Happy Mother's Day!! I know there's a lot of strong, awesome moms on my flist, and I just want to say I respect you so hard, and you are all amazing. I hope you had a lovely day. ♥ I sent my mommy a card and a gift certificate for a 30 minute massage, so I hope she enjoys that :)

My day was pretty intense. My friend Dierdre has been single-handedly planning and running this charity drive called Dump N Run, where we put boxes in all the dorms and public buildings, and students put stuff they dont want anymore in them as they're moving out of college. We collect all the stuff, sort it, and sell it in a big community yard sale. So all last week I went around gathering boxes almost every day, lugging stuff to my car and dragging it into the sports center where we were storing it. Yesterday I worked for 6 hours gathering the last of the stuff (it took me and Matt 4 trips in his Jeep from ONE dorm building) and helping to sort it in the gym. We ended up with unbelievable piles of stuff - a couch, some armchairs, several desks, a couple bookcases and dressers, a kitchen table set, hundreds of pounds of clothes of all sorts, four entire tables full of food (like soup, oatmeal, granola bars, those kinds of things), four tables of shoes, and lots of miscellania. So today I woke up at 8 to help Dierdre make and put out signs, then the sale started at 12. By 11, people were already lining up, and at 12 there were at least 50 people in line, probably more. When we opened, it was a flood! Within 45 minutes, 90% of the stuff was gone, leaving mostly crap. We made - wait for it - at least $1800. Yay!!!! I was so proud of Dierdre, and glad that I'd taken part, but oh boy I'm exhausted. I have a bad back, so the six hours yesterday of standing and lifting completely did a number on it, and even ibuprofen and icing isn't really doing anything. Bah. Oh well, it was a good thing to do, and the money's going to the local Domestic Violence Services and a food kitchen. Yay!

Michelle and I came home and collapsed around 1:30. We watched two episodes of Leverage to relax, as you do! Elliot, I love your FACE, and OH HARDISON!!! How are they so amazing? Parker is absolutely growing on me too, especially after the episode with the orphans. "We're more than a team." AWWW team. *draws hearts* My main stumbling block with this show is that I just... don't like the two older leads, Timothy Hutton especially. He is frequently ridiculous in the bad way and almost never funny and I spend most of his screen time rolling my eyes. But whatever! Little team kids! A little crazy and dorky and badass and snarky! A millllllion hearts.

We then got a craving for Christian Kane so we watched two random Angel episodes, first Disharmony because it was on the disc (HARMONY *hearts*) and then... the one with the Evil Hand!!!1!!1, I forget what it's called. Now of course I'm listening to Kane because Christan could croon to me ALL DAY, unf. Where is his next album?! Sigh.

Michelle made tasty pasta with salmon and pesto sauce, and then she went to bed, so now I'm just chillin on my couch doing NOTHING. This would be even more awesome if my back wasn't killing me, but as it is it's pretty damn awesome. \o/ I am almost a million percent done with college! YAY!

La la la I'll stop rambling at you. Maybe I'll finish the SPN fic I've been reading - I know! Amazing! :D

Gerard: forever my favorite geek.

Mikeyway: forever my second favorite geek.

Grad school: terrifying and thrilling all at once. I found a guy I REALLY want to work with at Michigan. His research is into new ways of tackling neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimers. Amazing. (Monica and other geeks on my flist, you should check out his website.)

Two days ago: My journal's 4 year anniversary! Huzzah! *throws confetti*

Merlin: Adorkable and gay and inexplicably still addicting. Nom nom.

Radiohead: AWESOME. I know I'm late on this bandwagon, whatever. I'm in love with OK Computer.

Michelle: My favorite bestest. ILHER.

Aldi: Awesome German grocery store that I happened to spot here and remembered from Dublin. REALLY CHEAP. Amazing A+ find <3333

Being too broke to afford textbooks: Sucky.

Angel and Buffy: Forever and eternally OTP. Watched "I Will Remember You" today. Sobbed like baby.

Friday Night Lights 3x13: Very very sad. It felt pretty... final, really. There's room to move forwards, but it also feels like a chapter has truly been closed. Timmy: still my favorite. Coach and Tami: still awesome. Sigh. Show of my heart. :(

Battlestar 4x11: Absolutely brutal. Sheezus. If that's what we're to expect for the rest of the season, oh dear lord. I'm scared yet super duper excited.

This is me being too lazy to write a real entry, and also procrastinating on going to bed. But there's only so long that can go on. Toodles!

So I've finally picked up Angel again - I'd stalled early in season 4 a couple months ago, when I got into Farscape and Atlantis and what have you. But I finally watched the next episode and now I've been plowing through steadily, cause it's so damn good.

I just watched the S4 ep where Wesley gets Faith out of jail. She... she just DOES things to me. I care about the characters on this show, I do, and I'm engaged in pretty much all the plotlines. But Faith's on for one episode and already she's got me crying. First she has me flailing and making small muffled noises of joy and want. Then she has me going "nnnngh" with the whole take charge bit. And then she's all broked and I want to cuddle her and make her better and so I cry. And um. I'm in love with Faith Lehane. The end.

*smitten sigh*

So ya'll know that Dr. Who/Torchwood nonsense you've been squealing about? Well I'm finally CAVING. *shakes head* It was only a matter of time.

