Oh, shit you have a TV crush on Bobby McAllister
I overslept this morning, woke up three minutes before I was supposed to be at work and for some reason, I am SO TIRED. It’s not even 10:30 as I’m writing this. I feel like an old lady.
I had my first and second interviews for the full-time position I mentioned a while ago. They both went really well, I think (didn’t think so at first, but since my second interview was only two days after my first, I’ve reconsidered) and I got a call today from the person responsible for hiring. Unfortunately, I left my phone at home so I did not get the message until after 5pm. And she doesn’t work on Fridays. So if I got the job (why else would she be calling, though? Is that too optimistic?) I won’t know until Monday.
Why do I suck at TV lately? When I was in middle school, I could balance homework for seven subjects and still manage to keep up with the entire WB weekly lineup (even the crap I didn’t like/watch). Still behind on Lost, somehow behind again on Life Unexpected, and it’s only three episodes in but I’ve only managed to watch the premiere episode of Parenthood I like it a lot. Based on the premiere alone, even though Dax Shepard is a regular cast member and everything. Like viennawaits said, casting Lauren Graham as Peter Krause’s sister is just so wrong, but I don’t mind shipping incest (anymore). I mean, in the first two minutes, she says she’s moving back home based solely on his suggestion, and 45 minutes in, he’s abandoning their siblings to their problems to offer to drive - alone - with her to Fresno. And yes, I can see how I might be reading too much into that, but I’m going to ship it, either way, might as well take what I can get early on. Also, Mike O’Malley and Craig T. Nelson.
And I have yet to watch The Pacific, but I think I’m going to do that Sunday morning as well as watch a few episodes of World War II in HD. I was going to watch Band of Brothers with The Pacific but I’ve decided that might be too much (because WWII in HD will be so much better).
Fandom things:
My new favorite RPF pairing? Just might be Nick Jonas/Logan Lerman. I’m not even kidding. There are only two fics that I know of, but they are both awesome and need to be read so that the authors will write more and inspire others to write.
In the first, Nick is the douche we all know and love, only somehow it’s kind of endearing instead of annoying? I don’t know how moneyfolder did it, but she did. Excerpt:
When Nick finally gets a weekend off for the first time in forever, they film a short about one of those giant air-filled gumby dudes that people put up in car dealerships and stuff. The synopsis is that the gumby is actually alive, but he's all lonely and shit because nobody's there with him. Finally, at the end, the owner sells enough cars to buy another gumby dude and then the first guy isn't so lonely anymore. Nick's really good at imitating the wiggly arms, so he plays the part of Air Gumby #1. Logan plays the owner of the car dealership, a little girl, and Air Gumby #2.
Logan doesn't mean to toot his own horn or whatever, but he's kind of in love with his own concept. Also, they get a lot of awesome shots in, like the night scene where the owner turns off the pump and Air Gumby #1 slumps to the ground all deflated and sad. Totally poignant.
"Yeah, you're like, so deep. Like, totally," Nick says in a voice slightly higher than normal. "Who would have thought an eighteen year old could have come up with such a deep concept?"
Logan points at him. "Hey, man. I will not hesitate to hire someone to beat you up."
Nick laughs as Logan packs up the camera and scrolls through a mental list of people he knows. "Like Taylor Lautner. That guy can breakdance," Logan informs him. "He'll totally windmill your face off your face."
"Please." Nick starts swinging his arms windmill-style while making dumb sounds effects like, "Putt putt putt putt putt putt." He's way more stupid and immature than the promo pictures and gigantic biceps lead people to believe. That is, when he's not busy acting like an old man.
"God, you're so confusing to me -- stop. Stop it." Logan squints and bats at Nick's arms. "Ahh Jesus. Stop."
He slings the camera bag over his shoulder and runs to Nick's car as a retreat. They make it through the rest of the day without incident, but the image of Nick flailing around keeps him awake that night when he's trying to sleep. It's really annoying.
Go read it.
And the second has Logan befriending Nick in his efforts to destroy him so that he can hook up with Selena Gomez. Only somehow he ends up making out with Nick instead? (that’s not a spoiler when the pairing is Nick Jonas/Logan Lerman). Doesn't that sound awesome? Excerpt:
Nick says, "Anyway, I'm like the same age as him or was -- the same age as you, kind of, so it became this thing in my house. Bobby was a cool character. Everybody said I was like him: an individual and stuff."
"I can't believe that's why they call you the President," Logan says, thinking about the times he's heard Joe or Kevin say it. "Oh, shit." He looks at Nick, eyes widening. "Oh, shit, you have a TV crush on Bobby McCallister."
"That's not at all what I said."
"You do, though! You're like -- man," Logan says, clapping his hands together. This is too good. "Dude, I didn't think. Dude. It's too bad I'm not anything like that guy."
Nick says, "You have the same face."
"Yeah, but I never started a space club in my school," Logan says. He's not at all cut out to be a President. He wants to be a director for a reason. He loves movies, loves sitting around on his ass and coming up with ridiculous ideas for him and Dean to try to write for feature one day. Not that that's not completely commendable, because it is. That's Logan's career in the making right there.
"How weird that you have a dude-crush on Bobby McCallister," Logan says, tickled. "On me, then. Because I'm Bobby."
"I really don't," Nick says, taking the sandwich Logan passes to him. He's cut the crusts off and everything, even though his mom always tries to tell him that's where all the nutrients are. He doesn't care. He'll just take a multivitamin.
"Don't deny it now," Logan says. "That's like -- I'm putting that on my IMDB page somewhere. Fun facts about Logan. Number one, Nick Jonas would hit it."
You know you want to read it.
