[05 Sep 2008|03:04am] hopelessly_lazy [ mood | bouncy ] [ music | Beautiful-Patrick Nuo ] I am pretty damn happy with my header. Although I'm not quite understanding why there's a url underneath that I can't seem to get rid of. LJ hates me, I swear. And at some point, I want to create my own layout but I don't hate myself enough to start trying that tonight. Because tonight I'm happy and loving my header. And because this made me laugh for a good twenty minutes: MULDER: What's with the hat? (It reads: Superstar!) EDDIE: My court-appointed therapist makes me wear it. She says it's meant to bolster my self-esteem. MULDER: Does it? EDDIE: Not really. The other inmates just beat me up and take it from me. Which would be okay except that every week she brings me a new hat. 0

[04 Sep 2008|11:48pm] hey_cassandra [ mood | sniffly; pre-sick? :( ] [ music | Slow Dancing in a Burning Room - John Mayer ] So I'm officially a student of the University of Guelph. I went to my first two classes today (Forbidden Knowledge and Dangerous Ideas & Crime and Criminal Justice) and they were amazing. I don't start until 2:30 on Thursdays, so if I can out of the habit of waking up at the crack of dawn (aka 9:30) I'll be able to sleep in. I'm still quite homesick, but its getting better and I'm no longer crying myself to sleep and begging my dad to come pick me up and take me home. I'm seriously considering going home for the summer but I don't think it's going to be feasible. We'll see. It's not so bad here. I mean, there are some things that are going to take getting used to (ex. jaywalkers getting ticketed, buses only coming every 20 minutes even during peak hours, sorting trash into various bags, etc) but it's not that horribly different. Since I've been able to control the crying outbursts, I've gotten a chance to hang out with my housemates. They're super nice and they left me a note on the bathroom mirror this morning wishing me good luck on my first day. It was sweet, and then when I logged into my email there was a message from my dad saying the same thing. It's nice to have people rooting for you. It made things a lot easier. And then we got furniture today. Which is nice, because we'll no longer have to sit on the floor in the living room. And Allison will have something to stand on when she attacks the giant mosquitoes on the ceiling. As much as I'm starting to like it here, I'm still definitely super excited for this Saturday when my dad comes up for the day, and for the next weekend when I go home to see everyone. 0

Are you being nice about me, or awful about British men? [05 Sep 2008|01:18pm] trinity6788 [ mood | giddy ] YOU GUYS!!! BONES IS BACK!!! Okay, okay, so I've heard some things about rushed plot development and cheap jokes and blah blah blah, but surely THIS makes up for any possible indiscretion up to and including murder. ( 4x01 & 4x02 - Yanks In The UK (with bonus YouTube) ) I AM OFFICIALLY DEAD OF SHIP. Which is inconvenient, since my Trauma Management assignment is kicking my ass, and it's due at midnight. Painful. ETA: "No, you're the gay neighbor boy. Your love is the party wagon. Grayson is the tree. I'm Hodgins." I haven't watched the scene, so I have no perception of context, but I'm pretty sure this is my new favourite line in the history of scripted television. 3

[04 Sep 2008|08:21pm] __inadream [ mood | hot ] [ music | damien rice - the blowers daughter ] sometimes i think i feel things more intensely than others, and i worry that it will be bad for me. i tried to explain to brian how badly i want to move to myrtle beach. it's not just a longing for the beach, for the good weather, for the reasons that everyone wants. down there, even if i have the same problems that i do up here, i feel happier, healthier, just better internally. and when i'm not there, i miss it like i'm missing a person that i am good friends with and can only see once a year. it's not just about missing a place. sometimes it's so intense, my longing to be there, that i seriously consider just driving down there, getting a job and apartment on the fly, and making it work. the only thing that holds me back is my feeling of responsibility to my job.. not brian, not my parents, not my friends. it's something that i've been thinking a lot about lately, how i hate this place and how sad i am here. and how i just feel like i belong there. and how i have no fucking clue what to do about that. 1

