An update
Well, since I'm now over half-way *through* my Easter break, and there's no guarantee of internet on the other side of that, I thought maybe I should have a RL babble-post. So feel free to click or not click on the cuts as the mood takes you.
I've been away long enough to have fallen in love with many, many new things. Chief of which is Veronica Mars. I am entirely, hopelessly in love with Veronica. Not just the show, but Veronica herself. It's sharp, funny, and it has *arcs*. Characters develop, things that happen in episode one link to things in episode 22, the plot twists and turns and there is emotional payoff... Also, Logan is teh pretty. I'm nearly as much in love with him as Veronica. He's screwed-up, seething with issues (including Daddy!issues) and yet sometimes he's just adorable. Plus, Keith Mars is almost as awesome as *my* Daddy. And Wallace is just a wonderful BFF for Veronica. Platonic male-female friendship is fabulous and strange. They're super-cute together. Anyway, I love this show more than words. And if anyone can rec me some really good non-S2 spoiled Veronica/Logan I will love them always.
So, that's very much of the good. Also I have been watching:
Life on Mars - which is an exception as it is good *British* TV, and normally I'm all about the US. Though it's done now, so no more British TV til Dr Who starts again.
Supernatural - Which isn't great, but has two very pretty leads, with an interesting brother-relationship, and it's getting better. I nearly gave up on it, but then Amy Acker was in an episode, so I perservered, and am quite into it now.
Prison Break - Also about brothers, but more twisty than character-driven. This is not a bad thing. And Wentworth Miller is hot, even though I'd probably want to slap his character at least half the time. He's a genius, but not big on letting people in. This show is Very Good.
Battlestar - Not new love, but S2 is as political and religious and tragic and wonderful as S1. A friend of mine provided me with 12 of the new eps, and I watched them in 3 days. Or something equally ridiculous. I love Laura Roslin, and I love Kara, and Lee Adama is just *hot*. Plus he and his Daddy are cute and angsty. It's just an amazing show, with some of the strongest females I've seen in TV since Buffy.
Stargate Atlantis - Rodney!! John/Rodney is my new OTP. Scientist/military is love. And Atlantis is great for angst because they're so isolated, and it really is life-or-death with every decision. *happy sigh* I love Science-Fiction.
Bones - David Boreanez has a nice smile, and it's good to see him use it. Emily Deschanel plays emotionally closed off but genius very well, and I would like to be her even if she is socially maladjusted! Plus, the team of geeks are cute. *geek!love*
Marvel 1602 - Firstly, Neil Gaiman is the sweetest author alive, and I have a little crush on him since his visit to Oxford before Christmas. Marvel 1602 imagines that the age of superheroes, for an initially unknown reason, happens centuries earlier than it should have. So we have X-Men, and Spider man, and all sorts of interesting people, born during the reign of Elizabeth I. And the mutant/non-mutant thing instead of being a race issue, or a gay-rights issue parallel is a religious witch-burning thing "the Witchbreed". Anyway, it's amazingly wonderful, and everyone should read it.
V for Vendetta - Yes, classic comic, and I should have read it before, but I hadn't. And I'm so glad that I have now, because it seems more important than ever. I was reading it and shivering. In the foreword, Alan Moore points out how naive (or something like that) it was to imagine that it would take a world war to push Britain to the far-right. Too true sadly.
Runaways - Another should-have-read-but-hadn't. Not quite in a classic-comic way like V for Vendetta, but I love Young Avengers, so Runaways should have been next. The premise is great - "group of teens find out that their parents are a team of super-villains" and the dialogue has been praised by the Joss, so that tells you a lot. Plus, they use West Wing as a descriptor - "walk fast, talk fast" - how cool is that?!
Hmm...think that's it. Still watching Desperate Housewives and the OC, even though they're in slumps. And House still makes me laugh and squirm in turns. Hugh Laurie and Jesse Spencer remain hot/cute.
My fanfics have all come to screeching halts. I've been trying to write SG-A, for there is an angsty post-Trinity Rodney fic (with side order of McShep) in my head. The problem is, there are three of them, and as I don't want to write 3 fics on the same subject, I really need to decide.
Also in my head: Veronica Mars, Scrubs, Harry Potter, maybe SG-1. I'm the worst writer ever....
