I have been thinking about this for a long time. I have decided to go Friends Only. If you are not on my FList already, comment to be considered for addition. all comments are screened.

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today i did the big FList cut. i went through my list and cut a few names. it is not personal and i really hated to do it. if i have removed you from my FList and you think i have made an error, please let me know. i may make some more cuts later but for now having my FList under 100 is much better.

leaving this post public for those that have been cut. i wish everyone the best and wanted to say it has been great sharing fandom times together. our paths may cross again one day.

not the best effort but i saw this poster for New Moon...behind the cut ( Read more...Collapse )

and HAD to immediately make an icon and a desktop background. i am so lame. LOL

this eppy. gah! i cannot coherently comment yet. i do need a full rewatch b/c this was so FULL of awesomeness that i can't quite comprehend what it means for next season. Kripke pwns me. i am very very pleased with the ending of the season. it was much more satisfying than the S3 finale. :)

Gregg Nations posted this in his fan group thread today:

A fan call to arms!

Are you getting excited about the finale? Are you making special viewing party plans? Well we here at LOST labs want to share in that special viewing party with you. Over the past few seasons, we have seen some pretty amazing footage of your awesome finale parties, and this year we would love nothing more than to see and share them with everyone. From Dharma chili in your Dharma jumpsuits with Dharma-shaped cake for dessert, you all have set the highest standards for LOST viewing parties --

-- and we want to feature them at this year's Comic-Con! Because without you guys and your support, we wouldn't be on the air. We can't promise that we can show moments from everyone's parties, but we're going to try our best to get as many as we can on screen for the world to see!

So please film your fun and festivities and send us your favorite short film version of your party. Photographs and video are both good. Details about where to send your DVDs (and/or data files) to come. Namaste, and get your LOST on!

Sounds like something very cool is being cooked up for Comic Con. So spread this around and maybe a friend of a friend of friend's cousin's sister's boyfriend will get their vid shown at Comic con...

before i have to start tossing out stuff from my vandalized house, long story from back in October, i thought i would drop off this comment about something i read in the paper this morning.

you know you are watching too much Supernatural when you read an article in the paper and you think....hey, that sounds like a case for the Winchester boys.

article is from the USA Today paper in the Nationline column:

Cadets urged to seek help if needed

The U.S. Military Academy in West point is emphasizing to the cadets that seeking help for mental health problems won't jeopardize military careers, said the academy chaplain.

In seven months, two cadets, a teacher and a staff member have killed themselves - the first suicides at the school since 1999. < snip> according to a spokesman, there does not appear to be a common denominator among the suicides.

it is tragic to read of others taking their lives but it just screamed Supernatural to me. send those boys in there...OMG can't you just see Dean as an undercover cadet? uniforms and regiment and push ups and....shutting up now. just a thought. *eg*

okay, i think i missed something or they left stuff out. i have a few questions about this eppy.

first of all, in my rewatch, the season 3 finale held up much better the second time around. watching the whole season again and not having to wait week to week for an eppy made the finale more satisfying. still not as kick ass as it could have been but still not as sucky as i thought it was the first time. we will start on S4 very soon. i can't believe S4 is over half way done. *sob* S4 has been amazing. the writers have done an awesome job of it.

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overall, the eppy was good but i felt some pieces had been cut for time or story. perhaps i need to watch again if they mentioned the answers to my questions just in passing. i may have missed it.

Go! Steelers!

ahem, it would be nice if they won but i am not that vested in it. i am only here for the commercials and TV/movie promos.

got my 3D glasses, and more to spare. wonder if they will work on avi files. *ponders this* anyway, the Monsters vs Aliens trailer looked cool. wasn't too impressed with the Sobe commercial but it was better than the one from last year with some girl singing...and the lizards doing Thriller. actually the lizards were great but the girl, not so much. ;)

Bruce's halftime show was okay. it was good to see the whole band back together. so glad they didn't toss some pop singer in there like they did a few years ago with Aerosmith and Britney.

so far my favorite commercial has been the E*Trade commercial with the two babies. and maybe the Doritos one where the guy crunched the chip and things happened. wasn't happy they made the cop into a monkey though. that just seemed wrong. will edit this post if there are any other ones worthy of mentioning.

