La Dulce Vida

I say something nice about OLTL

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:24:37 GMT

I have a whole bag full of criticism (the horrendous writing for Shane these days), but I'm gonna save it. I'm going to talk about what they're doing right. And how the show actually made me cry last night. And I haven't been emotionally invested enough to do that for some time.

So who had me tearing up? Brody.

I was several days behind, so last night while doing my nails I sat down to watch Thursday onwards. Brody already had me feeling for him with the crying in the shower last week. And had the evil little part of me cheering for him when he knocked Marcie out. But this whole PTSD thing...

I know OLTL is not the first show to deal with this subject matter, but I'm just surprised at how well they're dealing with it. Poor production values aside, the flashbacks to what he dealt with over there, interspersed with everything with Shane. The chilling images of him teaching his 'son' to fire a gun. Wow. It really worked for me. And admittedly, there are reasons this struck such a chord with me. I have students going over there and students who have just come back and seeing what it does to them will really shake you up. And as far as social issues go, I'm glad OLTL picked this one to deal with.

I was really worried this storyline would end with Brody getting shot, and I'm glad that didn't happen. I still have a bad feeling he'll be quietly shuffled off to St. Anne's never to be seen again, but I really hope it doesn't happen. I really hope they keep him on the show and we get to see a realistic depiction of his struggle to regain his sanity and reenter normal life.

Too much to hope for? Probably. But I look for hope for this show where I can.

Another update?

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:45:27 GMT

Twice in as many days. Wow.

I have to comment on two things.

1. Because I think it's obligatory that I address the John/Jared scene yesterday. Okay, for starters, I'll be rational. I understand that this scene had one real function and that was to give John an excuse to run off to Colombia. I get it. They can't have John get too worried about Natalie because if he did, he'd stay, and then poor little defenseless Cristian would be stuck in a cell doing push ups in a skimpy shirt forever (la dulce pauses to fantasize... ) with no one to come to his rescue. I get it. But I think they could have written the whole thing a little better to make it believable. I know John and Nat aren't together now, but they weren't together when he dug up a grave to get her out of jail either, so his dismissal of her possible kidnapping seems odd. (Also, John, how many times has she BEEN kidnapped? Why is that not automatically everyone's first assumption when they can't find her for an hour or two) I like that they made it clear that John still doesn't trust Jared. I liked him blaming Jared's actions for her leaving.

How would I have rewritten this? Had Jared go to John and Bo at the same time. Then once the Mortimer Bern thing comes out, Bo tells John that they need him to go to Colombia and promises he'll look into the Natalie disappearance. After all, just as Antonio was too close to the Cristian case, John's too close to this one. From there throwing Bo off track shouldn't be too hard.

But in other news

I know I'm supposed to be spoiler free, but I check casting news so that I can emotionally prepare myself for any forthcoming deaths. And what did I find?

I have no idea whether this is reliable or not, but someone on lj said that one of the mags is reporting Tea's coming back! It's redunk how excited I am about this. When I got hooked on the show in '96 she was one of the reasons. Now, it may be my glasses have some pink tint. It is my impression that after I stopped watching in mid '98 she got a little less awesome. But I didn't see it so in my world? Never happened. Finally a return I'm excited about!!!

Una (dulce) vida para vivir

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:37:06 GMT

So... yeah. I don't use this space at all. I think I should work on that. It's one of those things I'm always meaning to do, but forget. *Sigh* I'm not sure anyone's out there reading.

Exciting news today: Wegmans has in season candy corn! I bought some. I shouldn't've. It's horrible gross disgusting stuff that's not good for my body. But it's so yummy!!! I balanced the purchase with oranges and broccoli. Don't worry, I will not be mixing any of these.

I don't know why, but I'm feeling the need to comment on One Life to Live over the past couple days. (Did you get the joke in the title? Babelfish it). I haven't watched today's ep yet, but recent thoughts:

1. The Cristian storyline: What's wrong with Sra. Montez's eye brows? Over plucking? Bad eyebrow pencil? Botched plastic surgery? It's bothering me. More to the point, what's wrong with DF's Spanish? I know he's a Cuban American trying to do Puertorican, but he always comes out sounding like a gringo to me. Maybe it's just me. Also, why have the guards not noticed that "the most dangerous man in Columbia" is clearly not Columbian?

