Michelle and I watched Castle episodes 3 and 4 last night. It is SO SO precious!!! We squeal and clap frequently with delight. Nathan is, of course, an absolute vision of goofy adorableness and sass. Any other actor would be pretty obnoxious as that character, but Nathan makes him endearing and hilarious instead. His FACE! Our other favorite part is his daughter, who sasses right back at him. Their relationship (plus the grandma) gives the show a really fun unique twist on other cop shows. The plots are kind of hilariously twisty, but they're fun to watch. And the woman who plays Beckett is really growing on us - she gives as good as she gets from Nathan most of the time, and she has some truly awesome skeptical faces. She's also written quite well, I think - strong without being overly "butch," occasionally girly, snarky and smart. I also love the other cops - Esposito and Ryan, I think. They have such a bromance going on in the background, it's hilarious! Basically I love it and I really really hope it keeps going. NATHAN!

I also watched Chasing Liberty, that movie with Matthew Goode and Mandy Moore, this weekend. Um... it was terrible. I can't remember the last time I willingly subjected myself to such truly awful writing. And Matthew and Mandy were both overacting, probably a combination of trying to give a totally empty script substance and a bad director. So, uh, even their combined pretty absolutely could not save it. I mean, of course I appreciated shirtless Matthew and tight-tshirt Matthew and wet Matthew, of course I did. ;) But that doesn't change that that's 2 hours of my life that I'll never get back! Ha. Oh well.

In continuing my SPN nostalgia kick, I just watched Everybody Loves a Clown. Omg Winchesters! ;_____; Dean's woobie little lip! Sam's busted up face and truly awful hair! The minivan! "Apparently clowns kill!" ELLEN AND ASH AND JO!!!!!!! I can't even express how much I wish they had kept them around. Their story (even Jo's crush on Dean!) feels so so much more organic and true to the world of hunting than Ruby or Bela ever did. Ellen and the Roadhouse set up such a fascinating connection to the whole of the rest of the hunting world, not to mention another person who remembers John Winchester. She was such a warm, gritty, motherly figure in their lives, and I really wish they had kept her around to keep them grounded. I just wish the show had kept that tone in general - Sam and Dean as part of an underground community of outcasts who trawl the dusty roads of America laying waste to evil sonsabitches.

I hate that I've become sad/bitter about our show. It's not how I approach anything, ever, but my love affair with the early Winchesters was so passionate that I can't help but feel their loss acutely. But I am truly enjoying going back and reliving their story, both through the episodes and fic. Sigh, SamandDean. I love you so. ♥

Happy Monday, flist! It's cold and rainy here, which after the 70+ sunny weekend we had is quite a rude shock. Garfield would be entirely unsurprised - Mondays hate the world! I am exhausted, so I'm going to go into lab, hopefully finish early, and then come home for a NAP. This prospect excites me greatly. <33

I haven't caught up on my flist, so you're all probably talking about these already, but some great interviews came out with Ben Edlund, Jensen, and Kripke today on Whedonopolis! Ben is hilarious and wacky, I kind of love him. This is my favorite thing though, from our one and only Ackles:

What in the world is Dean’s problem with California, calling it “the wuss state”? What’s up with that?

JA: Dean calling California “the wuss state”? I don’t remember that!

Yeah, in the episode “Everybody Loves a Clown”, Dean is arguing with Sam and he tells him, “I thought that after Dad died, you were going back to the wuss state,” meaning California, “and now you wanna take this on.”

JA: Oh, okay! That’s right! And this is why, because in his mind, California took his brother away from him, so he has a bit of problem with that. It’s like, (becoming Dean) “You know, I had to drive all the way to California to drag your butt back to what you should have been doing. You never should have gone there in the first place.” It’s what it represents, the thing that took his brother away. It’s sappy, but in his mind, he’s like, (as Dean again) “Stupid state!” (laughs)

AWWWWW. So sweet!! I mean, fangirls have known this since day one, but I love hearing Jensen say it like that. N'aw. WINCHESTERS! (ETA: I know that the interviewers got the quote wrong. Dean was saying "Wuss State," referring to Stanford. But what Jensen says is super sweet nonetheless :))

My other favorite part:

Okay, and since we’re talking music, what in blazes is Sam’s problem with Dean’s music? And given the chance, what music would Sam play?

