The World of Marya

Yay Mexico!

2008-07-03T23:25:03Z

Mexico is pretty cool. Things aren´t really any cheaper here than they are at home; and some stuff is even more expensive. It´s really nice though, very peaceful. There is the slight chance that I´ll actually be able to recoup before I have to go back to work and school.

God, this work shit is killing me. I´m supposed to be the backup frontend manager and I´ve spent the past month failing to train an obnoxious jackass as to how to do accounting. And like I said, he´s a jackass, and about as smart as one. He´s fucked shit up more times than I can count and it´s really fucking annoying that I have to deal with his bitchy self.

Seriously. He´s bichier than I am.

I hate being without the internet. I´m using this little shop down the street, and it´s not too expensive, like 15 pesos an hour or something, but it´s a far cry from having the net at your fingertips whenever you want it.

But overall, good time, could have some improvements. I like being here, but I want to go home now please.

Waaaaah...

2008-06-11T20:12:19Z

I just looked up the dates for Atlanta Pride and waaah, I'll be in Mexico.

On the other hand, I'll be in Mexico, drowning my sorrows in as many drinks made from coconut rum as I can get my hands on.

You know what sucks? Having no credit. I have really shitty teeth, so I have to get all this expensive dental work and my insurance is practically nonexistent. I tried to sign up for this carecredit thing, which is kind of like a credit card for dentists and other kinds of doctors. But yeah. I don't qualify. So I had to take out an actual fucking loan from my bank.

In an unrelated note, I'm watching MSNBC right row and Sen. Jon Kyl is seriously an asshole. He tells the anchor in this really snotty voice "I don't know why you're arguing with me," calls the anchor's next question a non sequiter, after completely misinterpreting something John McCain said. Also he gives this really annoying half-smile and says "if you're just let me finish..." If I were the reporter I'd leap through the camera and beat the guy to death with my microphone. You have to be a real douchebag if you make John Kerry look good.

maryaminx @ 2008-04-30T16:28:00

2008-04-30T20:36:37Z

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Huh. I hadn't noticed this stuff before. Oh well.

So I finished book three of the highly pseudo-incestuous siblings-who-can-hear-dead-people and THEY HAVE SEX. Actually have sex. I wrote better sex scenes when I was twelve, but still. THEY HAVE SEX. *explodes*

Jensen Ackles apparently co-wrote some songs on Steve Carlson's new album and guess what? Illegal downloading. *colour me shocked* SO this guy is whining on his EmoSpace about how it's wrooooong. Three points:
1. This wouldn't be an issue if Jensen hadn't written songs on the cd, therefore unleashing his herd of fangirls on you.
2. You suck, so I sure as hell wouldn't pay money for your cd. I'm not downloading it either, because, like I said, you suck and Jensen's singing is at best mediocre, which makes me a bad fangirl but whatever.
3. And finally, every other artist's music has been traded back and forth illegally, so why do you think you're so *speshul*?

That's about as much vitriol I can spit out in one day without giving myself acid reflux, so I'll be back later to bitch about my dating life.

maryaminx @ 2008-04-23T20:04:00

2008-04-24T00:16:38Z

So I've been reading Grave Sight and Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris. And jeezus, those siblings are incesty. Only they're stepsiblings, so my spn fandom background tells me it doesn't even really count.

So yeah. Harper/Tolliver is one of my few het ships. And I tried to find fic but I can't find any, anywhere, even when I googled. It makes me cry a single emo tear.

On an utterly unrelated note, I spent 250$US on an MRI and two doctor's visits for them to tell me "We had no idea why your back hurts, but here, have some physical therapy!" Yeah fucking right. 8 visits or more at a 30$+ copay? No thanks, especially since god knows if that would help. And they're right about MRIs, ask for a sedative if you don't like being sealed in a noisy plastic tomb.

maryaminx @ 2008-03-31T15:01:00

2008-03-31T19:20:59Z

I'm in the middle of a Queer as Folk marathon. I should get up and do my laundry, but Gale Harold is so pretty...

I has new computer! The saga of my fucked-up computers ends with the harddrive on the loaner utterly destroyed and me out 400$ + the cost of this new one. On the other hand, the harddrive on this one is massive so I can store every single episode of QAF to watch at my convenience.

In the same vein, (the queer one) I came out to some of my friends at work. I told Juan that no, I didn't want to be in a threesome with him and Chris said I couldn't have a party because I wasn't gay enough. Then he opened the closet and stepped halfway behind the door and said, "Hey, you're kind of like this!" Then I kicked his ass, which made everything right with the world.

(Dear guys in the world: if your best female friend swaps porn recs and checks out other girls' asses with you, she's probably not straight.)

maryaminx @ 2008-02-15T22:23:00

2008-02-16T04:00:55Z

I have seen Juno, and now I want me some Juno/Vanessa fic. Badly enough that I've decided to write it myself.

