It needs to be Wednesday evening already.
I don't know how I'm going to get through tomorrow or Wednesday without killing someone. You know it's bad when I'm looking forward to spending time with my crazy family in the boonies cut off from all signs of civilization (by which I mean the internets).
I'm pretty sure I've missed a few birthdays because I am terrible at checking that little thing but it seems that today is kopernik's birthday so happy birthday! And if I've missed you recently I apologize and happy birthday to you too!
Civics Quiz that apparently elected officials got an average of 44% on. I got a 72.73% which I'd be embarrassed about but I am not an elected official and my last straight civics class was a long long time ago. Also, at the end the questions become mostly about the economy and that has never been my strong suit.
Note to self: Do not, DO NOT, get obsessed about a teenage relationship in a YA series. DO NOT. It is bad for your health!
Don't mind me, I'm halfway through book 4 of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I love this series, maybe not quite on the level that I love HP because it's not an automatic buy (Of course I didn't get into the series until the 4 books had been released and there's only one left so quite possibly I'll preorder book 5 so I don't have to wait for it. I'll decide when it's closer to May) but in some ways I enjoy it more.
It's not as long as HP by which I mean it's not taking Rick Riordan 20 years to finish the series. Percy is in no way as emotastic as Harry which is by far the greatest thing about these books because you know you wanted to bitch slap Harry more than once. He doesn't have any moments of "oh my god my friends are out to get me and I have no one and no one likes me so I guess I'll just go eat worms" for which I am thankful. The one difference I'm not a fan of is that Riordan is more stingy on the secondary character development than JKR was. In a way I understand why because even the recurring secondary characters aren't seen much because so much of all the books are about Percy, Annabeth, Grover and their quests but when they do appear I feel like I should know more about them than I do.
Anyway, the note is because I totally ship Percy/Annabeth as it's pretty obvious it's the canon ship. But it's also a series about teenagers and Percy is 15 and discovering "whoa, girls" (he is clearly a bit behind in that respect than most boys I knew which is a bit of a disconnect with this series and HP that I never quite got past because I remember doing that whole awkward boy-girl thing at, like, 12 and it takes them until at least 14 and 15 to reach that point. I don't think that's very realistic. Although I suppose one could argue they've got bigger issues than I did 13 years ago) so obvs there are issues. I'm left wondering if Rick Riordan will have an epilogue like JKR that ties every thing up (I, being one of the 2 people who didn't hate the HP epilogue, wouldn't be averse to this). I'm trying not to get obsessed but I've already hunted down spoilers for the book (BAD IDEA. I should know this by now).
Also, I should probably not read spoilers based on people's on interpretation of events in the book. While reactions can be helpful I've discovered that what one person sees as significant I don't ascribe as much importance to it as they did.
For the Rain by peanutbutterer is a fabulous SGA AU. I haven't read much SGA fic in the last year but I read this because it's only 4 parts and it's AU. I've read fic for a lot of shows and fandoms and I've never found one that does AU quite as well as the people in SGA fandom although the main ones have been quiet for a while and that makes me sad.
"It's not enough that you made me watch that movie, but now you mock me with it?" Ha! How much do I love that Penny made Sheldon watch The Lake House. Hee.
"If I am permitted to speak again: Dr. Sheldon Cooper for the win." Awesome.
Yes! Goat in the apartment May 2009! I CANNOT WAIT!
Were they racing up there to see her shoot the guy or to see if it worked? Hee.
"Barney, this guy slept with Robin whom you claim to be in love with. How can you be excited about this?" "Lily, the Naked Man is bigger than me and Robin." Hee! Have I mentioned I adore any and all Barney and Robin scenes?
"I call slut!" "Whoa!" "I'm sorry Robin but you hooking up with this guy makes it seem like the only thing between you and sex is clothes." Hee!
"Sue me, I want my eyes to pop." Oh, Ted.
Oh man. I've got to see Lily's full list. Please tell me they're going to put that online and if they do someone will find that for me? Because, yeah. AWESOME.
"Naked Man!"
"This is the 'I'm not a slut' date." Awesome.
"What pose did you go with?" "I went with 'I've got boobs'." "And she nailed it." Hee!
Yes! Prepare for awesome! It's The Beek talking about good writing (obviously this is not related to Dawson's Creek at all) and then snorting some drug off Lucas's script. And my sister just said "tell me he's playing Dawson Leery" and I suspect OTH isn't that awesome but I am going to pretend that The Beek is playing Dawson Leery on OTH and he is now a crack addict producer. Because then my life might just be complete.
P.S. I am really irrationally annoyed that I can't go see Australia Wednesday or Thursday because I have to work do stuff with my family. I am totally seeing it this weekend. I don't care if I need to save money. Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman (whom I still love despite the botox) in a huge Baz Lurhmann epic movie where Hugh Jackman actually gets to be Australian. And hot.
