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End of the Year Fandom Meme [Dec. 31st, 2013|11:08 am]

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So I still need to finish my big travel post about my time in Europe (so much fun!) but for now I need to finish some end of the year memes. Here is the first although I'm not sure how many fandoms I'll remember this year.

End of the Year Fandom Meme


What fandoms did you acquire in 2013?

The Voice, Orange is the New Black, Spartacus, Masters of Sex, Vicious, Scandal, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Lost Girl, Orphan Black, Bunheads, Twin Peaks, Frasier (in S3), House of Cards, Top of the Lake, The Blacklist, Catfish, Vikings, Bates Motel, Lip Service, The Fosters (kind of), Hannibal (kind of), Parenthood (in S1), Portlandia (in S2), Louie (in S2).

What fandoms did you let go of in 2013?

I'm behind on a few shows but I still plan on catching up so I'm not going to add those. Walking Dead is dead to me for it's bullshit treating of characters (especially women/POC) and stupid Governor plot. Revenge might go if I can't get motivated to catch up on.

What fandoms did you mean to get into but didn't in 2013? Why?

Still in S1 for American Horror Story, Deadwood, Legend of the Seeker, Luther, The Hour and Justified although I intend on fully catching up on those. Other I didn't were Borgen, Political Animals and Boardwalk Empire. I still need to catch up on Misfits, Nurse Jackie, Treme and Damages. Mostly lack of motivation and time.

What fandoms do you intend on checking out in 2014?

Big projects are to finish Deadwood and finally watch all of The X-Files. In no particular order, other stuff I want to check out: Borgen, Political Animals, Boardwalk Empire, Rectify, The Americans, Broadchurch, The Returned, Veep and keep going with Nashville.

What fandoms do you think you might let go of in 2014 unless things significantly improve?

Downton Abbey especially is my favorite character dies/leaves the show. The Blacklist needs to ping more of my Alias buttons to keep my interest and Hannibal is still on notice and is mostly there for fandom/critical acclaim.

What fandoms do you think you'll never let go of no matter how crappy they get? Why?

Game of Thrones, Parks & Recreation, Glee, Once Upon a Time (only because Swan Queen, I've been close to quitting), Arrested Development, Modern Family, Masters of Sex, Mad Men and a few others.

What show impressed you most in 2013?

Breaking Bad was simply AMAZING! The last eight episodes blew me away especially Ozymandias which was by far the best episode of the year. I also loved Game of Thrones (much improved from S2), Scandal (most addicting, cracky show ever!) and Parks and Recreation. On the movie side, Catching Fire was pretty awesome!

What show impressed you least in 2013?

I was really disappointed by the first four Homeland episodes and haven't caught up beyond that. I'm hoping it gets better after/next season. I was also disappointed by rookie shows like Agents of Shield and Super Fun Night.

Your biggest fan anticipations for the New Year?

GAME OF THRONES SEASON FOUR!!! JAIME/CERSEI BABY!!! Gonna be some epic stuff happening too and I'm soooo psyched for the Martells. Also the Veronica Mars movie! Which hopefully will be good like S1. Orange is the New Black! I'm super super bummed about the casting news but I'm hoping it'll be temporary and the show will still be awesome. Can't wait for X-Men: Days of Future Past (Erik/Charles!!!) and the fanfic binge that is sure to come with it. Also looking forward to Mockingjay I and The Hobbit 3.

Other possibilities: Looking (gay guys in SF led by Jonathan Groff? Sign me up!), Klondike? (Richard Madden!), The Normal Heart (love this cast/director/gay content!), Halt & Catch Fire (always nice to see a computer history drama) and True Detective sounds interesting narrative wise.
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New vid: Pumped Up Kicks (Veronica Mars) [May. 28th, 2013|11:55 pm]

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So this is a long delayed auction vid I made for [personal profile] saeva who has been super patient with me as I struggled with clipping her former idea for me (which I'm still going to do cause it's awesome!) and then gave me this awesome idea instead for Veronica Mars which I've wanted to vid for years. Veronica Mars S1 is one of my favorite seasons of television and I've watched it so many times and yet it never gets old. I had a lot of fun rewatching while clipping this and falling in love with Veronica all over again, my former favorite female character ever. I've wanted to vid something like this before and I was super stoked to hear this awesome remix as in there are some different lyrics than the original. I had meant to post the lyrics that I wrote down myself but I can't find it on my computer so it'll have to wait til later. Anyways the vid basically vidded itself and it was great fun to make it. I was happy to hear the Wiscon theme of gender and technology as I thought this vid would fit very well. I'm glad I finally finished it!

