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Updated: 11/5/2009

Books have always been an important part of my life and since I know several of you on my flist are bibliophiles as well, I thought I'd make a book post to put at the top of my journal and keep updated.

Basically, this is a list of all the books I want to read so I can check them off one by one. I'll also provide links to Amazon for each book, so if you're curious you can check it out.

Also - I would love any recommendations from you guys! I adore finding new authors and am willing to practically any type of book, fiction or non-fiction.

You can also find me on Good Reads.  Feel free to add me on there!

Just finished reading: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Currently reading:  Songs for the Missing by Stewart O'Nan

Still left to read (books I actually own):

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche (I had to read parts of it for school but have never read the whole thing)

Macbeth by Shakespeare (Read for school but really want to re-read for pleasure)

Walden and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau

The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen Fry

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh

Blink, The Tipping Point, and Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

( Recommendations )

( Completed Reading )

Someone posted the Children In Need skit on Youtube.


Discuss?

Thanks to x5649 , I just found out David Hewlett is going to be at the Stargate Convention in August in Chicago. The gold passes are currently for sale and I'm really considering buying one. It's $389, which doesn't seem too bad considering it includes autographs.

I'm not sure if anyone on my flist has been to any past Stargate conventions, but is it worth springing for the gold ticket package? Luckily I can afford it.

I just really, really want to meet David Hewlett. XD

*EDIT*

Well, went ahead and pulled the trigger anyway and bought two passes, one for me and one for my boyfriend. He actually wants to go to this one because he quite likes all things Stargate.

SO YAY. I shall have to keep my copy of A Dog's Breakfast nice and new looking so I can have David sign it. :D :D :D

I think one gif can sum up the episode:





Edit: There, now I have an appropriate icon for this post. :D

I have lots of thoughts on Doctor Who: Waters of Mars, but I'll save that for another time when I'm feeling more coherent.

First, I have to flail about BBT Season 2.



Sheldon thanks you for your time (this, so far, has been my favorite episode of BBT - Sheldon's reaction when Penny gives him the napkin killed me)

( CAPSLOCK FLAILING BECAUSE OF THE PROMO FOR NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE )
*ahem*

Sorry, had to squee.  And if you blinked you would have missed him, but Jeff Lewis (Vork in The Guild) was in tonight's episode.  I freaked out a little.  One of those weird things when worlds collide, especially since I met Jeff at Blizzcon.  I'll post a real fandom post tomorrow.

Oh, my god.  So one of my coworkers (my cop, as I referred to him in the other post) is looking for an offender in Morton County Kansas and was checking their police blotter to see if he could find him.  He hasn't found his offender, but he did find a goldmine of verifiable comedy gold.

Here is the Morton County Law Enforcement Reports website if you ever feel bored and want to take a gander at what's going on in this exciting county.  Here are some highlights (the emphasis is all mine):

09-16-09 / 8:24 PM / Officer dispatched to Highway 51 milepost for a vehicle vs. deer accident. Officer arrived on scene. No injuries reported at this time. Ac accident case has been filed. The deer was not the lucky one!

09-21-09 / 8:29 PM / RP called the LEC and stated that he has some friends coming through Elkhart, and he was checking on the weather. At this time the weather is bringing much deserved rain, and finally COOL WEATHER!!! Some of us don’t tan all that well!

10-31-09 / 2:29 PM / Officer dispatched to U.S. Highway 56 milepost 7 (seven) for a stranded motorist. Officer arrived on scene and found that the motorist needed an alternator. The Officer found a used alternator from a local Elkhart resident. The motorist was on his way after a short 4 (four) wait. The Officer really needs to learn some more mechanic skills!!!

11-02-09 / 6:18 PM / Local Bank called the LEC and advised that the alarm was sounded by accident, everything was okay. We didn’t really believe him, so we sent an Officer by, everything was fine. We almost paged S.W.A.T.!!! Dispatcher asked me if we have a S.W.A.T team in Morton County. I advised, “Yes we do!” Sometimes our Officers have to deal with Sewer Water And Trash. NO, the Morton County Law Enforcement Center DOES NOT have a real SWAT team!!!

10-25-09 / 7:13 PM / Officer dispatched to Gem Dandy for a cat that decided to come in. Officer arrived on scene. The cat claimed that he just came in for a drink. The cat decided to leave. Everything was 10-4.

