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Now, when I went back to Florida this past December, my brother (the wonderful soul that he is) got me hooked on Studio 60 and the Sunset Strip. Since my television is good only for watching movies, I rely instead on the wonderful powers of online episodes to get my fix. These are hosted on the NBC.com site for a few weeks, before they vanish into the ether. Now, I'm sure that I could look up and find out when the next episode is going to be aired, but it's amusing to me to check back in on the site every now and again, just to see if they've updated (which they haven't for a few weeks, the bastards). While there, I stumbled across the first full episode of Thank God You're Here (which I posted about awhile ago. I wouldn't find the link, but I don't really care). Now, it's actually supposed to air tonight at 9pm, so I don't know if someone just messed up or what, but it's online. Because I like to share my thoughts with people, I will be doing much the same as I did for the Oscars and liveblogging these (meaning that I'll update this periodically, as watch). Yes, it's all under the cut to save your flists.

So, without further ado, I present the first episode of Thank God You're Here

( Which Could Never be as Great as Whose Line ) Watch it online. Skip to the parts you want. Ignore the rest. I'm going to bed now, good night, and good luck.

In the little less than an hour left of 4 April, I thought I should mention this as I haven't seen it anywhere else.

On this day in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assinated. Now, this was shocking and tramatic for many people, but what is particuarily interesting is that he was killed a year to the hour after the end of his Beyond Vietnam: Breaking the Silence speech. He was very much opposed to the Vietnam "conflict", and this generated major outcry against him (including Time magazine calling the speech "demagogic slander that sounded like a script for Radio Hanoi," and the Washington Post declaring that King had "diminished his usefulness to his cause, his country, his people"). The transcript, and audio file, of this speech can be found here. If you choose to listen to it, be warned that it is about an hour long.

Now, when MLK was assinated, Robert Kennedy was campaning for President of the United States. He arrived in Indiana and was told the news, hours before he was supposed to give a speech. Police advised against making his apperance that night, but he chose to do so anyway. Once on stage, Kennedy broke the news of MLK's death to a crowd that loved him dearly, and you can hear everyone go silent. Kennedy spoke of what MLK's death would mean to the country, and to the people. He included poetry, which I now give to you.

My favorite poet was Aeschylus. He once wrote: "Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the aweful grace of God."

You can find the audio and full transcript of this speech here.

So, Switzerland accidentally invaded Liechtenstein. God, I love how smart people are.

Also, Alaska had a pretty show recently. Picture under cut.

( Preeeety )

Watching the before thing with the Rivers, does anyone else think they should put Joan with her daughter wherever the daughter was, and just let Greg free on the stars? It would be better, so much more amusing.

( More cuts, because I can. Yes, this is cut 2, but I don't care that it's first. )

( Yeah, I'm cutting now, because this is getting long )

I'm currently reading Lies My Teacher Told Me, by James Loewen. It really is quite interesting. Anyway, to remind myself (and, apparently my roommate that is too lazy to read the damn book themself) here is a summary of the first eight chapters, followed by my response. Yes, it's cutted. It would be f-locked too, but self same roommate has no LJ. Silly Pae, LJ's are better than SIMs.

( Cut because no one cares )

Current Mood: awake
Current Location: trying to sleep, damn it!
Current Music: Irish Rovers - Weigh Hey and Up She Rises

Firstly, I just wanted to say thank you for all the kind wishes you gave me last week. Perhaps understandably, I haven't felt much like writing this past week, but I do have some ideas which will shortly find their way onto the computer (as opposed to paper, as happened earlier, only to be taken, hidden, and torn to shreds by tiny kitten, as happened to an early draft of Mac's X-mas tree part 2).

I saw Finding Neverland for the first time last night. I almost broke down into tears a couple of times, but especially with the Tinkerbell scene. Luckily, I was watching it with one of my roommates, and they had enough tacklessness not to notice, and then crack a joke just when I needed it. It was a bad joke, in terrible taste, but seemed so much more amusing at the time.

I've been poking around online today, and a routine stop at the New York Times revealed something interesting. One of their articles today, A Kiss Too Far?, has stirred up mixed feelings in me. For those that don't want to actually read it, it's an article dealing with people's reaction to PDA by same-sex couples. I like that someone actually noticed and wrote an article about it, bringing it more to the front of the public's view. I like how they interviewed several openly out people from various parts of the country, and I like how they didn't try to say that there was an easy solution. The title for this entry comes in as I'm not sure how I feel about this being run in the Fashion and Styles section, like some other reader's have been about similar articles.

