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Why, yes, I am making up for my lack of posts, lately.

Between the ongoing rewatch/discussion with

de23 on instant messenger, season 5 texts from

dombede, discussion about season 1-2 at

_leigh_leigh's journal, and replying to various and sundry folks about season 8 episodes, I really feel that I am getting my "Let's talk SPN" fix.

It's a fun time to be me, fangirl discussion wise! However, because I seem to be in so many different seasons, my thoughts are all over the place, lately.

( As Time Goes By )

I'm also sharing recs, courtesy of

ash48 because they totally made my morning coffee way more enjoyable and sharing is good.

First, a fantastic Picspam (and only spoilery if you find pictures of Sam and Dean spoilery)

D is for Dean
S is for Sam

And, of course, a vid, Winchester Thrift Shop by

deirdre_c (only spoilery if seeing the Winchesters in various outfits and/or "disguises" is spoilery for you.) HYSTERICAL. I've already watched it 3 times. The lyrics,especially "I'm gonna wear this big ass coat" and the accompanying clips had me ROFL!!! (warning if young folks nearby, there's a few f-bombs)

Now, a few incidental, unrelated comments.

My Zumba class has brought out a hula hoop (weighted) and though I have NEVER been able to do this and was doubtful that I ever could, I find that I have been getting better! Of course, I think the weighted one is bigger and easier but I couldn't do that one at first, either. It's really too bad that I can only go once a week as the other class coincides with my late clinic day.

de23, I made the maple walnut muffins, though I had to substitute a gluten free baking mix for the almond meal and the Pig only had sweetened coconut (but still not too many sugars). I also only have a regular muffin pan. If anyone is interested, calories per regular muffin-143; fat-6.28; carb-19; fiber-1.8, protein-3.38. Of course, I don't know how it all breaks down if you use the almond meal/flour. They tasted the same..LOL. I cannot discount calories no matter what plan I am on so I definitely only left a few out and froze small serving portions.

I have been keeping up with Downton Abbey and I am still pretty interested with the exception ( quickie spoiler thought )

Current Music: The Supernatural Mix Playlist

January has been whirlwind eventful with great times alternating with stressful crap that I will probably yammer on about later but not THIS POST

No, this is my feeling all smug post about how I feel responsible for turning

de23,

dombede, and, now,

_leigh_leigh into Supernatural junkies. There's also Dr. Mac and her entire family as well but she's not on LJ. Heh, heh.

So, since I think I now have more than one friend who likes this show on my f-list, do you think I should create our own little community to talk about it or is that a bit redundant and our usual rambling way is just fine.

Let me know.

Anyone else on my f-list is welcome to become a SPN junkie at any time. Just sayin'

Oh, and "LARP and the Real Girl" was so hilariously, wonderfully, fantastic that I wanna talk about it, too. And "Torn and Frayed" and...and.....

But, Adorababy's first birthday is today and I've been called in for decorating duty.

Current Mood: pleased

As I am sitting around here just waiting around for the mid season premiere of Supernatural, I felt that this article was incredibly appropriate (and proof that I am not alone in wanting to talk about this show ALL. THE. TIME.)

And the most talked about show on social media in 2012 is.....

I'm a bit overdue for one of my Big Fat Geek TV posts but I'm still processing the end of Merlin (I was both elated and disheartened by that finale and I still can't decide whether I feel like chucking the DVDs and deleting all my userpics or not), I have loads of other episodes on my DVR that still need to be watched, and if I start talking SPN, I won't be able to shut up about it.

Then, I considered doing a year in review sort of thing, since I've never done one before, but I got waylaid by laundry (my son brought out towels he says has been in his closet for years (Years!!), a flurry of wine induced texting, and trolling vids because I want to make vids but watching is so much easier. It all sounds like a pretty pathetic way to bring in the New Year except that I have been enjoying these goof off days SO MUCH that I don't even care how pathetic I seem.

Now, I wanna share my vid recs with the 2-4 people on my f-list who might care. I like reccing them. Vidders don't often get feedback or recs like fanfiction writers do. I also like these posts because, in this age of streaming, it helps me keep up with vids I really liked so I can go back and watch again. (Assuming I can get LJ features, such as tagging, working today.

I suppose I should come up with a format if I am going to start reccing.

ETA: Gee, I am still doing towels. Brandon really did have years' worth crammed into his closet!

( On to the vids!!!!! )

Wow, there's been a virtual explosion of "WTH" after "Citizen Fang." Strangely, I find myself in the apparent minority in that I'm not feeling one iota of kerfuffle. Nope, I really liked the episode and I CANNOT wait to see what happens next. It reinforced once again why this show has taken over the top spot for me by making me think about it whenever I possibly could today. So, for what it's worth, here's my two cents about the general response and how I see it:

( Boys, BFFs, and Betrayal )

Current Mood: contemplative

Ya'll ready for this?

