I've been watching season two of Gossip Girl (I KNOW, okay?), and here's a rundown of my current opinions on the characters:

1.  Serena van der Woodsen:  Your hair is made of magic and pixie dust.  You remind me of a drunken ray of sunshine.

2.  Dan Humphrey:  I no longer care about your relationship issues with Serena.  Stop boring me with them.

3.  Nate Archibald:  Your cheekbones are pretty.  Also, you are dumb.  I forgive you because of the pretty.  Mostly.

4.  Jenny Humphrey:  You fail at life.  Rufus should send you to Christian Boot Camp with Georgina.

5.  Vanessa whatever-her-last-name-is:  You should go back to Vermont.  Also?  Stop whining about how Chuck and Blair are awful people who wronged you.  You started that by trying to BLACKMAIL Blair.  You do not get to complain about her bad behavior when she was merely retaliating against yours.  I say again, go back to Vermont. 

6.  Blair Waldorf:  You are way too awesome for words.  Everyone should cower before you in fear.

7.  Chuck Bass:  You and Blair continue to be the most awesome thing about this show.  However, I miss your old haircut.  And your scarf.  And I'm sad that this show is probably going to drag out this "I love you" thing for the duration of this season.  This is unfortunate because the allure of Chuck/Blair sexytimes is the main reason I'm watching.

Speaking of sexytimes, I mainly watch True Blood for the lulz, but that doesn't mean I'm not invested in seeing Eric sex up Sookie.  Because I am.  Alexander Skarsgard is too delicious NOT to film him pinning Sookie to the hood of a Corvette.  Just saying.  As for Bill... well... he can go to Vermont with Vanessa.  I'm sure they'll be very happy together.

I'm nearly halfway finished with summer session, and I have to say, I like taking classes in the summer.  The class is accelerated, you don't have time to procrastinate (I'm a master at this), and it's just all around more laid back.  I'm taking 7 hours right now, but I kind of wish I would've taken another 3 since I'm not feeling bogged down whatsoever.  Oh well.

I saw a preview for Disney's latest project, and can I just say that it would be nice if they could make more movies where the female lead is NOT a princess?  Yeah, I know, every little girl wants to grow up to be a princess.  Except for, you know, the one who don't.  Like me.  I wanted to be Chun Li (from Streetfighters), Donatello (the turtle), or Xena (yeah, they called her "Warrior Princess" - doesn't count).  Okay, I'll admit there was a time I wanted to be a mermaid, but that was because Ariel had red hair, like me, and liked to sing, like me, and swam all the time, like me.  It had nothing to do with her being a princess. 

On a kind of related note: pick a fandom, any fandom.  Now picture your favorite character for that fandom.

More often than not, it seems like that character turns out to be male.  Even in online character polls, women hardly ever beat out the men.  Take the Steel Cage matches, for example.  Not that there's anything wrong with loving male characters.  Feminism isn't just about loving women; it's about loving men, too.  But it makes me wonder.  Are women oh-so-subtly conditioned to resent other women?  Or do female characters simply tend to suffer when it comes to writing and characterization?  (Keep in mind, I'm speaking in broad generalizations here.)

In an attempt to combat against this, here are a few shows in which my favorite character is female.

Veronica Mars - Veronica Mars
Farscape - Aeryn Sun
Robin Hood - Marian
Being Human - Annie
Gossip Girl - Blair Waldorf
Arrested Development - Maeby
That '70s Show - Jackie Burkhart

What are some of yours?

The air is no longer working in my car.  It's like a SAUNA, and I HATE saunas.  And hot weather.  And summer.  And basically anything really hot.  I even put my food in the freezer after it's been cooked to cool it down. 

I caught a S2 episode of Gossip Girl Monday, and can I just say that Blair Waldorf is way too awesome for this show?  She and Chuck should take over the Upper East Side and BANISH everyone.  I try not to bash characters because I know how much I hate it when I see people hating on the characters I love, but I am about to lose all patience for Serena.  Why is it that Blair, arguably the biggest (albeit AWESOME) bitch on this show, is a way better friend than all the people we're supposed to think are nice?

Oh, and what is Vanessa's purpose on this show?  Other than to have weird sexual chemistry with her best friend's dad?  Cause I've got nothing.

