I feel like sharing some quotes from 30 Rock's 3.21 "Mamma Mia", because I just walked past it on my stepdad's TV so now they're stuck in my head.

Liz: I don’t get it - there’s 3 names on here.
Jack: Without hard DNA evidence, Len was only able to narrow my fathers identity down to these three men.
Liz: Mamma Mia! It’s a Mamma Mia!
Jack: What?
Liz: Nothing! [to herself] Don’t push it Liz. Let it happen. There’s going to be a Mamma Mia!

Liz: We could trick them into coming here. And then we’ll sing on the dock!
Jack: What are you talking about?
Liz: It’s Mamma Mia! The international film songsation. Based on the Jukebox musical. The songs of ABBA! It’s a movie Jack! Should we just watch it real quick?

Jack: All right, you get them here, I’ll meet with them. But that’s all I’m promising.
Liz: And all I’m promising is a madcap musical romp. Dot dot dot. Fun! Dot dot dot. Good! That was on the poster.

Season 3 was pretty damn funny. Thank goodness, because Season 2 had a bit of a slump.

I finished Farscape. Again, I liked "PK Wars" more than I thought I would. It's basically "Farscape: the Movie", fast-paced with and long action sequences, but the show isn't supposed to be like that. And I'm rereading the comic now, which is good, but it's not as good as the show. The actors are integral to the flow of Farscape. Aeryn is Aeryn because of the way Claudia Black performs her, same for Crichton and Ben Browder. And they're the easier ones - I'm having a real hard time hearing Chiana's voice saying her lines, I guess Gigi Edgley really is that much her character or something. But I'm enjoying it more than I did the first time I read it, especially because the Farscape 'verse is so fresh in my mind.

I restarted The 4400 because Steven got me Season Four for my birthday, so I can finally finish it. Watched 11 episodes in one day - not bad. Not the show, the show is just ridic. I can't remember if I legits thought it was good or just enjoyed it despite being awful. Like Roswell. (I should rewatch THAT! But I've seen it a few times, and I've actually finished that one.) After 4400 I should watch Pushing Daisies - I never got to see Season Two, and I just got that from my Risse Family Secret Santa. I hope it's good.

But that's all I did this weekend, really. Restart The 4400. I cleaned and did laundry. Or tried to clean and did laundry. Worked on Buffyopoly a little bit. It's harder making the property images for the board on Word than on Paint, obvi, so I've been getting frustrated with it. I all but finished preparing the board. I colored over all of the lines on it with a silver marker, and shaded in everything excepted for the colors on the top of the spaces with a black marker. I want to finish it for before D'Arcy goes back to Japan, so she can play it at least once, but I'm not going to kill myself doing it, y'know?

I slept over Nicholas's Monday night, and stayed through Tuesday night. It was a good day. We went to Houlihans for lunch, a treat for the semester being over and the fact that we sat in a half hour traffic jam, after which we visited his mom at work. Then we tried to do some Christmas shopping but everywhere was lame.

I got an A on the Lit paper from last week. Yay! Now I have to get my History of NJ final in order, write a brief essay for my Lit final, and study for the first half of my Art History final. All for Friday. Art History is at 10:10, Lit is due at 12:15, and History of NJ is due at 5pm. FML. And I don't often say FML seriously, but c'mon. That shit's fucked up right there. I'm thinking about asking my Lit professor if I can have until 5pm for his final, and explain that I've got another final due the same day on top of a final I actually need to sit for the same day as well. Cuz the thing is I actually want to do something good for the Lit final, not half-ass it. I kind of want to answer both essay questions he offered, because I know I can. So maybe if I put it that way he'll say yes. I'll decide tomorrow whether or not I want to do that.

For now, I should go back to working on my Art History notes. I'm comforted and terrified that in 48 hours I'll basically be done with the semester, and at least done with all of the shit I'm worrying about right now.

Woot?

-kR

Got the paper done. Woot. It even met the required 4 pages. Yay.

My art history professor couldn't get the projector to work today, so she let us go over half an hour early. Didn't really mean much to me today, except I wasn't late to Friday's American Lit meeting for once. That's always good. And I found out that my Lit final is not going to be in-class, but rather an essay question assigned on Tuesday and due on Friday. All these frelling finals next week. Two due on the same day - Lit and History. Blargh. I mean, good, depending on what the question is. And I'm getting Tuesday off from work, which will help in my Recreation final that night. But blargh.

I'm going to finish my Farscape rewatch tomorrow. Watching "Bad Timing" right now, and will watch "The Peacekeeper Wars" tomorrow night. All of the series. In under four weeks. 88 episodes plus a 3-hour movie. I'm coming more and more to the conclusion that the cancellation of this series is one of the most heinous crimes against television and fiction. I can see so clearly that, had this show gotten a fifth season, it would've been able to conclude properly. Instead we got the pale imitation of it with the "PK Wars" and now we have the mediocre continuation in comics. Neither will make up for not getting a fifth season.

