Dollhouse, Valentines, and Swollen Brains
I have to laugh, even though it wasn't funny at the time. I was watching Dollhouse and you know how they erase Echo's first personality and it rewinds, and there's that little flash of her having sex with the guy? That's when my mum came in. And after a small flurry of I-Have-An-Issue-With-This, I finally got frustrated because no one was letting me watch the gorram thing, so I had to find another, more secluded tv to watch it on.
I think it's going to grow on me. It's certainly interesting. First, though? Boyd Topher? Is it just me, or does Joss have a thing for cute, blonde, dorky guys? Because he's totally Wash-ish, I think. *Especially with that adorkable sweater vest~* Also, Topher Boyd I kinda like. I don't know why, but I do. And the woman with all the scars, I don't know her name, and she barely said anything, but for some reason I really like her. She seems kinda woobie-ish. Also, my LW (Life's Work) OC Aestorel has sort of the same thing going on, so maybe that's another reason. And the FBI guy? (I don't feel like looking up his name.) I'm not sure if I like him yet. I think I will, even though he's technically the bad guy, but he's also slightly woobie-ish, and oddly enough I can't really think back to any particular moment that would point to that other than his failtastic marriage.
What I think is the most interesting thing about Dollhouse, is simply that Joss is known for great character development (among other things) but here we have some characters that... Well, have no character. So we get attached to a different personality each week, and then it's erased. Huh.
So Valentine's Day I volunteered at this party at my church, and I got to hand out champagne. It was awesome. And also, opening those things up? There's some serious recoil. There was also (lyricalecho PAY ATTENTION TO THIS) a chocolate fountain, and after everyone left we got to clean it (read: chip off all the hardened chocolate and eat it.) John even started taking some off the tablecloth, and after he ate about half of it, we reminded him that it probably dribbled out of some little kid's mouth. "UGH! IT'S BACKWASH CHOCOLATE!"
Also, we got to walk around with trays of bagel bites and mini spinach pies and stuff, and I stopped at this table with an old couple and the guy was all nice and "Oh, I'll take one," and just as he reaches out, his wife is all, "I'LL HAVE ONE TOO" and snipes it right out from under his hand. It was old peep reflexes FTW. But then we had this whole thing where we were all hanging out with our trays like, "Uuuurgh, I really want to eat one of these pie things," and Father came over all, "You should totally have one!" And he offered to hold the tray and we were like 'hey, you can't make the priest hold it,' and then he made a joke about "I was called to serve," and then we sort of started making religious jokes and 'spinach is the devil's plaything' and then Father left and it was quiet for a second. And then Reed was like, "I don't know if he thought the God jokes were really funny, or really offensive."
So then I got home and I found D sitting on our couch watching Masterpiece Theater's Sense and Sensibility. And I was like, "=DDDDD ceiling_smiley and I LOVE Col. Brandon!" And D's like, "I KNOW, RITE?" (Speaking of which, Timothy Spall is in the MT Oliver Twist, and Maggie Smith too, and also this guy who sort of looks like Matthew Macfadyen but isn't...)
But anyway, it was so cute, because D and Mum got each other the same card, and they also got me the same card, so it was just like, '=DDDDDDDDDDDD' Mine is so adorable, with Pooh and Piglet, and I'm seriously going to put it in my locker. I gave my Mum a neat card that I bought from the Photo Club, though, and that was nice too.
Now I'm sitting here pigging out on Winfrey's samplers and chocolate walnut fudge (which is the beeeeeest) and I feel like I'm ten thousand pounds. But it's sooo good.
Also this morning, I'm looking at all the vaccinations I do/don't need to get before the China trip. I found this website that talked about all different countries and what you have to get, and it was like: Australia: yellow fever, because they don't want it in the country; Guam: normal vaccinations; Egypt: normal vaccinations; Canada: normal vaccinations; France: HEPATITIS B OMG DON'T HAVE SEX WITH ANY FRENCH PEEPS~ I don't know why I found that so funny. But Mum is convinced that I'm going to get everything in China, like rabies and typhoid and all of this stuff... There was a site though that said you need to get vaccinated for "Japanese encephalitis" which apparently makes your brain blow up like a balloon before it kills you. Great.
On that note, it's going to be a great vacation! Happy Day After Valentine's Day! <333333333333333333333
EDIT: Has been edited. X3