I think I'm going to cry!!!! Hermione, Queen of Witches is done! I'm just heartbroken - we have to wait even longer for book five of this than we do the real book five. LOL I guess I'll just have to start over at the beginning and reread while I wait out the next 8 months or so until we get part one. <.g>

I just found out that there was a Rainbow Brite episode named Chasing Rainbows! <.giggle>

I'm desperately read GoF, trying to get Hermione's voice. She's not talking. <.g> I finished the story, I want to post it, but it's just not quite right. Grrrrrr. But I found this little passage that never fails to crack me up. <.g>

The Owlery door banged open. Fred and George came over the threshold, then froze at the sight of Harry, Ron and Hermione.
"What're you doing here?" Ron and Fred said at the same time.
"Sending a letter," said Harry and George in unison.
"What, at this time?" said Hermione and Fred.
Fred grinned.

I just love that. LOL

Okay, I kinda like how this one came out. Sorta. <.g> The Gryffindor red and gold look somewhat cool together, at any rate. Anyone know how to make the tables in the sidebar have boxes around them? I wanna play with boxes. LOL

Testing out the Gryffindor design...

Look what I found from Bonnie's journal: Rainbow Brite.net! This is such a cool site - you can actually download entire episodes. Not to mention wavs, and there's a bio on each character. While I vividly remember Red Butler and LaLa Orange having something going, Patty O'Green and Buddy Blue's relationship made it past me. <.giggle>

ACK! How did it get to be 5pm? My day went by lickety-split. I did study though, for both of my Psychs. Did my reading, went over study questions. Child Psych should be a breeze, Abnormal less so but still okay. I totally blew off the last quiz, didn't get notes I missed, didn't study, and still pulled off a B. Anything that has a unit on mental retardation, I'm set on. <.g>

But I still wish it wasn't 5. <.g>

Wow, TBS has a great lineup today! Grease is on now, followed by Steel Magnolias, and then The American President at 6:30! I was so sad I missed that yesterday, because I was taping LGM - now I can watch it tonight! Aaron Sorkin is a writing genius. Of course, Meet Joe Black is on ABC at 7, and I really love that movie. <.g> Mom and I watched it together awhile back, I think. Or meant to, at least.

I watched last night's Lone Gunmen - it was okay. Kinda funny that it was on the tango and stuff after SAC the past few weeks, and I was constantly correcting them. LOL I really wish they would give up on the little boy humor, though. It's getting old, FAST. I loved the scene where Byers, Langly and Jimmy all try to dance, though. That was so funny. I wasn't going to keep the ep, but then came that last scene. I am so in love with Jimmy, I swear. I have to keep it for this one scene - Yves is very sad because this guy died for her, and Jimmy is watching her sit there be sad. He sends the others away, and then walks toward her, slowly. He holds out his hand, she looks at it a moment before accepting, and they head out onto the dance floor. As demonstrated earlier, he can't really dance, but is trying very hard. She helps him do a few steps, one of which is him basically hugging her from behind, before they just slip into a regular little slow dance with her head on his shoulder. He's just so incredibly sweet. I liked seeing Yves have actual real emotions for once, and I think I'd like them together. He's so idealistic and she's so cynical, but they work. It's sweet. (Yves is pronounced Eve, BTW.)

Watching history channel now - real footage of Titanic from 1912. They're talking about how most of the people died from hypothermia and not drowning, and all of the modern things that would prevent that from happening now. Very cool.

Urgh. I've really got to stop finding blogs to read. LOL But I found some cool ones in the past few days - Today's Special is XF fic recs, Langly Lovers is a Dean/Langly fan site with a round robin going on. Scream and Moan is my favorite, though - there are all of these story snippets in the posts! Harry Potter, Sports Night, all cool stuff. <.g>

Meghan and Kate yelled at me last night - I honestly can't remember eating. I slept through breakfast, and I was hungry for lunch but I don't remember if I ate. Then came dinner, and it really sucked so all I had was cherry jello with pineapple in it. I had to have eaten more than cherry jello yesterday, right??

Also from Amy, my new name is Willow LickingKitty. Aren't I special? <.g>

I've probably taken this test before, but I followed the link from Amy. <.g>

DREAMER (Submissive Introvert Abstract Feeler ).

Like just 12% of the population you are a DREAMER (SIAF)--reserved and imaginative. You are basically the shy, silent type. You don't have much interest in facts and figures or most of what's going on around you, but the internal worlds you build for yourself are rich and complex.