I lament Farscape's loss of more episodes more than I do for any other show I watch. Everything else I feel got a decent conclusion. Everything I watch; Buffy and Angel, Roswell, Dead Like Me, Firefly, Gargoyles, Veronica Mars. I may be saddened by their loss, and wish there had been more, but none, or at least most, of those didn't NEED more. Firefly got Serenity, and that was an excellent way to finish the series. VMars crashed and burned, it was too late for a proper conclusion by the end, it was best it went out with a whimper. Gargoyles had many more stories to tell, most of which were revealed by Greg Weisman on his website anyway, so whatever there. Dead Like Me didn't have much of a myth arc to it, so it didn't need much of a finish. In fact, it might've been better off without the "Life After Death" movie. And Roswell, well... lol.

On the subject of doomed shows, Dollhouse. As much as I'm gushing about Farscape, I think Dollhouse might be one of the most amazing shows I've ever seen. I understand why it's canceled, I just don't understand why no one is watching. It has all the amazing twists and turns of a show like Lost without being completely illogical. (Okay, maybe the science isn't entirely sound, but whatever. It's science fiction for a reason.) It's so fucking brilliant. I can't even believe that there's only five episodes left ever. However, I've resigned myself not to be sad yet. The series finale is "Epitaph Two: Return", so clearly it's a sequel to "Epitaph One", and that would've been an AMAZING series finale if it had to be. Hell, even if we hadn't gotten an "Epitaph Two", the mere existence of "Epitaph One" puts me more at ease about cancellation. We can see where the show would've gone. I'm a little bit nervous that "Epitaph Two" won't live up to my expectations, but what I need to remember is that Dollhouse hasn't really let me down even once before.

Sigh. I think I've rambled enough for this evening. And the episode's almost over. Good a time as any to turn in.

<3<3
-kR

Okay. Haven't updated LiveJournal since September. That's totally my B.

I've wanted to update, thought about updating, toyed with the idea of updating. I really have. I miss using my LJ. I was rereading old entries recently, like, from two years ago, and got all nostalgic.

I think part of the problem is that I know any number of people - strangers - have the ability to read this journal. So I feel like I'm.. I don't know if "performing" is the right word. I have to watch what I say. Like I'm presenting a persona. But this is suppsoed to be my JOURNAL. I should be able to say whatever I want.

So I might make this journal Friends Only. I didn't want to. I liked that anyone could pop on over. But especially because I DO. NOT. WANT. to delete this journal when I become a professional writer, because it's meant so much to me, that may be for the best.

I'm still trying to figure out what to do there, though. Am I gonna have to pull all my fics when I get published? The last thing I need is, like, some kind of lawsuit. Oh Sigh.

I have to remake the Property Images for Buffyopoly. AGAIN. I used Paint to make them before, and that degraded the image quality. So now I have to edit them directly in Microsoft Word. Which is actually the best thing, it assures the highest quality, I just wish I hadn't wasted all that time making them the other way. I made them the other way TWICE. But hey, whatever. Being bitter doesn't help. And I've got Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to do it, because Nicholas is going to Floria so I'll be home all weekend.

I've been rewatching Farscape. I started Monday, November 23rd, so about three weeks ago. I'm already on the third episode of Season Four. Yes, I watch TV that fast. The shift in quality between Seasons Three and Four is staggering. It's almost TOO good in Season Four. The Rygel puppet is different, Chi's wig looks more realistic. Jool's make up actually looks WORSE, somehow. Don't know how they pulled that one off. But anyway, I'm loving it. It's a slow progression, but by Season Four if you don't love the show you never will, because it is AMAZING by Season Four. I'm still so pissed that they didn't get a fifth season. ONE MORE SEASON and the story would've been completed. But instead we get the crappy consolation of The Peacekeeper Wars and the sub-par comic that's been coming out. It's really not very good. I'll keep reading. But it's not Buffy Season Eight.

I actually kind of want to rewatch Buffy again already. I really enjoyed watching it again this summer. I'm so glad I did it. I was sort of detached from the series for a while. Maybe I'll do some of those marathons I've always had in mind. Especially if I finish Farscape before the week is over. I can do that Season Finales marathon that I can never seem to get done! And it's my birthday weekend, so it'd be a nice treat. It would consist of a full 22 episodes though. So maybe not, haha.

I'm going to do a Doctor Who watch, but not until after "The End of Time". Complete RTD Whoniverse watch, including Torchwood and Sarah Jane. Which is why I have to wait until after "TEoT", because I would either want to do it before, and now it's too late, or wait until I have it as well. So that's what I'm doing.