2. Langston s/l: Why do I love Langston so much? Is it 'cause she's beautiful or 'cause she's a better actor than the rest of the teen scene? Okay, Jason Tam does okay, but someone needs to explain to him he's not on stage and it doesn't have to be quite to big. I'm thrilled to see the color back in her hair. I'm pissed to see her made a fool of. But on the other hand, thrilled she's getting a storyline. Sigh. I'm as angsty as a soap opera teen about this.

3. Clint. Okay, I get it. Clint's the new Asa (ruthless businessman), Natalie's the new Bo (child desperately craving and unable to gain Daddy's approval) and Nigel's the new Nigel. (Natalie's also the new Tina, so the poor thing's pulling double duty. No wonder she missed that whole Jessica not acting like Jessica thing). But really, to see Clint immediately forgive Nigel while still refusing to forgive his own child? Well, as roommate said a long while back about Clint coming home when Jess had issues, but not when Natalie was stuck in a pit "You know what I call that? Bad parenting!"

4. Natalie/Tess/Jared s/l: I'll admit it. I love this storyline. For one reason and one reason only. They put a bathroom in the secret room! Hooray! Natalie can pee while prisoner of her sister's evil alter. Seriously, they never address the bathroom issue. Am I the only one who wondered about Natalie in the pit or Blair in the car trunk? How did they go? It's just unfortunate someone forgot to tell JB he was supposed to act while reading Natalie's letter. I'm sure that scene was supposed to show us Jared's heart was breaking. Instead it showed us that Jared could read. I'm sure what he was going for was disbelief. And I got to tell you... disbelief was what I was feeling. Speaking of lazy acting, is it nostalgia or did BW do a much better job with the original DID storyline? I've never been wowed by her, but before you could see clear distinctions between Jess, Tess, and Tess pretending to be Jess. Now it's pretty much all the same. I think she acted herself into a whole by basically playing integrated Jessica as Tess for the last several months and it left her nowhere to go.

Speaking of Tess's bad acting, why are John and Bo the worst detectives ever? Tina was so clearly lying (query: shouldn't Tina be a better liar by now?) and they just shrug their shoulders and move on?

5. Rex/Shane/Gigi/Brody: Will someone please smack that kid? Oh Shane, how did you go from being the second least offensive child in soapdom to one of the most. Seriously? That's all I have to say on this one.

Anyway, that's all for now, but I'm sure I'll have more to say after I watch a little more.

Quick and dirty update

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:20:32 GMT

Okay, it's not dirty because my social life is not that exciting.

Well, there might be developments on the social front, but I'm keeping them under wraps for now (in part because I have a feeling they might make you all think less of me. But just a little less, I haven't done anything immoral, just possibly stupid).

In the time I haven't been updated I've been crazy busy grading papers and torturing students. Also have taken up aerial dance. Mostly low trapeze which is fun for all kinds of bruises (yes, I know the lupus makes it worse, but it's fun!). Started a little on silks last week and am super excited.

Oh hey, and I have icons! Well, I have icon. But I have more on photobucket, I just need to bring them over here. And then I need some diversity in my icons.

Lookit my Icon

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:13:25 GMT

I have nothing to say. Just wanted to point out I have a new icon. Yes, I know. 'Bout time.

So I'm a weirdo...

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:39:37 GMT

So I scared my roommate last night. While trying to cheer her up. I swear, I thought it would make her laugh. Seems that's not everyone's reaction to watching student film makers get run out of a haunted hotel by bricks flying through the air by unseen forces. I forget people are scared of ghosts.

I'm not saying I'm above getting freaked out. I'm not about to go back to the CW jail by myself at night because whatever's there is not happy and not friendly. I was not thrilled by the disembodied crying from our bathroom senior year (tho' in my defense, at first I was upset because I thought it was my cousin/roommate at the time) And yes, I was initially very scared of the dead guy I saw while with said cousin, but only because I thought it was a live guy (it's Williamsburg. The lack of contemporary clothing means nothing!) But no, thoughts of ghosties don't keep me up at night. Thoughts of serial killers or work do that.