Luckily, your creativity and strong heart mean you have a deep personality evident to anyone who gets to know you. It's just that not many people do, because most everyone thinks you're a loser. Talk to yourself less, other people more, little shaver.

Yes, this is completely and totally me. <.g> Well, less sure on the deep personality, but I have a damn cool internal world. LOL

Fabulous movie - v.v. good. <.g> Some changes I liked, others I didn't, but I'll go into detail tomorrow when I'm awake. The music in the movie was so damn cool, so we went out right after to buy the soundtrack at Target. But Kate and Meghan (her friend who came with) headed straight for the women's department first, leaving Damien standing in the aisle with this horrified look on his face. (Shame, because I saw this really cute skirt.) So I took him over to the electronic section, and as a result of my good deed, got the last copy of the soundtrack. LOL Gotta love karma. <.giggle> The soundtrack isn't as good as the music in the movie, but I really like it anyway. Especially Geri Halliwell's It's Raining Men. LOL I loved that scene.

Oh, and I am now completely and totally in love with Colin Firth. Must rent Pride and Prejudice immediately. <.g> I need to see this shirt and trousers pond scene. LOL Yay for having Shakespeare in Love on my shelf! I can watch that tomorrow. <.g> What is it with me and married 40 year old men? David Duchovny, Brad Whitford, Colin Firth. I need a life. LOL

I read Kaycee's news on Wednesday morning, right after I posted Krissy's birthday picture. My feelings definitely did a quick 180. As I continued reading these last few days, I realized just how much strength I've drawn from her and her journal these last few months, and I see that won't change now. Kaycee, thank you for sharing your courage and strength as you fought and won against the cancer, and now for sharing the awe and joy you feel every day. I'm sending you some special sunshine as you make your journey home.

Okay, help me pick an outfit for tonight. <.g> It's not a date, obviously, but I always try to look nicer in an effort to scream at Damien, "What the hell are you waiting for?!" LOL I'm at the point where I'm wondering if he's gay or if he thinks I am, 'cause we're getting nowhere fast. <.g>

I'm stuck with jeans tonight, it would seem, since it'll only be about 50 when the movie gets out. Grrr. So we have these options:
1. purple sweater set
2. black tank top with black lace shirt over it
3. short sleeved green mock turtleneck
4. keds
5. black platform sandals

Do we have any preferences?<.g> I was wearing the purple this morning, and I love it. But now I put on the black and I've always liked this one, too. LOL Many years ago, there was a promo shot of Kendall and Anton (Buffy and Dracula <.g>) from AMC, and she was wearing a white lace top just like this one, which is why I ended up buying this. <.g> I wish I could wear my shorts or a skirt, but it won't be warm enough for that until tomorrow. <.pout>

I am such an idiot, you know that? I was early to SAC, so I was rereading Bridget Jones's Diary. This really cute guy, Levi, walked in. We've been in the same group for most of the semester, and I've kinda had a crush on him. He's a sweetie. So he walks in, comes up the aisle on my right, and then bends over and stretches his head around in front of my desk. I'm really confused, and look behind me to see what the hell he was looking at. <.g> Turns out he was looking at the book. We had a <.v.> brief conversation about the book and movie (basically was him asking me if I'd seen the movie, I explained that I was going to see it tonight), and that was it! I'm so stupid, I should have totally continued that conversation. I was still marveling that he had actually voluntarily spoken to me, though. <.g> Lost the moment. <.sigh> And this was our last discussion class. So, yes, I'm an idiot.

You know, Carter's pretty cute. LOL I had forgotten that. <.g> And he's dating someone named Rena. LOL Always good for a soundwave or two. I love manipulating.

Hey!!! Heath Ledger's new movie, A Knight's Tale, is coming out on my birthday. Wonder if I can drag someone to see it with me??

Woo-hoo!! Damien, Kate and I are going to see Bridget Jones tomorrow night! I'm really excited. <.g> Damien has apparently never heard of Bridget, so he might be in for a little surprise. <.g> I told him it was funny, and he was sold. Didn't need a plot. LOL We also had a long, fun conversation about evil school stuff, Buffy, and Angel. He doesn't like any of my theories, but that's okay, I forgive him. <.g>

This is awesome!!! Answer twenty questions, and they'll guess your age! They got Kate right - in her 20s. But me? They said I was over 40! LOL I like the past, what can I say? <.g> I only got 4 questions wrong.