There is no way this film could be any more awesome. Ellen Page was quirky and smart yet still pretty believable. The best friend while stereotypical for films, didn't wind up a caricature. The boyfriend/other best friend was pretty endearing too, and the parents were awesome. The stepmom was adorable, both supportive and sarcastic, the ultimate proof that you can take a baby that isn't yours and love it like it is. The dad--played by the guy who is Pope on The Closer--was entertaining and everything that a dad should be: again, supportive and so loving despite everything. In short, the cast in this film rocked my socks. Even the minor characters were awesome, the tech, the anti-abortion idiot, the shop clerk.

It was all handled so well. I don't think this film had a pro-life agenda like many people say. Like it has been said, Juno looked at all her options, especially abortion, and decided that she wanted to give the baby to some people who wanted it and would love it. This film is about realising that life isn't "perfect", but what we have, when we appreciate it, is. Which kind of sounds like I'm saying "lower your expectations," but it isn't. Juno was looking for this perfect family. This cool dad who listened to all the right music and a beautiful mother who would love this baby like she couldn't. For herself she wanted something more, something other than Paulie, (even though that subject was handled in the cutesy, high school way that drives me crazy) but she realised that love isn't this great big concept, it's sticking to someone through thick and thin (like her Dad says, "thinking rainbows shine out your ass" even when you're at your worst).

I really thought they were going to go the predictable route of younger girl falls for married man, and I'm glad they didn't. I'm glad Juno tried to demand some responsibility out of Mark, even though she later said she was dealing with something "way above her maturity level." I was seriously concerned, especially when they started dancing, and I considered plugging my ears, closing my eyes, and humming. Then I thought, "Oh noes, Vanessa is going to walk in, and widdle Juno is going to get yelled at." But Vanessa looks at Juno, then her husband, and asks Mark "What did you do?" That was surprising, and pretty goddamn telling. In a situation like this, the other woman is always, always the "problem." She must be a hussy, throwing herself at the sainted husband who is tempted against her will. But here, the husband is clearly the problem. Little Juno had him pegged at first glance when she called him a "sellout," and even though she later thought he was cool, he had some serious issues.

Like I said before, I was pretty meh about the romance angle. Of course, I'm usually pretty meh about love interests, especially when they're of the best-friend-for-life-so-obviously-I'm madly-in-love-with-you variety. But it was cute the way the movie ended, and if that really is Ellen's voice, I am in love with her forever. I didn't love the cuddling in the hospital bed, but the Vanessa and the stepmom scene more than made up for it. And the runners going across the screen at the end was a nice touch.

In conclusion, when does this movie come out on DVD?

maryaminx @ 2008-02-14T22:06:00

2008-02-15T03:28:59Z

That was seriously awesome.

Okay, first it seemed like it was going the way of comedy. And then it got angsty. And then it just fucking kicked ass.

LOVED the Sam-pulling-bullets-out-of-himself and the conversation with "Bobby." Sam angrily driving the Impala. Sam plotting and yet still making his bed. And the angstier and angrier Sam got, the hotter Jared looked. Until he went all wibbly there at the end.

The Trickster was really good, too. Trying to get through to Sam in his oily little Trickster way. He's kind of obnoxious and unfeeling, but all in all he's Good People. If he weren't always making trouble for the boys, I think they'd get a kick out of him.

I think the entire episode was very well handled. From the funny--the boys saying the same lines at the same time--to the dramatic--the Bobby voiceovers as Sam hunts the Trickster--this episode was pretty much everything I could have asked for in a episode. Couple that with the writer's strike being over, and you have made a very happy little maryaminx.

I need fic posthaste about what Sam got up to in the months without Dean. Maybe something involving demon powers. And Ruby. That'd be nice.

The promo for next week was pretty kick-ass too. It looks like it will make a good interim season finale until production starts back on the few episodes we have left in this paltry little season. I love Hendrickson; he's a nice smart-assed counter to Dean's smart ass. And I always love it when the law enforcement is forced to rely on the boys for help instead of hunting them down like they'd been doing. I is looking forward to it. :)

HP Fan Fic

2008-02-02T23:55:34Z

I've been writing this damned story for three years, and now it is finished. It takes place maybe around HBP.

Title: Desconocido
Characters/Pairings: Percy/Ginny, implied Percy/Bellatrix
Rating: NC-17
Summary: The punishment for revealing the Dark Mark to the uninitiated is high. Extremely plotty sex scene, ~1500 words.
Warnings: Incest, calm discussion of murder, implied violence, rough sex
Disclaimer: Not mine. I is poor.

Percy sees the Mark not two days after she receives it. He is livid; Ginny can hear the Avada on his tongue as he jerks her aside.

His face is close to hers as he quietly seethes, "Have you gone mad? What if it hadn't been me who'd seen the Mark, but Mother, or worse, even Ron?"

Her mouth is open and she stares up at him, unblinking, not understanding. He shakes her. "I mean the Dark Lord no disrespect, but it was foolish to take you without at least teaching you how to be careful."

"You're--" she gapes.

He nods impatiently. "However did you figure that out? Was it the fact that you're still alive? Get a hold of yourself, sister."

She blinks, shakes her head, and is composed. "Show me," she says, indicating his arms.

He holds her gaze and wordlessly lifts his sleeve. Her face is utterly emotionless, but he thinks he feels a vague sense of interest from her.