I'm pretty sure I've missed a few birthdays because I am terrible at checking that little thing but it seems that today is kopernik's birthday so happy birthday! And if I've missed you recently I apologize and happy birthday to you too!
Civics Quiz that apparently elected officials got an average of 44% on. I got a 72.73% which I'd be embarrassed about but I am not an elected official and my last straight civics class was a long long time ago. Also, at the end the questions become mostly about the economy and that has never been my strong suit.
Note to self: Do not, DO NOT, get obsessed about a teenage relationship in a YA series. DO NOT. It is bad for your health!
Don't mind me, I'm halfway through book 4 of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I love this series, maybe not quite on the level that I love HP because it's not an automatic buy (Of course I didn't get into the series until the 4 books had been released and there's only one left so quite possibly I'll preorder book 5 so I don't have to wait for it. I'll decide when it's closer to May) but in some ways I enjoy it more.
It's not as long as HP by which I mean it's not taking Rick Riordan 20 years to finish the series. Percy is in no way as emotastic as Harry which is by far the greatest thing about these books because you know you wanted to bitch slap Harry more than once. He doesn't have any moments of "oh my god my friends are out to get me and I have no one and no one likes me so I guess I'll just go eat worms" for which I am thankful. The one difference I'm not a fan of is that Riordan is more stingy on the secondary character development than JKR was. In a way I understand why because even the recurring secondary characters aren't seen much because so much of all the books are about Percy, Annabeth, Grover and their quests but when they do appear I feel like I should know more about them than I do.
Anyway, the note is because I totally ship Percy/Annabeth as it's pretty obvious it's the canon ship. But it's also a series about teenagers and Percy is 15 and discovering "whoa, girls" (he is clearly a bit behind in that respect than most boys I knew which is a bit of a disconnect with this series and HP that I never quite got past because I remember doing that whole awkward boy-girl thing at, like, 12 and it takes them until at least 14 and 15 to reach that point. I don't think that's very realistic. Although I suppose one could argue they've got bigger issues than I did 13 years ago) so obvs there are issues. I'm left wondering if Rick Riordan will have an epilogue like JKR that ties every thing up (I, being one of the 2 people who didn't hate the HP epilogue, wouldn't be averse to this). I'm trying not to get obsessed but I've already hunted down spoilers for the book (BAD IDEA. I should know this by now).
Also, I should probably not read spoilers based on people's on interpretation of events in the book. While reactions can be helpful I've discovered that what one person sees as significant I don't ascribe as much importance to it as they did.
For the Rain by peanutbutterer is a fabulous SGA AU. I haven't read much SGA fic in the last year but I read this because it's only 4 parts and it's AU. I've read fic for a lot of shows and fandoms and I've never found one that does AU quite as well as the people in SGA fandom although the main ones have been quiet for a while and that makes me sad.
"It's not enough that you made me watch that movie, but now you mock me with it?" Ha! How much do I love that Penny made Sheldon watch The Lake House. Hee.
"If I am permitted to speak again: Dr. Sheldon Cooper for the win." Awesome.
Yes! Goat in the apartment May 2009! I CANNOT WAIT!
Were they racing up there to see her shoot the guy or to see if it worked? Hee.
"Barney, this guy slept with Robin whom you claim to be in love with. How can you be excited about this?" "Lily, the Naked Man is bigger than me and Robin." Hee! Have I mentioned I adore any and all Barney and Robin scenes?
"I call slut!" "Whoa!" "I'm sorry Robin but you hooking up with this guy makes it seem like the only thing between you and sex is clothes." Hee!
"Sue me, I want my eyes to pop." Oh, Ted.
Oh man. I've got to see Lily's full list. Please tell me they're going to put that online and if they do someone will find that for me? Because, yeah. AWESOME.
"Naked Man!"
"This is the 'I'm not a slut' date." Awesome.
"What pose did you go with?" "I went with 'I've got boobs'." "And she nailed it." Hee!
Yes! Prepare for awesome! It's The Beek talking about good writing (obviously this is not related to Dawson's Creek at all) and then snorting some drug off Lucas's script. And my sister just said "tell me he's playing Dawson Leery" and I suspect OTH isn't that awesome but I am going to pretend that The Beek is playing Dawson Leery on OTH and he is now a crack addict producer. Because then my life might just be complete.
P.S. I am really irrationally annoyed that I can't go see Australia Wednesday or Thursday because I have to work do stuff with my family. I am totally seeing it this weekend. I don't care if I need to save money. Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman (whom I still love despite the botox) in a huge Baz Lurhmann epic movie where Hugh Jackman actually gets to be Australian. And hot.