I need to go on a deleting rampage soon! Or maybe buy a new zip disk or two. I've been on a downloading/copying streak lately. <.g> Today alone, I copied 7 songs from Jen's CDs onto my computer. <.g> Several from Footloose, and two Sheryl Crow songs - "I Shall Believe" was on GH this week, and it was so beautiful. So I copied it. LOL I've been looking for Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" but I can't find it. <.pout> But yeah, I've downloaded many many megabytes in the last two days. And considering that I have about 33 MB of XF pictures and 40 MB of Buffy stuff, for example, things need to be moved. <.g>

I've been quiet the last few days - just realized that. I've been sooooo busy, and now that I have free time, I'm floundering. LOL Actually, I'm almost done with the last part of my Harry Potter story, so I'm finishing that up. But that has a sad ending, and it's not helping my sadness. I had several things to blog yesterday, but they were all sad, and I didn't want to post anything that Kristine would see, because I didn't want her to be sad on her birthday. Could I possibly get any more conjunctions into that sentence? <.g> I'll probably talk about most of those later tonight and tomorrow, 'cause right now, I have a story to finish. <.giggle>

GAH in a huge and cranky way. Since I was up until 1 on Tuesday, I went to bed at 11 last night. I was super tired, and kinda swaying on my feet by that time. LOL So I curled up and went to sleep. Next thing I know, it's 12:30 and the fire alarm is going off. Except, apparently, I was quite slow to wake up since I was so tired. I was one of the last people out, and definitely the last one on my floor. I don't like that! I'm usually the first person up. But last year, I remember my RA up and rapping on doors, calling out, "Fire alarm!" Immediately. Utopia hasn't been around for any of them this year. So we finally got back in 20 minutes later, I go back to bed and now it's 7:30 and I want more sleep!!! But SAC is actually going to be GOOD today - guest lecturer who will be doing a performance of sorts of his poetry and stuff. I'm really looking forward to it. And this afternoon is my hearing test. I studied last night for a few hours, and I can only hope for the best. But the worst thing is that they seem to have attempted to turn off the heat once again, so I'm totally shivering here. Urgh. Now I get to take a shower and totally freeze to death. Yay!

Damn, I love West Wing. LOL I have to rewatch it though, as I spent all of it telling Gen who everyone was and explaining to her and Kate what was happening. LOL I did catch Josh and Donna, though. "We need to practice tough love!" "Well, not in front of everyone, but if you want to go home and get your equipment..." "Go away from me now." <.g> I loved how he leaned in so close for his line. They're so damn cute, ya know?

Kate and I are going to see Bridget Jones on Friday night! I'm trying to drag Damien with. <.g> I hope he comes - it would be so much fun.

What's not fun is my Hearing test tomorrow that I haven't really totally studied for. As always, his review sessions are 10 times better than his classes, so I did pick up a lot, but I don't know if it'll be enough. There's no MATH on this test! I need the math. I want the math. Why can't there be math? I better go learn some concepts.

I'm watching Dawson's Creek for the first time in many months. I love Dawson and Gretchen - I'm glad I can finally like Dawson again. And man, Tobey is hot! I hope he and Jack get together.

I just saw my first commercial for Evolution, David's new movie! From what I read of the movie, it sounded so stupid, and I had no plans to see it. I laughed so hard at the trailer. <.g> So maybe I shall reconsider and see my blonde haired one after all. LOL It seems rather amusing, and not half as stupid as I thought.

Well, just got off the phone with my mom. They had taken Josh to the orthopedic guy today for his appt. Josh is now in a brace to keep his leg straight. See, there are apaprently two ligaments that keep the kneecap in place. One of Josh's is too loose, which is why it keeps slipping out. So he's going into surgery on May 14. They'll tighten one ligament and loosen the other, and he'll be in a soft cast (not removable, but one that doesn't need to be sawed off) for 3 weeks after that. Hopefully then, by the end of the summer, he'll be mostly back to normal. We're doing it at Loyola Ronald McDonald Children's Hospital, and he'll be in overnight. My, he's going to be a joy to be around. Maybe I will try for three jobs, after all. <.g>

April 25. Now I know something special happens today. It's not lead awareness day, because that's May 11. It's not quite the end of the semester, either. Oh, I remember! It's the first new episode of West Wing! Josh with his crush on Dominatrix!Donna. Cool, huh?