So yeah, I think roommate thinks I've been trying to scare her lately. I swear I'm not ! I just have a really hard time wrapping my head around roommate being scared of something that doesn't scare me. I mean, roommate's an extravert. Roommate talks to people. Talking to people is way scarier than ghosts. (Though serial killers trump even talking to people)

Anywhozzle, it's got me thinking about my interest in the paranormal. Where did it start? It's true I've probably had more encounters with ghosts than the average person. I'd wonder if it originated with my first for-sure-real-not-imagination ghost encounter, but I was eleven then and I have an essay I wrote at age 10 saying when I grow up I want to be a fashion designer or a parapsychologist. Yeah, I was a weird kid.

This is one of those many subjects I always intended to research as a folklorist, but haven't had a chance to. Ah well, I'll get to it someday.

A minirant

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:44:49 GMT

I know better. Never argue with a fool. Really never argue with a fool on a message board who you know loves to stir up trouble. So why oh why would I wander into a thread on race at the abc OLTL board.

There a certain individual informed me that it is not possible to be both Hispanic and white.

I'm now left with a quandry. Which am I? I have seven names and can roll my "r"s so that certainly makes me sound Hispanic. My parents both trace their ancestry to Spanish speaking countries which was, I thought, the major prerequisite.

On the other hand, I'm so pasty I'm practically albino and my hair is red. Hmm.... that kinda makes me sound white. But I can only be one, so which is it? Maybe I'm neither. Maybe I don't exist.

Said individual then took it upon herself to tell me about discrimination against Hispanics. Here's the kicker--she's black. And not a Black Hispanic, just African American.

Well thank goodness she was there to tell me about all this, 'cause I had no idea. It certainly escaped my attention when I got those death threats this summer. Or last year when they threatened to deport my mother. Yeah. I had no idea people discriminated against Hispanics. Thank goodness she set the record straight.

Not really an update

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:05:21 GMT

But a funny maybe some of you will understand as many in my real life do not.

I went to my old place of employment yesterday where my one former coworker who is also an ABC soap addict and I got to talking. She's more of a GH fan than anything else and I told her I'd stopped watching the show when they killed Georgie because she was the only female character I didn't want to regularly smack very hard with a blunt object.

And she said, "That's funny. You always reminded me of Elizabeth."

What?! Take it back! NoOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I'm not a whiny lying, slut, am I? Okay, I lie a bit, but at least when I lie, I'm honest with myself and others about it.

Anyway, I think her connection was mostly physical (which I don't see, but am less offended by), but I thought the whole thing was amusing in its offensiveness.

An update (sorta)

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:56:52 GMT

Haven't updated in forever, mostly because I had very little to say. Work's going well, though I see a lot of things I wish I'd done differently this semester. I'm willing to chalk them up to new professor mistakes and move on. It's little things like not pestering students who stop coming to class or turning in assignments. On the one hand, I don't think I should have to. They're adults. No one did that for me when i was in school. But I remember that they're very young and this is a little community college where a lot of the kids might need that extra push. I know I was within my rights as a professor not to, but I wish I had. Also, next semester I'll be calling on students more in class. I always hated profs that did that, but what I see now is that I've made it way to easy for them to not do the readings (they aren't tested on them).

I got my work website up and running. Disgustingly proud of it as I taught myself html in order to do that. I'm not a computer person, so this is a big deal. Comment if you'd like the link. It's got lots of pics of me being real purty. I marched in a parade last night and actually had fans I don't know personally screaming my name (my stage name, not my real name, that would have been creepy). Made me extremely happy.

There's some other stuff going on I'm not quite ready to talk about, but maybe an update on that later. Nothing major, I'm fine, just some things that have happened to really make me think.

