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Yesterday, I found myself looking forward to the new ep of 'Glee' tonight. Also yesterday, I read the eleventh book in the 'Left Behind' series. And then the first half of the twelfth book after I went to bed.
Combine all these things with my bizarre imagination and this is what you get.
Will Schuester as the head of the Tribulation Force (although he seemed to be kind of a mix of Rayford Steele and Buck Williams). And then the only ones that I can remember with any clarity are Rachel, Puck, Finn, and Quinn. I think Tina was there, but I'm not certain.
At any rate, there was a boat and they were on the ocean....the high school stadium ripped in two and...
I'm all for crossovers. Some of you have read my 'Adventures of the Fanfiction Fellowship' and you know this. Crossovers are fun and I have fun writing them, especially on a humor level.
I think I've finally stumbled across one, however, that just isn't meant to be. At all. Ever.
Will I ever quit having weird dreams? Somehow, I doubt it.
- Location:library
- Mood:
crazy - Music:None - mean library ladies do not allow
Most of these are courtesy of Nick at Nite. When they didn’t show hour blocks of shows that were on, like, FIVE YEARS AGO. Some are shows I adored in childhood and find laughably ridiculous now. Some….my parents had the remote. Okay….the remote thing doesn’t count for very many. But at least a couple.
Bold all of the following TV shows which you've ever seen 3 or more episodes of in your lifetime.
- underline a show if you're positive you've seen every episode of it.
( Many wasted hours behind the cut... )
- Mood:
peaceful - Music:O Holy Night - Celtic Woman
Today was my 'birthday' at work. I phrase it like that because my birthday is actually Saturday. But since our Thanksgiving party is tomorrow and I am off Friday, Monday, Tuesday, AND Wednesday.....today was my birthday at the office.
( Early birthday-ness under the cut... )
- Mood:
bouncy - Music:Super Trouper from the Mamma Mia! Movie Soundtrack
Thank you for existing, Big Bang Theory.
( BBT spoilers and a video under the cut )
- Mood:
nerdy - Music:Class - performed by Catherine Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah from 'Chicago'
A year and a half/two years ago, I recorded a voicemail message. Dr. Rodney McKay of Stargate Atlantis was answering my phone. It was cool. I loved it dearly.
"Hello. You have reached 'Melanie'. This is Dr. Rodney McKay of Stargate Atlantis. We're kinda busy trying to solve an intergalactic crisis right now. But if you'll leave your name and number, we'll get back to you."
Incredibly corny and geeky. But it was David Hewlett's voice, he took the time to record the message for the website and record tons of different names you could pick from to insert into the message. I loved my voicemail. When bill collectors tell you that they love your voicemail, you know you've done something right.
Well, Verizon reset all our voicemails (I had no warning). And I have forever lost my Rodney McKay answering machine. I'm angry and I'm sad and I have about zero chance of ever getting it back. The page doesn't exist on the MGM website anymore. So...unless I meet David Hewlett someday, my voicemail is decidedly ungeekified. Which....I have met Paul McGillion and Michael Shanks, so I guess it's not completely out of the question. But the chances are pretty slim.
Spooty Verizon. I hate you. Now my voicemail is boring.
- Mood:
crushed - Music:Whoever's In New England - Reba McEntire
Too many awesome quotes from this episode for me to remember. But I think this is probably one of my favorite episodes (if not THE favorite) of the show so far. Don't even know where to begin.....let's start with Sue.
( Glee goodness!!! )
- Mood: crazy
- Music:Cell Block Tango - Chicago film soundtrack
I didn't enter this into the contest at the Obidala Fan Forum, because I used a video manip by myascarlet and I could't bring myself to submit it to a contest for that reason.
- Mood:
chipper - Music:Home and the Heartland - Anuna from the Riverdance soundtrack
I need noise. Constant noise, preferably from the tv, even if I'm playing on the computer or something. It makes me feel better for some reason. Since we don't have cable, this has become an issue the past few days. So I've popped in dvd's to fill the void. It made for an interesting, if somewhat repetitive, weekend.
