Everything continues to be Avengers and hurt only very minimally: you know how I've been screeching since September that I was there in Central Park when Hiddles lifted a little kid holding a Cap shield onto his shoulders for a photo? Well, the kid's dad wrote up the story, and when I linked it on Tumblr the dad sent me a cute message about how he'd been trying to find me since I mentioned being there ("boy, that sounded creepy") and gave me props for getting a picture with Hiddles and all. :D HEE. This fandom truly is a group hug. ♥ I didn't know Evans' mom was there!! *flail*

And then today we learned that BADGE IS JOINING IRON MAN 3. \8D/ skfjdfsdjfsklfjks DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I stan for him since "Rubicon" and "The Pacific" and Shame? BECAUSE IT'S A LOT. Also Guy Pearce and Rebecca Hall and RDJ teaming up with Shane Black again and hfs this movie could actually be perf. I know IM2 wasn't grand, but I have faith in this one. Eeeee! Also, on Mother's Day my mom shocked me by revealing that she just loves Ruffalo (!), so I gushed about how sweet he is and everything, and she made the colossal mistake of saying "I might actually have to see that movie if he's in it." YES. TURNED ANOTHER ONE. IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. \o/ [Trivia for the day: I was flipping through a TV Guide from 2000 for work earlier--did we know that Mark had a short-lived cop show called "The Beat"? Because I didn't! And we have two eps in our database!]

Oh, and it seems that I am organizing some kind of ONTD Assemble meetup/screening type thing for sometime soon, so that's exciting. I sent out messages last night & we don't have a date yet, but hopefully we'll get it together. (And go to Forbidden Planet and/or eat shawarma.) Also, avengerkink is really starting to take over my brain. I was literally thinking about prompts before I opened my eyes this morning. Right on schedule. First Class 2011, Avengers 2012...Hobbit 2013? INTO IT!

( Once Upon a Time 1x22, Game of Thrones 2x07, The Big C 3x06, The Borgias 2x06, Smash 1x15 and Glee 3x20-1. )

(No, I do not want to talk about Dark Shadows. *facepalm* Er...some of the visuals were really cool. And the score. The score was good, because Danny. Look, Battleship is probably gonna be worse, OK?!)

I'M GOING FOR IT. I'm gonna break my record and see The Avengers five times. At least that's the plan right now. BUT I THINK I CAN DO IT. I'll have to do some ~double features, but that shouldn't be hard, with all the good stuff coming out soon. We shall see. Last night was viewing #2, and I was somewhat less spazzy and excited and therefore noticed a whole bunch more subtle things: ( stray thoughts. Too many, though not as many as last time, so. )

And I got awesome trailers this time! My audience was kinda not that awesome, but they did at least applaud politely after TDKR. (Goddamn, that movie's gonna be dark.) And Brave. So very excite for that. ♥

( Community 3x19, The Big Bang Theory 5x24, The Office 8x24, Grey's Anatomy 8x23, Person of Interest 1x22 and Awake 1x11. )

Dark Shadows tomorrow. God help me.

And the Avengers madness continues! We're having parties basically every single day at ONTD, which is quite good fun, of course (I'm a top commenter!!), and countless new people appear to be getting on the Hiddles bandwagon--I can't even be mad; it's just all so glorious. And I finally decided to brave avengerkink and I've already found a few things I want to fill after I see it again this weekend (I'm going again Friday! And getting shawarma first! Excellent plan, y/y?). I also have want to see Dark Shadows, obviously, though the reviews are finally starting to roll in and they're...not great. *double facepalm* Johnny, hon, why do you do this to me? I thought we were tight. And we're not even getting a NYC premiere. If the buzz keeps going downhill, then the mocking text messages from my friends will start coming in as well, because they all know I'm stupidly loyal and I'll be there anyway and...oy, it's The Tourist all over again. *creys* And next weekend there's nothing...but Moonrise Kingdom in two weeks! (?)

Behind as ever because of movies and superhero feelings, but:

( Community 3x18, Supernatural 7x21, Once Upon a Time 1x21, Game of Thrones 2x06, The Borgias 2x05, Smash 1x14 and Glee 3x19-20 (briefly, because I am out of fucks to give) )

ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS SHIT. I am still loopy and tired and having a legit nutty but I will try to get my thoughts together because this shit needs to be discussed. First, ( NON-spoilery marathon talk )

AND THEN IT WAS FINALLY MIDNIGHT AND THE TRAILER STARTED AND WE GOT...a Chris Pine romantic dramedy. Really, tho. >___> That was lame and everyone booed (heh), but then we got Lawless and I was like EVERYONE SHUT THE GODDAMN HELL UP IT'S GARY OLDMAN and they did (basically it's Deep South Boardwalk Empire, yes? EXCIIIIITE) and we cheered for Prometheus the instant we saw "from Ridley Scott," and best of all, The Amazing Spider-man got a wildly favorable response--people haven't seemed to be too excited, and I REALLY am, but I guess they're coming around. "Oh, you've found my weakness! It's tiny knives!" PETER. ♥ But we did NOT get TDKR and I am not at all okay with that. >___________< The one big disappointment of the night. ( BUT THEN THERE WAS THE MOVIE (and there are spoilers back here okay) )

And then when it was over I wasn't tired AT ALL; I was jazzed up on pure adrenaline and I was like "THIS MOVIE, I LIKE IT! ANOTHER!" but then we had to leave and I got to bed around 4:00 and slept in and went to work a bit late and spent all day in a nerdy haze of happiness. And now I wanna see it again. Like, I really really wanna see it again like NOW. I'm feeling all withdrawal-y and twitchy and jittery and I swear I learned about this in middle-school health class. I JUST NEED THE CRACK AGAIN OKAY

(and now I'm watching SPN oh my god what the actual devil is happeniiiiiiiiiiing)

OH AND MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU. And tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day, so don't forget to get on that shit.

AARGH SO MUCH TV

( Community 3x17, The Office 8x22, Grey's Anatomy 8x21, Awake 1x09, Supernatural 7x20, Once Upon a Time 1x20, Game of Thrones 2x05, The Borgias 2x04 and Smash 1x13. Lawd. )

Here, have another gif for your time:


And I finished my bigbang_mixup fic!! Final word count is 45,000+. D8 What have I wrought. I still have lots of editing (and graphics-making) to do, but it's quite a load off. It's not due for another month since we got an extension, but I am quite looking forward to posting.