Oh and my moving to Canadia prospects have broadened. I'm now looking at York University in Toronto as well as MUN. It has a program that might fit my needs and has the advantage of not being in Newfoundland. Though I've heard good things about St. John's, I just know it's location would mean putting my performance career on hold while I'm in school there, and I don't know if I'm ready for that.

I may have to break down and turn on the heater in my room today. I've been resisting this with all my might as I hate the hot dry air and what it does to my lungs and also, there's stuff on the radiator that I'd have to move. Our awesome apartment has thermostats in each bedroom and one in the living room so roommate does not have to freeze because of me and she doesn't suck all the moisture out of the air. I should move to Louisiana, shouldn't I?

My Favorite music Meme

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:14:58 GMT

Thanks to Manda for bringing it back.
Put your music player on shuffle.

...Press forward for each question.

...Use the song title as the answer to the question.

...No cheating!

1. How am I feeling today?:

Fair (About right actually)

2. Will I get far in life?

I Ain't Got Nobody (I really don't)

3. How do my friends see me?:
Tennessee Waltz (Um.... really?)

4. When will I get Married?:

Never do Anything (well fine then!)

5. What is my best friend's theme song?:

True Reflections

6. What is the story of my life?:

That Kind of Love (Aw...)

7. What is/was highschool like?:
Cry to Me (yeah, kinda)

8. How can I get ahead in life?

Cry Freedom (sounds fun)

9. What is the best thing about me?

St. Elmo's Fire (is that supposed to indicate it's my unfortunate love of the 80s?)

10. How is today going to be?

Cantering on Fool (okay...)

11. What is in store for this weekend?:

Hero (9-11 Remix) (Well that's a happy thought to look forward to...)

12.What song describes my parents?:

Twentysomething (well, when I was born, sure)

13. To describe my grandparents?

#41 (all righty then)

14. How is my life going?:

Born Secular (LOL)

15. What song will they play at my funeral?:

Until I Find You Again (again with the aw...)

16. How does the world see me?:

Salvador Dali (Oh sure... surrealism, just what i need at a time like this)

17. Will I have a Happy Life?

Blessed (awesome!)

18. What do my friends really think of me?:

Not Sorry (not sorry to know me?)

19. Do people secretly lust after me?:

MST3K (that doesn't sound positive)

20. How can I make myself happy?:

Joy of Life, Trout in the Bath (I'm sorry, but that's really hysterical)

21. What should I do with my life?:

I Can't Stop Loving You (yeah, that's helpful playlist)

22. Will I ever have children?

Lloran Las Rosas (translation "The Roses Cry")

23. What is some good advice for me?:

I'm no Angel (we knew that)

24. What's that smell?

Same Oul' Town (so apparently it's all the slime of our nation's capitol)

25. What is my signature dancing song?:

Singing the Blues (Sad, but true)

26. What do I think my current theme song is?:

The Shape of Things to Come--BSG soundtrack (huh?)

27. What does everyone else think my current theme song is?

I'm Just Talkin' 'Bout Tonight (Hey!)

28. What type of men/women do you like?:

Declan's Waltz/Waltz Duhamel (If that's a reference to my weakness for pretty boys playing traditional music, I'm disillusioned at the moment)

29. How do you feel about yourself at this point in time?

Machine Ballerina (oddly appropriate)

I should be offended, but...

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:36:01 GMT

It was too damn funny.

There's an elderly lady who lives in the apartment next to ours. I've seen her several times in the hall and she seemed nice enough. A little bit of a busy body in that way older people who live alone often are, but no biggie.

So today I ran into her in the laundry room and she talked my ear off. Mostly about how the neighborhood had gone down hill since she got there. Why? Well mostly because of those Mexicans. ("Or Salvadorans or what have you" she said). Yes, it turns out that the Mexicans (I'm increasingly sure I'm the closest thing to a Mexican northern Virginia actually has) are invading. And none of them speak English. They only understand three things--time, money, and sex. And she doesn't know how the school system deals with them because some of them have artistic (it became clear she meant autistic) kids. Their kids are all messed up because they stick to their own brood and have sex with their siblings and cousins. But you know, they don't know any better.

Also the complex now has Muslims who it turns out worship the devil.

