Why in God's name did I choose to write an essay on Foucault? *SOB* If you never see me again after this moment it's because I've killed myself. FYI.

In television news, my favourite show at the moment is (gasp!) The Vampire Diaries. I can't get enough of it! It's the perfect combination of cheese, sexiness, jokes, frights and vampires. And you know what, forget what I said before about it not being good. I was talking crazy.

And now, in alphabetical order, comments about some of the shows I'm watching:

30 Rock

Best episode ever? Y/Y?

Bored to Death

Hysterical. <3

I am completely obsessed with Jason Schwartzman. This is freaky because I used to hate him, but Jonathan Ames is a deceptively appealing character: guileless, pathetic, and strangely, sleepily sexy, in a way that creeps up on you slowly but surely. Once in his thrall he is irresistible and all I want to do is watch him, laugh at him and imagine kissing him (I know! I told you it was freaky, but JS is actually a really good screen kisser).

Also, watch this stupendous clip:

Kanye's 'Can't Tell Me Nothing' with Zach Galifianakis


Community

( spoilers! )


Cougar Town

There's something very wrong with me but I keep downloading this show, watching it and hating it. Okay, it never bores me, but every character needs to kill themselves and I'm not kidding.

Glee

I'm one behind but I enjoyed last week's episode, because Artie is a really great singer (loved "Dancing With Myself") and the club's rendition of "Proud Mary" was totally fierce.


( How I Met Your Mother, 5.08: The Playbook )


( Smallville, 9.08: Idol )


The X Factor

I've given up on caring about The X Factor although I still half-heartedly watch (without voting!). This is my eternal problem with reality television: the public and their horrible taste and their sexism. I still find it unacceptable that they voted off Miss Frank, and that apparently they think Stacey is both the best female singer and a worthy winner, just because she's amusing. Shit man, I would never buy her album. Her singing is mediocre! Olly better win, and not because he is awesome at singing (he's not) but because he's the best performer by miles. I genuinely understand the dislike of Danyl because he's strangely charmless, but he's the best singer so I hope he at least makes it to the final. That Jedward are the big news this year is a joke.

This seriously makes me so happy:

Kristen and Robert: totally doing it.

I particularly love her in the Versace and the Alexander Wang, but mostly I love how they're gleefully playing up to the speculation that they're a couple. Such a fun, sexy shoot. Man they look awesome together.

I feel sad that I will never see another new episode of Slings and Arrows. The last episode made me cry like a baby, and I don't understand why they couldn't have kept on going for years - there are so many Shakespeare plays left to do! (If I had one complaint about season 3 it is that the absolute contempt and loathing for musical theatre on display was just a tad unsubtle.)


( Friday Night Lights, 4.02: After the Fall )


White Collar

I'm here for Matthew Bomer and his spectacular wardrobe, and that's about it.


( Mad Men, 3.13: Shut the Door, Have a Seat )

Smallville, 9.07: Kandor

Yawnsville. I didn't care for this episode and have nothing to say about it, other than: bring back Lois. LOVE the latest casting spoiler though.


The Vampire Diaries, 1.08: 162 Candles

Predictably, I'm fully on Team Damon now. Love him to bits: he's funny, scary, cool, and totally hot. Stefan can also come here to me.

Had a few drinks last night, went home, and watched "V", which was (mood spoiler alert) the absolute worst. Just terrible. Awful in every way. Not even a little bit promising. A piece of epic television fail.

~

It's reading week this week and I haven't done any (of the) reading (I should be doing).

~

My cat has become a very affectionate adult. He was a bit of a snooty loner when he was going through adolescence but now he likes to sit on my lap even when I'm in bed. Early this morning he climbed on top of me, sat with his front paws on my chest and stared at me, I believe in an attempt to make me get up and feed him.

~

And now for a vampire-themed poll:

Poll #1481136
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 77

Are you looking forward to the next Twighlight movie?

Best fake celebrity couple:

Best vampires:

Vampires that don't kill people are lame.

Who would win in a fight?

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cloiser_trish wanted to know what I thought of Smallville. I had forgotten that I didn't post about it. My reactions were as follows:

( Smallville, 9.06: Crossfire )

First essay submitted!

