( SPN - 4.22 aka ME FLIPPING THE FUCK OUT FOR TWO HOURS IN WAYS I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE EVEN POSSIBLE TO FLIP OUT )

Since most people missed it, here, have some WINCHESTER DOOMHOPE MUSIC to celebrate your Friday!

Ignore my semi-drunken ramble of last night.

Instead, run, don't walk, to read this simple, concise but GLORIOUSLY BRILLIANT SPN Meta on what S4 has REALLY been all about by datenshiblue: Sam vs. Dean or How I Learned to Stop Hating Kripke and Loving The Show

I think this is EXACTLY what you get when you pull this whole season together, and ESPECIALLY after 4.21, I think this is exactly where we are really leading up to.

If Kripke has the guts to pull it off.

Because I'm actually starting to think the EASY way would be for Lucifer to rise in Sam. Which is weird, because I've been kinda excited to get evil Sam for years now.

But after 4.21, I'm not so sure it'll actually happen. You know? We've been TOLD it's gonna to happen for so long? I think might just end up being this show's one big red herring.

Who knows, I guess we'll see in a couple days...

Since over half of my flist seemed to have jumped on the Dreamwidth bandwagon today:

http://zimshan.dreamwidth.org/

Right now I just created it to secure my name and keep track of the portion of my flist whose jumped over to DW (I'll be friending (or 'subscribing') as you post or I find you). But life is insanely busy right now, so I won't anticipate having the time to do anything with this new space until the next couple weeks are over. We'll see then how much this thing has stuck. It all looks kinda nice, but change is...well, different. I don't do well with change easily I guess. It'll take some getting use to. But this x-posting function sure is handy!

....beginning science toward real-life Dollhouses?

NYTimes: Brain Researchers Open Doors to Editing Memory

Sometimes science really scares the crap outta me. Who are the crazy folks who think this is cool?!

Look, I'm a total science nut, bio, chemistry, medicine, it's my friggin life. But sometimes we just take this shit too far.

"Sure as I know anything, I know this - they will try again. Maybe on another world, maybe on this very ground swept clean. A year from now, ten? They'll swing back to the belief that they can make people... better. And I do not hold to that." - Malcolm Reynolds

ETA: Ha, apparently I'm not the only one. Whedonesque already linked it this morning HERE

As I said, I'm not gonna get to watch tonight's SPN until at least tomorrow night, but for those who have just watched it, JOIN ME IN FLIPPING OUT over THAT ALISTAIR LINE (you know the one). Because I just CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT.

I know I’ve been kinda MIA lately, lotsa RL stuff I’m juggling which I’ll get into at some other time, but I just watched the new SPN and I just HAD TO post.

Because OH.MY.GOD.

I AADOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDD THIS EPISODE. ABSOLUTELY POSITUTELY FREAKIN’ ADORED. To the point where my adoration CAN NO LONGER BE MEASURED.

( SPN - 4.15 - Death Takes A Holiday )

HOLY CRAP, THANK YOU, WORLD:

SPN Renewed for Fifth Season

WHEW. I just let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding. I'm not one to panic on pickups this early but Kripke and Padalecki legitimately started to have me worry. The last thing I wanted was for Kripke not to get to tell his full story. Plus, selfishly, I just am not even close to ready to give them up.

SO, ALL ON BOARD FOR ONE MORE YEAR OF WINCHESTERS. EEEE!!!!

Now, if someone could just explain to me why this stupid hiatus is going so slowly, that'd be absolutely perfect.

JEEZE, JOSS.

This was SO MUCH MORE than what I expected. I had forgotten what Joss is capable of. He builds a story that can yield a visceral reaction so effortlessly. And sprinkled along the way with so much wisdom. So many thinky thoughts stuck in my head right now. I want to quote the hell out of this thing, I need to rewatch when I get a copy, but I'm saying it now: They got me. This? Spoke to me.

Congrats, Joss. You got me right where I'm sure you want me.

Of course this is FOX and I'm not stupid. I'm riding on the assumption that we've got about 13 episodes. But I'm okay with that.

Let's make it a nice ride, Joss.

And ELIZA? YOU KEEP ON KICKIN' ASS, GIRL!

I'm all PADAFLAPPING about the idea of all these people being introduced to OUR BOY this weekend. ARE YOU WITH ME? Everyone I know all week has been like, OH YEA, GOTTA SEE THAT FRIDAY THE 13TH MOVIE! And I do an internal flip every time. Oh, JPAD, if only you would do something that WOULDN'T scare the ever-livin' day lights out of me. I'm not gonna get to see it until I go home next week, but I am totally guilty of rewatching that promo multiple times. THOSE JEANS, GUYS. THOSE JEANS. I think they're gonna be the death of me before Jason even starts killing people. [ETA: AHH, OR THE ARMS. GODDDD.]

