That's some kind of facetious Canadian humor.
See, this is why I could never keep a diary when I was little. Or big, or pretty much ever. At some point I'd get bored and stop writing for a while, and then I'd want to start again but I would always feel like my first entry back should contain everything I'd been up to since the last entry, and the thought of having to compose some big long explanation was scary and annoying and so I kept putting it off and eventually I'd realize I'd never open that diary again so I would chuck it in the trash.
I haven't been on LJ (much) since May. Now I'm back. There. Whew.
So, what am I up to right now? Glad you asked. I am currently head-over-heels in love with a Mountie. And also with his boyfriend, Ray. RAY!! And FRASER!! Look at my icon, y'all. LOOK. That is the most gorgeous, silly, angsty, fucked-up man in the world. Everyone should have a Mountie of their very own. Except not, because he is MINE beeyotches and you can't take him from me! *clingz* But I think I can share. As long as you treat him nicely.
Yes, I've somehow managed to tumble into a new fandom, after insisting for years that I was monofannish. It's all tzikeh's fault. Her and merryish. Blame them. They're the ones who had the crazy idea to do a due South marathon a month ago. And I have never been the same since. MOUNTIE! RAY! DIEF! My show!
Clearly, I am not explaining this well. I am still in the "crush" phase of acquiring a new fandom, where instead of being able to speak intelligently about why a show has captured your imagination, you just flail your arms around wildly and squee loudly and expect that others are somehow able to translate that into logical English. Flail! Squee!
Okay, so, there's this Mountie. He grew up in rural Freeze-Your-Ass-Off Canada, but is now living in the big city of Chicago, and so he is Out Of His Element. He is all kind and polite, as of course all Canadians are, and you would think this would get him eaten alive in Chicago but somehow he always manages to talk people out of committing crimes just by being - you guessed it - kind and polite. And he has a deaf wolf named Diefenbaker, who is kind of like Lassie but with a serious attitude. Lassie would be all "Arf arf! Timmy's trapped in the well!" Dief is more like "Yo, whazzup my bitches. There's some kid in some well over there. You go get him. I'm gonna sit here and eat this doughnut." So anyway. Back to the Mountie. (Whose real name is Benton Fraser, but he's always The Mountie to me, because even when he takes off the uniform at the end of the day he is still wearing it in his SOUL - he can't not be in Mountie mode and that is part of why he is so fucked-up. But I haven't gotten to that yet.) So he pretends to be all naive and clueless about stuff, Mr. Sweet Gentlemanly Farmboy who is uncorrupted by the Mean Urban Streets, but the fun part is that he's really really NOT. He lets people think that he is clueless, because it's easier to manipulate them that way, but it's all an act because like I said before he is extremely fucked-up, and he is so obsessed with living up to his father's legacy and what it means to be a Real Man and doing his duty as a police officer that he has forgotten how to shed his expectations and ideals and professionalism and all his other baggage and just be himself. Which means he is very very lonely. Until he meets Ray. RAAAAAAY!
Ray is the bestest TV boyfriend ever. Seriously. He is bitchy and sarcastic and devoted and he is an amazing cop but he doesn't think he's a very good person (which he IS - he just doesn't know it), and he's Italian, and he makes fun of Fraser all the time but it's done with LOVE. Buddy-cop love. I need a Ray icon so badly. See, Fraser teaches Ray that he has wonderful goodness inside him and that he can be a hero too. And Ray teaches Fraser that he doesn't have to be The Hero all the time, that it's okay to be human and to feel anger and exasperation and hurt and he doesn't have to close himself off from the world. (Edit: Also, both Fraser and Ray have massive MASSIVE father issues - Fraser wants to be exactly like his dad and Ray wants to be as unlike his dad as possible - and they are both messed up because of this, and all the father stuff comes to a head in an episode where they are lost in the woods and Fraser is blind and can't walk and Ray carries him on his back and they sing. Seriously.) And you guys - you don't understand unless you've seen it, but - the best part? Fraser has two axes. TWO. One for himself and one for Ray. Trust me, this is the most wonderful thing in the world. I changed the text greeting message on my cell phone from "Sprint PCS" (or whatever) to "FraserHas2Axes". Why yes, I am a giant dork.
I am still very heavily involved with my previous fandoms (Buffy, Angel, Farscape, a little bit of BSG) and also with vidding; I am not going anywhere. But for at least the next month or so, due South squeeage is probably going to take over my journal, so feel free to friend/defriend/filter/whatever. Today is Amnesty Day, as is every other day of the year. Also, I hear that at some point there is another Ray. I have not seen any episodes with this other Ray. I am not opposed to this other Ray at all - I do want to see those eps as soon as I (a) manage to scrape together enough money to buy the Season 3 DVDs and (b) prepare myself for the fact that it will be a different show, with a different tone and a different type of relationship - I am only mentioning this in order to ask that you please not spoil me for the RayK stuff. Okay. That is all.