The editor makes a point to mention that Style is not just about clothing, but also how we live our lives. Admittedly, I'm not sure where else this article would fit, other than the U.S. section. Still, on a whole, I try to steer away from Fashion, scared of their too thin models and over priced clothing that I generally don't like. Between this and Ugly Betty, I might actually have to give up my hatred and actually buy something with color.

Naw, I'm not that far gone yet.

Hey! Have music!

On The Rocks: Romeo & Juliet and Yellow

Eisley: Memories

Enjoy!

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: The Beatles - Yesterday

I will pay attention and do my work. I will pay attention and do my work. I will pay attention and oooo... what's this?

That's currrently my thought process. I think I need caffine. Stupid legal addictions.

In other news, a town in Canada has outlawed stoning, burning, and circumcising women. I'm not sure what's more disturbing, the fact that its 2007 in the Western culture, or the fact that it's Canada and it felt like these laws were actually needed.

Side note to my brain: Please stop having Lindsey Lohen songs on repeat. Don't make me poke you with a q-tip again. Also, you have to stay aware for at least another 4 hours.

And to prove my AD(H?)D, I just totally squee'd because

clayangel's Whose Line site is back up. Now if only I can remember what I was looking for....

Current Mood: indescribable
Current Location: Oregon
Current Music: The Opposite of Hallelujah - Jens Lekman

Me, do something productive? Sorry, you've stopped by the wrong journal. Please turn around and try again. Better yet, as the away message goes:

"Beep! We're sorry, we had difficulties in connecting you to the user you desire. Please rotate your computer 90 degrees and try again. Thank you, and have a great day!"

( I live in Eugene, which is notable for many reasons, but two pertaining to the rest of the entry are the hills (of which there are many) and the buses (of which there are many more). )

If you just read all that (or even if you didn't), as a thank you, please visit this link, which is to a clip from the movie Peter's Friends, in which the group sings The Way You Look Tonight (<--leads to Sendspace with Frank Sinatra's amazing version).

Also, Mary Sue Talking Cats and Guy Love from Scrubs (which I can't hear with out thinking of the Whose Line guys, but maybe I'm just weird).

Current Mood: lazy
Current Location: Oregon
Current Music: The Way You Look Tonight - Imelda Staunton

It's Blog for Choice Day, meaning that Pro-Choicer's have been asked to share why they are Pro-Choice.

( Clicky if you want to know more )

Yes, I'm writing this as I go along, so my thoughts aren't very put together, for that I apologize. Here, have stuff to make up for it.

First, Music. Sex Changes by the Dresden Dolls.

Also, Slash, yay!
Untitled Jeeves/Wooster correspondence fic by

puritybrown , Part 1 and Part 2. In this, Jeeves as gone, and Wooster wants to know why.

Jeeves and the Blessed Indiscretion by shalott, in which Jeeves has issues, Wooster jumps to conclusions, and no one was prostate in the hall.

I would give things from other fandoms, but all I've really read today and most of yesterday is Jeeves and Wooster fics. For those who haven't seen this loverly piece of Laurie and Fry interaction, the first episode can be found starting here.

Additionally, if you could find it in you to remind my brain that it does not need another RPS pairing, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

Current Mood: indescribable
Current Location: Oregon
Current Music: Hold On - Sarah MLachlan

I'm really not sure about this. For those who don't want to bother reading the article, it's describing a new television show on NBC called "Thank God You're Here." Normally, I wouldn't care. I don't watch a bunch of t.v. anyway, and most of what I do watch I do over the internets (which is amazing, by the way). However, "Thank God You're Here" is an IMPROVISATIONAL t.v. show in which various celebrities try to wing sketches. In other words, it's Whose Line? without Colin and Ryan. It's Whose Line? with an all crappy guest star cast.

I weep.

Current Mood: pessimistic
Current Location: Bed, damnit
Current Music: You Don't Mean Anything - Simple Plan

Just saw Donnie Darko. Loved it. Laughed at Frank so much. Fell in love with Gary Jules "Mad World". Was amused that Drew Barrymore had her own makeup artist and hair stylist. Wished for more infro on Middlesex school, and why that physic discussion could have had the teacher fired.
Also, maybe there is fanfiction for how the rest of the town behaved after Donnie died. Will have to look into this.

(Harvey.)

HOLY SHIT
Brokeback mountain.
That's all right now.

I'm so glad that I'm not in the the hurricane zone any more. It's the bermuda high that's whipping them around to the Gulf coast, a place that's been relatively safe for many years. And Katerina... man, that just sucks. There's nothing worse than a hurrcane hitting ya smack dab in the sucker, and a place like New Orleans that's actually BELOW sea level, well, it's going to be a long time before anything is remotely like it was. The hurricanes that slammed south Florida last year have left marks that are still evident, especially to a native. And it's only the beginning of the season.

