Weekend....
Apr. 5th, 2009 11:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lonetreadThursday:
1. I don't know how I could have doubted Kripke & Co. "Monster at the End" was awesome. The first 15 minutes... after a while all the ragging on fandom got a little uncomfortable, but after that, just, wow. In particular: go Cas! ;) Win. And the Sam and Chuck scene was terrific. But the very very end? Oh God. *shivers* The season finale is going to be something, I'm sure.
2. I think I might have almost inhaled my throat gasping so hard when Crazy Chick pulled the arrow out of Rachel in the 11H season finale. I mean, there was plenty of foreshadowing, but still. Christ. D: The end was made of win, though! Hee. I love them.
Friday:
1. Jules was kind of a bitch this ep. Seriously, was I taking that the wrong way or was she not only semi-breaking up with Sam (and the "I love you" thing, really?! god.), but suggesting that Sam quit? Ouch, much? Not to mention that their higher-ups have known for a while; maybe give them a chance to have input on just how hard a line they're going to take on the rules before you start making contingency plans, yeah? Way to be, Jules. >_< Also, was it just me or did Crazy!Holdup!Kid bear more than a passing resemblance to Matt Parkman/Greg Grunberg?
2. Numb3rs was a rerun, but I barely noticed because I was too busy being in love with this fic: "Mind Games". Seriously. I might wear out my refresh button waiting for her next update.
Checked out Lie to Me yesterday. Hulu's five-week rolling stock of episodes meant it only goes back till ep 4, but I've officially seen 4 until now. It's good stuff.
Although, when I watched the Castle pilot after that, I kept getting distracted by their facial expressions, lol. Castle's good too, though. Actually, even better, really. I couldn't stop laughing. :D Looking forward to catching up more.
In other news, I get emails from FanStory for the prompts, and recently I got one for a "flash" (500-800 words isn't flash to me, but hey) story with the prompt "the secret". Having just read Luna, well, I was inspired. I figured if I could manage to write 500 words, I'd submit it. I could use $100, y'know?
Unfortunately, when they say "contests are free to writers", they don't mean they're not free to everyone else, they mean you have to have a paid subscription to participate. I know I've got some writers on my flist. Anyone had experience with FanStory? It gives off that "scam" vibe more than Poetry.com ever thought of doing, if you ask me. I don't know if it's worth it. Not least because if you win second or third you get member dollars, and then I'd feel like I had to stay and use them. So what do you guys think? Should I go for it? Once I get the ending of the story pinned down I'll post it over at FictionPress and link it from here so you can check it out, but I'm pretty pleased with it.
One more thing: I got a research assistant position with my old Logic prof. It's pretty terrific. :D
1. I don't know how I could have doubted Kripke & Co. "Monster at the End" was awesome. The first 15 minutes... after a while all the ragging on fandom got a little uncomfortable, but after that, just, wow. In particular: go Cas! ;) Win. And the Sam and Chuck scene was terrific. But the very very end? Oh God. *shivers* The season finale is going to be something, I'm sure.
2. I think I might have almost inhaled my throat gasping so hard when Crazy Chick pulled the arrow out of Rachel in the 11H season finale. I mean, there was plenty of foreshadowing, but still. Christ. D: The end was made of win, though! Hee. I love them.
Friday:
1. Jules was kind of a bitch this ep. Seriously, was I taking that the wrong way or was she not only semi-breaking up with Sam (and the "I love you" thing, really?! god.), but suggesting that Sam quit? Ouch, much? Not to mention that their higher-ups have known for a while; maybe give them a chance to have input on just how hard a line they're going to take on the rules before you start making contingency plans, yeah? Way to be, Jules. >_< Also, was it just me or did Crazy!Holdup!Kid bear more than a passing resemblance to Matt Parkman/Greg Grunberg?
2. Numb3rs was a rerun, but I barely noticed because I was too busy being in love with this fic: "Mind Games". Seriously. I might wear out my refresh button waiting for her next update.
Checked out Lie to Me yesterday. Hulu's five-week rolling stock of episodes meant it only goes back till ep 4, but I've officially seen 4 until now. It's good stuff.
Although, when I watched the Castle pilot after that, I kept getting distracted by their facial expressions, lol. Castle's good too, though. Actually, even better, really. I couldn't stop laughing. :D Looking forward to catching up more.
In other news, I get emails from FanStory for the prompts, and recently I got one for a "flash" (500-800 words isn't flash to me, but hey) story with the prompt "the secret". Having just read Luna, well, I was inspired. I figured if I could manage to write 500 words, I'd submit it. I could use $100, y'know?
Unfortunately, when they say "contests are free to writers", they don't mean they're not free to everyone else, they mean you have to have a paid subscription to participate. I know I've got some writers on my flist. Anyone had experience with FanStory? It gives off that "scam" vibe more than Poetry.com ever thought of doing, if you ask me. I don't know if it's worth it. Not least because if you win second or third you get member dollars, and then I'd feel like I had to stay and use them. So what do you guys think? Should I go for it? Once I get the ending of the story pinned down I'll post it over at FictionPress and link it from here so you can check it out, but I'm pretty pleased with it.
One more thing: I got a research assistant position with my old Logic prof. It's pretty terrific. :D
