"I wouldn't have done it for you"

[imwalde]

It's been a few weeks, and both Moya and I are adjusting to Pilot being gone. The tearing up eased up after the first week or so, and now I just get sad sometimes. My habits have not necessarily caught up with the new reality. I mentally keep thinking of my cat food supplies as for two, so I keep having to remember that it'll last twice as long. I kept emory boards in drawers, because Pilot loved chewing them into destruction, so when I find one in there, it's a reminder of an old catproofing that is no longer necessary (Moya has no interest in emory boards). Etc etc.

Moya may not like being alone, I think, or she's still adjusting; it's hard to tell. Her behaviors have changed somewhat. She's not eating as she did, she seems pickier, perhaps because there is no longer implicit competition for the food, but even when she eats she'll meow like she's starving and I've not fed her, which she didn't do before. She sticks to my side like glue when I get home, literally following me everywhere sometimes, in a way she didn't do before. This eases up after she seems appeased after I've been home a while, but she still mostly keeps me in her line of sight, if not by her side. I used to go hours without seeing her, when she'd be sleeping under the ottoman or in another room. And now she sleeps by my side the night through beginning to end, which also never used to happen. She slept with me plenty, but she'd come and go, and usually wouldn't join me in bed until a while after I had gone to bed. Her meows have changed, too. They are higher pitched and sound more urgent. Overall, she seems ok, but not relaxed, it's like she needs a lot of reassurance. I'll see how she adjusts given more time, but she might just need another kitty friend to keep her company.

ION, this made me grrrr. Up the Career Ladder, Lipstick In Hand -- a study showed people judged women who wear makeup to be more competent. WHAT FUCKERY IS THIS? I don't wear makeup, except to weddings or something, because I just don't give a shit and I have no intention of waking up earlier just to put it on. I'm of Irish blood, I sort of have blush naturally, but as for the rest, kiss my ass whatever is responsible for that snap judgment.

This article, on the other hand, made me laugh -- For Winter’s Storms, a Stay Bag. Here's the best quote: "Preserving your food and beverages in a snowbank is a questionable strategy, unless your strategy somehow involves extremely fat raccoons." HAHAHHA, that is great shit, New York Times, well done there.

This also made me laugh -- It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers. Heeeeeeee. It's Kürbiszeit, aka pumpkin time, aka the best time of year food-wise in Vienna, which makes me miss it. Sigh. Fall should equal plentiful pumpkin cream soup, but alas, not where I live.

Nothing, however, in recent weeks has made me laugh harder than the invisible hula hoop dance on Happy Endings. I heart that show. See it here, if you go a bit over 5:00 in. I have rewound that a dozen times, and it still makes me laugh and laugh.

This made me happy -- Mother Lioness Rescues Cub. Danger! Drama! But with a happy ending.

And now for many, many tv reactions. My DVR and I have been busy together.

Vampire Diaries

HOW DOES THIS SHOW DO THIS, HOLY SHIT. Seriously, I am slack-jawed amazed. So much happened and so fast, and I know that I should expect it, but it's only episode 5!! I would have been surprised with all of this happening in the first half of the season, much less one episode! Neckalce? resolved! Stefan is back in Mystic Falls and newly evil! Matt died, ish! Tyler is a hybrid! Jeremy and Katherine go on a roadtrip! Michael awakens! He must be the father of the Originals, I think?

And all that talk about the original witch hating Klaus and making a trap in the curse so that the same thing that unlocks it prevents the creation of other hybrids, ie killing the doppelganger, it wasn't explcit, but it made me wonder, was the original witch who Elena is a doppelganger of? The curse stuff was vague, just that it was sealed with Petrova blood, but that doesn't mean it couldn't have been a Petrova bloodline person who placed the curse. As always, I genuinely don't know what is going to happen, and I LOVE IT SO MUCH.