Yeah, she tells me all this as I sit there nodding and trying not to laugh.

Roommate and I are now plotting a thousand different passive aggressive modes of revenge...

Quote meme

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:33:08 GMT

I'm stealing this meme from diamondrocker because it looked like fun and because I have a screensaver full of delightful quotes.

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to ID the speaker(s) and the television show from which the quote originated.

1. A: But my Lord, I've been with your family since 1582!
B: Yes, but so has syphilis.

2. "If there's nothing wrong with me....then there must be something wrong with the Universe!"

3. ~~Word of advice, Jonathan--never sell your face, even if you need the money.~~ Flynn, OLTL (kpcoltl)

4. ~~You got something to say spill it. I got chestnuts to roast.~~ Rex, OLTL (kpcoltl after a bit of prompting)

5. "You blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water!"

6. "'Cause I'm on druuuuuuuuugggss"

7. "It's my side-arm, I swear."

8. "~~But then you're so lucky. The only thing you've ever had to wear twice is a sour expression"~~ Anne Shirley, Anne of Avolnea (diamondrocker)

9. ~~Now why do you do that? I'm on fire with my bug analogy and you interrupt me with a cliche.~~ David, OLTL, (kpcoltl)

10. You can eat anything if it's fried!

And I'm stopping at 10 because I must take roommate to work. More to come later when we address rl issues such as the boy, my lawsuit against the moving company, and how awesome my new apartment is.

Donde esta la Dulce?

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:01:52 GMT

Never fear. I am here and alive and all that yotz. Life's been insane. Fifteen sec synopsis, I graduated, I'm largely unemployed, and I'm getting evicted. Fun times.

I'm trying to catch up on all your entries, but let me just say I've missed you all and I hope all is well.

Most of my time and life force has been directed towards the faire, which is now over, so maybe I'll be around more.

In other news, do you think it's fate or just irony that I should fall for the one performer I've met with the same chronic and potentially (tho' not probably) fatal illness as I have? And what of the fact that he shares a name with a deceased soap opera character?

Obligatory Holiday Post

Sun, 06 May 2007 00:29:39 GMT

My Salvadoran neighbors are having a Cinco de Mayo party. I'd go over there and explain the irony, but sometimes you just need an excuse to party and I respect that.

Might I suggest that all of you celebrate in the traditional Mexican fashion by burying one of your limbs with military honors.

Real update later, I promise.

Meme!

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:51:14 GMT

Leave a comment and I'll give you a letter. Then you list 10 things you like starting with that letter. Post them in your journal and give out new letters to your commenters in turn.

diamondrocker gave me the letter "c" so...

Clumsy. In the span of eight days I've managed to injure both of my feet. And not even doing anything impressive, just walking.

Coffee. The best substance known to man.

Chocolate. Second best.

Contrabando y traicion-Perhaps the famousest narcocorrido every written and the inspiration for the movie Camelia la Tejana which is fabulously bad in every way. (And also starts with "C")

California Tortilla--what my friend L is buying me for dinner tomorrow to celebrate finishing my thesis.

Cherish the Ladies--one of my favoritest bands.

Car sharing--the type of business I currently work in.

Chthulu Lite FM by Tom Smith. This song still makes me laugh.

Cercamon (or L'Ensemble Cercamon) The Renn band I'm kind of in love with.

Cheese. both literal and figuratively. After coffee and chocolate it's the next thing I can't live without.

Argh!!

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:17:18 GMT

So the weather is finally beautiful. Perfect slackrope walking weather. But guess who sprained her ankle at work yesterday morning (five minutes into an 8 hour shift). Sooooooo unhappy about that. Not only does it hurt like *&^%$ but I have a gig on Saturday. I think it's not that severe of an injury--swelling is minimal and so is bruising. So I'm going to be very nice to it and hope it heals quick.

It seems to be the will of the gods that I should start every faire season with an ankle injury. At least this time it's my left (I use my right to get on the rope, so it's a little trickier when you hurt that one.)