As it turns out, writing essays is nothing like writing porn.


( Vampire Diaries, 1.01-1.06 )

Ugh, I am hungover and I have to go to a compulsory lecture on plagiarism tonight, when I would much rather go home, eat fried food and watch television.

Not The Good Wife though, which I'm sorry to say I find absolutely terrible. (I've watched the first two episodes.) Overblown, overacted, badly scripted melodrama that takes itself too seriously - it already feels embarrassingly dated to me, and I'm disappointed that this is not a more realistic, audacious portrayal of a woman who has spent her adult life being defined by her role as a politician's wife, because that would actually be interesting. Another lawyer procedural, on the other hand, is not. The "girl power!" vibe feels cheesy and empty to me, because I personally believe that drama featuring strong women characters tends to have more (feminist) value if it's honest rather than fantastical. The reason Mad Men is powerful is because it doesn't shy away from human nastiness and yet it rarely feels gratuitous, whereas everything in The Good Wife is over the top, hard to relate to, and difficult to believe. No points.

I like White Collar though, I'm sure you'll all be pleased to hear.

Also, I may drop Dollhouse. It hasn't been all that engaging this season, and after the last episode I have lost all faith that the show is going in a direction I can get on board with.

Un. Fucking. Believable. I hate how this show is more of a popularity contest than a talent contest, because I'm here for the talent. :|

On a more embarrassing note, I find Michael Buble really, really sexy. Not so much when he sings (his performance on the show tonight was pretty awful actually) but when he talks, because he's very intelligent, well spoken and charming.

Been busy, been kinda sick, spent the weekend watching films and TV and doing research on pseudonyms. Some highlights:

- Tom Welling's face and body.

- Fred Armison's guest spot on Parks and Recreation. Homg I haven't laughed that ridiculously much in such a long time.

- SEE YOU LATER RIKKI. You should have been Ethan and if you had been you wouldn't have been voted off. Olly got my vote this week because of his magnificent crotch work. Danyl didn't do it for me at all, but I thought Jamie was amazing. The twins were hilariously bad (and I'm kind of pleased they're coming back because they suck but they're entertaining).

- Christopher Mintz-Plasse in Role Models. I can't stand how cute he is!

- Abed and Troy's friendship on Community. ♥ Also, Joel McHale.

- Bored to Death, which I have picked up, and amazingly I really like all three of the leads, despite finding Ted Danson quite gross and having never cared for Jason Schwartzman. There's just something quite genius about him in this though, and Zach Galifianakis is sublime. This show doesn't tend to make me laugh out loud but I am into it enough to watch the first season.

- Jack and Liz!!!!!!

- The first episode of season 2 of Slings and Arrows. Hello lovely Geoffrey!

- The Shadow of the Wind. I plan to finish this tonight because it is totally excellent.

- Catherine Breillat's latest film which is part of the London Film Festival and I am seeing tonight. I am certain this will be a highlight.

- And on a non-fannish note, my Humanities seminar teacher, who is so gorgeous it is hard to concentrate on what he's saying.

Lowlights:

Cougar Town. Oh God, yes okay, I'm sorry, but I have watched the first four episodes and now I want to kill myself because according to this show all I have to look forward to is being unhealthily obsessed with my appearance. Why am I not watching The Good Wife? What is wrong with me?

There are not enough adjectives in the world to describe the wonder of Noisettes. If you haven't heard or seen them yet check out Never Forget You, a perfect, gorgeous and charming pop song, sung by a stunningly beautiful, uniquely gifted singer. ♥

( Flash Forward, 1.03: 137 Sekunden )



( Glee, 1.06: Vitamin D )

What the fuck, Cheryl?

( spoilers )

Why is Community the best new show this fall?

( Community, 1.03: Introduction to Film )

( Smallville, 9.02: Metallo )

( FlashForward, 1.02: White to Play )

( Parks and Recreation, 2.03: Beauty Pageant )

( The X Factor, Judges Houses )

( Glee, 1.05: The Rhodes Not Taken )

( Mad Men )


Oh I'm also loving HIMYM this season!

Oh America, you lucky, lucky people; soon you shall have the X Factor too!


