I live in a world of robot pals

I cna't think of a good subject.

mosaic — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:09:36 GMT

Well, I'm all settled in my new place (though we still don't have a couch!), but we've had some issues getting internet set up. So I still haven't gotten to catch up on LJ yet, and I miss hearing about you guys and your lives! Hopefully we'll resolve the internet issues ASAP and I can get back in touch with you lovely people!

Housewarming party, anyone?

mosaic — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:22:35 GMT

I HAVE AN APARTMENT!!!!!

Growing up is hard work.

mosaic — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:25:31 GMT

Apartment hunting is not so easy.

Future Roomie and I got together last night and narrowed our search to 4 places we like. I called them today to see if we could take a look this weekend, when neither of us are at work. Well, I left 2 messages and the other 2 places aren't available for viewing on the weekends. The ads we saw looked like they were owned by individual people, so we figured the weekends would work fine. Turns out these are property management groups who work normal M-F business hours. Luckily, my work schedule is a little more flexible, so I can take time off and make it up in the evening at home if I need to. Future Roomie is not so lucky. So I'm not sure what exactly will happen; all I know is that this is not going as smoothly as I would have liked. Boo.

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

mosaic — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:06:26 GMT

The routine I'm in won first place at the UC Berkeley Ballroom Classic competition this weekend! WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Our other two routines got 3rd and 4th. We were SO CLOSE to sweeping we could taste it. Some of the judging was a little fishy, too. Our routine that came in 4th was really the best of our 3 routines, and it should have won. But hey, I'm not complaining. I'm super happy that we did so well, especially for our first competition of the season.

Me and David, my partner for the majority of the routine, with our 1st place trophy
(Yes, that's what I look like with a fake tan, 10 gallons of makeup, and dyed black hair.)

A real update?! No way!!

mosaic — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:56:23 GMT

I feel like every update I've done recently is either about weight loss or ballroom dance. Well, I do have some (kind of awesome) dance stuff to talk about, but I'll save that for another entry. I'm going to talk about the other stuff going on in my life for a change.

And because it's not an entry by mosaic without some bullet points...

- Adele. Oh man, you guys. 21 is one of the best albums I've heard in a long, long time. I was hooked on "Rolling in the Deep" the moment I heard the opening guitar chords. It's like she's bringing back the Wall of Sound. But I'm also falling hard and fast for "Rumor Has It," "Turning Tables," "Lovesong," and "Someone Like You." NNNNNNNNNNNGH SO GOOD. Seriously. Go buy the album. You will NOT regret it. In case you haven't heard "Rolling in the Deep" yet, here it is.

- Parks and Recreation. I've started watching this AMAZING show. Seasons 1 and 2 are streaming on Netflix, and they're pretty freaking fantastic. The 6-episode first season was a little rough, but they really figured themselves out in season 2 and got awesome. I'm a couple of episodes into season 3 and am loving it (Rob Lowe, never stop being amazing). And, because I can, I'm giving you another clip. If you haven't seen this episode, the context is that everyone in the Parks Department goes on a hunting trip, and the boss, Ron, gets grazed in the back of the head with a bullet. Leslie (Amy Poehler) didn't do it, but she's taking the fall for someone. The sexist ranger is questioning her about what happened.

- Snow. Um. It might snow here tonight! I'm sure that a lot of you are sick to death of snow (*cough*hiddenfantasyand muses_circle*cough*), but I live in CALIFORNIA. In the BAY AREA. The last time it snowed in my city was, like, 1976. But it's been raining all week, and it's going to get down to the low 30's tonight. So if the precipitation keeps up, it'll probably snow! I heard on the radio that the snow was supposed to get down to 500 ft, and my house is about 400 ft above sea level. So... who knows? I may have to drive up a 100 ft hill tomorrow morning just to play in the snow. :D

- Work has been going well. My boss just gave me a big new project that's sort of overarching and not tied to a specific book, so I'm going to spend a good chunk of time learning all about this product. I'm glad that she thinks I can handle it and wants me to take it on, but I'm already pretty swamped, so it'll be interesting trying to juggle my time around.

- Apartment hunting and car selling are once again moving forward. My future roommate is someone on my dance team, and we're going out looking at places in a couple of weeks, on March 12th. I'm super excited. I'll be moving about 15-20 miles north of where I am now, which means being closer to work, friend's houses, dance practice, and pretty much everything I ever want to do. My goal with the car is to trade it in by the end of March. *crosses fingers*

And now I'm going to go watch more Parks and Rec and apply my last coat of spray tan for my first ever ballroom competition tomorrow. SQUEE!

