Okay, you know how I wrote a while back about that scary mega-crfossover that's taken over my brain?  I mentioned it down there somewhere *points down the page*.  Now that I'm all about NCIS, I think the list can be expanded upon, as such:

How awesome a duo would Garcia and Angela Montenegro be?
Hodgins, Mulder, and Munch would be the best conspiracy trio ever.
Zack and Reid need to be nerdbuddies, asap.
Grissom and Gideon would either be best buds, or confuse the hell out of each other.
Olivia and Sara Sidle have so much in common
Elliot Stabler, Booth and Morgan have enough testosterone between them to power a small city
Cam and Doc Robbins could be morgue-mates!
I can so see Fin flirting with Catherine
Hotch would find Hodgins really annoying, not to mention Greg
Scully and Brennan would be the ultimate skeptic team
Nick Stokes and JJ might make a cute couple, especially if she's into guys with accents
Vincent Nigel-Murray and Reid in the same room would be a thing to behold.
Warrick Brown would so challenge Emily Prentiss to a shot contest - and lose.
Cragan and Hotch would rival each other for the best "disapproving supervisor" glare
Gibbs and Rossi would just "get" each other
Ziva and Emily would be buddies, you just know they would.
Abby and Garcia would be the coolest bffs ever, and even Hotch would be intimidated by their combined awesomeness
Garcia and McGee would also get along well
Tony would try to flirt with Olivia, and get shot down
Ducky and Doc Robbins would be a great ME team
Jimmy Palmer and Greg Sanders would be an awesome duo of nerdiness
It would be hilarious if Ziva ever had to work with Daisy Wick
Sweets would be so scared of Abby, even if she was really nice to him
Wendall and Morgan would probably get along well
Tony would have no end of fun tormenting Zack or Reid
Ducky should hire VNM to work with him so they can trade stories and factoids
Not even Gibbs could scare Gordon Wyatt into backing off

I'm grumpy.  A girl I went to school with (spoiled, racist, didn't realise how good she had it), who was my polar opposite now has everything I always wanted - everything she never wanted.  She's travelled, skydived, has heaps of cash, a great guy, a jet-setting lifestyle, no college debts, a job she loves ... and she's still a spoiled little cow.  She never wanted any of that stuff, but now I feel like all my dreams are being lived out by an incredibly undeserving person.  Ignore me, just whining.

Why is it only on days when I'm completely burnt out and have nothing left to give that everyone wants something from me?  I'm going to ignore the outside world and immerse myself in LJ for a while, at least until the living population redeems itself.

Just a quick one to note down my 2c on the latest Bones episodes.  I thought the overall plots of Beaver in The Otter and Critic in the Cabernet were kind of weak and lifeless, but it was obvious, from all the spoilers that they were just lead-ups to the finale.  I've got to admit, the Stewie thing could have been worse than it was.  I'm not happy about the "Brennan wants a baby" storyline, especially her line about how it would be "selfish" of her not to have a child - if there was ever a moment to stop me watching the show, that was it.  But I decided to let it slide, out of pure curiosity and David Boreanaz's supreme prettiness.  I actually kind of liked the end of CitC, with Bones realising something was wrong with her partner and convincing him to get checked out, and I liked the hospital scenes - they all looked so worried, and poor Booth looked so scared!  I wanted to cuddle him.  As for the finale, I was skeptical at first, but I found it really entertaining - I love that the sex wasn't real and was all a dream, but a lot of the shippers are going to be fuming!  I'm almost scared to read the comms, lol, but I'm so glad the show didn't ruin the chemistry between those two by having them get it on.  I'm down with the amnesiac!Booth ending too, I think that has a lot of potential.  But the absolute best part of the finale?  Was Vincent Nigel Murrray:  "I won't fair well in prison ... I'm lovely".  BWAH!  J'adore him!

Well done, Hart Hanson.  You scared us for a minute there, but I think it'll all be okay.