'Look Who's Talking', 'The Truth About Cats and Dogs', 'Heart and Souls', 'Quest for Camelot', 'The Devil Wears Prada'....these are all movies I had going in the background this weekend and part of last week.
Last night, I popped in a disc from Season One of 'Stargate Atlantis' because I was tired of all my movies. Two of my favorite episodes from that season were on the aforementioned disc. 'The Storm' and 'The Eye'. I wound up playing on the computer and watching the eps out of the corner of my eye at the same time.
Imagine my surprise when one of the Genii soldiers stepped out of the shadows and.....Cory Monteith! You were a Genii?! I knew he had been on the 200th episode of SG1. But I didn't know about the Atlantis spot. And then....sad day! Cory Monteith was the one who 'tortured' Rodney McKay by cutting him with a humongo knife!
Bad Finn! No more Glee club for...one week!
- Mood:
amused - Music:Baloney Sandwich - Brak
This no internet thing really sucks. I'm just sayin'.
I was busier this weekend than I had planned. Went to the high school football game Friday night. We were playing our most hated enemies, plus it was Senior night and my sister is a Senior so.... We lost, but we'll get them next year. Oh, yeah.
I watched Ewan on Craig Ferguson later that night at my mom's. (Did I mention I also no longer have cable and, therefore, no channels whatsoever? Bleh.) He was charming and Craig was charming and the two of them together were just dripping with charm. I headed home about 12:30 am, all charmed out. Did not awaken until 11:30 Saturday morning.
I played 'Sims 2' and then headed to my sister's All-Region choir concert. She's very excited because she got third chair in tryouts a couple of weeks ago, which means she can try out for All-State later this year. They all sang beautifully, but it was longer than I thought it would be. Once again, I didn't get home until late and I slept in the next morning.
Our dog, a redbone coonhound called Cracker, was diagnosed with heartworms Thursday. Not having the money to get vet treatments, my husband bought the medicine and was going to treat her the 'old-fashioned' way and hope for the best. A lady we know just wouldn't stand for that. Her college roommate is a vet tech and works at OSU. So she took Cracker to the university this weekend and they put her through all kinds of tests and treatments. They released her Sunday and said she would live, but that she would need to stay quiet for the next couple of days.
But here's the thing about coonhounds. They aren't quiet. They are definitely outdoor dogs and, if they see a small animal of some sort (squirrel, cat, raccoon), they will get all excited and jump around and bark. So the best thing to do was to keep Cracker kenneled up inside the house.
Problem 1: The only place where there is room for this is the living room. Big stinky dog in my living room. How fun. I mean, don't get me wrong. I'm really, really glad that she's pulled through. But my living room smells now. Ew.
Problem 2: I have a cat. And while Pepper had co-habitated with our black lab for a while without incident, I didn't want to tempt fate with a dog trained to chase after small grey animals with fluffy tails. So I moved Pepper into the only other room that had enough space for all her stuff. Our bedroom.
To sum up: I have a stinky dog in my living room and a bedroom that now smells like cat litter. My nose is not happy.
I spent most of Sunday taking care of Cracker because Chris was working on a horse with his cousin. So the only thing I managed to do this weekend was 'finish' a video and make a couple of icons, one of which is heading up this post. Brownie points to you if you can guess the film it comes from.
- Mood:
tired - Music:Rainy Days and Mondays - The Carpenters
(snagged from thehowlingwolf) How do I do that cool lj link thing, by the way? Sorry to be such a noob.
1) Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/bands [fannish etc.] that you've had an obsessive fannish love or interest in at some time in your life.
2) Have your f-list guess your favourite character/member from each item.
3) When someone guesses correctly, strikethrough the item and put the name of your favorite character next to it.