Book meme

mosaic — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:51:00 GMT

Stolen from quidditchkiss

Okay, I got a little ramlby in places here, so bear with me. Also, I would apologize for how much I talk about Sherlock Holmes, but I'm not ashamed! However, I do apologize for not italicizing titles. Too much HTML to deal with!

1. Favorite childhood book? Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. It’s still my second favorite book of all time and it still makes me cry when I re-read it (which is often).

2. What are you reading right now? The Complete Sherlock Holmes: Volume 2 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (currently on The Valley of Fear), Follow by Floyd McClung, Dance Anatomy by Jaqui Greene Haas, and The Maffetone Method by Dr. Philip Maffetone

3. What books do you have on request at the library? None. I much prefer to buy books and keep them forever, especially since I often buy them and then leave them on a shelf for a few months before reading them. I do wish I used libraries more, because I want to support them. They just don’t really fit with my book-reading habits. :(

4. Bad book habit? Ha, I think I just answered this. I buy books and then forget to read them, so I end up with a list of 20+ books to read. Then, as I knock some off the list, I keep adding more!

5. What do you currently have checked out at the library? Nothing.

6. Do you have an e-reader? No, and I don’t want one. I would rather (a) support the traditional publishing industry and (b) have a library full of the books I’ve collected over the course of my life.

7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once? Several at once. But there are times like recently, with The Hunger Games, where I’ll get hooked on something and read it in a couple of days, forsaking all others, then I’ll go back to juggling many books at once.

8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog? I read more things on the recommendations of my f-list. For a while there, almost all of my reading was fanfic, but I’ve gone back to books more than fic now.

9. Least favorite book you read this year (so far?) Since the year is new, I’m using last year. Probably Good Omens, for reasons I’ll go into later (see question 29).

10. Favorite book you've read this year? Again, I’m using last year. The Sherlock Holmes series has been phenomenal. I love Conan Doyle’s writing style, tongue-in-cheek dialogue, characters, and I love the two Holmes and Watson. They’re just so amazing and wonderful. Gah, I can’t say enough about this series. If you haven’t read an SH story, get on that.

11. How often do you read out of your comfort zone? Not terribly often. I’m incredibly visual when I read – I see what I’m reading very vividly. Because of this, I usually don’t venture into much violent or creepy literature. Even The Hunger Games was a little much for me at times.

12. What is your reading comfort zone? (Shouldn’t this question have come before the last one?) I love YA fiction, futuristic dystopias, some sci-fi/fantasy, classic literature of all sorts, and fiction over nonfiction.

13. Can you read on the bus? I used to in college, when I took the bus. Now I get motion sick, but I have listened to audiobooks a bit. (P.S. Stephen Fry reading The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was one of my best purchases of anything ever.)

14. Favorite place to read? Curled up on the couch or lying in bed.

15. What is your policy on book lending? I don’t mind lending to people I trust. I’m a terrible borrower myself. That whole thing where I buy books and forget about them for months? Yeah, I do that with borrowed books, too. Oops.

16. Do you ever dog-ear books? Nope.

17. Do you ever write in the margins of your books? Not really. Every now and then if I read spiritual books and something stands out to me, I’ll underline it, but that’s about it.

18. Not even with text books? No, I’m one of those people who would rather have a new book than a used one at half price if it was covered in notes and highlighting. I would flip through every used book at the bookstore, looking for the least marked-up one. So I kept my books pristine to help out the next kid like me. We anal types gotta stick together.

19. What is your favorite language to read in? Actually, I LOVED reading Ancient Greek when I was in college. It was so much fun to translate and discuss, especially the Bible. Other than that, I only read in English. :)

20. What makes you love a book? Unique, 3-dimensional characters; a well-developed and unpredictable plot; realistic dialogue; elements of humor; and a not-unhappy ending. I don’t need a happy ending, but if everyone dies at the end, unless it’s done in an incredible, poignant way, I’m probably not going to like it as much as if it had an uplifting ending. (Case in point: The Time Traveler’s Wife. Didn’t like the ending, so it made me kind of not like the book as a whole.)

21. What will inspire you to recommend a book? If I love the author, the characters, and/or the writing style. I tend to be honest in my book recommendations, like, “It slows down for a couple of chapters in the middle, but the ending is amazing!” I’ve been a victim of overhyped books that failed to meet my expectations, so I try not to do the same to others.