I've got a lot of stuff I need to watch. And write. And do.

Oh, speaking of write, updated "Sound of the Revolution". I don't know how I feel about this chapter. On the plus side, I can hit 13 pages and not feel completely satisfied. My max number of pages was, at one point, 17. So that's cool, that I've developed my skills enough for that. Yet.. I was rereading "The Chrismukkah Carol" from, wow, three years ago now. And while there's many problems with it, stylistically, the language is very fresh and creative. I've fallen into bad habits. I use adverbs way too often and repetitively. I saw the phrase "in a flash" when I've been struggling lately not to use "instantly" too much and was blown away. (I would love to reedit that story, but that's too much of a tangent for an already tangential update. Just saying. Especially now that the series is over.) I fear that I've become stuck in my ways as a writer, and that would really suck to stagnate at 24.

That's another reason I wanted to come back to updating. It helps me express myself, get all of my thoughts and emotions out, through other than writing creatively. Perhaps I needed to distance myself to grow as a writer in terms of style, but now I think it's time for a return.

Okay. That's it for now. Good update. I've got a frelling paper due Friday, so I may not update before then. But knowing me, procrastinator that I am, it could happen.

Or maybe I won't update for four months this time. Y'never know.

-kR

This is for reals, ya'll. This is my OFFICIAL Buffy Seasons 4 thru 7 /Angel Seasons 1 thru 4 Cross-Watch List. I put a lot of thought into how best to watch the seasons concurrently. This is without going by air date, which would require a ridiculous amount of disc switching.

( into every generation, a Slayer is born... )

I have every intention of doing a real update soon. Life got busy, and without something to update ABOUT regularly I sort of lost focus on updating LJ. Le sigh.

-kR

So. I'm moved into my new house.

I stayed up until 6 am to watch the finale of Buffy in one shot. I'm very glad I did, other than because it's so great, but also because I was in the middle of the third episode of Angel Season Five the next day when the television set I've watch all but maybe a dozen episodes on for my watch through DIED. Like, the picture blinked out and it started making a high-pitched whistling sound. So while I didn't get to finish my watch on the same television (hell, in the same house, but I'll come back to that) I did get to finish Buffy on it. That was nice.

"Sound" has proven to be quite popular. I'm glad. I'll be able to do more work on it now that I'm done (coming back to that) with my Buffyverse watch.

The wedding was lovely. I love my family. It's not my thing, so I don't have much to update about it. But it was nice. Very beautiful ceremony and all that. Mom and Kevin left for the honeymoon Wednesday morning.

So, like I said, the moving thing. Been moving everything I own in here. It's rough and exhausting. I think I've got all of my clothes here now. Some coats maybe, and my suits, but yeah. All my DVDs are here, now. All my shoes, sweaters. We moved my mattress, in the rain, last night. Slept here for the first time. It's nice. It's not the ice box that my room back at the old house is but I like it. I had Murphy sleep in the kitchen by herself. She cried, for a while, a long while. That was rough. But she's not crying tonight. I thinks he just needs to adjust. We all do.

I watched Angel's 100th episode on Tuesday night. Really better than I remember, and very good as a standalone 100th. And a great goodbye to Cordelia. (I'm not spoiler cutting, it was five years ago.) The last episode I watched in the old house was "Why We Fight". It's a good one. The guy in it, the vamp guy, Sam Lawson, is hot. "Smile Time" here, along with the rest. Season Five had a lot of great stuff. There wasn't so much an arc to it, like Series Four of Doctor Who. There's stuff in it, and then a big climactic ending. Works for me, anyway. Harmony was an EXCELLENT edition to the cast, as was Illyria. I love Connor in Season Five. I wish we'd gotten to see Connor like that more often. As much as I feel bad for Joss that the series ended there, because he had more plans, I feel like it is the perfect ending, taking on Wolfram & Hart like that. I can't imagine anything else would've been as fitting.

And now... I'm done. Tonight, in less than ten weeks' time, I finish my complete Buffyverse series watch through. It's kind of a big deal. I'll do a larger post, with my feelings and all that, this is just to state that I've finished. It's been an intensive 2+ months. I'm glad I did it. I've been avoidy with this universe, these two shows. They meant so much to me, I was worried they wouldn't be as good as I remembered, y'know? That they'd pale in comparison to the memory of them, somehow. But it really is just that good. That this INSANE, ENORMOUS universe came, essentially, from one man, is amazing. And brilliant.

It's huge, and wonderful. And unending. And that's just.. nifty.

ETA: I forgot to mention the part where I'm also glad I finished it here in the new house, on my new (my mom's old) TV in my new room. It makes sense that part of the watch would take place in my new home. I am glad, however, that I finished Buffy in the old house, on the old TV. Yeah.