( Boot Camp spoilers!! )

ETA! omg "Modern Family" is genius btw. It made me laugh hysterically.

Smallville is back!!! In case you were worried rest assured I will definitely not be dropping this silly show.

( Smallville, 9.01: Savior )


( Dollhouse, 2.01: Vows )


( Flash Forward, 1.01: No More Good Days )

What is it about him?!

I nearly died of happiness when he turned up way too briefly on Entourage from two weeks ago (which I watched last night). It's not his looks I love so much as his vibe. He has wonderful timing, he's totally at ease with being good looking but he doesn't take himself too seriously, and he has incredible presence. He just makes me feel good in the way that a real, pure movie star should. In a way that no one else in Entourage makes me feel, but that's neither here nor there (it's easy tv and I enjoy it but it's pretty obnoxiously bad a lot of the time, and Kevin Dillon is truly not as funny as he or the show seems to think he is).

I know I'm not alone but I also know that a lot of you find Zac totally ick (I used to be one of you! Then 17 Again happened to me and I'll never not love him again).

Poll #1461014
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 42

Do you love Zac Efron?

And now for something completely different. What are your thoughts on the following statement made by Fay Weldon:

Poll #1461015
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 25

"Men have difficulties writing about women from the inside out, and can only describe them; and vice versa."

I now feel that I can post again, because I've replied to comments, and the worst (and by worst I mean busiest) few weeks of work I've ever had are finally over.

~

Obviously I need to drop some shows, because A) I don't have the same kind of time I used to, B) I am watching a few things that blow and C) I will, as always, pick up a number of new shows this fall, because I'm going to university I'm not having a personality transplant.

So! The first show to go is Gossip Girl, which I've spoken about previously - I haven't watched the first episode and I don't intend to, lest I get sucked in to that stylish black hole of inanity once more. I'm feeling good about this decision.

Next in the crapper is Merlin. Yes I watched the first episode. No I can't believe I made it through the first series. It's so bad it makes Gossip Girl look like The Wire.

~

On the bright side, The X Factor is very exciting this year - I like a lot of singers from the auditions, although I'd say that overall the boys are more interesting than the girls. There are at least five guys I'm psyched about (no girl has made much of an impression on me), although Danyl, my original favourite from episode 1, is still the one I want to win.

~

I have fallen hard for Community and recommend you all watch the pilot. It's funny, smart and very, very cool.

~

The Emmys contain no real surprises so I'm not even going to comment on them except to say ( spoiler! )

~

Stephanie Zacharek hated Jennifer's Body quite a lot, and she dislikes Megan Fox quite a lot, and I don't really know what to do about that except say that I am still going to see it dagnabit and I hope this will be one of those rare occasions where I disagree with her.

I enjoyed 500 Days of Summer because of the wondrous Joseph Gordon Levitt, who is so charming he makes everyone around him less charming than they otherwise might be. If they ever put him in a film with James McAvoy my head will explode. My main problem with the film was ( spoilers!! )

~

The True Blood finale was boring, but while Eric is in it I will continue to watch.

Thanks everyone for the birthday messages and your kind encouragement with regards to all the changes I'm making in my life - I am very aware that I'm behind on comments and emails and I'm sorry about that, but I'll get there I promise. A special thanks to patrese1, tyrical and norwich36 for the adorable virtual gifts. And just really, love to you all. ♥

I have excellent news! I am writing this post in bed. ON MY SHINY NEW MACBOOK. Which I might just love more than I've ever loved any man.

I am also really enjoying Glee.

( Spoilers for 1.02: Showmance )

I start university in one month. I have enrolled, I have even paid the fees for the first term, so there is NO TURNING BACK. I will be working full time, studying part time for the next four years, and most likely doing volunteer work once a week for Victim Support. It's possible I may be overextending myself, in which case the voluntary work will have to, sadly, be put on the back-burner.

OH MY GOD.

Goodbye forever, fandom. /kidding (hopefully)

Ack I'm so busy at the moment I have no time for much of anything, so let it be known, fandom, that I'm terribly sorry for neglecting you. I love Alexander Skarsgård a lot and it's nice actually being into the new It dude in fandom because normally not so much (die Jensen die) and please keep on posting about him, flist. With pictures. I appreciate it.