It did get me out of work tonight though! (work's been crazy--EarthDay kinda sucks when you work for an environmentally focused company)

Sigh. And no luck on the job search as yet. But it looks like I might get my thesis in this week! Finally!

Life, current events, etc

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:45:26 GMT

So I haven't been doing that well. School, job hunt, all of the above have sucked on many levels I won't go into. Unless something changes in a couple months I'll be back to renting a room from my parents. And the health stuff's taken a down turn again, right as I'm about to lose my insurance. And as awful as that is Monday reminded me how much worse it could be.

I have a lot of connections at VT. A friend of mine's an engineering student, five of my former studetns are there, a kid I used to teach dance to, and some former coworkers. I spent most of Monday tracking them down. They're all thankfully alive, but I won't go so far as to say all right. One of my students said she was awakened by the gunshots. My ex-dancer lived in the dorm, the floor below where it happened. Another one of my students is really upset about it, and not a native English speaker he's having a really hard time expressing himself. So far the worst of it is that my friend's roommate from last year was among the dead. I never met her, but she babysat my nephew a couple times. My friend has class in the room where she was killed, she's just beyond devastated.

It's just so hard to wrap your brain around, I really don't know how to deal with it yet.

Meme!

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:08:53 GMT

I snagged this from diamondrocker. Comment and I will do the following things for you.

1) Tell you why I friended you.
2) Associate you with something. A fandom, a song, a color, a piece of fruit. SOMETHING.
3) Tell you something I like about you.
4) Tell you a memory I have of you.
5) Associate you with a character/pairing.
6) Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
7) Tell you my favorite userpic of yours.
8) In retort, you must spread this disease in your LJ (if you're so inclined.)

Official protest

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:14:39 GMT

I would like to protest snow in April. Because seriously...

And I finally use my diplomatic training

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:14:49 GMT

Your Silver-Age Superhero Career

LJ Username

Your alias first-name is:

Your alias last-name is:

You can turn....

...into:

You team up with...

carpenyx

...to battle:

the "Can you hear me now?" guy

You petition to join:

the Fantastic Four

Their response:

they agree, but only if you let them paddle you

You are best remembered for:

forging a peace deal between Nebraska and Iowa

Your heroic level: - 32%

This fun quiz by sigma7 - Taken 1239 Times.
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New - COOL Dating Tips and Romance Advice!

What sucks worse than OLTL these days?

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:40:23 GMT

Having your ex show up in a commercial right after the first act.

Oh Musket Boy... why must you look so good in breeches?

BSG/Veronica Mars crossover?

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:07:32 GMT

No, no. It's not happening, I was just trying to get your attention and at a loss for a subject line. I'm not reacting to tonight's BSG just yet because... yeah. Need some processing time.

And yeah, 9 frakkin months? As one of my viewing buddies pointed out, "We could have a baby in that time!" Though none of us are planning it.

Anyway, it turns out my viewing buds discovered Veronica Mars over the weekend and watched all of Season 1. So the commercial breaks were mostly spent squeeing over VM and deciding we will use VM dvd's to get us through the painful and long hiatus. The discussion prompted a few interesting quotes I feel I should share with you all rather than investing the time revising my paper. So for posterity...

Colleen: And Kristen Bell is so frakking adorable.
Rosalia: I kinda want to be her.
Colleen: She kind of reminds me of your roommate.
Dulce: Only half her height. And not as mean.
Colleen: She's mini-Siobhan.
Dulce: And to my knowledge no one's tried to kill her recently...
Rosalia: Why do you think your fire alarm's been beeping?
(I realize after typing that it's not that funny. But I've typed it, so why delete.)

Colleen: Didn't you say they say "frak" on that show?
Dulce: Not till Season 3, I think.
Rosalia: That's when the cylons invade.

Rosalia: I love Weevil!
Dulce: I kinda want a Weevil.
Rosalia: Don't we all.
Colleen: But where would you put him? Would you really want someone around who chronically wants to tap that?
Rosalia: Yeah, I imagine he doesn't store well.
Dulce: I don't care. I'd let him live in my basement. It's sound proofed.
(I'm not entirely sure why, but my last statement amused my buds so much they were still giggling about it when they left)

Ugly Betty instant reaction

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:41:08 GMT

As I eat my empanadas (apropriately enough) and take a break from my research...