And, of course, the Sam-Toby epic. "But Westward Look". Had a breakthrough this week, in that I now know why Sam is so angry with Toby. The fic is set post-RHoF, and timeline-wise is before Here Today. Sam is working for a Californian Congressman, which comes as a surprise to the West Wing people, who are somewhat shocked when he turns up with his boss for a meeting. There is sex, and then anger, and then shouting matches, and I'm pretty sure the fic will end in 2017. Timeline wise, not author-time, though that's possible too. But I know why Sam leaves Toby after the sex now, and I know why he's angry with him. It's all a matter of connecting how Sam was unfulfilled in law, but stayed there, and then came to politics and had his heart broken. And now he can't be a lawyer anymore, but he won't ever have that "real thing" feeling again. He's ruined, in other words. But now I have that straight in my head I know why he's so angry at Josh, and so bitter with Toby. I haven't written a really angry Sam in ages, so I did wonder.
I can't decide whether I want to follow canon through the leak storyline or not. I wasn't going to, but if I don't I'll need to rewrite all canon between mid-S5 and the election. Also, I'm pretty sure I'm going to kill Bartlet during this fic, and get Sam elected, and do something awful to Josh, and something cute with the twins. All while making a Sam/Toby relationship, with an unavoidable "coming-out" scene. *sighs* I have a lot of work to do.
And, finally, the *real* Real Life stuff. Which is depressing, though not terribly interesting. The college ball is the 22nd, and I will be so happy when it's over. :-( It's ruining my life. Partially because the animal rights protesters have decided to hold a march that day, and I have no idea how I'm going to get my dodgems onto the street. And partially because we stand to lose *a lot* of money.
I'm Production Manager for two plays next term, and I have no crew for either, and don't really know what to do about that. Except turn back time and say no to both directors when they asked. My tutors still hate me, and will hate me more when I get back and still haven't revised. And when he realises I was serious when I picked Ethics and History of Law as my optional modules. I'm still dreading going back there. And I still don't have any plans for the year after I finish. I want to go to the US, but need some kind of plan for an MA, and have none. So, in other words, the train-wreck descriptor of my life is still accurate.
But I love LiveJournal :-)
I've been away long enough to have fallen in love with many, many new things. Chief of which is Veronica Mars. I am entirely, hopelessly in love with Veronica. Not just the show, but Veronica herself. It's sharp, funny, and it has *arcs*. Characters develop, things that happen in episode one link to things in episode 22, the plot twists and turns and there is emotional payoff... Also, Logan is teh pretty. I'm nearly as much in love with him as Veronica. He's screwed-up, seething with issues (including Daddy!issues) and yet sometimes he's just adorable. Plus, Keith Mars is almost as awesome as *my* Daddy. And Wallace is just a wonderful BFF for Veronica. Platonic male-female friendship is fabulous and strange. They're super-cute together. Anyway, I love this show more than words. And if anyone can rec me some really good non-S2 spoiled Veronica/Logan I will love them always.
So, that's very much of the good. Also I have been watching:
Life on Mars - which is an exception as it is good *British* TV, and normally I'm all about the US. Though it's done now, so no more British TV til Dr Who starts again.
Supernatural - Which isn't great, but has two very pretty leads, with an interesting brother-relationship, and it's getting better. I nearly gave up on it, but then Amy Acker was in an episode, so I perservered, and am quite into it now.
Prison Break - Also about brothers, but more twisty than character-driven. This is not a bad thing. And Wentworth Miller is hot, even though I'd probably want to slap his character at least half the time. He's a genius, but not big on letting people in. This show is Very Good.
Battlestar - Not new love, but S2 is as political and religious and tragic and wonderful as S1. A friend of mine provided me with 12 of the new eps, and I watched them in 3 days. Or something equally ridiculous. I love Laura Roslin, and I love Kara, and Lee Adama is just *hot*. Plus he and his Daddy are cute and angsty. It's just an amazing show, with some of the strongest females I've seen in TV since Buffy.
Stargate Atlantis - Rodney!! John/Rodney is my new OTP. Scientist/military is love. And Atlantis is great for angst because they're so isolated, and it really is life-or-death with every decision. *happy sigh* I love Science-Fiction.