Title: Pumped Up Kicks
Music: Rubbe Rayne remix of Foster the People's Pumped Up Kicks ((http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAhkgYHvgAU)
Fandom: Veronica Mars S1
Focus: Veronica
Summary: Veronica Mars gets revenge.
Content Notes: contains sexual assault
Notes: Premiered at Wiscon 2013. Thanks to [personal profile] lola and [personal profile] saeva for the beta.

Link: Pumped Up Kicks (83 MB)

Streaming: Pumped Up Kicks streaming
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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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Cupid=Love [Apr. 10th, 2006|12:31 am]

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Wow, me posting twice on the same night. Never thought I'd see the day. But after watching a few more episodes of Cupid, I'm head over heels for it and must express my love.

Rob Thomas is a god. And he created one. Cupid, a hilarious, romantic and smart show that got cancelled (as all the great shows do, see Firefly) but which has captured my heart. The basic plotline is that Cupid is sent back to Earth as punishment and has to match up 100 couples to become immortal again. His therapist, Claire Allen tries to get him to see that he is delusional but he keeps on believing and putting couples together based on chemistry, dreams, romantic notions, etc while she follows a common interest and getting to know each other approach. They have one of the best relationships with each other, its so funny as they verbally spar with one another, bantering, snarking, etc as he continues to annoy her and try to get her to loosen up. Think Logan and Veronica from Veronica Mars-but even better. At least thats my opinion, I like the buildup more in this one. I didn't think they were right for each other in the beginning even though I saw it being set up but they slowly get to you and now I can't help but love them together, want them together, ship them together. They melt my heart. The whole show brings back true romance and in true Rob Thomas fashion, even throws some twists at you. Plus its filled with Greek and Roman mythology references, another RT staple. It's just a quality show and I am enjoying it like no other, I can't stop watching it. Check it out, there's downloaded copies at the very least out there. Just get sucked into the magic that is Cupid.
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Veronica Mars Vidlet [Feb. 27th, 2006|05:34 pm]

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I made a Veronica Mars vidlet of Logan back in mid-Decemember for [livejournal.com profile] vm_santa that I keep forgetting to put up. So here it is:

Name: "Sexy Logan"
Song: "Sexy Boy" by Air
Spoilers: 1x01-2x10 of Veronica Mars
Length/Size: 0:47 sec, 2.66 MB
Description: Logan's both sexy and dark. Some eye candy, character study and color experimentation. Made for [livejournal.com profile] forced_movement.
Link: Sexy Logan - Streaming

All feedback appreciated. Enjoy!
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Sophomore Slump [Jan. 29th, 2006|02:52 am]

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So I guess the sophomore slump phenomenen really is true. It seems that most of the shows I've watched have been struck with it in one way or another. A recap:

Thoughts on Seasons 1-2 in shows of Veronica Mars, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Queer as Folk, The OC, Smallville under the cut )

So my conclusion for why the sophomore slump occurs? I think the writers develop a great setup in the beginning and plan that out for the season and then are left out of ideas for the next. They carry the first season too much into the second and cause the second season to lack its own focus. As ideas are used up, the storylines become a bit too much like the old ones. Less time is taken for friendly character interaction and as characters get on the wrong sides of each other, it becomes harder for good feelings to prevail. Characters change to the point that we start losing the love we had for who they were in the first place. New characters can keep the original ones apart and take away the core of the show instead of adding freshness.