WEEEEEELL TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY. Where to begin?



( you have made me very desperate. )

Then it took me like two fuckin' hours to get home tonight because the trains were messed up and the universe didn't want me getting complacent. Yeah, yeah, point taken. AND NEXT WEEK IS THE MARATHON. \o/ And I saw The Pirates! Band of Misfits last night and that was adorable ("12 doubloons--and a free pen!") and amazingly British and I guessed nearly all the voices right and it was lovely. And now I am le tired...but I will probs do an ONTD post because I have not the shame. ♥ (edit: hokay I did~)

...oh my god my stupid face is gonna be in the background of SO much press footage and official pics and stuff. WHYYY

(Forgive me, but really, that line is going down in the annals of television as one of the best Precision F-Strikes of all time, along with my beloved Richard's "I don't fuckin' believe this" and Michael Scott's "I drove my car into a fucking lake!" BRONN ♥)

( Once Upon a Time 1x19, Game of Thrones 2x04, The Borgias 2x03, The Big C 3x03, Smash 1x12 and Glee 3x17. )

Allllmost done catching up on "Person of Interest." (OMG. The baby ep. d y i n g forever) And Titus Fucking Pullo is joining "Dexter"! I'm both worried about and very excited for next season; the whole incesty thing seems like a disaster in the making, but the last ten seconds of that finale were AMAZING and I think that could go somewhere really fun if they don't wuss out. And I love Ray Stevenson in general, so I'm excited.

Going to a screening of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel on Thursday, complete with tea-tasting beforehand. AND I DON'T THINK I NEED TO EXPLAIN WHAT SATURDAY IS. ASSEMBLE FASTER.

EDIT: OH AND I FORGOT, re: SPN--REALLY?! YOUR MURDEROUS PENIS STRIKES AGAIN, SAM. Man, I was positively delighted to hear that Annie had had the good sense to virtually make Wincest canon and get with both boys (and Bobby!), and then BOOM. Dead two seconds after we meet her. I just...gdi, show. Life and also choices. But aww, Bobby. ♥

Went to a screening of The Raven tonight--I like Poe, though I'm not a massive fan or anything, and my hopes were not particularly high. But it was a bit better than I'd expected; it's mostly a standard murder mystery, but there's a bit of added fun if you've read his stuff, since the murders are kinda-sorta based on his stories, and of course the 19th-century costumes were all Goth and fabulous. Luke Evans was kinda the best part--I am really starting to love him; he's just adorable and he always totally gives it his all even if the movie's kinda crap (Immortals; Clash of the Titans) and he stands out because he's so darn intense and earnest. He's like a white Chiwetel Ejiofor. Though in this he reminded me strangely of a nonthreatening Michael Shannon. Something about his grim, squinty pensive face. (I mean, I say that with love; God knows I stan for Michael Shannon like nothin' else.) Anyway, Cusack kinds phones it in, imo, but he did have some funny moments, since the script occasionally tried to emulate Poe's gallows-humor style, and in the Q&A after the movie (yes, it continues!), Cusack seemed to be a fan and talked all about why he liked his stuff and how he liked to scare his audience and shit-talk other writers and all that fun stuff. (He ran right out when it was over, though I wouldn't really have gone up to him anyway, but he did come off as nice.) Also, the ending credits were remarkably, if anachronistically, artistic & gorgeous in almost a Dragon Tattoo sort of way. So it's kinda worth seeing.

( Game of Thrones 2x03, The Borgias 2x02, Smash 1x11 and Glee 3x16. )

Got an extension on the bigbang_mixup deadline, yay! I just need a leeeeettle more time to finish & polish & edit and stuff, and this weekend I'm going home for my cousin's bridal shower and won't really have time to work on it. (And then next Saturday, the 28th, is...also spoken for.) I celebrated said extension last night by procrastinating even more and making weird-ass graphics. I gotta self-promote; no sane person will read this monstrosity!

Well, Impromptu Celebrity Week 2012 capped off with me nearly crashing into Adam Goldberg as I got out of the elevator at work on Thursday--I vaguely knew that we were doing an event for the premiere of "NYC 22," but I didn't know it was that night and I didn't expect to WALK INTO HIM, and I was with my editor and this other girl from my office and when we got outside I was like "I'm sorry, did we just run into the Hebrew Hammer? Was that a thing that happened?" (I should've done my Eddie impression. "Man ALIVE, this thing's fantastic!!") I'll see the pilot/interview at work next week, no doubt, so here's hoping it's good. And then on Friday "Person of Interest" was shooting right by my office, so I went over at lunch and was talking to this funny P.A. I met on Monday and asking if Emerson was there (he wasn't) and quite suddenly found myself receiving a handshake from Caviezel when he came over to greet a bunch of fans (!). It was a very, very weird week. Tom was the highlight, obvs, but the rest was fun too.

( Community 3x15, Grey's Anatomy 8x19, The Office 8x20 and Awake 1x07. )

( The Cabin in the Woods and Damsels in Distress. )

Also, because I am a nerd and had a crazy-awesome old great-uncle who was obsessed with ships (what d'you call someone who loved the sea/ships? Marinophile? Anyway, that's what he was) and told me the Titanic story when I was like seven and got me totally interested because I was a really morbid-ass little kid and today was the 100th anniversary of the sinking, I went down to the South Street Seaport Museum to check out their exhibit; my pics are here @ Tumblr. I also plan to watch that Julian Fellowes miniseries, though I haven't heard great things. :P I gotta watch it anyway. That's what I do. Crossing all of my fingers for some kinda meta "Downton" ref...!

