18th, 2010|10:56 pm]

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Since it's all I can get myself to post about these days:

( Glee Spoilers for 119 )

My favorite Glee thing which is exactly what I hoped for when I saw the show is this Glee Flash Mob where people get together and form dances to Glee songs! Here's the first I think from Seattle:



I wish there was this kind of creativity around every corner. I totally want to join one! There's another one from Ohio U that is even more appropriate since Glee is set in Ohio. It just makes me so happy to see so many of them :)

Besides that nothing much else happening besides, work, working out, watching TV and trying to work on my hopeful Premiere vid as well as keeping up with fandom. Well that and my growing crush on Jillian Michaels guhhh. Oh also excited about Upfronts and the new TV shows for next year. Still most excited for Undercovers which yes, it's JJ so I do not trust it BUT the premise reminds me of Spyrents so I am looking forward to see if he can possibly capture that dynamic, if a little, again. Is there anything anyone wants me to post about this week? Cause seriously, I'm out of ideas right now.

Oh and anybody who watches House: has there been any super slashy House/Wilson episodes since The Down Low? I haven't seen any since then and unless it's H/W filled, I don't plan to.
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House: Both Sides Now (title love!!) [May. 11th, 2009|09:06 pm]

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( Spoilers for House: Both Sides Now )
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Let the old week end and the new one begin [May. 4th, 2009|04:21 pm]

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So glad this week is over. It was deadline hell week over here with a big hw assignment due on Tuesday and a test the same day. And then I worked most of the next three days on my Club Vivid vid, freaked out about it being a little late and then learned I had extra time til Sunday (had a self-imposed LJ sabbatical to work). THEN I of course forgot to turn in an assignment that's going to have BIG grade ramifications *sigh* You know those times when you can't stop laughing because everything keeps going wrong, kicking you when you're down and there's nothing else you can do but laugh? (and then you weep) Have done that twice this weekend. This is my life. Yesterday I took a break and watched TV and relaxed because deadlines are of the evil for a chronic perfectionist procrastinator like myself. On the good side, done with the vid which I like very much (was in sucktitis for awhile there) and VERY excited to do my Premiere vid. It's a good reminder that vidding with my heart greatly increases my motivation levels.

I'm on Dreamwidth! My account is here (does anyone know how to get the little DW user symbol?). As mentioned previously, I'll be crossposting and leaving comments open on both sites. I'll be moving to DW once I add everyone on DW (it's coming along slowly) and customize my journal so I like the way it looks. I'll be making a filter on LJ for non-crossposting people so I don't have to read things twice and since I don't want to defriend people. I'm just excited open beta is finally here and it's actually happening. Paid accounts are only $3 for a month and there are plenty of free invite codes flying around (check my friendsfriends if you need one). And bonus: no advertising whatsover. Including anti-gay marriage ones that were found on LJ the other day, joy joy. My prediction is most of fandom will migrate in 1-2 years but who knows.

Have I mentioned I lost my old hard drive? Yeah, it was going to cost 650 to fix WITH the discount (originally 200 more) and no way can I afford that. So I lost my vid collection and lots of important documents and clipping for a vid. Ugh. As I'm rebuilding, I have to ask: can people make zipped documents of ALL their vids? Because it'd be so much easier to just extract that and not have to redownload every single link. I'm just saying, it'd be nice for the lazy among us. I will of course do the same.

I still have lots of stuff to catch up on and it's kind of overwhelming. On the good side, my roommate's been gone all weekend and next year I'm getting a single!! I am SO EXCITED because I really need my own room. I like my privacy. Plus it's in the Film/TV living learning community so I'm happy about that and hope to meet some cool people. Although as I have been reminded this semester, I really suck at making good friends. It's just so hard to figure out if people really want to hang out with you or how to ask them (like Fraser in Burning Down the House!!) and whether you can trust telling them the more intimate parts of your lives and how. Blah the internetz are so much easier.

I have the last Pushing Daisies episode in my posession but I haven't watched it yet. I don't want this show to be over :( God, what a tragedy. DAMN YOU ABC. I've been so cynical about ratings and shows being saved (Chuck, TSCC, Dollhouse) because it's just all about the money as shown by ratings and it's so depressing. I want to help change it but I don't know if I can either ability wise or in terms of ideal career wise. We'll see I guess. In good news: there's going to be a special preview of Glee at Paley next week!! I am soooo going, I've been dying to see this show. And I'm hoping and praying that Victor Garber will show up...I'd die of happiness. At least I'll finally get to use my membership since the last two times I've been foiled with car troubles and vacation trip.

I've been catching up on Desperate Housewives since Marc Cherry's coming to my school this Tuesday. SO excited! He's supposed to give great presentations. But I'm totally loving this show and I can't remember why I quit it. It has exactly the kind of funny that I love, the deliciously evil kind and omg that is so horrible, I can't believe she just said that (I love her). I love all the characters (well Susan's a bit boring) but Bree, Gabby and Lynette are made of awesome and deliver the best smackdowns. It's so much fun to watch. I'm in mid-S3 right now, hoping to be done with it by tomorrow night.

Are episode titles/writers spoilers? If so: ( Future House episode title and writer spoilers ONLY (nothing about the episode) )

Oh god, guys I am so in love with House/Wilson I can't even. Like last night I was all GIDDY watching vids of them and listening to vidinspiring music and omgtheyaresoinlove. Everything I say seems so inadequate to describe them and my love for them. THEIR LOVE IS SO DEEP AND UNSAID! It's House Day yay! And one more week til the finale. All is well in my world.
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No Reason [Apr. 6th, 2009|09:21 pm]

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( Spoilers for House: Simple Explanation )

This is so not my night. I really, really need to get out of here.
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Marry me, Doris Egan [Mar. 9th, 2009|08:46 am]

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Can Doris Egan write every episode of House from now on? Seriously, she's the best at it and every episode by her makes me happy. In honor of her amazing episode of House tonight, for the first time ever I changed my journal title to "Doris Egan is my God" because she really, really is. I think she's my favorite writer now that Dollhouse isn't going as well as I hoped.

HOUSE OMG! I am massively in love. Have to watch it a few more times before I have more to say but briefly ( Spoilers for House: The Social Contract )

I seem to be spoiled by the TV gods lately. First, The Office AND 30 Rock are amazing and fill me with love (more on both of those in another post-still catching up) and now we have House coming first circle with a pre-celebration last week and a post celebration this week. I am in heaven. And I really could use it, last week being what it was and having so much to catch up with. THIS reminds me why I'm doing all this, why I want to go into the industry, why I will do whatever I can to save my shows and all the others that need saving.

So I'm home from Escapade thankfully. Not that I didn't have an AMAZING time there but getting back was really hard and long. Everytime I completed a leg of my journey I went, yatta! \o/ because it was so great. Only one travel curse incident at least. Got home at five yesterday and after checking my email slept for fifteen hours. I definitely needed it. But the con was SO worth it and I met some wonderful people and reconnected with others while going to interesting panels and watching lots of vids. It just filled my soul in the way that only fannish interaction can. I tried to explain this in a meeting today and it just reminded me how lucky I am to have people who get what being a fan and a slash fan is and why it's so important.

Also more good news: my computer speakers work again! Randomly they started working which is the best news I've heard yet. And I may yet get some money which would really help with the money woes.

And perfect lyrics for my favoritist slash ship of them all, House/Wilson:

And I have to speculate that God himself
Did make us into corresponding shapes like
Puzzle pieces from the clay

And by God, I mean Doris :D

ETA: If anyone would rec me the most romantic House/Wilson fics you know of, I'd love you (almost) as much as House loves Wilson.
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That's me in the icon right there. Moodwise that is. [Feb. 18th, 2009|11:26 pm]

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Fangirl highs are the BEST. I am currently in one because of ( House spoilers for the next episode ). I have this vid idea that needs as many sparks as it can so this is wonderful. I am trying to contain myself but it's hard and this is after I ran around the block. Basically in my head it is a wonderful party of screams and squees and OMGs and super happiness. Ahhh this is why I ship my heart out.

In other fannish news, I have completely fallen for Andy/Oscar from The Office. And you know, I've been wanting a good slash ship on this show for awhile now and although I love Michael/Dwight and Jim/Dwight and Michael/Ryan and the general slashiness on the show, nothing really stood out to me. And I've always liked the Andy/Oscar stuff since Business Trip but it just took that hint of canonness in the episode before last week to make me full out shippiness. I'm surprised it took me so long as they have exactly the dynamic I love with the whole see through the hard exterior to the jelly inside as Andy says so perfectly. I'm such a sucker for that. But now I'm watching their scenes together and dying for more scenes together. I swear this is like right after I got into Michael/Jan and then had to wait a month before they had a scene together. It's SO frustrating for my shippy brain.

Some thoughts on Dollhouse: ( Not really spoilers but just in case )

College is going pretty well so far. Still trying to get a balanced schedule but I'm procrastinating somewhat less and reading more so that's good. I'm taking Computer Science 1, Visual Programming, Introduction to Financial Accounting and Primetime: The Game of Television. The last one, of course, is my favorite. It's like a TV industry RPG where there are producers who pitch shows to the networks who sell the shows to the networks and then everyone votes for what shows they watch. It's really fun! Unfortunately I'm stuck being a producer since there was some miscommunication in my network group and we didn't turn something in. It's hard for me as I don't gave a lot of workable TV show ideas (suggest some if you want!) but I'm working with my old group so that helps. I actually sold one of my ideas! It was all about using social media and stuff like that to stay in touch over long distances. Thank god for other teammates helping out with fleshing out plot and characters. The other classes are going well too, I like them all but there's not much to say about them. It's kind of lonely at times as it seems everyone else has a lot of friends and I'm just trying to meet people I have a connection with but I'm hoping I'll find a few as I get more involved with clubs and stuff. Although with my crappy luck, two clubs meet the same evening I have class for 4 hours. Arghhh.

