prison for jerks

Apparently I commented half-asleep in one of my friend's journals last night, and it turned out to be mildly wanky? Or at least make a couple of other people pissy. It is probably wrong for me to admit that I find this hilarious, but I totally do. I'm never the wanky one! I just watch my friends do stupid shit and then bitch about people on AIM, you know?

Unrelatedly, earlier I was thinking about some real life stuff -- by which I mostly mean dudes -- and something occurred to me, and at the same exact time that I was thinking it made complete sense, I could tell that it was totally the sort of thing I would write into a story to show a character being screwed-up and stupid. WHATEVER, BRAIN. STUPID SELF-AWARENESS.

Once again Arrested Development proves it contains all of life's wisdom:

Tobias: You know, Lindsay, as a therapist, I have advised a number of couples to explore an open relationship where the couple remains emotionally committed, but free to explore extra-marital encounters.

Lindsay: Well, did it work for those people?

Tobias: No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but.... but it might work for us.

So I am making my way through season two Arrested Development once again -- man, it's ridiculous just how much awesomer and awesomer this show gets upon repeated viewings. Seriously, I could not love it more.

And this happened, of course:

pearl_o: I am watching Arrested Development, and you know what?
pearl_o: THERE IS TOTALLY A M/M INCEST PAIRING I LIKE IN THIS SHOW.
pearl_o: IN YOUR FACE.
ficbyzee: *ahahahaha* I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE STILL SMARTING OVER THAT TIME I IMPLIED YOU DIDN'T LIKE M/M INCEST.
pearl_o: heeeeeeee.
pearl_o: It was several times.
ficbyzee: it was really only like once!

Hee. (The pairing is, of course, GOB/Michael, which keeps getting gayer and gayer. I still slightly prefer Michael/Lindsay and Michael/Maeby and George Michael/Maeby, but it is not as if there is not more than enough incest to go around!)

1. "Don't fuck with the fucking deity, Leon."

2. "Do you know where I can get one of those gold necklaces with a T on it?"
"That's a cross."
"Across from where?"

3. I had no idea Tracie Thoms was in The Devil Wears Prada. Huzzah for happy surprises.

4. Funny thing is, Joe Bean's never been to Arkansas.

5. This year is half over. There is no bad in that. I'll beat you yet, 2006!

6. I feel like I should be writing or vidding or doing something creative. Where is my fanbrain? Is it going to come back anytime soon?

7. My Farscape dvds I paid for a month ago still haven't arrived. Stupid ebay.

8. Bon Jovi makes me think of lalejandra.

9. La la la, I am in the mood for juicy dS fic. Please to be providing for my whims on demand, fandom.

10. Compendium of Lost Words.

I have reached s2 on my marathon! Arrested Development really does reward multiple viewings. The first episode of s2, "The One Where Michael Leaves", ( spoilers )

Also, in the special features for season 1, Jason Bateman and Will Arnett are kind of really gay for each other.

( The One Where They Build a House )

Other things: uh, the dialogue dubbing is seriously way obvious most of the time. And on second viewing, Michael is really kind of a big jerk.

Edited to add: You quaff the potion marked 'F/F'. It tastes like aeryn sun.

Brain-bending pairing of the day: George O'Malley/Maeby Funke.

I am now 100% caught up with every episode of Arrested Development every made. Which is exciting, but also strangely disorienting -- like, hi, that's it? There isn't any more? I have to wait and watch it every week now instead of stockpiling it for hours-long marathons? WEIRD. I guess I have to find something else to entertain me now? Um.

The subject line is a big huge lie. LIE! The truth value is NIL.

In reality, I turned twenty-one lying on the couch in my parents' living room, watching Buster Bluth get his hand bitten off by a seal. I am sure you can see how that is PRACTICALLY the same thing, though!

In conclusion, BIRTHDAY.

*cough*

(Random note: I am loving pandora.com, but why are all the good songs unable to be bought on iTunes? It played me a cover of "Blitzkrieg Bop" the other day by a band called the Beautiful South and it was the best thing I have ever heard. *covets*)

Here is my list of every single book I read as a 20-year-old:

( Books read, 12/13/2004-12/12/2005 )

This includes every single book I completed this year. This includes graphic novels, but not individual comic books, magazines, or anything like that. Short story collections only counted if I read every story.

Number of books read: 131
Number of books read for the first time: 122

The shortest book is Project Princess by Meg Cabot, which was under 70 pages; the longest was probably Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, which was 800 pages.

Incredible authors I found for the first time included Elinor Lipman, Laura Kinsale and Sarah Caudwell (the last of whom I've now devoured the entire catalog of). I finished the rest of the Jennifer Crusies I hadn't managed in fall 2004, and moved on into historical romance for the first time. I also devoured everything of Meg Cabot's, and continued with more girly YA lit with the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books, Guitar Girl, and Libba Bray's stuff. Plus, tons more Amelia Peabody.

10 other books from the above list that I enjoyed a lot and haven't mentioned yet in the summary: The Invention of Love, Tom Stoppard; As Meat Loves Salt, Maria McCann; Sunshine, Robin McKinley; We So Seldom Look on Love, Barbara Gowdy; A Hat Full of Sky, Terry Pratchett; The Egyptologist, Arthur Phillips; Ship Fever Andrea Barrett; The Moon and the Sun Vonda McIntyre; Hammered, Elizabeth Bear; The Lions of Al-Rassan, Guy Gavriel Kay.

(Wow, Portia de Rossi's ex-girlfriend is way hotter than Ellen Degeneres, isn't she?)

Still watching Arrested Development! Yes! Hello, season 2!

Sleep? During finals week? NO. Instead I will stay up to the wee hours of the morning watching more of the first season of Arrested Development!

( Notes on five more episodes, which mainly consist of me quoting dialogue and cackling )

I think the Happy Holidays design on the top of the livejournal page is pretty, but I also suspect I will be rather sick of it by the end of the month.

Today I watched the first three episodes of Arrested Development from the first disc of the dvds. It was pretty awesome, as you guys have been claiming. But mostly it reminds me of annakovsky's icons.

I just finished Shadowheart, by Laura Kinsale. ( spoilers )