-kR

Almost done with the cross-watching portion of my rewatch, not to mention the Buffy portion. I want to finish tonight. I watched five Angels this afternoon so that I could. And I kept getting delayed watching tonight. So now it's past 3am and I have 4 episodes left to watch. So I'm going to be up until almost 6am watching Buffy, if I choose to stay up. And I'm choosing to. Like I've been saying, I want to finish the watch by the end of the week. And, y'know, it's sort of fitting to be watching "Chosen" as the sun comes up, isn't it?

I'm finding the interplay between Buffy and Angel very interesting, especially now towards the end. A lot of references to each other in the final halves of their seventh and fourth seasons respectively. I guess because they realized they wouldn't be able to do it anymore after Buffy went off the air?

Also, I remembered finding Eliza Dushku's performance as Faith on Buffy hollow. Not so much this time around. It's not as, I guess a word you could use is, good as it is on Angel. More like her character regresses, I suppose? But it makes sense. It's like how Willow behaves VERY differently in her appearance on Angel than she does in most of Buffy Season 7. She can revert to an older, less serious version of herself because these people haven't been around her the last few years, don't know what she's done or what she's really capable of. She can just be light, breezy, nerdy witch Willow. It's the same with Faith. She's much more serious and focused on Angel because these are people who don't know her and don't have preconceived notions about her. The Scooby Gang have already judged her. So she reverts to the Ebonics and the bravado version of herself, though just at first. Whether it's intentional or not, it works. And it's interesting.

Okay, the Xander eye thing is always disgusting. But I'm not going to complain, because the alternative was his death. Also, after being doused with wine, Spike's bleached hair has a reddish tint to it. Which is really funny. Kennedy still annoys me, but I'm also seeing a softer side to her. So there's that. And I still love how SMG seems to have laryngitis for the penultimate episodes of the show, exemplifying Buffy's exhaustion, and then in "Chosen" her voice is back. Kismet.

I've decided that, if I ever won the lottery or had a ridiculous sum of money to spend at my discretion, I would want to make a replica of Buffy's house. I love it, the whole thing. It might need a second bathroom.

I can't believe how far this series, this universe, came in seven seasons. But I don't want to start getting too nostalgic. I'll do a long post regarding the series as a whole after the fact.

Okay. Gonna focus on the watching part now.

OH! Before I forget! Posted "Sound of the Revolution" Chapter One finally. Can be found here. Good response so far. We'll see how that goes...

Buffy now.

-kR

Just finished Angel 4.13 "Salvage" (first in Faith's three-ep arc). Watching Buffy 7.12 "Potential" before sleep. I can't believe I only have 10 more times seeing the Buffy opening credits. Not ever again, obviously. Even so. It is a thing.

19 episodes left in Buffy 7 / Angel 4. Only 41 episodes left after this. I'm trying to math it all out carefully, make sure I can finish by the time I move out. I have all day Wednesday, and possibly Thursday. I can almost definitely finish these 19 by the end of the week. I'm more concerned with finishing Angel Season 5 before the move.

Which is only a week and a half away. My mom and Kevin leave for their honeymoon on Wednesday. And I need to move in there by then. Which is still sort of nutso to me. This is all happening so- and yet not-so-fast. I'm sort of scared. It's not my home. I feel awkward enough still living at home as it is. The fact that it will now be not the house that's technically mine any long makes it feel even worse. I need to remind myself that I'm not the only person at my age who's living at home, on top of which I'm still a student.

It doesn't help that I feel so uninspired. I knew this would happen. Summer's more than half over and what do I have to show for it? Well, I've nearly finished the entire Buffyverse in under two months. That's a thing, I guess. And hey, this is my last summer. It's my last chance to do something lazy and stupid like that, y'know? But I had all these ideas, like I'd get so much writing done or something. I've let my Buffyverse rewatch take precedent, and I use that as an excuse. That this is the thing I'm doing to mark the loss of my lifelong home. But I know it's also my own lack of initiative. I should be writing more. It's my own damn fault.

I'm going to probably post Chapter One of "Sound" on Tuesday. Unless I wuss out. It's a new moon, plus there's a solar eclipse. That confluence of events feels like a thing, y'know? Might be good to take advantage of. Plus I don't see adding much more to it. That's the reason I've been sitting on it for so long, I want to be able to make changes before it's read by people. Once it's up, I can take my time before the next one. Use the month of August to write more, since I'll be done with the Buffyverse. I'm Chapter Two is basically done, and I'm three to four pages into Chapter Three. Makes me nervous, because things get kinda flooy after those. I've got a plan, which is more than when I started "Lack". So that's something. I think I'll be okay.

I'm hoping I'll be able to get the job done better once this is over, this Buffyverse watch. I'm not expecting much, because I make statements like that a lot, and end up feeling stupid later. But I will say that I hope. This watch is about a lot of things, about moving on in many different ways.