I just watched the special features on the "Twilight" DVD, and found the 8 minute Comic-con very hard to watch - the cast and crew seemed pleasant enough, but those screaming fangirls kind of made me want to eat my own hand.  It just highlighted again to me that no matter how much I like the books (and I'm only 3/4 of the way through the first one, but I do like it so far), I can never join the ranks of the Twilighters, because of all the shriekery and whatnot.  I'm also refusing to delve into the fanfic, because with so many pre-teen fangirls, there must be a heck of a lot of badfic to wade through (not that all young fanfic writers are awful, and I know everyone has to start somewhere, but I've read some Buffy and HP fic before, and those fandoms have a lot of young authors too, and goddamit, some were the most awful print-poison I've ever forced myself to endure).  I've only tentatively explored the online phenomena of this series, and OMG, it is huge.  It's as if all the Harry Potter-ish fans mixed with all the vampire wannabes to form a tidal wave of enthusiasm (and I know that sounds a little judgemental - see the previous entry, where I freely admit to being a vampire fan as a teenager).  It seems like the fandom is already just as big as the Harry Potter fandom, but Twilight hasn't been around that long, has it?  I hadn't even heard of it until a few months ago, but already there are special editions of books, action figures, t-shirts, soundtracks, and yesterday I even found Twilight jewellery on Amazon: wristbands, necklaces, rings and bracelets with the Cullen family crest on them.  And now I have a question ... why do I want one?  I shouldn't want one.  Because I'm not going to become a fangirl.  No, seriously, I'm not.  But there is definitely something about this series - if it can appeal to a somewhat reluctant reader like me, no wonder it's caused such an obsession around the world.

I watched the movie the other day, after much prodding by my little cousins who declared it "the best thing EVER!!11eleven!!".  I'd skeptically avoided all things Twilight for a long time prior to this, having heard it was something of a teen trend.  It all just sounded a little too teeny-boppy and juvenile for my tastes, and lots of "twatlight" references were making their way around the internet, firmly convincing me that I'd made the right decision.  Still, my cousins are persistent little beasts when they want to be, and they insisted that if I liked Harry Potter, there's no way I couldn't love Twilight.

I bought a copy of the movie cheap at the local department store, and about a week later, my curiousity got the better of me and I watched it.   It was indeed decidedly teenage, but for some reason, it held a bit of an appeal for me anyway - Robert Pattinson and Kristin Stewart were reasonably good, and the story was just interesting enough for me to want to read the books, so now I have those too.  Now, don't worry - I'm not about to turn into some squealingly obsessed Twilight fangirl - fangirling isn't really my style, and like I said, I'm pretty sure I'm too old for Twilight.  Harry Potter is different - although on one level it's marketed as a kid's story, it has a much wider appeal than that, and I think in some way, it can appeal to everyone.  Twilight just doesn't have that - the intended market is clearly teenage girls, and few others are likely to be entranced by it.

In a way, I agree with the critics - it's junk food for the mind, not particularly well written, and at it's most basic level, really nothing more than sophomoric wish-fulfillment - after all, every outcast teenage girl who picks this up will relate to it, because they'd love nothing more than to have a beautiful vampire fall in love with them.  Bella (from her description) is pretty enough to complement Edward, but not so popular that readers can't relate to her.  She's a little bit quiet and studious, and most likely so are the majority of readers.  The phenomenon that seems to be taking over has pissed off a few goth types, from what I can tell, who aren't happy that every teen girl under the sun now wants to be dark and mysterious too.  As someone who grew up on Ann Rice and Poppy Z Brite, my first reaction was "bah!  This isn't real vampire fiction, these kids need to pick up some real literature!".  They also need a heroine who is a little more self-sufficient.

But, now that I've had a chance to put my thoughts in order, I've come to a simple conclusion: what's the big?  I mean, seriously.  I love Sex & the City, and that's mental junkfood too.  Does a little bit of escapist entertainment really hurt anyone?  Fuck no.  And after all, I can see why so many girls like Twilight - I was 16 once too,  I was the weird goth girl too, and I know that had this series been around back then, I'd have loved it, because (even though I'd have condemned the lazy writing style) a pre-written daydream about being swept off my feet by a charming vampire would have been deliriously enticing.  And also, literary types can bitch and moan all they want, but the majority of teenagers are not going to suddenly develop an overwhelming obsession with Shakespeare, Dickens, or the Bronte sisters.  It's just not going to happen.  As far as I'm concerned, the fact that kids are reading, and enjoying it, is great - it beats the shit out of letting them spend 8 hours a day in front of the Nintendo.  And if the world's teenage girls have decided they'd rather be Bella Swan than Paris Hilton, that's fine by me too - in fact, it's brilliant.  Because Bella may not be the best, strongest, most responsible role model to be showing these girls, but at least she's not glorifying drugging and whoring, or flaunting her stupidity like it's something to be proud of.