With lack of SPN this week, two things I stumbled on yesterday that I just can't NOT share with you all:

- 16 SPN Stickfigure Doodles: Angels, Demons, & The Boys
ABSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL. But the pie one and the harp one are beyond my favorites. I am so printing these out to hang on my wall to look at and laugh all day.

- SPN J2 FIC: This Is the Start of a Beautiful Friendship or How Jensen and Jared Realized That They Would Be The Best Of Friends (And Also Very Very Very Manly Men) [PG]
I have seen alot of things in my time in fandom over the years. But I'm pretty sure right now that a fic about Jared and Jensen turning into My Little Ponies? TAKES THE FUCKIN' CAKE. I don't care what you think about RPS, because THIS KINDA CRACK? CAN'T EVEN BE QUANTIFIED. Too outrageously crazy NOT to share. I still can't stop laughing just thinking about it.

P.S. If you have been living under a rock like me and haven't heard, DOLLHOUSE premieres tonight! I'm sure I'm the only one in fandom that just realized that. It's not like I'm not excited, I'm just trying to...perhaps not get my hopes too high. BUT ELIZA AND JOSS, SHIT, I AM SO THERE TONIGHT.

Okay, you know, despite my lack of SPN posting because of inauguration craziness, I have deeply loved the last two episodes. LOVED, like I haven't loved SPN filler in a VERY long time. Especially last week, which was a particularly glorious old school 'rip-your-heart-out' resonance. BUT THIS ONE. Holy CRAP, I THINK I HAD AN ANEURYSM WATCHING THIS, I WAS BURSTING WITH SO MUCH LOVE.


( SPN - 4.13 - 'Afterschool Special' - Wherein Jared Padalecki and Colin Ford combine forces to KILLLLL MEEEEEE. )

In other news, PRESIDENT OBAMA IS GETTING SO MUCH SHIT DONE SO FAST, IT'S LIKE A FULL TIME JOB KEEPING UP ON HIM. Even *I* didn't think we'd see so much turnaround so soon. In celebration, I'd like to share...MY TWO FAVORITE ARTICLES IN YEARS:
- NYTimes: Obama's Partisan, Profane Confidant Reins It In
- NYTimes: White House Unbuttons Formal Dress Code

HAVE I MENTIONED THIS IS THE BEST ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF EVER?!

*watching MSNBC now*

GUYS, THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING, ISN'T IT? THIS IS REALLY FUCKIN' HAPPENING.

I can't hardly take a breath. The anticipation of what we're waiting to see right now, the weight of it all, is just...GEEZE.

I said when he first won, 'I don't think I'm gonna believe it until I see his hand on that Bible at inauguration.'

AND NOW IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS, I'M GONNA SEE IT.

Or at least, I hope so. Technically, I have class, but I've emailed my professor to see if I can come in late. Because WHAT WAS I THINKING? I CAN'T *NOT* WATCH THIS.

Doris Goodwin was just on MSNBC and said, "for those of us who are historians, it's pretty impressive to be living it right now, not just reading about it a hundred years later". That sums up everything for me. That was exactly the first thought I had after first stumbling on Obama's Candidacy Announcement arabian posted on February 10th, 2007, almost two years ago. And then I opened up a document, saved it as 'politics' for the first time in years, and typed: 'I know he's a democrat, but damn, Obama, my heart is with you, and if there is any justice left in the world, the American people will hear you.'

I made the very concious choice not to go to D.C. and be there in-person today. I knew I'd rather someone else have my spot who's yet to have a chance to see the man and have that Obama crowd experience. I knew I'd really just want to get the full scope of coverage on this event that only my tv screen could provide, and bask in it all. And I was right. It's just specatacular to hear the reports of people pouring in the capitol at 7am, to see the thousands chanting and screaming and waving flags and jumping up and down chanting 'Yes We Can' and 'Obama!'. Though I can't help but want to get a vintage 'Fired Up! Ready to Go!' chant started for the crowd, just for old times sake.

The weight of all of what we're about to see in less than two hours, the weight of it all is just so heavy, it knocks the wind right out of me. I'm not a particularly emotional person, but there's no way I'm getting through this without bawling my eyeballs out.

WE REALLY DID IT, AMERICA, WE REALLY FUCKIN' DID IT.