Here we go. In no particular order, I swear.
1, Star Wars Obi-Wan
2, Lost
3, DC Talk
4, Anne of Green Gables Anne Shirley
5, Star Trek (mostly TNG with a dash of Voyager)
6, The Dresden Files (book, thank you. And grateful shout-out to Dreamstrifer, for introducing me to the series in the first place)
7, Gilmore Girls
8, Xena: Warrior Princess Xena
9, Big Bang Theory
10, Chronicles of Narnia Lucy
11, Vicar of Dibley
12, The West Wing
13, Stargate: SG1
14, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
15, Angry Beavers
16, The Mummy and The Mummy Returns (not the other two movies)
17, Lord of the Rings Aragorn
18, Stargate: Atlantis
19, Doctor Who
20, Glee!
- Mood:
exhausted - Music:That Thing You Do - The Wonders...wow that would be a fun song for 'Glee'!
This is what happens when you don't have cable. And you don't want to stay up too late playing 'Sims' because you have to be at work earlier than usual the next day.
Why this one, you ask? Well, I have this freakish obsession of getting pictures to match the song on my MP3 player. Instead of the album art, I'll put an icon or something there that I think works well. (You don't even want to know how many love songs are accompanied by Obidala icons on my MP3). With the songs from Glee, I've been trying to get a picture from the number. But I couldn't find one I really liked for 'Sweet Caroline'. Because I am of the opinion that Puck/Rachel is just too cute, I wanted something with both of them in the picture.
So I made one.
I need to make more icons this weekend. Star Wars, Glee, Disney, the sky's the limit.
- Mood:
creative - Music:See Who I Am - Within Temptation
It really is. It is just amazing to me how a simple little thing like a random video on Youtube (and I DO mean random) will lift my spirits. This is just so bizarre. I am glad it exists because it made me laugh.
- Mood:
giggly - Music:Singin' In The Rain - Gene Kelly
In the grand scheme of things, this doesn't really matter. No cable? That's why God invented The Sims 2, fanfiction/videos, photo editing software to make icons, and dvds to watch instead of tv.
Luckily, if I come to work early and check out a laptop while I hang out waiting for my shift to start, I can still watch FlashForward, Glee, Community, and (if I decide it's worth the effort) 'V'.
Except I can't see Big Bang Theory at all, because it's not online anywhere. Stupid CBS. I hate you. You and your gap-toothed late-night talk show host. Okay, I blame David Letterman. It's clearly all his fault. Yeah. I've been hoping to find something to blame him for. Get lost, David Letterman. Let Craig take over. He's much funnier, anyway.
This rambling has been brought to you by the letter A. Which stands for Annoyed.
Ah, well. This too shall pass.
- Mood:
blah - Music:Someone Else's Star - Bryan White
Video games, fan videos, Gilmore Girls, Liam Neeson, the mall, robotics competitions, volunteer work, Harry Dresden, awesome nachos, icees!
These were the ingredients in my weekend.
I pretty much sat around on my duff Friday. When Chris (my husband) got home from work that night, I was in my pjs. No, I hadn't already changed into my pjs. I had never changed OUT of my pjs. I played Sims 2 (bringing Obi-Wan and Padme closer to marriage), worked on my fanvideo, watched Gilmore Girls....and that was about it. Oh. I had some pot pie. Yeah. Exciting stuff.
On Saturday, I had to go to Fort Smith. So I took my sister Elyse along for the ride. From 10 am to 2 pm, I volunteered in the hospitality room at the regional BEST Robotics competition. Yeah, I made sandwiches. After that, we went to the mall and met up with my parents and my brother, Stephen. Being Halloween, there were several kids in costume. While sitting in the food court (munching on nachos and drinking a Coke Icee, yum) with my sibs, we discovered something that will save the guys on 'Deadliest Warrior' much time and money. It appears that Storm Shadow does indeed beat Boba Fett. Or, at least, Storm Shadow will chase Boba Fett through the play area, beating on him relentlessly with a shopping bag from Payless.
