dsjf fandom rundown i am sorry i promised to write more on this journal but the thing is my life is basically work + online + family/irl friends and I'm really not big on talking too much about my IRL things so like. ONLINE YAY.

Psych - I still love it, it's just that ever since the show started really pushing Shawn/Jules which I was never very interested in (I actually prefer Gus/Jules and Shawn/single life or Shawn/Abigail) I've been kind of cooling off towards it? I actually haven't seen any of the latest episodes yet because I'm going to marathon the crap out of them once the Olympics effectively kill my appointment (online) viewing lol. Burn Notice is getting the same treatment (marathon) but not the same attitude (BLERGH ROMANCE)

The Mentalist - I was really strongly for this show at first despite the lulz Psych ripoff but it's a little boring at times... like I really can't get invested in a lot of the cases and for me Jane and Cho basically carry the entertainment factor of the show. Still pretty solid though?

Castle - alkjsd just. amazing. It kind of falls under the procedural category but it's always very entertaining if only to listen to Nathan Fillion trade on dits with Beckett all day. sob I have an obvious type in my shows don't I? Eccentric consultant partnered up with a no-nonsense law enforcement officer. Everyone in this cast though is very strong and distinct I don't really feel like there's a token anything / anyone. This is one show I would have been fine if it had stayed strictly episodic but I do like that they're introducing elements of a larger arc to bring into play?

Lie to Me - ...got bored with it pretty early. Excited at first but Tim Roth couldn't save it for me :(

How I Met Your Mother - a little back and forth this season because GET TO THE MOTHER ALREADY but um it's such a corny thing to think but this is a show that I think is pretty definitive of the viewers watching it? So clever and funny and hilariously inappropriate (AM I A BAD DAD?)

White Collar - FLOVING THIS SHOW even if it means that Bryce Larkin should be considered DEAD FOR GOOD on Chuck :( It features some of the best relationships on a show I've seen a while, particularly between Neal and Peter and Peter and Elizabeth... It's such a charming show, a little glamorous in the crimes it tackles, with a definite mystery arc going on and a core dynamic that's strong but unpredictable. It's very fascinating watching how Neal and Peter deal with each other because despite everything there's a trust there but there's also an understanding that Neal is a con-man and Peter is a cop and sdklfjaslkdfjlskdjf IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT THE SLASH REALLY I kind of full-on OT3 Neal/Peter/Elizabeth because Elizabeth is so awesomely supportive of both of them and she really knows how to handle them both?

Holding off on the latest ep for Olympic week withdrawal

Community - skdljf;laksdjf competing with Better Off Ted for my favorite comedy at the mo' Joel McHale, community college, sharp dialogue, hilarious group dynamics that are always changing up? More please! I'll even put up with Jeff/Britta!

Better Off Ted - okay I lied. Better Off Ted still wins over Community, primarily due to Portia de Rossi killing every week with her Veronica (...what can I say? I'm a sucker for Veronicas) My humor does tend to the zany and the R&D hijinx (THEY TOOK AN INNOCENT PANDA AND TURNED IT INTO AN ASSASSIN) is the funniest fucking stuff ever. But two dollar prostitutes have been treated better than this show on ABC (seriously? burning off all those episodes? DO YOU HATE ME? ABC? DO YOU HATE ME AND ALL THE SHOWS I LOVE????) so um. I'm already breaking my heart to ease into the SMASHING IT WILL ENDURE when my doom bitch kills it for good AUGH

Glee - Uneven, loving it, kind of weak at times but while it was on nothing brightened my day faster. F'realz.

Dollhouse - I'M A DOOM BITCH AND I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR KILLING THIS SHOW SO I WILL PUNISH MYSELF BY NOT WATCHING THE LAST TWO EPISODES. Also the Topher spoilers I've read makes me sad :(

Life Unexpected - only caught the pilot, very strongly family-oriented but full of complications so not much schmoop, plenty of sass and bawwing. Another one I'm stockpiling for effing tv hibernation

CHUCK - After a perfect second season, Chuck was coming into this year's TVthoning as my favorite and uh. I AM HOPEFUL AND I AM GOING TO WAIT AND SEE because I trust the creators and writers who gave us the second season and believe they know where they are going with this. I'm excited with what they did the Intersect 2.0 because I just rewatched 1 and 2 for canon review and feel that this really was an inevitable progression that they were brave enough to take this early. Don't get me wrong. They do the whole Hapless Chuck really well and I think they could have kept on for another half or full season with that but all through the second season, you could tell that the show and the character had a direction it was headed to. I love that they can do episodic stuff and still present a very definite story that is being told.

I'm a little biased when it comes to Chuck which I'm sure a lot of fans are especially with the impressive way the community came together to save the show (DISCLAIMER: I didn't participate being that my Subway stores here... sob aren't able to participate in the effort I mean I tried? But they just looked at me funny I am sorry for being from a third world country?!) and it's developing into one of the more fascinating creator/fandom relationships I've seen and I've spectated to a lot, since I tend to lean to fandoms that do end up forming a lot of strong um? Ties? to the creators. LOL ANY Joss fandom ever, Veronica Mars, now Chuck? It's interesting seeing how both factions learn from each other and when it's a supportive relationship as it was in the second season... it's a beautiful thing to see.