22. Favorite genre? I really kind of love dystopian futures. The Hunger Games, The Uglies Trilogy, Ender’s Game, Fahrenheit 451, 1984... I love it all. I like a lot of classic literature, too, but that’s so vague and generic. So yeah, I guess I’ll say dystopian futures.

23. Genre you rarely read (but wish you did?) I wish I liked nonfiction more. I tend to read in order to get lost in a story and to get enraptured by characters. But unless it’s something like a cookbook or a dance book (something that will directly influence my life), I have a hard time getting into nonfiction.

24. Favorite biography? LOL, didn’t you just see what I said about nonfiction? I have no idea whose biography I’ve even read, let alone loved!

25. Have you ever read a self-help book? Not really. I’ve read some “inspirational” books that I often find helpful to my life, though.

26. Favorite cookbook? I’m Just Here for More Food by Alton Brown – his baking book that totally changed the way I bake. So many fabulous recipes.

27. Most inspirational book you’ve read this year (fiction or non-fiction)? The Sherlock Holmes series inspires me to be awesome?

28. Favorite reading snack? Tea! I don’t generally eat while I read because I hate getting crumbs down into the spine between the pages. Seriously, it’s a weird pet peeve of mine.

29. Name a case in which hype ruined your reading experience. Good Omens. So many people told me how amazing and hilarious and wonderful it was, so I got it on their recommendations. Well, I enjoyed the first part, up until Adam is a kid. Then the plot just slowed down like crazy and I found myself getting easily bored. I did find a few parts of it hilarious, and I really liked what it had to say about the human condition and religion. But as far as the plot and the characters, I just found it to be odd and not deserving of the rave reviews I heard from friends. If I had just gone into it blind, I probably would have liked it better. *shrug*

30. How often do you agree with critics about a book? I don’t usually read critics’ reviews. I’ll sometimes read Amazon.com user reviews, but that’s about it.

31. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews? I’ll be honest about books, whether I loved or hated them. I’ll tell you what I liked and what I didn’t, and I won’t be ashamed of it.

32. If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you choose? I wish I could be more fluent in Ancient Greek so I could read Homer and Plato and the Bible in their original languages.

33. Most intimidating book you’ve ever read? The Silmarillion. Oh man, I tried so hard to read that book when I finished LOTR in high school. I think I got about 5 pages in (several times, because I kept forgetting what I’d read) before I finally gave up. I just couldn’t do it, guys!

34. Most intimidating book you’re too nervous to begin? Oh, well, I guess the Silmarillion would fit better here. So, going back to the previous question, the most intimidating book I’ve ever actually finished? I guess I’d say The Canterbury Tales in Middle English. I took a Chaucer class in college, and I went into it dreading having to learn Middle English enough to understand it. But I ended up loving the class, the professor, and the Tales. I wrote one of my favorite, best-written college papers for that class.

35. Favorite Poet? John Donne. His Holy Sonnets are some of the most amazing poems I’ve ever read. I connect with them on a very deep level in many ways.

36. How many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time? Sadly, I don’t use the library much. The last time I did was to read Harry Potter( books 3-5). I got them all together and read them in less than a week.

37. How often have you returned book to the library unread? Well, if I used the library, I would all the time!

38. Favorite fictional character? Sherlock Holmes is up there right now. I kind of adore everything about his arrogant, self-indulgent ass. Watson’s pretty fabulous, too. I will also always and forever love Lucy Pevensie from the Chronicles of Narnia.

39. Favorite fictional villain? IT from A Wrinkle in Time. IT still gives me the creeps, especially what IT does to Charles Wallace.

40. Books I’m most likely to bring on vacation? Something I can read for a long stretch if I’m flying somewhere, like the Sherlock Holmes collection or something I’ve read before and know I’ll love. If I get stuck on a flight with a dull book, I weep inside. I don’t do a whole lot of reading when I’m on vacation, though. I like spending time with people and doing fun things I wouldn’t be able to do at home.

41. The longest I’ve gone without reading. There was a long stretch there in college, probably about 5-6 months, where I was so consumed with school work and burned out from reading (I was an English major so I read for school all the time) that I didn’t do ANY reading for pleasure.

42. Name a book that you could/would not finish. Revolutionary Road. I bought it to read before the movie came out, but it was so depressing! I couldn’t get into it. And then someone spoiled the ending for me, so I lost all desire to read it. I still have it, though, and I may go back to it someday.