I took the Census test because I really need a job and it pays double anything I've ever been paid. Plus it's proving hard to find a job on campus. And I reeeally want to go to Paley, hopefully to see Dr. Horrible and meet Nathan and if I get lucky, see the Battlestar event. Sadly the Pushing Daisies one is when I'll be off on Spring Break but I'm sure they'll show the episodes on the DVD or at another time at least. Can't wait for The Office tomorrow! And John Hamm on 30 Rock is soooo hot. I am all swoony throughout that show now.
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Life balancing, vidding, essays and my boys [Dec. 1st, 2008|02:31 pm]

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Gah you people really do post when I'm away. I love it but it takes forever to catch up on it when I just want to luxuriate in all of beautiful fandom. I missed it a lot and as always, I feel like I'm coming home. Don't know where I'd be without it. Lots of vidtalk which makes it take even longer but I'm hoping that's because people are on break and therefore have more time for vidding, right? Right? Let's hope so.

I was shocked and horribly saddened to hear of [livejournal.com profile] tv_elf's death :( She was so nice to me at Vividcon and it was good to talk about The Wire or see one of her vids. What a tragic loss to the world, fannish or not. A memory post is here.

I feel like I know what direction I want to go in now although I don't know specifically what I want to be yet. But I am learning to be okay with it (or maybe the universe will provide a path for me! as I like to say) with the uncertainty. I know there is a ton of things I want to do that take a lot of time and I am trying to find out the best way to balance them in the way that will make me the happiest both now and in the future. The one constant I know is that I NEED narrative. Whether it be the books of my past, the TV of my future or a fun movie now and then, I've got to have it. Can't imagine life without it. Now there's a ton of TV shows I need to catch up on and I don't want to devote too much time to only watching TV and neglecting other things but at the same time...I need context for vids! So who knows how many shows I'll get through in the coming year. That leads me to vidding in which I need to get my self in gear and FINISH these damn vids. My goal this year is to get rid of all my obligation vids, vids for cons and vids that I've had for over three years because they really need to get done no matter what new, shiny vid idea comes along. In fact, one JUST did for The Wire which I'd have to metaphor the hell out of but it would be fun. Still looking for my perfect Wire song and I'm hoping my new music collection will turn up a song not to mention my other orphan vid ideas. Vidding takes a lot of time though; I've given up on clip notes because I look at it too much as writing=work and then it never gets done so I'm going to just watch a lot of the show and clip it in Premiere. But that's the vidding plan for the Vividcon Year.

So then there's the other non-fannish stuff. I feel like I have a large gap in reading knowledge in truly understanding the world and how to make it better. So I'm going to need to read up on all the classic books, stuff on political systems and action and lots of stuff about TV for my future career. My love of learning is coming back stronger so I think it should be possible if I can find the time. I have to fit that in with college classes (and getting A's) and part time work (not to mention clubs and events and stuff) so who knows how much I'll be able to get done. Then the last big thing is getting involved in activist stuff whether it be gay rights or Obama related things. Kind of scary and not sure how much time its going to take and what I can do but I know I've got to do something because the time is now. So there's that. Those are the basic things I'm trying to figure out how to put off so I have enough time for them all and I know it may involve some sacrifice so I'm trying to figure out what I can give up in terms of time demands. We'll see.

Then I've been trying to figure out my aversion to writing especially essays. I think maybe I finally found a reason through vidding. So I've always loved that vids can be like visual essays and that they can say so much about the source. But that visual essay love never translated to loving/liking essays and I was trying to figure out the difference. And then [livejournal.com profile] dollsome posted this brilliant Stephen Fry quote which expresses it so much more eloquently than I ever could:

"Had I the patience and the discipline I should have chosen literature. But, while I can read Middlemarch and The Dunciad or, I don't know, Julian Barnes or Jay McInerney say, as happily as anyone, I have this little region missing in my brain, that extra lobe that literature students possess as a matter of course, the lobe that allows them the detachment and the nerve to talk about books (texts they will say) as others might talk about the composition of a treaty or the structure of a cell. I can remember at school how we would read together in class an ode by Keats, a Shakespeare sonnet or a chapter of Animal Farm. I would tingle inside and want to sob, just at the words, at nothing more than the simple progression of sounds. But when it came to writing that thing called an essay, I flubbed and floundered. I could never discover where to start. How do you find the distance and the cool to write in an academically approved style about something that makes you spin, wobble and weep?

... You could only write successfully about books and poems and plays if you didn't care, really care, about them. Hysterical schoolboy wank, for sure, an attitude compounded of nothing but egotism, vanity and cowardice. But how deeply felt. I went through all my school days convinced of this, that "literary studies" were no more than a series of autopsies performed by heartless technicians. Worse than autopsies: biopsies. Vivisection."

YES, this. I don't necessarily agree about the not caring part but for me, that's exactly it. But vids for me DO capture that emotion, that love and it's not so much as splitting up a source as celebrating it, reliving it and creating something anew from it's beauty. And even in writing posts on LJ or not, I feel my thoughts are like birds, free of any bounds and restraints and yes, disorganized but spirited and alive and full of energy. And putting them to paper/screen feels like it's taking all the soul out of them to make it sound regular and ordered and...just there. Maybe there's a way to overcome this or at least help the effect but that's why I love vids as opposed to essays.

In extremely happymaking news, I got my House and Arrested Development DVDs!! Just now :D Well only S4 for House but S3 is coming for my vidding pleasure. And I've waited so long for AD, stuff just kept coming up but now it is mine! It's so nice to be able to watch my show whenever I want to not to mention all the extras. Eeee Bluths! I've been enjoying a lot of the TV this season although not feeling particularly excited about a lot of it (The Office is always delightful and full of love though). However lest I long for an obsession, I have House which remains after three months, my favorite and I'm so in love with House/Wilson it's not even funny. It's not an all consuming love but one that just needs a spark for me to fill up with glee and to believe so deeply in their pure true love. I just cannot see only a friendship and I don't want to because they are so perfect together and I love them. And now I can vid them :D While looking for clips the other day, I found the video where Wilson actually says LOVE POETRY to House. God, they slay me, I had a full on squeeing session after that.

Back to catching up!
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Flashbacks and a brief update [Oct. 22nd, 2008|12:48 pm]

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Let's talk about flashbacks. I'm always of two minds when it comes to doing a earlier past one, say when a fourtysomething character is shown in their early twenties. Do you use the original actor with makeup and the like or do you get a younger actor? Where's the line? (Where's the line, Jan? -Do you need to see the video again, Michael?) On the one hand, I love seeing the original actor as I usually feel they best truly represent and get the character and I don't want them to lose their essential characterness/chemistry with other people but it can be distracting, unrealistic and pull you out of the show if it's hard to buy someone as actually younger and not in costume.

Why I was thinking about this was considering whether if Lena Olin from Alias wasn't available as Irina, would I want flashbacks of her and Jack (and Sydney) with different people? I mean, obviously I'd take that over no flashbacks at all (*curses show* ILU though) but if she was available, what would I choose? Now Lena (and Victor) for that mattter do look pretty different when they were younger but still...what about the chemistry? It'd be so hard for me to give that up. Same goes for House and Wilson and seeing their first meeting/past selves, it'd be hard to lose how they work so well with each other but Hugh looks pretty different younger and a different actor would probably be disconcerting and maybe even more so for RSL. So, a poll, one non fandom specific and the other for those two fandoms.

[Poll #1283413]

Still without a computer, still behind on shows (50+ the last I counted, ouch.) and still doing well in school (although reading 8.5 straight hours of Plato is NOT recommended). Loved House last night although mostly the House/Wilson and OT3 parts, will talk about it later. Excited about going to Florida (Orlando/Miami) with my WL friends in April along with my NYC New Year's Eve trip (I so wish I had more money). Which speaking of, I've got to go to work, will finish catching up later.
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I know I'm in love [Oct. 15th, 2008|12:50 pm]

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House last night was unbelievably amazing and happymaking and just about made my life. Without further delay:

( Spoilers for House 404: Birthmarks )

Quick thoughts on Mad Men:

( Spoilers for Mad Men: The Jet Set )

My birthday was wonderful! I got my House/Wilson TV Guide to much happiness and it made me giddy and now happy whenever I look at it. Had a great time with friends and had a fun time playing Apples and Apples. And ordered a drink and didn't even get carded which was nice. All in all, a wonderful day. Still don't have my computer and have probably like twenty episodes to catch up on but I'm doing the best I can.
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I can drink! [Oct. 11th, 2008|01:30 pm]

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It's my 21st birthday today so now I can legally drink and go into clubs and bars. Yay! The latter part is most important but it's the freedom thing that's good too. Thanks muchly to [livejournal.com profile] talitha78 and [livejournal.com profile] clayangel for the virtual presents, they make me very, very happy :D

So far it's been a great day. I led up into my birthday last night watching Failure to Communicate (Doris! total coincidence, next on the list) and Need to Know and then right at 12 am watched Synergy (It Had To Be You) (and then two more times) which made me drunk with House/Wilson love. Watched Once More With Feeling in the morning, had a scrumpious breakfast at iHoP and am about to be off to try to get my House/Wilson TV Guide for my birthday. And then I have a birthday party with friends and a dinner where I'll order my first drink. Can't wait! There should be plenty of Office watching, of course.

Been kind of crazy year with lots of transitions but hopefully I'll get my life going in the right direction and will be back in California next year. And there's been a lot of great memories too in the last year.

