So I haven't written anything here in a long time, mostly because I burned out on all things I like all at once (which means my Netflix have just been sitting on my table for two weeks, and picspams haven't been posted for an incredibly long time). I'm getting back into picspamming though, so expect The Tudors 3x08 to be up later today. Finally. I've also been working my way through the Sookie Stackhouse novels, and I'm on the eighth. A few notes: I hate Quinn, I love Eric, Charlaine Harris knows nothing about the north, "The War of Northern Aggression" is a term that offends me, I feel only slightly sorry for Bill and I'm a little sick of Were politics. The books are the easiest books I've ever read.

Last weekend Dave and I went to his cousin's for a barbecue. His cousin is getting married, and I get the impression that this barbecue was for people who might not make it to the wedding. The wedding is in Idaho this weekend. We're going. Anyway, the barbecue was a lot of fun, and I tried out my new outgoing (and sparkling) personality, and I think I did rather well. I talked to people and was friendly, and I ate food, etc. (Something I thought was weird is that Dave's parents weren't there, and they aren't going to the wedding, so I feel like they should have been there. It was like a half hour drive if that. Them not being there would not fly in my family. We have a very heightened sense of togetherness, and when someone has a barbecue/birthday/wedding/communion etc, we are all there. Dave does not really understand this.) The only weird part of the whole deal is that almost everyone there was engaged. Seriously, engaged or married. Dave and I are, obviously, not engaged, and probably never will be (which isn't saying anything about our relationship, just that he's the most anti-marriage person I have ever met). Someone asked him if he was going to be the next to be engaged, and he very quickly said no, which I feel should have made me mad or something, but it didn't. (Actually, it made me a little sad, but that's irrational since it's only been 7 months. Despite that, I'd sort of like to be the girl that makes him change his mind.)

Speaking of engagements and the like, I'm starting to feel my age a little bit. I'll be 25 in September and I have no college degree, or money, and no one wants to marry me, and I don't want to be like 35 when I have my first kid, but I'll probably only have graduated when I'm 28, and just ugh. (Run on sentence, FTW.) I feel out of it a lot of the time, but these things don't weight on my brain 24/7 or anything. I'm depressed, diagnosed anyway, but not on meds, so I'm sure I'm bound to have some wild swings and a little sadness. And in all honesty, I am completely happy with my life, with my kittens, and with my boyfriend (but not my job).

Anyway, check out epic_picspam later today. I'm off to Idaho tomorrow morning, and I'll be back Monday afternoon. On the 17th I'm off to a family reunion, so if I don't post for awhile longer, don't worry. I'll be back.

Look for the Dollhouse 1x02 picspam to be up later this afternoon. The Tudors 3x06 will be up either tomorrow or Wednesday (think Wednesday), because I have to make my own caps.

I've been watching Stargate SG-1 lately, and it's pretty much Doctor Who with Americans. I heart Richard Dean Anderson, though I didn't even know he was MacGyver until I read the Wikipedia article on SG-1.

Speaking of Doctor Who, I'm doing a little rewatch of season one. That's the season I'm the least versed in, probably because Ten is my Doctor (the first episode I saw is the one with the werewolf Tooth and Claw). Still, I just loved The Parting of the Ways, and I am having Nine cravings, so I once again thank God for Netflix.

Did I mention I'm doing hermionebigbang? Well, I am and I have about 2000 words and it needs to be 20,000 and it's due before July 3rd! Omg, I need to get going. Basic plot? Hermione Granger joins the Doctor as his companion. It's been fun to write so far.

And speaking of writing, I mentioned my chagrin-inducing Twilight fever last week, and I've started on my epic Breaking Dawn rewrite. A year later. I have the first and fourth chapters written, but I'd like to have the first five done before I start posting. I have a conflict, and I'm just working on how to wrap it up. Will probably exceed 20 chapters.

Yesterday I was reading a few things about racism in Doctor Who in regard to Mickey and Martha. I'll be honest and say that I almost never notice these things in TV shows, I'm just not one of those people. I tend to see characters as real, developed people rather than something a writer makes scenes for. I don't really dissect shows very much, unless I'm a shipper, and then only to that sort of extreme. (I've only shipped maybe four pairings in my life.) While I'm not going to comment on the racism seen on the shows, I want to talk about Rose Tyler (of course). It seems that liking Martha cannot happen without hating Rose. Or liking Mickey without hating Rose. People say Mickey was a distant second in the eyes of Rose, and to that I say, well, yeah! Firstly, she's 19 when she meets the Doctor, right? She's a poor girl who grew up in a housing project, with only her mother and the hope of working in a department store her whole life. And then there's Mickey, who she's grown up with, and is dependable, and probably picked up the pieces Jimmy Stone left of her. And then. The DOCTOR comes, and he can take her to different galaxies, to the end of the world, show her trouble and friendship and, yes, love. I agree that she probably took Mickey for granted, just as you and I probably take our best friends, or parents, or pets for granted every single day. She was a teenager swept off her feet by a man she couldn't even imagine existed, a truly amazing, but hurting, man who needed her. She'd probably never felt needed before.

( More probably disjointed musings to follow...(ETA: this is INCREDIBLY LONG )

I won't be posting my picspam for The Tudors because my site for the caps is not working for some reason, so it's all pushed back again until tomorrow.

Also, to my never ending chagrin, I'm feeling Twilight fever again. Oh, no.

Arm feels a lot better, but is still in the sling.

Watch for a picspam of The Tudors episode 2, season 3 which will be posted to epic_picspam by 1 p.m. CST.

Somehow between falling asleep Saturday night and waking up Sunday morning, I managed to fuck up the muscles in my left shoulder to the point where I could hardly move my arm. Ugh.

Still managed, however, to complete one of four picspams for the Battlestar Galactica miniseries. It's posted over at epic_picspam. It's not really funny, like I try to make the others, but it's informative at least.

Am on the last 10 episodes of BSG! Stargate SG-1 is up next.

New picspam of the season three premiere of The Tudors is now up over at epic_picspam. Expect part one of the Battlestar Galactica picspam on Monday.

Here, I wrote some drabbles for you! Three are Doctor Who and one is Veronica Mars. Xposted to allfandomfics, brown_not_blue, ten_n_tyler, dwfiction and time_and_chips. And if you prefer: FF.net or Teaspoon.

Title: Simply Jones
Fandom: Doctor Who
Summary: Drabble; Martha's thoughts during Human Nature after the Doctor refers to Rose as "just an invention."
Pairing/Characters: Martha, Ten
Spoilers: None really.
Rating: G
( Simply Jones )


Title: Frozen Waves
Fandom: Doctor Who
Summary: Drabble; missing scene in which Ten and Rose return to the planet of frozen waves. (Also, I didn't use the metric system.)
Pairing/Characters: Ten/Rose
Spoilers: None.
Rating: G
( Frozen Waves )


Title: Ten Is Dreaming
Fandom: Doctor Who
Summary: Ten dreams. Drabble.
Pairing/Characters: Ten
Spoilers: None really.
Rating: G
( Ten Is Dreaming )


Title: Graveside
Fandom: Veronica Mars
Pairing/Characters: Veronica Mars
Spoilers: None
Rating: G
( Graveside )

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