One thing I've been watching is this amazing documentary called "Walk On By: The Story of Popular Song" and I just finished the 60s episode. Here are two interesting things I learned:

DID YOU KNOW that the most played song of the twentieth century is "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" by the Righteous Brothers?

I know right! That song rules and all but I would not have guessed that in a gazillion years.

Secondly, Paul McCartney's favourite ever song is "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys. Brian Wilson claims that Paul once said it was the prettiest song ever written. And actually, it might well be.


Poll #1452827
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 65

But which is the prettiest Beatles song?

Kate, you forgot:

I'm catching up slowly on my television. I have lots to say about Weeds but no one cares about that, so I'll talk about True Blood instead.

( True Blood, 2.09 and 2.10 )

WHOOO. I just watched episode one and I'm officially psyched out of my mind because I have a favourite already. Danyl's audition is one of the best, if not THE best, I've ever seen and you all must watch it right now. He is gorgeous and a great singer, but more than that, he is a staggeringly good performer. I'm smitten!

ENJOY.

I'm back in London but so very busy with work (we're currently understaffed) that I don't have a huge amount of time for fandom at the moment, although I'm hoping that will change soon.

One piece of Veronica Mars related fannish news:

( Spoilery for 1.18 onwards )

I'm finding it cold here. It's really warm outside, but my parents house is like an icebox. I miss central heating.

The wedding was excellent, although I was so jetlagged I had to leave before it turned into carnage. Two of the boys ended up in hospital - one had a dance floor accident which resulted in an enormous shiner, the other simply fell over whilst standing and cracked his head. LOL. Idiots.

I'm doing nothing but relaxing, and trying to recuperate. I am not keeping up with any of my TV, and I'm barely looking at the internet, but I am watching plenty of stuff. I discovered that my awesome mother bought Slings and Arrows season one, on the strength of me telling her it was really good even though I'd never seen it, and we are both totally in love with it. We're four episodes in. Paul Gross is *amazing*. And why did no one tell me Rachel McAdams was in it! She's like totally one of my favourite actresses!

Also, I brought Veronica Mars season one to show my mother. We're four episodes into that also, and Mum called Logan "the creepy one", and I was all, "JUST YOU WAIT. Everyone falls for Logan." And she was all, "I'd be very surprised" and now I'm slightly concerned because what if she never stops finding him creepy? I'd probably have to divorce her.

And now I'm going to finish my book.

I have decided to ship Zac Efron with Megan Fox, even though some gossip I read recently suggested that poor Vanessa Hudgens is jealous of their "friendship".

( Proof of jealousy )

Or maybe they can be my new ot3?



According to the internet their celebrity power name will be Megafron. Perfect.

A lot of Megan Fox fans really hate Brian Austin Green and wish she was with Shia Lebouf instead, which is weird to me because BAG is super hot and Shia is a dweeb.

( Proof of this. )

Not that it matters who Megan used to date because from now on we are going to be rooting for her budding relationship with the Zef.

( Supporting evidence )

Plus quotes to support my position:

"I'm obsessed with him," she told a Page Six spy.

"What you don't know is that Zac and I are the same person. It's like Janet and Michael [Jackson], we are the same person."

And:

During an interview for her new film 'Jennifer's Body', in which she plays a cheerleader who literally eats men, Megan revealed that in real life she'd love to take a bite out of 'High School Musical' hunk Zac Efron!

"I think he'd taste like a strawberry cupcake!" Fox said.

It's so on!

~

I haven't talked much about TV lately but I've been watching a ton of it. I've seen the Leverage Pilot (♥Aldis Hodge♥); the unaired Dollhouse pilot (far superior to the aired one) and the unaired 13th episode (not that good! It made me feel like I'd been horribly spoiled for the ending of the show); Hung (I can't get enough of Tanya, such a downtrodden, sweet-natured pimp, such an optimistic, weary loser); Weeds (funny); True Blood (I'm an episode behind now but I'm loving this season); and best of all, I'm halfway through season 3 of Rescue Me. Which I love more than anything. I can't believe I waited so long for this and rest assured once I'm done with it I'll be downloading the rest and catching up because it's amazing. I don't know when I started finding Dennis Leary sexy (I used to hate him) but there is something about him that does it for me now. The relentless sarcasm?

