OMG TELEVISION.

So, you know how I decided I wouldn't watch any TV until I graduate? Yeahhh. So I watched the majority of House season 8 this weekend. And I made myself stop before a certain episodes because I knew it would involve too many feelings and I didn't want to open the door to craziness. So I was like k cool, done now, and then like 20 minutes later I decided to be obsessed with Once Upon a Time. And I haven't really watched any full episodes, just clips and episode summaries, but...yeah. I'm slightly obsessed. I love shows with excessive feelings. Also, Jennifer Morrison. But seriously, I did not realize this show was written by people from Lost! Why didn't I know this? It's like, legitimate writing. I thought they were all off writing for one of those other shows everyone is obsessed with right now (which I have no interest in). So yeah. Obsession. Which I have no time for, so for reals I will not be using the internet tomorrow so I can finish my paper/CW portfolio which are due on Tuesday morning. And then lots of math-related studying for my final on Friday. And then freedom! Freedom meaning many, many summer classes. Which will hopefully not be as hard as my regular classes so I can get all this fangirling out of my system before the fall semester of death and craziness.

Also, I've decided that ER is officially the best ever show to watch because it feels like I'm fangirling, but it's so low-key and unsuspenseful to me that it doesn't get the crazy side going. So next time I am going to watch ER whenever I feel fangirl urges coming on, and then they will go away.

Oh and I want to catch up on Desperate Housewives. But I'm like...2 or 3 seasons behind. Still. Someday.

Does anyone have the "Hey look, it's John Wells!" icon/gif where Toby is shooting a rifle? Or know where I could find it?

Hello, friends! :D

I have a HUGE favor to ask. I'm in this class about artificial life, where we have this really huge final project where we focus on whatever area of artificial life interests us. So I thought I would write about fandom, and basically try to shed some life on the culture/psychology that leads to people dedicating time and energy to the lives of people who are technically not real or alive--why we do it, why it's different than real people, how the internet lends itself to this culture, etc. It's not a negative piece, just an attempt to answer a question I've always wondered about, and I want it to be really interesting so I want to make it about people and not just like, academic info.

So basically, I'm making this huge list of interview questions and I would be so happy if any of you who are into fandom (or have been in the past) would be willing to answer them, via email or whatever, and also if you have any other friends in fandom who would be interested in it. I want a diverse range of people, so anyone who considers themselves a participant in fandom is totally fine--I want to hear from people who go to cons and write fic but I also want to hear from people who don't go to cons and write fic. And you can opt to not answer questions, or you can talk to me if you have questions about confidentiality, etc--but basically, I just want awesome people to give me a ton of answers so that this project can be really awesome. I don't know yet if I'm gonna go for an academic paper or do it Anna Deavere Smith-style. We'll see. But yes. I am super fucking excited about this.

Anyone who is interested, could you just let me know? And if you're able to promote it to other people, or know a good place I could promote it, can you let me know that as well? Either way, thank you for listening, and I should have a list of questions to send out within a few weeks. :)

RIP kimbari :(

I will always remember ridiculous post-ep Adama/Roslin chats with varying levels of ridiculousness, your fabulous sexy fanfic, and all the things you told me in the course of our conversations, from your early fangirl experiences in pre-internet days (and how much of a bitch that Star Trek lady was) to your philosophy of fangirling, which took its time to sink in but eventually started to fit into my own perspective.

You were a really fabulous person and you were a huge, defining part of a really important experience for me, and I know you were for other people as well. I checked out your blog/twitter occasionally and I was always interested in seeing what you were up to in different fandoms. Your super-fierce attitude about all life-related things never failed to make me laugh. :) You will be missed.

Also, I'm sorry I never followed you on twitter. I feel like kind of a bitch for that now.

<3

Not sure if this would be of any interest to anyone, but I'm in the process of trying to sell a ton of old DVDs, CDs, and books, and I thought I'd post a list on here to see if anyone's interested before I go to a used bookstore/amazon/etc. A bunch of stuff including BSG books, SNL trivial pursuit, plays, acting interview books (lots of Mary McDonnell), random soundtracks, plays on CD, etc. So let me know if you're interested in any of them and I can give you a price.

Check it outttt

School over in a week, woot! All I have left is two responses due tomorrow, a play review, short play, English final essay, feminism final essay, American lit final, and transcendentalism final. And then I will be free. For like, two or three weeks. And then winter classes. I'm taking US History since 1945 and Intro to Biological Anthropology. Totally psyched about history and not at all psyched about anthro. But totally psyched about getting my science class over with in a month. WOOT.