At least I think so.

-kR

I watched another 100 episodes of the Buffyverse in also under a month. Angel 4.05 "Supersymmetry" is the 200th episode, at least according to my list. It'd be cuter if it was "Spin the Bottle", penned by Joss, but what can you do. So I've only got around 50ish episodes left. And if I can finish it in a week and a half, I'll have finished before the moving happens. I don't know if I'll be able to, though. Especially now that I may not have Wednesday off because the rehearsal dinner is (suddenly) Thursday. So we'll see.

I'm now on Buffy 7.10, "Bring On the Night". I don't love episode titles this season. Except the series finale's title was brilliant. I'll give them that.

I basically finished Chapter Two of "Sound". Gonna start work on Chapter Three. Probably post Chapter One sometime next week.

I don't have much else to say. I'm mainly posting to keep track of where I am in the Buffyverse right now.

I really want to finish before I move.

-kR

Finished Angel Season 3 today. So now it's on to Buffy 7 / Angel 4.

Torchwood: Children of Earth was hugely disappointing. The ending, I mean. I'll give it a second chance, watch it again. The first four days were great. It makes me nervous for RTD's final 2 though.

Does every school use the same copy of Slaughter House Five? So weird.

I've reached a mental block on Buffyopoly. The title deed cards are giving me trouble. The giving it a background part, anyway. I can suss it out, it's just gonna be hard work. And you know how I shy away from that. El oh el, jay kay. I'll get around to it. After that I have to make the board, and then... print the money. And after that I think I'm done. Right? Prophecy / Weapons Chest cards are done. Money just needs to be printed. Board needs to be prepped. Got the pieces, got the dice. So just the title deeds, basically. And then the fun of playing! Woot!

I'm trying to finish my Buffyverse watch by the time we move. I'm not sure it'll work out for me. But I'm trying, anyway. It'd be cool.

HP6 tomorrow! Woohoo!

-kR

The second volume of Gargoyles' Clan Building does not come out until the end of the month. BLARGH. Whatever. At least it's coming out soon.

I discovered a third Charlie the Unicorn video and more Dr. Tran videos (100% Ice), both of which are amazing. I so greatly enjoy the internet.

I just finished Angel's "Birthday". So I'm up to 6.12 and 3.12 in Buffy and Angel respectively. 166 episodes in. 88 episodes left. That's actually not a lot. How scary is that? I probably won't finish by the time we move out - probably, not definitely, in light of recent events - but I will definitely be done by the end of the summer.

Speaking of 88 episodes, Farscape is getting a complete series DVD release! So buying that. I know I have all the Starburst Editions, but they're double-sided and blah. Wants new!

Torchwood: "Children of Earth" is good so far. I've only seen day one, though. I'm gonna watch Day Two in a bit. My frelling headphones broke. I need to buy new ones tomorrow.

Remember that joke I make all the time about packs of girls coming into Baron's and buying gum with a $20? A group of 7 tween girls came in tonight. 3 bought gum. My nightmare. None with a $20, though. I had to work with Rao instead of Harold tonight. The man stresses me. And now I may have to work with him Saturday too. Why!?

I finished making files for "Lack" for FanFiction.Net. So I can upload the new copies there. I want to write a prologue to "Sound of the Revolution", maybe, and then post Chapter One. No way am I posting it 7/08/09 like I said I would. Definitely this month. Definitely definitely. But not this soon. I'd like to have more of Two done first.

It recently occurred to me that a lot of people I don't know watch my LiveJournal. I'm considering privatizing it, like Nicholas suggested. I don't want to. But it may be for the best. Plus, when I eventually become a published writer, it might be a good idea anyway. I don't know. Yet to be decided. Maybe I should create a new one for fanfic. But that's a lot of work. TOO much work.

Lots to think about.

-kR

Buffy's back from the dead.

Huzzah.

Except maybe not so much for Buffy herself, because of the depression.

"Bargaining" is a great episode, and has a lot of great stuff, but I think Joss could've written it better. No offense, Marti, you've done a lot of good, but "Bargaining" is EVERY BIT as important as "The Gift" and should've been treated as such. Also? Shut the fuck up, EVERYONE, Dawn is a really good character, and I love her. She's a fourteen-to-fifteen year old girl, what do you expect from her? And I like Spike for what he is.

I'm probably the only person who doesn't hate Season Six. Oh well.

I should post my Buffyverse master list. Although maybe I'll wait to post it until I'm done, when I'm sure it works. That's probably a good plan.

I finished my "Lack" edits. Except for the Epilogue. I'm rewriting that entirely, because I do not like it one bit. And I'm mostly satisfied with the first chapter of "Sound". Then I'll just need to finish Chapter Two, and from there Three and Four and so on. That'd be good.