I find it funny that when I was born there was a financial crisis going on and now here we are today but oh well. In more important news though (at least to me), it's National Coming Out Day and in California, Proposition 8 is on the ballot trying to take away gay marriage. From [livejournal.com profile] melina123,

There are powerful interests pouring millions of dollars to support this proposition, and there are recent polls showing we're losing. So if you can, please give some money. The minimum credit card donation is $5. If you can give that, or $10 or $20, please, please do. Or sign up to phonebank. You don't have to live in California to help.

Seriously. If we lose, we're pretty much done with this issue in California for a very long time to come -- this is a constitutional amendment and it will be very, very hard to change if it's passed. If we fail at this in California, it will only be more difficult in other states.

Think of Kevin and Scotty! Or any GLBT or slash pairing you support or you know, your friends and the people who would have their rights taken away by this proposition. This is so important and the best birthday gift I could get is if people would help support them and this proposition would get defeated.

Sorry to be negative on my birthday but it had to be said. Now back to my party! \o/
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A few things [Oct. 8th, 2008|11:16 am]

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So my computer isn't working again. By this point I'm used to it. But it's really frustrating to fix as I can't find my XP disc to repair it. And I'm getting behind on a lot of my shows which is not good at all.

Now concerning college. Well I'n doing pretty well. Getting mostly A's, a 99 on the Logic test and actually studying and reading. But. It's all the last minute for the most part. I feel like I'm regressing back to my high school self of only doing things if they're due the next day which IS better than my college self of not doing things at all. I just need to get back into doing these ahead of time and having enough time to do them well. At least my love of learning and reading (when it comes to academics) is coming back.

Is it sad that I forgot to ask for my birthday off but remembered to ask for the next House episode off from work? Maybe a little but the latter is my TV present so it works for me (plus I managed to get it off anyway). Without my computer, I've been rewatching my House S2 DVD in the background and man, I love that season SO MUCH. It's the best. I forgot how much this show cracks me up and if you put all the hilarious moments together, it'd be almost as funny as The Office. And I love House/Stacy and their doomed relationship. And not to mention it is SO slashy. I cannot believe all the great House/Wilson moments there are. And there are some, like when the lyrics "We might kiss when we are alone" come over right when Wilson looks at House and GAH SO CANON. It amazes me. And I'm dyyyying for next week's episode and am going to buy the new TV Guide just for those pretty pictures (and great interview) of Hugh and RSL. I never buy magazines but I must for this one.

I was in the mood for fanfic last night and read some super hot House/Wilson fic so I must rec all of [livejournal.com profile] recrudescence's fanfic. SO GOOD.

New community: [livejournal.com profile] acnt_the_positv that tries to focus on the positive and brighten up people's days.
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Wilson is sad and so am I. [Sep. 30th, 2008|11:59 pm]

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I'm feeling so bummed tonight.

( Ruminations about my life and college )

Didn't like House tonight. One guess why. Promo > Episode. The thing that disappoints me about House is it's never going to be the show I want it to be. I hate the episodic procedural plots sooooooo much and the ducklings are all boring and I don't like them besides Kutner who is very cute. If it was up to me, it'd just be the issues and craziness of House, Wilson and Cuddy's life with minimal medicine stuff when relevant. Also House and Wilson would be together and kissing a lot but hey. And as much as House is my favorite and I always enjoy his hilarity, Wilson is just pure love. I am kind of in love with his voice. And RSL was oh so cute in that interview with Lisa. Saw a little bit of Clueless and Safe the other day and OMG I love House/Wilson and miss them so much. Also saw Failure to Communicate tonight and awww I love House/Stacy too. They're totally doomed but it makes it easier to ship as I can just adore their cuteness and that beautiful hotel scene. I can't help loving the shared history type couples with that past you can never go back to but that connection remains so you can't help but be drawn together.

Back in July in Montreal, I had this wonderful dream where House and Wilson were sitting against a wall (ever notice that Wilson always sits to the right of House/left to our eyes?) and Wilson was all unsure of their relationship and vulnerable and such (post S4) and House leans over and kisses him to try to reassure him with the words he can't say. It was perfect. I blame it for making me desperate to see them kiss. But I was thinking whether it'd ever be possible for me to recreate that dream with vidding. Like in the future can we get actors to be in different positions when they kiss or however you'd do it. Sounds impossible but who knows? And then I had this dream recently with House kissing Wilson on the cheek and it was all so sweet.

I'm dropping Fringe which completely bores me and True Blood where I don't like the characters and relationships because I can't get myself to care to watch them. Maybe I'll catch up with reruns later. I am watching Greek which is enjoyable especially with the great gay storyline and Freaks and Geeks which is not my kind of humor (Judd and me don't mix) but I love Lindsey and James Franco and Jason Segall are incredibly hot, plus cute geeks so I'm enjoying it. In the last week, one person on my list was converted to The Wire and another to Firefly so I'm very happy there :) I kind of want to change my mood theme to an Irina one but it's been so long having this one that I'm not sure I want to change, I just miss seeing it on my Flist. I probably will change back but maybe I will when I have the time to mess with it.

Still have no money, probably won't get hard drive for another month. I have way too many wants for the amount of money I'm making which is one big reason for college then why am I having such problems motivating myself to do well in it? Argh. And I reaaaally miss LA. First it's getting cold here and I hate it more than words can say and then I miss out on Office writers, Arrested Development events and cons in general. Wish I could go to Dallas too so I could see Doris Egan do an informal commentary on House vs. God, still my favorite episode. On the bright side, I now possess the Pushing Daisies DVDs and they are so pretty. Pie-lette is just as perfect as I remembered. I am forever charmed by that show. On my list of favorite all-time shows, PD wins over fifth place which hopefully will continue into TOMORROW, yay!

Links:

[livejournal.com profile] bop_radar's First Vidding Chat talking about vid planning. Feel free to share your thoughts! More background on it here and poll and more discussion here.

The Organization of Transformative Works has released the new fan wiki, Fanlore! Everyone is encouraged to write their own fan history and edit the history of the fandoms they're in.

New community, [livejournal.com profile] queer_as_tv! Basically a community about GLBT representation on television. As I'll watch almost any show that features a gay storyline (case in point, Greek), it's perfect for me.

I love looking at TV ratings cause I love TV too much but if you're interested in how your shows are doing, check out TV By The Numbers. The best thing is the Renew/Cancel Index which predicts which shows will be cancelled or might be by looking at their 18-49 demographic ratings which need to be at 92% of the network's average to have a good chance at surviving. So far Til Death, Old Christine, Lipstick Jungle, Knight Rider, T:TSCC (why is this show not doing better numbers :(), Gary Unmarried, My Name is Earl, Privelled, Prison Break, The Unit, Cold Case and Ugly Betty (noooo) are in danger in order of severity. Thankfully The Office, House, Heroes, Grey's, HIMYM, Gossip Girl, Brothers & Sisters and Supernatural all seem pretty safe. I find it all so fascinating.
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*flails* [Sep. 26th, 2008|11:24 pm]

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So I wake up this morning to hear the BEST news to completely make my day. And yeah, it's ALL about House/Wilson.

( Spoiler for an upcoming episode description of House with date and writer )

Gah, I've just been in the biggest House/Wilson mood lately. I love them so, so much and I have these songs that remind me of them and even a potential vidsong for them (it's not perfect but I have an idea for it). And the show is giving me SO MUCH in terms of text and angst and love and they soooo love each other.

Also my computer is fixed and I'm super happy. Along with the wonderful TV premieres night yesterday, I'm in an awesome mood. More on those TV episodes tomorrow.
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[Sep. 21st, 2008|07:32 pm]

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On the Emmys: Yes, I'm watching. Yes, I still think they're total bullshit. Ignore The Wire on it's FINAL season? Stupid ignorant sluts. So, sure Mad Men will almost certainly win and it's an amazing show but it did not win FAIR. And it does not deserve to win over The Wire. So whathefuckever. I'm just watching to see all my favorite actors and writers and I'll probably be doing other stuff while it's on. It would be very, very nice if Steve would win but I won't be surprised to see him and The Office get robbed again.

On politics: Can someone PLEASE make the election be over? I thought the primaries were bad but this is worse. I hate McCain and Palin (oh god, the CRAZY) and all I want is Obama to win so I can have a little hope in this country and not want to kill myself watching Brothers and Sisters (TV: the only place I can't avoid politics) or actually getting a chance to watch The West Wing. I actually had to leave my History of Women class and plug my ears during half of it because they wouldn't shut up about politics. It fills me with so much rage that I've had to completely unplug from the election for my own sanity and peace of mind. I feel like this country is so going to hell no matter how much I want to believe that the future slowly gets better. The only thing helping me is remembering that no matter what happens, I'll still have the bastion of happiness of fandom not to mention TV, LA and most importantly, friends. This quote from QaF helps too: "So the "thumpa thumpa" continues. It always will. No matter what happens. No matter who's president. As our lady of Disco, the divine Miss Gloria Gaynor has always sung to us: We will survive."

Premiere week is upon us! Almost all my shows will be back during this week. I am still working on catching up on TV after marathoning Sex and the City but I am having a great time watching all the episodes I stored up. Also, found a new show! So this show called Lost in Austen looked fascinating so I gave it a try and loved it! Basically a girl who loves Jane Austen/Pride and Prejudice is transported to that world. Great concept and I adored the Pilot. The main character is very cute and I can't help but love a girl who escapes into books. She reminds me a lot of Gwyn physically but thankfully I like her lots better. Definitely recommend the show to everyone! I actually have never finished Pride and Prejudice, I've read 3/4ths of it twice (better than LotR, I've read the first few chapters like five times) so I'm hoping this will give me more motivation to finally get it finished. In my copious spare time, ha. I am so behind on everything.

