It being Friday night (well actually at this very moment it's now Saturday for me - but whatevs) I took myself out to dinner and a movie. Now, being as that I do this a lot (most Fridays), the only thing left for me to see in theatres (BKK only shows about 4-5 movies at a time) was Foxcatcher, which I had heard good reviews for and especially about ( Read more... )

Today I very officially told the people who need to know that I'm not staying in Thailand for a third year. This decision makes me inconsolably angry in ways that I can't hardly explain.( cut for general frustration and cathartic bitching )

I just binge-watched all 8 episodes of True Detective in one sitting and am mightily pleased with the series overall (though it may have seriously stressed me out to watch it over a series of days because Rust is the kind of character I could get seriously lost in). I even really enjoyed the ending, even though I was sure there for a while that it ( Read more... )

This is an American Cultural Studies // Literary Theory rec-post. This is not - by any means - an all-inclusive list of the subject. In fact, it's pretty narrow in scope as my research in Uni focused primarily on the 19thC (why I'm writing a thesis on contemporary fandom is a question I still ask myself on a daily fucking basis because I do NOT ( Read more... )

HAPPY 2014 EVERYONE!


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I would love to prove singlehandedly that lj isn't dead... but the overwhelming amount of unanswered comments in my inbox would beg to differ. This isn't about lj at all - this is about me needing a distraction because I am seriously losing it.

Meme from rosaxx50 :: Comment to this post, and I will list five things I associate with you. They might make ( Read more... )

Herein lies (the beginning of) a list questions and comments from the discussion that took place after my presentation... or rather, the thinking and speculation that occurred because of some very specific points that were made in the discussion ( Read more... )

What, you think I never watched you?
The Transformative Power of Watching and Voyeurism in the Buffyverse[Herein lies the actual presentation as submitted]The character of Dawn Summers, introduced in the fifth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, acts as a fan of the story she is on the fringes on. She has her own tv-boyfriend (Xander), her own OTP (one true pairing - Willow/Tara), her own ( Read more... )

Okay ya'll - I went to an academic conference during my fandom hiatus. And it was great. ((News from the academia side of the aca-fan spectrum? everyone is a Dean Winchester stan. It's actually pretty cute.)) And my presentation went over really, really well --- like, people stopping me in the hallway for the rest of the conference to talk about ( Read more... )

So I'm in the shower (minding my own business) when my mind decides to take a HUGE left turn from a current conversation re: Boone/Damon
[Spoiler ]
/Smokey/Brother/Island
 into this whole other place of
[Spoiler]
Smokey vs. Jacob and Brother vs. Jacob
 and the Prodigal Son. Also, by extension: Sam/Dean and Damon/Stefan... because obviously.

Here, let me explain.

Warning: I'm ( Read more... )