Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time! So much to know!

1) Sociology professor: [to the class at large while making a point] Why are you here?
What I wish I could have said: Because my degree plan thinks I'll be a better/smarter student for taking this class even though you just spent the last 10-15 minutes intensively explaining what socialization is. Otherwise? Good question.

I realize I can be something of a snob/elitist when it comes to intellectual standards, but really, is it so unreasonable to expect a class full of college kids (even though an alarming number of them are freshmen) to have at least a vague idea of what socialization is? Is it really necessary to spend 10-15 minutes on that?

I'll just be over here wondering if my freakishly rigorous college prep school education has permanently warped my brain. It did take me at least two years to be able to deal with getting a C...


2) I noticed on my Sociology syllabus (yes, I'm going to be ranting about this class a lot) that there's going to be a "discussion day" about Race/Ethnicity. Is it bad that the various racewanks I've witnessed on LJ have made me unbelievably, cynically excited about this to the point that I fully intend to bring popcorn and internet bingo cards? Call it a crazy hunch, but I can't help but feel like I'm looking at this from the wrong perspective.


3) One of my friends recently pointed out that the last 5-8 years of my life should not only place me out of my Abnormal Psych. class, but should qualify me to teach it. Am still deciding whether or not that was the most left-handed compliment in all of existence.


4) In non-RL news, this (WARNING: spoiler alert for Glee) makes me wonder if Ryan Murphy has decided to abandon all pretense and is now openly trolling the shit out of us, or if this is just keeping with the usual trend of flip-flopping between Puck being a 17 year old boy juvenile asshole or a decent human being.


5) Dear Christian Kane,

How does your voice exist? More importantly, who do I have to kill maim pray to to make a duet with you and Stark happen? Because something tells me the combination of y'all's voices could engineer world peace. It certainly doesn't hurt that both of y'all are stupidly good-looking.



Think it over?

Much love,
emerald_skies

P.S. - Jensen Ackles could come too, it'd be like a giant Texas-gasm (HA!) of awesome.


6) I've been re-watching OZ to bring myself out of this funk I've been in lately (shut up, it makes sense in my head) and have decided two things:

- I would sell my apartment for Dean Winters (a.k.a. Ryan O'Reilly)
- I need OZ gifs (bonus points if they include O'Reilly)


7) Am I the only one who has trouble picturing Tom Hardy as Bane in the next Batman movie? I've been hearing about him and this role so many times lately that I'm starting to wonder if this is actually a thing. I'm not sure why, he and Bane just don't mesh in my head but who knows? Maybe he'll surprise me.

(Make no mistake, I love me some Tom Hardy, I just can't picture him this way without doing some mental gymnastics)

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"Something cannot emerge from nothing..." -- Frank Herbert

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Cheers.

ETA: Sacha Baron-Cohen is controversial (again). In other news, water is still wet, bears are still Catholic, Popes still...well, you get the idea.

So I was watching Mick Jagger on Larry King and he said that "it's not about the money" (and "[The Rolling Stones] weren't interested in money") and I just about died, y'all. My family and I were like "LIAR LIAR TOO-TIGHT PANTS ON FIRE." At least Keith Richards is unabashed in his interest in money/fame.

(Side note: Mick, you're not fooling anyone by dodging the question of whether or not marijuana should be legalized)

Anyway, I've made my way through about half of Season 6 of OZ ( and I have a few thoughts on what I've seen so far )

Finally, I pose a question to the Generation Kill fans on my flist (of which there are many): Do any of you perceive a fandom rift between Brad/Nate shippers and everyone else? Because I heard something about that being a remote possibility and it surprised me -- I haven't seen anything like that! On the other hand, I've been more than a little distracted so it's conceivable that I could've missed something (which is where y'all come in). Thoughts?

In any case, stay frosty, internets. Also, stay tuned for a reaction post to Glee 1x19 'Dream On'.

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"It takes two flints to make a fire..." -- Louisa May Alcott

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Cheers.

Howdy, internets. Sorry I didn't post earlier, but I've been feeling sort of physically and emotionally crummy all day so I couldn't really gather any remotely entertaining thoughts until just now. Basically, I spent the whole day lounging around watching OZ and I realized it'd been a while since I'd posted anything about my progress on the series.