A Little Bit of Magic, chapter 7 [04 Sep 2008|07:27pm] salmon_scrubs [ mood | accomplished ] [ music | Red Umbrella~Faith Hill ] So, as you may have figure out...the semester has started. And, things are crazy because this is the year I suddenly decided to be involved. Which means beginning an insane, elitist program, taking full-time credits, writing for the school news paper, being on the board of an honors society and being a member of another, all the while working somewhere between 30 and 40 hours at my job. Also, I just wanted to say thank you to anyone who nominated and/or voted for me over at the ga_ficawards ! It means a lot!! :) Now. Entry. A/N: So, I know this has been a little on the fluffy side. Okay. No. It's been basically entirely on the fluffy side save two chapters. I'm preparing to change that a little bit, but I've decided instead of ushering in the problems and issues and drama at the beginning of the relationship, I'd wait a little while until it got underway. It just seemed more realistic that way...because things are always nice, fluffy and novel in the beginning. And, it's usually after awhile that things get more complicated. So...anyway... While Addison is in Seattle, Pete has some time to reflect on the current changes in his life and their relationship. ( Chapter 7 ) 1

Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha [04 Sep 2008|10:59pm] icequeen3101 [ mood | amused ] [ music | Idina Menzel/Kristin Chenoweth ~ Defying Gravity ] Okay, it's not really News anymore, because she posted it a week ago, but... Stephenie Meyer stopped writing Midnight Sun because of the leaked chapters??? Bwahahahaahahahahaha ^_^ That's all I have to say :D She acts like a whiny, little teenage girl . People were mean to her, so now she pouts and won't finish her creepy Stalker book :D Awesome ^_^ Writing isn't like math; in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything. If I tried to write Midnight Sun now, in my current frame of mind, James would probably win and all the Cullens would die, which wouldn't dovetail too well with the original story. In any case, I feel too sad about what has happened to continue working on Midnight Sun, and so it is on hold indefinitely. Source But your mood shouldn't change your story!!! :D At least not when you're a professional author. I understand that she's pissed off because of the leaks... but seriously, grow up, write the best book you've ever written & show them!! But don't act like a whiny, teenage girl & threaten to never ever finish your stupid book!!! ^_^ 9

Gossip Girl Fic: Standing In The Way Of Control [04 Sep 2008|09:36am] mardia Seriously, guys--writing this was like pulling teeth. Title: Standing In The Way Of Control Rating: PG Pairings: Dan/Blair, eventually. Summary: The hard part isn’t finding out the secret—it’s knowing what to do with it. Seventh installment in the Dan/Blair AU of Doom. Disclaimer: I do not own a thing. Please don’t sue. Title is from The Gossip song of the same name. ( doing this for you/hard to face the truth. ) 8

Absolutely no point to this... [03 Sep 2008|11:07pm] hopelessly_lazy [ mood | cranky ] I'm dying to do some form of Grey's/X-FIles crossover because my favorite two people-Hello, hot redheads-Addison and Dana-so need to meet.  But this whole sucking at writing thing is making that difficult. 2

[04 Sep 2008|10:52am] literary_critic Dear world, Could someone please write and publish article entitled, "Space-occupying lesions of the brain: pathogenesis of common symptoms" in a reuptable scientific journal? K thnx bai. Sincerely, Me Honestly, it's ridiculous how many papers reference the symptoms of without actually referring to any published literature. 0

hopeful? [03 Sep 2008|05:39pm] lavieboheme12 So yes, obviously, Idina hates Texas. BUT since I am in Nashville, Louisville is only 2 and a half hours away. And the Louisville concert is on a Friday, so I would be able to drive and get there in time for the show. I have a friend who lives there who I could stay with that night and not have to miss any classes. Of course I don't currently have a car so... we'll see how that works out. I have hope! It's on Halloween... I can't wait for all the fanzel Elphaba costumes... *facepalm* 3