On the school front, I like most of my classes so that's good. As expected my two Philosophy classes are my favorites. Sooo fascinating. Ancient Philosopy is incredibly interesting, I love thinking about all that kind of stuff and logic is just so useful and cool to understand. That one I can definitely see being useful with contructing arguments for vids and such. Also plus about my Ancient Philosophy class, the professor is REALLY hot. Like, Mohinder levels hot. Which is why I'm calling him Mohinder especially since the class is on Monday night and I have to speed home to have a chance at watching Heroes. So far they are going well but not too much work so far, thank god.

Loved House last week! I have more thoughts on it but for now, awwww House and Wilson. Make up and make out guys! This is my slogan for this season (really any season). And I even have a pretty House and Wilson kissing wallpaper that makes me happy everytime I look at it. Also, The Office premiering this Thursday! I'm so excited for my favoritest show to be back :D
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Together, House and Wilson rule the world! And other TV thoughts. [Sep. 16th, 2008|06:48 pm]

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Late on this but I can't post to LJ from my computer right now so:

Except for Mad Men, these are mostly brief as I don't have the episodes anymore and I can't remember everything.

( Mad Men 207 Thoughts )

( Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 201 Thoughts )

( Spoilers for Entourage 501 )

( Spoilers for Gossip Girls 202 )

( Spoilers for Project Runway 509 )

I watched Fringe awhile ago but my unspoilery reaction was I thought it was really boring. The only thing saving it for me was my love for Pacey as Joshua Jackson was great and cute along with seeing Lance and Kirk again. The lead actress felt really really bland and the "science" type stuff was either lame, gross or both. The twist at the end was okay but I really hope the series picks up after a few episodes. At least Alias and Lost both had great Pilots so this was a disappointment from JJ. I've learned that if I love the characters I can stick with his shows long term and if I like the plots I can stick short term and so far neither of them is working so I hope one does and soon.

Also I watched True Blood awhile ago as well and wasn't impressed. The good thing is I love the concept so I'm hoping the show will pick up once it finds it's feet. The writing didn't seem that great to me though, surprising coming from the Six Feet Under guy but mostly I HATED the "meant to be" main couple. I am just getting so sick of being told two characters see each other and all of a sudden they're in love or some such nonsense. Give them common personality traits and common interests and some chemistry cause I'm not seeing it. The sex seemed rather gratuitous too. I'll keep watching and see.

In my spare time, I have gotten completely addicted to Sex in the City. I am beginning Season 5 and I just can't stop. It was supposed to be my fun show to watch once in awhile and now I can't get enough. I love the focus on relationships and how they'll discuss any aspect of sex. The fashions are wonderful too as is recognizing stuff in NYC. I love them all really besides Charlotte whose a bit too marriage n'babies for my tastes. And I reeeally didn't want to get invested in the Carrie/Big thing but DAMN THEM, they got me hooked onto their whole drama. Their lack of communication drives me up the wall though but gah Big can be so damn sexy and charismatic. And the most charming character I've ever seen. I am utterly charmed. He can be my Prince Charming any day.

OMG I can't wait til House!! A girl from my newspaper got to watch the first two episodes ahead of time to review them and now I'm sooo jealous and wish I had applied for the position as it's not that difficult (as in I could do better than them). I can't believe the day is finally here when I get to see my show in realtime again and squee madly at House/Wilson. I've been thinking about it all day and was counting down the days all week and now it's finally here OMG. I missed that feeling of excitement at a premiere, knowing that I finally get more ship love that'll make my day. And I need it as my day has been crap and full of self-loathing. But this will definitely cheer me up. Wish people wouldn't be doing that Supernatural quote meme when all I can think of is House so here's my House quote:

Wilson: "You can be a real jerk sometimes, you know that?"
House: "Yeah. And you're the good guy."
Wilson: "At least I try."
House: "As long as you're trying to be good, you can do whatever you want."
Wilson: "And as long as you're not trying, you can say whatever you want."
House: "So between us, we can do anything. We can rule the world!"

Or at least rule my world. House/Wilson forever!
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TV, Gossip Girl, College and NYC [Sep. 2nd, 2008|11:53 pm]

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I'm so happy the fall TV season is finally starting! With the premiere of Gossip Girls and Prison Break yesterday, it's finally begun. I can hardly believe it's September already. I'm still working on catching up with Prison Break so Gossip Girl is my first show of the night. In an effort to not procrastinate and wait to write things until they're perfect thereby never getting to writing them at all, I'm going to try to start posting my first reactions to all the TV I'm watching with some shows getting longer thoughts later or at first. So to begin it, my fun, pretty, melodramatic soap opera is back:

( Spoilers for Gossip Girls 201 )

At the moment I'm most excited for House because House/Wilson OMG. Sant Doris Egan proved once again why she is our saint with this AMAZING interview. Mild spoilers for the season but worth it for me. I seriously could not be more excited about this season. Everytime I think, how can it get any more slashier, more canon? And then it does! I mean, look: "I feel like House and Wilson, they deserve mythology. They're larger-than-life characters. YES YES YES. ILU Doris. And when I read that I was like, House and Wilson, they're the stuff of legends. And THEN I remember that Doris wrote two great episodes of Smallville, Hourglass and Hug and in the latter, that's what Lex says to Clark. Clearly, she's awesome. ( Spoilers for this season from the article )

Funny enough, I just got into Dark Angel and I'm loving it. It's so cool that Doris was a writer on it! The show is definitely appealing to me with kickass Max and the whole character backstory and the world and I LOVE the plotline. Lots of intrigue, great action and suspense. I wish we could get rid of the loser dude but I love her friends. Not into the Logan/Max thing which feels like they're shoving down our throats which I hate but as friends, they're nice and Logan is very hot. Can't wait til Alec shows up though. I'm only on 105 but I can't wait to watch as much as I can! Wish I had the time to marathon it completely. I love that feeling though between this and Slings and Arrows (SO MUCH LOVE), it reminds me why I love TV. But I will say between Dark Angel, the sickening events in Minnesota and a bad experience with a police officer (no ticket though thank god), I'm feeling very anti-police. Way too much power and it freaks me out. On the new TV front, I'm starting to watch Bones and I enjoyed the pilot so at least there's that. Not sure if I'll ship Brennan/Booth but that one wall scene was HOT. I am easy with walls.

I went to the Great NY State Fair for the first time yesterday since I was a kid (which I don't remember) and it was fun! I rode the roller coaster there and the ferris wheel, tried to climb this rock climbing wall (it was HARD), saw a seal lion show which was super cute, petted and saw goats, ponies, llamas (VVC mascot love!), sheep, pigs, chickens and the cutest rabbits ever, saw some fireworks and walked around and saw everything. It was great to finally see everything. At the sea lion show there was the cutest moment when the trainer through a ring for them to catch too far and the other sea lion picked it up and put it on the other sea lion. Awww.

So tomorrow I start college again. I'm taking four classes at the local community college to make sure I'm ready for classes again before I go back to Chapman (plus it's cheaper). I'm really nervous and I know I need to do well after I crashed a nd burned a year ago during spring semester. I'm taking:

Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 9-10 Logic, 10-11 History of American Women (although I may change this if I can find something I like better)
Monday: 6-9 PM History of Ancient Philosophy
Thursday: 6-8:45 PM (can make it back home in time for The Office!) Intro to Microeconomics

I'm much more motivated to do the work and study for them after my time off in the last year so hopefully that will help. Mostly I'm just scared of failing though *worries* I just want to get back to trying to do well in school like I did back in say, seventh grade.

So on Sunday I'm going to NYC to go see the US Open final but I'm going to leave on Saturday so I can do some sightseeing and such (I miss the city!). Does anyone have any recommendations of things to do? I've already seen the Empire State building, Statue of Liberty, Chinatown, Little Italy, Rockerfeller Center, Times Square and probably some other famous attraction I'm forgetting but it was only one week so I probably missed out on a lot. Also, does anyone who lives in the NYC area want to hang out and either come with me or just watch TV/vids? I miss being with other fans! And if anyone has an extra bed or floor space that I could crash on Saturday night, I'd really appreciate it.

I totally forgot about The Office S4 DVD coming out today *facepalm* I've just had a lot on my mind and I didn't see any reminders about it so I totally forgot. Hopefully Target will still have the DVDs with the extra footage on them because I really, really want one.

Okay, time for some 90120! New TV YAY *happiness*
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TV, the Olympics and VIVIDCON (4 more days!) [Aug. 10th, 2008|12:13 am]

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OMG you guys! [livejournal.com profile] sisabet just made an Arrested Development vid!!! It's about George Michael and it's incredibly cute and hilariously funny (show, how are you so brilliant?) and I adore it to pieces. Go watch now!

Remember how I said I wasn't going to spoil myself for House? Well I resisted until a few days ago when the promos came out and I just couldn't not look (plus video spoilers aren't as bad as text) And thank god I did because OMG can House and Wilson get any slashier? I swear, I was speechless and then sent into the land of flailing squee. I just...wow. Don't ever change, show! (SO CANON) ( Spoilers for the promos, I can't not talk about them )

So Flist, how did I not hear that Nathan Fillion is going to star in a new show, The Castle about a horror writer that consults with the NYPD that's probably going to be picked up by ABC midseason? And that there's also a good chance that Rob Thomas's show, Good Behavior about a family of criminals led by a matriarch will be picked up then as well. So awesome! ABC keeps getting good points with me. Also I updated my TV schedule with premiere dates and apparently I'm watching 27 shows this year not counting the 10 or so new shows I'm checking out. Um, I'm crazy? Thank god I like it that way. And I'm so behind but apparently J.K Rowling is going to do a collection of short stories including something with Dumbledore/Grindelwald OMG YAY! I definitely want to learn more about my one remaining HP ship.