It's official. I am finally ready to admit that Supernatural has beat out Stargate for my favorite show of all time. Sure, I've fallen in love with shows since Gate ended but I was never really able to say that about any other show, including Merlin. Part of it is all the positive, first-time fangirl memories I have with Stargate. I didn't want any show to usurp that. Part of it is Stargate remains the most fun I have had playing in fandom. Ever. I had more time to be more involved than I do now.

But, I gotta admit that SPN is not only a great show to watch, (and watch and watch and watch) it also has me thinking about it quite a great amount of time when I'm not watching. I wanna read reviews and long-involved meta posts and look at picspam and talk about it with anyone else who is also watching.

I changed my LJ header!

Current Mood: geeky

You guys have to check out my new shiny banner courtesy of

chaand her awesome fangirl Christmas spirit!!!

Yes, I retired The Stargate/Farscape mish mash for my new SPN shiny.

It's so lovely. *pets them*

Well, I've still not decorated anything and I've bought one present but I've done some actual baking! You heard it here first, folks. And,

dombede , get this! The recipe had only three count 'em, three ingredients!!!!

On that note, I've always loved Carol of the Bells and I particularly like the Trans-Siberian Orchestra version of it. So, now wanna rec a wonderful SPN vid to it made by the lovely and talented

dragonfly_sg1.

What is fantastic and unique about this vid and this rec is the fact that I watched it and thought it was fantastic long before I had ever watched my first episode of Supernatural and, therefore, didn't get any of the references. What I said then was,

"It's funny how the music strikes the appropriate, eerie, melancholy tone needed when it's, essentially, a Christmas tune. LOL!"

"It's quite a bloody show, isn't it?"

Once I devoured the show and got all of the references, the vid was EVEN BETTER. For my friends in season 2-4 (yes,

de23 has already made it to season 4. Mwahahahahahah) it is spoilery, yes, but it is fast paced and, De, you are now past the plot points and character introductions I've been really protecting you from. There's no way I was going to spoil that! And, As I said, I watched it before ever watching the show and, still, I was totally unspoiled by it.

Current Mood: geeky

Well, I've had no time to get all thinkie or even read all the thinkie I know is being posted out and about.

But, ya'll, I loved "Hunteri Heroici" like burning. And, oh my! Thickening plots. *eyeballs previous post where stuff is intimated*

Hum, indeed. There's all sorts of speculations and what ifs rolling around in my brain and its soooooo hard to watch this show in real time, now. And next weeks the mid season finale. Ack!

( That's All Folks )

So. Much. LOVE!

Now, if they could have only incorporated my favorite line, "Dragons is so stupid".....

ETA: Okay, now that I have a free moment and I've been a bit more thinkie, I wanna talk about Sam some more!

( dream, dream, dream )

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Current Location: US, Tennessee, Stewart, S Scenic Shore Dr, 161

Just hopping in right quick to make an observation

( That thing with S8 Sam..... )

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Here is my go to exercise song for this weekend. Oddly fitting lyrics to counteract all the emo angst.

Endorphins are your friend.

I am currently in the throes of an allergy attack the likes of which I haven't seen in years. It came on suddenly, yesterday, immediately after I participated in my first ever 5K (Relay for life walk/run). It must have been all the dead leaves and whatnot because I have been sneezing and stuffy ever since. I signed up for the event even though I am only 3-4 weeks into my couch to 5k app with my zombie trainer. Of course, I didn't start from the couch and I'm still not buying that I will reach the point that I can jog for 5 minutes straight much less 35 minutes straight but, whatever. I went ahead and did one of the app workouts for the event, mostly to distract me from feeling self-conscious around the loads of people who participated, and my pace was 14.3min/mile for the first 2.2 miles, anyway. But, it's a hilly route and I think the hills (or my nose) got me toward the end, bringing my average pace closer to 15. I was hoping for closer to 40min to complete the thing. Maybe next time?

It may not look like it on here, but Supernatural is still inspiring All. The. Feelings. I've just been chatting about it elsewhere on folks' journals who are way more fandomly active than mine. Needless to say, I am really loving this season! It was great seeing Amanda Tapping as a guest star, too. (And, a recurring one to boot!) Then someone asked me who she was and what she had been in in the past which then had me tripping down memory lane as I got all nostalgic about Stargate. Suddenly, I want to go back and rewatch episodes and old vids and whatnot. Then, my nostalgia (and worry that my computer is going to crash any day, now, and that my backups are likely dodgy) had me uploading most of my old videos to youtube, well, at least the ones that are halfway presentable in this age of HD and Sony Vegas.