So, in conclusion, I kind of like Twilight.  I mean, I don't love it, I'm not obsessed and crazy about it, but that 16 year old part of my brain which still likes to watch "The Craft" and listen to Evanescence on occasion feels a slight thrill at the prospect of reading the rest of this series.

What do you guys think?

Hey guys, I'm back on LJ after a computer-less weekend.  My CD/DVD drive broke, and after much stress, I've finally got my harddrive back.  I tell ya, Wednesday night was not fun at casa de Patch - I could have really used my own real life Morgan and Garcia here: Garcia to fix my computer, and Morgan to distract me by being so pretty.

I'm so, so behind with LJ - I've got two ridiculously overdue fics to beta (if you're reading this girls, I'm really sorry, and I'll get onto it on Thursday, I promise!), and my own fics aren't going anywhere right now, because my brain is being overrun by useless plot bunnies that can't go anywhere.  Why can't they go anywhere?  Well, because they involve my OC's, of course.  From somewhere deep in my subconsious these characters materialised a few years ago, and they - well, one in particular - slot neatly into any fandom I've explored so far.  So why not write them?  Because I hate reading about other people's OCs.  I mean, I know in the Criminal Minds fandoms some OCs are neccessary, what with victims, bad guys, local cops, witnesses, etc.  But when I see a fic about a "new agent" joining the BAU or whatever, I lose interest.  Because most of the time, they're just thinly veiled Mary Sues.  Now, my character isn't a Mary Sue, but I'm not a good enough writer to convey that, if I tried to write her into any of my fics, she'd seem like she was based on me, and she isn't.  There's another male character too, but he's more of a background character.  So far, I've managed to mentally fit them into Harry Potter, Lost, Criminal Minds, OZ, Bones, SVU and CSI.  But there's no way I can write any of these fics, so I really want them to stop taking over my brain *growls menacingly*.

Another fic, or bunny, that's taken over my mind (usually late at night when I can't sleep) is the cross-over to end all cross-overs - a Bones/Criminal Minds/CSI/SVU/X Files extravaganza.  Now, there's no way I'd ever have the confidence to pull this off (at least, not in any serious way, I'm sure it would be firmly entrenched in the realms of badfic - intentionally or otherwise - if I were to attempt it), and besides, it would have to be a casefic, which I'm too lazy to write.  See, if I was going to write casefic, I'd be really picky and fussy with it, so all the details would have to be completely accurate, and I don't have the time for that type of research right now.  But these little ideas keep occurring to me, such as:

How awesome a duo would Garcia and Angela Montenegro be?
Hodgins, Mulder, and Munch would be the best conspiracy trio ever.
Zack and Reid need to be nerdbuddies, asap.
Grissom and Gideon would either be best buds, or confuse the hell out of each other.
Olivia and Sara Sidle have so much in common
Elliot Stabler, Booth and Morgan have enough testosterone between them to power a small city
Cam and Doc Robbins could be morgue-mates!
I can so see Fin flirting with Catherine
Hotch would find Hodgins really annoying, not to mention Greg
Scully and Brennan would be the ultimate skeptic team
Nick Stokes and JJ might make a cute couple, especially if she's into guys with accents
Vincent Nigel-Murray and Reid in the same room would be a thing to behold.
Warrick Brown would so challenge Emily Prentiss to a shot contest - and lose.
Cragan and Hotch would rival each other for the best "disapproving supervisor" glare


I have far too much time on my hands, evidently.  Don't worry, I'll never actually write this literary monstrosity, I wouldn't do that to the world of fanfiction.  But the thought amuses me :)

So the other day I was perusing Youtube and I found that some kindhearted soul had posted every episode of The Amazing Race!  I'm a TAR 6 fan from way back, and because it's not on DVD I didn't think I'd ever get to see it again, but here it is!  I'm so happy :)  I've seen a few other seasons, but 6 was my favourite by far.  I loved the teams (even the ones I loved to hate), the destinations were great and the tasks were awesome (with the exception of the soup-eating roadblock, which I have a moral issue with, but whatever).  I particularly liked:
 
Avi and Joe: The two funny Brooklyn guys who sang about being "Noo Yawk Jooooooooos in Iceland!!!"