"When?" She asks quietly. There is nothing in her voice but blank curiosity, and Percy suddenly knows that his sister had passed the final test with flying colours.

He imagines her raising her wand, the words slipping so easily from her tongue, the body falling gracelessly to the ground, and he is overcome with a lust deeper than he had previously thought possible. He is heady with the exhilaration of darkness.

Her hands are on his mark and she smirks coldly at him, reminding him unpleasantly of Bellatrix. Then his memory slides to more palatable memories of the woman, and Ginny whispers, "Bet I'm better..."

His eyes widen slightly before he can catch himself. She laughs softly. "It's written on your face, brother," she murmurs, and suddenly every line of her body screams sex and he doesn't know what he's doing--

"No," he gasps. "It's wrong."

"As wrong as this?" He finger tracks the outline of his Dark Mark. She laughs again. "You are in no position to lecture me about right and wrong."

Her hands snake up his chest, and Percy stands transfixed, mesmerised by the unfamiliar light in her eyes. Her tiny, nimble fingers skim over his shoulders, neck, entangling themselves in his hair, pulling him down to her.

She kisses him, full of fire and domination, all smoke and poison and darkness. When she finally pulls away, his breath is ragged.

"Better than Bellatrix?" She smirks.

He smirks back and kisses her again, in control this time. Her lips are spicy with an unknown flavour, and she moans as he licks them and pushes his way inside, plundering her mouth. Her body melts into his, soft curves pressing into hard planes.

"Want you," she gasps when he breaks away.

"Not here," he replies, grasping her hand and revelling in her mussed hair, flushed cheeks, and swollen lips. "Follow me."

He pulls her along, half-stumbling in haste. Reaching his chambers, he pushes her inside.

"Percy," Ginny whispers as he shuts the door behind them, hands sliding possessively over her small body.

She fumbles with his belt and grins up at him as it falls open in her hands. "My, aren't we anxious?" she remarks before he captures her mouth with his again.

His hand has found her mark again, thumb running over the skull. His other hand is divesting her of clothing as his tongue continues to explore her mouth.

He feels her grin against his mouth and he growls as he pulls back. Her head is thrown back, utterly wanton under his smouldering gaze.

This time, it is his voice that is mocking. "Imagine, the girlfriend of the Boy-Who-Lived being fucked against a wall by her brother, Death Eater and right hand of the Minister of Magic."

Her grin grows wider and her teeth glisten in the half-light of his chambers. She has rid him of his trousers and robe, and it is a short matter to remove his pants as well.

"Percy," Ginny gasps again, and it is his turn to grin as he buries himself in her.

He stills for a moment and allows her to see the thoughts flickering across the surface of his mind. She has the grace to blush before pushing herself against him and spurring him onward.

She mewls as he moves his hips in tight movements, leaving them both gasping for breath. His hands are gripping here shoulders, and red outlines of bruises to come form beneath his fingers.

"Please," she whispers.

"Please what?" He smirks. She will not get off easily; the punishment for revealing the Dark Mark to the uninitiated is high. "What do you want me to do?"

"Fuck--" she bites out. "Please--"

"You'll have to be more specific," he taunts, grinding into her. She keens and bites her lip.

"Fuck me, please, Percy. Hard--"

Percy grins, quickening the pace a little, but not enough to allow her to come. "Oh no, Ginny, I think I'll make you wait."

She bucks, frustrated and infuriated, burying him as deeply into herself as he will allow. It's hard for him to hold back, but he has a few things he wants to ask her. He catches her hands, scrabbling at his chest, and pins hem above her head. She winces at the pull, but quickly forgets the pain as he lowers his mouth to her throat.

She dances against him, desperate to increase the speed. He nips her collarbone and hisses, "Control, Ginny. Control yourself."

She whines but stills, body thrumming with strained muscles. He rewards her obedience by picking up the pace somewhat, grinding against her. He can feel her body begin to tighten around him as he whispers, "Imagine my surprise when Bellatrix came to my bed and told me that my baby sister had joined the Death Eaters."

He trails his tongue up the side of her neck and she shudders.

"She told me how you stumbled into the circle with Nymphadora's head tucked under your arm, blood staining your hands. How did it feel, sister? Did she scream?" He nips at her earlobe. "Did she call you evil, repulsed by the darkness in you?"

Ginny hisses as he clamps down on the flesh beneath her ear.

"How did you do it, little sister? Did Remus let you in, pretending not to know what you were doing? Did he drop the dagger on the table and excuse himself? Imagine, Dumbledore's pet werewolf, Fenrir's little protégé."

"It was service to our Lord," Ginny gasps, "or death at the hands of the Ministry."

"Hmm," he murmurs. "True, that, but aren't Gryffindors supposed to value what's right over saving their own skins?"

The irony in his voice wins another rich laugh from her throat. He grins in response and returns to his ministrations, thrusts coming in shorter bursts. Her legs have slid up around his hips, effectively pinning herself between Percy and the door. The bones in her spine creak as he pulls her arms up further, pounds into her harder.

Ginny is no longer looking at him now, instead her eyes are fixed on his left forearm above her face, twisted in lascivious pleasure. "Did you scream when He marked you," she asks, the non sequiter making his blood boil and causing him to lose all semblance of control.

