I can't believe it.  I'm reading actual books again.

Now, don't get excited.  I'm not reading the Classics or something on the Best Seller's List.  I'm reading everyday, ordinary paperbacks.  And I'm loving them.

It's just nice to HOLD a book again. 

But this means I'm spending less time on the internet.  Less time on fanfiction.  I have a feeling this will level off as the newess of it wears off, but until then, I'm going through paperbacks about two/three a day.

Good thing I have a goodly pile of books to go through.

The tale of a coat.

I watched My Bloody Valentine 3D with Jensen Ackles this weekend.  What hit me the most being a Dean Winchester fan was the coat they had Jensen in.  Black, sleek and it fell between his hip and knee.  Love that coat.  Jensen looked fantastic in it.  I know it's not exactly a 'Dean' kind of coat, but I want Dean in that coat.  Nice for the gunslinger/hunter vibe.

Then I watched Warehouse 13 to see Joe Flanigan.  Sheppard!  The Hair!  OMG!  He has on the coat (or one very similar)!  Nicely fitted.  Black, sleek and it fell between his hip and knee.  He looked smoking in it!  I never thought that the people on Stargate Atlantis dressed Joe right.  All his stuff seemed to not fit him (maybe that was intentional to show how uncomfortable John Sheppard was in most social settings) and they almost never showed him off at his hot best.

I'm sure there's someone out there who knows what kind of coats those two were wearing.  Me, I don't know.  I just know they were hot!
 

I never realized that my summary for Amor Vincit Omnia gave the impression it was an Ezra/Casey het story.

I guess I worded it badly.  Here's what I had on All-Ezra:
Casey is in a horrible accident. Can Ezra help her through it?

That's the old summary.  When I posted it on FanFiction, I changed it to:
Ezra helps Casey after an accident and then must face J.D.'s anger. Deals with a permanent disability and graphic medical procedures.

I guess it's still a little iffy.  While the story does reference Casey trying to 'sow some wild oats' during the events of Lady Killers to get even with J.D., the only het intention is Casey/J.D.  (I do mention a little Li Pong/Ezra, but that's in passing.)  There is no sex in the story.  I don't even think anyone kisses anyone in it.  Just some talk, some intentions, a whole lot of angry!J.D., angsty!Ezra, determined!Casey, and supportive!everyone else.

(Guess I'll have to think of another summary.)

I don't think I'd been drinking before I went to bed last night or during my dream.

The dream involved:

• Bobby Goren (L&O: CI) was pregnant.  He ate a whole bowl of cereal and then kept throwing up milk.  He would not go to the bathroom, I had to keep throwing handtowels at him.  He was so bent on solving a case, that he paid little attention to the mess he kept making.  One thing I don't need in a dream is a mpreg man throwing up milk and expecting me to get it up while he mutteres about motives and suspects.  (I don't know how he got mpreg.)
• Two guys came out of some woods dressed as Yetis.  They lloked a lot like the Yeti/Bumble from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.  There was another guy with them and they kept going around creeping up behind people to scare them.
• And the Yetis (and the guy) kidnapped my dog.  They all jumped into a van.  I don't have a dog.
• Later, my butler would not listen to a thing I told him to do.  You know, my butler for my mansion with the hand painted murals, bathrooms the size of dance halls and rich old growth wood accents.  Yeah, I laughed when I woke up and remembered that part too.

I was thankful when I woke up.  This will not be a plotbunny.

It might make for a good country song.  I did lose my dog.

It was running me crazy trying to think of that Western.

Step 1:  I remembered one character was called 'Wolf.'  (I remember him going a little nuts during a stand off on a stormy night.  Howling or yelling with a knife.  I did love Wolf.) 

Step 2:  I know what the actor looks like, but I'm bad with names.  By chance I saw the promo for The Goods (an upcoming movie).  The guy that played Wolf is standing RIGHT THERE!  Yay!  I zip over to look up the movie's cast.

Step 3:  I go actor by actor in that age group until I get to Charles Napier.  Of course!  I click on his history.  Oh!  Tales of the Gold Monkey!  Street Hawk!  Focus, you idiot.

There it is:  Outlaws from 1986!  Yay!  Only 12 episodes and I still remember Wolf.  And I practically named the show in my last post about trying to think of the name.

Step 4:  Now I can run myself crazy about something else.  (Or think how the characters would have interacted with The Magnificent Seven in the Old West.  Or, what if The Boys are the ones who were sent forward in time?  Yeah, I know there are AUs out there with The Boys in the present day -- Highlander AU, ATF, FBI, FAM, etc. -- but I mean The Boys from the show being plopped down in the here and now.  That would be interesting!)

1987?  Houston Knights was on way back in 1987?  And there were only 31 episodes?  I clearly remember their names - LaFiamma and Lundy.  I remember that both actors had the same first name.  I think I remember LaFiamma putting his foot up on a saloon bootrail and he had on very stylish loafer type shoes in constrast to all the 'cowboy' boots in the place.  I also remember that after a fight of some type in the woods, the camera cut back to them standing really, really close with their heads together.  Kinda leaning towards one another. 

But I didn't know that the show's run was so short.  My memory is so wonky.  (I'm going to have to check my older VCR tapes to see if I still have one of those episodes.)