LOLOLOL.  I am totally writing Sheldon/Penny fic right now, and the whole endeavor is cracking me up.  Just... imagining Sheldon in all of these situations is hysterical.  *HEARTS*  I don't know that this fic will ever see the light of day, but I'm having so much fun writing it!  Sheldon/Penny is rapidly becoming my crack!ship.  I ship it for the LULZ.  Seriously, EVERYTHING IS BETTER WITH SHELDON.  Take any situation, any situation at all, then insert Sheldon.  I guarantee you it just became about a gazillion times funnier.  I vote for Sheldon to be Ten's next companion.  Although, I don't know that there's room on the TARDIS for both of their egos.

Also?  While we're on the subject of nerds, here's something that bugs me: I don't care what anybody says, what Lewis did to the cheerleader in Revenge of the Nerds constitutes as rape.  I know the word rape generally brings to mind violent force, but that isn't the only thing that qualifies.  The movie is really light-hearted and plays the whole thing for laughs, but it really squicks me out, even more so when I see a bunch of people defending the guy's actions.  BAD.  So much bad.

It's that time of year again.  The time when all female members of my family decide to try and set me up with any single man with whom they come into contact.  It's like they think my life is less fulfilling because there's not a man in it to help me plan the decor of a nursery.  It's annoying.  I'm even more terrified of having children than I am of getting married, so. 

Right now, I just want to focus on getting my degree and studying for the GRE.  After that, I'm going for my M.A., and then, if I'm not ready to commit seppoku via textbook (don't ask me how I'd manage this), I want to start working on a doctorate.  Because I just really want to fill in the bubble beside "Dr." on special forms.

In other news, I really hope Jim Parsons gets an Emmy nod this year.  His Sheldon is comic genius!  I don't think I've EVER laughed so hard at anything in my life.  I'd want him to win if it wasn't for Neil Patrick Harris; that man seriously deserves some recognition.  Hmmm.  I'm considering writing Penny/Sheldon fic for the lulz.

Btw, ninamazing , if you're at all interested in watching the first season, let me know.

I picked up the first season of The Big Bang Theory at Wal-Mart because it was on sale and I'm impulsive.  I'd never seen an episode, but it was only fifteen dollars and it looked amusing, so.

OMG I LOVE IT.  Sheldon is my new boyfriend.  My neurotic, possibly asexual boyfriend.  Well, he would be if I didn't totally want him to have deliciously kinky sex with Penny.  Bonus points for roleplaying as Spock and Uhuru.  It would be HYSTERICAL.  This may never happen in canon because the show seems insistent on peddling boring Leonard/Penny, but a shipper can dream.

My dad sent me home with his Friday Night Lights DVDs.  He's a huge football fanatic, and if I'm being honest, some of that has carried over to me.  I grew up in one of those small towns that revolved around the high school football team, though not quite to the fanatical extremes of Dillon.  Anyway, I'm actually really digging the show.  I genuinely care about the characters.  I want them to succeed.  I want good things for them.  And so far, it's surprinsingly good with the character development, which is really the main thing I ask for in a show.  I'm a little predictable in that my favorite character is Tim Riggins.  And damn if I'm not shipping Tim/Lyla.  That desperate kiss in the rain took my breath away.

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1)  How I Met Your Mother finale

2)  STAR TREK

3)  The live action version of Sailor Moon (don't judge)

4)  Flowers for Algernon

5)  I am proud to say that I have not chewed on my fingernails for three whole weeks.  I started using Sally Henson's Hard as Nails; I don't know if it actually made my nails any harder, but the stuff tastes HORRIBLE.  Blech.

Drinking the minimum 64 oz. of water a day is hard.  I might as well super glue my water bottle to my hand; I never put the damn thing down. 

I am not at all listening to Sandcastles in the Sand on loop.  Nope.  Not me.  Also?  I just finished S3 of HIMYM, and ( spoilers )
Oh!  I just read this awesome little fic called Breaking Barney.  Lol, the HIMYM gang share their opinions on Breaking Dawn from the Twilight series.  It's so in character, and it amuses me.  Give it a try.

After I finish catching up on HIMYM (and post a hundred more squeeful posts about it, let's be honest), I'm going to embark on Slings and Arrows and Legend of the Seeker.  Because ninamazing told me to, and this woman could probably convince me to watch "The Last of the Time Lords" again THAT IS HER POWER OVER ME.  Though I'm hoping she's not sadistic enough to do that because once was plenty, thank you.  Just thinking about it makes my brain hurt.  Way to show us how NOT to do a finale.