43. What distracts you easily when you’re reading? Voices. If there are words being spoken, I have a hard time focusing on the words I’m trying to read. I can deal with instrumental music, but not music with lyrics and definitely not TV or people talking in the background.

44. Favorite film adaptation of a novel? The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Kenneth Branaugh’s Hamlet (not a novel, but I’m counting it), and the 1995 BBC Miniseries of Pride and Prejudice. Oh, and Stardust. It’s one of my favorite movies!

45. Most disappointing film adaptation? HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE. That book is so epic and that movie could not hold a candle to it.

46. The most money I’ve ever spent in the bookstore at one time? Not including college textbooks, probably around $70. I don’t buy too many books at once, usually, since I have so many at home I need to read first!

47. How often do you skim a book before reading it? Eh, it depends. If it’s a classic or something I’ve been meaning to read, I’ll just get it without flipping through. If it’s something I’m not sure about or something I’ve never heard of that looks interesting, I’ll usually read the first few pages. The majority of the books I buy fall into the first category, though, so I guess the answer is: not very often.

48. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through? Boredom, bad writing, getting distracted by real life or a better book.

49. Do you like to keep your books organized? I try to, but I need another bookshelf. Right now they are organized roughly alphabetically by author in categories: fiction and literature, YA/children’s fiction, nonfiction/reference, nonfiction spiritual, Harry Potter. (Yes, the HP stuff gets its own shelf. That’s how much of it there is.)

50. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you’ve read them? KEEP THEM. I’m going to end up on Hoarders one day with a house full of books.

51. Are there any books you’ve been avoiding? The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I bought it because I was curious about it, but then I heard bad things about it. It’s near the bottom of my reading priorities right now.

52. Name a book that made you angry. The Twilight series. For so many, many reasons.

53. A book you didn’t expect to like but did? The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I read The Scarlet Letter in high school and really didn’t like it, so I wasn’t expecting much from this novel that I was assigned in college. But I ended up loving it and writing a cool paper on it. I still have my college bookstore copy!

54. A book that you expected to like but didn’t? The Time Traveler’s Wife. I liked large parts of it, but it took a very dark turn about 2/3 of the way through and I really struggled with the last 50 pages or so.

55. Favorite guilt-free, pleasure reading? Sherlock Holmes. I get so wrapped up in those stories that time FLIES by and I come up dazed to be in 21st-century America, not 19th-century London!

48 seconds.

mosaic — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:20:29 GMT

That's how long it took me to get hooked on the new BBC series Sherlock.

It's already amazing.

I am dying.

mosaic — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:54:00 GMT

Enjoy.

The weekend of purchases

mosaic — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:11:37 GMT

I bought some stuff this weekend.

CDs
Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
Sara Bareilles - Kaleidoscope Heart
I got these with a Target gift card I got from Christmas. Yay free music! I had originally intended to get Adele's 19, but they were sold out. :( I might get it from Amazon instead, since I really, really want that CD.

Earrings
I don't remember if I mentioned this on LJ, but back in November I got my ears pierced for the first time for my ballroom team. And yesterday, I bought my very first earrings (other than the original ones from the piercing itself).

The ones on the right aren't exactly what I bought. That's the closest picture I could find. The ones I got are a little less bling-y. I may or may not have purchased them solely to wear them to ballroom competitions. :)

Make up

Bare Minerals has this cool new eyeshadow that's sort of gel-like. It has a sort of traditional-looking applicator sponge, but it glides on really smoothly. I just had to get some! I got this color (Moonshine), but it's actually more pink than it appears in this picture.

Shoes

But in a sort of light heather gray color. They are lovely and PERFECT for Spring.

I also got silver, shiny wedges with a subtle, pretty buckle across the toe. I can't find a picture!

And, I found the most incredible shoes that I totally fell in love with. Unfortunately, the only pair in my size was defective! The ruffles on the toe of one shoe were flattened out and I couldn't fluff them up. Look at how gorgeous these shoes are!

BRB crying forever

HBP

mosaic — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:32:37 GMT

Well, I finally saw Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince today. I couldn't find anyone to go with when it was in theatres and then I just never got around to seeing it. My expectations were very low because I had heard pretty terrible things about it, and I have to say that I didn't hate it!

I admit, it was really emotionally flat and kind of dull for the most part. Lavender and Luna were the only ones whom I thought were appropriately emotional. Everyone else was too even-keeled. Like, when Katie Bell's friend is telling McGonagall what happened, she was so blase' about it. If it were my best friend who was cursed and then almost killed, I'd be in hysterics. Same thing with the Ron/Hermione/Lavender and Dean/Ginny/Harry love triangles. Like I said, Lavender was great, but the rest of them didn't ahve the emotional depth I wanted to see.

