switchbladesis

1. I am more proud of this study than I have any right to be. There's further plans. This (and, okay, also this post) is only the start. There is a theme. A mystery, if you will. There isn't a five-year plan, because this isn't for syndication or anything like that, and face it, I'm not that organized.

I did figure out a little bit about tumblr's interface while doing it (mainly, I had to get into the html editor and be horrified by all of the div tags). And I should probably work on getting things a little more visually appealing. Not that they need to be, but remembering to add the generic tags quickly and in the right order, adding a gif or interesting visual outside of the cut. I'm still figuring out how to make my work seem appealing in a visual-heavy area, and I think it's showing.

Not that this is an important life skill or anything, but if I'm doing something, I want to do it right.

2. I've managed to write about 4,000 words this month. Which is not a lot, by any stretch of the imagination, but a lot more than I'd managed in months previous. And not only that, but the things I've managed to write are things I can imagine writing more of, and I'm working on different types of voice comfortably. We'll see how this goes.

3. GISHWHES starts tonight. I was trying really hard to convince someone else to sign up, and that just meant that I signed up instead. Uh. Whoops? I'm excited about my team this year, though! They already figured out the spreadsheet!

4. I've been fluctuating a lot between DO ALL THE THINGS and being happy and productive, and laying down and feeling like I never accomplish anything, and being surly and frustrated. Part of this is because I'm on the job market again, only unlike last time, I don't have a huge nest egg saved up because weddings. I'm sure I'll get through it fine, but until then.

5. My mother apparently had a gang member throw a gun into her back yard? It was a gun that someone was shooting off into the sky, not at someone, during a funeral procession, but still. The idiots were apparently just shooting it off right in front of a cop, who called it in, and they bolted into my mother's next door neighbor's back yard. My mother's next door neighbor is a retired police lieutenant, so he just chilled while the beat cops got the guy out of his bushes and grabbed a ladder so they could confiscate the evidence off his roof. I don't know for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if an invitation to a barbeque followed.

I long for the days when gang members were at least slightly less idiotic and more professional than they are now.

I have internet at home!

Okay, so I've had internet at home for about a week now, but then I came down with the plague and spent all of my time sleeping. Or explaining things to people on the internet, but I'm pretty sure I argue with people on the internet in my sleep these days.

I'm working at walking away. The problem is that I tend to walk away into a new conversation, which then involves someone else getting into an argument.

(This is all non-anon, so if you're really curious, you can probably find it. It's pretty predictable stuff.)

Anyway! I also watched TV, too! And now I will tell you all about it.

( Revolution )

Also, there was a spoiler clip for Supernatural released, and I will now explain my feelings thusly.

( Supernatural 8.1 )

So, what'd the rest of you think?

SUPERNATURAL 7x17

Spoilers: I liked this one, except for maybe the pacing.

( Supernatural 7x17 )

Legend of Korra, episodes one and two:

So, this is available legally now here (or here, for those who aren't in the US). Yes, I realize most of you just downloaded this last week.

( Spoilers underneath the cut )

First of all, because some of you may not be aware of this and should be:


tentacle_fest

Second of all, I watched the premiere of Awake yesterday, and I think the only downside to it is the premiere is so lovely, so beautifully made and acted, and works so well by itself that I almost don't want to watch the next episode, for fear that it won't quite be as good.

....

And I was going to post longer, more in-depth thoughts about it under a cut, but I'm not really sure what to say. It's about grief, in a very real way. And the last scene is killer. Um, if anyone wants to engage me in the comments about it, they can?

For those who don't follow me on twitter, I lost my phone last week, which is why I'm not taking any of my turns in words with friends.

New phone is ordered (and coming up from Memphis), but I don't know when it's going to actually arrive, and once it does, how long it will take me to get it activated.  But, uh, just letting everyone know why I've stopped checking my phone every ten minutes...

The other side effect of me losing my phone is that I can no longer compulsively check the time.  The way I have been for the past, oh, say, ten to twelve years.  My brain feels weird, guys.


Anyway, the actual reason for this post: Festivids Recs! I really wish I paid more attention to vidding year-round; I just don't seem to have the time or the patience than I used to to find good vids. But Festivids not only typically has high quality work, it has high quality work with material I love but don't see all the time, which makes it even more fantastic.  Here's some recs, though I should note-I mostly watched series I was familiar with, and haven't gotten to many of the download-only vids yet.

( Recs for Maru, Middleman, The Wire, Mad Men and more.. )


Edited to add:  I normally don't do much for valentine's day, but I found these and love them all.  Most especially:   Your love is like the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation... It supports me;   I gave you my heart and all you gave me was a tote bag;  and I want you like I want Carl Kasell's voice on my home answering machine. 

While everyone's been busy hating one social network today, the social network we were bitter about over the weekend (and before that), announced their fix. Which is: they're keeping the real names policy, just warning people before they delete. Also, you can search by nicknames.

. . . not that much better, Google.

For fun, more articles on trolls, anonymity, and google plus:

An article that appeared this Sunday claiming that anonymity leads to trolling

If your website is full of assholes it's your fault

Geek Feminism's wiki on the many different ways that someone can be hurt by a real names policy

Another geek feminism article asking for evidence that real name communities are better behaved than communities with pseudonyms.

( More on my thoughts on this under the cut )

Today I found out that there's a spinning wheel part called 'the mother of all'. (it's the bit that holds the bobbins and the flyer). I don't know how this escaped my notice before.
Longish talk about the last two weeks of Doctor Who will go up later: this entry got kind of long. Meaning it's five pages in word. Uh, whoops?

Overall: I really, really liked the first hour and a half, but was less enthused by the second half of the second episode.

( The Things I Liked )

( Things I didn't like )

( On The Ending )

( Other Random Thoughts )

LINKS TO DECLUTTER MY TABS:

*On the making of the Game of Thrones Opening Credits. Also, the heavy metal version of the Game of Thrones theme, over the opening.credits: AWESOME

*One Hundred Articles You Should Read Available online.

*On The Doctor, Influence, and Violence.

*Watch Mark Sheppard through the ages

And not a link, but a random thought: If Balthazar decided to envessel Tyrion Lannister, would anyone notice the difference? Up to and including the point where Balthazar-as-Tyrion angel-teleports away. My guess is no.

( SUPERNATURAL 6x20 OMG OMG OMG )