[03 Sep 2008|08:28pm] literary_critic Notes: I am sick of choir politics. Beyond belief. Choirs should not have politics but inevitably choirs attract singers and singers are nearly always drama queens. And bitchiness, back-staberry and other musically unproductive behaviours ensue. I'm sick of people taking themselves too seriously. I kind of like it that I'm a thinly-veiled parody of myself. In Bad Blood someone totally hands David Duchovny the prop-stake for staking Ronnie. For serious. It's so obvious. It is not possible to browse the intertubes for fun and research space-occupying brain lesions. I keep typing "legions" instead of "lesions" which distacts me and makes me think of the space with stars not space in the sense of "waste of" and legions, coming from that space with the stars to invade earth. On the 22nd of December. 1

may i share a song. [02 Sep 2008|11:16pm] lavieboheme12 [ mood | mischievous ] The Weakness In Me http://www.sendspace.com/file/jo2c5l It's so sad. I want to cry every time I hear it. Oh, and it's so Chenzel it's like Idina wrote it. ( lyrics ) Hmm, what's new, what's new... oh I have 6 vocal students to accompany so there's some extra cash. And I'm doing online song transcriptions for a studio in LA as well, so I have to tell the fanzels that I have a life and I don't have time for their infinite requests. My parents told me they're going to buy me a new car, which is excellent news because my newly-16-year-old sister is using my old one at home. Though I am wondering how they're paying for everything, because my mom just bought a brand new 2008 CRV, they just paid for me to live in London for a month, and I'm into my second year of $30,000/year school, oh well, they know what they're doing. Unfortunately I won't be able to make it to Wicked 5... I have a test the morning after that I wouldn't be able to get back in time for, and that class doesn't make up tests at all. It was going to be hard to get there anyway... with it being on a Monday night and me having to plan the entire thing myself, missing a couple days of classes too. I don't feel that bad though... if it was going to be anything really amazing they would have announced the details by now... or at least some of the performers. I miss Texas and everyone in Texas... this whole long distance thing? Yeah, it kinda sucks. I'm pretty much ready for fall TV to start... I need my Pushing Daisies, Grey's Anatomy, and Heroes! Okay, I'm out for the night. *crosses fingers for tour dates tomorrow* 3

TV, Gossip Girl, College and NYC [02 Sep 2008|11:53pm] anoel [ mood | rushed ] [ music | "The Wanderer" by Marc Broussard ] I'm so happy the fall TV season is finally starting! With the premiere of Gossip Girls and Prison Break yesterday, it's finally begun. I can hardly believe it's September already. I'm still working on catching up with Prison Break so Gossip Girl is my first show of the night. In an effort to not procrastinate and wait to write things until they're perfect thereby never getting to writing them at all, I'm going to try to start posting my first reactions to all the TV I'm watching with some shows getting longer thoughts later or at first. So to begin it, my fun, pretty, melodramatic soap opera is back: ( Spoilers for Gossip Girls 201 ) At the moment I'm most excited for House because House/Wilson OMG. Sant Doris Egan proved once again why she is our saint with this AMAZING interview. Mild spoilers for the season but worth it for me. I seriously could not be more excited about this season. Everytime I think, how can it get any more slashier, more canon? And then it does! I mean, look: "I feel like House and Wilson, they deserve mythology. They're larger-than-life characters. YES YES YES. ILU Doris. And when I read that I was like, House and Wilson, they're the stuff of legends. And THEN I remember that Doris wrote two great episodes of Smallville, Hourglass and Hug and in the latter, that's what Lex says to Clark. Clearly, she's awesome. ( Spoilers for this season from the article ) Funny enough, I just got into Dark Angel and I'm loving it. It's so cool that Doris was a writer on it! The show is definitely appealing to me with kickass Max and the whole character backstory and the world and I LOVE the plotline. Lots of intrigue, great action and suspense. I wish we could get rid of the loser dude but I love her friends. Not into the Logan/Max thing which feels like they're shoving down our throats which I hate but as friends, they're nice and Logan is very hot. Can't wait til Alec shows up though. I'm only on 105 but I can't wait to watch as much as I can! Wish I had the time to marathon it completely. I love that feeling though between this and Slings and Arrows (SO MUCH LOVE), it reminds me why I love TV. But I will say between Dark Angel, the sickening events in Minnesota and a bad experience with a police officer (no ticket though thank god), I'm feeling very anti-police. Way too much power and it freaks me out. On the new TV front, I'm starting to watch Bones and I enjoyed the pilot so at least there's that. Not sure if I'll ship Brennan/Booth but that one wall scene was HOT. I am easy with walls. I went to the Great NY State Fair for the first time yesterday since I was a kid (which I don't remember) and it was fun! I rode the roller coaster there and the ferris wheel, tried to climb this rock climbing wall (it was HARD), saw a seal lion show which was super cute, petted and saw goats, ponies, llamas (VVC mascot love!), sheep, pigs, chickens and the cutest rabbits ever, saw some fireworks and walked around and saw everything. It was great to finally see everything. At the sea lion show there was the cutest moment when the trainer through a ring for them to catch too far and the other sea lion picked it up and put it on the other sea lion. Awww. So tomorrow I start college again. I'm taking four classes at the local community college to make sure I'm ready for classes again before I go back to Chapman (plus it's cheaper). I'm really nervous and I know I need to do well after I crashed a nd burned a year ago during spring semester. I'm taking: Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 9-10 Logic, 10-11 History of American Women (although I may change this if I can find something I like better) Monday: 6-9 PM History of Ancient Philosophy Thursday: 6-8:45 PM (can make it back home in time for The Office!) Intro to Microeconomics I'm much more motivated to do the work and study for them after my time off in the last year so hopefully that will help. Mostly I'm just scared of failing though *worries* I just want to get back to trying to do well in school like I did back in say, seventh grade. So on Sunday I'm going to NYC to go see the US Open final but I'm going to leave on Saturday so I can do some sightseeing and such (I miss the city!). Does anyone have any recommendations of things to do? I've already seen the Empire State building, Statue of Liberty, Chinatown, Little Italy, Rockerfeller Center, Times Square and probably some other famous attraction I'm forgetting but it was only one week so I probably missed out on a lot. Also, does anyone who lives in the NYC area want to hang out and either come with me or just watch TV/vids? I miss being with other fans! And if anyone has an extra bed or floor space that I could crash on Saturday night, I'd really appreciate it. I totally forgot about The Office S4 DVD coming out today *facepalm* I've just had a lot on my mind and I didn't see any reminders about it so I totally forgot. Hopefully Target will still have the DVDs with the extra footage on them because I really, really want one. Okay, time for some 90120! New TV YAY *happiness* 18