EK: (laughs out loud) We have interesting debates about that all the time; about what Sam’s music would be, and you know, I hope that Sam listens to whatever cool modern music is. I don’t know any of them because I don’t listen to anything after 1980, so, you know… Green Day, I guess? I don’t know! Who is cool these days? Is Green Day cool? What band is cool these days?

Maybe Red Hot Chili Peppers…

EK: Yeah, so he listens to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Fall Out Boy and maybe The Killers? I am so a stranger in a strange land when it comes to those bands that that’s why you never hear Sam’s soundtrack, cos I don’t know that music and I’d choose the wrong songs. All my friends call me “Old Man Kripke” because I don’t listen to any bands after 1980; that’s why Dean’s music always wins out, because I hate so much modern music that I can’t bear to listen to it in the editing room. (laughs)

AHAHAHA! SAM LISTENS TO GREEN DAY AND FALL OUT BOY, GUYS! IT'S CANON!!! Hahahahaha.... ohhhh Kripke *draws pink sparkly hearts* I love that with his very limited modern music knowledge, those are the names he pulls out of the air. AWESOME. It's not very accurate, IMO, to who Sam is, but I'm not complaining! Now I'm just picturing Sam hollering "THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, EVEN THOUGH THEY WEREN'T SO GREAT!" and flailing his ridiculous hair around and oh man. So much love guys, I can't even express it. And I am ALSO picturing Sam standing next to Pete Wentz and literally towering over him. Ahahaha. BEST. EVER.

Also, why does Kripke insist on summing up the show by saying "Two guys with chainsaws in the trunk, fighting monsters, GO!"?? There aren't any chainsaws! There never have been, except that conjured guy in Tall Tales! Kripke, you are a silly ridiculous man, and I kind of love you. Also, I find it interesting that in talking about how he liked the standalones of S2, he picks out Hollywood Babylon to mention specifically, because in my opinion that was the weakest of the S2 standalones, pretty much. It was really self-indulgent though, so I guess it makes sense Kripke would love it :P Aaaand he says that the S2 mythology was too complicated, that you needed a flowchart to follow it, and I'm like... if you're twelve o.O It really wasn't that complicated at all, lol. Ah well, perhaps my obsessive devotion makes me more adept at following all the details, or something. I love you Kripke honest!

I am bored and cranky and need to be entertained.

So I bring pictures to induce giddy flailing and squee!

( You have a few options... (i.e., SGA or Panic! or SPN!) )

Whichever ones float your boat.... go! Flail! Ramble on at me about unrelated things (or related!) that make you happy! I just need the squee, guys. Help me out :)

I do believe that FNL 1x16 Black Eyes and Broken Hearts just went in my top five faves of the season. What a wonderful, powerful episode. I cried! I did!

( Spoilery thoughts )

So I've been waiting to start thinking about my next music vid until the Supernatural season was over, and now it is, so I have begun! I finally downloaded Final Cut Pro, and it's very similar to Premiere so my learning curve shouldn't be that steep. Aaaaand I think I've decided on the song "Saving Grace" by Tom Petty. It's a really awesome song with a great beat to vid to, and some beautiful lyrics that just SCREAM "Winchester" to me. I've been struggling with my POV choice and thanks to some brainstorming with shinetastic I think I decided to split up the vid between Sam and Dean's POV, taking a look at how they've seen each other at different points in this season. You can read and listen to lyrics and a streaming download here. Yay! I do love vidding :D

I forgot to mention that I saw "Waitress" in a theater in the city with my girls on Thursday! It was WONDERFUL. The movie had such a beautiful heart, such a powerful emotional center in the character played by Keri Russell. Her performance was fantastic. It's laugh out loud funny, but also a very human story of suffering and strength. Absolutely gorgeous, all around. And our darling Nathan is sweet as PIE *beams* With his bumbling charm and his big blue eyes and oh oh. I love him so MUCH. Robin and I probably pissed off the whole theater with our squeals of "NATHAN!" Heehee. Oops? I love, I love a lot. If you get a chance to see it, DO. I'm going again with my mom later this week :D

Whee!