(Also I find it interesting that Josh Schwartz objects to the term 'shippers')

I'll gabble about my post-season wrap-ups after I complete my canon review

ALSO YES I AM APPING CHUCK BARTOWSKI SHHHHHH

(after all my months of kicking around with a Shawn journal I AM SORRY PSYCH I FEEL LIKE A FAITHLESS GIRLFRIEND)

SOME READING: Episode 7 of Chuck's Season 3 had some major backlash. Chris Fedak and Josh Schwartz offer one of the most graceful but still standing their ground responses I've seen. Love it. I'm usually a little leery at the whole fandom -> creator influence aspect of the whole thing but this is really great to see from them


Next post I will ramble like. About Durarara!!, Bakemonogatari and rp.

[15:12] elraine: MIA ARE YOU AVAILABLE FOR AN AFTERNOON OF WATCHING SOMETHING PAINFUL THAT WILL MAKE YOU WONDER AT THE DEGRADATION HUMAN BEINGS SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO?
[15:13] miir: ARE WE WATCHING NEW MOON

[15:14] elraine: ARE YOU AVAILABLE FOR AN AFTERNOON OF WATCHING SOMETHING PAINFUL THAT WILL MAKE YOU WONDER AT THE DEGRADATION HUMAN BEINGS SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO?
[15:15] greyrook_22: twilight?
[15:15] greyrook_22: sure

Sometimes I love my combotachi.

When they aren't putting monsters in my cake or planning and condoning selling me off to organ traders.

So like. queen_qing and evocates are planning on coming over here to the Philippines and being the magnificent troll that I am, I came up with an absolutely fool-proof, guaranteed-to-create-natsukashii-memories welcoming gesture for them. In the grand tradition of my family, to win your loved ones' affection and attention you must DANCE FOR IT. LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW.

And I plan on persuading, coercing, blackmailing, possibly drugging miir and greyrook_22 and any netling who lives in the Philippines who is dumb enough to give me their contact information to do it. But hey. I don't want you feel like you're going to miss out on all the fun. YOUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD. YOU GET TO CHOOSE WHAT I HUMILIATE EVERYONE INVOLVED WI--- i mean. ENTERTAIN EVERYONE WITH.

( THE CHOICES ...NOW WITH ACTUAL POLLING )

Poll #1471910
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 17

SO WHAT NUMBER SHALL WE WOO OUR VISITORS WITH?

Got any other suggestions? For Mia, tell me the ways you will kill me for this.

...because there was this one guy i didn't know who voted on the plurk one. HOW ARE THEY FINDING ME???

lol upheaval. Anyway! Still working through it so this is like Part 1! I've been getting this desperate feeling of like wanting to just cut my losses and move to another journal but I'm shallow and a.) like this username and b.) have paid time!

I will get around to like actually. Explaining myself and my issues eventually but um. Please be patient. I need to sort it out my way. So actually what this post really is... is something I never thought I'd do? Flist-cuuuuut. Because I do want to get back to using this again properly. So this um... a free pass to take me off your flist? If you're like wondering "who is this strange person I never see them post".

But if for some reason you want to stay on or keep me or... how do people do these things anyway. Please answer:

I rarely friendslock my posts so you don't... need to add me to read my stuff. This journal will likely contain: fandom squeeing, talking about roleplay, occasional srs topic, obnoxious sparkles and gifs, recs, quotes, failure. Again there's no need to add me to read any of that.

So. If you want to stay on, let's talk! Please tell me why you'd want to stay on. Who am I to you?

I guess I got into the habit of... well yes yes we all know LJ flist =/= actual friendships but... it's my flist and I want to define mine that way! I got into accepting how... one dimensional fandom-based acquaintances can be. And of making myself one-dimensional always asking if what I'm posting would be /relevant/ to anyone's interests. And I'm not saying having connections based on fandom or roleplay is a bad thing! That's where deeper friendships start from? But it doesn't take anything away from the fun of strictly fandom friendships. That's no less genuine. But I guess I'd like... to have that clear. On where we stand with each other I guess?

So um please comment! Let's talk. All comments screened if you want to retain privacy or you can ping me on heart keeps time.

No matter what, I am incredibly grateful for everything you've shared with me and thankful that you let me share things with you too.

ETA: sob I'm aware this seems dramatic but this is for the ultimate goal of less! drama! tl;dr the people i want to spend hours online with are people i want to know are my friends or think of me as friends or i at least know what expectations they have of me. I don't like losing hours being angry or resentful or whining about so-and-so because things are unclear. That's not the person I want to be and it's not fair to others either.

No burnt bridges this way okay? Again. I'm grateful.

If you're not on my plurk and was (for some reason) concerned: I'm okay! Stranded at work but at least I didn't like. Drown. House got flooded in but it isn't as bad... as other places. May not have 'net at home for a while but at least I can actually go home now.