Fannish pursuits

[iridescentglow]

It’s summer - maybe not in weather terms (thanks for the rain, England), but in terms of me just wanting to watch brain-free reality TV. So I’ve been enjoying The Amazing Race Australia (which some kind soul is uploading to youtube). I think TAR AU might have the edge over the original recipe TAR simply because all the contestants in the Australian

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[burntspaghetti]

Oh, I know why they couldn’t show the full extent of Dany’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ experience in the House of the Undying, but it was still disappointing to see a great book sequence cut off at the knees.
I know. I especially wanted to see the part with Rhaegar because I am really fascinated by his story. I'm only about a hundred pages into A Feast of Crows but what I know of him so far makes me want to see him in the show so badly.

[noisyhearts]

My (actually australian) friends/housemates cannot handle how much I love watching TAR on the actual television ever week. It's just so brilliantly mindless.

[cookiekel]

YES. I'm so obsessed with gymnastics right now and I knew you would be too! I know the USA team will be very strong but a part of me longs for less power and more grace and long lines. I've always favored gymnasts like Nastia Liukin and Shannon Miller over the likes of Jordyn Wieber and Aly Raisman. They're amazing and consistent but they don't inspire anything in me. I wish I could really get behind them. But I'm so so excited to see the athletes from the other countries -- the Olympics are going to be great!

[iridescentglow]

Oh man, give me a Sarah Finnegan over an Aly Raisman any day. :/

I think the US is a shoo-in for team gold (lol, now I've jinxed it), but there is something deeply depressing about Jordyn competing bars in team finals. (Dammit Nastia, why didn't you give yourself more time to get your bar routine back?)