Okay, yeah, I guess there's one other thing, too.

YES!!!!!!!!!! Small Fries is up. This is my new favorite story!! It is Spike/Xander, but you'll be fine. See, Spike, Xander, Buffy and Giles all accidentally get turned into four year olds, and Willow, Tara and Dawn have to take care of them until they can get back to their correct ages. And then Angel, Wes and Cordy get in on the scene, and EVERYONE takes, like, hundreds of pictures. <.g> Go read, people, go read! Make time for this baby - you won't be sorry!

Okay, Okay, so I watched Angel, too. I won't spoil my West Coast buddies so I'll just say that Jen and I are at the point where we're lobbying for an Angel foursome (Wes, Gunn, Cordy, Angel), except we're torn about the fact that Angel and Lindsey are so hot together. And that Wes, Cordy and Gunn all totally have a crush on Lindsey. So maybe a fivesome. Not to mention Spike and Xander. But not with the Angel crew, just maybe Anya. Yes, we are sick and twisted individuals. But they are all so damn awesome. <.g> Now I have a conclusion to write, since I just don't give a damn anymore.

Okay. Um. I talked to Joanne. Requirements were 10-12 font, 1 inch margins. Never said anything about the font. If I do 12 Times, what I have now is 7.5 pages. If I do Courier 11, I have 9 pages. Is this okay, ya think? I really want opinions here. <.g>

I knocked out one page in less than an hour, and now I can't finish this second page for the life of me! ARGH!

Of course, this may have something to do with Buffy. More accurately, Giles in tight jeans. <.g> I'm turning off the TV for Angel, though.

ACK! I didn't change my tape for XF this week?! I'm an idiot! Now I have to FF an hour and leave a place to copy this into. Grrrrrrr. And now Outlook is unable to connect to l-p and send/receive my mail. Blah! And Blogger doesn't seem to be updating. Gee, this is going well, huh? I hate this paper.

7 pages done now. I took a dinner break. <.g> I talked quite nicely about inequality for women in Latin America, now I have to actually tie it to the book. LOL

Do you think Joy will notice that I'm often doing nearly verbatim quotes from my notes? LOL Hopefully Joanne will have the guidelines sheet - I lost mine, and forgot if we have to have a works consulted page, or a title page.

For anyone who reads Carrie's journal and isn't on the update list, Marilyn is setting up a baby pool, with a prize. "If you're interested, please email me (marilyn_internet@hotmail.com) with your name, email address, and when you think The Bit will make his/her grand entrance (and just for kicks - a girl or a boy?). I'll set up a webpage and email you back with all the info." Bit's due on June 5, BTW.

Just for the record, I said a boy on June 3, but the 5th is a likely candidate too, with the full moon. <.g> So I'm claiming both, even if my official one is June 3. LOL

Urgh. So Jen does have strep. I called McKinley and they said I should just wash my hands a lot and get plenty of rest, and that she's still contagious for 48 hours from when she starts her medicine (dinner tonight). Of course, she's been contagious for about 48 hours before now, so this sucks. I guess I just have to hope for the best.

Joanne from SAC called after Hearing today. She's coming at 7 or 7:30 to ask me questions about the paper. Like I'm the person to ask, right? LOL But I told her no problem. I had already told myself I wasn't really watching Buffy, since J is working closing shift tonight and I tape it, so it's okay.

Mom's frazzled. No wonder she keeps trying to talk to me. I said Josh's knee was dislocated, right? It's at the point where he can't even walk to the bathroom himself. Dad had to carry him down the stairs this morning. He has an appt with the orthopedic guy tomorrow - real nice guy. He lives a few blocks away from us on Maple, the street we used to live on, and his son was in Ruth's kindergarten class last year. He actually called mom today to make sure that Josh was able to get an appt and talk things over - he even remembered the RTS. Unfortunately, this didn't happen because he was playing basketball or soccer or anything like that. It was a slow, gradual dislocation. He's going to centrally realign it, but from what mom described, it sounds like it's going to keep happening. Mom's just sick. Something like this happened in Dec 99, and we thought it was this, but it wasn't then. But we were expecting it, and it's still a shock. See, joints and bones are really affected with RTS. We're talking operations, braces, wheelchairs, etc. So this is pretty scary, and mom is feeling overwhelmed. Dad is no help, of course, and things are just a mess.

