Monday, June 4, 2012

Geeky Weekly Funtimez

Episode Reviews
Monday: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Forever
Tuesday: Angel - Disharmony
Wednesday: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Intervention
Thursday: Angel - Dead End
Friday: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Tough Love

Liveblogs
Saturday: Legend of Korra - Out of the Past

Meanwhile over on Reads, Mark continues Sandman.

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Oh you guys... you guys...

Fanart like this makes it REALLY hard for me to hate Tarrlok... and I want to hate him, because he's a sly evil manipulative bastard...


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SO WHY THE HECK IS HE SO DAMN SEXY?!! <3 <3 <3 AAAARGH!
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So I have another interview tomorrow, you guys! It's with the same library, just for a different position that is also open. After being super nervous about the first one, I'm NOT nervous about this one, which is... making me nervous? Heh. I feel like, well, if they invited me back for a second interview for another position they obviously like me, right? Or at least they don't hate me! But I'm worried I'm going to get too comfortable in thinking that and then make some stupid mistake during the second interview, or, like, forget my pants. (I will probably not forget my pants.) (But I am kind of nervous about the interview outfit because I don't want to wear the same one again to the same people, but my backup interview outfit is not as awesome.) I'm also a bit fuzzy on interview etiquette. Am I allowed to tell them I'd prefer one position to another, or will that make them think I'm not enthusiastic enough about my non-preferred position? I should just shut up and wait for them to offer me a job. OMG PLEASE OFFER ME A JOB.

You guys were super helpful with the last interview and I managed to go in feeling somewhat prepared, so THANK YOU! <3 you all.
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So I finally got my sister to watch Korra. We struck a bargain; I watch Downton Abbey with her, she'll watch LoK.

So, basically, I'm watching a period piece which I wouldn't usually watch since its not my thing, except the reviews are really good and Maggie Smith is in it. (I deduce this is where all the recent Maggie Smith gifs are coming from?). Also, my sis is watching Korra. I think she enjoyed the first episode, except she was constantly interrupting for conversations like this.

Sis: So that's Katara?
Me: Yep.
Sis: So- Aang tapped that?
Me: ...yes.
Sis: So, therefore Korra tapped that.
Me: ....sorta.
Sis: So, who'd that Tenzin dude tap?
Me: Just watch already!
Sis: Fine. *starts video. Five seconds later, pauses* Korra's hairstyle is weird.
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spectralbovine reads A Game of Thrones

This is my weekly reaction thread! I will discuss in plaintext except for major character deaths and/or reveals, so, you know, spoiler warning and all.

Current Progress: Page 68.
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Buffy Meme Day 28: Character You Love To Hate

Angelus

He's so deliciously evil. With the mind games and the complete lack of conscience. He is undeniably evil. There's really no moral grey area when it comes to Angelus. And yet he's so much more interesting than Angel. You can almost see David Boreanaz light up when he's Angelus because the character has to be more fun to play. I love every moment he's on the screen even as he makes me cringe.

Tomorrow: Episode You Hate That Everyone Else Loves
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A very interesting and insightful commentary on the Korra/Tarrlok duel

The author is right. Korra is terrifying when she's pissed off. Heck, whenever Aang got this angry, he slipped into the Avatar State, and pretty much lost control of his actions. But not Korra - she consciously keeps going, fully aware of her actions. No wonder she has problems with airbending - she's about as opposite Aang she could get...

Man. This show. THIS SHOW.
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Does anyone have a Goodreads account? Come be my friend. I have no friends except one and she doesn't even use it anymore :(
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OMG GUYS THE NEW KORRA EPISODE PROMO CLIP!!! :D <3 <3 <3

Please let it mean what I think it means (gung Xbeen svanyyl znqr npghny pbagnpg jvgu Nnat, abg whfg frrvat tyvzcfrf bs uvz va uvf ivfvbaf).
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Buffy Meme Day 29: Episode You Hate That Everyone Else Loves

This is going to sound like such a cop-out. The thing is, there aren't any Buffy episodes that I hate. There are a few I don't like as much, that I tend not to just watch on my own (Teacher's Pet, I Robot, You Jane, Reptile Boy, Bad Eggs) but it's more about them being messy and half-formed than anything else. There are other episodes I'd rather watch if I'm going to bother to get my DVDs out. And even in the episodes I consider less good, there are scenes that I love. Enough good moments that I'll leave the episode on if I'm channel surfing. (Buffy is one of those shows that is just guaranteed to make me stop flipping through the channels and sit and watch for a while).

So when it comes to episodes that everyone else loves, I'm more likely to just get really excited that people are agreeing with me. That they're seeing the same genius of this show that I see.