I find it ironic that people overlook things about the first season for the reason that the show is finding its legs but yet the first season is often better than the first. And the third season can go either way, good or bad. Here's hoping that my shows will turn out on the good side. Or else new better pilot shows will rise to take their place.
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[Dec. 31st, 2005|12:51 pm]

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So I saw the fandom meme going around and decided to just fill it in myself for a bunch of my fandoms. Always fun to think about.

Firefly
1. The character I first fell in love with: Mal. Obviously. Was in love with him from the beginning and was oh so happy to find a Joss character that I was hopelessly in love with.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: That'd be Zoe. Watching the series again, I'm liking her more and more whereas at first she seemed a bit one dimensional to me.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't: River. I enjoy her funny lines but am meh about the crazy girl stuff. She did get better in the movie but I still don't get the love.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Um...do people hate characters in this fandom?
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer: Well I still have a bit of love left but I'm liking Simon less than I did before. I got caught up in the hotness before but he can be a bit of an idiot although it is perfect to make fun of. Although he's great in Ariel.
6. The character I would shag anytime: Mal. Guhh. He is to die for.
7. The character I'd want to be like: Mal definitely. I'm a lot like Kaylee but it'd be fun to be more like her as well. Also it'd be cool to be like Zoe.
8. The character I'd slap: Probably Simon for being so easy to fool. But in a good way.
9. A pairing that I love: Anything with Mal except Book and River ie Mal/Simon, Mal/Jayne, Mal/Kaylee, Mal/Zoe, Mal/Inara, etc. Also I like Jayne/Simon and Jayne/Kaylee.
10. A pairing that I despise: There's none that I really hate, just don't get a few. Not into River so anything with her, I'm not into. Didn't use to like Wash/Zoe but I'm warming up to them.

More (Veronica Mars, Grey's Anatomy, Queer as Folk, Highlander, Nip/Tuck) under the cut )
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Random [Dec. 29th, 2005|01:36 pm]

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Getting excited about the new year so I just had to put this up...

In the year 2006 I resolve to:

Get high on life.



Get your resolution here




Ahh reminds me of Lily and how fabulous Veronica Mars Season 1 was.
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It's a Very Vidding Christmas [Dec. 24th, 2005|07:20 pm]

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Finally. Finally, I have the free time that I've been craving so I can vid. And vid. And vid.

So far I've vidded about 15 hours, looked at vidding guides, watched videos and read some video meta. Yum. I'm working on some secret santa videos and remaking a video that I lost which is nice since I know most of the clips I want to use. Also thanks to [livejournal.com profile] absolut3destiny's A&E's Technical Guide to All Things Audio and Video I was able to fix some things with my video/audio setup that has helped make a vidding a much more enjoyable process (as well as some AviSynth love!). Now I can't wait to vid allll break. I'm going away, Monday to Thursday to a place w/o computer access...but that's not stopping me because I'm bringing my computer. Yep, don't have my laptop yet so I have to resort to extremes. But it's totally worth it and there's nothing much to do where I'm going. No internet access but that's what libraries are for.

I'm also planning on vidding a lot in the next two months. I'm working on a Firefly, Veronica Mars and Queer as Folk videos this week but I have plans for two more Firefly vids (Mal), a Highlander video (Duncan/Methos), a Grey's Anatomy Cristina/Burke (B pov) video and a Nip/Tuck video (Christian/Julia). I'd like to learn more about how to use Adobe Premiere to the best effect as well as try the intimidating Adobe Aftereffects.

I want to put in a vid rec here. Just saw an video for Veronica Mars, "Feeling Good" by [livejournal.com profile] astartexx. It's a Veronica/Logan video, leaning more toward Logan. Perfect song choice, snazzy editing, cool parellels and great editing all in one. You can download it at this page: Master List of Music Videos .Plus, it's one of my favorite songs. I just loove Michael Buble's version of it: it's basically music sex and oh so pretty.