~

I'm off to New Zealand tomorrow! I have never needed a holiday so badly in my entire life. My health is not great at the moment: I have (seemingly) undiagnosable abdominal problems, which I am starting to suspect are stress related. I can't wait to see my mum and dad, and Kirsten, and I'm looking forward to David and Hannah's wedding, and my dad's 70th birthday, and sitting by the fire (it's winter there), and eating home grown veggies, and drinking gorgeous wine (in moderation, of course), and watching lots of movies, and relaxing. I'm going to miss Charlie terribly though.

I got to go to the zoo for free yesterday! And I saw a TIGER:



( More tiger and a camel )


( Plus bonus Charlie being cute )


( Plus bonus eagle being cool )

ETA. Oh yeah, and every cat person loves a happy kitty yes? Well check out this (crazy) video and see the world's happiest cat:

Deer Licks Cat

Not many surprises. I actually copy and pasted last year's list and there weren't that many changes.

( 2009 Emmy nominations - the main categories )

And if she's not there yet, nominate her yourself.

Vote Buffy!

Vote Liz Lemon!

Vote Lois Lane!

Vote Veronica Mars!

Then once you're done nominating and voting, SPREAD THE WORD.

Congratulations to me!

Zac Efron? I am on board that train, finally, because while High School Musical makes me want to stab myself in the forehead, "17 Again" rocked my freaking socks off. It was like, oh dear God how charming and funny can this kid BE? Please gtfo Matthew Perry! You were never as pretty as Zac, and he will hopefully age a lot better than you did! Okay, the plot was lamecore, but the execution was generally good, especially all the scenes featuring Zac and Leslie Mann (disturbingly hot), and the very funny Thomas Lennan, as Ned. Is Zac truly that awesome with a basketball or was that scene in the lunch hall cgi'd?

He's not on my lust list though, because that would be creepy.

My current top six:

1. Damian Lewis
2. Jason Dohring
3. Tom Welling
4. Joseph Gordon Levitt
5. Alexander Skarsgård
6. James McAvoy

Yours?

( Weeds, 5.05: Van Nuys )

~

I also watched the "10 Things I Hate About You" pilot.

Being such a huge fan of the movie this was always going to be a hard sell, but I think Lindsey Shaw and Ethan Peck are well cast as Kat and Patrick, and Dana Davis as Chastity is pretty funny. Nicholas Braun will never ever ever compare to Joseph Gordon Levitt (♥), of course, and really, the show can never compare to the film because the film is a Classic (yes it is don't argue with me). Whatevs, I'll still watch, for a while at least, and hopefully it'll become more original and interesting as it progresses.

I saw that Michelle Pfeiffer/Harrison Ford movie, "What Lies Beneath" last night for the first time. Jesus H Christ it scared the shit out of me! Objectively I get that it's an exercise in silliness, but you gotta respect the craftsmanship. Truly heartstopping suspense is a hard thing to pull off, but Robert Zemeckis was clearly paying attention in Hitchcock's classroom. I actually had to watch chunks of the film through my fingers.

~

James Franco cracks me up.

~

A really good article: Why "Bruno" is bad for the gays.

(Not that I needed a reason to avoid "Bruno" like the plague - SBC's brand of comedy appeals to me about as much as a poke in the eye - but Rakoff's argument struck a chord with me because I've found the assaultive marketing campaign in recent weeks pretty darn cringe-worthy.)

~

And now for a quick but important poll.

( Eric Northman. )

Poll #1427279
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 37

Would you hit that?

I prefer him with:

Who is hotter?

Thanks to serenography for alerting me to this trailer because it is absolutely the best thing I've ever seen in my ENTIRE LIFE, no exaggeration, and if you watch it and are not then totally psyched out of your mind about this film, you probably ought to see a doctor.

Exclusive! The Red Band Trailer for Jennifer's Body!

Look at the freaking cast! Megan Fox (OH GOD I WORSHIP YOU), Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody, Kyle Gallner, Chris Pratt, JK SIMMONS (who's not in the trailer but whatever), and it's written by Juno scribe Diablo Cody, and it's about MEGAN FOX (spoiler alert) KILLING BOYS. THAT IS AWESOME.