So yeah, I still don't know what yesterday was. O____o I have yet to find any interview with Colin & Ben, nor any pics of Hiddles from last night, so I may have fever-dreamed the entire thing. (Poor boy had to fly off to the L.A. premiere of The Avengers probably, like, the second the play was over. I dunno how these famous dudes do it. That new Loki/Tony spot dfkjfdskfjskjl ASSEMBLE FASTER)

( Game of Thrones 2x02, The Borgias 2x01, The Big C 3x01, Smash 1x10 and Glee 3x15. It's baaaaack! )

Hit 30,000 words today on my bigbang_mixup piece. Soooooo not done. *flops* Oh, and apparently Rami Malek was in a thing and didn't tell me, rudely enough, so brb, downloading "Alcatraz." (Is it any good?)

LOOK, IF HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE MILDLY STALKED THEN HE SHOULDN'T TWEET SHIT LIKE THIS:

I mean, normally I have a rule against real-life stalking--like, premieres and sanctioned events are one thing, but if they're just living their regular lives then I try to leave 'em alone. But he VOLUNTEERED this information and that theatre is about 10 blocks from my office. How could I not? I'd feel like a negligent 'Stoner if I didn't at least try. So, long story short, Melissa & I headed over after work and went to Starbucks and lurked vaguely around the theatre, and then Damian Lewis walked by me and I FLIPPED OUT because I've seen him like THREE TIMES and still haven't managed to say anything sdlkfsjfksjfksjkls MAJOR WINTERS THO, and then Karen Gillan and some other "Doctor Who" dude showed up and also Jeremy Irvine and I was like WHAT THE DEVIL IS GOING ON HEEEAH, and then BAM SURPRISE TOM looking fine as hale in a suit and signing a few quick autographs and stuff because he is sweet as sweet can be, so I just darted forward and the conversation was as follows:

Me: Hi! Tom! We just wanted to say hi, and--how are you?
Tom: Hi! I'm good!
Me: I can't wait for The Avengers. I'm doing the marathon!
Tom: [grinning, of course] Oh, you're doing the marathon? [pronounced 'marethin,' thus charming me forever]
Me: Yeah!
Tom: Well, good work!

or something very much like that; I always get flustered and forget the exact dialogue exchanged, but that's close. And then he went into the theatre and we walked off and then Claire Danes walked past us and I was just like REALLY OKAY WHAT EVEN. I have no receipts because I just wanted to say hi and didn't take any pics, but there might be some floating out there. I would not lie about this, anyway. So that is THREE encounters with Master Hiddleston in less than a year of obsession. \m/ That ain't bad. ♥

Oh, and yesterday we stopped by the "Person of Interest" set--once again I missed Emerson, but we watched them filming for a while and then slightly accosted Caviezel afterwards. He is intimidatingly hot in person, ngl. And he really does have the Clint Eastwood voice. That's not an affectation. So it's been a good stalking week (so far). (TV talk tomorrow. LOOOOOOOL GLEE. SO MUCH LOL.)

EDIT: aaaaand my mother met Ben Affleck and Colin Farrell tonight at work in Philly. And showed them my picture. And showed them my texts back and forth with her from earlier today, like when I told her to tell them that I "unabashedly love Daredevil. Un. A. Bash. Ed. Ly" and want to go to Bruges. Also, I'm "Rosebud" in her cell phone. SCREAMINGGGGGGGGGG

Fun weekend! Friday was my belated karaoke birthday celebration:

Well, you know, they just go together. (Best text exchange of the night: Me: "I am dsrunk kinda." Roomie, in Boston: "Wooooooo! Where?" Me: "In my face.") It started off lame because a whole bunch of people canceled at the last minute and I thought I should forget it, but then a few people turned up and the merriment began. It was at this teeny little place I found on Yelp called Baby Grand, and the bartender was really friendly and they served Pop-Tarts because, as he explained, it's good drunk food and it's really easy to clean up. So I had a pineapple something and a tequila something and then a few lemon drop shots (FAVE) and eventually I got up and did "Something To Talk About" and "Walkin' After Midnight," the latter of which I did at an audition at NYU once and bombed, so this was my much-belated mulligan on that one. And I think they sounded OK! My friends did "Black or White" and "Daydream Believer" and "What Would You Do?" (remember, City High?) and it was all very hilarious, and eventually I realized that this other chick nearby looked a lot like Beth Ditto, but I wasn't sure that it was actually her until she started singing ("Fancy" by Bobbie Gentry; awesome) and then I asked one of her friends (OK, I grabbed one of her gays and slurred "Is she, like, famous?"), and then I introduced myself and she was actually really nice and remembered my name and cheered me on and stuff. And she has the most powerful handshake I have ever felt from any human. Insert lesbian joke of your choice here. And then in the morning I discovered Cadbury Chocolate Creme Eggs (ALSO FAVE) and "Game of Thrones" magnetic bookmarks in my bag, so I have lovely friends. ♥ Oh, and I drunk-tweeted Hiddles, apparently, saying I wished he was there to sing The Cure, but that's...not surprising. Anyway. Fun! I may go back!

Then today I saw 12 Angry Men in NJ today, which was excellent; it's basically just one big dialogue orgy and I LOVE that. If I could write something like that, I'd be set, man. I love writing dialogue! I'm not so good at world-building. Or remembering to explain where characters actually are. But anyway, I played the SVU Program Game to see how many actors I could recognize, as I always do--I couldn't remember anyone's specific episodes, but Twelve was John Bolger, aka Slightly Less Hot Jason Isaacs and The Dad From "The Black Donnellys," and Eleven was Jonathan Hadary, who was in Intolerable Cruelty ("she specificated that she wanted to find a verreh reech hus-band!") and Seven--well, I didn't know him, but he needs to audition for Boardwalk, because he's totally got the swag. Three rushed his lines a bit and Eight didn't put quite the outstanding Fondanian coolness I've come to expect on the line "you don't really mean you'll kill me, do you?", but for the most part it was pretty perf because that play/movie is basically flawfree. Definitely worth the trip to New Brunswick.

( Bully )

( Briefly, because this is way late again: Once Upon a Time 1x18, Smash 1x09, and Community 3x14. )

GAME OF THROOOOOOONES AND THE BORGIAS AND THE BIG C AND MANY OTHER THINGS and also I've been reading books but this entry's too damn long so I'll talk about those later. Ta.