Amazon:
Nurse Jackie season 2 BR - 13.49
The Office season 6 - 12.99
ER season 7 - 15.49
ER season 8 - 14.72
Friday Night Lights season 1 - 12.99
Friday Night Lights season 5 - 12.99
Modern Family season 1 BR - 12.49
Modern Family season 2 BR - 13.49
House season 6 - 12.99
Community season 2 - 13.99
Kingston 4gb flash drive - 3.99
Graphics tablet - 39.99
Paul Blart, Mall Cop - 4.99
Role Models - 6.49
Step Brothers BR - 9.99
Photoshop CS5 (w/ student discount) - 149.99

CVS:
1 carmex, 2 softlips, 2 irish spring deodorant, 2 theraflu, 2 colgate, 1 la looks, 1 breathe right, 2 listerine pocket packs, 1 starbucks double shot, 6 candy bars, 2 advil, 1 cepacol, 1 pepto bismol, 1 batteries, 2 toothbrushes, 1 kleenex tissues, 2 planters nuts, 2 general mills - everything free after extra bucks, plus profit, thanks to my coupon badassery.

Hey friendsss, can you help me out with something?

I'm trying to switch to a new cell phone company but I need to know how good the reception is. I'm with Sprint right now and their customer service/etc is a total nightmare, but they have perfect reception at my house and at work, which are practically the only two places I make phone calls, so it's really tempting to stick with them. But I just got billed for a charge that I asked them to take off twice (and the second time, they were like "please hold for a few minutes while I do that" so I have NO idea what they were doing during those 5 minutes) and I spent like 3 hours on the phone placing the order in the first place and just going through complete hell. So I'm really enthusiastic about switching to another company (maybe verizon?) but I'm just worried about the reception. I don't have much of a need for data/texting/etc so I'd be getting the cheapest plan at $35.00 with any company, I just want one where I don't have to worry about dropped/unclear calls in those two locations. So I guess I'm just wondering what cell providers different people have, how good the reception generally is, does it improve with a certain type of phone, etc. Any information you could give me would be awesome. Thank you!

I'm backkk. This is going to be a week of crazy posting times, yo.

So I am currently (sort of) without a computer, in that my computer has been sent off for repairs and I'm using my mom's. Which sucks, because I can't download anything and I really want to do a Hamlet picspam but I can't make caps without VLC. Life ruined, etc. Mostly I'm just bored, though.

I've watched Hamlet several times. Oh, and yeah, I should probably mention...kind of super-obsessed with David Tennant. He is fabulous. Thus why I have watched Hamlet several times. I used to hate Hamlet, thanks to the pretty mediocre high school English class where I had to read it, but I have been shown the light. The light being David Tennant, I guess? He is my Shakespeare spirit animal. (Which confuses me because I just told averita that she is my David Tennant spirit animal, so...I guess that makes her my Shakespeare spirit animal too? Does that mean that she and David Tennant are the same person? I hope not; that would mean I wasted years of our friendship doing silly things that were not at all related to David Tennant. But she's fabulous so it's all good.)

Post-orientation, I've been in touch with people at school to get things sorted out for the fall...I just got my AP score validated so I don't have to take Comp I (always nice to avoid) and I'm currently working with the undergrad English coordinator to get credit for my transfer English courses. It's been generally awesome because the people who do administrative stuff at my school are all super-helpful and knowledgeable, and can fix my problems pretty much effortlessly. At my previous school, that was not really the case and there was kind of a "sorry, can't help you" mentality from most of the administrative people. So I am enjoying the change fabulously.

Oh my god I suck at updating. I am sorry, fellow human beings. I promise I'm reading. I've just been more of a lurker, I guess.

My life is literally the same as when I last posted, which is why I am...you know. Not posting. I am hopefully going back to school in the fall; super fingers crossed. Right now, I am attempting to re-learn Algebra II (from 5 years ago) so that I can get into precalc and then have happy math times forever.

I just finished rewatching all 5 seasons of Alias with my other half, who had never seen the show before. I will never not love the end of season 5. I love epic Rambaldi things and prophecies and Chosen Ones and magical events. And I love Sloane. So very much.

Other than that, I have mostly just been alternating between Lost (on season 6) and Scrubs. Mostly Scrubs. For it is happy and silly forever.

I have been feeling very organized in a life-type way, although I don't really know how to explain that. I guess it's just like, reorganizing my space a hundred times and obsessing over my purse/coupons/bank account/etc. I've been trying to set up a ton of folders where I can file various official things (for school/work/whatever), but I have an incredibly uncool lack of privacy here so it's not exactly the best situation for that. My current filing system is basically giving my boyfriend every piece of paper through my hands and having him throw it in a duffel bag in his dorm room. It's definitely not in sync with my current life organization system.

Anyway, that's about it. I wish I could talk about being in a relationship, but I always used to hate it when people did that on LJ. In a nutshell, I like having someone to be bored with all the time, and things are very happy and serious. :)