Then I had to figure out how to create a masterpost which should have seemed straightforward but I still "lost" the first one I did because I thought all you had to do was change the date. Duh.

( A vid and why Stargate is still a show worth checking out! )

Work is still kicking my behind. I am so ready for a few days off!

Current Mood: tired

A Masterpost seems pretty superfluous at this point, but, LJ has been my go to place to yammer on about The Shows, TV boyfriends, and the mundane day to day drivel. (Oh my gosh, I've been on here since 11/16/2004!) I have taken the time to upload my old Stargate videos to youtube and I needed a place to link them. Though I wrangled quite a bit out of movie maker, these were made way before the days of HD and Sony Vegas. But, they were fun and I was feeling nostalgic.

( Stargate vids )

Current Mood: nostalgic

Okay, Supernatural is making me feel ALL the feelings and I'm late on my Big Fat Geek TV post of the week(s). (Mainly because I'm behind on The Shows as work has been totally kicking my butt)

But, I'm not behind on SPN, that's for sure! And when I'm not working and whatnot, I'm thinking about Sam and Dean. (IKR?!?)

Of course, when I'm feeling all the feelings, I sometimes get the urge to surf fanvids. (Since I'm not making them myself, anymore) It's full on angst, people! Gosh, I love it.

And I happened upon this AMAZING vid to this amazing song! It's spoilery for season 1-4 (so,

de23, I'd avoid if I were you. But you can listen cause it's a really great song..LOL. I'm tagging all my vid posts, though. If you have already begun to ponder Sam and Dean while you are doing laundry or driving, I suspect you'll be trolling for fanvids before you know it.

dombede I don't know where you are in the watch but I don't think you'd be much interested in fangirly angst, anyway)

And if you pretty much know you are never going to watch this show (which I think is just plain crazycakes of you, but, whatever ;) or if you don't care about being spoiled, play it for the great song! I'm sure it is cross fandom applicable.

( Running up that hill. )

Current Mood: tired

Courtesy of

wanderhomeagain

I have been about to fall out laughing all week over this one. Gosh, I recognize soooo many things I say.

Current Mood: giggly

I'm not one to wax all political on a social media site and, goodness knows, I grow so weary of it on that craptastic social outlet known as facebook, but I think it is pretty obvious how I feel about certain things, healthcare for instance.

Thank you

archaeologist_dfor making me laugh!!

Current Mood: amused

This weekend I did a fair amount of "unwinding" in front of the TV. Some weeks, real life is just so (hormonally driven?) unsatisfying that all I want to do is lose myself in good stories so I played a bit of TV catch-up. First of all, I cannot believe I am watching not just one, but, two NEW shows. How uncharacteristically reckless of me!

( Revolution )

( Supernatural )

( Arrow )

( Merlin )

Current Mood: tired

Okay, so I never did get around to posting the 2nd part of my thoughts about the SPN season premiere. This is likely due to me having the same amount of time in my schedule that I usually have and the fact that I am following more TV shows at one time than is usual for me.

And the fact that, usually, I tend to post the flaily reaction bits on here and reply to others' way more coherent posts.

( SPN, 801 and 802 )

( Merlin, 501 and 502 )

( Revolution )

( Arrow )

And, in a not on TV note, I finally saw Avengers! Awesome!! Tony Stark, there is never any story that I will not love you based on your dialogue alone. Your superhero suit of awesomeness is just icing on the cake. And, I'm sorry, Thor. Sam Winchester would like his hammer back, please. No offense to the actor that plays Thor but now that I have seen Sam Winchester wield Mjolnir, I think the role should be recast with Jared Padalecki. Just sayin'

Whew, after all that I think I need to add something fun to top it off. And, whaddaya know, I first heard this song at D*C at the end of karaoke so, geek applicable.

de23 you may remember it. I have to say that this is the most fun use of clips from funny scenes, cons, and the gag reels that I have ever seen. Not spoilery for those of you still in the first and second seasons of SPN. Not a fan of SPN? You may still see the comedic value of it, especially if you are the vidding sort. Should I feel shame in admitting I downloaded the song to add to my exercise tunes? Probably.

Also, I can't explain the font of weirdness so please ignore if it shows up that way to you.

( There's a demon in you and you're going to your safety school )

Current Location: US, Tennessee, Stewart, S Scenic Shore Dr, 161

Yowza, I really hit the ground running after D*C. I'm beat!! I hope to catch up with all of you lovely friends sometime this weekend.

In the meantime, have a pic!

scarym1,

de23, and me with John Barrowman who was, hands down, the winner for the most entertaining, funny, and thoughtful of the guest panels for the weekend. (Along with Kai Owen) He had the perfect mix. He managed the crazy, OTT fun without letting it get completely out of hand. I was impressed, to tell the truth.

Current Mood: busy

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