This is an interesting article about Brad Whitford (Josh) and how he helped pass a bill on autism, and also got it incorporated into the show. That was my favorite episode of all I've seen, I think. It's all told through e-mails the staffers are sending their parents, so we get different perspectives. There's a senator who, unbeknownst to anyone, has a grandson with autism. The new Health and Welfare bill didn't have anything about autism on it, so he had a fillibuster to prevent a vote. He talked and talked for so many hours, and he was old and he was sick. Then Donna realized why he was doing this, and the President, a grandfather, ordered the staff to called up other senators to help out, those who had grandkids, because every grandparent could understand what he was doing. See, in a fillibuster, you have to remain standing and keep talking. If you sit down, lean on something, or stop talking, it's over and you can't get the floor back. But you can yield to a question. So every single senator that was a grandparent went in, in the middle of the night, and asked him to yield to a question, one at a time. These questions were huge, like 32, 33 part questions, all about autism. So the senator was able to sit and rest while the others asked the questions, and info about autism was spread around. The fillibuster lasted so long that the Senate was unable to vote on the bill, so it was dropped for next time, and they got the autism thing on it for that vote. Isn't that awesome?

I'm much, much more aliver now. <.g> Not sure where this last hour went, but yeah, alive. LOL

Really fun topic on Scullyfic today - favorite childhood toys. It's really great, because most of us still have ours (::glances at Trevor laying on the bed::) and all of the college students still sleep with theirs, and some of the adults do to. And if they don't sleep with them, they're right there in the bedroom. I love it. LOL

Anyone want to share their favorite childhood toy stories? I will if you will. <.g>

Called my mom to see if there was anything I could do besides food and the three Tylenols I took. We decided I should blow off SAC until I find out if Jen has strep or not, because I don't want to potentially get other people sick right before finals. Although Jen has no such qualms -she fell asleep during XF last night, at 6:45, slept until 11, and then went out with her friend Rachel. I'm sorry, but come on! How responsible is that? Even if it's not strep, she's not taking care of herself very well.

So, I'm gonna go try and not be nauseous, and sleep for a few hours. Ugh.

Urgh. I so feel like crap. For once, my period is on time. That, of course, generally signals a bad one, and I am fully unable to cope with that today. Unless it hurries up and gets bad fast (which is feel like it's doing - damn) and then I can sleep it off until about 11 or so, do some work on my paper, go to Hearing, and come back and work on my paper. I really wanted to go to SAC today, though, so I didn't miss the lecture. But I don't think I can chance it, because the whole hot/cold thing is starting and it usually goes downhill fast from there. Oooh, but maybe if I *say that it's going to be bad, it'll feel contrary and not bother me at all. <.g>

Only I would try and outwit my cycle. LOL

You know, I SAID that this one page would take me four hours. Damn it all if it didn't. Next time, I'm going to say two hours. If I'm going to be right, I'm better off being right within a more decent time frame!

You know, this paper sucks. I'm using all these simples sentences and stuff like that. I hope Joy gets so bogged down in all of these papers to grade that she just skims. <.sigh> I'm going to try and finish the paper tomorrow. I'll have lots of time in the afternoon, and maybe I'll work through Buffy as well. I tape it, it's not going anywhere. I just want to get this thing DONE! Because then I get to study for Hearing. And there doesn't seem to be any math on this test - I love math. I'm deeply distressed that there will be no math to save my grade. And I can't wish for it to be pushed back to next Tuesday, because I have 2 finals the day after, 1 on that Friday, and 1 on Saturday. I don't have time for it to be pushed back, and I don't have time for it to be now. What kind of stupid teacher has a test on April 26 and a final on May 11? Urgh.

Argh. I'm still only half done with this page. I just can't think of stuff to add! I have 16 lines left. So frusterating. I guess I'll talk about carnivals and stuff. This is going to be such a rambly paper.

No hand mouse - something I could totally use now. ::glares at numb fingers::

My mom is bugging me tonight. She says she feels guilty that she hasn't been online a lot lately to talk with me because of Josh. Who says that she needs to be?! I'm trying so hard to write my paper, and she won't freaking go away. I appreciate the sentiment and all, but damn. Why can't she be like this when I actually need someone to talk to?! Or when I was HOME and would have appreciated it? I don't have time for this! I feel bad, but I need to get my work done!