Hi I'm back!

*FLOPS*

I'm exhausted. Very, very exhausted. As I'm sure you all know, Jensen and Jared were punks and didn't show up at the Upfronts. In fact, no one I was remotely interested in seeing did. Sigh. But I DID randomly run into a college friend there, David, completely out of the blue, so that was hilarious and awesome and he was great.

But of course the best thing is that I had a fucking ROCKING time with Robin, Mel, and Boadie. And it was really great to see Jaida and Dani! I will talk more about it when I'm not practically dead.

And oh god the finale ohgodohgodohgod. I LOVE OUR BOYS THE END. I will also talk more about THAT when I've finished rewatching. *FLAIL FLAIL*

Also YAY SEASON THREE! :)

So... what have I missed? *facepalm*

Posting this without reading any other reaction posts, which I don't usually do, but I don't have TIME to get lost in y'all's flailing because OMG ORGO FINAL TOMORROW AFTERNOON *hyperventilates*

( *FLAIL* )

I'm expected to STUDY after that? *whimper whimper*

I am a little bit drunk. And I just rewatched Folsom Prison Blues with Kelly. Good times.

I also wore my whore boots tonight. The ones that look like they'd be at home on Faith's feet. They make me want to be really slutty. Except how I'm completely not at all. Sigh.

I went to see Hot Fuzz with Rob tonight. One word: AWESOME. So fucking hilarious and ridiculous and just FANTASTIC. I about cried with laughter. The ending pretty much blew my mind with the awesome. I'm in love. Arthur Dent from Hitchhiker's Guide (Martin Freeman) had a cameo, as did Bill Nighy, and like ten thousand other British actors I've seen. Good times. I've decided I really love British humor - it's sharp, smart, cynical, dark, and sidesplitting. American humor? And by this I mean... Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, etc etc ad nauseum... makes me weep for humanity. I mean, sometimes it will make me laugh, but I always feel stupid for laughing. British humor doesn't assume you're stupid. I love that. This movie rocked my WORLD and you should all see it \o/

I need to be productive tomorrow. This depresses me.

(I am really not very drunk. The world just spins a bit when I stand up. But this mood icon is so very fun. I wish I had a Dean to wrangle me!)

1. Academic success - I just went to pick up the draft of my final paper for America in Black and White from my professor, and he was in his office when I got there. What he said about my paper blew my mind! The comment at the back starts, "I think you know this is a great paper. It seems thoroughly revised and proofread already." When I was talking to him about it, he said "You could hand this into a graduate class and it would stand on its own, no question." He further said that there was really no point in me revising it further, and that I could just hand it in then as my final draft. He talked about how clearly I laid out my argument in the introduction, and how skillfully I made use of all the material we've used in our class.

The funny thing is... I wrote this paper in about 3 hours the night before it was due. I had been thinking about it and taking notes for a few days, but I was just blocked on actually writing it up to the last moment. It felt like pulling teeth - I really didn't feel like I had a direction or a cogent argument to make. When I finished it, I was so relieved that I just gave it a quick glance over and printed it out. It's really astonishing to me that what I thought was substandard work from myself, done hastily and with much stress, would be praised so highly by my professor. I mean, I knew I was being a bit hard on myself... but I definitely did not expect this. Wow. So yes, grinning like an idiot :)

2. Pretty slashy boys - So while I was walking home from that, still grinning idiotically, there were these boys playing frisbee on the green, and they seemed to be finishing up and walking away, and it ended up that two of them were holding it between them, and it was like they were holding hands through the frisbee. I clearly heard their friend go "Awww... it's love!" Grinning even more idiotically! So adorable.

3. WINCHESTER DAY!!!! - I watched Nightshifter at work to get myself in the mood, and oh, BOYS! *draws a trillion hearts* I love forever and ever amen :D Can't wait for tonight! Yay!

Just realized something!

( Spoilers for SPN 2x17 Heart )