Gus and Hera: The Dad and daughter team - she was such a sweetheart, and she obviously takes after him - when he started to cry at the slave house, I wanted to hug him.  And I remember watching a behind the scenes snippet a couple of years back when they explained that part of the reason they did the paddleboat task instead of the water polo is that they felt that Gus in a speedo would not be a good look.  He was hilarious when he was talking about how "America is not ready!" for that sight, hee.

*Don and MJ:  She was just the toughest Granny ever, and it was so sweet to see them so obviously in love.  Don was just so damn proud of her.  And when he raced ahead and did a tough roadblock so that she wouldn't have to, she wasn't shy about saying she was "pissed off!"

*Lori and Bolo:  These two were my all time favourite team.  The bickering was just surface stuff, you could tell they really loved each other underneath (I think they're divorced now though, which is sad if it's true).  I thought Lori was really tough, and I loved how honest she was.  People complained about her being abusive, but the only person she was ever really mean to was Bolo, and he could take it.  With everyone else, she told it like it was and refused to take crap.  And Bolo was like a big teddy bear - he was so polite to locals whenever they asked for help, and even when he had that fight with Hayden (when IMO they were both kind of in the wrong), Lori just wanted to move on and didn't care who was angry at who, but Bolo apologised to Hayden almost straight away.  They were entertaining and funny, and it was all genuine.  As for the "special person" act he did to get through customs faster, well, I'm the first to admit that was in poor taste, but when he said later that he didn't mean to offend anyone I totally believe him, because he really does seem just that nice.

I also thought Adam and Rebecca were entertaining in a trainwreck kind of way - I spoke to Rebecca on a forum a few years back, and she was very nice.  So was ... wait for it ... Johnathan.  I know, weird right?  He was an asshole on the race, there's no denying it, and Victoria was whiny and insufferable (though of course, in comparison to him, she was positively angelic, he was just that awful).  But when I asked him some questions he was only too happy to answer.  So I don't know.  Maybe it was just an act - after all, it's easy to appear like less of a jackass in print, and the asshattery on the race was definitely not an act (or a product of dodgy editing, as I think he tried to claim).  But perhaps now he deserves the benefit of the doubt?  I can't decide.  And every time I rewatch an episode, I can feel the urge to kill rising, so maybe not.


As far as other TV goes, I'm gutted about the direction Bones seems likely to take.  Hooking up?  Babies?  Stewie?  For fuck's sake show, don't do this to me!  I'll still watch and all, but I'd like it noted that I'm already disappointed by all this impending BS.

I'm liking Lost at the moment, though I've had enough of the dharma!Sawyer storyline.  They can wrap that up anytime now.

Loving Criminal Minds, as usual.  I liked last week's Garcia episode, though I'm still waiting to see if Ed will deliver on his promise that at some point during this season we'll see just what Morgan and Garcia mean to each other.  They've hardly spoken since the first episode, so I'm hanging out for a scene that is just dripping with cuteness, banter and cuddles, to make up for all the lack so far.  And OMG, Emily!  I wanted to hug her - at the very least, I wanted Rossi to hug her.  Poor darling.  BUT!!!  Damn show pipped me to the post again - I totally had notes for an Emily-abortion storyline *grumpyface*.  Seriously, I'd half-written the damn thing, but if I post it now, it won't be all groovy and original anymore because I was too slow.  Stupid show.  Stupid writers.  Stupid Patch. :(

Off to bed now :)

I feel a bit better now.  I'm still angry about being treated like a whore, but all the weepy stuff was just a result of alcohol + lack of sleep, methinks.  Anyway, onward and upward!