It's my birthdaaaaaaay! Thanks to everyone who sent lovely messages; they made my day. ♥ It's been pretty uneventful so far; I came home to my parents' in Philly and I've just been hanging around, eating cake and watching their cable ["Gilmore Girls" marathon on SoapTV today!]. Though I did get to see my niece a lot, and I got some good loot (slash money), and I'm going out for karaoke next Friday with my friends in NYC, so that will be...uh, interesting. (I'll need at least two drinks before singing anything, but we'll see.) I also treated myself to a ticket to see 12 Angry Men onstage in New Brunswick next Sunday because I ADORE that play/movie, so that'll be good. And I'm taking tomorrow off work because I do what I want, Thor.

Also, didn't see any movies this weekend because I was lounging around in the 'burbs, but I went to the premiere of Wrath of the Titans last Monday with whoamelly_nyc--I was really hoping to see/meet/fangirl Danny Huston (I think I'm gonna watch "Magic City," because I really don't have enough TV shows. I think my dad's gonna watch it too, because apparently he's a JDM fanboy, which delights me to no end. Though he confused him with Goran Visnjic, somehow. I don't...) and/or Toby Kebbell, but the setup was kinda weird and I didn't get to hang around the press tent or whatever. I did briefly glimpse Toby, though, and I was about four feet from Sam Worthington as we left the theatre; he doesn't really do it for me, but he has a nice smile. (Though he's short.) Didn't see Liam Neeson, sadly. We were third row center and it was freakin' IMAX 3D, so I had to keep closing my eyes and was fairly nauseated by the end, but it was actually still fairly entertaining; Toby and Bill Nighy are easily the best parts. And we got free popcorn, so that was nice.

Waaaay behind on TV talk, so I'll just sum up: Smash: "Touch Me" was ridiculously and trashy and kind of embarrassing, so of course I downloaded it, and HOLY SHIT YES DEREK/TOM SCENE. Character development! Inappropriately close glowering!! MOAR PLEASE. Community: Oh my God, Abed is the Howard Roark of pillows, and John Goodman is delightful. Live, Trobed, live!! Supernatural: YES!! IT'S ABOUT TIME! So excite! And LOL @ the drunk boys. "So he let the thing out of the box, and it must've just followed him to...the place with all the thingies!" "Yes...yes! That's smart!" Tee hee. ♥ And SVU: OK I've totally stopped watching this show, but I caught a rerun last night, and Nicole Beharie is on this show now??? QUE??? Well, shit, now I gotta watch again.

( BUT REALLY WHO CARES BECAUSE GAME OF THROOOOOOOOOOOONES 2x01, MOTHERFUCKERS )

Also, important question: I finally have ADWD from the library (!!!), but I haven't started reading it yet because I'm still working on Kavalier & Clay (which I am really starting to like a lot!). Is it worth it to read it during S2, or should I just wait 'til it's over because it'll be confusing to do both at once? I can't decide.

( Well, doi, what else was I gonna talk about. )

( And The Deep Blue Sea )

( Community 3x12, Supernatural 3x17 and Once Upon a Time 1x17. )

...and I watched State of Grace last night and that was AWESOME, but this entry's too fuckin' long anyway so I'm going to go eat a cookie. Ta.

Interesting week. I actually did things! Monday was the first meeting of my gay book club (BECAUSE I'M A SUPER-COOL PERSON, THAT'S WHY); we discussed The Well of Loneliness and it was pretty fun even though there were only four of us and the place was kind of loud and kind of dark, neither of which are exactly ideal for talking about books. (They played "Straight Up and Down" over the speakers, aka the "Boardwalk Empire" theme, and I perked up like a meerkat. But $20 credit card limit at the bar?! Fuckin' Williamsburg.) I was totally the youngest, as I always am at these things, but I dug it and I'll definitely go back when we pick another book. Tuesday was Free Water Ice Day at Rita's, of course--fun fact; there is exactly one Rita's in all of NYC, on 96th Street, so I schlepped alllll the way up there and then went to read in the park. And then last night I went to see 4:44 Last Day on Earth in Astoria and the director, Abel Ferrara, was there, and WOW, he's mad as a box of frogs. Holy hell. He's just rambly and...very odd. I didn't love the movie; I found it sort of uneven and pretentious, but I liked some elements. I love end-of-the-world movies, for some reason. I thought the sex scene was really gorgeously shot, though the characters' relationship had a weird father-daughter feel to it...and then I realized that the lead actress, who looked about my age (and who was also there), was Ferrara's girlfriend. Um. Well. All righty. The Q&A session was sort of priceless, like when he threw shade at the second Bad Lieutenant movie [seriously, WTF] and said that Chris Walken is "no-maintenance" but likes to have a trailer because "he likes his weed, right?" and revealed that he's planning to make a film about the last day of Pasolini's life. (Some hipster near me actually went "holy shit" out loud when he said that. Lawd.) So, you know. That was fun.

Also, I just finished reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt, and HOLY BALLS ALIVE, I loved it. It was twisty and intense and had one of those unreliable narrators who thinks he's reliable, like Nick Carraway (as opposed to, like, Katniss, who knows she's not giving it to us straight at all) and basically all of the characters are ridiculously morally gray (quite relevant to something I'm writing atm--why can I never love the good guys?) and there were shipping options all over the damn place and I've totally cast it in my head and will probably make a Tumblr graphic. ♥ Fab.

(Oh, and I'm on Goodreads; add me if you want.)

