life is a single skip for joy

Geez, you guys. Why is this place so slow this week? I mean, it's been slow for a while but this is even worse. I know I'm not being helpful by driving everyone away with my constant fangirling over The Killing, but c'mon. Don't fail me now.

Here are a few things happening in my brain right now:

→ Vids. Vids. Vids. I told gigglemonster that I've got The Vids: Meaning, I have all the vid bunnies, but no actual vidding is ever accomplished. If someone walks past me whistling a tune, I am like "Oh! That would make a great vid for x, y or z fandom! *dreamy sigh*" I vid in my head and it is amazing, people. (All that being said, I have a The Killing, Generation Kill, and possibly a Shameless vid in the works.)



→ GENERATION KILL: Why had I not watched this before now? It was glorious and I love everyone. (Well, not everyone, Trombley.) I fully give slybrunette responsibility for this. And also, as I said on Tumblr (or somewhere) I think my ship goggles are broken. (Kaput!) Because of course I am going to totally latch onto Brad/Walt like some kind of weirdo who digs "mothering/care-taking" ships. (Who? ME? Holder/Linden, Stefan/Caroline, and speaking of shipping the wrong thing in war fandoms, Chuckler/Leckie, etc.) It's just not right. (Or fair.) Especially in a fandom that has a shit-ton of fic. It's like they're purposefully taunting me. At least slybrunette has said she'll try to write them for me. I might die of happiness. (Also, the fact that I am capable of finding Askars attractive is a complete shock to me. Just FYI. That is not a thing I was remotely interested in at all before now. No matter how many times True Blood showed us his ass.)



→ SHAMELESS: I'm catching up and I'm so glad. I missed the Gallaghers. (Except for Frank, of course.) And the Jacksons and the Fisher-Balls. Etc. I love this family so much that I will essentially take them any way that I can get them. Despite the gross Frank-drama in the first few episodes, and the fact that getting episodes is a pain in the ass sometimes, I pretty much love this show as if it were my own child. True story.

→ I think I promised to write some reactions to the deluge of season finales that happened. I... kind of never did that. I really should, but the further away from them I get the more detached I feel. I am sure there are one or two shows I haven't finished yet, so I'll come back to talk about those whenever I am done. But for now I think I'll just say that most of the finales this year (for me) were underwhelming. Finales usually fall into one of two categories. You've got "Really? That's it?" And then there's "Oh my god! Why isn't next season here right now!?!" There's no middle ground.

→ Right now I am mostly just looking forward to summer shows like Haven and the good parts of So You Think You Can Dance. (Auditions this year have been kinda meh - always my least favorite part of the show and they feel like they're taking forever this year.) And I really want to watch that Daniel Gillies pilot, even if it is potentially bad, just because Daniel Gillies could pretty much get me to do anything.

→ Speaking of things I'm going to be (potentially) watching later, I recently got access to HBOgo and I am like a kid in candy store. Seriously? BEST. After Generation Kill, I think I'll end up watching Game of Thrones, despite my better judgement. In fact, I may have already started on that front. Basically so far the only people who are not total creeps are the Starks. (I am not sure that is the reaction the producers intended.) And I also want to finally watch Six Feet Under, which I've always wanted to do. I was given season 1 on DVD and I have been avoiding watching it because I'm secretly afraid that I will love it so much and then I won't have any of the other seasons available. Problem solved!

→ I saw Snow White and the Huntsman and it was pretty much the best. I have been jonesing to see it ever since the trailers because that bit with the huntsman from the original Disney animation was, for me, literally the most interesting part of that movie. (Seriously? That thing is a snooze-fest. I always had a mini-panic attack any time one of the kids wanted to watch it. Please God, anything else!) I mean, he stalks her through the woods, raises the knife above her head, and then he just can't do it. And Neil reminded me this week about the deer heart that he brought to the queen instead. I was really interested to see that little side-plot explored in film. Plus, it just looked awesome? And it was. I mean, I'm sure there was room for improvement but I loved it a lot and generally that's my criteria for What Makes Something Good. My favorite thing about it was definitely the ambiguous love story. And the major, major OT3 vibes I got. (But I'm a weirdo, what do I know?)

