Sunday, January 06, 2008

Supernatural Friday Five, my blogging fall back

When I have no idea what to blog about I can do the Supernatural Friday Five. That's genius!


Theme: Questions related to aspects/actors of Supernatural.


1.) Of the gag reels from season 1 and season 2 (if you still haven't seen them, you can find them on youtube), which scene was the most memorable to you? Why?
I like the part in the season 2 gag reel that is from the episode "Heart". In the scene Dean is supposed to be working with the gun as he says his lines, then Sam is supposed to open a beer bottle as he says his. In the gag reel Jensen is having problems with the gun and Jared is bugging him about getting it right. Then when it's Jared's turn he can't open the beer bottle. I like this scene because I think it shows how their chemistry is real and how they kind of act like brothers in real life. I think the fact that they are friends makes the show even better than if they just worked together and barely tolerated each other, or something like that.


2.) Of all the other TV shows and/or movies Jared and Jensen have done, which is your favorite? Why?
Jensen - Dark Angel. I like the character. And I like the premise of the show.
Jared - Gilmore Girls. It's the only thing I've seen him in other than Supernatural and Cheaper By The Dozen. I actually liked Jared as Dean in Gilmore Girls.


3.) How do you feel about fans writing fan fiction (of any rating) that feature Jared and Jensen?
I think real-person fiction is weird. I like fanfiction because the characters are just characters and writers can do whatever they want with them (as long as they stay in character). I don't like real-person fiction because they really are REAL PEOPLE. I wouldn't want some one writing stories about me, especially not slash or hurt/comfort.


4.) What are your feelings about the music on Supernatural? Has it opened your eyes to an entirely new kind of music? Do you suddenly love classic rock? Or is it the classical episodic compositions (by Christopher Lennertz and the like) that have affected you? Or has the music not affected you at all?
I love the classic rock. It always amuses me when my iPod (named "Metallipod") or my laptop (named "Leviathan") are on random and switch from something like Kelly Clarkson or JoJo to Foreigner, Kansas or Blue Oyster Cult. This show has opened me up to a new kind of music.


5.) If Supernatural were ever to become popular with the mainstream media (sort of like Grey's Anatomy or CSI is today), how do you think our show would affect the media and potential new viewers? What would you hope potential new viewers consider about Supernatural before and after watching it?
I don't know how it would affect the media. I hope that potential new viewers would try to understand that underneath the demon and ghost hunting and all the supernatural aspects of the show, that "Supernatural" is really about family. Family and the relationships between father and son and between brothers.

Friday, January 04, 2008

Semester Two: Here I Come!

My Spring Classes



Concepts of Community
Rhetoric 2
Relational Database/Web Applications
Web Development 2 *GROAN* It's at 8 in the morning.
Literary Magazine
Internet & Web Architecture


I guess this means Sunday is going to be my laundry and cleaning day. Either Sunday or Saturday, Monday or Tuesday. Last semester it was Wednesday because I had no classes.




Books


Concepts of Community
Teachings from Worldly Philosophy ($16.95)
Albion's Seed ($26.25 used or $34.95 new)
Virtual Self ($37.95)
Republic ($7.50 used or $9.95 new)


Rhetoric 2
Rhetorical Reader V2 ($54.50)


Relational Database/Web Applications
Concepts of Database Management ($46.75 used)
Guide to MYSQL ($41.25 used or $55.00 new)


Web Development
Stylin' with CSS ($34.99 new)
XML: Intro (w/CD) ($52.50 used or $70.00 new)


Literary Magazine
No books needed, yay!


Internet & Web Architecture
i-Net+ Guide to the Internet (w/CD) ($73.00 used or $97.25 new)


Total: Between $391.59 and $458.29

Thursday, January 03, 2008

MOAR WEB TRAVELS

In the effort to post more this year, I present two links to add to everybody's web travels.

Link 1: Excited Geek Art. I enjoy making websites, desktop pictures and icons. For this I was able to do all of those. I made the site, and I'd already made most of the art on it. I'll continue to update as I make more desktop pictures and icons. It's also perfect 'cuz I can get bored and change the layout if I want to.

Link 2: Transmissions from the Sock Drawer. A blog my sis and I are posting to. We want to write an epic-ly CRACKTASTIC crossover story. SO far we have a summary of what we want to do. And right now we have planned to include Bones, Supernatural, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Veronica Mars and MacGyver in our story.

I'm going to add both of these links to my link list.

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

The Year Of Doing Big, Fun, Scary Things Together

The Year Of Doing Big, Fun, Scary Things Together is a continuation of NaNoWriMo where we get to pick what we want to do. For 2008 I want to blog regularly, and there are several other NaNoWriMo participants that have decided to blog regularly in 2008.


The list of the blogs of people participating, is to the left. It is the section titled "TYODBFSTT Blogroll" (taken down on 12/15 due to not doing anything with it and the instense amount of space it took up).

Saturday, December 08, 2007

If You Like Supernatural, You'll Love This!

For anyone who reads my blog. Which I'm sure is at least two people (so what if I read my own blog? I write some good stuff).


I am about to post a link. I'm posting it for my benefit as well as the benefit of anyone else reading here in silence that enjoys Supernatural.


Here's the link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3922199/What_to_expect_when_your_Impalas_Expecting.


That URL is for a Supernatural fanfiction I just read. It is one of the most amazing stories I have ever read. And I read a lot. It's not a long fic, but it's not super short. It's humor. You don't need to know a lot about Supernatural to read it. If you know that Dean and Sam are brothers that drive a '67 Chevy Impala around the continental U.S. and hunt demons, spirits and other evil supernatural forces, then you're good. You should also know that Booby owns a salvage yard and is full of awesome and win.


Note: Do not read in a class or the workplace. The fanfiction I linked to causes extreme laughter.


Monique: I hope you read this because it's full of cute that even you will appreciate.

Friday, December 07, 2007

Forgive Me, For I Have Sinned

Tonight I did something that I vowed to myself that I would not do ever again.


I looked at Supernatural pictures for upcoming episodes. Spoiler pictures.


This is terrible. Spoilers are like a drug, and I will not relapse. Watching Supernatural is so much more fun when I don't know what's going to happen.


I don't want to know. I don't want to know. I don't want to know. I don't want to know. I want it to be next Thursday right now!!


Forgive me for my weakness. This hiatus is making me go crazy. I hate hiatus's. But I like that they (the CW or the people behind Supernatural, whoever schedules when an episode will play) are stretching out the episodes they have done. I'm hoping that after most shows run out we'll still have one or two episodes and by that time the writer's strike will be concluded.


For now I will continue my mantra: I don't want to know, I don't want to know, I don't want to know, I can haz next Thurzday nao? And I'll get to writing the Concepts paper I need to write, so that I can go to bed (and dream up stories to fit the spoilery pictures I saw).

Saturday, December 01, 2007

Party Post!!

On the 29th I posted that I would win NaNoWriMo. I'm proud to say that I was able to make that statement true. I submitted my novel at a little after 10pm on November 30th with 50,012 words! Then I called my family to brag about it. Now I have printed all 145 pages of my novel out. It's double-spaced in 12pt Garamond font, and now I'm ready to go at it with my pink editing pen of greatness.


So this is my exciting I DID IT post. Tonight I'm going to play laser tag in the gymnasium. And East House will win. Because I am officially AWESOME!