He growls and drops her wrists, hands coming down to grasp her ass and carry her across the room to the bed. He doesn't quite throw her down, following her down with his cock still more or less between her legs but she grins up at him and stretches like a cat, bouncing lightly on the bed. "Who would have known that chivalrous little Percy Weasley likes manhandling pretty young things into his bed?"

He thrusts into her again, snapping, "You talk too much," but unable to resist replying "and who thought that dainty little Ginevra Weasley would have a thing for ghastly tattoos of snakes and skulls?"

"Touché," she says, gasping as she clenches around him, pulling him in deeper. His balls slap against the insides of her thighs and he can feel his body begin to wind tightly, feel the tension in her arms as he presses her further into the bed. Her right hand has come up again to play with his Dark Mark and it's too much as he spills himself into her and feels her clench around him.

They lie there another moment, catching their breath, Ginny's hands still roving over the tattoo. Percy hears a noise and turns toward the door as it clicks shut, heart stopping as a figure turns toward them. The face is obscured but the mark on his arm is vivid as he strips his shirt off.

"Starting without me, I see," is the amused chuckle, and Ginny giggles as Percy feels his heart stop, looking into bright green eyes.

Supernatural 3.09

2008-02-01T18:10:10Z

THAT EPISODE KICKED ASS.

Yay Ruby! Despite the fact that Katie's face appears to be made of wood and that "face the camera away from the boys, then turn back" move she does, I love her. Some people think that it's a copout, and maybe it is, but I loved it for the possibility it presents for Dean--remember in IMToD, he was so afraid of becoming the thing he hunted, imagine how much worse becoming a demon is than becoming a ghost.

It was more icky-gruesome, so no complaints here. And whoever played Tammy was the hottest guest star they've had, Crossroad #1 notwithstanding. I agree with Dean on his assessment of their catfight. (Yay gratuitous softcore lesbian porn!)

I loved the confrontation between Dean and Ruby. "You jackass!" "You black-eyed skank!" Much better than Dean and Bela. They should probably switch the pairings around, because Ruby operates more on Dean's level than Sam's, and Bela more on Sam's. (Bad Ruby! Bad making me want het!)

The conversation between the brothers was good too, not laid on too thickly and Sam only got a little misty eyed. I'd quote parts, but the entire thing was gold--most of the dialog from the episode was gold, actually. I need to go find out who wrote this one, so I can fangirl them.

That's about all I got, since I watched it last night when I got off work (about two in the morning) so I need to go watch it again.

Supernatural 3.08

2007-12-14T03:23:17Z

Cut for spoilers, and incoherent squee.

First: I really didn't care for this episode. Some of it was clunky and forced, and I'm getting tired of the boys crying every episode. BUT. There was plenty of shiny to go around, too.

Wee!chesters. Ridge Canipe (the kid who plays Dean) can emote just like Jensen Ackles, but he doesn't look much like Dean anymore, and he definitely doesn't look like Dean to the new wee!Sam. And I don't usually expect kids to actually be able to act, but most of the dialog was like claws on a chalkboard.

Amulet. Yay! That's totally not what I was expecting, and so much more than I had hoped. Sam gave Dean a present and of course he kept it forever and ever.

The funny. When show is funny, it is very funny, and I'm sure everybody knows the way that one finishes. Them busting into the Santa's trailer = I'll still be laughing about that one tomorrow. But most of the other stuff was chuckle-worthy at best and the entire scene with Santa's elf was just annoying.

Bobby. For all that Jim Beaver was not actually in the episode, his presence was felt. And I *heart* Bobby in the wee!scenes, too.

The gore. Or rather, the lack of gore. I was wincing while the boys were being tortured, but it really ranks very low.

The plot. It was kind of meh. Show does not do heartwarming well, and if the boys become teary eyed more than once an episode again, I'm going to start writing angry letters. It was...adequate, I guess, but coming off of Fresh Blood I'm going to have to award it a C.

And now I'm going to go watch it again, and I may return with a different opinion.

DJ 100: Deus Mortuus Est

2007-12-07T03:22:58Z

Title: Deus Mortuus Est
Author: Maryaminx
Rating: R (incest and dub-con)
Pairings/Characters: Dean/Sam
Category: Fic
Summary: Prompt #43 We learn in Houses of the Holy that Sam prays every day. Now that he knows his destiny, does he still pray? And if he does, who does he pray to? ~1000 words
AN: I kind of had to beat this prompt into submission, so whoever suggested it, I hope it's all you wanted it to be. Concrit is very much welcome--Hell, MST the entire thing if you want. ALSO, spoilers for 3.07.

I pray the Demon Jesus is pleased at this humble offering.

He had told Dean that he prayed every day, but his prayers are no longer taken from the Book of Common Prayer, and Latin exorcisms have burned his tongue since he killed Jake.

Sam's prayers are moaned out around Dean's cock, on his knees in the shower, his own liturgy of the Eucharist of his brother’s come. He has invented his own Rituale Romanum, written across Dean’s chest with fingers and tongue. He no longer ends his prayers in nomini Patri, but with Dean breathed out onto the soft hair of Dean’s groin as Sam comes, hand wrapped loosely around his own cock.