Am I a fool for believing a trailer? YES PROBABLY BUT I DON'T CARE. THIS FILM CAN'T POSSIBLY NOT BE GREAT.

I irrationally hate the made up words hir and ze, as used by people who choose not to presume a gender when they're talking about someone. I think they sound look fucking stupid.

I'm finding "This." to be an extremely irritating response to anything now. Mix it up, fandom.

The word "problematic" is also getting on my nerves. I vote we start saying "problematical" instead, for the lulz.

eta: dear metafandom, don't link to this post plz.

The 4th of July party was good. Everyone liked my Lois Lane costume (which was just me in normal party wear, flashing my press pass at people whilst saying, "Lois Lane, Investigative Reporter"). Lex was dressed as Hunter S Thompson, which meant we began the night arguing about whether or not he killed himself. I was, of course, the winner, insisting to Lex that he'd shot himself in the head a few years ago, and Lex was all, "no that was William S Burroughs" and I was all, "no, he died ages ago but he didn't shoot himself". He didn't believe me until someone else confirmed it, but that's okay because I was right.

~

This morning was terrible. For the first time since I got him Charlie didn't turn up for breakfast, so naturally I freaked the fuck out and spent the morning crying and panicking and fearing the worst, only to go home at half eleven to find the little sod perfectly happy and fine and pleased with himself. So now I'm back at work and in a much better mood.

~

Enty revealed his blind items this weekend on Crazy Days and Nights. For scandalous tales of celebrities behaving like douchebags (and occasionally like diamonds), scroll through the first several pages and feel better about yourself.

A very enjoyable pilot indeed! Spoilers and some brief commentary behind the cut.

( Hung, 1.01: Pilot )

Yesterday I watched two terrible movies:

"Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" because it's Megan Fox's first film. Avoid like the plague. It's like, you think with a title like that it would be passably amusing, mindless fun, but in reality it's deeply unfunny, mindless drivel. I WANT MY TWO HOURS BACK. (Megan was cute though.)

Then I watched "Pulse" because I'm a Kristen Bell fangirl who apparently must watch every shitty film she's ever made (including "Fanboys") even though I'm not like that. Normally I don't care enough about actors I like to watch their suckiest endeavours, and actually, I will never ever watch Kristen's episodes of Heroes so maybe I haven't changed after all and I was only bored. "Pulse" was kind of awesomely bad though, in that I found it highly entertaining (and quite scary in places!) even while it was being embarrassing.

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I am working my way through Catherine Breillat's oeuvre, because I love her take on male/female relationships and that her films often feature explicit sex: in fact, "Romance" and "Anatomy of Hell" both star porn legend Rocco Siffredi, and yes, we do get to see plenty of his magnificent, hard penis, which Breillat clearly admires greatly. Now, this is a man who also stars in a series of pornos called "Animal Trainer", which are as brutal and misogynistic as they sound (I watched part of one a few years ago and found it traumatising) so I never imagined I would find him attractive, but in Breillat's films he's interesting and sexy (although his French accent is horrific).

( Anatomy of Hell got dire reviews but I found it riveting. The story is simple: a depressed, beautiful woman pays a handsome gay man to spend four nights watching her... )

Sometimes when I'm bored I google my LJ name to see what the internet is saying about me. This is what I found out recently:

1. I feature on a web page entitled "how to give a wank". At first I was all, "did I post instructions? That sounds like something I might do!" But actually it links to a post I made about a Smallville wank, which is less interesting.

2. One of my posts about Weeds is linked on a Martin Donovan fansite, I think because I mention how much I love Martin Donovan. It's described as a review, but that's kind of stretching it. I guess I'm the only person ever to talk about Martin Donovan in relation to Weeds?

Google your name and tell me what you find.

What happened to literaryll? I hope she's not gone for good.

Do you know what we all need? No? I'll tell you.

We need a mindless poll, followed by an equally mindless discussion, about how good and/or bad certain hotass fictional characters are in bed.

( Cut for awesomeness )

I have 2 dreamwidth codes - let me know if you want one.