Besides, I have a fun new obsession *squeals* in the form of Lush cosmetics!  I've never been a huge fan of girly stuff before - I mean, I love Sex and the City, would kill for a pair of Manolos, adore puppies and rainbows, etc.  But fake tan is more hassle than it's worth, straightening my hair is a pain and a half (which is why I've only done it once - that, and it's bad for your hair anyway), plucking my eyebrows is necessary but boring and irritating, and I'm not one to pore over the beauty section in Cosmo (in fact, I rarely read it, because I feel my IQ lowering as I do).  But Lush?  This is like a new fandom, that's how excited I am.  I posted in the comm reviewing all the lovely stuff I got (seriously, I haven't disliked anything so far), and now I cannot wait until a week from now - payday, meaning I can go and get another huge stash!  I really wish I had a bath in my flat, because some of those ballistics look heavenly.  I could go to my parent's house, or a friend's place, or if I was feeling really extravagant, book a not-too-expensive motel room for a night, but it wouldn't be the same as being in my own cozy little flat, with all my stuff and no-one to annoy me.  So maybe I'll just get over it.  Besides, all the non-bath products are still all kinds of shiny fun!  I'm a bit OCD, and I have this need to try a bit of everything, rather than just sticking to the same things.  Besides, everyone in the comm keeps posting about how nice all these other products that I'd never have thought to try are, that I sort of can't resist.  I'm literally counting down the days until next Thursday.  And you know what else?  It's good for me - using all these gorgeous natural products on my skin and hair makes me not want to poison the inside of my body with alcohol or junk food (besides coffee of course, but that goes without saying!).  This is love, people.  And it's not going away!

Okay.  It's four in the morning here, and i usually wouldn't bother to update in such an intoxicated state, but I feel so awful, I just need to get it off my chest.  Long story short, I went out to the clubs with a group of friends, got highly drunk (as did we all), had a great time, and mosied on home.  Had a text message from a friend of The Boy, who wanted to "hang out" tonight (translation - shag), replied, agreed, etc.  Just for the record:  I know that wasn't the classiest thing to do, but I really don't need the judgements right now.  I know it was slutty and irresponsible, but I honestly thought that he was my friend and that it was no big deal.  I'm going to cut the next part for angst and graphic detail, so feel free to pass on by.  ( Patch angst )
Sorry for all the emo, feel free to ignore.  I just feel hurt, and need to vent a little. 

Am less than 2 minutes into the latest L Word episode, "Leaving Los Angeles", and I already have this to say:  FUCK YOU JENNY.

20 Minutes in:  Seriously, FUCK YOU JENNY.  Stop trying to tell Shane what she is.  Shane, leave the bitch.  Hook up with Helena, go pick up some random girl, or enjoy being single, but you can do so much better than that whiny little goblin.

30 Minutes in:  Homophobes for the fail.

32 Minutes in:  Jamie is hot, and kind of reminds me of Angela from "Bones".  But Alice, danger.  Step the fuck back, or risk hurting Tasha.

33 Minutes in:  Kit has awesome cleavage.  But, wait, she's got a thing for Helena?  Or did I hear wrong?  Because I thought Kit decided she didn't swing that way after her little daliance with Papi?  Confused.  But Sunset Boulevard has the most gorgeous voice I've ever heard.

36 Minutes in: Okay, I feel for Max right now, because this has to be absolutely hellish for him, but I wouldn't blame Tom if he decided that the whole thing just got not worth it.  Harsh, yes, but I'd see where he was coming from.

38 Minutes in:  Oh, wait, wait wait, I see where this is going now!  Alice/Tasha/Jamie threeway?  HOT.  I can totally get behind that.  ;)

39 Minutes in:  Helena no!  Don't go there!  Hook up with Shane, break Jenny's heart, or go it alone, but do not get involved with that cow.

41 Minutes in:  Seriously Shane, KILL HER WITH FIRE.

43 Minutes in:  Do it, Sunset.  And treat her right.

JIN IS ALIVE?!?!?!?  OMG!!!!!

DId NOT see that coming!