( (this is late but I was too busy having a life for once tyvm) Once Upon a Time 1x16, The Walking Dead 2x13 and Smash 1x07. )

THE HUNGER GAMES TOMORROW! \o/ I'm going at 7:30 tomorrow night; it's way too long for a midnight show (for me), and I gotta save my energy for that Marvel marathon thing. Even my parents are going on Sunday--like, to an actual theatre; they're not buying a shady cam bootleg from that dude in my dad's office. Crazy! And I've also assembled a little gang (fleet? Gaggle? Murder?) of Hiddlestoners to hit The Deep Blue Sea on Sunday; I've already seen it, tbh, and I didn't love it, but I am actually paying to see it again because that is how good of a fangirl I am. Respect, yo.

f_march_madness: KNOPE 2012! Yay! I knew it! I've only seen bits & pieces of P&R, but I totally picked her in the office pool because I know she's awesome and her fans are amazing. Their campaign was outstanding and hilarious--I'll never get tired of that gif of her high on sugar going "AAHH!" at the window and scaring Ann--but wow, the Mary Crawley/John Watson fight got really, reeeeally gross & ugly. I love them both, but the John anti-stans were just taking it way, way too far and claiming that he was THE OPPRESSION and ranting about how much they hated Martin (I'm not allowed to mention how Santana's written, but we're allowed to bash actors? Okay...) and so on. And I made people mad at me again, somehow, which was a totally new and weird experience. I am so not that person who gets in internet fights. I'm usually just, like, standing on the side by the chip bowl, talking to a few people and minding my own business. I'm not dancing on the bar or throwing drinks on people. (It's a metaphor. Go with it.) However, when I checked the Tumblr tag and saw someone talking shit about me for "policing Santana's sexuality" (lol), I discovered that one of the main people yelling at me for being ~offensive was quite literally a white male neckbeard--but a new brand! Not the "ugh, shut up, feminazis" kind, but the "I'm a better feminist than you" kind! I didn't know that was a thing! It was hilarious. And he was shaming/scolding tons of other people anyway, so it wasn't just me. Fun for the most part, but SMH @ some "fans." It's a game, people. A GAME. (I REALLY hope "Dexter" doesn't suck next season, because I am gonna stan so fucking hard for Deb if she's back next year. And I'll get someone from "Boardwalk" past the second round if it kills me. KIIIIIILLS me.)

Anyway. PaleyFest is over, so we're catching up on the last few panels; I did "Castle" the other day and that was very charming (NATHAN ♥); the episode that airs this Monday has a suspect who is a butler named Carson, and I am taking that as a "Downton" ref and no one can tell me otherwise. I'm doing "The Vampire Diaries" on Monday and I've never seen that before, so I'll finally see what everyone's going on about. I also caught up on an old "Prison Break" panel, and holy shit, you guys, it is hard to jump into that show in the middle of the fourth season. But such are the perils of my job. (Is it me, or is Robert Knepper kinda sexy? Like, really?)

( Modern Family 3x18, Community 3x11, The Office 8x19, Grey's Anatomy 8x17, Awake 1x03 and Supernatural 7x16. )

Speaking of THG, my parents actually read the books around the same time that I did, and hilariously, it turns out that my dad is a Katniss/Gale supporter, as I am, because he thought "Pete" was more needy and thought that "Heaven is always going to trump Hell" (i.e., her good times with Gale should outweigh the terrible times with Peeta) and it's easy to confuse survival with love after you go through a war and all this other stuff that I found quite apt. Although I thought that was the point; her relationship with Peeta wasn't perfect, ideal true love, but they needed each other because, like, no one else could understand. But it was very amusing to have that conversation with him and I explained the idea of "shipping" and I think I've turned another one. My mom watches "Downton" and was texting me about it all through my marathon, so I've finally done something right with these two and turned them into nerds. ♥

(Also, there are ponies outside my apartment rn for some kid's birthday party. We're next to a freeway, and they're just going up and down the sidewalk. And Roomie is in the next room shrieking because he's watching The Others and doesn't know what's coming. This is hilarious.)

So, um...this happened. I mean, it's going to happen, and it has already pre-happened.

YEAH. UH. I DON'T EVEN KNOW. Hiddles tweeted about it (HIDDLESTONNNNN! *shakes fist*) and two minutes later I was scrambling for my wallet and writing "Rose personal day" on the calendar at work. This will be the absolute crowning achievement of my nerd-life (so far). I've done a LotR marathon, of course, but that was at home, and that was three movies, not six. Good Lord, what have I done. But HELL YESSSSSSSS, SO EXCITE \m/ \m/ (And to be fair, $40 is a shockingly good deal. All told, considering that half of them flicks are 3D, that oughta be more like $90. DAMN MY LEG MOTHER-INSTILLED INABILITY TO RESIST A GOOD SALE)

...so f_march_madness got a little less fun last night. ( Stupid tl;dr story of stupidness. ) Aaaand Santana won anyway. Zounds. But whatever, I still love her. VOTE ABED / LESLIE / HERMIONE / KATNISS / MARY CRAWLEY! (How am I supposed to choose between John and CJ? How?? "SO FAR UP YOUR ASS!")

( Once Upon a Time 1x15, The Walking Dead 2x12 and Smash 1x06. )

FANDOM MARCH MADNESS: first round is up! Of course basically none of my underdogs from the prelims made it, but I didn't really expect them to. I just had to stan like a good fangirl. I'm really surprised that Britta didn't make it, since people were campaigning pretty hard for her. Same with Cas and Mr. Gold. :\ And how did that Elena person from TVD not make it?! Everyone was shilling for her! Good grief. Well, I'm gonna throw my support behind Margaret Schroeder even though she don't stand a chance--I'm trading Robin/Laurie, Blair/Stiles, Seth/Tami, Scully/Constance and/or Olivia/Audrey in exchange for Margaret (two for her!), Santana, Sansa, Sheldon, Mary Crawley, Leslie, Lorelai and Tony. Haggle with me, y'all.

( Friends With Kids )

( The Big Bang Theory 5x19, The Office 8x18 and Awake 1x02. )

Doing the rest of the PaleyFest stuff at work next week! The "Community" panel was delightful; you could basically hear Danny cackling down at the end the entire time, and Ken Jeong is actually kinda the sweetest person ever & adores the rest of them. (And makes them all break character with "Chang Tongue.") I missed Dong Lover, though, and the episode was not their best, sry2say. Still made me laugh, but not epic or anything. I'll say only this as a hint: Steppenwolf Wife.

It had better warm up this week. I really want a Shamrock Shake.

EDIT: Apparently I just missed Stefon/Seth. WELL, DAMMIT

OH YES! It's that time again!! I've been campaigning my little heart out for Thomas (Barrow), Richard (Harrow), Toph and Lorelai, because they are all my heart's song...s. I still have some slots open; I will vote for anyone from 30 Rock, Archer, Happy Endings, It's Always Sunny, Miranda, New Girl, The Office (I love a lot of them, so), Awkward, Gossip Girl, The O.C., Teen Wolf, Veronica Mars, American Horror Story, Being Human, Haven, Bones, Breaking Bad, Hawaii 5-0, Leverage/Homeland (wild card round), Luther and The Wire if YOU will vote for...

( FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION... )

( Once Upon a Time 1x14, The Walking Dead 2x11 and Smash 1x05. )

( Mockingjay. Tl;dr, shockingly enough. )

(also I am at a cafe rn because the internet at home isn't working, and it's kinda not working here either and I am going to murder someone if I lose this entry DAMN MY LEG)

Good Lord, this is a dreadful time of year for movies. There's been nothing worth seeing for weeks, and there's kinda nothing until The Hunger Games on the 23rd. D: It's very sad. Last night I opted for Black Butterflies, but it wasn't great--I didn't really know anything about Ingrid Jonker, but I figured I'd always be interested in a poet. It talked a lot more about her personal life than her writing, though, and I found her pretty hard to sympathize with. And the script really kind of painted everyone in pretty broad strokes; I get it, Rutger Hauer, you're the worst dad ever. You don't have to spell it out. (Though the commentary from the people behind us was very edifying: "Man, she has problems." "He's an asshole!" YES THANK YOU) I did like Carice van Houten, however, and Liam Cunningham, who earned my love forever in That Scene in Hunger, and it was kinda fun to see Davos Seaworth and Melisandre hanging out. (GoT comes back on my birthdaaaaaaaaay!) Anyway, kinda disappointing.

( Modern Family 3x17 and Awake 1x01 (lol sweeps) )

( Catching Fire )

Taxes were surprisingly painless last week; I'm getting a much bigger return than I expected, which is nice. Might have some excellent stalkortunities next week in my neighborhood; more on that later. And f_march_madness starts next week!! I'm gonna vote for Abed and Sybil and Loki and Moriarty and Irene Adler (YES DEAL WITH IT) and Arya...man, she could go all the way. Excite!

So at work so far this week I have watched the three most depressing Oscar-nominated docs (again), "Cougar Town," "The Real World" from 2000 and a National Geographic special about grizzly bears. Did you know Yellowstone was founded in 1872? And there are ten different stages in the blooming of sakura (cherry blossoms)? And Melissa has a crush on Jamie and Julie hates her crazy Mormon dad and still uses the word "colored"? HOW IS THIS EVEN A JOB. ("Scrubs" fans should get excited about the 13 March episode of "Cougar Town." 'S all I'm saying.) Also, "The Office" dropped out of PaleyFest at the last minute--I've known this for a week, but it's public knowledge now, so I can talk about it--which is super-irritating and makes a lot more work for us, BUT it's being replaced by "Parks & Rec"! Hooray!

AVENGERS TRAILER!!! Oh god, my body is so ready. I am ready for angsty!lonely!Steve (yassss) and swag!Tony and exasperatedparents!Coulson and Hill and Loki BLOWING EVERYTHING THE FUCK UP and Thor defending his little bro--we keep seeing all these scenes of the Avengers fighting each other and I swear it's Thor protecting him and then he's like "What are you asking me to do?" and I'm just like NOOOO and Steve/Tony lingering looks (ALL THE LINGERING LOOKS) and Clint/Natasha (I'm cool with it!) and Hiddles WITH HIS FACE AND HIS SCARF [...uh, he tweeted something as I was typing those words; should I be alarmed?] and just dear god, all of the things. \8D/ I can totally tell it's going to be an XMFC situation where, even if the movie itself is flawed, the acting and the character moments will just give me ALL OF THE FEELS and the fandom will be amazing and there'll be SO much awesome fic and oh god can't breathe where's the paper bag fffffuuuu. (This fandom is already amazing; my dash exploded with graphics two seconds after the damn thing premiered. Though it took a good hour or two before I saw a gif of those people bowing to Loki with "Tumblr" over their faces, which is shamefully slow.) EEEEEEE

( The Walking Dead 2x10, Smash 1x04 and Downton Abbey S2. )

...Er, anyway. I have to go to H&R Block tomorrow to do my taxes; that should be fun. Not sure about movies this weekend; might do something indie. And my rough draft for bigbang_mixup is due tomorrow, so I should probably stop procrastinating. >_____>

OK, I'm just gonna copy-paste my tweets and add commentary and gifs, because I am lazy. So let's do it.

( You're only two years older than me, darling, where have you been all my life? )

So I got 17/24; happy about The Flying Books and TGWtDT getting one little thing and Dean Pelton [even though that movie, LAWD] and Chris being adorable and Will Ferrell and Zach Galifinakis being awesome (?!!?). Sad about no HP and WTF FOREVER at Documentary and WTF at Meryl, but I was doomed to discontent in that category anyway. Kinda sad about War Horse and The Tree of Life and stuff; it's always a little boring when one or two movies take ALL the small categories, but at least they were good. And Gary WILL GET HIS OSCAR SOMEDAY. SOON. I was prancing around the house earlier going "The Avengers for Best Picture 2013! Martin Freeman for Best Actor! Tilda and Hiddles for that vampire thing! Gary for Commissioner Gordon! Jennifer Lawrence for The Hunger Games!" just to be annoying. THIS COULD ALL HAPPEN. YOU DON'T KNOW.

Ugh, Lord, long time no post & now I am behind again Just so many shows. So!: weekend was good; went to New Brunswick (NJ version, not Canada) to see my cousin in the national tour of Fiddler on the Roof; he was one of the bottle-dance guys, you know, where they balance it on their heads in the wedding dance, and I was second-row center and holding my breath the whole time, but he's awesome and it all went very well. Then I went out for various eating & drinking with the family, and stayed in a nice-ish hotel and stole the shampoos, obvs. Then Monday I had off from work and actually got some writing done, which is mildly exciting, and I saw several movies:

( Rampart, Michael, A Cat in Paris and Bullhead )

OH AND when I got back to NYC, I got on the subway and saw this sort of dandy fellow with a strange hat and a walking stick--like, a legit silver-topped Larry-Talbot type thing--and I just sort of nodded my approval and carried on listening to music...aaaaaand then I did a double take and realized it was RUFUS WAINWRIGHT. And I almost had a total nutty because I love him and I wanted to wave or smile or something, but then he got off at 14th Street and I didn't get a chance. BUT STILL. O____o And apparently Roomie kinda met Kevin Spacey while out bowling & drinking on Friday night—I wasn't there, but allegedly the words "K-PAX is my jam" were uttered. I don't...