The metafandom reader subscribed to my dreamwidth account. That's weird because I don't actually use it. Are they trying to encourage me to? Should I post some meta to my DW account about how much I don't think (the majority of) lj fandom is ever going to migrate there?

Have any of you seen Catherine Breillat's arresting and unforgettable "The Last Mistress"? If not, you should.

I adored it. The central relationship, between Vellini and Ryno, has got everything I love best: passion, hate, devotion at the expense of everything and everyone else, fun, cruelty, helplessness; it's epic, deeply sexual, and dangerous. (Thinking on it, they remind me a lot of Veronica and Logan.)

The way Breillat trains the camera on the exquisite Fu'ad Ait Aattou (who plays Ryno) is almost perverse. It's not that I find myself particularly sexually attracted to him, it's that he's so phenomenally beautiful that anyone with eyes, male or female, would enjoy gazing at him all day, and Breillat clearly understands this (seriously, she makes love to him with the camera). And then there's Asia Argento's Vellini, whose raw, untamed sexuality practically leaps out of the screen and eats you whole.

---

Cats are stupid!

I love all the outraged comments at the bottom. "BUT MY CAT OPENS DOORS AND IS THEREFORE A GENIUS". LOL.

~

H&M are collaborating with Jimmy Choo!!! This excited Sharan and me so much that we put the date in our diaries (14 November) and we're planning to get up early, queue for ages, buy some shoes and then spend the day drinking bubbly.

True Blood is back!

( True Blood, 2.01: Nothing But the Blood )

Title: A Hard Habit to Break
Rating: NC17
Pairing: Veronica/Logan
Word count: 5,630
Spoilers: Up to 3.20
Acknowledgements: Many thanks to my three awesome beta readers: annaalamode, turnonmyheels and goddessleila, whose help I found invaluable.
Summary: Nothing gets Veronica over her failed relationships better than Logan Echolls.



( A Hard Habit to Break )

I'm going to a 4th of July party on the 4th of July and the theme is "come dressed as your favorite american - alive/dead or imaginary".

I pretty much hate theme parties, mostly because I'm lazy, but I've been told they won't let me in if I don't dress up. But who should I go as?

My two favourite ideas so far are Liz Lemon and Sydney Bristow. If I go as Sydney I could totally wear my flatmate's pink wig.

I welcome any other ideas though, and would be particularly interested in hearing about women with bangs.

This is why I have nothing but love for the delicious Megan Fox. I seriously flip out with love for her every time I read snippets from her interviews, so you can imagine my joy when I saw that Jezebel had compiled her "50 Best (& Worst) Bon Mots". Haters to the left, this young woman is hilarious, intelligent, frank and refreshingly inappropriate.

A few of my favourites:

"Well let me tell you what [High School Musical] is really about. High School Musical is about this group of boys who are all being molested by the basketball coach, who is Zac Efron's dad. It's about them struggling to cope with this molestation. And they have these little girlfriends, who are their beards. Oh, and somehow there's music involved. You have to get stoned to watch it." - Esquire, June 2009

"Really my only job is to look attractive. I was so angry about that, that I went in the opposite direction. I turned into a really butch bull dyke for, like, six months... Then I went in the other direction. From being a giant motorcycle-riding lesbian, I turned into a zombie. I lost, like, 30 pounds. I was like, 'I'm losing weight for the movie'. I was telling myself I was being method (method acting), which was so outrageous and ridiculous and not true." - British GQ, July 2009

"I really enjoy having sex, and that's offensive to some people. Women are the quickest to call other women sluts, which is sad. I haven't met a lot of men who've said, 'You like having sex? What a dirty whore you are!' That's because they wish their wives or girlfriends would have more sex with them." - FHM, 2008

LOLOLOL. Also, hi. GUH:

( I'd be friends with her! )

I'm very nearly finished my Veronica/Logan futurefic, and I'm scared because it desperately needs someone to beta the shit out of it but I know there aren't too many fans of the show left on my flist (or anywhere), let alone experienced beta reading fans of the show. That said, can any of you help me? If not, do you know: where else I might ask/of anyone who might be willing to lend a hand?

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This post about Tom and Michael's reunion at the Laker's game made my day.