Lastly, mardia wrote this. It is Kirk/McCoy and it is awesome and I now need recs. Lots and lots of recs. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I had my first and second interviews for the full-time position I mentioned a while ago. They both went really well, I think (didn’t think so at first, but since my second interview was only two days after my first, I’ve reconsidered) and I got a call today from the person responsible for hiring. Unfortunately, I left my phone at home so I did not get the message until after 5pm. And she doesn’t work on Fridays. So if I got the job (why else would she be calling, though? Is that too optimistic?) I won’t know until Monday.
Why do I suck at TV lately? When I was in middle school, I could balance homework for seven subjects and still manage to keep up with the entire WB weekly lineup (even the crap I didn’t like/watch). Still behind on Lost, somehow behind again on Life Unexpected, and it’s only three episodes in but I’ve only managed to watch the premiere episode of Parenthood I like it a lot. Based on the premiere alone, even though Dax Shepard is a regular cast member and everything. Like viennawaits said, casting Lauren Graham as Peter Krause’s sister is just so wrong, but I don’t mind shipping incest (anymore). I mean, in the first two minutes, she says she’s moving back home based solely on his suggestion, and 45 minutes in, he’s abandoning their siblings to their problems to offer to drive - alone - with her to Fresno. And yes, I can see how I might be reading too much into that, but I’m going to ship it, either way, might as well take what I can get early on. Also, Mike O’Malley and Craig T. Nelson.
And I have yet to watch The Pacific, but I think I’m going to do that Sunday morning as well as watch a few episodes of World War II in HD. I was going to watch Band of Brothers with The Pacific but I’ve decided that might be too much (because WWII in HD will be so much better).
Fandom things:
My new favorite RPF pairing? Just might be Nick Jonas/Logan Lerman. I’m not even kidding. There are only two fics that I know of, but they are both awesome and need to be read so that the authors will write more and inspire others to write.
In the first, Nick is the douche we all know and love, only somehow it’s kind of endearing instead of annoying? I don’t know how moneyfolder did it, but she did. Excerpt:
When Nick finally gets a weekend off for the first time in forever, they film a short about one of those giant air-filled gumby dudes that people put up in car dealerships and stuff. The synopsis is that the gumby is actually alive, but he's all lonely and shit because nobody's there with him. Finally, at the end, the owner sells enough cars to buy another gumby dude and then the first guy isn't so lonely anymore. Nick's really good at imitating the wiggly arms, so he plays the part of Air Gumby #1. Logan plays the owner of the car dealership, a little girl, and Air Gumby #2.
Logan doesn't mean to toot his own horn or whatever, but he's kind of in love with his own concept. Also, they get a lot of awesome shots in, like the night scene where the owner turns off the pump and Air Gumby #1 slumps to the ground all deflated and sad. Totally poignant.
"Yeah, you're like, so deep. Like, totally," Nick says in a voice slightly higher than normal. "Who would have thought an eighteen year old could have come up with such a deep concept?"
Logan points at him. "Hey, man. I will not hesitate to hire someone to beat you up."
Nick laughs as Logan packs up the camera and scrolls through a mental list of people he knows. "Like Taylor Lautner. That guy can breakdance," Logan informs him. "He'll totally windmill your face off your face."
"Please." Nick starts swinging his arms windmill-style while making dumb sounds effects like, "Putt putt putt putt putt putt." He's way more stupid and immature than the promo pictures and gigantic biceps lead people to believe. That is, when he's not busy acting like an old man.
"God, you're so confusing to me -- stop. Stop it." Logan squints and bats at Nick's arms. "Ahh Jesus. Stop."
He slings the camera bag over his shoulder and runs to Nick's car as a retreat. They make it through the rest of the day without incident, but the image of Nick flailing around keeps him awake that night when he's trying to sleep. It's really annoying.
Go read it.
And the second has Logan befriending Nick in his efforts to destroy him so that he can hook up with Selena Gomez. Only somehow he ends up making out with Nick instead? (that’s not a spoiler when the pairing is Nick Jonas/Logan Lerman). Doesn't that sound awesome? Excerpt:
Nick says, "Anyway, I'm like the same age as him or was -- the same age as you, kind of, so it became this thing in my house. Bobby was a cool character. Everybody said I was like him: an individual and stuff."
"I can't believe that's why they call you the President," Logan says, thinking about the times he's heard Joe or Kevin say it. "Oh, shit." He looks at Nick, eyes widening. "Oh, shit, you have a TV crush on Bobby McCallister."
"That's not at all what I said."
"You do, though! You're like -- man," Logan says, clapping his hands together. This is too good. "Dude, I didn't think. Dude. It's too bad I'm not anything like that guy."
Nick says, "You have the same face."
"Yeah, but I never started a space club in my school," Logan says. He's not at all cut out to be a President. He wants to be a director for a reason. He loves movies, loves sitting around on his ass and coming up with ridiculous ideas for him and Dean to try to write for feature one day. Not that that's not completely commendable, because it is. That's Logan's career in the making right there.
"How weird that you have a dude-crush on Bobby McCallister," Logan says, tickled. "On me, then. Because I'm Bobby."
"I really don't," Nick says, taking the sandwich Logan passes to him. He's cut the crusts off and everything, even though his mom always tries to tell him that's where all the nutrients are. He doesn't care. He'll just take a multivitamin.
"Don't deny it now," Logan says. "That's like -- I'm putting that on my IMDB page somewhere. Fun facts about Logan. Number one, Nick Jonas would hit it."
You know you want to read it.
Lastly, mardia wrote this. It is Kirk/McCoy and it is awesome and I now need recs. Lots and lots of recs. Any help would be greatly appreciated.