While at the mall, I found a copy of the first book in the Dresden Files series and promptly bought it because it was cheap and I was already hooked after reading the first two pages. Took Stephen to the church, took Elyse home, and then went home myself. Chris picked me up (he had been out riding his horse) and we went to his cousin's house for dinner and a movie. Dinner was wonderful and when given the choice between 'Transformers 2' and 'Taken', my answer was immediate.
So we watched 'Taken', which was really cool and kind of a shock to my senses. I mean, I've seen Liam Neeson in an action role. Star Wars, hello. But this was a whole different ballgame. Chris fell asleep during the movie, but that's really kind of par for the course for him. Especially since he was full.
On Sunday, Chris was already gone when I woke up. It's deer season, so I kind of expected that. I laid in bed for a while and started on 'Storm Front' (the first novel of the Dresden Files). Finally got myself out of bed and had a little breakfast, played on the computer, then read some more. Watched the end of 'Field of Dreams' while I ate lunch and subsequently cried. Read some more. Played on the computer. And then I finished 'Storm Front' when I went to bed.
So that was my weekend. Saturday was by far the most productive. But Sunday was very interesting, too. Because I had my games and I had something new to read. Huzzah! Now I just need the next one in the series....
- Mood:
cheerful - Music:Journey To The Past - Liz Callaway from 'Anastasia'
So, without the internet at home, I probably won't be around here until Monday. I might be able to go to the library, but I don't know. I'm taking the day off tomorrow, so it's a three day break from lj and the internet instead of two. Which makes me sad. Ah, well. Real life calls. :-)
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. To all my 'Glee' friends, don't forget to check out the third game of the World Series. It's my understanding that they're supposed to perform for the game on Saturday.
Bye!!!!
- Mood:
melancholy - Music:Grace Like Rain - Todd Agnew
Which character from any film, television show, or book would you most like to take on a date and why? Submitted By |
I am torn. Because I'm thinking of three different guys. Actually, I'm just limiting myself to three. Because if I open it up to the Stargate fandom, many more people enter into the equation.
Obi-Wan, Luke Danes, or Will Schuester.
- Mood:
geeky - Music:What Have We Become - DC Talk
Oh....em.... gee.
I shouldn't have looked. I know I shouldn't have. But I got curious. About a year and a half...two years ago, I ranted about an upcoming movie I had found out about. A movie focusing on one of my favorite fictional characters of all time, who was created by my favorite writer of all time.
This relatively short rant is here:
www.gwethil.batcave.co.uk/melanie/montgo
This was written shortly after the news of the next movie was announced. I have paid little attention to the activity since then because I was annoyed and frustrated. My wanderings though Wikipedia changed that. I saw the link for the new movie on imdb and, to my everlasting sorrow, clicked on it.
( Read more... )
- Mood:
infuriated - Music:Bust Your Windows by Amber Riley - this fits my mood rather well, actually
What is the scariest incident with drugs or alcohol you’ve witnessed or personally experienced? How did it change you? Sponsored by MTV's Gone Too Far. Tune into the series premiere this Monday at 10 p.m. EST. |
When I was fourteen, I overdosed on prescription drugs. It was accidental, but incredibly scary. I was taking Tegretol for epilepsy at the time. It generally worked okay, but I was sometimes shaky in the mornings. Occasionally, I had a petit mal seizure soon after waking up. This happened during the summer.
My cousins and I didn't live too far from each other. And in the summer we'd usually walk to each other's houses, going halfway, meeting up, and then going back to my house or theirs. I had been feeling a bit shaky that morning and had already taken an extra pill (not unheard of) but was still a little concerned, so I took the bottle with me. Stayed with my cousins all day and I kept feeling shaky. If I got too shaky, I would take a pill. You have to understand that I was terrified of having a seizure. It's...it's just not an experience that can be described. At some point, the shakiness went from being due to not enough medicine in my system to too MUCH medicine in my system. Also, I'd had 'Just Say No' pounded into my head from the time I was in grade school. But I didn't take drugs. I didn't drink. Nothing wrong with taking drugs the doctor gives you, right? They're GOOD for you.