( Grey's Anatomy 8x15, Supernatural 7x15, Once Upon A Time 1x13, Smash 1x03, The Walking Dead 2x09, Glee 3x14 and Downton Abbey S1. )

Roomie & I watched the animated and live-action Oscar nominated shorts tonight; I daresay The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore will win & it deserves to because it's incredibly cute, though La Luna is GORGEOUS (and is showing before Brave, I believe) and I absolutely adored the artwork in Wild Life. I think The Shore might win, though I greatly prefer Tuba Atlantic, mostly because of how they say "tuba" in Norwegian accents. (Roomie, impatiently clicking the video: "Come on, load, you...you..." Me: "What's a good Norwegian insult? 'You son of a mittenless whore!' Because it's cold there.") I figure I don't have much hope of knocking out the last three foreign nominees, but I think I can manage Puss in Boots and Kung Fu Panda 2 by Sunday, and if the chuckleheads downstairs actually finish digitizing shit, I'll do the rest of the docs/shorts at work. IN CASE I DIDN'T MENTION, OSCARS ON SUNDAY~~~

(Long entry is long. As ever.)

BAFTAs: DISAPPOINT. Not surprised, but disappoint. Glad HP got something, and thrilled about Tyrannosaur and Senna, but really, Chris has won literally everything else and I might've liked to see Ken or someone get that, and I continue to be mostly unmoved by The Help and pressed that Carey's getting ignored, and I am sick to death of Meryl winning shit for not-very-good movies when we know she can be AWESOME in very good movies, and--OK, seriously, I do love Jean, but I just really really really wanted Gary to get it (even more than I wanted Fassy, which is saying something) and I really thought he might because, well, they were basically kissing his ass all night, which I totally support, and TTSS is just so very, very English and we already know Jean's getting the Oscar now... :( Come on, man. And I'm frankly shocked that Hiddles lost the Rising Star thing just because of pure math--I mean, he has AN ARMY and we've all been voting out asses off, and then some stranger bitch I've never heard of wins. My cupcakes failed. :( (I was, at least, dancing like a loon whilst baking.) GEEZ. ...Well, OK, this Adam Deacon kinda charmed me on the red carpet when he requested "a cuddle or somefing" from Miss Piggy, and I was like NO, DON'T YOU DARE, I REFUSE TO LIKE YOU. Every second of her red carpet coverage was glorious, actually. "WAR PIG!" And snuggling Tom (!!!!! WOULDN'T YOU??) and chatting with Fassy and Dan ("Do I call you Miss?" "Yes!") and Viola and hitting on Jon Hamm. DYING. And Stephen Fry was sheer flawfreeosity from beginning to end, but still. Not very happy. Britain,


OK, weekend movies: ( Chico & Rita )

( Chronicle )

( A Better Life )

( Once Upon a Time 1x12, The Walking Dead 2x08, Smash 1x02, Downton Abbey 1x01 (YES!) and Avatar: The Last Airbender. )

Oh, and I didn't watch the Grammys because I basically don't know any cool music, but I'm glad Adele won stuff. I hear the Whitney tribute was reasonably non-tacky, which is good, considering they had about 18 hours to plan it. I was pretty shocked on Saturday night; I guess I wasn't into her recent stuff, but The Bodyguard soundtrack was one of the first albums I ever remember really loving (imagine a five-year-old me belting out "Queen of the Night," please), and I feel really terrible for her kid and all. It's pretty sad. [/downer ending]

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OH LORD I AM AFEARD FOR MY FEELS. (And yes, this means I'll be starting "Downton Abbey" on Monday. So stop yelling at me, internet.)

We've finally started getting the Oscar-nominated docs (both shorts and full-length) into the database at work, as we screen them every year. Apparently we're not doing Pina because we can't manage 3D (...), but I've already seen that, so. I've now also seen If A Tree Falls and the short God is the Bigger Elvis, and I got out of cataloging Paradise Lost 3 (I mean, it's really good, I just kind of don't want to watch it again possibly ever), so hopefully we'll get the rest in soon. And I am considering joining a queer ladies' book club in Brooklyn; they have a 25-40 age limit, buuuut...close enough, right?

(See, this is what I mean about my life either being at 0 or 100; never in the middle. It's like, Crazy Cat Ladydom/MEETING GARY OLDMAN. No in-between. Lord.)

SPEAKING OF AWESOMENESS: I am watching the series finale of A:tLA tonight!! Jules and I will do a post around...well, I'm seeing Chronicle at 7:20 and it's 83 minutes...after 10:00 PM EST, ish. Stop by & witness the madness!

( Smash 1x01, House 8x11, Glee 3x12, The Office 8x14, TBBT 5x16, and SPN 7x14. )

Also, GO VOTE!

In the past we've proven ourselves to be WAY smarter than the actual Academy, so let's just go ahead and prove that again. BAFTAs TOMORROW!! Make me proud, Britain!

SO THIS HAPPENED



( He SAID...go back INSIIIDE. )

Oh, I cut my hair. Right. Yeah. Whee! It's so short and easy!

And it's not midnight here yet, but it is in London--HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HIDDLES! I love you more than...than Loki loves capes. ♥ (I am doing a massive spam on Tumblr--24 hours, 24 posts, starting at 12:00 AM his time--and I queued a warning message at 6:50 PM my time so people could unfollow me or whatever if they're not 'Stoners. And the post has FORTY-FIVE NOTES. It was just a little warning!! I don't even--these fangirls are fucking nuts. And so delightfully awesome. ♥ I'm making red velvet cupcakes tomorrow night!)

...all I need now is for Hiddles to come out and declare himself a huge Gary Oldman fan. We've already got Hardy and Fassy and DanRad and people saying he's their idol. THAT'S ALL I FUCKING NEED. FOR MY BRAIN TO MELT. Bring it, Tom!

