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I've just had a whole weekend alone and at home in my own apartment for the first time in eight weeks. Which I have spent catching up on some tv (all of this season's Scrubs so far; the first half of Torchwood) and consuming everything in my apartment that's fit to be consumed (about two weeks' worth of groceries, including an excess of Normandy cider and paté and egg custard desert cups, oh how I love French grocery shopping). It has been rather glorious. Briefly:
Scrubs: rather ehh. Finding it a bit subpar this season.
Torchwood: I really thought I'd be liking this a lot more than I am, because the whole setup has so much promise. I would really like some more clearly defined character and plot arcs, for one thing, not to mention a stronger group dynamic (again, so much potential). However, Captain Jack is undeniably very pretty, much prettier than on DW where he is overshadowed by those who are pretty and fascinating. Though we really don't know nearly enough about him yet for him to be interesting. But I keep watching in the hopes that its connection to the Who-verse is going to pay off. Also? This show makes me really, really miss Angel. Wah (still).
Me in the past seven weekends: Amsterdam, Cologne, Paris, Southern Portugal, Southern Spain, Eastern Spain, London. It's been a bit mad, actually. But fun, and I'm still so glad I'm doing this.
This also the first time in months that my stolen wifi has been on for an uninterrupted period of time, so I've been kind of gorging on it. I've been missing LJ, a lot. I miss the internet in general, actually, which I no longer have at home for various reasons. And I really miss fandom. I mean more than just falling in love with various shows and things, because I'm always doing that and don't have nearly enough time for all the things on my list, but really being involved in a something where I'm not just lurking or passing through, or have missed the boat entirely. Being in a fandom sort of makes you feel like you really have a stake it in - more than that, actually, like you have a legitimate claim of ownership to it somehow. That kind of passion and belonging, I sort of miss having that.
Okay, so what I haven't done this weekend are my applications for grad school, which are kind of due like, right now. I'm not sure if it's going to happen at all, because more and more these days, the more anxiety a thing causes me, the more I ignore it until it goes away. Which is a bit unfortunate when some problems (like one's future) don't exactly go away. But anyway. I also haven't done my lesson plans for this week, which is a little more pressing, so I'm off to do that now.
p.s. icafreak, you darling thing, your package was waiting for me when I got back this week. I know I'm one of like three people in the world who would (for Connor), but I squeed so hard. Thanksss. Also, I just heard about this, and gah, I can't believe I'm missing it. Stupid Europe. I miss my beautiful Aussie boys!
Scrubs: rather ehh. Finding it a bit subpar this season.
Torchwood: I really thought I'd be liking this a lot more than I am, because the whole setup has so much promise. I would really like some more clearly defined character and plot arcs, for one thing, not to mention a stronger group dynamic (again, so much potential). However, Captain Jack is undeniably very pretty, much prettier than on DW where he is overshadowed by those who are pretty and fascinating. Though we really don't know nearly enough about him yet for him to be interesting. But I keep watching in the hopes that its connection to the Who-verse is going to pay off. Also? This show makes me really, really miss Angel. Wah (still).
Me in the past seven weekends: Amsterdam, Cologne, Paris, Southern Portugal, Southern Spain, Eastern Spain, London. It's been a bit mad, actually. But fun, and I'm still so glad I'm doing this.
This also the first time in months that my stolen wifi has been on for an uninterrupted period of time, so I've been kind of gorging on it. I've been missing LJ, a lot. I miss the internet in general, actually, which I no longer have at home for various reasons. And I really miss fandom. I mean more than just falling in love with various shows and things, because I'm always doing that and don't have nearly enough time for all the things on my list, but really being involved in a something where I'm not just lurking or passing through, or have missed the boat entirely. Being in a fandom sort of makes you feel like you really have a stake it in - more than that, actually, like you have a legitimate claim of ownership to it somehow. That kind of passion and belonging, I sort of miss having that.
Okay, so what I haven't done this weekend are my applications for grad school, which are kind of due like, right now. I'm not sure if it's going to happen at all, because more and more these days, the more anxiety a thing causes me, the more I ignore it until it goes away. Which is a bit unfortunate when some problems (like one's future) don't exactly go away. But anyway. I also haven't done my lesson plans for this week, which is a little more pressing, so I'm off to do that now.
p.s. icafreak, you darling thing, your package was waiting for me when I got back this week. I know I'm one of like three people in the world who would (for Connor), but I squeed so hard. Thanksss. Also, I just heard about this, and gah, I can't believe I'm missing it. Stupid Europe. I miss my beautiful Aussie boys!