School sucks... [02 Sep 2008|07:40pm] satanic_viper major jiggly freaking ass. I hate being here. Maybe if they gave me internet in my dorm room when they said they would, it wouldn't be so bad. But no, I am still internet-less despite the fact that they said it'd be up by 4pm today, and then they changed it to 5pm today. And yet I still have no internet. I'm one day into not being able to talk to my boyfriend and I am absolutely miserable. It's history repeating itself all over again. Okay, not exactly repeating, but I'm just as miserable as last year at this time. Last year I lost my best friend, and this year, talking to my boyfriend gets cut down to zero, which basically equates to the same thing. Ugh I just hate not having internet and having to go to the computer lab or the library to use the freaking internet. You can give us shitty cable in all of our dorm rooms, which is shittier than basic cable, but we can't have internet right away. Like wtf. It's days like these where I HATE LA VERNE. Onto brighter subjects...I suppose. First day of classes went well. I didn't do anything in Pilates because it was the first day and all we did was take role pretty much. Then I had work at Admissions which was fun and interesting as always. Speaking of work though--gonna go off on a tangent here--I'm debating returning to the Literacy Center. ( To work there or not to work there ) Okay, back on track here lol. Not too much to say about Admissions. It was nice seeing everyone again and stuff. I had some little assignments and no data entry. Woot woot! That's basically all we did in the summer by the way hehe. And then I had my Music History and Appreciation class later on in the day. It was slightly boring, but it wasn't completely horrible. I've heard mixed reviews about the class. All of them say that it's a good class, but it's hard. The professor is really nice, though, so that'll make it a little better I guess. Can't hate a nice person's class :P. It's one day in and I'm already sick of all the drama. Even just hearing about things sickens me. First there was the sorority booth thing for the outdoor event, and then I heard about some RHA thing. Then we're having an emergency meeting for sorority tonight which apparently we're voting for things on, so there's gotta be more drama there. Speaking of sorority, I hate the rule that we can't go beyond "friendly contact" with potential new members. It's the stupidest rule ever. Basically, we're not supposed to speak to girls who might be interested in rushing because it might sway them one way or another. So you're constantly afraid that people are gonna call you on it when you could be talking to your friend or something. Last year, it was apparently way more intense 'cause some girls wouldn't talk to their roommates because they were too afraid of getting an infraction. It's just so retarded. And apparently, it's only the sororities who have this rule because the guys are encouraged to go out there and get to know the new people and see if they want them to join, which is the point of rushing and everything. Sorry if your girls want to be the snooty bitches that they are and give you a bad rep when they talk to potential new members. So yeah, that's about it on my first day of school. Oh, I forgot to talk about my dorm room this year. We got the same room, but now there's three people living in it; my roommate from last year, one of my sorority sisters, and myself. So it's super super small for three people. It's actually not too bad because we've done compromising and created some space for ourselves. But I still really want to get my bed bunked so that I can put my desk under it and create even more room. Until I get it bunked, I don't want to put all of my crap on my desk so that I don't have to take it off and then put everything back on when I have to move my desk. So I'm still waiting on that too. I'll actually fill out a maintenance form online right now after I finish posting. And now that's it. I hope everyone is doing well and your lives and school years are going better than mine. Love you all! 2