Dean is the only god Sam has ever known, the one good thing he has left to believe in. He has worshipped Dean since Pastor Jim told him about Jesus and Sam thought of Dean, arms spread wide across the crucifix above the altar of the church. If he dies, Sam will rip apart Hell itself to get him back.

Dean says he understands what Sam is going through and tries to do all the "big brother" things, but Sam isn't a little boy any more, following his big brother around. Dean lets him drive the car, tries to teach him how to fix it--passing the mantle, but that’s not what he’s asking for.

Dean doesn't stop Sam when he finally just takes what he wants, backs him into the bathroom and takes out his cock.

Sam looks up at him, prays with his eyes and every twist of his tongue, please don’t leave me, please don’t die. I told you that you were twisted when Dad did this to you, and you didn’t have demon blood in you.

Dean’s expression is blank and Sam is beginning to think that maybe Dean doesn’t care about that anymore. And if Dean doesn’t care, Sam doesn’t care either. He‘ll use it instead of holding himself back, confining himself to the tradition of Demonology texts and the Key of Solomon.

He knows Dean had fears about him not coming back right, and Sam knows that he had communicated them to Bobby. But Dean’s response to his killing Gordon isn’t fear or disgust. It is that same blank ambivalence that is driving Sam insane.

Dean comes then, and suddenly it’s not enough for Sam anymore. He wants participation from his brother, not just the “every hole is like any other” that is his excuse for letting his little brother get him off. This is just one more thing he's giving up for Sam, and Sam won't take it anymore.

Dean is a cold god, the only one he's ever served, but he's tired of service, of unanswered prayers and ignored petitions. Pride had called him the Boy King, and he's going to fucking act like it.

He pulls Dean up, manhandling him until he faces the shower wall. Dean is something like a rag doll, but Sam works past that, fumbling for lube. He presses him into the cold tile and starts talking.

"You think maybe I came back wrong," he hisses, fingers prepping Dean a little too quickly, "and maybe you're right. But in a few months it won't matter anymore because the only one who cares is gonna be dead."

Dean is still unnaturally passive, head bent, letting Sam take what he wants. God damn it, Dean, still sacrificing himself for his brother, the Christ complex that Sam won't let him keep. He‘s through with Dean-as-Christ, his life for everyone else‘s. Sam's cock slides in roughly and he stills for a moment, letting Dean feel it.

"I don't care if I came back wrong," he says, voice low and hissing directly into Dean's ear. "If it'll save you, I'll fucking walk into Hell to get you back. You don't get to call the shots anymore, big brother.

"I'm going to use this, and you're going to fucking like it." He moves then, brutal thrusts, and finally Dean is gasping. Signs of life, Sam thinks, then asks “Understood?”

Dean shakes his head, hands scrabbling for purchase on the tile against Sam's thrusts. "No Sammy, please, don't, you can fight this, it isn‘t you, you have to--"

"I don't have to do anything," Sam replies, low, happy for any response from his brother. "Remember Andy's brother? Remember the things he was willing to do for him? Do you think I would do any less for you? Do you think I have any more respect for demonic refuse than he had for humans? I killed the Crossroads Demon, and I will find her master and rip him apart with my hands."

He grips Dean’s cock and gives it a few pulls. He's not going to just take what he wants from Dean, though he knows Dean would let him. He wants Dean to want this, wants his body moving against his instead of standing passively, braced against a dirty Motel Six shower stall.

"What's it gonna be, Dean? I'm doing this, with you or without you, and unlike you, I have no qualms about going it alone. If I have to take my place at the head of Azazel's army to get you out of this, I'm going to fucking do it, Dean.

"I've followed you around my entire life, Dean, and I'm done with it. Now, I'm calling the shots."

His hips stutter, and he knows he has to make this quick because he won't last much longer. He slides a finger into Dean's ass along with his cock, finds Dean's sweet spot. Dean's cock finally stiffens again in his hand and he twists his wrist, teeth worrying at Dean’s ear.

"Demons will obey me, Dean. Hellhounds will lie down at my feet like puppies. We'll be unstoppable. You want to keep hunting? Fine, but you've got to stay alive to do it."

He comes then, spilling deep into Dean and biting down on his shoulder, a brand that he knows instinctively won't fade. When the tremors stop, he continues. "You have to stay alive to do that, Dean, and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen."

One more pull and Dean comes a second time, and Sam can feel the second he breaks. Dean's not a god anymore as his head drops, broken, and he breathes out, "Okay, Sammy."

Sam doesn't pray any more after that.

maryaminx @ 2007-11-16T00:00:00

2007-11-16T05:14:20Z

Okay, thusfar the previouslies haven't really seemed all that spoilery to me, but tonight? Way too much. First off, Bela was in the last episode, so we didn't need any reminding about who she is. Also? Bela followed by Gordon? Gave the entire plot away.