Mom picked me up and took me home when she got off work. I told her I wasn't feeling well and she had me lay in the recliner while she cooked dinner. Dad was at work, so it was just me, Mom and my nearly two-year-old sister.
I told Mom I was feeling shaky and she asked if I thought I needed a pill. I said yes and she went to get it, but pretty much stopped dead in her tracks when I said:
'But I've already taken ten today. I don't think they're helping.'
Yeah, that didn't go over too well. She pretty much freaked. This situation was not helped by the fact that she was five months pregnant with my baby brother at the time. First she called our pharmacist (small town, she had the pharmacist's home number, had been to his house, etc), who told her to get some activated charcoal down my throat. Next call, my aunt. Who went to the pharmacy to get it. Not before some choice words for my cousins, though, I'm sure. Although it certainly wasn't their fault.
In the meantime, I'm sitting there trying to make the ceiling be still. It was a very weird feeling. Everything kept moving. Not necessarily spinning. But everything was constantly in motion. And my eyes felt very heavy, but my mom kept talking to me. She wouldn't let me go to sleep at all, even though I desperately wanted to. If I closed my eyes, the motion wasn't so bad.
They practically forced the liquid activated charcoal in my mouth. Believe me, forcing was required. If there was ever anything that tasted like it smelled and looked....*shudders* I was supposed to 'wash it down' with a piece of bread. But I only got halfway through the slice before the activated charcoal....well.....activated.
I honestly don't remember anything after that. I don't even remember the next day. Everything is kind of hazy and it was due to this 'incident' that my mom took me to a neurologist in Albuquerque, who changed my prescription to Depakote. And that was the end of my troubles. Unless you count the unfortunate side effect of weight gain.
If I had ever even thought about doing drugs in high school or college, this experience pretty much assured that 'thinking' was all I was gonna do. And that's my scary story. Somewhat mild, but I'm not exactly known for my wild ways. Other than the prescription drug thing, the only slightly rebellious thing I've ever done is take a puff of a cigar in college.
- Mood:
okay - Music:Tryin' To Find Atlantis - Jamie O'Neal
visited 14 states (28%)
Create your own visited map of The United States or Best time to visit Algeria
- Mood:
curious - Music:Left Behind - Bryan Duncan feat. Shine (Left Behind Soundtrack)
Anyway, the movie.
I was in kind of an anxious mood when I got there. Mom, Elyse (my sister), and Dani (my brother Stephen's girlfriend) were already there and in line. But some things went sideways at work before I left, so I went into the building on the phone with my immediate supervisor. She assured me everything would be okay and told me to have fun, so I finally got off the phone and turned it off, determined to enjoy myself.
I was trying to get past the annoyance of having Dani there. I'd kind of started seeing the whole thing as a mother/daughter type outing and I guess I regarded her being there as in intrusion. But I kept thinking it wasn't that big a deal and why couldn't I be a bigger person about it, etc., etc.
There were a few people in costume, which I thought was really cool. This was the first movie I've ever seen in theaters where some of the audience wore costumes (I got in on later showings for LotR and SW movies). There was even a flying monkey and I was hoping to see how he managed to sit down. But I lost him once we were in the theater.
Everyone was very polite, there were several kids there. I had figured there would be. But then there were several senior citizens there as well. So all ages were represented. I'd say ages five through eighty, probably. The last time I went to a movie that packed was for 'Titanic' when I saw it the first time. I told Elyse that and she said that 'Twilight' had been that full when she went to see it.
Me: Yes, but see....'Titanic' was a GOOD movie.