Enough about that. It's a sad topic and there's no reason to really go into it here, when everyone else is gettin into it on the news, documentaries (already!) and their journals. As I haven't said much of anything for a very long time, I supppose I should actually post something of import. The only thing is, there's nothing really to say.

I've decended into the ranks of normalacy so boring that there's nothing that can be done for it. Thankfully, my social schedule will be picking up in a few weeks which will leave me with more inspiration for everything, hopefully. There's nothing for imagination sparks like being surrounded by insanity. I guess that's why a lot of artists and authors congregate in areas of high population, such as Paris. Of course, insanity can also come in under the guise of family, so in that respect I really don't have much of an excuse.

However, I have been writting, however sparringly, and reading a whole lot more. Some I've been following Duchess Andromeda's C2 over on FFN, which has an amazing number of actually good and interesting works. I've also got into Cartographer's Craft, which is hosted here on LJ. It's a great story with a Maurader's Era Sirius falling for a post-HBP Harry, without the use of a time-tuner or curse.

Speaking of HBP, I suppose I might as well post my views here: I didn't like it. There were a few plot points that I thought were rather well developed, but most of the relationships seemed hurried and forced. Of course, that could just be the slasher in me talking, but I would like to think it wasn't. There's just so little basis for Harry's sudden attraction to Ginny, or Tonk's to Remus. Yes, I realize that we saw little of the later's interactions in OotP, but there's about two weeks between the end of the School year and Harry's leaving the Dursely's, in which he seemingly gets over most of his grief over Sirius, the Headmaster gets a crippled hand, and Tonks becomes mousy. It just doesn't fit! *tears out hair in frustration*

But, there are several good fanfic's out there that appease my need for good 6th and 7th year fics, even alternate 5th year. Fanfiction, how I love ye. Of course, with those AU's, I've been drawn into other's aswell. Crossover's with LOTR, POTC, X-men and more now dot my favorites list. Of course, from those I've expanded into those fandoms themselves (although to be fair LOTR held me for a good bit before the crossover frenzy, it's just that I've been brought back to it). The only minor issue I have with a lot of them are the pairings, often putting Harry with OC's and minor character's that the author can mould into the type they want. If they're going to do the OC thing, then they might as well leave it in the usual HP universe. It's getting later, and I've been at this for half an hour, so I might write more another day.
Ta!
Angel

I haven't done much of anything really today. Worked a bit, had subway for lunch.

Of great importance to report, though, is that Cas and I finally talked last night (the first time in many months). I had almost forgotten how nice it is to talk to someone that knows me as well as she does. She's the sweetest thing, more devil than angel, but that's what I like about her.

Anyway, she's sorta broken up with her boyfriend, who may or may not have been the "one". I say he's not because if he was, he wouldn't have done such a stupid thing such as breaking up with her. She says it was more mutual, and therefore can be merely an extention of their combined stupidity, but I don't believe that for a second. She can be slow sometimes, but never stupid. Not my Cas.

I've been debating back and forth about friending a couple of those fabulous authors out there that have ljs. I'm not really that much of a writter, and I'm not sure if it would be appropriate. I'm more of the sqeeing fangirl, with less of the sqee. I dunno.

Ooo, Honey dew melon. Tastes delicous. Nothing else going on, time to skiddo.

Current Mood: blah

I just found all these spiffy new things to do with the journal that I haven't updated in ages. Oops. Oh well, all's well that ends well. Not that this is ending, of course.

I've been going through a lot of HP links and stories recently, and have happened across one of the best update lists on the web,

daily_snitch. It's all wonderful... *runs off to join*

Of course, the amazing and awe-inspiring

maeglinyedi does a lot of work on that, as well as writing her novel+ length HP/SB/RL story, "Call of the Wild", which is actually the third in that series. Her works are so above describtion... and hot as hell.

nqdonne has been doing a lot of reccing recently, as well as re-reading the actual Harry Potter stories and giving us all the clues that we have missed before. I wonder how many more things will actually come to pass in the 6th and 7th books...

JKRowling has annonced that the title of book six is to be "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", or HBP for short. And I think I know who it is...
She has already said that it wasn't Voldemort or Harry (although for the title of the book to mean "Harry Potter and Himself" would be pretty odd...) and that HBP was actually a rejected title for COS...
The other thing that was rejected in COS was Dean's Past. She wrote entire chapters of his past, but had to cut it for Nieville (sp?) instead.
So, it has to be either Neville or Dean, simply because, yeah, they're male.
But the Trevor theory is cute too.