And now I'm stuck at Sunnydale High. Mortal. Child. And I'm flunking math.

[annakovsky]

Okay, I'm going to try to get back in the swing of at least OCCASIONALLY posting to LJ, good lord. H-how are you guys?

First of all, a question: the other day moireach told me that I should revive nothing_hip this summer, after having let it lie fallow in 2009. It's a fic challenge community I used to run, where every week guilty pleasure songs are prompts for you

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[mardia]

(And if the Vampire Diaries gets a lot better later in the run, tell me when I should pick it up and I'll try it again, but man, that pilot suuuuuuuucked.)

Hahah, I feel like every Vampire Diaries rec should come with the disclaimer of "The first few episodes aren't that great, but OMG does it ever pick up after that." I mean, if it really isn't your cup of tea, then that's fine, but I'd really recommend watching the first few episodes and then making up your mind. I would try...hmm. I'd actually try watching around episode 1x04, and maybe, IDK, checking out the TWoP recaps to catch up with the next two episodes. (even though holy crap, TWoP has gone down in quality and funny snark since Bravo took over.)

And hahah, about that Nick/Damian thing...you know that RLiv was recently in London for an award show right? Maybe he crashed over at his good friend Damian's place and had sex with him slept on the couch.

[annakovsky]

Heeee, okay, that is good to know, I was really surprised at just HOW BORED I was by the pilot and how Twilight-y it seemed. I'll try some of the later ones for sure.

(Oh my God, TWoP, I know, right? I went to look at some True Blood recaps to check something this weekend, and, well, Jacob does them, and is there something literally wrong with his brain? UGH.)

I WAS UNAWARE OF THAT RLIV NEWS. Goddddddd I hope he crashed at Damian's. My need for RPF of them cannot be sated!

[mardia]

Heh, I love Vampire Diaries, but that pilot is, for lack of a better word, CRAP. The show picks up REALLY quickly after that, but seriously, you just have to like, power through the first few episodes to get there.

And HEE, oh man, Jacob is...good God, there really are no words to describe that dude. You should see the recaps he does for Gossip Girl. The woman who does the VD recaps isn't as bad (at least her writing is COHERENT) but...well. I miss Regina and the days of the Alias recaps, where things made SENSE and were actually funny too.

And oh please, I hope hope that RLIV crashed at Damian's--look, if Ross McCall can crash at Settle's place in New York while filming an episode of White Collar, it's the LEAST that Ron can do. And Damian. I am just saying.

[annakovsky]

I don't think I'd ever really read a Jacob recap before, but I remembered my roommate bitching about his BSG reviews and was like, that has to be the same guy, right? Because I could not even BELIEVE the stuff he was saying, I think my jaw actually drops. Are you on some kind of medication, Jacob? Haha, maybe I had to google "hate Jacob from TWoP" to read some blog posts and feel vindicated too. Seriously, I miss when that site was pretty awesome -- I used to love Jessica's X-Files recaps, but this recent stuff is not on.

I just don't see why Ron and Damian don't talk more to the press about where they are sleeping and how much they are doing it! I KNOW I FOR ONE AM VERY INTERESTED. God, Ross McCall crashing at Settle's was like my favorite thing ever. And when Cudlitz twittered about a BoB reunion BBQ with the Pacific guys I desperately wanted to ask him if Ron and/or Damian were there. If I didn't have a hard and fast rule about not engaging the celebrities, well, it wouldn't have been pretty.

[moireach]

Haha, maybe I had to google "hate Jacob from TWoP" to read some blog posts and feel vindicated too.

HOW DID I NEVER THINK OF THAT? Ha, delightful.

Before I got this far down the comment thread I was about to leave you a keymashy comment about hating his BSG reviews, b-but I see you remember.

[pearl_o]

I give that disclaimer whenever I recommend it to people! I wouldn't start watching anything before the fifth episode, I think, but by episode 8 or so it becomes consistently AMAZING and never lets up in awesomeness for the rest of the season.

[annakovsky]

Sweet, a definite timeline! THIS IS GOOD TO KNOW.