Ha-ha! It posted. Took me three times and some edits, but it posted. <.g>

The ep starts out with Mulder coming to visit Scully. While they are not quite good at it, I'm saying that they were flirting the whole scene. She says that she feels like they're in an episode of Mad About You. He retorts that they're not married, they just work together. I go, "eeek!" But I have since decided that the line was delivered with David's trademark irony, and he meant the opposite. That's why she was giggling so much - what a funny man Mulder is. <.g> They banter more, and he says something about the pizza guy possibly being responsible for the baby, giving the impression that neither of them knew how she got pregnant or who the father was. I go, "eeek!" again. But I have since decided that this is an inside joke between them because they both know he's the daddy. <.g> Hence the "nice package" line. That was chock full of innuendo, baby!

At the hospital, Nurse Ratchett asks Mulder if he's the husband. He says no, she forces him out. I'm going, "Say you're the father!" He doesn't. Never once did she ask if he was the FATHER, because that would require CC to make an admission. See, Mulder knows that he's the father, but he was so stressed and worried, that he wasn't thinking straight. Later, he puts his hand on her stomach and leaves it there, smiling in wonder. She beams. They are connecting emotionally over THEIR child. Their child, and they know it.

Now we're back at her place and he presents the package again. They've gotten better at this flirting thing, as they have now emotionally connected. Real cute. Nice package indeed, Mulder. She opens it to find an ugly, scary doll. She's surprised, and yet touched, when Mulder says that it was a family heirloom. They smile at each other, knowing that this is their child he is passing it to.

So what did we learn in this episode? That's right, ignore CC and find your own meanings. <.g> Therefore, Mulder is the father. He and Scully know this, they're just trying to figure out what their relationships will be and how they will change. They come to and understanding in the hospital when he takes initiative and feels the baby. Mulder's gift at the end symbolizes that this baby is a Mulder, and he is emotionally the father of this child, no matter what it turns out to be.

That's my story, and I'm sticking with it. <.g>

Ugh. Jen's sick - either strep or mono. This could potentially be not good for me. And we found out today that Josh's knee was dislocated, hence his difficulty walking. Totally sucky, but that's a common thing with RTS.

XF commerical on Fox - Mulder and Doggett are so hot - I love seeing them jump. LOL

Boston Public is good - giving me heart attacks every time I turn around. Did sweeps start this week? I thought it was next Sunday! I'm on about page 5 now of the paper. Half done! I want to try and get two points done today, so wish me luck.

I don't think Blogger wants people to read my analysis of Mulder and Scully! Everytime I try to post, it doesn't, but it posted my lyrics complaint! LOL

Off to the paper.

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I had this whole folder on OE full of lyrics that I've been collecting for about a year now. I had all these wonderful songs. It was there yesterday. I went to stick in Meet Virginia, and the folder is gone!!!!! Where could it have gone?! It can't just disappear!

Ack. Good thing Jen's snoring woke me up - I usually set my alarm for 7:10, but I forgot to move it from Friday's 8. So I was quite confused to see that it was 7:30 and Yo Yo Ma wasn't playing yet. <.g> I had lots o' mail from Scullyfic about last night's episode. Most, like me, liked it and yet didn't. LOL I am beginning to see the light, though - floating on the river of denial, Mulder is the father and obviously knows it. It's just that, you know, they were flirting. And since they haven't done it in awhile, and were really never good at it, it seemed awkward. I mean, look at the end when he had his hand on her stomach, and she was beaming at him. And when he gave her the present - even if he's not the physical father, he is the emotional one, and that's what the doll said. That, and "I'm going to give your child nightmares," but it's the thought that counts. <.g>

Wow, freaky coincidence! Tonight's Silent Sunday movie on TCM is Tom Sawyer - directed by William Desmond Taylor! I never heard of him before this morning, then I spend most of my day investigating his life, lay down to watch a movie, and it's one of his. LOL

I am seriously so wrapped up in his and Mary's stories. I have no idea why, but I'm drawn to them. I found a few interesting books I can look for, and three of Mary's movies, one directed by William, are available for rent. I'm gonna look for those at Blockbuster this summer. One of them sounds so cool - The Ghost of Rosie Taylor. Rosie is a maid who continues cleaning her employers house once a week after her death, and her employer wants to know why. <.g>

Hmmmm. I kinda liked tonight's X-Files. But I also didn't like it. Chris Carter is a stupid jerk who is worse than me about decisions. But Gillian's so cute when she giggles and really smiles. Scully so rarely is happy, and Mulder makes her happy. Although he apparently is a little thick in that regard. I'm going to see what Scullyfic has to say before I try writing my opinion. <.g>

You know, I saw Jen for about 1 minute this morning, and nothing more all day. Wonder what she's up to?