Haven

I saw the trailers for this show last season when it started, and the promos just did not make me think I'd like it. I had no interest, and so ignored it, despite watching a great many other SyFy shows. Here is one vital thing they left out:



WELL HI THERE. As soon as I saw him in an LJ picspam, I at last had a compelling reason to give the show a shot, plus the pimping post did its job and intrigued me. And so I gave it a shot, and shortly thereafter mainlined the first and second seasons, and this show ate my brain. The premise is totally intriguing, once they really get into it, and I love that I genuinely have no idea what is really going on in the town. The main three characters bounce so well off each other, and Audrey/Nathan also totally snuck up on me and I am rooting for them in a way I am rooting for almost no other would-be couple on tv. Nathan pines, and I just cannot resist that. (Br-br-breakfast! ♥♥♥♥♥) But I also love his complicated relationship with Duke. Eric Balfour is really in his element. The show can be a little uneven, and I get annoyed when they drop major plot points for a Trouble of the Week, but on the whole, I think they are being pretty good about doling out enough answers to move things forward. That said, this is no Vampire Diaries. If it were, the Troubles would be over already and some other thing would be happening to Haven.

I am so so so so glad it got picked up for a season 3, because I would have HATED FOREVER if we had been stopped where it ended. I vote for the theory that Dwight will turn out to be near/on the boat, neatly taking care of the gunshot problem. I have no idea what the tattoo means or where Audrey is, but come 2012, I am so there.

Warehouse 13

HOLY SHIT WHAT AN ENDING. This is a happy, funny show for me, but not usually one that elicits super strong reactions beyond amusement, but duuuuude. STEEEEVE! I was so sad they killed him, and so totally intrigued that Claudia kept the metronome. I forget what that watch is that Artie has, but can it turn back time? Because I honestly never thought they'd blow up the fucking warehouse!!! And HG, nooo! Wow, that subtext with Myka was nearly text at the end. As much as resets can be a cheat, of COURSE there is an artifact that could undo it, and it would be in character for Artie to have planned ahead. I was surprised at Mrs Fredericks melting, but am ambivalent about her returning. So long as Steve does, that's what I want most, followed by the possibility of HG awesoming up the place every so often.

Other shows I am watching and enjoying: The Secret Circle, Unforgettable, A Gifted Man, Fringe, Nikita. Shows I have on my DVR that I will get around to eventually: Terra Nova, Pan Am, Prime Suspect. Ringer I am watching, but truthfully not always enjoying. Oh SMG and Ioan, I want better things for you.

Comments

[niennah.livejournal.com]

The Vampire Diaries: I KNOW. What most shows could spread out over a season, if they wanted to, TVD does in an episode! Crazy shit. I LOVE new evil!Stefan. The scene with him and Elena in the gym was fantastic, to see him struggle, and for it to turn out like this... omg. I love the way they've pretty much turned the brothers' roles around but they've done it so well. I totally believe it. Brilliant.

And Nina Dobrev continues to impress by playing Elena and Katherine so differently. She's really good at that. I don't know if you watch Ringer, but Sarah Michelle Gellar could really take lessons on that from her.

[imwalde.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I mean, it's just insane to think what roles season 1 Stefan and Damon played, and then to look at them now. Ever since season 1 beginnings of Damon/Elena, I would argue with friends that there was just no way Elena would ever choose the Damon we knew over the Stefan we knew and be in character, but they have been so smart at moving and changing those dynamics. I LOVE THIS SHOW.

Hahaha, yes, Nina Dobrev is so fantastic in fact that last night for a minute I had the thought when Jeremy and Katherine were opening the tomb, wow, this must be fun together, these two barely have ever scenes together. Then I was like, oh wait...

[shamoogity.livejournal.com]

I hate that makeup thing! I often feel like I should wear makeup to work and there's a reason that I usually do wear makeup to job interviews, but I hate that I feel that pressure. 95% of the time I don't bother because I'd rather sleep more, and it also irritates my skin. Maybe that's because you're supposed to throw makeup out after six months, but I only wear it every few months, so I end up keeping it too long.

[imwalde.livejournal.com]

It's such a racket. Perhaps one nail polish aside, which isn't the makeup they or we are talking about, all makeup I own is far older than 6 months. I've never worn makeup to work, but that's because I almost never wear makeup. I'd feel weird, like I was trying to get a date.