| WTF dreams..... |
[Tue Dec 28 2010] |
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I had a very vivid dream that I snuck into a blind sherlock holmes' house and was living there while he was out of town; the rest of my dream centered around how he deduced that I had been there, even though he was blind. I really dont understand my mind sometimes.
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| Merlin |
[Fri Dec 24 2010] |
Recently I've gotten really into this show Merlin, which is on BBC 1 and completely awesome.
The premise is basically, BEFORE the knights of the round table. Think Smallville, but set in Camelot.
Some points:
-"King Arthur" is not king yet, he is only a prince.
-Merlin is Prince Arthurs manservant.
-Arthurs father, Uther Pendragon, is king. Uther is a bit of a tyrant.
-Magic is banned in Camelot, and any caught practicing it are executed by order of the king.
-Merlin is a boy who was born with powerful magic, but has to keep it a secret or else he will be killed; only a couple people know about his power.
-Merlin uses his magic secretly to protect Arthur (Arthur does not know Merlin is a sorcerer)
-Merlin and Arthur both have demonstrated they are willing to die for each other.
-Merlin helps Arthur become a better person.
-Merlin and Arthur eventually develop a strong bond, despite their class differences.
But what really sells it for me, is the last one.
Their bromance romance bromance knows no bounds, it makes my heart go "squeeeeeeee."
Some of my favorite scenes (in no particular order):
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| CRAIG FERGUSON TAPING!!! |
[Tue Nov 16 2010] |
By sheer freaking LUCK I managed to get onto the show.
It was super funny, awesome, Doctor Who-themed, (matt smith is gorgeous in person), and the best part? They gave the entire audience the season 5 box set!!!!!
Anyways, so we apparently had the standby tickets and (even though we had waiting in line since noon) when it came time to load in the audience they put us in a separate line while everyone else got to go in front of us. So annoying! I was especially mad seeing as I had flown down from San Francisco just to be there.
But then this awesome girl had an extra person listed on her guarantee ticket and her friend hadn't been able to make it, so she lets me come on as her plus one!! (unfortunately my sister in law wasn't able to get in, but she said she'd rather me get in that her since I'm a bigger fan). The girl in front of me who had been there since 8am also got to go in because someone grabbed her.
Thank you nice people!
Anyways...the show itself: super funny! Matt Smith is super charming and funny and adorable in person. Things you have to look forward to: the skinny tie with the sexy black suit (so hot!), awkward three way pause, awkward three-way, freeze frame high five, "The Odd Couple" the dalek version, "you are the doctor, you can sleep with my girlfriend if you want to," matt contemplates getting a dalek tattoo, Matt's vegas road trip (this story is super funny), and bill and ted totally stole their idea from doctor who.
(hopefully they don't cut too much of this out, I'm not sure how they usually do it on these types of shows).
Chris Hardwick was also there, and was wearing a long doctor who scarf and a t shirt with the delorean crashing into the TARDIS.
Also, so they had a whole dance number planned with craig singing over the doctor who theme song with these dancers and puppets, except last minute Craig found out that his producers hadn't gotten the rights to use the song, so he was super pissed off. They showed the rehearsal of it to the audience, however, and hinted that it might get leaked online. FIND IT, if you can, it was hilarious and I wish they could have done it live.
Anyways, thats all! I just quickly typed up my experience, if any of you were there I was the girl with the pink hair and glasses near the front of the line :)
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| CRAIG FERGUSON TODAY |
[Tue Nov 16 2010] |
So...I'm a huge nerd and flew from SF down to LA to go to the Craig Ferguson show with Matt Smith. My sister-law- is coming too (they live down here, so another part of my visit is getting to hang out with family). Apparently they overbooked so there is a slight chance that we wont get in, so keep your fingers crossed! We are gonna go super early.
But most importantly:
dflkasjdlfkjasldkjflkasjdf
Seriously!
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| In which I try and be a better Buddhist. |
[Sat Aug 7 2010] |
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I wish I was more zen. I read in this book recently, that as a buddhist we should be thankful when we encounter "enemies," and those that test us and make us angry. That we should meditate on a sense of honor at having met them. And I suppose that makes sense, most people we meet, we get along with. On a day to day basis our interactions tend to be civil. How will these interactions help us in learning out to curb our impulses and reactions? Its only through adversity that we are tempered and forged into the people we want to be. Its logical...
except....
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| I miss my damn dog (a sad post. Feel free to skip). |
[Tue Aug 3 2010] |
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It has been a little over a month since my dog died. I started thinking about him today and I couldn't stop crying. I miss having the 80 lb addition in my life, by my side through everything. I know that everything eventually dies, but he was only 6 years old. (he died of bloat in the middle of the night). It feels so unfair. I had people tell me all the time what an amazing dog he was, how well behaved and personable he was (Have you seen UP? Max was basically Doug, just a friendly, happy dog who loved the ball and loved his people).
I got Max when I was 18, and he was a HUGE part of my life. I miss playing fetch, and going to the dog park. I miss dragging myself out of bed because Max wanted to go explore. I miss his inability to refrain from jumping into any body of water he came across (I always kept a towel in my car, just in case). I miss having something other than myself to care for. I miss insisting that I bring him with me everywhere (so what if he was a big dog, people can deal). I miss having to spell out w-a-l-k because even if you said it in casual conversation he freaked out. I miss the little happy dance he'd do when he saw me. I miss the way he brought the ball back every time. I miss my huge lump of drooly, slobbery dog.
Max and Me
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| LA, baby.... |
[Sun Aug 1 2010] |
In Los Angeles visiting my brother and my sister in law. Having a blast, we had amazing sushi today in downtown at this place called Octopus Bar (or something like that), and had some drinks at an Irish pub.