Elyse: HA!
That's what she does when she's amused.
(By the way, apologies to the 'Twilight' fans out there. I don't dislike it as much as I pretend to, but it's kind of gotten to be a habit with me because my insults usually annoy my sister, who's a big fan of the books. It's kind of like my Orlando Bloom insulting phase, which coincided with her Orlando Bloom fanatic phase. I like Orlando Bloom...but nothing's as fun as irritating a little sister, especially when she always rises to the bait)
(By the way, apologies to the 'Twilight' fans out there. I don't dislike it as much as I pretend to, but it's kind of gotten to be a habit with me because my insults usually annoy my sister, who's a big fan of the books. It's kind of like my Orlando Bloom insulting phase, which coincided with her Orlando Bloom fanatic phase. I like Orlando Bloom...but nothing's as fun as irritating a little sister, especially when she always rises to the bait)
Mom paid for the tickets, so I covered the refreshments. Somehow, we wound up separated from Elyse and Dani. Which sucked, but there were only two people between us. I got two buckets of popcorn and four drinks ($25.00....Oy). As we settled in, Mom and I had fun with the trivia that was playing on the screen before the movie. She thought she had me when they asked who was originally cast as the Wicked Witch of the West, but I got it right. Hee.
The movie was preceded by an introduction from Robert Osborne (Yay! *waves TCM flag*) and a thirty minute documentary narrated by Angela Lansbury (Yay! again). Being a freak, I've actually seen the documentary before, but it was cool to see it in a theater with a bunch of other people.
Finally, the movie started. And true to form, I mouthed the lines. Every once in a while, I could hear other people kinda whispering along as well. It was just so cool (I know I'm using that word a lot and I'm sorry, but I'm struggling for adjectives here) to see the beginning with so many people. To hear so much laughter coming from around you when Hickory is 'posing for his statue' or when Hunk hits his own hand with the hammer.
And then the song. THE song. I'm not gonna lie. I sat there, listening to a sixteen year old Judy Garland pour her heart into one of the most recognizable songs in the world....listening to it for probably the thousandth time in my life. And I cried. It was just so beautiful.
Every emotion I've ever felt watching this movie just seemed magnified this time. I'm not sure if it was the big screen, the sound, the fact that there were literally almost two hundred people watching with me, or a combination of all the above. But I laughed harder, I cried more often, and when we made the switch from sepia to color, my intake of breath was deeper.
The HD doesn't really do much in the sepia portion....and I didn't really expect it to. But Oz was so intense when she opened the door. I could see every detail in a way I hadn't ever seen before. And again, I cried. It was just that beautiful. Of course, I cry a lot anyway. So that might have something to do with it, too. :-)
'The Wizard of Oz' song started up and some people in the audience started singing along. They didn't do it for long (no one seemed to want to make any noise during the movie), but it was really awesome while it lasted.
I was transported. I wondered if this was how children had felt when they first saw this movie in 1939. Honestly, I didn't pay much attention to what was going on around me during the movie, other than the few times some people sang or I could hear them reciting the lines along with the actors. I was too engrossed in the movie. And the third cry came when Dorothy said her goodbyes to her three friends.
When the words 'The End' appeared across the screen, everyone clapped. And even though the movie was over, people seemed reluctant to leave. I was reluctant, in a way. I wanted to see it again. Who wants to back into the real world when they've just left such a fantastic one?
Of course, we had to leave. And I found myself very glad that Dani had come along. She had never seen 'The Wizard of Oz' and I envy her the experience of having seen it for the first time on the big screen. But I have the feeling that my experience was somewhat similar, even if I have seen it dozens of times.
We were all giddy when we left. Cracking stupid jokes and just generally being silly. It was an amazing night. And I think they should do this with more classic movies. Singin' In the Rain is a prime candidate, I think.
- Mood: peaceful
- Music:Countess Cathleen - from Riverdance
