happy frakkin' new year!

[krickets]

I'm grumpy, therefore, looked around for some year-ending memes to help me not axe-murder the nearest small animal/child/parent.

1) Harken back to your archives.
2) Collect the first sentence (or two) you wrote every month for the whole year.
3) Entertain us.
4) My rule, I'm skipping fic/vid/icon headers, meme instructions, lists, and labeling stuff cause that's just confusing. And also? Lame.

January: Classes resume in about a week. I'm not terribly stoked but I'm so done being stuck at home all the time. So. DONE.
February: Even though he was tall, Sun could tell that he was no more than eighteen.
March: I guess that's how death works. It doesn't matter if we're ready or not. It just happens.
April: For the record, I hate this month because I have weird formatting stuff so it's hard to tell where the first sentence actually is, there's colons and name tags and quotes and... here: i think michael prefers for it to be called "Neverland", not "Jackson Hole."
May: Every word was a lie.
June: This very moment, just under my window, they are grinding my willow tree to bits.
July: Help me!
August: Ohmygod!
September: Just a quick little note to say I'm going out of town through the long weekend.
October: A couple folks on my flist posted this already, but in case you haven't seen it... BSG S4 PROMO! *hyperventilates*
November: It's hot and cold, this Supernatural.
Decenber: I've been kind of hanging back, gaging the responses of others.

Fandom year in review, stolen from browncoatjack:
01. What fandoms did you acquire in 2007?
Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural, Friday Night Lights, Pushing Daisies, Due South-kinda, and basically Callum! (I'm probably forgetting something. Wow. That's sad.)
02. What fandoms did you let go of in 2007?
I would say Dexter and Entourage. I still watch Entourage but I no longer make icons or anything. Just have no desire. Dexter, though, I just completely gave up watching the show. Also, Grey's Anatomy. I dropped that sucker like a rock mid-season last year and haven't looked back.
03. What fandoms did you mean to get into but didn't in 2007?
Stargate Atlantis. Tough and Cuddles require it, but I'm too slow. I'll get there eventually. *smishes them*
04. What fandoms do you intend to check out in 2008?
SGA and... I feel like the world wants me to watch Dr. Who but I'm pretty sure it's not going to happen. I appreciate David Tennant and his adorable-ness and the heartbreaking though un-filled-in stories of Rose and Martha, but I think I'm keen to view the pretties from afar. I'll still watch fan vids though. Hehe. I think the main reason I won't allow myself to get into the show is because I know, ahead of time no less, that people tend to disappear. 9, Rose, Martha next and soon 10? I can't take all the heartache!
05. What fandoms do you think you might let go of unless things significantly improve in 2008?
Supernatural. I just... yeah. It makes me sad. The other day I was watching a video and there was a section that summed up last year's finale and I honestly thought, "Oh! I can't wait for Supernatural to come back!" And then I remembered, "Oh wait... it already has..." Or as Dayln so eloquently put it, "A show that calls itself Supernatural, but is not Supernatural, came back in its place."
06. What fandoms do you think you'll never let go of no matter how crappy they get? Why?
Supernatural. Hahaha. What? And BSG, FNL, and LOST (we have a haven)... okay yeah. I'm a sucker.

Out of the cut:

07. What show impressed you most in 2007?
Hands down Battlestar Galactica. I have never been a fan of sci fi. Ever. It was more like, try and make me. And this show, this show. It's political, it's spiritual, it's sociological, it's emotional and real and it raises all kinds of interesting questions about the nature of humanity, and not just in this far away spacey place, but right here in our own backyards, and even in our own minds. The characters are flawed and real, and I don't feel like a single one of them functions as a prop. They carry with them histories and life and I love everybody and every minute and every word. Even if I don't. I would recommend this show to every single living human who's not both blind and deaf. Sorry, Helen Keller.

Comments

[theladyscribe]

I am afraid I am with you on #5. I just. I think it's the combination of the too-bright colors on the show and the fact that fandom has gone haywire (they were not like this last year when I joined the fandom), and I'm starting to get to the point that it's just not *fun* anymore. And that's usually a sign it's time to get out.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Yeah I'm really kinda bummed about it too. The one thing that's really keeping me watching the show, other than the fact that I actually care about the characters and want to see what happens to them regardless of how it's done, is the interesting middle ground they're sort of coming up against with the demons and the nature of them. We've seen that with the basement demon with Dean and Ruby too. There appears to be a gray area there and that, imo, can make for good TV. I just wish they'd fucking cut the rest of the shit out because on more than one occasion, I have been compelled to turn off my TV in the middle of the show. And in one instance, I actually did. (And have yet to DL or watch that ep, either.) *sigh* Oh, show, why have you forsaken yourself?

[theladyscribe]

Sin City is my favorite episode of the current season. Casey and Gil are among the best antagonists of the week (I hesitate to call them "monsters" because they weren't really that monstrous) of the whole show. In fact, I think they are the most YED-like demons we've met (besides the YED, obviously). I was so sad that they died. :(

I think what is killing the show for me is Ruby. She's so... I don't even have words for her. But I don't like her deus ex machina attitude, and I'm kind of hoping it comes back to bite them all in the ass.