Buffy is just too much a part of me. I grew up with it, bonded with my mom over it, learned that I'm strong even when I don't feel like it because of it. It got me through middle school, high school, college, and the directionless months that came after. It got me through broken hearts and failed exams and losing my first job. In many ways, it made me the person I am today.

So I can engage with criticisms of Buffy, I can critique it and recognize it's failures. I can understand other people hating all or part of it. But I can't pick a single episode that I wouldn't drop everything to watch if it happened to come on the television. Hell I once got a C on a test because the teacher in the next room started playing Gingerbread, and I just stopped paying attention to the test.

Tomorrow: What You Think Made Buffy So Great
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Anyone else use Rdio.com?
http://www.rdio.com/people/darkwater/

It does cost a little after a trial but it is solid and I think worth the sub. Use it all day at work. :)
New Korra Episode 9 clip!

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ahhhhhh

"Like, Cordelia Chase is slowly growing into one of my favorite characters of all time"

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V'yy arire sbetvir Jurqba sbe jung ur qvq gb Pbeqryvn, jung ur qvq gb Punevfzn. Arire rire.
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All right, where the hell is Kickpuncher? He hasn't posted in a week, and I'm kind of worried.
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The new layout for ff.net is so. fucking. annoying.

You just don't make a layout change after ten years. You just don't do it. If you're going to make changes you do that shit frequently so that the people expect it.

It's like coming to visit Grandma in her house whose furnishings haven't moved or changed in the 22+ years you've been alive and that's really comforting for you and then you find that she rearranged all the furniture for the first time in 64 years.

You just don't do it.

The old layout. It worked.

The new one causes me pain.
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New Hobbit video blog! (i think!)

So exciteddddd

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Lovely. I got to work today and my computer has been completely wiped (we've been updating our server) :@

I guess now at least I'll have an excuse to browse MDS all day...kind of
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Buffy Meme Day 30: What You Think Made Buffy So Great

The thing that keeps bringing me back to Buffy is the metaphor. There are so many layers to this show. It's a coming of age tale of a young woman. It's a hero's journey. It's a story of the family you create for yourself. You can read it as being about Buffy and her friends and their separate but intertwining journeys. You can read it as being about Buffy, with everything that happens to her friend being a metaphor for what she's going through. Both provide incredibly rich interpretations of the material. They reveal different things about what it means to grow up, to sacrifice yourself.

The myriad interpretations are what keep me interested in this story. There's always a new layer for me to discover. And the show continues to remain as relevant to my life at 25 as it was at 14. Sure, I identify more with things in the later seasons now, but I can look at the earlier seasons with a sense of nostalgia, too. Compare my own mistakes to Buffy's or Willow's or Xander's and see how everything led to the present.

Seeing everyone's interpretations of this show has been my favorite part of watching it with this community. Everyone picks up on something different, depending on where they're coming from. There are just so many different ways to look at this show.

And that's the end of the Buffy meme! I believe arctic_hare is in charge of the next one: Sandman!
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Putting this in a new comment thread so it doesn't get missed: when do you all want me to start doing the Sandman meme? Tomorrow? Or would you like me to wait a bit?
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LucyGoosey · 683 weeks ago

I'm a little behind on fandom things sometimes, so sorry if someones brought these up before.

Has anyone else seen the MainStayPro Hunger Games fanfilms? Good god, the one for the Second Quarter Quell is so GOOD and the Finnick/Annie one broke my poor little heart (and had a beautiful setting to boot). I mean, sure there are nits to pick; obvious single settings available, obvious later recorded audio at time, sometimes amateurish acting (except when its awesome), awkward action (not in the Quarter Quell one). But it just makes me so fuzzy to see so much effort and love going into something amateur/fanmade/student.
HI GUYS GUESS WHAT

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY AND I GOT THE JOB!!! YAAAY
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Did anyone else see the new interview with the Avatar creators? They said that gur gjb frnfbaf bs Xbeen jvyy or zber frys-pbagnvarq guna va Gur Ynfg Nveoraqre naq jvyy unir qvssrerag znva ivyynvaf. Fb vg fbhaqf yvxr Nzba trgf qrsrngrq va rcvfbqr 12. It was linked from the Wikipedia article of the episode list, but the reference seems to have been removed, because I can't find it now.
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I noticed that Mark's Master Schedule is filled out for ten volumes of The Sandman. I hope that he's going to read the eleventh volume, Endless Nights, too.
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I just watched Cold Blood, and I refuse to accept it.....
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So I'm reading the Sailor Moon manga for the first time, and wow I wonder if Whedon and co cribbed from it for the S2 finale of Buffy cause a certain big moment is startling similar in both.
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