I tell you folks, unspoiled is the new black.  This is seriously the way to watch Lost, IMO.  Not that I'd have the self-discipline to do this in any other fandom, but I'm kinda enjoying myself over here :)

OMG, you guys.  What the hell happened to ch131.com?  That was my TV site!  It had everything!  Only 7 short hours ago, it was the light of my life, and now it's gone?!?!?!  Account suspended, or some such shit - who is responsible for these things?  I've been trawling the internets for other sites where I can watch things (like the latest L Word, which I found), but I've yet to come across another "yay we have all the shows woot!"  website.  Please tell me there are more out there.  I've got another Nip/Tuck site, and a Bones site, but wtf am I meant to do about CM?  And Lost?  And, you know, EVERYTHING?!?!?  Gah.  Am in shock.  Am in mourning.  Did not see this coming.

Edit:  IT'S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Whatever the hell happened, I just hope it never happens again.  That was fear as I have not experienced before.  Overreacting, you say?  Well, I take TV very seriously.  Criminal Minds is important to my well-being.  Lost gives my life meaning.  I would be a shadow of my former self without Bones.  CSI is my lifeblood.  Nip/Tuck feeds my soul.  The L Word nourishes my spirit.  I would be lost without Scrubs.

I'll stop it now.

Edit:  And now it's gone again, "Internet explorer cannot display the webpage".  Seriously, what the fuck?

Edit:  Back again!  With a beautiful, inspiring message of "sorry for downtime, site working again soon"  type of message on the homepage!  What lovely words - such hope, such promise!  Dare I dream?  Is ch131.com back ... for good?

Okay, so first?  God bless the internet.  Australia is so woefully behind in all my favourite tv shows, it's just epically awesome to be able to go online and watch things almost as soon as the USA sees them.  I've been watching the new season of Scrubs, which I didn't know even existed until two days ago - I believed all those rumours about it ending after that truncated excuse for season 7, I didn't realise that season 8 was up and running.  It's still hilarious, that temporary Chief of Medicine played by Courtney Cox was brilliant, and I love Denise.

Also, Lost - I've been woefully out of touch with the fandom for so long, I didn't realise it had already started again, and as a result, I went into the first two episodes totally unspoiled, which was actually kind of fun!  I'm usually a complete spoiler whore, I know everything that's going to happen as soon as there's the merest hint of it anywhere on the internets, but I'm starting to seriously consider making this a permanent state of being, at least as far as Lost is concerned.  Because OMG!!!  Sayid!  And Locke!  And time travelling!  So, so awesome.  Brilliant return to form, can't wait to see more.

CSI - I'm in no major hurry to watch all of season 9 liekritenao, but it was good to be able to see "For Warrick", because it made me cry.  I totally loved him.  I'm almost an entire season behind on Nip/Tuck, which is unthinkable, and must be rectified immediately - although, I heard a rumour that Christian and Liz have sex?  Please god no!  Liz was always the one woman who was too smart to go there!  I know Christian is insanely hot, but that's not the point. 

Bones and Criminal Minds are still as fantastic as always, and I'm spoiled as hell for those :)  Apparently theres supposed to be some CM episodes in which we see just how much Morgan and Garcia mean to each other, which I can't wait for - I don't want them to hook up, and I don't think they will, but I love thier friendship.  And in Bones, the whole "asking Booth to father her child" is a total red herring IMO - she'll ask him, but only as a hypothetical, he'll get awkward and tell her to drop the subject, then by the end of the episode, he'll say he'd probably consider it because she'd make a good (albeit very strange) mother, and she'll say she never wants kids anyway, and the episode will fade out with them arguing *nods*.  And the "in bed together naked" thing? I'm going with hypothermia - they'll snuggle, it'll be adorable, the squints and Sweets will tease them mercilessly, but although it will be filled with UST, there'll be no actual nookie, because putting those two together would ruin the future of the show.