So I was thinking about how I'm just not very interested in the sports at the Olympics but then someone mentioned gymnastics and I was like YES THAT. That's what I want to watch! I love gymnastics, used to do it as a kid but got frustrated that I had to do floor and sometimes vault when I really just wanted to do bars and beam all day. I still would like to take it up again someday as I reeally liked doing the uneven bars. Apart from that and a little tennis, I'm mostly just going to be checking out random sports once and awhile. I'm rooting for USA of course but I'm always up for cheering for any countries and players who do a great job and make it fun to watch. And of course, I'll cheer more for teams from people who are on my Flist. So far the countries I've got are Canada, the UK, Australia, Belgium, Germany, France, New Zealand, Sweden, Spain...anyone on my Flist from somewhere else? I'm sure I'm forgetting some because I suck at thinking of things at the top of my head.

I watched a little of the So You Think You Can Dance finale and it was fun. I finally got to see the great Will who was wonderful. Mostly though I lamented the lack of m/m dances. I wondered if there ever was any until conveniently someone on my Flist answered my question with no unless you count the fight dances or whatnot. Cmon, there's gotta be another Prom scene out there someday! I do enjoy shows like American Idol and the dancing shows because I do love singing and dance but there's just not enough of a creative competition element like Project Runway. Plus I hate the America voting aspect because ultimately it usually ends up like political elections where I am left cursing half the population for having the bad sense to choose someone I don't like. Thank god the stakes are much lower. I'd rather just get mad at a few judges who at least are more qualified to judge than me.

Have I mentioned that my last external hard drive stopped working on my laptop? Works on other computers, just not mine. Argh. And it has all my Queer as Folk episodes on it! Not only can I not vid it but now when I'm in the mood for my B/J and pretty gay boy loving, I can't even watch it. Why is life so unfair? And to continue with the tech curse, three pairs of headphones (two cheap, one expensive), stopped working. The first two in a span of two days. It's ridiculous really.

So I went to Ithaca this weekend to visit [livejournal.com profile] lianri and did some shopping and found some great things! I'm excited. Project Runway has also influenced me way too much and I kept finding clothes that reminded me of Christian. I found one shirt that is *perfect* for Vividcon...except I won't be able to wear it til next year. Damn it. I love it LOTS though.

Speaking of Vividcon, only 4 more days! Eeeee. I'm caught up with Psych so now I only have to finish Smallville season 7 in four days. Totally doable, at least for me. I am so glad VVC is this weekend because the one thing that I want to go to second most in all the world, training with Jillian Michaels (and hanging out!) with a bunch of people from her site is that very same weekend. On the one hand, it sucks that it's at the same time but since there's no way I could afford it anyway, at least I won't spend a weekend at home being jealous. I'll be at Vividcon having an amazing time! In the end, VVC rules all.

One more day until Mad Men! Yes, I have been counting down days every single day this week. I am so easy sometimes.
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Journey's End [Jul. 6th, 2008|02:51 am]

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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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Totally random dream [May. 13th, 2008|08:13 am]

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So I just had a dream where I was magically transported to Saudi Arabia. Seriously brain, WTF?! I have no idea where that came from. I don't even know much about the country so I had a hard time imagining a lot heh. But there was an ocean and there was all this orange smoke and lots of wind and I was walking then driving to someone's home. And then I was actually in a movie with a small extra speaking role and then my cousin showed up and it was all really weird. Saudi Arabia, wth? I am perplexed.

Saw the House preview for the next episode again OMGHOLYSHITWTF?! If I'm not crying throughout the episode I don't know what's going to be wrong with me. Oh the beautiful angst.

God I really hate going to work early. Doing it always reminds me how much I hate it.
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The brain is so effin hot. [May. 12th, 2008|11:09 pm]

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Part One of The Two Episode Titles that complete me!

( Spoilers for House 415: House's Head )

Also I caught the last minutes of Bones and I don't even watch the show but HOLY SHIT. It freaked even me out. It was so very Angel right there.

Random Chuck mention because the guest star on that show was in this episode: I found all the episodes very entertaining but my favorite was the second to last episode where they had a SpyRents-esque thing going on. Not as much as I thought but I am so desperate for them that I didn't care. It's not surprising it being a spy show but I'm always happy to see just a bit of that dynamic on my screen again. See Primeval for more.
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Canon bitches, ie the one where I flail over House/Wilson some more [May. 12th, 2008|04:21 pm]

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So while I'm waiting anxiously for tonight's House (eeeeeeee four more hours!), here's my belated commentary on Don't Ever Change (there will never be enough exclamation points and capslock to contain my glee).

( Spoilers for House 412: Don't Ever Change )
I don't know if these are considered spoilers but just to be safe:

( Brief Thoughts on the two episode titles for the next two House episodes )

Also a House/Wilson vid rec that fills me with love: Girlfriend by [livejournal.com profile] mystictwilight. The song is hilariously addictive and it really just had to be done. The graphic is perfect and a nice little You Put Me There shout out/demonstration. It's all in good fun. Anyways I love how fast moving the vid is that fits well with the music, the effects that work with the song/concept, the repeated parallels and expressions and the priceless lyric and clip matchings. It's all so much fun and all her vids fill me with H/W squee and joy (she did the amazing If We Shadows Have Offended, House/Dead Poet's Society crossover as well).

Also I've been listening to some House/Wilson podfic (which I love btw) and I found an amazing one that works the best for me as a podfic versus a fic. Love is a Battlefield", written by [livejournal.com profile] starlingthefool is just amazing. I love how she captures the characters' voices, the hilariously brilliant concept, the MUSIC and how ridiculously romantic it all is. Mmmm it was so much fun and so much happy bouncy goodnes to listen to this and it kept getting better all the way through. As always, fic/podfic recs are appreciated.

OMG 30 minutes left!
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The Shows I Watch [May. 6th, 2008|06:47 pm]

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Based on that essay that started it all, the what shows are you watching meme. I have way too many shows for this meme, but oh well (it took me forever though!). All of my shows behind the cut, find the ones you watch/are interested in.

( Shows I Currently Watch )

( Shows I Used To Watch (and sometimes still do) )

Doing this just reminds me how much I love TV and all my characters and ships and thank god for all of them proving so much joy in my life along with the fandoms that develop from them. I love TV! At the same time though, I've been feeling an overload because I have so many amazing so many great shows and ships I'm loving right now. I've been getting into House fandom, specifically House/Wilson because when I first got into the show I was deep into Office obsession territory and I didn't give my favorite slash ship the attention they deserve. So if I recently friended you, that's probably why. And I'm LOVING this season and all the slash so that's inspiring me a lot in reading fic, watching vids, watching the best episodes, listening to podfic and reading discussions about them. At the same time, I still am reading some Beecher/Keller fanfic, loving Brian/Justin fandom sparking my love for them, squeeing over Barney/Robin, watching Ryan/Colin clips on youtube and reading favorite fics and every time someone mentions Jack/Irina (or I see a picture), my heart squees and I get very tempted to start obsessing about them again. There's just so much great ships and shows out there.

On a different note, I haven't watched American Idol for years (I watched an episode of the Carrie Underwood and Bo season a long time ago) but I wanted to check out the Beatles episode(s) because I love their music and it was pretty entertaining. It hasn't changed much, I still dislike Ryan Seacrest (sorry [livejournal.com profile] dollsome), I still love Simon (I can see why House worked as a great follower to the show) and he's very slashy with Ryan, and the singers are all decently talented and mildly entertaining. The David A kid is way, way too cute. Ultimately I stopped watching and will continue to because it feels like a waste of time in a popularity contest whereas I love creative reality TV with unique challenges each week. On the other hand, it made me watch Scooby Road again and OMG I love that vid so much. My third favorite vid ever and the end gets me every time.

Lots of TV thoughts to come!
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House Squee! [Apr. 28th, 2008|10:05 pm]

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I swear everytime I think this show can't get better or slashier, it DOES. And omg I love it.

( Spoilers for House: No More Mr. Nice Guy )

Mmmm and now I'm off to find House/Wilson fanfic as I always feel the need to after watching House. It's good to be back! Not to mention the last two episode titles sound PERFECT and MADE FOR ME. Sometimes this show is exactly what I want (you know, besides the episodic plots and ducklings but everything else, yes!).
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Update Pt. 1 [Feb. 21st, 2008|09:43 am]

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I have a lot of stuff to catch up on so bear with me.

So I have made it back to Syracuse, NY but not before the Travel Curse struck again! I had my first late night flight a week and a half ago and it was awesome to have Dan in Real Life being the movie they played for us. I had a one stop flight so I landed in Philly where I had to go from the D gate to the F gate. I carry my heavy laptop bag and backpack and walk to get to the F gate when I see a metaphoric fork in the road so to speak saying one way to the ABCD gates and another sign to E and F and another with a warning about how if you go this way you have to rescreen. They mention a shuttle but I don't see a sign for it so I go towards the E and F gate. When I see a security guard I ask him where I can catch the shuttle to the F gate. Surprise! I missed it and I was told I couldn't go back and had to keep walking. And of course I had to rescreen at 7 am EST with a huge line and 50 minutes til my flight left it. I kept getting closer and closer and hoping I'd make it, pissed off because I never wanted to be in a situation where I would miss my flight (I always try to get there 2 hours early) and of course with 10 minutes to my flight leaves I get through airport security where they take five minutes taking out ALL my hard drives and cords and putting them through the baggage checker even when I told them I needed to hurry. And of course my gate was the farthest away so even though I ran I missed my flight. Thankfully another one left in two hours so it wasn't too bad a wait but then when I get back to Syracuse they lose my check in luggage. The good news is they returned it a day later but it was still extra frustration.