Still, this episode was all kinds of win. Sam was such a total badass, Dean was heartbreaking, and Gordon was everything you could want in a villain. Bela needs to die, and quickly, but I love how Dean actually managed to get through to her and scare her. Maybe if she's just a smartass she won't be nearly as annoying as a "cold-hearted immoral con-artist" or whatever Dean called her in the last episode.

HARMONY!! I love how absolutely everyone in fandom knew exactly who this girl was the moment she stepped onto the screen. That's how many Buffy alumni on the show? Now all we need is Eliza Dushku and I could die a happy, fulfilled person.

I seriously started hyperventilating when Sam killed Gordon. It was impossible to do it that way but OMG SO AWESOME I DON'T EVEN CARE. I know JP said he was trying to make Sam as dark as possible/show that he may not have come back right but this is better than I would have ever expected.

And the closing scene was probably the most heartbreaking moment out of the entire season's endings. Dean teaching Sam to fix his car + Sam saying he wanted to be just like Dean = so much love. (And damn! repeats for the next two weeks...at least it'll drag out the few episodes we have filmed left...)

And on the Numb3rs front: Amita killing the other guy's avatar? First time in 2 1/2 seasons that I've liked her.

And a note from last week's spn: Jared's Latin was absolutely painful. It was like he wasn't even trying. The first couple of lines don't even sound like Latin at all(eta, apparently they are names of angels or something, so they should be Hebrew. Still, sounds nothing like Hebrew, either)... It was one thing when his accent was just bad, like in Phantom Traveler, but his pronunciation sets my teeth on edge. We can has more Dean!Latin, y/y?

maryaminx @ 2007-11-15T00:10:00

2007-11-15T05:17:42Z

ZOMG IT'S FUCKING RAINING. *is amazed*

Also, I is not going back to school next semester. I need at least six months to decompress from this semester...I am so burnt out from working and being in Atlanta 6 days a week. I did the math, too, and if I go next semester that would be 91 completed hours in 2 1/2 years and Hope only covers 120. Advice: never switch majors/colleges because that will fuck you up.

maryaminx @ 2007-11-13T11:22:00

2007-11-13T16:28:31Z

I demand that someone write some Jensen Ackles/Shia Labeouf we is srs actorz RPS right now.

Please?

maryaminx @ 2007-11-12T22:02:00

2007-11-13T03:47:08Z

So if you know me, you know I have a ridiculously wide taste in music, most of which I can discuss with a straight face. And I like Nelly Furtado and think that Loose is an excellent album, with the possible exception of "No Hay Igual" and "Let My Hair Down." I was perusing youtube, because that's what you do when you are avoiding Calculus homework, and noticed a new Nelly Furtado video. Another one. Off the same album.

Some artists have been doing this recently, actually producing half-way decent pop albums with more than one good song. See: Rihanna, Beyonce (kind of.) And then they're like "Hay! Why don't we make music videos out of every goddamned song on this album?!!(eleventy)!"

But eventually you run out of material, and shit gets random.

There are fifteen songs on this album, and I've been able to find six videos for it, with the sneaking suspicion that I've forgotten one. So basically, half the album has been vidded

"Do It"
This is the newest one I've seen, and it is seriously more random than the latest Rihanna video where she spends the entire video singing into a mirror in a bathroom in a club. But it's cheerful, even though the producers were clearly reaching for material.

"Say It Right"
Probably my favorite video, because I like kind of choppy, black&white videos, like JT's "My Love" and Thalía's "Amar sin ser amada."

"Promiscuous"
I like the idea behind this video, but the quality is appalling, and some of the shots are pretty stupid. See: the drumset switchoffs. But the dance sequences were great, and Nelly (in this vid, at least) has better abs than JLo.

"Maneater"
God, the quality of this video is just plain SHITTY. Like, Christina Aguilera "Dirrty" shitty. And only vaguely hot, unliky "Dirrty", which was fucking smoking, in a chauvinistic kind of way.

"All Good Things"
This video depresses me. I watched a television show when I was a little kid about some girl stuck on an island somewhere, and everybody dies at the end, so really any artsy "lost in the Pacific isles" vid is an automatic fail. Also, there was that book about a kid who got stranded blind on a cay, with a crazy old man who zomg sacrificed himself to save the kid from the hurricane!!1! Err...yeah, islands=not my thing.

"No Hay Igual"
This video is straight latin pop, with a nice look and bright colors, but I hate this song so bad I can't really appreciate it.

Of course, my two favoritest songs don't have videos, so here are Wait For You and Somebody to Love uploaded just for you.

maryaminx @ 2007-10-25T22:47:00

2007-10-26T03:33:42Z

So... Supernatural episode four... Live-blogged upon the second watching.

Those had to be the longest previouslies in the history of previouslies. Or maybe because there was so much dialogue, I was begging for them to be over halfway through. They tell us: Sam may not be Sam, and the Colt is important. Keep this in mind.

I'm kind of confused about the monster/victim of the week. So the priest and the bartender are demons who suggested that the asshole crimelord start a vice industry in the town, and...? The bartender was pretty hot, though, and it's nice to see some hot chick making out with some other guy while Dean looks on. Wouldn't want him becoming overconfident, or anything.