Done! Now I can eat. 'Cause it's been awhile. Ooops.

Disney can do no wrong. LOL I'm watching the Wide World of Disney movie, Ladies and the Champ. It's hysterical! So adorable. And Marian Ross and Olympia Dukakis. <.g> I don't think I've ever not liked a Disney movie. Even that one with Justin Timberlake seemed fun, although I didn't see all of it. <.g>

Two lines left today! Yay me!

I just realized I have no ability for tenses. Hmmm. But only 10 lines left today.

I just heard that geocities doesn't allow offsite image stuff anymore. So if any of my images here disappear, let me know, okay? I'm at my wits end - I'm trying to do a site elsewhere, a place where I can't upload graphics, and I can't find a place to host the graphics. <.sigh> Kate suggested asking a friend to let me host images there, but that would suck, since I wouldn't be able to upload on my own. Grrrr. Let's hope dreamwater works.

Okay, I'm having a harder time stretching out three days of lectures into one full page than I thought I'd have. Grrrrr. Somewhere along the line I ended up really relating this to the book, which is limiting my topics. <.g>

It's SO hot in here! I had to open the window a few minutes ago, which means bad, bad things. Stupid allergies.

Hey, half a page! LOL So it's 3 pages so far. Not too bad, really. Three hours to X-Files, I'm sure that I can finish this half a page.

You know, I'm not even excited about XF anymore. I just don't care. Isn't that sad? They've ruined my show to the point that I can forget that it's even on.

Hmmm. I just realized that all but one of my five points are about the Indians fighting back against the Europeans. That middle point may have to be somewhat revised, I think. <.g>

Oh, my gosh! We have a heat index! LOL Feels like 84, as opposed to the 82 it is. Tomorrow is mid-80s, and then Tuesday is 60. Wah.

Maybe I should try this. I can modify it somewhat for what my dorm actually gives me. <.g>

Wow! The police considered Mary's mom to be the prime suspect in William's murder, and they still seem to believe that. I found this site called Taylorology which has newsletters about the murder and all the evidence. It's really interesting. So far, the only one I've read is an article from 1930, which is more sensationalist than hard facts, but nevertheless interesting.

I really should be writing my paper. <.g>

I found a picture of Mary Miles Minter in AGG! She was beautiful.

And wow, I had never heard about this! The recent rediscoveries of Richard III (Sterling Camera and Film Company, 1912), in 1996, and In Nacht und Eis (In Night and Ice) (1912), in 1997, a film about the sinking of the Titanic, have sparked the imagination of modern-day cinema lovers. More importantly, the film preservation movement has benefitted from these events. Millions of people who were not acquainted with silent film expressed an excitement and interest in the concept of lost and found films. A movie about Titanic from 1912! How cool.

You know, I always complain about how fat I am and stuff, but I realized that I haven't actually gained weight in years. Like, today I'm wearing a pair of shorts from junior high. I have a lot of clothes, mostly summer ones, that are from when I was 11 or 12, and they still fit perfectly. Isn't that weird? None of my friends can still wear their old clothes. I'd still like to lose weight, but then I sadly wouldn't be able to wear those cute Gap khacki shorts from 6th grade. <.g> But some days I feel like a total disgusting blob, and then other days I think that I don't look horrible at all. I guess this is one of the latter days. LOL

Of course, I guess that also means that a) I haven't lost any weight in almost ten years and b) I haven't gotten taller in almost ten years. That's depressing. <.g>

Beyond the Sunrise - Josh and Donna take a vacation to Florida. Mucho fun! Especially the author's notes. LOL

Oh, wow. Hours in the Rain is so good. It's set right after Josh's dad dies, and Donna goes with Josh to the funeral. Wow. Good story. Odd how the better the story, the less I can describe it. <.g>

Liberal Arts is a hysterically funny and bizarre Sam/Ainsley story. NC-17, for several reasons. LOL Poor Sam. <.giggle>

Because it is Bitter, and Because it is my Heart is a CJ vignette about family and heartache.

28 Days is a Tara vignette about her relationship with Willow, and wondering how it happened. It's amazingly in character - I was highly impressed. I could hear Amber reading all of this in my mind, and I rarely have that happen. Definitely a must read.

