DEAR SUMMER TV,



ILY.

KTHNXBAI.

HAI SO. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE NEW MERLIN AND I CAN'T TILL TOMORROW AFTERNOON BECAUSE I HAVE WORK AND STUPID STUFF LIKE THAT BUT I KIND OF ALREADY KNOW WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE I CHECKED THE F-LIST AND IT HAS EXPLODED. I'M STILL EXCITED TO SEE IT THOUGH.

IN OTHER NEWS, I CAN ALMOST IGNORE BRADLEY'S SCRUFF HERE. ALMOST. AND ONLY CAUSE HE IS DOING MANLY THINGS WITH A SWORD SO I'M A BIT DISTRACTED.



EEE! KATIE AND COLIN BEING ALL TEASING. THE FLIPPY SWORD TRICK! SA-WOOOOOOOON.

Exams are over and I'm pretty sure I'll make it through alright but I am over it and blissfully in that state of mind where I pretend all the horrible rubbish things I've written/said/done this past week don't exist. Because I have three glorious months of freedom ahead! Well, not so free and not so glorious but shut up. I am free from the shackles of tertiary education for now.

I had my audition today and it was horrendous and affirmed my belief that I have no social skills whatsoever. My brother found out by snooping in my room even though I had planned to avoid telling anybody IRL, especially my family (in order to side-step the inevitable interrogation and jokes at my expense) but my attempt to be organised thwarted that hope and now my family is altering between making fun of me and constantly asking me how it went. To which I reply with a grunt. Also, I forgot the lyrics of my song halfway through and pretty epically failed on the whole y'know, singing front, so that was a bust. Anyhoo.

I have a new Neil Gaiman novel (American Gods! Man in the book store looked at me speculatively for some reason when I bought it, possibly because I was wearing my shortest skirt and a vacant expression) so I am probably going to spend all of tomorrow reading that. I spent this afternoon lounging in front of the air conditioning (it was almost 30 degrees today! Sweltering!) reading a Jaclyn Moriarty book and it was strange but entertaining. Then I had an afternoon nap without feeling guilty JUST BECAUSE I CAN.

That episode of Doctor Who where Martha Jones saves the world was on tv tonight (oh em gee. FACE OF BO. I GET IT.) and I watched it because my broadband limit won't let me watch the new episode for fear of having to pay 50c for every MB over the 20GB my siblings and I squabble over. But I shall find some way of seeing it soon. I promise. In other fan-ish news, both my number one shows were epic this week. Bones was freaking awesome. There is no flail large enough to describe my pure joy during this episode. And Merlin, well. It tugged on heartstrings and everyone was beautiful (angsty boys! I love it!) so I was pleased. I'm not sure how I feel about the ending but I'm realising it probably could not have happened in any other way but I kind of like where this will take our lovable duo in terms of how it all goes down when the ~secret is finally revealed. Please feel free to dance around in the comments (I await with my capslock at the ready :D)

So, I have Solstice fic to finish and my aim is to get it done within the next two days (ambitious much?) and I give everyone full permission to kick me in the butt about this until it is done. I had this weird notion in my head that it was due on the 21st but according to the comm it's the end of November right? Also, I will probably need a beta (someone who is not afraid of horrendous sentence structure and also who can explain to me how the process works very slowly and in easy words because I've never actually had one before) and look pleadingly at anyone on the flist who can spare some time to read my drivel and harass me because I am terrible at motivating myself (it's a character flaw. We'll work on it this summer).

Um, that is all I think. Direct me to any sort of important posts on the flist (i.e. fic! holiday card posts! episode reaction flailing!). I am thinking of jumping on the band wagon and sending holiday cards too so there will be a post up soon with all those details. Remind me.

I HEART YOU ALL WITH THE FIERCENESS OF A THOUSAND SUNS AND CAN YOU TELL I'M IN A GOOD MOOD? IF NOT, I HOPE THIS CAPLSOCK PERSUADES YOU. It would have come sooner but then I wouldn't have been able to stop and the whole thing would have been a ridiculous eyesore, even though I would have enjoyed the exuberant sentiment it exudes immensely.

Hey guys, I'm baaaaaaaack.

First off, I'd just like to say that I (finally) caught up with the new Merlin episodes. I know, I can't believe it took me this long either. Suffice to say that my reactions consisted of crazy flailing over Merlin/Arthur moments (2x06? Will furthermore be known as the episode which broke my brain. I mean, almost hugs and Uther in love? How could it possibly get any better while still being rated PG13?), lamenting over the lack of Morgana in these episodes and laughing at the Gwen/Arthur subplot being all ridiculous and inconsistent even though somewhere really deep down I know I want to ship them.

As usual, procrastination has brought me crawling back to LJ begging for forgiveness. Or at least someone to give me a good kick up the rear because in deference to my usual tactics, this time the essay is actually three days overdue and it's 2500 words and I haven't written a thing. Yeah. I don't know why I'm so horribly nonchalant about this essay writing business. It may be because the Arts department is really lax and only takes off 1 mark per day. Or maybe it's the end of the year and I'm just not all that excited about counter-terrorism and Australia's legislative response. 

In other news, I've got an audition for the production of Sweeney Todd that MUSE (the USYD musical theatre society) is putting on which is a tiny bit stupid for several reasons, mostly involving my lack of any talent whatsoever, but they say they need a big chorus and I feel that itch to be involved and we'll just never mention it again if it goes horribly okay?

I had my last first year class on Thursday (there was supposed to be one on Friday afternoon but I decided the 50 minute lecture I'd spend half an hour getting to was so not worth the effort on the last Friday of semester. Hello, unifail!attitude.) and I can't believe I'm almost done with a whole year at university. Also the fact that I pretty much retained nothing over the course of the year is slightly disheartening but with the lovely long summer break looming, I'm giving in to optimism. Plus there are still the exams to contend with so I don't get to be properly excited till those are finished with,

So I obviously have a lot to catch up on. Let me know if there was anything big and fan-ish that I should check out because trawling through 400 entries on my friends list sounds appealing but will just make me feel guilty tomorrow later today. Oh, and I'm terribly sorry for missing it but a belated
Peace out folks xx

Hey guys, remember me? Haha, I joke.

Anyway. I really don't have much of a reason for not being around lately. I just needed a few days to step back from everything and just, I don't know. Re-evaluate maybe.

I wanted to let you all know that I'm so sorry for not being around and that I'll be back really soon. I just need a few days away from fandom and facebook and the internet to chill a little.

♥