YAY BOBBY! Heh, threatening the boys. Although Sam is kind of bitchy, here, demanding that Bobby have answers as of yesterday.

And mirrored ceiling ftw! Of course Dean would get a kick out of that, and the magic fingers box beside the bed. And all his acquaintances would be horndogs (less attractive, but still.)

I need to pause here a moment to drool over Dean Winchester in shirtsleeves. I have a thing about shirtsleeves, probably from a childhood in which my friends and I spent way to much time dressed up. Give me a loosened tie and unbuttoned sleeves and I am *there*.

Hee! That one girl who keeps hitting on Dean, and Sam dragging him off with an annoyed/apologetic look.

I fully expect meta from spnematography about the use of mirrors in this episode.

One day I will rewatch this episode and not fast-forward through Richie's untimely demise. But considering the gore factor this season, I'm not risking it.

I'm liking Ruby more and more, even though I think she's ridiculously over the top. Also, this thing with the gun is even more *meh* than the thing with the knife. I mean, Ruby just so happens to know how to fix the gun so that it's magically demon-killing again? And she tells Bobby how to fix it, even though he's the one character on the show who should have enough sense to kill her? And he just takes her advice and lets her help him? WTH?

Hee! X2! She called him bitch! And what's up with the separating? Sam needs to stop rifling through the humans' files and go back to finding actual demons.

(Note: what's up with the Reaper commercials? Let's have some spn commercials, too, and not just post-show "coming up.")

Humans as animals is apparently a recurring theme this season, and Dean agreeing with the demons is too. Although I would agree with the bartending (in the dark, even) demon chick that our body count this past century was depressingly impressive. And yellow-eyes officially has a name! (I don't think he had one before except in fanon, correct me if I'm wrong.) Azazel. And wow... "I was ready to follow Sam." That was one heart-stopping line.

Also, why does Sam always look so funny when firing a gun? Is it because he's so big? He always seems to be bent in a funny direction when he's killing in cold blood. At least this time he didn't twitch.

I really like this direction they're taking Sam. He's fighting his destiny, but he's going along with it, too, trying to save his brother. Killing in cold blood, but not liking it. And he's got Ruby egging him on (pretty clumsily, too) but he's willing to listen to her as long as she's ~~putting out~~ helping him save his brother.

All in all, the half of this episode I actually watched, what with all the fast-forwarding, was excellent, although some plot points had ze gaping holes.

SPN--3.03

2007-10-20T00:59:08Z

Okay, that was interesting. Loved the plot, loved the other characters, etc. Bela, though, is not on the fast track to being a favoured character. Yeah, Lauren Cohan was awesome, and Bela would make a good villain, but I mostly thought she was a raging bitch. An extremely attractive bitch, but I agreed with Dean when he said "I think you're a truly awful person." Unless they do something to make her more sympathetic, I'm not looking forward to her return.

OMG Sam was so cute. His little puppy face and rebellious nose-scratching. And Dean being the annoyed older brother, cleaning up his little brother's messes.

I did not watch the guy get killed by the meat fork. I got the clue-by-four that somebody was about to die, what with the continuous focus on the beer bottle, and fast-forwarded through it. They're really pushing the violence envelope this season, aren't they? If this was the episode about Max, they totally would have showed the actual decapitation.

Gordon was awesome, too. Of course he would be organising a little counter-revolution of his own from prison. The other hunters were even more batshit than he is, but he's willing to use them, because, as he says twenty-five times, "Sammy Winchester must die."

Overall, I thought it was pretty funny. Definitely can't wait for next week. Numb3rs tonight!

Yay!

2007-10-18T18:30:14Z

New episode of Supernatural tonight! Yayz!

Last Thursday's show pretty much sold me on the blonde chick. They toned her down, I think, making her more of a smart-ass like Meg, and I totally didn't see the demon-thing coming.

Also, mini!Dean was so cute. And Lisa (that her name?) was pretty hot, too. Looked a lot like Carmen in WIANSB. Apparently, Dean does have a type that isn't just blonde and busty.

The storyline was really creepy, and though I loved every bit of it, I think they way overdid the creep factor. They could have ct out a lot of the scenes with Rebecca and had a couple of brother moments...or hell, more of the case.

So yes, I am very much looking forward to tonight's episode. It will be my reward for surviving a physics test.

Also, regarding this season of Numb3rs...I love the storylines and the new characters, but the GFLI are getting on my last fucking nerve. I nearly screamed when Amita came downstairs in Charlie's shirt. And when Alan gave her back whatever it was she'd left in the hallway. Colby had it right, though, bitching at Liz for sleeping with the boss. That's not very professional, and it's also really fucking annoying.

That is all.

Supernatural Season Premiere

2007-10-05T04:40:31Z

FIRST: ZOMG. I resisted the spoilers but I heard that it was available on Itunes so I went ahead and downloaded it, not able to resist.

Things I liked:

1. Bobby's Car. The image googling tell me that it is a 60s- or 70s-era Chevy SS-something. I was thinking Camaro, but opinion seems to be a Chevelle. (Forgive the non-expert car geekery.) But also, how the hell was Sam supposed to fit into the backseat of that thing? (I assume that's what they're in when they're staking out the bar.) Also, Envy gets out of a Toyota, so someone should totally meta the kinds of cars the good guys drive vs. the $11k toy cars the bad guys drive. Although Gordon drives an El Camino...