So how have you guys been? :)
(Seriously - fill me in on what you've been doing for the past two months, 'cause I have no clue. Think of it as a meme. Comment away!)
I haven't been on LJ (much) since May. Now I'm back. There. Whew.
So, what am I up to right now? Glad you asked. I am currently head-over-heels in love with a Mountie. And also with his boyfriend, Ray. RAY!! And FRASER!! Look at my icon, y'all. LOOK. That is the most gorgeous, silly, angsty, fucked-up man in the world. Everyone should have a Mountie of their very own. Except not, because he is MINE beeyotches and you can't take him from me! *clingz* But I think I can share. As long as you treat him nicely.
Yes, I've somehow managed to tumble into a new fandom, after insisting for years that I was monofannish. It's all tzikeh's fault. Her and merryish. Blame them. They're the ones who had the crazy idea to do a due South marathon a month ago. And I have never been the same since. MOUNTIE! RAY! DIEF! My show!
Clearly, I am not explaining this well. I am still in the "crush" phase of acquiring a new fandom, where instead of being able to speak intelligently about why a show has captured your imagination, you just flail your arms around wildly and squee loudly and expect that others are somehow able to translate that into logical English. Flail! Squee!
Okay, so, there's this Mountie. He grew up in rural Freeze-Your-Ass-Off Canada, but is now living in the big city of Chicago, and so he is Out Of His Element. He is all kind and polite, as of course all Canadians are, and you would think this would get him eaten alive in Chicago but somehow he always manages to talk people out of committing crimes just by being - you guessed it - kind and polite. And he has a deaf wolf named Diefenbaker, who is kind of like Lassie but with a serious attitude. Lassie would be all "Arf arf! Timmy's trapped in the well!" Dief is more like "Yo, whazzup my bitches. There's some kid in some well over there. You go get him. I'm gonna sit here and eat this doughnut." So anyway. Back to the Mountie. (Whose real name is Benton Fraser, but he's always The Mountie to me, because even when he takes off the uniform at the end of the day he is still wearing it in his SOUL - he can't not be in Mountie mode and that is part of why he is so fucked-up. But I haven't gotten to that yet.) So he pretends to be all naive and clueless about stuff, Mr. Sweet Gentlemanly Farmboy who is uncorrupted by the Mean Urban Streets, but the fun part is that he's really really NOT. He lets people think that he is clueless, because it's easier to manipulate them that way, but it's all an act because like I said before he is extremely fucked-up, and he is so obsessed with living up to his father's legacy and what it means to be a Real Man and doing his duty as a police officer that he has forgotten how to shed his expectations and ideals and professionalism and all his other baggage and just be himself. Which means he is very very lonely. Until he meets Ray. RAAAAAAY!
Ray is the bestest TV boyfriend ever. Seriously. He is bitchy and sarcastic and devoted and he is an amazing cop but he doesn't think he's a very good person (which he IS - he just doesn't know it), and he's Italian, and he makes fun of Fraser all the time but it's done with LOVE. Buddy-cop love. I need a Ray icon so badly. See, Fraser teaches Ray that he has wonderful goodness inside him and that he can be a hero too. And Ray teaches Fraser that he doesn't have to be The Hero all the time, that it's okay to be human and to feel anger and exasperation and hurt and he doesn't have to close himself off from the world. (Edit: Also, both Fraser and Ray have massive MASSIVE father issues - Fraser wants to be exactly like his dad and Ray wants to be as unlike his dad as possible - and they are both messed up because of this, and all the father stuff comes to a head in an episode where they are lost in the woods and Fraser is blind and can't walk and Ray carries him on his back and they sing. Seriously.) And you guys - you don't understand unless you've seen it, but - the best part? Fraser has two axes. TWO. One for himself and one for Ray. Trust me, this is the most wonderful thing in the world. I changed the text greeting message on my cell phone from "Sprint PCS" (or whatever) to "FraserHas2Axes". Why yes, I am a giant dork.
I am still very heavily involved with my previous fandoms (Buffy, Angel, Farscape, a little bit of BSG) and also with vidding; I am not going anywhere. But for at least the next month or so, due South squeeage is probably going to take over my journal, so feel free to friend/defriend/filter/whatever. Today is Amnesty Day, as is every other day of the year. Also, I hear that at some point there is another Ray. I have not seen any episodes with this other Ray. I am not opposed to this other Ray at all - I do want to see those eps as soon as I (a) manage to scrape together enough money to buy the Season 3 DVDs and (b) prepare myself for the fact that it will be a different show, with a different tone and a different type of relationship - I am only mentioning this in order to ask that you please not spoil me for the RayK stuff. Okay. That is all.
So how have you guys been? :)
(Seriously - fill me in on what you've been doing for the past two months, 'cause I have no clue. Think of it as a meme. Comment away!)