That said, I really liked everything from the cave onward - easily the best parts of the movie. But, you know, I think back to scenes like the end of Goblet of Fire, when Cedric's father is screaming over the death of his son, and this just does not compare. Harry and Dumbledore in the cave were excellent, but other than that, I just wish things were more emotionally charged.

Lastly, one thing that the HP movies always do is make me want to re-read the books. I guess that's a good thing, but I can't help but think that it's because the movies leave a lot to be desired and I need to read the books to get the experience I missed with the movie. *shrug*

Boooooo...

mosaic — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 02:27:23 GMT

I'm still sick. My throat is on fire and I have no energy. I slept 9 hours last night and just woke up from a 3 hour nap. On the plus side, I had already determined I would take today off of work to go to the doctor for my shoulder, so that was nice. And I get to sit around tomorrow and watch TV! Hooray!

Speaking of the shoulder, the specialist thinks it's some tendonitis (inflamed biceps tendon). She gave me a gel to massage into the shoulder to help the inflammation, and she told me to keep taking ibuprofen twice a day for a week. I also have a prescription for 4 weeks of physical therapy to help strengthen the shoulder muscles to protect me from further injury. And I got my very first x-rays taken. I'll get a call if there's anything amiss.

In much better news, I had my first ballroom concert last night, and it was AMAZING. I love performing, and getting on that dance floor and knocking it out of the park felt incredible. It's definitely the best I've ever performed that routine and it was the best my partner had ever done, too! I was honestly more worried about him than I was about me, but he was excellent. I'm so proud of him! My coach told me she got LOTS of compliments about me, too, so that makes me feel awesome. So despite the aching throat and the weird-looking fake tanner and the press on nails that are making it hard to type all of this, it's been an absolutely wonderful weekend.

Just FYI...

mosaic — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:36:25 GMT

I'm slightly obsessed with http://whenparentstext.com/

A few of my favorites:

Birthday wishes

mosaic — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:31:30 GMT

The happiest of birthdays to darlingdivine. I wish you every good thing in this year of life and many, many happy returns.

Contemplative

mosaic — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:12:50 GMT

So I've been thinking a lot about New Year's resolutions. Yes, I have some things I want to do and accomplish, but I don't feel like I need to "resolve" to do them. For example, when I was planning to make a resolutions list, I was going to have something like "Compete solo in at least 2 ballroom dance competitions." But, you know, I'm most likely going to do that anyway. So why would I put it on a list just to check it off?

And other things like weight loss are going to be a continuous process for me over the next couple of years. And I'm always updating my goals on dieting and fitness. For example, in November, I challenged myself not to have any of my mom's homemade cookies, and I succeeded! So, yeah, I don't really want to make that sort of resolution either.

But I was having dinner with a friend last night, and she said that she likes to make one resolution to help her better herself. Her resolution for 2010 was "learn to say no," because she tends to over-commit and wear herself out by doing too much. I really like that idea, so I've been thinking about something I want to work on for myself. Tonight, driving home from game night at a friend's house, I randomly thought of a Bible verse that I've always striven to adhere to.

"Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry."

These three things are something I think I'd like to focus on this year in trying to be a better me.

... and that's about the limit of my coherent thoughts for the night. I'm falling asleep at my laptop. Good night, friends! I probably won't post again until the new year, so everyone have a fun and safe holiday! Have a blast!!

EEEEEEEEEEEEE!

mosaic — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:50:18 GMT

I just stayed up way too late finding and uploading a bunch of new icons.

If you're curious, you can see them here. There's a bunch of Doctor Who, several Never Mind the Buzzcocks, some Merlin, and some stock/Disney/random ones. I can't wait to start using these!

Merry Christmas, me.

mosaic — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:50:50 GMT

My boss gave everyone on our team a $50 Visa gift card for Christmas. She then proceeded to tell us we weren't allowed to spend it on anything practical. :)

So I just used it to buy myself a paid account. I let mine lapse over the summer since I wasn't using LJ as much. But since I've been back, I've missed having lots of userpics and no ads.

I guess I know what I'll be doing over Christmas vacation! Anyone want to recommend some good places for icons? :)

mosaic — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:10:54 GMT

Hmm? What? No, no, I'm just on the phone with Colin Morgan and Bradley James. No biggie.