Have I said I love this show? Because I love this show. Perhaps what I love most about this show is that they take the time to flesh out even their most over the top characters. Mark just broke my heart tonight. The whole thing started out so cute and funny and then the look on his face when she insulted Justin... And the whole Meade family drama is actually really moving. Claire's absolute devotion to her children (have I mentioned my love for Claire?) and their devotion to her, no matter what else is going on. The sibling rivalry between Daniel and Alexis...

And Clark Kent! Being all adorable and angsty and knowing everything about Betty! I lurve him. I really do.

A couple of belated fangirlish things

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:00:22 GMT

My net access was spotty out of town, but I'm back now! I have to let out a fangirlish squee over last week's Ugly Betty. Over all I was kinda meh? with the episode, but... JESSE TYLER FERGUSON! It was like some vortex opened up and there was a brief crossover between my two favorite show! Squee!

Moving on to BSG...

Kinda need to watch Crossroads again, but don't have time, so initial thoughts... I'm confused by Dee... she'll stay with a man who's sleeping with another woman but leave him when he makes a career choice she doesn't agree with? I know it's not that cut and dry, but... yeah. Almost cried for Tigh again--that whole thing still chokes me up.

My cousin the lawyer would like to make sure everyone knows that this show did a better job showing certain aspects of courtroom regs than Law and Order ever has. That said, she has serious issues with the trial. And Lee. But that's nothing new.

Now as for the music... my first thought was the cylons implanted Tigh with something when they were torturing him. But then what about Anders and Tori? Well they could have gotten to Anders. He was alone and all delirious from the corset disease when Leoben showed up, who knows what went on? But Tori? I think they would have told us by now if she'd been captured and tortured. But then, we're not sure she's hearing the music. We just know she's tormented by something...

My second thought (out there, but fitting for me) was... Kara? Is that you? I dunno. Doubtful, but she wouldn't be the first dead person I've heard of communicating through music. And I'm pretty sure if she was going to haunt people, Tigh would be on the list. And she lurvded Sam... not Tori again though...

I'm not buying they're all cylons. 1. The preview would have been too much of a give away and 2. With only five models left are they really going to out three in one blow? Or would they. Would they do it because they would know we'd be so convinced it WOULDN'T happen?

Roommate and I decided we think Tori's tormented by something else. Guilt perhaps? That look between her and Anders... I dunno, it could have been just recognition that they're both kind of tormented by the same thing, but is it possible something happened on New Caprica they're both feeling guilty about? I'm not suggesting an affair, more along the lines of something morally questionable they did with good intentions for the resistence that went awry? Again, I dunno... just speculating.

Another set of survey memes

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:58:11 GMT

Reply with your answers and I promise if you post this on your lj I'll do the same.

1. Can you cook?
2. What was your dream growing up?
3. What talent do you wish you had?
4. Favorite place?
5. Favorite vegetable?
6. What was the last book you read?
7. What zodiac sign are you?
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
9. Worst Habit?
10. Do we know each other outside of Livejournal?
11. What is your favorite sport?
12. Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
13. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14. Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15. Tell me one weird fact about you.
16. Do you have any pets?
17. Do you know how to do the Macarena?
18. What time is it where you are now?
19. Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21. Would you be my partner in crime or my conscience?
22. What color eyes do you have?
23. Ever been arrested?
24. Bottle or Draft?
25. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it?
26. What kind of bubble gum do you prefer to chew?
27. What's your favorite bar to hang at?
28. Do you believe in ghosts?
29. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30. Do you swear a lot?
31. Biggest pet peeve?
32. In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33. In one word, how would you describe me?
34. Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

1. Male or Female?
2. Fandom you most associate with?
3. Fandom you associate me with?
4. Chocolate or Vanilla?
5. Coke or Sprite?
6. One person you'd give anything to meet?
7. The most famous person you've met?
8. Something about you that you think I should know.
9. One thing you're dying to have.