I love Buffy trying to be okay with being back to life for Dawn.

Anyway. 'nuff for now.

-kR

Mm, finished Buffy Season Five on, er, Tuesday. "The Gift" is beautiful. I didn't cry, exactly. But close. Just finished Angel Season Two tonight, started Season Three.

I finished my Gargoyles watch with Nicholas. That makes me sad. Gargoyles is so good. It really deserved a better fate than the one it got.

I did a lot of moving this week. My room at Kevin's (my stepdad's) house looks very much mine now. That's sweet. I'm going to miss here a lot, though. 'Not thinking about it right now' is sort of an understatement at this point. I'll adjust. And it'll be fine.

My mom comes home from her vacation tomorrow. Fourth of July plans? Unclear. High chance of spending the weekend with Nicholas, but not yet set in stone.

Almost done with the "Lack of Color" edits. Nowhere near done with the second chapter of "Sound of the Revolution". That's rough. I'll work on it, though. I may post Chapter One some time next week. Oh shite, I don't have a title for it. Huh. Well, that needs to be remedied. I like not having posted yet, though, because I can still change things in it if I want. But the fans are getting restless. And it's mostly self-contained, anyway. What's the harm?

I'm also nervous. What if it's not as good? What if they don't like it? I wouldn't be heartbroken or anything, but it'd suck. I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, eh?

Need to get to writing. I'll work on Chapter Two at work tomorrow. And I can work tomorrow night, if I want to. Or Friday. I'll spend more time writing, now that I'm so far in my Buffyverse watch - only 109 episodes left. And I'm almost certain the HP6 film will inspire me to write.

Yeah, everything will be fine.

-kR

I'm on Angel's "Reprise", episode 129 of 254 of my Buffy / Angel rewatch. That means I'm now more than halfway through the televised Buffyverse. All in less than a month. Well, a little more than four weeks, but time is funny and hard to pin down exactly, isn't it?

I'm proud of myself. I'm glad to be doing this. I wish I'd started a bit earlier, so I could possibly finish before the Big Move. But then again, I don't want to keep pushing through this watch, either. I haven't done much else in the past month. I need to get writing of both the Fanfic and Original variety done, I need to pack up all of my stuff (which is actually something I can do while I watch, but not the point). So yeah. I should really cool it down.

Might I say how attractive Christian Kane is? Because wow. Once he cuts his lame long hair, I'm quite smitten. And he is clearly hungry for Angel's man-love. Like, all about it.

Oh! I got Luke's Diner and Dragonfly Inn cappuccino mugs! The WB Shop finally started making them again. I got 2 of each. I just love mugs. Not just any mugs, but I do. I need to make a Nightstone's mug. Like from Gargoyles. That'd be sweet.

I'm getting Thai food tonight. I'm really excited for that. Does that make my life sad?

What else. Oh! The pieces for Buffyopoly came! They're Buffy action figure accessories. Things like Mr. Pointy the stake and Mr. Gordo the pig and the Vampyr book and the rocket launcher. That kinda stuff. It's very cool. I'm getting closer and closer to finishing. I need to make the Title Deed cards, and then it'll just be a matter of physically making the board, etc. Good stuffs!

Okay. Gotta go get my food.

-kR

So, I've finished 100 episodes of the Buffyverse. In less than a month, I might add. How great am I? Finished Buffy Season 4 and Angel Season 1 just now, starting Buffy Season 5 right now.

Hey, there's Dracula! It was originally not even gonna be Dracula. Just a vampire who rode a horse and was all cool, except Marti Noxon kept saying, "Like Dracula" until Joss said, "hey, why not Dracula? he's in the public domain." Good stuff.

Feeling kind of blah still. At least I'm accomplishing Buffyopoly.

-kR

So, my Friday was a little less than productive. Unless you consider watching 12 episodes of Buffy (4.01 - 4.07) and Angel (1.01 - 1.05) productive. I happen to be someone who does. I think I've gotten adjusted to switching back and forth between the shows, though. It's jarring at first, and sucks when you have to switch between episodes, but it's not bad.

Angel 1.06 & 07 and Buffy 1.08 last night, Angel 1.08 - 10 today.

Cordelia has a tramp stamp. Has anyone else noticed this?

I've decided that I'm not going to post anything after Chapter One of "Sound of the Revolution" until August. I want to see HP6, really get my creative juices flowing, before I post more. Plus I want to have more written. I being able to go back and make changes before posting stuff.

I've been editing "A Lack of Color". I'm up to Chapter Thirteen, I think. Is it pompous to be entertained by something you yourself wrote? Because I am at times. I considered combining some of the earlier, shorter chapters to make fewer, longer ones. Like, Chapters One through Three can all be one chapter. But I'm not gonna. It would mess up the postings and reviews already made. It's been good, though. I'm making some good changes, important changes. Plus I'm remembering things by going back. I'd forgotten that I made Cedric's father a Gryffindor. Hm.