And the L Word - OMG @ Shane and Jenny!  At first I was all "Nikki deserves Jenny's wrath, but Jenny needs to STFU at Shane, because Shane's always been there for her, even when Jenny is being a right royal pain in the ass to everyone", but now?  Idk, I think I'd prefer if they were still fighting.  Alice is annoying me a little - partly because she's gotten too skinny and lost those luscious curves, partly because she's just a little bit yappy, and needs to give Tasha some fucking space.  I was thrilled to see Papi again, but wtf was she doing with Gabi Deveaux?  I know Papi isn't picky, but I thought she had a little more class than that.  Tina has every right to be distrustful of Bette, given that Bette's now cheated on two major relationships, but really, she knows what she's getting into this time, so it's her own funeral.  And Bette seriously can't just expect everyone to trust her 100% after the way she acted.  She also can't expect Jodi to roll over and accept the hand she was dealt without a little retaliation - Jodi was tough, Bette knew it, and she crossed Jodi anyway.  When Jodi told it like it was, I was like "well played".  But now?  Call it square ffs, and show some proffessionalism.  Joyce and Phylis are kind of cute, but are also freaking me out a little - where the hell did that all come from?  And poor Helena.  She's come a long way since the season 2 bitch I hated so much, now I just want to hug her.  Good on her for kicking Dylan's ass, I hope they don't hook up.  And what did happen in Ta'ha?  And with the kids?  And Dusty and the money?  Gah, questions.  Kit's been pretty low key so far, so I hope she doesn't fade into the background.  I really can't see Max making this baby thing work, but he needs to ease up on Tom, because Tom is sweet and I want to keep him :)  I wonder what happened to Dawn Denbo, Cindy, Ivan, Angus, Hazel, Carmen, that carpenter chick, and all the other myriad of people who turned up for a few random episodes never to be heard from again?  Hmmm.  And Angelica is implausibly big.  Why are they getting another kid?  The kid storyline has been done to death.  Move on, people.

Edit:  And also with The L Word, I can't believe I forogt the biggest plotline of all - they're killing off Jenny!  I mean, I know it's the last series, so the can do whatever the fuck they like, but I did NOT see that coming.  Something else I can't see is the music - I've been searching all day for those awesome songs that are always playing when Papi is in the background, those latin beat kind of tracks, and while I can find titles, I can't seem to download from anywhere.  I'd love to make a Papi music mix CD - does anyone have the inside knowledge as to where I could download?

And now to a TMI.  ( which I will cut for those of you who don't need the finer details of bikini area maintenance. )

-Go away for 6 days, no computer access

-Return to LJ

-Skip 320?!?!?!  Egads!  Anyone would think the internet didn't stop as a result of me not being around :P

Also ( and let me know if this makes me crazy, or sappy, or both), but on Inauguration Day I read so many articles and watched so much Obama related news stories on tv and online, that I actually had a dream about the inauguration.  But here's the strange part - it was in the form of a video clip, like on youtube, with a few seconds of clips from different speeches/appearances, etc (not sure now how many of them were memories of real ones, or which ones my deranged mind just invented all on it's own), but no dialogue.  Instead, it had a soundtrack: Louis Armstrong singing "What A Wonderful World".  When I woke up, I wasn't sure whether to cry, laugh, or check myself into a mental health facility, but now I really wish I was tech savvy enough to make a video like this.  I know, I'm insane, right?  But Obama is going to be a great leader, I just know it :)  Congratulations USA, there's hope for the future yet!

I'm really new at these, one of my friends showed me today how to make them, and after the obligatory 9000 or so cat ones I made, I moved on to the Criminal Minds cast.  I know they're probably not great, but they made me giggle (although, that could have been the cold medication I'm taking), so I thought perhaps y'all would like to see them too.  Apologies in advance *hangs head*.

( Immaturity is here )


Hope you liked them, I'll practice and try to get better (and funnier, but I don't hold out much hope for that!)

Title: How Much Longer
Recipient: fell_beast2</lj> 
Pairing: None
Rating: PG
Word count: 1291
Warnings/Spoilers: Mild spoilers for “Revelations”
Summary/Prompt: Each of the team’s thoughts during “Revelations”
Notes/Disclaimer: Not my toys, I'm just playing with them for a while. Thanks to my beta of eternal awesomeness!
And another note:  Now that the fics have been revealed, I can go ahead and post it here.  I'm glad you enjoyed it fell_beast2</lj> , I loved writing it!  Thanks once again to the cm_exchange</lj>  mods for organising this whole thing, it was great fun!