Anyways, I'm going to get a paid LJ user account for Christmas. I like the new 6 icon upgrade but I really need 100 as well as all the other benefits (mood theme!). My other major present is a new website so I can host all my vids :D Going to get that in a week. I'm going to use Dreamhost since I've heard good reviews of them. I'm probably going to use it for hosting all my videos, including my old Lex/Lana ones and my ones to come. Going to have some vid recs there, a list of my favorite shows/characters/ships and shows I want to watch, links of vidding resources/vidder webpages and some screencaps. Also might offer to host some videos for people who don't have a site depending on how much room I have. I can't wait! It's been something I've been wanting for a long time.

Oh and how much do I love secret santa communities? I just love whoever my Veronica Mars SS is because I am loooving my two new icons. How cute is Veronica/Norris? *adores* And I'm happy my own SS liked my gift :) I hope my real vids for them go over well.

Time to get back to vidding :)

ETA: Change of plans. Not going away. Yay :)
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[Dec. 4th, 2005|11:19 pm]

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First of all, Happy Birthday to [livejournal.com profile] killabeez. I love all your Highlander stuff and especially all your videos and I'm glad you're around to create them. I hope you have a great day :)

In other news, figuring out the [livejournal.com profile] ga_santa assignments took forever and I wish I was able to make sure people got wishlists they liked but I guess I won't know completely. Some just seemed like perfect matches and others I wasn't sure about. All in all, it took longer than I thought and I'm glad I didn't have to do a ton of people. Guess this is what you have to do when you start/organize something.

On a more positive note, I got my secret santa assignments and I'm excited to begin them. Going to be fun to do things for Veronica Mars and Firefly, two of my favorite true ensemble shows where I love almost all the cast and really enjoy the shows. One of my SS's made a really detailed list and was funny which was nice to see. Hope I can make something good for them. And in return I just got my first present! It's my new icon default :D

Just saw some movies the last couple weeks and am going to see some more soon. I saw Harry Potter and really enjoyed it with some reservations. Also last night I saw Pride and Prejudice and I loooved it. I've read 3/4 of the book and liked it but the movie was *love*. Mr. Darcy is just too hot and I liked Elizabeth, Keira Knightly did a good job with her. And of course, Mr. Darcy/Elizabeth are the OTP! Just absolutely beautiful together and mindblowingly romantic. I loved the touches, the looks, the snark, the beauty and especially the romance. The end scene was to die for and the one before that with the sunset was one of the most artistically romantic scenes I've ever seen, just stunningly beautiful. I need to vid that eventually. I'm looking forward to seeing the Chronicles of Narnia which was one of my favorite books as a kid and I just looved Aslan because, lions rule. And then of course there's Brokeback Mountain because I'm dying to see that. Finally a movie that caters to all my interests. And I read the short story it's based on and that was soo good and made me cry at the end. Cannot wait to see it, just wish it was out sooner in my area. I just cannot wait to see the gay cowboy love! Hee. Going to be so cute.
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TV Meme [Nov. 29th, 2005|04:35 pm]

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From [livejournal.com profile] f1renze

TV Meme )

In other news, I now have a brand new LCD monitor and it is gorgeous. It is soo nice to be back after a two day absence. When the computer fails, I go to media option #2: TV. I had a Veronica Mars marathon which was fun, I love the first season soo much. Also, I cannot wait to get a new laptop. Going to be awesome to have a new system to work on and fully equipped to make vids.
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Firefly Meme [Sep. 28th, 2005|12:39 am]

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When you see this on your flist, quote Firefly.

Mal: The management here don't take too kindly to sightseers, which is why we're posin' as buyers. There ain't a one of us looks the part more than the good doctor. I mean, the pretty fits.Soft hands - definitely a moneyed individual. All rich and lily-white, pasty all over--
Simon: All right! Fine. I'll go. Just stop describing me.

Mal: “We’re not gonna die. We can’t die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so…very…pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.”

Yes. Much too pretty. Watch Serenity, the movie, this Friday. *loves on Mal* Going to be awesome!

Also, watch the Veronica Mars premiere tomorrow night at 9. Best show EVER.
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