To celebrate with you all, I'm offering up my favorite defacto HAPPY DANCE 'OBAMA WON' SONG: The Beatles - Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da

SING IT WITH ME NOW! OB-LA-DI! OB-LA-DA! LIFE GOES ONNNNN! LALALALA, LIFE GOES ON! YEA!

What's you're defacto Happy Dance Obama Won song?

For the record, I blame this all on the complete LACK of Obama vidding in the world. We've gotta do something about that.

In honor of Dr. King Day, and Obama's Inauguration Weekend, I give you...

'ALL THESE THINGS'
A Story of the Obama Movement
Song/Band: ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’ by the Killers
Vidder: zimshan
Fandom: Obama/American Politics/American History
Length: 4:50
Summary: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." Time, truth, and hearts of The American People jettison the skinny junior Senator of Illinois to the Presidency.
Links: AVI (640x320) (51 MB) | IMEEM | Youtube
Disclaimer: All clips property of Obama for America, CNN, and CBS. I claim no ownership of anything in this vid other than the editing I have done myself. If I knew the editor of the campaign’s wonderful ‘Signs of Hope and Change’ vid, I would credit them for their magnificent black boxes I shamelessly just HAD to use at 02:40.

( QUICK NOTES )

This is simply one perspective of the movement, seen through my own eyes. There are still thousands of other perspectives still waiting to be told. And I encourage you all out there, please do so!

( GEEKY HISTORICAL NOTES & TIMELINE + SOURCES )

HAPPY INAUGURATION DAY!

Comments are like cake and cookies with frosting on top. :)

In case other people are watching CNN and thinking, why on EARTH is CNN not showing ACTUAL CONCERT, don't have HBO, and are surfing through the channels trying to find some station that IS playing it:

HBO.com is streaming it live NOW, and at 7pm and 11pm

It's actually quite a magnificent and powerful ceremony and I can't for the life of me understand why it's not being played on every station on TV. Or, you know ONE basic cable station would be nice. Really, you don't want to miss this.

James Taylor and John Legend are singing together right now. That pair alone is just too perfect. [ETA: Then Sheryl Crow with her western fringe jacket singing Bob Marley with Will.I.Am. I don't even like Crow, but what an amazing created image there. Followed by Renee Fleming's soaring 'Never Walk Alone rendition. Jeeze. Who was responsible for putting this thing together?]

Winter hiatus is the time for vid recs! Or preparing vid recs, only to post the day before the end of hiatus. But who's counting...

Actually, I'd been PLANNING on making this post for a LONG while.

By Season Three, it felt strange adding new vid recs to my old SPN vid rec post. To compare the new with the old given how much the show, not to mention vidding and technology, has evolved in the last two years, just hardly seemed fair. So, I intended to do a new post for the new season. But of course then, we had the writers strike which meant a shortened season, and I just never got enough recs to justify a post.

Now Season Four's halfway done, and finally, I looked at my Vids folder over Christmas and thought to myself, 'Self, I think it's time for that post now!'.

I'm not sure what's inspiring vidders more, the expanding world of the last two seasons, or the holes left in the story as a consequence of that expanding world, but whatever it is, I'm not complaining. This fandom has always been blessed with phenomenal vidding but it's really reached new heights. At this point, I'd really go so far as to say they've become BETTER than the show itself. Which may perhaps be completely nonsensical to say but, in the least, they have become necessary canonical extensions to their onscreen counterparts. Especially in the case of the Ruby vids I've list below, which have really fleshed out the character way past the depth we've been given. Personally, they've helped me to come to accept her existence in the boys' world much more than anything else Kripke's managed to do onscreen.

You hear that, Kripke? They're doing YOUR JOB! *cough*

NAH, I *LOVE* my show. But I love the fandom, which never stops working to make the show even better, A HUNDRED TIMES MORE. A toast to all of those vidders and fic writers who expand this world one spnnewsletter at a time, for us all to enjoy. And I especially raise my glass to the vidders who created these vids under the cut, which have just grabbed me by the shirt collar, yelled "THINK!" and just have not let go.

So without further ado...

( SPN Vid Recs Resource Post II: S3 & S4 (right now, 24 vids and counting...) )

ENJOY! And a Happy Day-Before WINCHESTER DAY to you all!

In the time that I'm not WANTING TO KILL MYSELF OVER THE TWILIGHT SHIT, some show aired again last night...

( SPN - 4.10 - 'Heaven and Hell' - OH SHOW. Sometimes you make me laugh. Sometimes you make me cry. Sometimes I just adore you for being you in your wholely predictably unpredictable ways. )

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna run under a rock to hide from the TWILIGHT madness for the rest of the night.