Ack. Someone named "kakiathekinky" just joined granger-weasley. Should I be worried? <.g>

I learned a bit more about the 1919 AGG scandal. It's fascinating!! Mary Miles Minter was a child actress who started on the stage - typical story of an overbearing mom who forced her into it, because she had stopped her career to have Mary and her sister. In 1915, Mary went from stage to films. They were trying to make her another Mary Pickford, all innocence, so she was in movies like "Dimples" playing children. (She was 13, playing much younger.) Her favorite director, one she worked most often with with William Desmond Taylor. He did AGG with her, when she was 17. Great movie, well-received, she was America's little sweetheart. Then came 1922. William was murdered in his Hollwood bungalow. It's still an unsolved mystery, and it was a huge huge thing back then because of the Fatty Arbuckle scandal the year before. They didn't know who killed him, but they did find many of Mary's possessions in his home, along with little love notes she had written to him. America was horrified! Their sweetheart was having an affair with a man old enough to be her father? They stopped seeing any of her movies, even though they were excellent. She left her mom's house, and she was out of Hollywood by 1923. She got married about ten years later, her husband died in the 60s, and then she died of a heart attack in 1984 when she was 82 years old.

I'm a morbid freak, I just like stories like that for some reason. <.g> I have this fascination for everything unsolved.

How awesome! I can't wait to see this: CNN.com invites people to write about what life was like at home and at war during WWII for a new special section, Memories of World War II. The special will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the United States' entrance into the war on December 8, 1941. The precursor to the section has already launched at http://www.CNN.com/Memories. The actual section is scheduled to launch in April, 2001 and will run throughout the remainder of the year.

I knew that there had been a silent movie of Anne of Green Gables made in 1919, but I hadn't heard this bit: silent anne movie made but was destroyed after rumours leaked out about the lead actress having an affair with the director. all that is left are pictures.

Isn't that interesting? Shame it was destroyed for such a silly reason. I'd have loved to see it. I've seen the 1934 version a few times. I remember the first time I saw it, I was about 8 or 9, and I was so mad because Matthew lived. Not that I was happy when he died, because I did cry, but I didn't like them messing with my story. <.g>

According to Cheryl (the resident know-it-all Gangster Babe <.g>) Ingo and Vanessa ARE coming back - package deal. No more Sonny/Brenda. Which is good, because apparently Maurice loves Tammy. Oh, and I was spelling her name wrong - if you look up Tamara Braun, you'll see that she was on Buffy. <.g> But damn, I'm sick of Jax and Brenda. I hate Jax and Brenda. Really, really, a lot hate them. They suck as actors and charcaters, and I'm very disappointed in GH. But what else is new? <.sigh>

If Tristan comes to AMC fulltime, maybe that will be the straw that breaks the GH back and sends me permanently to AMC. They don't have a police chief, do they? That can be his job. He did it on GH. <.g> Actually, I think he was co-chief with Anna? Is that right?

Argh! Twice I saw that Adventures in Babysitting was on yesterday, and I missed it both times. I always liked that movie. Then, today on the JoshDonna list, I find out that Bradley Whitford (Josh) is in that! He plays Mike Todwell, her boyfriend. So I went to IMDB to see what else he was in - he was in practically everything! LOL I've seen so many of his movies, and yet have no recollection of him at all. LOL Billy Madison, Philadelphia, Awakenings, Scent of a Woman. Although I think I vaguely remember him from Billy Madison. <.g> I think he was in a clip that Jon showed last semester.

Anyway. <.g> Jen just walked in from last night, and inexplicably walked right back out again. LOL I don't really want to write more of my paper. Today's section is on the movie "The Buried Mirror." I have no idea how I'm going to relate it to Yawar Fiesta, but I will. <.g>

Oh, fun AMC news I found out yesterday and can't yet share with J because I haven't seen her on. LOL Kimberly McCullough is coming to AMC in May, for at least a short time!! I also heard that Tristan Rogers is coming back - but to GH. I think that's utterly ridiculous, and probably false. Anna's on AMC. He has more storyline chances with her than Mac. After all, Luke already has Roy - how many of his glory day friends can get resurrected?? From the same (probably false) source, I heard that Ingo and Vanessa would be coming back as well, together. I'm really, really hoping not. Why can't they come up with fun, new, exciting characters instead of trying to relive the past? We've already done the past. I want something new!