10-07-09 / 6:35 PM / Officer dispatched to Hilltop for a goat and dog walking down the street. Officer arrived on scene. YES, there was a black goat walking down the street!!! The Officer picked up a black goat and her little buddy (the dog). The Officer asked the goat if he could give her a ride home. The goat stated, “Naaaaaaaa.” The pair was taken to the Elkhart Animal Shelter. The goat was later released to her owner.

That's all for now.  I had to over-emphasize the last three for the hilarity.  Oh, my god.  I'm dying.  If only I could work this into my novel somehow.  I apologize if you live in Morton County, Kansas.

I really need a NaNo icon! Anyway, as promised, here's a little drabble featuring my main character (whose name will be revealed soon) in therapy.

( Therapy. )

He's a bit of a grumpy gus, isn't he?

I still haven't caught up on Dollhouse ( I plan on remedying this soon, though, because I've heard the last episode was epic), but I did watch Stargate Universe and White Collar on Friday.

( Reaction to SGU 1x05 - Light )

TL;DR - I liked the episode a lot.  I still like Rush and Young is my favorite character.

( Reaction to White Collar pilot, plus some gifs! )

Also, I think I'm still recovering from Glee last week.  If Matthew Morrison continues to dance like that, it might break my brain.  But I really want to see him sing something other than rap.  I know the man has an incredible voice - so let him show it, damn it!

Anyway, that's enough fandom rambling for today. :)

( Spoilers for people who haven't seen Glee 1x08 )
Also, I have some ideas for NaNoWriMo, which I'll talk about in another post since it's slightly morbid, as it has a little to do with my line of work.

But to sum it up... YAAAAAAAY GLEE!  Favorite episode so far. :D

( Cut for spoilers for tonight's episode of Glee )

OK MY BB pitbap , I KNOW I'VE OWED YOU THIS PICSPAM FOR EVER, AND HERE IT IS!

KARL URBAN KNOWS HOW TO START A PARTY IN STYLLLLLLLE. NO WONDER HE'S A GQMF! CLICK BELOW TO BEGIN THE EPIC BIRTHDAY PICSPAM.




( TOTAL EPICNESS UNDER THE CUT! AND PICTURES! )

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR BIRTHDAY PICSPAM, BB! AND THAT YOU'RE FEELING BETTER! I <3 YOU!

Third post for today, for which I apologize, but...

I JUST BOUGHT TICKETS FOR COMIC CON 2010.  OMG.  I'm so excited! 

Unfortunately I didn't buy the 4 day pass in time to go to the preview night, but that's okay.  I have a feeling that 4 days of Comic Con is going to be more than enough for me!

I'm telling myself it's an early birthday present for me, since my bday is on July 20th.  That works, right?!

AND tartary_lamb IS GOING TO BE THERE TOO. *SQUEEEEEEE*

I obviously haven't written very much; just two small fics and pieces of a fic I was working on with a friend. However, I really want to write.

At this point, is it stupid to sign up for NaNoWriMo without having any idea what I'm going to write about? I've clearly never done it before, so if any of you on my flist have done it before and would like to share your experience, I'd love to hear about it.

I'm not sure if I'd do something fandom related or try to be more creative than I know I am and come up with something semi-original. I'm reading Stephen King's massive new book "Under the Dome" right now, and I keep on thinking about his advice on writing. Come up with good characters, get to really know them, put them in a situation and then let the characters write the story. I can see that's exactly what he's done with "Under the Dome", and it's inspiring. I know a lot of people think he's a crap writer, and I agree that he's written a fair share of crap, but I think the man's a creative genius and he knows his craft well. Anyway. I digress.

I forgot this meme moonlightstorm gave me. Which is silly, because it's awesome. :D

Comment for a list of four guys (actors, characters, whatever) and you have to choose which fit the "Shag", "Snog", "Marry" or "Throw off a Cliff" options.

She gave me: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Dean Winchester, Lassie from Psych! (Damn you, this is difficult!)

Shag: Oh god, Dean Winchester, please.  It would never, ever work in a relationship, but that body... good god. 

Snog: Lassie.  Tim O's lips do something weird to me.  And his eyes.  Guuuh.  And by weird, I mean good.

