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I am a sunbaby!

Yesterday was so beautiful outside. Even at 8:30 AM on BART it was so sunny . Between classes I wandered about the campus, eating lunch on a bench by Sproul, soaking in the sun while shielding the chocolate in my purse with shade. It was right next to Strawberry Creek, so if I wanted a break from the heat I could just turn my head and get a cool breeze off the water. Ah.
I spotted Liliana, talked to her for a bit. Then I walked into one of the many small forests and just sat on a bench, looking at nature while eating chocolate. Really good chocolate too- a Verona 85% bar that I bought on Valentine’s Day. It’s both bitter and smooth. It’s sitting right next to me here. I think I’ll take another piece.

Okay, back from my chocolate break. (Actually, I’m typing with one hand, holding the chocolate up to my mouth with the other. Oh well.) So I walked around a little more, sat by the sundial next to the Campanile. Wrote two poems. Smiled at the little kids running around. Went into the library, and found some little blue insect skittering on my neck. My good mood made me only flick the insect away, instead of squishing it like usual. Online, I surfed along to Myspace songs by The Cassettes, Honeycut, and The Fratellis. Good mood continued through my next class.

When going home, I was finally able to spot Angel Island and even Alcatraz from the train. And SF was really clear. The lakes before Fremont station just rippled with sunlight. At home, I just crawled onto on my bed, wanting to nap in the afternoon light.

Gaah, I’m a romantic.

There are only two things I am consistently excellent at. Those things are:
1) wandering aimlessly
2) making pretty AND effective Powerpoint presentations.

Now, on to other things.
Scientists find lakes under Antarctica

On the DW-TV Journal yesterday, I saw a short clip of Diego speaking German. I’ve never heard German spoken with a Brazilian accent before. Yay Diego. Oh, and my dad said that the German deli here is run by a person from Bremen. He told her that I like the team, but got a few details confused. I hope I can meet her now, clear a few things up, ask about the place or chat or something.
Footie-related tangent: Arsenal meets the Queen. Hee, Cesc doesn’t know how to hold a teacup.
And Arsenal’s playing PSV on Tuesday. I will so be in the Bear’s Lair that day. Aww, I like some of the PSV players. But I’m still rooting for Arsenal. Waah, we tied today.

( some more Lost and Heroes thoughts )

TV pattern of the week: Forced yet still funny comedy. Everybody Hates Chris was trying a bit too hard on Monday, yet I still got a few laughs, and Orlando Jones was a surprising good guest star. Knights of Prosperity (must…resist…typing… “Cydonia”…) went a bit overboard with the whole Columbian accent and drug lord thing, yet it still stuck to its sweetfunny core, so it wasn’t too disappointing. The best parts were Rico’s bodyguards (the receipt thing was hilarious) and Gary playing with the light-up menorah. And, then, there was Supernatural.

( Tall Tales )

Oh, and Smallville was ( more or less okay too. ) If Heroes has my brain, then Lost has my heart. And Supernatural…Supernatural has my fannish feet. For jumping. When things get scary. Or funny. Or just plain cool.

I saw Slither. Fun and twisted, though nothing can touch the blood-soaked lawn gnome zombie mastery of Peter Jackson’s Evil Dead.

Let’s end with a TV meme from readywreadywrit:
I changed the rules a bit, and added a few shows to the list:
Underline = seen one or two episodes, or bits of various ones
Italic = more or less follow, or catching up, on TV or DVD, caught but dropped, etc.
Bold = watched since the first episode, finished, or a show you’re just totally obsessed with now

( the list of shows )

Sooooo many things I want to post about, but promises are promises. I have no time right now to put up pics or more explanations, but if you want 'em, comment and you shall be rewarded.