FIC::Grey's Anatomy::Brothers In Arms (PG-13) [02 Sep 2008|11:04pm] hyacinthian [ mood | hungry ] [ music | Say (All I Need) - One Republic ] Title: Brothers in Arms Author: </a></b></a>hyacinthian Rating: PG-13 Fandom: Grey's Anatomy Author's Notes: This is a ship-free fic (OMG!). It's a war fic, so therefore, AU. It's Mark/Derek friendship. Anyway, there will be 4 or 5 chapters (I'm pondering whether or not I should include an epilogue). Here are the first two. x-posted to ga_fanfic. Props to rockstar_wanted  for betaing. Summary: They enlisted because they believed in honor and duty. They escaped because they believed in grace. AU. [MarkDerek friendship] Previous chapters found here. ( Hope. ) 2

[03 Sep 2008|12:21am] icequeen3101 [ mood | chipper ] [ music | 30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie | Scrobbled by Last.fm ] I didn't do much in the past few days... apart of changing layouts, tweaking them here & there and trying to finish a moodtheme... very, very, VERY slowly. Well, and there was occassional tv watching, so here comes a little review ^_^ ( Pushing Daisies - 1x09 ) ( Dexter 2x03 - 2x05 ) ( Prison Break 4x01 - 4x02 ) ( The Closer 4x08 Split Ends ) I still need to watch the last 2 Weeds episodes, as well as so many other things *lol* and then there's True Blood coming... but I think this will be one of the worst shows that might be starting this fall :D I truly love the books, but what I've seen from the show so far?? Not good, really nooooot good. But we'll see, maybe it'll be a pleasant surprise ... 11

[02 Sep 2008|05:50pm] slybrunette Title: Keep These Cheeks Dry Today Fandom: Grey's Anatomy Characters/Pairings: Rose Word Count: 1,230 Rating: PG-13 Prompt: #36 - Rose for writing_rainbow Author's Note: Before the writers decide to totally destroy her character (we all know they will) I've decided to do something a little more sympathetic with her. Summary: Post S4 finale. She knew she should be intimidated. She knew it wasn't all in her own mind. ( It's awkward afterwards ) 33

Late Birthday Present to Myself [02 Sep 2008|02:35pm] hopelessly_lazy [ mood | happy ] [ music | David Duchovy-Bree Sharp because it's hilarious ] Oh, yeah, this definitely makes up for a crappy 18th birthday. My X-Files collector's edition just got here and it's so pretty. I'm overwhelmed. I want to watch all the bonus/deleted scenes/etc. but I want to start from the beginning too. Getting too ahead of myself. Today is a good day. 0

Gossip Girl 2x01 [02 Sep 2008|11:44am] mardia ( Gossip Girl ) 13

SERIOUSLY?! [02 Sep 2008|12:44pm] hyacinthian [ mood | excited ] I got nominated for a Grey's Anatomy fanfic award. For a friendship fic (that war story I wrote like twelve thousand years ago). I kinda wish I had been nommed for something Maddison related, but that's cool because HEY, I GOT A NOM. Whoever noms me for stuff, dude, ILU so hard. You've made my week. (Granted, I've never won anything, but it's still pretty suh-weeeeet.) 4

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