zagzagael: This icon isn't mine, but I absconded wi

zagzagael (

zagzagael) wrote,
@ 2008-04-24 09:53:00

Current music:

uh, this embedded link over and over and over and over and over

This icon isn't mine, but I absconded with it because it touches me. I know, I know, how twee, an icon with crap font work somehow speaks to my heart. But it's true. And I'm not certain if one needs to be a House M.D. fan to "get" the incredible longing that this icon represents. It's HUGE. Pick me. Choose me. Love ME. Wilson just happens to be the perfect one to put that sentiment out there - he is so full of sincerity. I love this icon. It makes me .... remember.

And speaking of House-ly things. Monday night the Doctor is back and I'm just squirming in my seat here in anticipation.Cannot. Wait. I can't seem, however, to write or read a single bit of fanfic lately. The Original Fic has me firmly in its clutches, and that's an okay thing. But I've been missing the fandom. And uh, yeah, signed up to write fics in both House and BtVs. Hmmmm....And since what little energy I've got for fandom things has been directed at Supernatural, I have to laugh that neither fic has a Winchester boy, unless....we could find a way to have House crush on one of the boys - and hey, you know what, that might just work....he could develop a crush as crushing as my own on a fictional character. Sam? Or Dean? Or...uh....both? Heh. And I will personally come break the fingers of anyone who rips me off for this idea. *Izzard-like nodding yes of the head, shaking no of the head* Really. Nah. No, really. Uh, no. Yes. No.

Read my first Chick Lit book - evah - this week. Jennifer Weiner's "Good In Bed." Thanks to the flister who sent it to me! I will discuss this with her privately and in more detail, but, no. I just cannot suspend whatever hold I have on reality and grasp at the hip, contemporary "reality" of a fictional chick who is struggling with body image issues, immature relationships, implausible situations and milquetoast characters. I'm sorry if Beach Reading is something the flist holds near and dear - I enjoy pap with the best of us, I mean JRWard? Please. But....I couldn't "get" this novel. I had to keep setting it down and walking away, biting my lip to keep from railing aloud at the Universe. I'm currently up to my red-rimmed eyeballs with Cormac's "Outer Dark" and perhaps that's part of the problem. It's nearly impossible to move from dark, poetic, inbred, SouthernGoth mind-blowing prose to ChickLit. And the irony of it all - my own "novel" is absolutely the OverFortyChickLit. *dies from irony poisoning*

Cormac McCarthy is currently reigning supreme in my pantheon. *worships*

I want all the Dollstown dolls. Right. Now. Anyone know if the Elysia head will work on the 15boy body? Anyone?

thistle_verse shared this gem and now I'm sharing it with you. It's a fookin stunner. Not a fan of the female vocalist....but I am a huge fan of piano ballading. (And redheads. Always redheads.) And I kid you not when I tell you that I've now listened to this song about twenty-three times in a row.

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	thistle_verse 2008-04-24 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	OMG, isn't it fantastic??!! I KNEW you'd like it, too. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	zagzagael 2008-04-24 05:07 pm UTC (link)
	Fantastic? B, it's beyond the beyonds!! I just bought it on iTunes, too. But....I listened to all the rest of her stuff on imeem...and not impressed. Hmmmm.... Thank you for sharing - you've got impeccable musical taste! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thistle_verse 2008-04-25 12:49 am UTC (link)
	Hee, well I'm not sure about that. Did you ever get Ray LaMontagne? Like him? I wasn't bowled over with this gal's other stuff, either, but I also didn't listen clear through any other song. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cynbaby 2008-04-24 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	In Her Shoes is a much better book, but as an overweight girl, I did find myself enjoying parts of Good in Bed. Not that it was great literature, but it was nice, for once, to not have a heroine that was a size four. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	zagzagael 2008-04-24 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	Well, sweets - this is WHAT I need to hear, how readers who did enjoy it or do enjoy the genre feel about these books. I will put the other title on my list. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cynbaby
2008-04-24 05:13 pm UTC (link)

Oh, I'm not a chick lit fan at all.
I read In Her Shoes because it was about sisters who fought and fought and finally saw each other for the people that they really are. One who was kind of frumpy, but smart, the other one being beautiful, but not book smart.
This was exactly what my sister and I went through growing up, so I found a lot of parallels I could draw to my own life.

That being said, I wasn't able to get into any other chick lit books, even by her. I think I'll stick with my Storm Constantine and JR Ward. :)

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	celticgeekess 2008-04-24 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	You do know, that "pick me..." line is mocking an episode of Grey's Anatomy, where the Charlie Brown heroine pleads with her adulterous boyfriend to chose her over his equally adulterous wife? ;) (Reply to this)(Thread)

	zagzagael 2008-04-24 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	I do know that, hee~! I googled the line when I found out it was in GA, which I've not ever seen....and yet, M, it still works!!! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pandora_nervosa 2008-04-24 05:40 pm UTC (link)
	Ok, totally random shout out, but did you hear the Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson finally got married? They did it on April 12th and kept it hush hush. Thirteen years together and the tied the knot. I got a little weepy...lol. How sweet is that??? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	zagzagael 2008-04-24 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	That is such a hoot! Good for them, eh?! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	agaitis_byrjun 2008-04-24 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	I wrote extensively on Outer Dark in class. I focused a lot on its Biblical and Gnostic themes. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	zagzagael 2008-04-24 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	I would LOVE to hear you hold forth about that. I told you that Child of God is my new favourite of all time??? AND I got my dear old da hooked - I've been handing him McCarthy every time I see him and he's just mindblown! Have YOU picked up And The Ass Saw The Angel yet????????????? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	agaitis_byrjun 2008-04-24 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	Nope, haven't had time to read yet. If I remember in the paper I wrote, I wrote a lot about the significance of the three marauders in regards to Christian Gnostic thought, and the connection of names. (Reply to this)(Parent)

agentrayevyn
2008-04-25 01:50 am UTC (link)

oooh! i read "good in bed" over the summer. my first adventure into anything outside of young adult novels. it was alright... but i agree. the fact that it was definitely fiction -- and you could tell -- was a turn off. and the ending! who does that, right?

but finally -- something else i have in common with you! a HA! *cheeky grin*

...i've never heard of milquetoast before. and spellcheck didn't underline it so it must be a word, and now i feel rather dumb for not knowing what that is. although i could tell you a very interesting story about the state of new jersey and how it's going to make me fail the praxis II.

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nagasvoice
2008-04-25 04:17 am UTC (link)

If anything, I suspect one of the Winchester boys would crush on House, and it would be interesting if he reacted with something different than the usual cool indifference and teasing that you would expect. And why would he react differently, what makes the situation different? That's part of House's prickly (and pirck-ish, I'm afraid) appeal, that he really really doesn't need anybody, everybody needs him. Really.
Yeah right.
Just ask Wilson.
Now, if I was a Winchester boy, it'd be a whole lot easier to crush on Wilson. But they've had a tougher life, maybe House's toughness is closer to their taste than Wilson's apparent softness and kindness. I'd never consider Wilson soft, but I think any cancer doctor who's been doing it for that long must have guts made of titanium.

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