→ Speaking of, why isn't Savages in my eyeballs right now? Same for Lola Versus. Dear Universe: GIVE IT ME.

→ I'm feeling really unproductive in the world of fic right now. Meaning there is so much fic that I want to write but I haven't had a chance to. I considered doing a fic meme but then there's always the guilt associated with the fact that I only end up writing a couple of the prompts that people took the time to leave. It's not fair to you guys. I have a lot of plans, always, but we'll see how that pans out. I definitely want this summer to be majorly productive. This is, by no means, a call for prompts, but if anyone wants to let me know what kind of pairings/fandoms they want to see me writing over the summer, I'll see what I can do!

→ In conclusion: Joel Kinnaman

→ The Glades: Okay, I take back what I said. I really liked this episode. Ray seems too good to be true, to be honest. But I hope they don't make their jobs easier by villainizing him later. Good episode.

→ The Killing: I have loved the last two episodes. This one was so great and revealy and shocking and ripe with awesome guest stars, etc. But episode eleven was really a standout for me. It was kind of a bottle episode in that it was just the two lead detectives dealing with each other in a way they really hadn't before. I actually cried twice watching this. Holder's phone call? Oh god, I was in tears. The slow build of this show is really paying off. I have a feeling we've been red herringed though. (That's a verb right?) Can't wait to see what really happens.

→ So You Think You Can Dance: I'm trying this show again. I have never watched a full season of this show. I watched a lot of (Season four?) the one with Katee and Joshua, and attempted to watch the one after that but kind of ended up hating it. [I also watched a bit of the last season -- with that killer Alex & Twitch routine.] I haven't decided yet whether or not I like this group enough to keep me interested. We'll see who they're all paired up with this week. I still think this show is top quality when it comes to reality competitions. First Kat Deeley is the best host ever and she deserves all the awards. Second, the judges are truly schooled in dance and really love this craft and are (generally) incredibly qualified and useful. They're not just there for snark and entertainment sake. [Well, maybe Mary Murphy and L'il C, haha.] And third, the competitors are true artists. It's not quite the same to be a passable singer as it is to be a gifted and versatile dancer. Not on this show anyway. These people have worked their asses off, many of them for their entire lives, to get to the level that they're at. And like Nigel said, the audience doesn't just vote for the guys by default. So I appreciate all of those things about this show -- and I hope that this season I can stick around and enjoy the show.

→ TRUE BLOOD: So the first 8 minutes are online and I think I speak for us all when I say, "What in the ever-loving fuck was that?"

Answers to this meme:

far_to_nowhere asked: If you could kill any character from any tv show who would it be and why?
( i answered )

isis2015 asked: Have you ever had/have a show that you just enjoy(/ed) mindlessly, even if it's not very good or doesn't have much redeeming value, but you always just have fun watching it? If so, what? :)
( i answered )

turquoisetumult asked: Do you have a favorite character from Misfits? Why?
( i answered )

gottalovev asked: from all of your years in fandom, with every pairing you've loved, which is the one that is the dearest to your heart?
( i answered )

zelda_zee asked: Why Claire? Do you like her as written/acted or do you like the potential of the character as a fictional entity separate from the show (i.e. what you & others can do w/her in fic)?
( i answered )

ozmissage asked: Since I know you're watching it and I'm dying to hear your thoughts, what do you think of Being Human (the original) so far?
( i answered )

bachlava asked: Fandom of your choice: pick one character you feel got shafted the most by canon, and tell me what ending s/he would have gotten if you'd been in charge of things.
( i answered )

beerbad asked: Any shows you swore you would never watch but are now favorites?
( i answered )

This is just fun.
A ballet dancer and a hip hopper rocking out.

alex 9 @ Yahoo! Video

ETA: Dick Clark stole my video. Not cool, Dick. I'll see if I can sneak one by him later. Maybe upload to my photobucket or something.
Fixed? Maybe.

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Snagged from slybrunette.
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