Moving is going to start happening soon. Sigh. I mean, it's neat. It is. The closing date for our house is July 23rd. If it all goes through, that is. So, before summer's end, I'll be living not here.

Hm.

Okay, going to get completely ready for work and try to squeeze in the last Angel on this disc before I go.

-kR

Finished Buffy Season Three yesterday. The "Class Protector" scene from 'The Prom' made me cry. Like, really cry, not just a little bit cry. Raise your hand if faggot. Really, though, I must say, I think Season Three is definitely the "definitive" Buffy season, y'know what I mean? When I think Buffy, I usually think Season Three. Still in high school, but better film quality than One and Two. Such a good show. Starting Season Four right now. It's going to be brain fry-y, crossing back and forth between Buffy and Angel.

Ooh, also! I realized something. Well, things. I'm learning a lot more about the show on this rewatch. One thing? Oz is not the uber-quiet character I remember him being. It's not that he's totally laconic. It's more that we're TOLD HE IS by other characters. He definitely takes it down a notch between Seasons Two and Three, but not that much. It's kinda funny.

I hate this "professor embarrasses Buffy in front of the class" scene from 'The Freshman'. I have NEVER seen a professor do that in five years of college. And the fact that Buffy just takes it sort of bothers me. Don't get me wrong, I'm kind of glad that Buffy doesn't adjust well to college. It's good. You don't usually get a lot of TV shows going that route.

It's warm out again. I wish it was still cold. I like it better cold. I know it's June. I don't care. I prefer the cold.

I also finished Arrested Development today. I've been "watching" it on my way to and from Nicholas's house for the past five months. That's a weird feeling, to be done with that.

And now I've paid no attention to 'The Freshman' and have moved on to Angel's 'City of'. But hey! Sawyer from Lost is in the first episode of Angel! He's the first vampire we ever see on the show! COOL! And it's not a big deal if don't devote my total attention to every episode. I can always go back and watch the fourth season of Buffy again if I want. That's sort of the point, isn't it?

Okay. Not much else to say. Lame entry. Whatever.

-kR

ConYay925: and this is possibly the funniest one i've ever seen:
ConYay925: (205): woke up this morning wit a massive hangover. walked to my truck and found at least 35 for sale signs, a stop sign, and a julie kim sign...need answers
(1-205): yea, you decided to become a real estate agent last night on the way home from the party. You started bitchin about how Julie Kim was stealing all your buisness....
darceratops: hahahahahahhahah
darceratops: that julie kim!
darceratops: that is seriously amazing
ConYay925: http://juliekim.com/
ConYay925: it's the right Julie Kim
ConYay925: she's the first one to come up searching "julie kim real estate"
darceratops: HAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ConYay925: she's real.
ConYay925: and she looks
ConYay925: better than i imagined.
ConYay925: i could not have made her more perfect.
darceratops: is that a birmingham area code on the phone/
darceratops: *?
ConYay925: i don't know?
ConYay925: birmingham alabama
darceratops: IT IS
darceratops: OH MY GOD
darceratops: cuz it's the same area code as HER number on her WEBSITE
ConYay925: and it fits in with the guy having a truck
darceratops: this is incredible
darceratops: HAHHAHAHAHHA
ConYay925: !!!!!
ConYay925: STOP
ConYay925: i love it
darceratops: julie kim is the new spunk ransom
ConYay925: i love Julie Kim
ConYay925: ahaahahahahah
darceratops: im bookmarking this page
ConYay925: Julie Ransom.
darceratops: HAHHAHAHAHAHAH
ConYay925: tiny pot-smoking asian real estate vampires.
darceratops: you need to post this in your lj
darceratops: forever
ConYay925: good point
darceratops: JULIE KIMMMMM

that's all for now

-kR

Okay, so, I wanna keep a log of how quickly I'm getting through my Buffy rewatch. Because it's the sort of thing I'll want to know later.

So I started Wednesday, May 27th. With the Buffy movie, canon or not. I read Joss's original script the same night, as well. I got through to the start of Season Two by June. And today Just started Season Three. Wow, I'm on the third season of Buffy in under two weeks. That could have something to do with there being only 12 episodes in Season One. Technically speaking, I'm still not through two seasons' worth of a show that had a regular pick up. I probably shouldn't be patting myself on the back for making so much headway, then, eh?

Also: Can someone explain to me why the opening titles for Season Three are different from the first episode, but the music isn't different until the second? At least on the DVD. It's weird.

Not much else to say. Got work in an hour. This summer is turning out to be like every other, where I don't do shit. Anyone happen to know the key to motivation?