I expressed interest to Michelle about seeing Torchwood, and she was like oooh well first you should meet Jack! So she showed me the first ep that Jack appears in (The Empty Child and the second part, which *shivers* CREEPY!) and then the two part season finale (we skipped the one in between, except for the beginning scene with "Through TIME! and SPACE!" Cutest EVER) and oh my god, SO GOOD! *flappyhands* I love Rose and the Doctor and JACK! Oh JACK. When he's in that white tshirt, holding the gun and speechifying impassionedly? I THINK I FELT MY OVARIES EXPLODE. Nnnnngh.

So now Rach has pointed me to where I can acquire Torchwood, and I'm on my way baby!

Also, LOOK! I already have an ICON! Because seriously, that man's smile? Is shockingly, mind-bogglingly brilliant. Good lord.

Oh also! I was watching ep 3x12 Provision of Angel, and I saw in the guest names JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN! I squeaked really loudly and flailed about. And he was lovely! All young and round faced and smooth and suitified and awwwww JEFF! *snuggles him* Also? His part was so ridiculously gay, I can't even *hands* His "business partner" had died, and he was going to these ridiculous extreme lengths to get back his friend's watch from the vamps that killed him, because he (Jeff) gave him the watch. I mean, COME ON. That couldn't be any more gay if they TRIED. *loves forever and ever*

I have a rec for you all!

Once Like a Spark (Prologue and Ch. 1) (Chapter 2) by miss_begonia - SPN/ANGEL CROSSOVER
So this is an AU where Sam and Dean both work at Wolfram and Hart, but they are unrelated and meet early on in the story. Lindsey and Angel and the rest of the gang also make appearances too! I won't say too much so as not to spoil you, but suffice to say it is HOT and PORNY and FABULOUS. The pairing's Sam/Dean, with a side of Dean/Lindsey. It's AWESOME, yo, and you should all read it STAT. And then poke at her for a new update!

I bought a totally hotass Boondock Saints tshirt from Hot Topic, thanks to quietdiscerning who pointed out that it was on sale for 8 bucks! I wore it yesterday, in honor of Hot Guys Who Kill Evil With Guns Day. I kept looking down at my boobs and seeing Connor and Murphy and being really gleeful \o/ This is the one I got.

I totally need a Dean/Lindsey or Jensen/Chris icon. Cause, YUM.

I'm having a *lovely* birthday. Thank you so much to everyone on my flist who's wished me a happy day, I adore you all! *snuggles* And special thank you to Sas for getting me two months of paid time and icons and feeding the addiction! :D

Haven't opened all my presents yet, but my daddy got me ANGEL SEASON THREE! *twirls* My grandma also gave me 100 dollars, which is just so yay and helpful because ack NASHVILLE is going to cost SO MUCH. But anyway.

And something I'm COUNTING as a birthday present - the news that Best Buy is giving the Paley Panel as a bonus DVD with SPN S1!!!!! So I preordered my copy last night, YAY!! So crazy excited.

Last night I went out to dinner and ice cream with my daddy (oh I love my daddy). Right now my mom's making king crab legs (YUM) for my SECOND birthday dinner, hee. And then there will be CHOCOLATE CHIP CHIFFON cake made by my daddy which just smelled HEAVENLY and eee I can't wait.

Yay!

A random, late night entry. We'll do list format.

A Brokeback Mountain article posted over at wranglers: http://www.livejournal.com/community/wranglers/141522.html?mode=reply It's from Vogue and has a GORGEOUS new picture, and the article is brief but thoughtful and lovely. I really, really can't wait for this movie.

I just watched the Angel S1 episodes Five by Five and Sanctuary. Wow. WOW. My Faith love has returned full force! I was really really obsessed with her for a while (she's the only character in any fandom that gets an individual icon folder on my hard drive - now that's love) but once I sort of drifted away from Buffy, she slipped to the back of my mind (as did the music video I have half finished, alas). But watching these two episodes... she just blows my mind! And this pair of eps in particular epitomizes Faith - in one, you have snarky, badass Faith who's kicking ass and taking names, but then you have angsty, guilt-ridden, conflicted Faith who is just... so pathetic you want to cuddle her. Or at least I do. And I've watched a lot of Faith's stuff from season 3 and such many many times, and sometimes Eliza's acting isn't the *best*, but I think by these eps she's really got her game down. I clearly know what happens at the end of Five by Five, but I completely unexpectedly just started crying. It was that affecting. She's repeating her litany of "Just do it Angel, please, just do it..." and I'm waiting for it, waiting for it, and then... "Just kill me!" and I broke into tears! I just... wow. I feel so much for her. And I love that I can enjoy her badassness, which is just SO entertaining and sexy (yes, sexy) but then also empathize with her tortured soul. I LOVE HER. And I also love Angel for caring about her. Buffy is really, really, really a bitch in Sanctuary. Granted, she totally has the right to be, but it just pisses me off when she has this completely appalled look on her face when Angel punches her - as Angel says, "Not to go all schoolyard, but you hit me first." He totally has a point. She's like "WHAM - ow! You had no right to punch me you big meany!" *sighs and rolls eyes* But ANYway. My favorite part is when Angel comes down with the donuts and he sees Faith standing in the kitchen, and you only see her torso, and he's like "The first think you need to do is.. give me that knife." And then a second's pause before the camera pans down and we see that she is indeed holding a massive butcher's knife. And the music, very subtly, becomes ominous and creepy. It's just so perfectly done. I love that she doesn't say anything. I could talk on and on about this but I'm tired and this post is getting long. You know what? Maybe my refound complete adoration of her will incite me to finish this video! I'm so very proud of what I have so far, I just haven't felt motivated to get it done. Here's hoping!