I'm back now and although it's cold, I'm all layered up and at the moment it's not too bad so I don't even need my winter coat :) I can deal with it for a few months. I am SO happy to see my cats again, I missed them so much and now I have many hugs and cuddle sessions to catch up on. Am currently looking for a job which I should hopefully get soon as I need some money. The bad news is TWO of my hard drives have stopped working, the ones with all my DVDs (thankfully I have some on my last remaining hard drive for my current vid projects), music (I have some on my laptop so I'm not totally screwed there) and TV shows. But I do have fast internet back so it doesn't take very long to download stuff. I had forgotten how nice it is to download an episode in 10 minutes or so :D I'm disappointed that a short trip to NYC I was going to do today didn't happen but thankfully NYC is only 5 hours or so away and hopefully I can visit soon! I really want to see Bryant Park and hopefully Tim Gunn if I can plan a trip right. I just miss the city even if LA will always own my heart.

I spent my time after my trip catching up on some shows, marathoning Lost and reorganizing my vid files and a few other things. Up til now, My Videos has been organized by having many folders named by fandom and I'd put a vid I downloaded into the fandom folder it belonged too. But to make it easier to open up a lot of vids all at once, I decided to rename ALL my vid files by adding the fandom to the beginning of the video even if it was just "Anime", "Movies" or "Multifandom". I also made a New Vids folder for the vids I download that I'm too lazy to rename and to make it easier to watch new vids I download. It took awhile and I had to reconstruct my vids playlist but it's been worth it has everything is much more organized and easier to get at and with my 40+ GB of vids, I need that. How does everyone else organize their vids? In order to catch up with my Flist I also made some filters to put every single member of my Flist on a smaller reading list to make it less overwhelming to reply to posts. So far that's worked pretty well although hopefully I won't need to use it too much.

The Writer's strike is over! YAY :D I find it wonderfully coincidental that I leave for CA when the strike began and left right when it ended. I am so happy to at least get a salvaged season with some news episodes of some of my favorite shows. Namely The Office in which we get 6 more episodes and possibly an hour finale! I'm am just SO EXCITED to see the next episode on April 10th which is supposed to be amazing and funny and intense and unique. So I'm really looking forward to that. Not so excited about them skipping ahead in time because I like to see how things progress and for vidding purposes. The good news is almost all my shows are renewed and I'm hoping desperately that Friday Night Lights will be renewed. I cannot wait til April! Should be awesome to have new TV on almost every night.

In hopefully what will be the last time I talk politics before November, a quick word. I am for (and will vote for) whatever Democrat wins the primary. I'd be okay with either of them although I prefer Obama but as long as Bush is gone and there is not another Republican in the White House then I'm happy. Should be fun to live with a super conservative and Ron Paul supporter politics people until November though (NOT). I will find refuge in my politics free zone or mostly liberal Flist happy place though.

Okay, meme time! ( 5 question and 5 OTP memes )

[written yesterday] Yay Project Runway tonight! I love Wednesday's because it's the start of new episodes with PR and Torchwood. And tonight is a reunion episode and I LOVE reunion episodes. The video montages are always awesome and there is lots more Tim Gunn and it's fun seeing all the contestants again. I don't think they can ever beat the S2 one though but here's hoping. I'm SURE we're going to see a Ricky crying video and a Christian one with all the time he says fierce or similar funny statements. And this time I can actually watch it live and not have to wait five days for the torrent!

( Spoilers up to the latest Project Runway episode (not the reunion) )

( Spoilers for Stargate Atlantis up to Midway )

Contrary to most of my Flist, I'm just not feeling the Supernatural love these days. I don't know if it's overexposure or S3 in general but I just can't get emotional about the boys and show anymore :( I cried at the S2 finale and now just nothing. And I'm not really intellectually interested anymore. I have really liked the last few episodes and Dean and Sam have been really cute so at least there's that. I'm glad everyone else is loving and investing in the show though.

So I'm watching Eli Stone primary for Victor Garber and thankfully it is pretty funny enough to keep me entertained. The biggest GLEE moment is definitely getting to see Victor sing. Here's a youtube clip of it. I love his voice. It's such a disconnect seeing him so NOT!Jack Bristow but his line at the scene reminds me strongly of him so at least there's that. But he SMILES! I will never get enough of that; it makes me smile in turn. The other thing about the show I love is Tom Amandes is in it! I loved him in Everwood and just seeing him onscreen makes me happy.

( Spoilers for Eli Stone up to 103 )

In more Victor Garber singing clips of LOVE, here's him singing and then singing and dancing in Anne with my favorite song from the musical. I pretty much die with glee everytime I see it. He's SO CUTE! It is a little too much for me to handle. Oh and him being gay only makes me love him even more. I sure do know how to pick them :)

Next post: DIY, more TV and Jack/Irina gushing (OMG I LOVE THEM SO MUCH).
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This completes me. [Feb. 5th, 2008|10:42 pm]

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*bows to Saint Doris Egan*

My mind is blown. House/Wilson for the motherfucking WIN!

This must be what heaven feels like.

More tomorrow when I'm coherent.
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Superbowl and House! [Feb. 3rd, 2008|10:08 pm]

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YAY GIANTS!!! I am soooo happy they won and broke my string of bad/boring Superbowls. It helps that I despise the Patriots and this felt like sweet revenge for when they beat my beloved Eagles. And I've always loved the Giants so it was an awesome victory. I was initially scared about the lack of TD's, that it'd turn into the depressing Chargers game but instead it was fantastic! They freaked me out with the almost interceptions and last second TD drive and third downs but in the end they pulled it off :) My favorite moment was when Eli escaped the sack and threw an amazing pass that the receiver caught barely right on his fingertips over two defenders. So awesome. This is what football's all about. Wish I was in NYC now. Congrats to the Giants! *victory dance*

House has been awesome the last two weeks and I think Tuesday's episode should be the same!

( Spoilers for the last two House episodes and preview )

I am definitely going to buy a cheap keyboard tomorrow.
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Vidding and TV Memes [Jan. 15th, 2008|03:51 pm]

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Happy Birthday [livejournal.com profile] klia! I love your vids and think you are a kind and awesome person :) And yes, I'm going to try to do these this year since I will hopefully be posting more.

Know what's wonderful? Being out all day (including reading some interesting/inspiring books in the local bookstore) only to come home to read my amazing Flist. Just reading LJ, reading comments and seeing lots of vidding love puts me in such an awesome mood as I saw once again yesterday. It's just nice reading about so many things I'm interested in and that feels like *home* to me in a community way. I love it and don't know what I did before fandom.

If you haven't seen by now (have you been living under a rock?), the The Great Vidding Truth Meme is going around again where you can tell listed vidders anonymously what you think of their vids including (and encouragingly) constructive criticism. My thread is here and I would LOVE to receive any comments especially any thoughts on how I can improve as I'm always looking to get better. But everything is definitely appreciated. So if you'd like to make any comments on any vidders work and maybe find some new vidders, it's a great place for it. I really love to read the various opinions on vidders' work, it's always interesting to see what people think.

( That Television Meme which I had to do as they used some Office quotes for titles )

Speaking of TV theme song, I am in LOVE with the S4 theme of The Wire. I can listen to it over and over for hours nonstop. It's just so emotionally resonant especially with the singers. I uploaded it here if anyone needs it. Also, does anyone have the Due South theme with words that I could download? I only have the instrumental and the words make all the difference in this case.
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Vid Rec and Rewatching Shows [Nov. 24th, 2007|01:59 pm]

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Happy Belated Thanksgiving! I hope everyone had a great day full of reasons to be thankful. I've been feeling rather laconic and withdrawn lately so I haven't had much to say lately although I have a bunch of posts to make at some point. I truly am thankful to be here in the greatest place on earth, California (for me) and to have family, friends and the wonderful joys of TV and fandom. Don't know where I'd be without all that.

For now though, I have a vid rec for a vid I'm completely in love with! When I heard [livejournal.com profile] buffyann was watching and loving Queer as Folk and specifically Brian/Justin, I was ecstatic (I believe my exact words were "We got Buffyann! We got Buffyann!"). And today she finally released a vid for the show! The vid is When the Sun Goes Down, Brian/Justin, Club Vivid style with lots of fast paced, amazing editing with the most beautiful, hottest clips out there of my favorite ship. I haven't seen a vid this hot since Danger by [livejournal.com profile] f1renze. Beautiful use of motion that mesmerizes you into the wonderful world of the show. Also, two boys kissing and loving will never not be hot. I am a slasher at heart and always will be. *rewatches vid over and over*

I watched Enchanted the other day and enjoyed it a lot but it made me wish for a gay fairytale movie to come out. Probably will take it awhile but that would definitely make me happy to see. Sometimes I really wish there was a lot more shows like QaF out there where the default wasn't straight and slashers wouldn't even have to slash, it would just be there. I will keep wishing!