I still like Bela, and I'm hoping she'll turn out to be an unexpected ally when it gets down to Dean's deal. I don't want her to save the day, but I'd love for Sam to end up owing her something for saving Dean's soul (and wouldn't that be an interesting twist - saving Dean means the boys are forever indebted to another human being, one they really don't like so much).

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

February: Even though he was tall, Sun could tell that he was no more than eighteen.

Not to be a nag but what ever happened to that fic?

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Haha, Ummmmmmm....

I kind of gave up on it. Honestly, I have thought about going back to it. I'm sure I still have the outline (VERY DETAILED) somewhere around here. Maybe that will be my New Year's resolution.

*sigh*

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

lol, I totally understand what you mean. I've given up on a bunch of stuff before, I just wanted to check, because it was semi-brought up.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I have it marked as "abandoned" on my fic list, but it's always kind of there in the back of my mind. Because I really did put so much work into developing the story. I mean, the chapters were laid out entirely, I knew exactly what was going to happen. I just haven't written it. The other day I actually went through my old fics and thought, "I should finish that."

I think my style has changed a lot, so I'm not sure I could go back to the way things were... but it might be worth a try anyway.

And no worries. That'll give me something to think about.

[quiet-rebel.livejournal.com]

Ditto on SPN. *shakes head* Dit-to.

And I mean on the giving up in 2008, but still never letting go no matter how crappy it gets :)

Yea! BSG!

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Yeah I think I do have a breaking point. I mean, if this season as a whole leaves a bad taste in my mouth, if the writer's strike ends soonish and allows it to finish, that is, then I might give up then. But I am willing to give it to the end of the season to straighten itself out. I'm generous that way. And depending, I might not even give up then. Haha. But yeah. So not enjoying it.

Unlike BSG which just makes my fangirl heart go pitter-patter.

[ageless-aislynn.livejournal.com]

I feel like the world wants me to watch Dr. Who but I'm pretty sure it's not going to happen. I appreciate David Tennant and his adorable-ness and the heartbreaking though un-filled-in stories of Rose and Martha, but I think I'm keen to view the pretties from afar. I'll still watch fan vids though. Hehe. I think the main reason I won't allow myself to get into the show is because I know, ahead of time no less, that people tend to disappear. 9, Rose, Martha next and soon 10? I can't take all the heartache!

Seriously? I think if I came at DW from the place you are, I wouldn't watch it either! ;) I mean, I knew from the Old Skool Who :P that the characters tend leave when you really don't want them to, (when one of Four's companions, a Xena-prototype tough Amazon gal named Leela, just basically said at the end of an ep: "And I'm staying here and not traveling with you anymore" and the Doctor just left without her and that was it, that was one of the first times I can remember talking to the TV: "No! What are you doing? Go back and GET HER! You don't LEAVE HER THERE!!!" O_O ;) ) so I expected that. But it doesn't mean I have to like it! *is still clinging to Nine's ankle* ;)

I kinda exist in a pocket of the fandom, where Nine is still the Doctor and I kinda refuse to really move out of that! ;) Not that I, uh, haven't noticed this whole Ten bloke, of course. ;) But I doubt it'll be much longer before he's gone as well and there will be Eleven. And then Twelve and then Thirteen and then they're going to have a problem because Old Skool canon says there's only 13 incarnations, so what they gonna do then, huh??? (I'd guess... break canon if the ratings are still good? ;) )

However, if Callum gets casts as Eleven, he's gonna expect you to watch. I'm just saying... ;) Anyway, sorry for the ramblies there (and I never ramble, that was what was so shocking about it! *halo* ;) ), I just wanted to chime in from the Who fandom. ;) Our official statement: we'd LOVE to have you in the fandom but understand why you'd rather not. ;) (Besides, this isn't a show you can successfully "make" yourself watch, IMO. I think it would annoy you if it didn't just capture you on its own, you know? :S o_O ;) )

*smish* ♥!

[jellyfrog.livejournal.com]

Barging in to spend a moment staring vacantly in space thinking... CKR as Eleven? Oooooooooooooohhh....

That would be a Whole New Frakking Awesome World, wouldn't it just? :D

[crickets.livejournal.com]

UMYES.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

If Callum is cast as 11 you can bet your bottom dollar I'll be there!

[jellyfrog.livejournal.com]

Your assessment of BSG is so spot on that I have nothing to add. Just wanted to say YES, EXACTLY!

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Right on!

[gigglemonster.livejournal.com]

eeeee! tough and cuddles!!!

[crickets.livejournal.com]

We need a tough and cuddles icon.

[woolly-socks.livejournal.com]

I love your description of BSG! LOVE.

I also love your answers to the first line meme. Mysterious and beautiful.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Thanky!