ETA: the Bridgestone commercial with the ATV on a planet with "Jump" playing and the astronauts dancing and then they turn around and all the wheels had been stolen. bwahaha

question: did S3 DVD quality suddenly get better than the previous seasons?

i do not have this show on blu-ray but on regular DVDs. recently (as i posted earlier) we have been doing a SPN rewatch. we just started S3 and i really noticed a BIG difference in the video quality. like HUGE difference. it is so much clearer and crisper. am i seeing things? add'l info: viewing this on a widescreen HDTV but not upconverted just regular video connection from my DVD player. that said, it should not be that obvious as we have been watching the other season via the same TV and DVD setup.

Bueller? Bueller? anyone?

in the shallow end of the rewatch...just O. M. G. Jensen is pretty. it IS like looking into the sun. bwahaha

various dumb things i am compelled to post about:

• airlines lost one of my bags. just a small duffel bag with dirty clothes, shoes and an air mattress. at least they promise to send it once they figure out where it is. (lost in Detroit and not by us. we rechecked the bags ourselves after customs. we watched them put it on the security xray machine conveyor belt. *sigh*)


• our county seems to be the ONLY local county not already announcing school closures. yeah b/c waiting until 5:30am is so much better. or perhaps they think if they wait, the 5 inches of snow and 1 inch of ice we are supposed to get will miraculously go away.


• the stupid cow at Debenhams forgot to take the security tags off of some bras i bought while in London last week. just WTF am i supposed to do now? *headdesk*

some good news.

• Lost Weekend is going along well so far.


• my bag showed up via FedEx. Yay! good thing too b/c the shoes inside are the ones i like to wear out in the snow.

ION, i am being forced to watch Supernatural. yes, it is such a hardship. ;) i am actually realizing that one cannot really get tired of this show and i keep noticing stuff i didn't see before. the boy totally identifies with Dean which is amusing and a bit scary b/c he, while lovalbe is also a hound dog and a smart ass. LOL the girl of course likes the stories and the pretty.

it is very sad to hear of the death of Kim Manners though. he really was a HUGE part of what made this show so very good. he will be missed. :(

For those on my FList that don't go to the Fuselage anymore, here is the basic info. Picture is a link. :)



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just got back from Oliver. did the stage door thing. *sigh* will post more later with pics but i cannot say enough about how really nice Burn Gorman is in person. lovely lovely man. *swoon*

off to pack for the trip home. that is all.

thank you all for your insight and comments. it looks like now, while very tempting to do a day trip, it really won't work as well as i had imagined. that just means that i MUST plan a proper trip for another time. *sigh* i do so love adventures but sometimes what looks good on paper just really does not translate to living it, esp. on a short trip like this one would be. arriving at 9am-ish and leaving by 7pm-ish is just not enough time.

Edited: bwahaha. nevermind. we are going anyway. why, yes, i may be silly for attempting this but an amazing offer came my way. so the trip is on. LOL

ION, it is snowing here again. this after having ice/sleet/rain for the past two days. winter is back. brrrr.

i have a question for my FList. have any of you been to Paris? if so, is it possible to do a day trip? and again, if you could, what would you recommend seeing, given that you only have one day and must leave by dinner time-ish?

i am clueless. i know Paris has the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre and a river that is pretty but going in January is probably not quite as picturesque as oh, say April or May. LOL

just trying to plan an adventure. thanks in advance. :)

ETA: for the person who posted my REAL name in their post, please edit it. at the moment i have it set to screened b/c i do not wish my real name to be posted on the web in relation to this LJ. thank you.

so, yeah they finally announce this. and i am left clueless b/c i have not seen him in one single thing. i have not looked at the wank surrounding this announcement yet b/c i am sure it is either dire or bordering on studipity.

yes, i LOVED CE. *points to post icon*. i LOVED DT even more. i am prepared to perhaps fall in love with this guy IF he can sell me on being the Doctor. IF he can emote, be emo!, and fun all at the same time. let's hope they cast a fabulous companion, when the time comes. i think bringing Donna back would be wonderful but i can wish all i want to and that will not make it so. :(

now, i am off to find some of this guy's limited body of work. will see if i can like him as an actor before he becomes TEH Doctor. *g*

gakked from pfeifferpack you made the top 100. ;)