Speaking of finales, does anyone else live in fear of them?  With my shows, I spend the entire season being tentatively squeeful, absolutely dreading the finale because it'll most likely a) rip my heart out, b) make me roll my eyes at it's lameness, c) piss me off.  Or some combination of the three.  This is why Being Human is so awesome.  That finale was everything I could've hoped for and more.  And the S1 finale of Doctor Who is my favorite thing ever.  What are some other finales that aren't made of fail?

Dear Season Three Veronica Mars,

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY WEEVIL?

No love,
Me

Sandcastles in the Sand (the episode AND the video) just MADE MY LIFE.  Barney/Robin FTW!  I just... love that Barney honestly believes that Robin is the most awesome woman in the world.

I need Barney/Robin fic STAT.  Please to be pointing me in the direction of the awesomeness. 

I went to see Wolverine last night.  It didn't piss me off the way X3 did, thank God.  Yes, I'm still bitter about that movie (way to stomp all over my childhood, Brett Ratner!).  Anyway, Hugh looked damn good, which is a relief considering how rough he looked in X3.  Seriously, the Wolverine should not constantly look like he's on the brink of tears.  Just... no. 

( Wolverine movie spoilers )

I've now seen all the way through season two of HIMYM.  ( HIMYM spoilery thoughts )

My dad is apparently made of awesome.  I've been trying to get him into my shows for years.  I've tried EVERYTHING.  We went through Buffy, Dexter, Chuck, Doctor Who, The Sarah Conner Chronicles, but NOTHING grabs his interest.  Firefly had slightly more luck, but he didn't even finish the whole season.  But get this.  I let his girlfriend borrow my S1 Veronica Mars DVDs, and he wound up pulling an all-nighter watching all the eps.  And his gf wasn't even there to watch them with him!  Then he called me and told me that if the whole college thing didn't work out for me, we could be awesome PIs like Veronica and Keith, lol.

This summer is going to kick my ass.  I recently decided to change my major, which, of course, means it'll take me longer to get my degree.  So I enrolled in summer session to knock off a little bit of time.  I feel like I'm never getting out of school.  I already took a year off, and while I don't regret that (I needed that time), it kind of sucks seeing all my old friends from high school graduating. 

After seeing much squeeing on my flist, I borrowed How I Met Your Mother.  I'm a little over halfway through the first season, now.  At first, I found it clever and charming, but wasn't blown away.  Then again, sitcoms aren't exactly my favorite genre, so it takes longer for one to grow on me.  And grow on me, it did.

( Spoilers for episode 1x14: Zip, Zip, Zip )

I've now watched the first two discs of season one, and the main impression I have so far is that Blair Waldorf is a scheming, manipulative bitch, and I LOVE HER.  They should just rename it The Blair Waldorf Show, seriously.

I... think I'm shipping Blair/Chuck? 

And since I'm watching GG in tandem with Veronica Mars, here's something that kind of annoys me about the second season of VM. 

( Spoilers, I guess? )

I read the new Vampire Knight chapter.  Kaname/Yuuki FTW!  Also, I'm strangely excited for tonight's Heroes, which is awesome because I haven't been excited about that show IN AGES. 

I've started watching the first season of Gossip Girl.  *hangs head in shame*  I made a deal with my friend that I'd watch it with her if she would watch Veronica Mars with me. 

Here's what I think so far: the kids in GG are like New York's version of the 09ers.  I kind of want to drop Veronica in their midst and let her eat them alive.

I just changed my layout.  I'm really sad to part with my Nine/Rose layout (I still think it's the greatest ship that's ever shipped), but I was in the mood for something a little different.  After searching everywhere for a Being Human header (no luck, guess the fandom's still too new), I decided on Vampire Knight.  I absolutely LOVE this manga.  Normally love triangles exhaust me, but this one just works, to the point where I honestly don't know who I want to wind up together more.  Imagine a completely epic and world-conquering ship.  Then imagine a SECOND epic and world-conquering ship.  Now imagine that the heroine in both those ships is the same person.  TADA.  Vampire Knight.


Being Human 1x2

( Spoilers ) 

Sarah Conner Chronicles Finale

( Spoilers )


butterfly gave me three characters for Marry, Shag, Cliff: Adam, Jack, and Mickey (the male New Who companions).



If you want me to choose three characters for you, comment and let me know.
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