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I suck at Top 5's but I wanna play with everybody else: Ask me my fannish [music, movie, television, books] Top Five. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really! And I will answer them in a new post in the comments.

"White Collar" is a pretty show.
New York is a pretty place.
Matt Bomer is a pretty boy.
(So is Sharif Atkins, actually.)
And Natalie Morales is just made of win.

[Particularly when she breaks into her Tom Cruise Run (see Middleman 1x12 commentary for details).]


ETA: Snap Cup of Love Meme.

Stolen from green_queen:
Post a link to your entries on this day two years ago, last year, nine months ago, six months ago, three months ago and one month ago. If there was no entry on that day, link the closest date.

2 years: I saw "Macbeth" and watched The Office. [25 Oct 2007]

Last year: I watched some Supernaturnal, made a sheet sign for my mom, fell off my porch, and smoked a cigar. [25 Oct 2008] ♥

9 months: UD Habitat poker tournament! [25 January 2009]

6 months: I watched Dollhouse and went to Senior Gala. [25 April 2009]

3 months: We'd just moved into the new house and I posted pictures of our move. [26 July 2009]

1 month: I watched Dollhouse and Psych. [25 Sept 2009]


One year ago was a damn good day! Okay, falling off the porch wasn't fun, but it does make for a good story.

Ask me a fandom, and I will tell you:
+ OTP
+ Runner-up
+ Honorable mention(s)
+ Crack pairing(s)
+ Ship everyone else seems to like, but I don't

ETA: I'm listening to a radio interview with James Roday and Maggie Lawson and THEY ARE SO ADORABLE IT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS.

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Last day! How about a little picspam of random pictures I love? [Mostly 'cause I can't think of anything else...]

( Ummmm, some BBT and Dr. Horrible, Quinto and Dule Hill, and other stuff. )

Okay, that's all I got.

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An oldie, yes, but a goodie:

TVGuide.com: Do you think an office romance can actually work?
T.J. Thyne: I say fall. Fall hard. Fall in love with whomever that person is, wherever they are — office, grocery store, wherever. It hurts. For sure it hurts not to be loved in return, but it's love, right? It's worth it. Especially when it works out. In my mind, it is absolutely, unquestionably worth the attempt to just... see.

Almost forgot to do this! We're leaving for Family Weekend at Mizzou; I get to see Ste today! :D

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EVERYONE REMEMBERS THE OLD REGAL CINEMAS OPENING, RIGHT? ♥

01. Mom, Dad, and I went to the mall tonight. We went to Sears so my dad could look at grills but Mom won the night with this quote: "I'm gonna go look at washers and dryers and see if Felicia Day is here." She got a hug for that one. We had Auntie Anne's pretzels for dinner and watched obnoxious teenagers get thrown out by mall cops. Then we stopped by Borders and I bought Joe Haldeman's The Accidental Time Machine and Mom bought me Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman 'cause I couldn't decide and it was gonna be 50% with the book she bought. Or something. Whatever, I got two new books!

02. Looooooved Psych tonight. Buzz needs to be on more often. Streetcar named Shawnsire, LOL.

03. New Boooones promo! Has nothing to do with anything except the cast looking ADORABLE and dancing with skeletons again. Seriously. Adorable. (And TJ looks hot. Like always.)

04.

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My favorite book cover design sites: The Book Design Review, Shelved Books, Readerville, and Fwis Book Covers.

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Usually when I love a book enough to recommend it, I can't shut up about it. So if I've rambled about a book in my LJ, I recommend it. But, since I'm reading Extreme Measures right now, I thought I'd recommend the Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn since I don't know anyone besides my dad who reads them.

They're definitely not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but they are awesome. They're political thrillers about Mitch Rapp, a counter-intelligence operative (aka CIA assassin) doing whatever it takes to keep America safe from terrorists. They're very detailed and interesting to read; Flynn does a lot of research for these books and it shows. I have definitely enjoyed all the books in the series so far but my favorite is probably the first - Transfer of Power - in which terrorists manage to take over the White House. It's fantastic. So if you like thrillers or, as my mom says, books that "have terrorists trying to blow up the world or something," I highly suggest you check out the Mitch Rapp series. There are 9 books so far: Transfer of Power, The Third Option, Separation of Power, Executive Power, Memorial Day, Consent to Kill, Act of Treason, Protect and Defend and Extreme Measures. The tenth book, Pursuit of Honor, comes out in October (but my dad and I are cheap and lazy and always wait for the paperback so I won't read it for a while, lol).