Bones - David Boreanez has a nice smile, and it's good to see him use it. Emily Deschanel plays emotionally closed off but genius very well, and I would like to be her even if she is socially maladjusted! Plus, the team of geeks are cute. *geek!love*
Marvel 1602 - Firstly, Neil Gaiman is the sweetest author alive, and I have a little crush on him since his visit to Oxford before Christmas. Marvel 1602 imagines that the age of superheroes, for an initially unknown reason, happens centuries earlier than it should have. So we have X-Men, and Spider man, and all sorts of interesting people, born during the reign of Elizabeth I. And the mutant/non-mutant thing instead of being a race issue, or a gay-rights issue parallel is a religious witch-burning thing "the Witchbreed". Anyway, it's amazingly wonderful, and everyone should read it.
V for Vendetta - Yes, classic comic, and I should have read it before, but I hadn't. And I'm so glad that I have now, because it seems more important than ever. I was reading it and shivering. In the foreword, Alan Moore points out how naive (or something like that) it was to imagine that it would take a world war to push Britain to the far-right. Too true sadly.
Runaways - Another should-have-read-but-hadn't. Not quite in a classic-comic way like V for Vendetta, but I love Young Avengers, so Runaways should have been next. The premise is great - "group of teens find out that their parents are a team of super-villains" and the dialogue has been praised by the Joss, so that tells you a lot. Plus, they use West Wing as a descriptor - "walk fast, talk fast" - how cool is that?!
Hmm...think that's it. Still watching Desperate Housewives and the OC, even though they're in slumps. And House still makes me laugh and squirm in turns. Hugh Laurie and Jesse Spencer remain hot/cute.
My fanfics have all come to screeching halts. I've been trying to write SG-A, for there is an angsty post-Trinity Rodney fic (with side order of McShep) in my head. The problem is, there are three of them, and as I don't want to write 3 fics on the same subject, I really need to decide.
Also in my head: Veronica Mars, Scrubs, Harry Potter, maybe SG-1. I'm the worst writer ever....
And, of course, the Sam-Toby epic. "But Westward Look". Had a breakthrough this week, in that I now know why Sam is so angry with Toby. The fic is set post-RHoF, and timeline-wise is before Here Today. Sam is working for a Californian Congressman, which comes as a surprise to the West Wing people, who are somewhat shocked when he turns up with his boss for a meeting. There is sex, and then anger, and then shouting matches, and I'm pretty sure the fic will end in 2017. Timeline wise, not author-time, though that's possible too. But I know why Sam leaves Toby after the sex now, and I know why he's angry with him. It's all a matter of connecting how Sam was unfulfilled in law, but stayed there, and then came to politics and had his heart broken. And now he can't be a lawyer anymore, but he won't ever have that "real thing" feeling again. He's ruined, in other words. But now I have that straight in my head I know why he's so angry at Josh, and so bitter with Toby. I haven't written a really angry Sam in ages, so I did wonder.
I can't decide whether I want to follow canon through the leak storyline or not. I wasn't going to, but if I don't I'll need to rewrite all canon between mid-S5 and the election. Also, I'm pretty sure I'm going to kill Bartlet during this fic, and get Sam elected, and do something awful to Josh, and something cute with the twins. All while making a Sam/Toby relationship, with an unavoidable "coming-out" scene. *sighs* I have a lot of work to do.
And, finally, the *real* Real Life stuff. Which is depressing, though not terribly interesting. The college ball is the 22nd, and I will be so happy when it's over. :-( It's ruining my life. Partially because the animal rights protesters have decided to hold a march that day, and I have no idea how I'm going to get my dodgems onto the street. And partially because we stand to lose *a lot* of money.
I'm Production Manager for two plays next term, and I have no crew for either, and don't really know what to do about that. Except turn back time and say no to both directors when they asked. My tutors still hate me, and will hate me more when I get back and still haven't revised. And when he realises I was serious when I picked Ethics and History of Law as my optional modules. I'm still dreading going back there. And I still don't have any plans for the year after I finish. I want to go to the US, but need some kind of plan for an MA, and have none. So, in other words, the train-wreck descriptor of my life is still accurate.
But I love LiveJournal :-)