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carleton97 ([personal profile] carleton97) wrote2003-10-08 11:19 am
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long and rambly

So last night [livejournal.com profile] lallybroch threw a stamping party for [livejournal.com profile] clementine21, [livejournal.com profile] everlastingwhy, Beth and I. It was pretty fun and I'm a big sucker for crafts, but I managed to refrain from spending a ton of money I just don't have. The Ru-mate and I did buy one thing, though. A set of seven decorator stamps of toile-style flowers which we are going to use to finish our living room and dining room walls. I think it'll look quite nice.

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The cable guy came yesterday and installed magic cable for us. It's so excellent. The first thing I did when he left was set the DVR to record CSI:Miami, CSI, and WaT every week. Almost more exciting than that is the fact that he replaced some connectors in the apartment and now my CBS reception is perfect. It's been ghosting images forever and that makes it pretty hard to watch most anything, but now...

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Hopefully the gods of lazy employees will be with me today so that I can finish the WaT story like I've been trying to for days. Then I'll just have a wee bit of P/O to finish up before I can devote myself to the AU.

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The stamp demonstrator last night was a very nice woman, Anne. Anne is not involved in fandom at all. Not even peripherally (hi Beth!) and her expression as we were discussing the latest kerfuffle in HP fandom was priceless, but it also just brought home how very strange fandom is. It's not something I think about very often because I'm often right in the middle of it, but on the rare occasions I step outside of myself, it always strikes me what a odd world I've chosen to involve myself in.

Especially slashdom. While I don't personally approve of the 'make everyone gay' school of slashing, I can admit that to an outsider, it probably all looks the same. It's very weird.

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I'm so very tired. I'm having trouble keeping my eyes open.

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The Ru-mate and I have now watched all of Season 1 and about 1/4 of Season 2 of Sports Night. I have always been, and will probably always be, a Danny/Casey shipper, but up to this point, it's pretty obvious that Danny's love, though true, is unrequited. Oh, Casey loves him, but he doesn't love him. You know? I've never watched all the episodes in order, so maybe that changes as the final season progresses, but at this point, it's all very sad for Danny. And, in truth, he deserves someone much nicer than Casey, who is only a big clueless doof 99% of the time.

The combination of watching CSI:Miami and Sports Night on Monday somehow stuck the Speed/Dan pairing in my head. [livejournal.com profile] alethialia thought it would be bad because, you know, nothing in common, but I think they have more in common than first meets the eye. The real problem, though, is that, even if he doesn't return Danny's feelings, Casey and Danny pretty much are soulmates and that really throws a monkey wrench into all other romantic relationships eventually.

I am thinking, though, about Speed's boyfriend in the AU. I'm plotting and planning, my friends. Muahahaha.

[identity profile] carleton97.livejournal.com 2003-10-08 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Wat = Without a Trace. The show after CSI on Thursdays.

I also avoided watching CSI:Miami because of Caruso (I think he looks like a demented muppet), but Speed and Calleigh make up for it.

[identity profile] carolinecrane.livejournal.com 2003-10-08 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
You've gotta watch Session 9. I swear I hated Caruso until I saw him in that movie. Changes your whole perspective on his acting.

[identity profile] carleton97.livejournal.com 2003-10-08 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not his acting. It's is creepily mobile facial features.

Gah.

[identity profile] carolinecrane.livejournal.com 2003-10-08 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah. See, this is not a problem for me, because I hardly ever actually 'watch' TV while I'm watching TV. The few hours a week I carve out for TV viewing are my quilting time, so I only look up when one of my characters is on the screen or something particularly interesting is going on. So no Muppet-face Caruso for me if I can help it.

[identity profile] khaoskat.livejournal.com 2003-10-08 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, right. I know that one.. *has no brain. at all*

*laughs* I love it! Is he the one I hate? (I've gotten so bad at names lately..)
The other characters are pretty great. And I need to watch tv more. *mourns* But my roommates are always using it. Will try to get better about CSI & CSI: Miami.