Tomorrow the beach (depending on the weather), and some shopping at H&M perhaps.
Love it.
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| Dalek bag I made for my sister for her birthday... |
[Thu Jul 22 2010] |
Her birthday was a couple months ago, but I never got around to posting this.
I used various kinds of paint for the Dalek itself, and iron-on letters for "exterminate."
I'm really happy with how it turned out ♥ My friend said it looked like American Eagle and Doctor Who had a baby (lol). I'm not sure if thats a compliment or not, but I'm taking it as one. I designed it with my sisters style in mind anyways, so thats kind of her "look" (although shes a bit more hipster. Maybe I can classify the design as "ironic dalek?" lol).
My sister freaked out for it, anyways. Which I'm happy about. I'm bummed because I always meant to do a TARDIS on the back, but I ran out of time and paint -the fabric just ate it all up :(
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| the mad man with a box. |
[Fri Jul 16 2010] |
NOTE: Originally posted here at doctoreleven, re-posted here so that I have it on my journal.
A while back I did a picspam review of the "real" theme of season 4, discussing the Tenth Doctor and teh angst (which you can see here: RTD is a torturous fanfic writer. Observe.). Ten I always worried we would find hanging from the coral in his TARDIS, sad indie/emo music playing in the background; perhaps surrounded by pictures of Rose. Eleven, on the other hand, seems more likely to just completely snap one day and make jackets and hats out of his companions. I'm just sayin....
For all his angst, the Tenth was also the most "human." He was social, could mingle successfully in a crowd, was a conversationalist, charming, and seemed like he wouldn't be all that bad to hang out and have a beer with. Sure it might turn in to a weep-a-thon as the night went on, but I'm sure you'd both bond over Bright Eyes and not being popular when you were growing up. Or something. He certainly wouldn't jump out of a cake and announce to a guys stag party that he had made out with said-guys fiance.
Oh, Eleven....I'm not sure what he is, he is equal parts scary, completely insane, funny, more emotional, and yet more distant. But he definitely is not "people." Since it is too early to really sum up the theme, or his character development. This is a combination of "ooh look at teh pretteh!" (because he is so beautiful it is distracting) and a character commentary. (But mostly looking at teh pretteh).
Spoilers for 5x1-5x8.
All pictures are free to take (with credit), in fact I encourage it!
Not dial-up friendly AT ALL. I wanted them to be big enough for people to use, in case they were doing layouts or something.
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| Mad Max R.I.P. |
[Tue Jun 22 2010] |
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My dog Max died this weekend, he was the most amazing, well-behaved, handsome, wonderful dog I've ever known; he brought back the ball every time, was good with children, and loved nothing more than playing in the water. He was only six years old, and I wasn't expecting it; take time out of your day to play with your dogs if you have them, in memory of Max, you never know how much time you'll get to have with them.
maxer moo
brie is upon us | MySpace Video
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| Star Trek drinking game? Wait, what now? |
[Sat Jun 19 2010] |
You want to know the best idea I've had all week ever?? Star Trek (The Original Series) drinking game.
You drink every time McCoy says "Dammit Jim...," Kirk gets his shirt ripped open, someone does a flying kick, or when Kirk and Spock act inexplicably (but incredibly) gay; basically you never STOP drinking, is what I'm trying to say.
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| This wii fit is kind of an asshole. |
[Thu Jun 3 2010] |
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Just purchased a wii fit for the household, and the roomies and I tried it out today.
A few things:
It is a scale as well. I put in my height, and using my weight it created an ACCURATE image of what my mii should look like. And told my BMI. How demoralizing. My fat little mii looking all puffy and sad...
It judges your balance and posture as well, and where your center of balance is.
It also told me I was up too late, and that staying up late messes with your body clock. I told it to go fuck off, so there you go...
It also, so I've heard, will get on you if you've put on weight from the last time you played. This is my first day, so I haven't yet encountered that particular type of humiliation from the wii fit just yet.
It is pretty fun though, the yoga I particularly liked, along with the rhythm boxing.
But in short, my new game I bought told me I was fat, had bad posture, and stay up too late.
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| Underserved adulthood, Will Smith, cookies, and quantum physics. |
[Sun Feb 28 2010] |
I'm starting this post off with this, a strip from my favorite comic XKCD, because it pretty much sums up how I feel:
My roommate and I got on a serious Independence Day "kick" for a few months, back when we first moved in to our new place. You know, the 1996 movie staring Will Smith and involving hostile aliens trying to wipe out mankind from the face of the planet? But thanks to Jeff Goldblum's virus-making skills, and apparently Mac-compatable alien technology, the day is saved. Independence Day isn't exactly a bad movie, on the contrary its overwhelmingly enjoyable, but it really had nothing to do with an actual pathological need to watch it, it was just a choice we made. After a while it sort of just became this thing we did.
"I think I'm just gonna stay in tonight and watch Independence Day. You know, same-old, same-old."
Of course there were days when we didn't watch it at all; days when neither of us were home, we had guests, or were just busy doing or watching something else. But there were also days we'd watch it more than once, when we would be like children at the end of the amusement park ride, jumping up and down shouting "again! again!" (And since, as adults, we make the rules now: we would). Taking all of this into consideration, I can say with some degree of confidence that during this period we watched Independence Day anywhere from 50-80 times.
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| Doctor Who: the REAL theme of Season 4 |
[Sat Feb 27 2010] |
NOTE: This is a repost of an entry I posted to a bunch of different communities last year, but I wanted to have it on my person journal as well. END NOTE
RTD is secretly an evil torturous fanfic writer. observe.
SPOILERS. PICSPAM. LARGE.
Oh Doctor, have I mentioned? It sucks being you.
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