-kR

I just changed all my color settings on LJ. I really like the layout bar for LiveJournal's 10th Birthday, with the blue color, and feel it goes well with my Doctor default icon, so I made my background blue instead of green. Then I started futzing around with other stuff, and, voilà, here you have it. I'll probably still mess around a bit. Fun with colors, yay!

My printer is down. That whore. Software problem. And just when I've bought black ink! I'm getting closer to finishing Buffy Monopoly, or Buffyopoly, and was going to print out all of the money to start cutting it up and getting it ready. No such luck. I still have to design the, y'know, property cards. Whatever the proper names for those are. Title Deeds. I looked it up. So that's going to be a process. Gotta design 22 of those. Oh, plus the 2 Cemeteries (stand-ins for the Electric Company and Water Works). Oh, and the Vehicles (stand-ins for the Railroads). Oy. So 28 cards. It won't be that hard, once I have it down to a system.

Nicholas gave me my real engagement present today: a real replica Doctor Who fob watch. Like, metal and everything. Not the toy, and not with a soundbite from David Tennant. So a little less fun, but definitely gorgeous. Truly lovely. It's my favorite new accessory. Second place goes to my new bag! Which I got, technically, for $10, because it cost $80, went down to $50, I had $50 in gift cards so only had to pay shipping! Patience is a virtue! Who knew?

I'm enjoying my Buffy rewatch so far. Such a cute show. It really reinvents itself almost every year. I'm up to halfway through "Out of Mind, Out of Sight". There's been some.. *difficulty*. I mean, really, it was filmed in 1996. Buffy uses the term "e-letter" instead of "e-mail", that made me laugh for a minute or two. And in a span of 30 seconds, we see Buffy's permanent record twice in two scenes. Both have conflicting birth dates and grade levels for Buffy. The only one of them that's right, and in one scene not both, is the grade level. Both birth dates are not only wrong but different from one another. LOL, basically. But I can't help but excuse it, because Buffy is so iconic, and not even for the story, but for ... It's so different from Seasons One through Seven. It's an amazing commentary on how far production quality came in seven years. It was on the air during an amazing time in the history of television. A renaissance, really,

In other news, I suck at getting writing done. I've been saying to myself that the summer has only just begun, that once June comes I'll buckle down, but I know myself. I say that always, and then don't. It's pathological laziness, and it's my own fucking fault. I still have to finish the first chapter of "Sound of the Revolution" - I fully expect to get at least half a dozen e-mails (e-letters, *snort*) next week from people wondering where it is, when I'm posting it, what's taking so long??? I hate people sometimes, I truly do. As much as I love the ego stroke of people appreciating my work so fervently, it's also stressful. Not in an "I'M NOT ALONE WITH MY STORIEEEEEE!" SMeyer kind of way, more like ... like I'm a slave to the story, rather than it being something I can do for fun. I want to finish it, because I love the story, and it's not as if it's a story I can edit and publish originally, it's inherently Harry Potter so this is the only venue through which I can share it. I'm never writing a fanfic series again, though, I don't think. Nothing more than five parts, anyway. And it makes me glad that Parts 3 and 4, and to some degree 5, are going to be so much shorter than the parts that came before them.

I would also love to work on the Power Rangers novel again someday. Remember that shit? I would love to actually write it. It's completely non-profit. I don't even know that I'd post it anywhere, because who's the audience for that kind of thing? I'd mostly only show it to my friends.

What I need to do is I need to stop being a lazy shit and sitting in front of the TV doing nothing, cruising the Internet. I need to do what I'm doing right now: sequester myself in my room, listen to music, and get focused. While this is still my room, anyway.

That's another bit of weirdness that's getting to me, and it's going to have a huge affect on this summer: the move. It's coming, whether the house gets sold anytime soon or not. This house that I've lived in - basically - my whole life, this room that I've lived in for nearly ten years now, none of it will be mine much longer. Six months, a year, I'll be somewhere else. I can barely think about it. It's the same way I don't want to think about graduating, though. It's terrifying. I'm terrified of instability. That's what it is. Uncertainty just rubs me the wrong effing way. I'll probably still be living with my mom and Kevin in a year - probably - but how much longer after that? What do I do after college? Grad school? Do I get a new job or keep Baron's? How long is grad school going to take? What do we do if we don't sell any scripts before we finish grad school? Are we going to have to move out to California, or can we stay stationed on the east coast? Terrifying. And Nicholas - I love him, but - he tends to ignore questions like these sometimes. I can't. They keep me up at night.

Okay, at this point I'm rambling to the point of insanity. This entry has gone on far too long, and I have to be up in, like, seven and a half hours-ish. So I'm gonna go, and hopefully the next time I update, or - if we want to be hopeful but realistic - in a month, I'll be saying how I did in fact buckle down and start writing more.

It could happen.

-kR