( How Much Longer )

I know I've been a whiny little munchkin of late, but I'm all good now.  To update:  my best friend is still acting self-involved and clueless, but she did at least make the time to catch up with me before Christmas, and we had a great night.  And just to reinterate, I do really like her new guy, and I'm glad she's happy again, I just want her to stop treating singledom like a disease.  After all, some of us have spent a great deal of time in such a state.

On that front, however, The Boy just called me, for the first time in ages :).  Background - we had kind of a casual, on-off thing for ages, neither of us are the committment type though, so we never took it any further.  We didn't talk for a while, because life and whatever got in the way, and I heard through the grapevine that he had a girlfriend, and that it was getting pretty serious with her (like, going overseas to meet her dad and ask permission to marry her, type of serious).  I didn't mind, because it's not like we were ever anything more than friends with benefits, but it was kind of sad to think there'd be no more of said benefits.  But when he called a few minutes ago, I asked about girlfriend, and he said they'd broken up weeks ago, and that the getting-engaged story was bullshit, and came from an ex of his who couldn't deal with the fact that he's over her now.  He said girlfriend had turned into a mega-bitch of late, and that the reason he hadn't called me (or any of his other friends who happen to have two X chromosomes) is that she became all insecure and needy, and pitched a fit if he so much as looked at a picture of Marge Simpson.  He wants to catch up with me on New Year's Eve though, now that he's a free man again.  I'm still not willing to take it any further - the idea of being someone's girlfriend doesn't appeal to me, and I suspect he's had his fair share of it at the moment too.  But it'll make a change to the practically celibate lifestyle of the past couple of months though ;)

Also, I had a lovely Christmas, and I hope my flist did too :)  Did we all eat too much and get nice pressies?  I damn well hope so!
I'm off to watch tv now.  I borrowed some movies from a friend the other day, and they rocked the casbah.  Juno is surprisingly fantastic - I'd been avoiding watching it, because I assumed (wrongly, and stupidly) that it would offend my childfree sensibilites and piss me off with pro-life rhetoric. But it was clever, funny, not at all moralistic, and had a cute soundtrack.  Ellen Page is just brilliant, and as far as "teen" movies go, I'd recommend this to anyone.

Previously mentioned friend is still acting like a right royal cow.  We had plans to meet up today (probably our last chance to spend any time toghether before Christmas) - or at least, I thought we did.  I texted her to confirm the time, and she replied that she'd forgotten all about it, and had plans with her boyfriend, so she couldn't make it.  Funnily enough, in the brief moments that she was single, she couldn't get enough of hanging out with her friends, but now that she's got a guy, she doesn't have time for us anymore.  I don't think seeing my best friend before Christmas is too much to ask - particularly as I was polanning to give her a present which I spent ages picking out, and which I know she'll love.  The thing is, she's all excited about her brand-new relationship, but as soon as the initial novelty wears off, she'll be trying to cram 6 years into as little time as possible so that her previous relationship doesn't seem like such a waste of time - she wants to be married and pregnant within 3 years *retch*.  That leaves very little time for anyone except her precious boyfriend.

Don't get me wrong - he's a great guy, and I want them both to be happy.  I'm not for a second saying that she deserves to be miserable.  But because she's pretty, everything has always come so easily to her - doesn't like being single?  A new boyfriend materialises.  Late handing in an assignment?  Bat eyelashes at the teacher, get an extension.  Want a new job?  Smile nicely at interviewer and lack-of -experience be damned, she's on the payroll.  That's just how life is - easier if you're pretty.  And I know that if I said this on any kind of public forum, I'd get a right ear-bashing from attractive people who are all "oh, that's not true, people never take me seriously because of my looks, I've worked just as hard as you for what I have", and blah, blah, blah.  Well, you know what?  Bullshit.  When you've spent even one day as an average looking woman, then talk to me.  Until then, cry me a fucking river, because you live a completely charmed life, even if you don't know it.

And my friend doesn't know it - she's not in the least conceited about her looks, but she has no appreciation of how much harder her life would be without them.  Just for once, I'd have liked her to find out what it's like to experience Christmas without someone to kiss her under the mistletoe, and to have people cancel on her to spend time with their SO's. 

And if that's how she's going to treat me, I don't care how pretty she is.  She doesn't deserve my friendship.