I finished my rewatch of Veronica Mars S1 today. Wow, that show will always emotionally get to me so well. Oh Veronica and Lily <3. I only wish the show had stayed at the same level for S2 and S3. It's nice getting to rewatch shows that I usually am too busy to. I'm rewatching House (or at least everything that has House, Wilson or Cuddy in it) in order to take clip notes (so boring but worth it!) for it and it definitely has some wonderful quotes and OTP and OT3 scenes. The end of 105 in particular is adorable :) House/Wilson just totally own my heart. It's funny how I've been adoring Wilson even more these days to the point where I almost wish the show was all about him. Are there any good Wilson vids out there that aren't too shippy? In any case, it's so nice to see Wilson actually get screen time that doesn't take place thirty minutes into an episode. In fact, a lot of the time he gets the very first scene. It just shows how important he really is, at least back in the day. Same with Cuddy who didn't get any of the screen time she deserved last week in an episode all about her. At least watching the first season is letting me see and enjoy House, Wilson and Cuddy so I can get my filling of them.

These Christmas sales are waaay too tempting when I don't have the money for it. I want so many TV shows on DVD! Not to mention the big screen TV and 1 TB external hard drive (it's for vidding!). Ah well, someday...
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Damn you, Fox! (wherein The Office writers are dawesome) [Nov. 14th, 2007|07:45 am]

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It's been a crazy week. Tuesday I went to the SAG solidarity stike at Universal and met a ton of famous people (more to come tonight as I'm too tired now) And on Friday I went to the big Fox rally and picketed with The Office writers and actors. It's hard to describe how awesome and nice and great everyone is. But I will do my best. Here's the list of people at the Fox Rally:

Fox Rally Meetings:
Mindy Kaling, writer and actor on The Office
Justin Spitzer, writer on The Office
Jennifer Celotta, writer on The Office
Paul Lieberstein, writer and actor on The Office
Ed Helms, actor on The Office (only a sighting here)
Brent Forrester, writer on The Office
Michael Schur, writer and actor on The Office (only a sighting here)
Greg Daniels, writer and executive producer on The Office
Rainn Wilson, actor (and improviser!) on The Office
Tony, new writer on The Office
Ryan, new writer on The Office
Larry Wilmore, one time writer and consulting producer on The Office
Two Reno 11 guys (sighting)
Jason Bateman, actor in Arrested Development
Matt Battaglia, actor in Queer as Folk (Drew Boyd!)
Josh Radnor, actor on How I Met Your Mother
C.S Lee, actor on Dexter and Chuck
Julie Louis Dreyfous, actor on Arrested Development and Seinfield and New Adventures of Christine (sighting)
Matthew Weiner, creator of Mad Men

It was kind of like celebrity overload. It was good to see all the support for the strike out there and to support them myself! Also I got to see [livejournal.com profile] hafital and [livejournal.com profile] snoopypez (Tuesday) which was fun and made both experiences much more enjoyable.

( Details and Pictures under the cut )

The place I'm staying at has four cats who are all super cute and make me a lot happier to be here. I love cats. The pictures are under the cut as well.

( Pictures under the cut although not too many, sorry! )

It figures that on the hottest day yet when I could utilize the Pacific Ocean and LA beaches, I'm too exhausted from Tuesday. Oh well. I've been rewatching Veronica Mars S1 and I love it sooo much. Now I remember how good this show can be and how much I love the great OT4, Veronica/Lily/Logan/Duncan or whatever way you want to put them. The Wrath of Khan still has one of my favorite storylines ever and the end always makes me cry a little. Oh, Lily. I still wish there had been a VM prequel. Still one of my favorite seasons ever and shows how important storylines are. I really want to vid it but am still searching for the right song. Today I also rewatched the Gilmore Girls pilot and OMG it's the cutest thing ever! It reminds me of Pushing Daisies in how charming and funny and how great the dialogue is. Plus I am full of love for all the characters especially Lorelai <3. Knowing how it all ends makes it all the more poignant especially that last scene. They really have grown a lot. I actually do have a vid song for the show but I'm not quite sure if it fits Luke/Lorelai and I don't have the motivation do it to Dean/Rory or whatever else would fit better. Ooh and I loved House last night! First all around good episode since the S4 opener IMHO (not counting the squeeful 97 Seconds plotline of LOVE).

It's weird, I always feel like I'm on East Coast time when I'm in California. Like at 6 PM, it felt like 10 to me or sometime later. And then I wake up at 6 or 7 which is just ridiculous for me. Brain, adjust to the time zone already! Also, it's sad that I actually wish today wasn't Thursday. Because it's the last time a new Office episode will be airing, probably for the year :( And I hear there's a cliffhanger which sucks. Today I'm going to the Raleigh Studios (where I met Melora last year!) to join the "Gay Gate" picket and hopefully see some people from Ugly Betty the "gayest show on TV" :) I love my show. Plus it'll be great to support TWO causes I believe in.
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Wishing it was Thursday [Oct. 30th, 2007|10:05 pm]

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I really, really wish it was Thursday. Like almost every fangirl out there, I know, but this week especially. I am just looking forward to the next Office episode SO MUCH. I mean, Mindy Kaling + Joss Whedon? PERFECTION. That reminds me that in the Writer's Q and A period, they were all singing the praises of Joss Whedon. And although I saw some of the episode all it's done is want to make me see it again and I didn't catch some of the lines so I want to actually hear everything. The storylines truly are amazing. And I miss my characters. It really is an Office family and they're mine and I relate to all of them so much. I am so in love with this show it's not even funny (except the show is). I want to be immersed in it always.

No other show comes close for me. Pushing Daisies is the closest one airing right now and The Wire is amazing too...but I don't completely relate and love the characters with all my being and enjoy the plotlines wholeheartedly and become super fannish about it. There's just something special about The Office. I wonder what would have happened if I never watched it and I shudder at the thought. I wish I could pinpoint the exact moment I fell in love with the show but all I know was it was somewhere in the S2. And now it's just such a big part of my life.

I was thinking and really if I could combine The Office and House, Wilson and Cuddy together, I'd have my perfect show. Because then I'd have a huge OTC character and super squeeful OTP ship (I still love Michael/Jan but the current dynamic is not so much my OTP thing) along with all the rest of my show. But yet my modes of enjoying both shows are different with House being much more cynical and it would be hard to combine the shows so in reality it wouldn't really work. And in the end, The Office is almost perfect as it is so it doesn't need much.

Why isn't it Thursday????
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House 404 [Oct. 23rd, 2007|10:07 pm]

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( House 404: Guardian Angel Spoilers )
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OMG!!!!!!!!!!! [Oct. 9th, 2007|10:08 pm]

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OMG HOUSE!! My squee-o-meter is offically broken. WOW. Now THIS is why I watch TV. I haven't felt this high since Cocktails in February.

( Spoilers for the latest House episode and capslock warning )

Anyone have any House/Wilson recs? *desperate*

I love TV, I really do. Thank you so much for all the gifts and happiness you provide me.
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Brief TV Update [Sep. 30th, 2007|01:01 am]

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I've had a really crazy/busy week but I wanted to say something about TV because I had planned a post but took a 5 hour nap instead.

I LOVE TV. It completes me, it really does. Having so many of my shows premiering this week and seeing my Flist squee just reminded me of what TV adds to my life and how happy and gleeful it makes me. Plus I got to watch some of it with [livejournal.com profile] lianri which was a lot of fun. I'm still behind on seeing some premieres/second episodes but I will get to that by tomorrow hopefully. For now, short non-spoilery reactions.

How I Met Your Mother: Love it! Hilarious and hot and cute and sweet. Just the way I like it.
Chuck: I enjoyed it! Very entertaining and a great concept. Chuck is so cute.
Heroes: LOVE it! Mr. Bennett and Claire! *hearts them* Matt and Mohinder and Molly! My super cute Hiro is back :D Somehow this show turned into a character love show for me. And it was funny!
House: OMG LOVE! I still have not recovered. This is one of THE episodes that shows why I watch the show along with Act Your Age, All In, House vs. God and Safe. Lots of House hilarity, House/Wilson SQUEE and House/Cuddy love. The OT3 rules all.
Reaper: I enjoyed it! Much funnier than I thought and pretty entertaining concept.
Pushing Daises: Not on yet but I rewatched half the pre-air version and LOVED it once again. The pretty and the concept and the narrator and the cute main character and oh, everything have won me over.
Private Practice: Meh. I love LA and I love Addison but that's about it. The characters need to get better but I'll give it a few episodes.
Gossip Girl (pilot): I like the idea of it but right now it's not clicking for me. NYC is awesome and I hear the books are good so I'm giving it more time.
Dirty Sexy Money: LOVE it! Second favorite pilot of the season and I think it's awesome (the name IS the best). The characters are fun and interesting, the plot is entertaining, it's funny and it reminds me of Arrested Development which I miss a lot so this helps. Highly recommended.
Ugly Betty: Love it! It totally made me cry yet was so funny. Also, I LOVE Justin times infinity. He and Hiro are having an adorable contest and Justin is winning at the moment.
The Office: LOVED IT! My show is back and once again it's the best and makes me the happiest. I laughed throughout the entire thing and loved all my characters SO MUCH. How is this show so good? My glee is indescribably high.
Grey's Anatomy: I liked it. It's gotten better but a few of last season's problems and one new one is still dragging the show down. But I LOVED Cristina who is awesome and rules all so I'll keep watching.
Stargate Atlantis: I liked it! My Rodney love is back in full force and McShep is still super cute and are so boyfriends. Yay!

May TV never leave me again.
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Well, you always left me satisfied and smiling (TWSS!) [Jun. 20th, 2007|11:32 pm]

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The main reason for this post is to give a big Happy Birthday to [livejournal.com profile] keewick and [livejournal.com profile] dualbunny! Not only are you two amazing vidders but also super cool and kind people that I have the pleasure of knowing :) Also a Happy Belated Birthday to [livejournal.com profile] messyjessie58 and [livejournal.com profile] mizzmeow! I hope you both had a wonderful and special day.