2. Dean's look of glee and thumbs up. And the way he flirted with the girl on the phone. And the way he was trying to hook up with the girl at the murder scene. But WTH was up with his "woo hoo!" when Sam poked his head through the door and his little jig?

3. The other hunters. (Notwithstanding the girl whose name we do not officially know the name of yet.) They really help to expand the spn universe, providing alternative opinions and "what not to do" when hunting demons. (Number 1: do not mock Sam and Dean's technique. Or you will die horribly.) I didn't like the girl hereafter referred to as "the blonde chick". I'll admit I was not looking forward to her addition, not liking her in the interviews, but her line "I'm the girl who just saved your ass" really got on my nerves, especially considering her Mary-Sue potential. Ie., she was able to take out three demons in a couple of moves, saving the ass of the hero, who has apparently lost all ability when faced with her beauty. Or something.

4. Title flash! The fire-flash will always be first in my heart, but that little sequence was just plain shiny.

5. Bobby in general. And without his hat, even. Hee! He looks so uncomfortable in the suit.

6. Pride. Yeah, the character wasn't that great, and it was totally a plot device to introduce the blonde chick, but some of his lines were great, especially when he called Sam the boy king. I was a little disappointed that they didn't draw any lines between Sam and that particular sin like they did with Dean.

7. The overall plot. Yeah, it didn't pack the punch that a season premiere ought to, but it was a pretty solid way to start things off and set the attitude for the next few episodes.

And finally, but not really the final thing I liked about this episode:

8. The boys. They were both so awkward, never looking each other in the eye, both so hurt and broken and raw. When Dean says there's light at the end of the tunnel, and Sam says that it's hellfire was an awesome line too, in a scene filled with awesome lines.

There were quite a few things I didn't like, too, but they mostly start with "blonde" and end with "canonical Mary-Sue." I'd say this episode was a pretty good one, but definitely shouldn't be watched in conjunction with AHBL.

maryaminx @ 2007-09-28T19:15:00

2007-09-28T23:27:41Z

While I was at work today, I had an Idea.

What if somebody made a music video for the Winchester boys using the following song?

When I stopped laughing hysterically, I bemoaned the fact that I can't make music videos. Maybe one day...

maryaminx @ 2007-09-04T13:55:00

2007-09-04T17:56:22Z

Does it count as a pairing when it is actually a threesome?

...that is all.

One of the many reason why I am no longer UPC...

2007-09-01T15:08:06Z

maryaminx @ 2007-08-28T15:52:00

2007-08-28T20:05:36Z

I has me a TiVo now. No longer will I miss shows due to the fact that I work and go to school! Now I can sacrifice my sleep in order to watch the 50 shows I would like to watch but can't because I actually have a life! Yay!

Also, the girl who plays Hannah Montana has a very deep voice. I would not know this except I sat through two hours of Teen Choice Awards and several badly sung songs in order to hopefully catch some of the Supernatural cast. Fergie also cannot sing, Avril Avigne (sp?) is more annoying than I remember, and the Shop Boys are kind of lame. Kelly Clarkson was disappointing too, but it was all worth it to see thirty seconds of Adrienne Palicki. Who was, incidentally, smokin'.

Anyway, I have chem class now.

Picture Post. Because I Can.

2007-08-01T00:20:32Z

So, I figured that I ought to put up pictures of my cat eventually. Also, some pics of my vacation to El Paso which suck but fill me with joy. Georgia, I love you, but I have lived here for thirteen years and I am done.

First, my adorable cat, Marvolo. He was originally supposed to be Merope, but I had pronunciation issues.

And then our vacation to west Texas. Which is nothing like east Texas, due to things like desert, snow birds, and horrible "sweet" tea which had maybe half a cup of sugar to a gallon.

I don't think I'm expounding on the joys of RPS here, but it was probably on my laptop at the time.

We rented a van. Maybe not the safest thing, but it worked wonders for a family with three hyperactive teenagers who have not outgrown the "he's touching me!" *is guilty*

And the happy likkle family. You can see Marvolo's cat carrier behind Greg's head. Poor thing, stuck in a van for two days with us crazy humans.

And here are me and Trev at the hotel.

There is El Paso. Ain't it purdy? To the right of the picture would be Mexico, but Juarez is actually kind of depressing, so no pictures of that.

The Family. Sans Dad, 'cos he was taking the picture. It's pretty horrible, but I challenge anyone not to squint while standing on a mountain top in July in El Paso.

In conclusion: my cat is adorable and El Paso is awesome. Any questions?

maryaminx @ 2007-07-27T23:11:00

2007-07-28T03:15:24Z

I've got to tell you, the Spanish translator for C-span sucks. I know that statistics and Raúl Castro are not particularly inspiring, but this is just terrible. It's kind of funny, though, because there are thousands of people standing there in the middle of the afternoon, listening to an old man orate about the price of milk.

I'm going to watch comic-con instead. Even though G4 is kind of annoying, too.