EDIT: ONTD post, because I have absolutely no shame.

1. This is very belated, but the SAGs were surprisingly non-awful, though I was utterly outraged at Steve Carell's snub. What the hell do they have against him?! This did not help my vendetta against Alec Baldwin, to the point where Roomie tweeted about my "truly apocalyptic rage." WHICH WAS REASONABLE. After the Emmys...! But I was beyond stoked about BE, of course, including Steve's hilariously spoilery speech (though frankly I'd think people yelling at him about Jimmy would be a nice change from "shut the fuck up, Donny") and the entire cast storming the stage and Steve lifting up the kids (♥!!) and Jack and Michael standing next to each other (SOBBING) and just everything. And then Viola's standing O (yep, she's getting the Oscar--which is fine, but Tilda shoulda gotten the SAG) and Jean beating Clooney! Yes!! Thrilled with that, tbh. (I read the script of The Descendants and it turns out that basically everything I disliked were directorial decisions, meaning I can focus my resentment on Payne and be reasonably happy when Dean Pelton wins. Yay!) So he's getting the Oscar now, maybe! I'm cool with it. I kinda wanted MiP for Best Ensemble, but then again I'm so mad at them for leaving off Corey Stoll and Hiddles that I might've been mad if they won. Anyway, BAFTAs next week!

2. The Avengers hosted a live Twitter chat on Tuesday with Hiddles, Sam Jackson, Clark Gregg and Joss, which was fairly delightful: Clark and Joss were awesome and snarky, Sam was badass and pimptastic, and Hiddles was ridiculously effulgent and deep about everything, as ever. Once again, though, they let through the dumbest questions--just like "who's your fave character??" and "are we going to get good fight scenes?!" Like, you think?! I of course was being obnoxious and firing off questions about the cinematography (IT'S SEAMUS MCGARVEY YOU GUISE HE DID ATONEMENT AAAGDKFGDKFDKL) and the score (Alan Silvestri was not my first choice, but I'm down!) and of course they didn't get through, but whatever; it was fun. And The Deep Blue Sea leaked, as we KNEW it would when they pushed back the damn release date, and I've gotta watch it today just so I won't be spoiled to all hell on Tumblr, but unless I really despise it (which I doubt) I'm still gonna go see it on 30 March and support my sun-and-stars like a proper fangirl. Also, VAMPIRE MOVIE WITH TILDA SWINTON. HOLY MOTHER OF GOD AND ALL HER WACKY NEPHEWS. \8D/ BEST EVER. First the universe gives me James with his natural accent, FINALLY, in Filth, and now this... ♥ ♥ (P.S., I don't even dig Bon Iver that much, but I've had his haunting cover of "I Can't Make You Love Me" in my head for like three days. And that, from what I understand, is basically the gist of TDBS, so I'm gonna have a jolly day indeed. LIFE. RUINER.)

3. ( So I read The Hunger Games! (spoilerz) )

4. ( Once Upon a Time 1x11, Glee 3x11, Grey's Anatomy 8x13 and Supernatural 7x13. )

5. ( The Woman in Black. I'll white out spoilers, 'cause this one's twisty. )

Movies today, holing up in a cafe to write tomorrow...then OUaT and another movie, likely. Exciting life is exciting.

Well, shit, I totally thought the SAG awards were tonight. And I ran all the way home after my movie and it took FOREVER because the F train sucks...meh. That's what I get.

Work has been exceedingly dull recently; we're basically digitizing all of the things and putting big files into one video, so I have to consolidate the separate catalog entries for the multiple parts that are now one. Like, we have the Super Bowl from 198whatever, but it's in the system as three different tapes, so I have to take the second and third files and join them with the first and make sure all the credits are right and alter the wording of the...good lord, it's even boring to describe. ANYWAY, it's quite a lot of computer work, but that means I get to listen to music and podcasts and stuff all day, which is nice. So I've been cranking lots of NPR and other fun stuff, including How Did This Get Made? (the Breaking Dawn episode was amazing. Doug Benson: "It's The Deer Hunter all over again: a long wedding scene followed by nightmarish violence." HEH). Whoever worked there before me was a putz, though, and totally lazy; they left off half the cast lists on most of the entries and wrote really half-assed synopses and whatnot. I almost had a stroke when I saw the two-sentence write-up for the Rankin-Bass Return of the King cartoon. Like, HAVE SOME RESPECT. So I fixed that, of course, because I can't live with it like that...Lawd.

( The Grey and Pina, briefly. )

I FINALLY FINISHED A FEAST FOR CROWS. I started reading it on 31 December. O_____o Sheesh. I actually really liked it a lot, though a few parts were kind of agonizing to get through. ( Moar thoughts. ) And that means tomorrow I finally start The Hunger Games! I wasn't really plannin' on it, but David would NOT shut up about it & finally just gave it to me for X-mas. And besides, the movie is apparently a huge fuckin' deal, so.

Also, I know it's a week late, but GOOD GOD, FANDRAL, YOUR FACE. I was thinking about dropping "Once Upon A Time" because it wasn't really grabbing me and I was kinda bored last week with Hansel & Gretel...but then Eion Bailey showed up on a motorcycle. And, well, shit. Can't pass that up. And then this past week when Snow fake-dumped Charming and his face just crumpled and he started to cry and I was like DDDDDDDDDDD: GOD WHY IS EVERYONE FROM THOR SUCH A LIFE-RUINER WHYYYY. But then yay, Mary & David! ...In the middle of the street! Sheesh. (And no, I did not miss that "Lost" reference when Mary almost fell over the cliff. Woo!) And apparently Bucky Barnes is joining the show too. So I guess I'm onboard for good. And LOL @ Raj's new girlfriend Siri on "The Big Bang Theory"--the character of Kripke is pretty one-note, but I admit that was hilarious. And my mother did not believe that was a real thing, so when she visited the city today I took her to the Apple store and proved it. I said "are you part of the robot apocalypse?" and Siri replied "we are talking about you, not me." AAAAAUGH

Finally upgrading my phone soon, which is good because the battery sucks on mine. And I have decided I am cutting my hair because I am sick of this shit. Perusing magazines for ideas...