I have been in a House/Wilson loving mood lately after rewatching the H/W parts of Sex Kills to House vs. God (LOVE that episode) not to mention Babies & Bathwater. I had forgotten how freaking hilarious this show is especially when you remove the boring medical crap. And also, so very, very slashy. Oh and I finally got a chance to see Inside the Actor's Studio with Huge Laurie and I almost died with love for him. Not to mention the House/Wilson "I'm game" squeeage, my problems with the question aside (she should have only asked the first question and left it at that). At the moment, I think the show should stick with subtext for the three main couples (how awesome is it that H/W is actually a main couple) or go out and do all three. Less with the dating and more with crazy affairs to see how House handles relationships. I would even be okay with House/Cameron if they gave House/Wilson the same treatment although I know that would never happen. I just love how the show looks into character issues, that's a big reason why I'm watching it.

I've actually been reading some amazing fic for them and loving it especially Gentle Implosions by [livejournal.com profile] elynross that completely blows me away and reminds me why I read fanfic again. I highly recommend it. If you have any House/Wilson amazing fic recs for me, now's the time to let me know. And also I found a House vid I enjoyed by [livejournal.com profile] kuwdora here that has some great internal motion matching the music and a great song choice because House is definitely a universal cynic.

Still working on the Premieres vid and I keep getting work done it and then hitting a brick wall. I had forgotten how hard vidding can be when you're not sure how best to communicate something to the audience and whether its any good or not. Vidding is hard. </ whine>

ETA: But then I do it again and everything falls into place and it's SO MUCH FUN. Vidding <3

Steve was so awesome and hilarious on The Daily Show. And Captain Jack was there! Hee. I watched Sexual Harassment last night and surprised myself at how much I laughed throughout it. The Office is a show that never gets old no matter how many times you watch it.

Sorry to end on a negative note but this news story about a sickening hate crime makes me so sad. The depressing fact is that there's barely any press about it. Sometimes I really don't understand the world.
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House and Heroes [Apr. 24th, 2007|07:36 pm]

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New House tonight! I am so jealous of the East Coast people at the moment because I can finally watch House live and yet I have to wait. I can't wait to get some more House/Wilson/Cuddy action. Also, Foreman! If you had told me when I first started to watch House that I would end up loving the ducklings, I would have said you were nuts. But now I have a fondness for all of them with Foreman rising above to be my favorite. He's just so awesome sometimes. S3 wasn't as bad as I heard mostly because I could care less about how realistic the medical plots are, enjoy House being an asshole and addict (and don't mind him staying that way) and at least the Tritter arc hooked me into continuing to watch. And a request. Does anyone know where to find any House/Wilson and/or House/Wilson/Cuddy OTP/OT3 icons?

( Spoilers for S3 of House up to Act Your Age )

I've been looking into House fandom a bit and it's nice to see House/Wilson have such a strong following and actually dominating in some cases. I mean, it is practically canon (at least to me) and I do love the slash happy writers but it's just nice to have some equal ground in terms of canon with het couples. I find it interesting how fandoms are structured according to shows. House has all the competing ships for his love interest and then you have a show like The Office where there's a bunch of different non competing ships. The latter definitely helps with less fights. Not to mention, I watch The Office in a much more optimistic fashion while House is perfect for my inner cynic.

( Heroes Spoilers for .7% )

In The Office news, the show is taking over my icons. It's already got at least half and I wish I could add so many more. I really can't wait til this Thursday. Watching two episodes per day can only do so much. I need new episodes NOW. Also, I need to stop reading the TwoP spoiler thread. I have never been so amazed at how much time people can spend talking about JKras's hair and Jim/Pam/Karen when I could care less. But the lure of spoilers gets me everytime. Come back, Office, I neeed you.
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Basically everything that is awesome [Mar. 22nd, 2007|06:05 pm]

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First off, Happy Belated Birthday to [livejournal.com profile] fadsy!

Things that are awesome in the world of me:

1) It is a beautiful, sunny and warm day outside. After some grey, cooler days in the beginning of the week I only appreciate it more.
2) I recovered all the files on my hard drive! Including all my vids in progress and all my music, vids and documents. The tech people at my school rock. SO happy about that. Even if I still have to do without my laptop for a few weeks or so. Thank god for external hard drives. Now if only I can find some way to vid...
3) I got an A- on a big test that I wasn't expecting :)
4) Spring Break is in a week!! I can't wait to spend time with [livejournal.com profile] l13vi11e finally.
5) I received Melora's cd in the mail (finally) and it's awesome! She has such a great voice. And she autographed my cd with my name and everything *squee* Also I got my Escapade DVD and it made me happy to rewatch some vids.
6) House RULES all. I enjoyed the first season but the second season has been making me overflow with love for the show especially House who continues to get better and better. So many hilarious moments or times when he just takes down everyone in sight. Before I could just watch one episode a day or so but now I can't help but watch episode after episode and so I am now at 213. It's addicting! Who knew? At the moment I continue to ship House/Wilson and enjoy House/Stacy and House/Cuddy. ( Some spoilers for S1-2 ) This quote pretty much sums up my perspective on the relationships on the show: "I've moved past threesomes. I'm now into foursomes. If someone backs out then you've still got a threesome. If two people back out, you're still having sex. You'd be amazed." Oh House, how I love you. You had the beginning threesome of Cuddy/House/Wilson and then you add in Stacy to get your foursome. I've promoted House to an OTC because he is just that good.

Best two OMG Office moments would be from 118 Vogler's "Gregory House is a symbol of everything wrong with the healthcare industry." just like Michael's "Toby Flenderson is everything that is wrong with the paper industry." And then House going "What? Mommy and Daddy are having a little fight, it doesn’t mean we’ve stopped loving you," pinged me for the Pam's deleted scene Initiation TH about Michael and Jan: "It's like Mommy and Daddy are fighting. Except Mommy outranks Daddy. And Mommy is way scarier." LOVE that quote. Plus I love that House refers to them as his children like Michael. Which just further shows why I don't like House/Cameron because they're not really equals to me. Or interesting. I have also found the perfect song for House which is just so him for me. I am undecided about vidding it but its definitely fun to vid it in my head.

7) Two more weeks before new Office episodes! I am in love with this video because it brings me overwhelming love for my show and the characters and everything about it. And puts a huge smile on my face. If I don't watch an episode (at least) per day, it just makes me sad and miss them so much. I really am afraid of how much I love this show. I LOVE YOU THE OFFICE! *hearts*
8) New Grey's and SPN tonight! At least that helps me get through this hiatus hell. How awesome would it be to see House and Cristina working together? That'd be my ideal doctor show.

Would anybody be super super nice and upload Always Tonight by Catherine Feeny or Love Today by Mika for me? *wishes I had my laptop back*
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[Mar. 16th, 2007|03:46 pm]

anoel
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Happy Belated Birthdays to [livejournal.com profile] fan_eunice, [livejournal.com profile] hannahrorlove and [livejournal.com profile] gossipcom! Hope you all had fantastic days :)

Gah, I'm so behind. At least it's felt like that since February 22nd since I went to Escapade and Cocktails came on and then I met The Office cast and Melora and Julian McMahon. Crazy. I don't know how caught up I'll get but we'll see.

I don't have a lot to say about Escapade except that I had a wonderful time. It was AWESOME to see familiar fans again as well as new ones. I had a lot of fun talking to people and listening to panels and watching the amazing vid show. I really needed the break. There's nothing like talking about fandom and vids with people who get it. I left the con feeling really fulfilled and happy with myself which I've been feeling a lot these days. It's definitely nice having a good boost to my self-esteem :)

Good news is its been absolutely beautiful out lately. There is nothing, NOTHING like walking out into 80 degree weather with the bright sun shining down on my face. It just puts a smile on my face no matter how crappy my mood is or what early time in the morning it is. Paradise. Every day I feel blessed and lucky and am so glad I made the best decision of my life to come here.

I finished catching up on Heroes and I've been enjoying it a lot without feeling fannish about it. My problem primarily there is I haven't really connected too much to the characters and relationships beyond caring about them. The plot is what gets me in this show, its so much fun to see what happens next. I love Hiro (of course) and Nathan is my hot guy who I can't help but like because I looooove flying. That scene in 105 was the coolest thing ever. And I like Claire and her father as well.

Currently watching S1 of House and loving it. I really could care less about most of the medical plots but I LOVE House. I got pimped into the show when I met one of the writers, Matt Witton and they showed episodes of it and I couldn't believe how hilarious and smart and awesome House was. At the moment, I'm most enjoying him with Wilson and Cuddy and can definitely see where the slash is coming from. I find Foreman, Cameron and Chase all really boring though but thankfully House has good enough interactions with them that I don't mind. I can't wait to watch Bukowski (ie [livejournal.com profile] astolat's amazing vid) with context!

Still all about The Office these days. I was feeling pretty bummed the last week about not having episodes for another three weeks but then thankfully some new Michael/Jan spoilers came up and now I feel SO much better and excited for what's to come. I have officially turned into a total spoiler whore for this show. I just can't get enough! It's nice to finally have a fandom to call my own that I can love with all my being. It feels like people feel that way for Supernatural or QaF or whatever other show and I've never really had that. Not since Smallville and that was back in 2002. It's nice to be able to read all the news, spoilers, discussion, fic for my ship (hopefully more in the future), vids, etc and not get tired of it. Not to mention watching episodes as many times as I can. I've watched almost all the episodes 3 times now and my favorites a lot more than that. I can just listen to the show and just be entertained. It definitely helps with vidding. And good news is newpeats on tonight! I can't wait to see some of the new scenes added in.

I'm off to San Diego this weekend so I have no idea how much I'll be around.
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