Survey says...

mosaic — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:36:32 GMT

My shoulder injury is a sprained rotator cuff. I'll be taking a break from dancing for at least a couple of weeks to let it rest and heal. The doctor gave me some exercises to do to keep from getting frozen shoulder (where scar tissue builds up and can permanently inhibit range of motion in the shoulder) while it heals. If I'm not better in 3 weeks, I'm supposed to call the doctor again to be referred to physical therapy. Hopefully it won't go to that extreme.

Prayers and happy thoughts and things that will make me smile are most welcome. The idea of not dancing for 2-3 weeks makes me really sad.

brb, flailing

mosaic — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 06:11:30 GMT

I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS ABOUT THE END OF DOCTOR WHO SEASON 4.

SO

MANY

BUT RIGHT NOW I NEED TO SLEEP. I'LL POST SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE COHERENT TOMORROW, MAYBE. MY BRAIN MIGHT STILL BE FLAILING AND CRYING.

Ow.

mosaic — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:38:48 GMT

I hurt my shoulder last night. Well, re-hurt it, since I hurt it about 6 weeks ago at dance practice. Now it's even worse, and I'm sitting at work with a heating pad strapped to my shoulder with a rubber band. It's helping, but it still hurts like crazy. It feels like it might be out of socket a little bit. I should probably go to the doctor, huh?

Yup, at heart I'm still a fangirl

mosaic — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 06:58:46 GMT

I will never not adore this man.

seriously... look at his faaaaaaaaaaace

Also, Donna Noble is hands down the BEST companion ever. Catherine Tate is amazing and hilarious, and I love her on-screen chemistry (not that kind of chemistry, but you know what I mean) with David Tennant. MOAR PLZ

I need at least one Doctor Who icon. Anyone want to point me in a good direction?

Merlin 3.12

mosaic — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:53:48 GMT

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

THAT WAS SO GOOD! IS IT SATURDAY YET?!?!?!?!

I have no words for the awesomeness.

mosaic — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:40:01 GMT

Community is, without a doubt, the best show on TV right now.

I need a Jeff/Annie icon.

Merlin S3E10

mosaic — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 04:55:20 GMT

Best episode of the season? YES. YES. A THOUSAND TIMES YES.

Just finished watching, and I already want to watch it again. Wow, that was so good. Every character interaction, every moment Gwen and Arthur shared, every plot twist and turn... it was just wonderful.

This show is doing an amazing job of making me hate Morgana. Everything she did in this episode was so evil and hateful. She's become so twisted and power hungry that she's willing to destroy the lives of the people who love her the most. I'm really worried about Gwen, though. Morgana's not going to stop. She knows that Gwen and Arthur weren't enchanted, and she's still going to try to destroy their relationship so that Arthur will renounce the throne and she can take it.

Oh, side note... did anyone else recognize the place where Morgana and Morgause met as being the same dungeon where Uther imprisoned Morgana in one of the earlier seasons? I thought that was a really interesting touch.

Um, what else?

Colin! Colin was so good at acting old. I don't know if that old-man voice was computer enhanced or if it was all Colin, but either way it was amazing. I loved that the audience got a glimpse of the typical white-beard-and-long-hair Merlin of legend. What he said to Uther as his motivation for why he enchanted Arthur and Gwen was amazing. You know that, deep down, that's how Merlin really feels. He would just never be able to actually say it. And the way he looked around him as he was being led to the stake... all those hateful eyes staring at him and waiting to watch him die... you could see by Merlin's reaction just how painful that was for him to endure.

Angel and Bradley make such a beautiful couple. They looked so lovely lying in the field together. Their on-screen chemistry is so wonderful to watch.

Oh, and the way Uther and Arthur interacted - wow. Especially in the scene where Gwen is accused and sentenced. Bradley and Anthony are such powerhouses on the screen; I can't get enough of them. But I feel that the father-son relationship will only become more strained as the season goes on. Their relationship is already so tenuous, and I believed Arthur when he said he'd never forgive Uther. Even though Gwen's life was saved in the end, I don't think Arthur will forgive him. Ever.

In conclusion, I am not ready for this season to come to an end. This is the first season I've watched "live" and I am not prepared to wait 9 months for season 4 to begin. Why, oh why, does British TV only last 13 episodes?! I want 12 more episodes of this season, not 3!

Sesame Street continues to be awesome.

mosaic — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:26:13 GMT

My day is made.