P.S. FUNNIEST THING I'VE SEEN IN WEEKS

Ummm, are we really on episode 8 in the middle of November? And we're having new episodes for the next two weeks? That seems...weird, right?

( SPN - 4.08 - 'Wishing Well' aka EDLUND NEEDS TO BE PUT BACK ON HIS SHORT LEASH )

Also, in the wake of my severe ELECTION withdrawal, I may or may not have actually broken down and started watching 'The West Wing'. Somewhere, Aaron Sorkin and my father are laughing their asses off.

Before jumping into tonight's episode, a public service announcement

*jumps on soapbox*

TO ALL THE AMERICANS ON THE FLIST: PLEASE make sure you get out and VOTE. If you haven't gone to EARLY VOTING and can? DO SO. You avoid long lines and make sure your vote counts, so you can rest easy on Nov. 4th. IT'S A WIN-WIN. REALLY, I don't lie. Find your polling location at www.voteforchange.com You have TOMORROW and SATURDAY. No excuses! For the rest of you, unless you want to wake up to THIS on Nov. 5th, you better make sure you get to those polls and cast that ballot. And if you have an hour or two to spare anytime between this Saturday and Tuesday, please, sign up to volunteer an Obama office near you. Anyone and everyone is needed, no experience is required.

*jumps off soapbox*

*clears throat*

SO. THAT EPISODE. Well, it's nice to know that last ep was nothing but a mere bump in the road, yea?

( SPN - 4.07 - 'It's The Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester' - BRIEF and I mean BRIEF thoughts because HELLO, I HAVE NO TIME AND KRIPKE DECIDES TO THROW ME THIS! )

Also, in case you missed it: OBAMA'S BIG 30-MINUTE AD


Did anyone else feel like this ad was like one big love letter to supporters? I have the distinct urge grab markers and glitter draw great big hearts around the whole damn thing like I just watched my favorite episode of television. This whole election thing needs to be over quick, because my line between politics and fandom is blurring fast.

There's like this rule in vidding, episodic vids are just by natural kinda...well, boring. All of your source from one episode, it's just bound to be. There's only a hand full that I have actually kept over the years as well-done episodic vids, even though I almost never really have the inclination to rewatch them.

But this has GOT to be the best episodic vid I've ever had the pleasure of watching. Or at least, my new favorite episodic. It just jettisoned my love for 4.01 right out of the park. It's one of those vids, that just brings so much more to the source than what was already there. Just a perfect marriage of song and episode. With an unlikely song, to boot. Out of all the songs on 'Echoes & Silence' I thought would make an interesting vid choice, I never would have found 'Come Alive' to be one of them.



And my overall new favorite. Or, okay, so the vid is like 11 months old, but I never saw it, and I just kinda adore it. IT'S SO HEARTWARMING, Y'ALL!:





One of these days, I really need to do that updated SPN vid rec post.

I SENT IN MY ABSENTEE BALLOT TODAY!!! YAY!!!

And that’s about the extent of the enthusiasm for this post, I’m afraid.

Anyone who actually found this week’s SPN episode mildly entertaining, I suggest you leave the room.

( SPN – 4.06 – ‘Yellow Fever’ – So I see they’ve basically given it up to tradition now that the sixth ep of the season will inevitably suck, then? At least last year, we got Bela. )

Sorry, I had a crappy day today, and I’m sorta just a little ticked at my Winchesters for not delivering tonight.

Here, have some SNL hilarity. Will Ferrel back to join Tina Fey for a BUSH/PALIN OVAL OFFICE SKIT? TOTALLY SAVES MY DAY.


I can't believe the Election Day's in 12 days. Can you tell, I've been a little distracted? This space will be pretty quiet until the 5th, as the days dwindle and I spend my every waking hour not in class phonebanking/canvassing/drooling in a cup. And if Obama doesn't win, you can basically expect never to hear from me again, as I will be checking myself into an insane asylum. IN SWITZERLAND.

I can't go to sleep without jumping up and down about one thing...

( SPN - 4.05 - 'Monster Movie' aka ICE CREAM FROSTING OF LOVEEEEEEE )

AND HERE I THOUGHT THIS MONSTER MOVIE THING WAS GUARANTEED TO BE HOKIE BUT...

Robert Singer Talks About Directing Tomorrow's SPN Episode [slight spoilers]

( Excerpts wherein my old film-loving self geeks out about the directing bits )

Okay, I already spent too long on the debate watch tonight, must get back to work...

ETA:

SCARIEST/MOST HYSTERICAL PICTURE TO COME OUT OF ENTIRE ELECTION YEAR? Y/Y?


CAN NOT. STOP. LAUGHING.