( A jumble of thoughts on all of Season 4 and most of Season 5, I has them... )

I may add more as more occurs to me, but that's the bulk of my thoughts for the moment.

Meanwhile, it's currently raining like a bastard (again) complete with lots of thunder and lightning (again) and it totally spawned an excellent prompt but I can't seem to make it go anywhere. It started out Starsgard in my head but can totally be adapted to any GK pairing that tickles anyone's fancy if anyone wants a prompt. Me, on the other hand...



I hate my brain sometimes, y'all -_-

Finally, happy (actual) birthday to meeks00! I send you hugs from JGroff



and was pleased to see that you seem to have had an awesome day.

That's all I've got for now, hope everything is going well for y'all out in internetland.

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"Neither blame or praise yourself..." -- Plutarch

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Cheers.

Greetings and salutations, internets. First, I come bearing further OZ ramblings (after having just finished Season 3):

( Some thoughts, I has them... )

God, I love that show. Moving on!

I also bring a meme that I gacked from rockmyway. The rundown:

1. Bold the names of guys you'd definitely sex it up with.
2. Italicize the names of guys you might do after a little persuasion.
3. Leave the guys who don't do anything for you alone.
4. Put a question mark after the guys you've never heard of.
5. Strike the guys you wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pineapple pole.
6. Add three more guys as many as you'd like to the list.

( It's raining men, hallelujah... )

As you can see, no tagging rules to speak of, but this one's actually pretty fun as memes go.

Anyway, I got The Ruins in the post today, so I should have a review post of that up in the next day or two, plus the two Glee reaction posts I need to do. Also, if any of you lovely RPS-writing types want to send me (and several others that I've seen) into spasms of fangirlish glee, I'd still love it if someone would write a Starsgard fic centering around the Heartbeats thing. Seriously, it would get its own entry and all sorts of hilarious squee and whatnot.

Speaking of fics, I have moar recs:

- passionofmind's beautifully sentimental (yet still hot) Brad/Nate fic from the prompt "Brad/Nate, wildflowers"
- nightanddaze's angsty (yet really seriously brain-meltingly hot) Brad/Nate snippet around the concept of friends with benefits.

Meanwhile, I'll just be sitting here wishing I wasn't too broke to buy Dead in the Family right now -- I keep seeing posts about it on my flist and it is killing me, y'all. Fuck college, man -_-

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"All men by nature desire to know..." -- Aristotle

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Cheers.

P.S. - Taking one more post to promote penguinparity's stupidly hot Ray/Walt, which features toppy!Walt, a spot-on Ray voice, and an end scene that killed me dead. DEAD. Y'all won't regret it, I promise.

So, I finished Season 2 of OZ earlier, and I want to ramble about it some more so please bear with me.

- Oh dear God I've never seen so many familiar faces on one show in all my bazillion years of watching T.V.
- I have also never seen so much concentrated naked ass on one show in my life (which, given that one of my favorite shows is True Blood, is saying a lot)
- Ditto with homoeroticism. I swear to God, that 10-15 minutes of Beecher and Keller grappling sweatily was pure fanservice -- I mean, for crying out loud, THEY TOOK THEIR SHIRTS OFF IN SLOW MOTION (not that I mind, because if ever there was a man who embodied the phrase "DAT ASS", it's Chris Meloni)
- ( KELLER/BEECHER, I SHIP IT (cut for size) )
(I also feel strangely compelled to christen them Keebler -- yeah, I don't get it either)
- I still want to have Ryan O'Reilly's babies
- I want to adopt Cyril and give him cookies and tell him it's all gonna be okay
- I actually feel sorry for Adebisi now (just one example of how this show plays merry hell with my emotions)
- Schillinger, on the other hand, can get hit by the bus (or twelve) that I wished on Adebisi in my last post
- Augustus Hill still remains my favorite character, I think. Why so awesome, Mercutio?

Lance Sussman approves of the homoeroticism in this post


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"Adventure is worthwhile..." -- Aesop

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Cheers.

Um....okay. So I've been watching my next disc of OZ Season 1 and I just got to a very...surprising...scene.

( What in the actual FUCK? )

Just in case I didn't mention it before; I LOVE THIS SHOW. Such a fucking head trip.

Cheers.