Marry: Rodney McKay.  Of course.  He can be a selfish bastard and has an ego the size of a blue whale, but he's McKay.  And I could shag and snog him as much as I wanted. :D

Throw off a Cliff: John Sheppard.  Sorry, Shep, but I love the other guys too much.  You're still awesome, though!

OMG. I've been waiting like 2 years for this...

I'm not sure if any of you have seen the movie Once, but as a result I have a huge crush on Glen Hansard. And a girl crush on Markéta Irglová.  And together, they formed a band, the Swell Season.

And I just bought tickets to see them in a small club.

I'M SO EXCITED.  OMG.

In case you haven't heard it, here's the song that won an Academy Award: Falling Slowly

Well, I was on a Psych watching marathon this weekend! I finished Season 1 and am now nearly finished with Season 2. And caught up with Season 4 (almost).

( Psych spoilers for Seasons 1, 2, and 4 )


( Spoilers for all of Stargate Atlantis, especially Season 5. )

And there we have it. Once I finish going through my backlog of television shows, I plan on re-watching both shows with the commentary.  I'm slightly disappointed that a lot of the SGA commentaries don't have any actors in them, but I'm sure the other guys have plenty of good stuff to say.  

I just watched the first episode.  I'm hopelessly in love with Will already.  And their rendition of "Don't Stop Believing" literally brought tears to my eyes.

I am SO looking forward to the rest of this show.

That is all. :D

Well, I finally did it. I pulled the trigger and bought more space for icons. I'm so excited. I already went on a little icon shopping spree *points at current icon*

Anyway, here is the meme from moonlightstorm :
01. Comment to this entry saying 'ICONS!' and I will pick 6 of your icons.
02. Make an entry in your own journal and talk about the icons I picked!

She chose:

- Ah, Ripper. I absolutely love this icon of Giles: the coloring, the cropping, and the badassness that just seems to ooze from it. Band Candy is one of my all-time favorite episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer because we get to see what Giles was really like as a teenager. And he was one BAMF. This is one of my favorite icons, ever. :D

- Basically, I wanted a Dean icon last year and thought this one was funny. There's not much else to it, hehe. I loved that scene so much in the convenience store right after Dean had been pulled up from Hell - stuffing his face with food. ILY, Dean.

- One of my few remaining House/Wilson icons. :( I used to have a bunch, but they've all fallen by the wayside as I, uh, extricated myself from the fandom.  This photoshoot was too awesome not to have an icon, though.  I love the look on Hugh's face and RSL's expression.  Of course, there's also the naughtiness of the silly string. ;)  Looking at it really makes me miss the show and the House/Wilson friendship.  Poor House.

- Hahahaha.  I couldn't resist.  This is from the Robin Hood Pantomime last year, I think, and I had to grab it because I'll be seeing John Barrowman in the Robin Hood Pantomime this year when I go to Cardiff in January.  I think it's absolutely hysterical, and let's be honest - I can't wait to see the man in tights!! :D

- Alien!Wikus!  From District 9.  I loved the crop on this icon - it's the half of Wikus's face that still looks human.  Plus, I wanted a more serious Wikus icon - the other two I have are a bit silly.  This is BAMF intense Wikus.  Also, you can't tell it from this icon, but Sharlto Copley is really hot.  Like, really hot.  I mean, look at him:

Ahem.  Anyway. SHARLTO, STOP SNEAKING INTO MY POSTS.

- I wanted a non-SGA David Hewlett icon, so I chose this one.  I'd love to have an icon from A Dog's Breakfast, but I haven't found any yet.  Again, I chose this one because I really like the cropping.  What is it with me and half of guys' faces?!  Jeez.  David looks deliciously yummy in this picture, though.  I'd love to see the full version, but alas.

OKAY YOU GUYS.  I have room for like... 50 more icons! XD  Seriously!  What should I get more icons of?  Personally, I think I need some more Black Books & Psych icons.  And maybe a happy icon and a sad icon, and a hug icon.  You know, icons for all occasions.

Okay, I'm still slightly perturbed that both of these shows air at the same time, but whatever. My awesome little TiVO can record two shows at the same time, so that fixes that problem! :D



( Spoilers for Fringe 2x01 - A New Day in the Old Town )

Whew. These short recaps took longer than I thought. This is what happens when I'm avoiding work. ;)