I also looked up Hardball.  You know, Kaz?  The eager renegade cop who was paired up with the old veteran in 1989.  18 episodes?  Are you kidding me?  I remember the storm around Kaz (Richard Tyson).  Girls went crazy over that boy.  Not me so much.  He wasn't my type, but I liked the show okay.  I don't remember anything from the show, but I do remember a photo of Tyson on a bike looking all badboy.  Hee!  And every time I saw him in anything else, I referred to him as Kaz.

Hey, I did that for LaFiamma and Lunday as well.  Oops, I do that for Sheppard, Dean, Sam, Lt. Goldman . . . okay, I do it for all the actors I like.  They'll just have to put up with me calling them by the name I first saw them using.

Forever and ever!

Eliot!  I can't believe this -- Dean Winchester is more cut than you are!  I love you, Eliot, but I kept getting distracted during the shirtless fight scene by the fact you need to hit the gym more.  (I know you have a few years on Dean, but dude.  Yes, I am that shallow.  If you look up my posts on Dean Winchester, John Sheppard, Jim Reed and a few others, you will quickly notice that I'm no deeper than a rain puddle in the middle of the desert in June.)

SPOILERS


 

(Okay, so I'm giving Chris Kane some crap.  I only do it because he knows Jensen Ackles.  Being men, I'm sure [hope] it's come up about working out and staying in shape for their careers.  Yes, let me contemplate that conversation taking place.)

 

rant on\

I was discussing a few shows with a friend and my friend suggested a few things to watch.  Two of which I immediately rejected because they involve my 'do not pass, do not collect $200' line.

Adultery (or Cheating if you would like to call it that for the not quite married, but in a committed relationship).

She made the argument that the relationship on one show is so very over, that it's been over and that the two sleeping together really, really care for each other even if it is still technically adultery.

Too bad.  Break up or get a separation or a divorce.  Or, if that's not possible due to circumstances, tell the partner that you intend to sleep with someone else.  Don't just run around and leave the partner in the dark.  (Of course, if your partner has been missing for five years and you're not sure if he/she is even still alive, that's a little different.  Or if it's an abusive raltionship and any contact will allow him/her to locate you and beat the ever living daylights out of you.  Really, I'm not talking about the extraordinary examples.)

It's a button with me.  One that I'm not likely to get over any time soon.  And it seems to pop up more and more on TV, in the movies and in the written word.  And it makes me loose all interest.

I don't need my main characters to be saints or perfect.  I don't need Mary Sues or Stus.  (Some of the best characters out there are tragically flawed people who are just doing what they can to survive.)  But I sure as hell expect them to not run around behind their partner's back.  Even if you're not 'in love' with him or her anymore.

/rant over

The best part of watching The Closer is the interaction between Provenza and Flynn.  I alternate between thinking they are the cutest older guy friends ever to glee over the fights they get into (with each other and others).

The things they get themselves into!  Hee!

Last night was hilarious for Provenza and Flynn fans.

 

So, Leverage.  The last two episodes from last season was on last night.

What the heck?  I didn't have anything else to do.  MISTAKE!  Geez!  Now I have a new fandom and new fanfiction to look for in a small fandom.  And I have to  catch up on the episodes I missed.

I liked Timothy Hutton from Nero Wolfe.  I know Christian Kane mainly from Angel and then I found out he was Wick Lobo on Rescue 77 (which I loved).  Oh, yeah, and he knows Jensen Ackles (who I love with the power of a thousand burning suns -- well, I'm not that bad off -- okay, I'm lying).

I love Eliot Spencer.  There, I said it.  He's going on my list.  Yeap, the spot next to Dean Winchester is open.

Yes, he knows Dean.  And I'm sure he's related to Shawn Spencer from Psych.

Hey, it's my tv-verse.

I got an e-mail last night giving a final date for Geocities.  Here's some of the e-mail:


Dear Yahoo! GeoCities customer,

We're writing to let you know that Yahoo! GeoCities, our free web site building service and community, is closing on October 26, 2009.

On October 26, 2009, your GeoCities site will no longer appear on the Web, and you will no longer be able to access your GeoCities account and files.

(cut for content - best to go to Yahoo! to get your options of what to do with your files)

We want to thank you for being a GeoCities customer, and hope you continue to enjoy our other Yahoo! services.

Best regards,

The Yahoo! GeoCities team

Qualm 1

Supernatural - The Eating
Warning – some cussing, some thing eating a dead body, same level of ick you see on the Supernatural show.

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There’s a thing in the corner and it’s sucking out the marrow from some guy’s bones, but Dean just can’t work up enough energy and outrage to do anything about it at the moment.

I just don't get it.  Maybe I'm thinking too much or maybe I'm not thinking enough.

Since the end of Season 4 of Supernatural, I've had plotbunnies knocking down my door.  Every day.  I can SEE the things in my head.  I can even come up with words while I'm staring at the TV or getting ready for bed.

Then I sit down at the computer (or get out my notebook and pen), and it's ALL FOR NOTHING.  Nothing.  Blank.  I can't even seem to take notes so I can use them later to write the darn things.

I think this has gone beyond writer's block.  This is something else.  It's been a long time since I could just sit down and enjoy working with characters I love.  I miss it.