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i had no idea that some people had deleted their journals. this makes me sad. also, sad, is seeing _cinnamongirl_ listed. it was good to have her leave her mark in my journal but knowing she is gone...*sniffle*

happy is seeing Anonymous which is really my friend abt from the Beta. she is still resisting getting an LJ. silly girl. the dark side is fun. bwahaha

oh yes, i am special...well (cue DT as the Doctor saying "well") not exactly special but more of an elite type of special thing. LOL

i am sitting in the VIP lounge at Gatwick. flying Business class has its def. perks. i checked in and after handing over my luggage the ticket agent gave me a pass to the lounge. sweet! so after seeing the customs agent about my VAT refund (sale at Debenhams, duvet sets which i have not found anywhere in the US) i was "fast tracked" through security, sort of. the concept of getting your spare change out and not having water bottles in your hand luggage seems to be lost on many people. really, with the signage about you would think some people could get a clue.

speaking of security, i had to be the one in the line randomly picked for hand search. :P i was all...usually my bra doesn't set off the scanner alarm. the lady inspector was all, "oh, no, it wasn't that but you were randomly picked". umkay. but the funny part was when they scanned my computer rollerbag. the man was all, "you have a lot of electronics in there. what all do you have?" i was all, um, camera, mp3 player, external HD, chargers for computer, camera, mobile phone and, a mobile phone. he was amused but they didn't make me take it all out to show them. *snort* what? i would not ever put that stuff in my checked luggage. LOL

so, yeah, i am off to get some free tea and a nibble while i wait for them to finally announce my gate. all of them are listed already for the flights leaving around that time. mine, not yet. i suspect the flight is delayed coming in due to weather in the midwest. ah well. strike that. gate announced as i previewed post. still going to get the tea and nibble, i think.

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yes! winter pimms. this is for quillons and anyone else who is fond of Pimms. ;)

we found a Pimm's booth at the Winterland fair in Hyde park today. yay! they were selling a Winter Pimm's gift bag that comes with tea pot, bottle of winter pimms and a tea cozy along with hand warmers. yay! of course now, i cannot fit the glass teapot into my baggage to go home. will have to get it in January i guess. we got a lovely hot cup of winter pimms after we had walked around the fair. we also ate yummy currywurst and chips. it was a german winter fair with lots of wurst, gluwein and scary santas. LOL it was a mini german village and full of contradicting visuals as it was not really quite all german but not quite english either. i was amused.

anyway, Clicky on the link. it takes you to the site. you can see the "teapot tour" link on the bottom of the page, that will show you the big orange teapot stall. there is a link to order a set for yourself or any other pimms related stuff.

i gave T all of my coupons for 2GBP off a bottle of Pimms, so yeah, i get to have more when i come back next month. yum!

just back from seeing Hamlet again. let me just preface this post with, i am really glad i got to see it at the Courtyard in Stratford. had this been my only viewing, i do not think i would have liked it for reasons i will go into below. it was not really bad but it was not as stunning as Stratford.

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after the talk, we did get around to the stage door to see Bennett signing stuff but it was raining and i didn't want to ruin my program. plus he was obviously trying to head out so we watched a minute or so. he was wearing a snazy hat..T says it was rakish. it looked good. i didn't take any pics as i had gotten quite a few good ones during the after talk. ;) can't upload them as i am on T's computer but i will. next week. i hope. holidays, you know. *g*

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yes, this is the MAC post i hinted about a few days ago. RL got in the way, so now that i am way early for my flight due to the snow and icy ick! of course once i got into P'burg the roads were fine. well...until now b/c i can see out the window it is snowing now. wow! that one really got away from me. LOL!

okay, so about the MAC. long story. sort of.

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yup, i now own a MACBook Pro. it is one of the last models to have the matte screen,( Read more...Collapse )

so yeah, i have, according to some people, finally graduated to an "adult" computer.

up next: why, yes, i am traveling again. ;)