So if you like thrillers, give Flynn a shot.

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I don't remember where I saved this from but I love it.

A meme! Stolen from lots o' people.

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In honor of finishing my reread of Soon I Will Be Invincible, _allshallfade finally reading it, and the fact that Jonathan Coulton is just plain cool, I present the song that always reminds me of Doctor Impossible:

"The Future Soon" - Jonathan Coulton

And have a cover! "The Future Soon (JoCo cover)" - I Fight Dragons

Meme from hobbitofkobol: Reply to this post and I'll give you the name of one person/character. Then answer the questions with pictures of the person/character you were tagged with in your own LJ.

( Guess who I got? )

Meme stolen from hobbitofkobol, green_queen, etc.

Using only EPISODE names from ONE TV SHOW, cleverly answer these questions.
Try not to repeat an episode title. It’s a lot harder than you think!

Pick your Show: The West Wing

Are you a male or female?: The Crackpots and These Women
Describe yourself: College Kids (still feel like one...)
How do you feel: Stirred
Describe where you currently live: The War at Home
If you could go anywhere where would you go?: 20 Hours in L.A.
Your favorite form of transportation: 100,000 Airplanes
Your best friend is: Ellie
What’s the weather like: Bad Moon Rising
Favorite time of day: Night Five
If your life was a TV show, it would be called: On the Day Before
What is life to you: Evidence of Things Not Seen
Your fear: Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail
What is the best advice you have to give: The Fall's Gonna Kill You
Thought for the Day: We Killed Yamamoto
How I would like to die: Gone Quiet
My soul’s present condition: Game On
My motto: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

Stolen from green_queen and truffle_shuffle:

Ask me for five favorites, and I will either give you five favorites or give you a long, drawn-out explanation for why I can't choose!

I'm not promising anything, but I am curious: The "You Should Write..." Meme!
my thread here

And now back to the Warehouse 13 Comic-Con panel. Woot!

01. Meme! Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.
zombres gave me: ( Dr. Jack Hodgins, Christopher Moore, The Middleman, Joss Whedon, and The West Wing. )

02. Two more reviews for The Middleman DVDs: ComicsWorthReading and EclipseMagazine. The latter give us this little awesome tidbit:

As an added little bonus, the back covers of the slimpaks [which are designed to look like The Middleman and Wendy’s personnel files] that contain the four DVDs feature four of the many fake ID cards used by The Middleman and Dubbie in their investigations – there are IDs for each for the following: U.S. Department of the Interior; Atkinson Memorial Insane Asylum; American Shrimp & Crab Processors, and the Mossad.

Speaking of TMM, check out RTVW Online's photo gallery from the panel read. They're all so darn adorable.

03. Chuck's Comic-Con panel is up on Hulu. "Awright, nuggets!" I love this cast so much. Adam and Zac in particular.

04. Really random (but cute) interview with Eddie McClintock and Joanne Kelly; they're kind of awesome. I suppose I'll stop my crazy Middlemarathon tomorrow for Warehouse 13.

05. Bamber's gonna be on Dollhouse! Bamber! And his arms! ;)

06. Even numbers.

Meme, stolen from a few people...

Comment and give me THREE FANDOMS I apparently love. And then I'll answer these questions about them!

01: What got you into this fandom in the first place?
02: Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
03: Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
04: Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
05: Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?

*sigh* Bye-bye Pushing Daisies. You will be missed. :(

And now, before I go to bed (before midnight omg!): THE TESTIMONIALS OF AWESOME MEME! // MINE!

01. YOUREMINDMEOF...

02. Picspams! Laura Roslin vs. Jed Bartlet / Chris Pine / The cast of Star Trek / I'M ON A SHIP

03. Icons! HIMYM/Chris Pine/Glee and Chuck

04. I finished Odd Hours today. I didn't enjoy it as much as the first three Odd books, but it was still Odd so I did enjoy it. The end didn't really feel like an end though; c'mon Koontz, you gotta give us more Odd! I'm about to start Storm Front by Jim Butcher. It's the first Dresden Files book; Jack got it for me for graduation. He's been trying to get me to read this series for a long while.

05. 66 days until The Middleman DVDs come out.

06. Aaaaand to make this an even number, check out this gorgeous picture of Neil Gaiman and his dog, Cabal.