Now, finally, the answers to THE LIST!
The rules:
1. Post a list of 20 fandoms.
2. Have your friends guess your fave character from each fandom.
3. When guessed, bold the fandom, put in brackets who got it and write a sentence explaining why you like the character/person you chose.
Some of them are ties, so credit for both. I’ll put the answers in a post later. I like so many characters, though, so I won’t put the ones that I like way too many people in (Star Wars, HP, Kill Bill) or can’t decide (Xena, Battlestar Galactica, Battle Royale). Hints in my profile page!
1) Lost - tie: Locke and Sun.
2) Heroes [guessed by never_evil, of course] Nathan. He's ruthless yet good, caring yet ambitious. The elder Petrelli is one fascinating guy, and it helps that he's portrayed by the cool Adrian Pasdar.
3) Dragon Ball Z [guessed by never_evil] Piccolo. He's smart, independent, strong, tough, and yet caring towards Gohan. His cool yet aggressive demeanor really appealed to me. And green is my favorite color -well, blue-green, specifically, but he still looks nice.
4) Discworld [guessed by teaglass]. Death. He's so nice yet grapples with his Duty and it's funny when he's drunk or tries to apply pure logic to the world. AND HE TALKS LIKE THIS. You just can't help but root for him...or at least understand him.
The Death of Rats, Susan, Vimes and Vetinari are close behind in favorite status.
5) Buffy/Angel [guessed by soleta_nf] Spike. Yep, another bad boy. While overused and misused now and then, William was both fun and menacing, sly without being all that smart. The weak, tortured poet-turned tough-guy punk vampire was always a distinct, at times refreshing presence. He was emo and dark and a wise-cracking crazy animal who’d beat you up if he felt like it. Though the soul-having thing was bumpy in the execution, it was more or less alright in the end. Even though he’s a Man U fan.
6) LOTR [guessed by point_earedpain] Galadriel. In both the movies and books, she is strong and awesome.
7) Batman comics (heroes) [guessed by never_evil] Bruce Wayne. I just really get into his complex character and the whole Bat-mythology. He's my favorite superhero. Sorry, Supes.
8) Batman comics (villains) - Two-Face
9) X-men comics - Psylocke
10) Justice League of America
11) Supernatural [guessed by never_evil] Dean. I just really sympathize with him. We're both elder siblings who alternately care for and beat up on our little brothers. Also...He's got cocky cowboy attitude. He's got shotguns. He's got the gorgeous Metallicar. It's all cool.
12) Smallville - Lex
13) The Office UK - Gareth Keenan
14) The Office US [guessed by never_evil] Pam. Oh, Dwight may be hilariously annoying, but I am a super Jam shipper. Jim is cool, but Pam is so sweet and funny and smart and sad…awww…
15) Alias - Nadia Santos
16) Final Fantasy VII [guessed by silverence] Sepiroth. I really do have a weakness for bad boys, don't I? Especially when they've got cool swords, cool hair, and an entertaining mother complex.
17) Invasion - Mariel Underlay
18) Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Frylock
19) Powerpuff Girls - Bubbles
20) here’s a hard one: The Pretender - Miss Parker DID ANYONE ELSE WATCH THIS SHOW?

First of all, Happy Birthday to claraious, who was unleashed upon the world one May 11th. The world has never been the same since.

My new favorite song is Gnarls Barkley’s "Crazy." I so want "St. Elsewhere" –the album, not the TV show. Too bad I’m saving up for my brother’s birthday gift. Grr.

Link of the week: Lost creators J. J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof discuss Star Wars

It’s so hot. I like the weather, but it knocks me out. But I’ve been running and jumping everywhere a lot more, and that’s been lots of fun.

While damagedlilacs and I were chatting in Creative Writing, she came up with the cool idea of starting a Media Club. We hope to have a site with tons of reviews and stuff.
Also, I’ve been very hyper in Creative Writing lately. Why? Because we’re learning about comic book superheroes! We’re watching this fast-paced documentary about the history of superhero comics, and we just turned in a project about creating our own superheroes/villains/interesting person. Tuesday we start creating our own comic books, and that should be very fun.

Here’s the site for our film festival: the Mission Valley ROP Multimedia Festival ‘06

Smallville had an…interesting season finale. All I was thinking was, "How is Clark going to get out of this one?" And Mindwhammy Wednesday lived up to that name with:
-Nadia ghosts and dead doubles on Alias,
-pearl hatches, wicks, candles, crack, orientation videos, and shifts in faith on Lost (Air tubes! Yay!)
- scary Nazi-like hybrid action on Invasion
PS: Did anyone else think that Libby’s last words of "Michael" echoed Heart of Darkness’ "The horror, the horror!"

After all the season/series finales, I plan to do some weird TV awards thing on this lj. Two examples of the categories:
Best Love that Never Was: Clark/Lex on "Smallville"
Best Argument for Patience: The past 13 or 14 episodes of "Invasion"

Aack, don’t know what else to write. Who’s up for a "Crazy" karaoke in the comments?

Or even better: "Crazy" caption karaoke! hahahaha