then the houses came and ate up everyone like they were fishes

[frith_in_thorns]

Things which have happened today:

I got turned down from TeachFirst, which rather sucks, and justifies my guess that the interviews at the assesment centre didn't go that great. Ah well. I'm surprisingly not upset, actually - there are enough routes into teaching that I'm sure I'll be fine. And it's an incredibly high-pressured course, so maybe it's for the best.

This morning I accidently went to a lecture I shouldn't have gone to, because it was a genetics module I'm not taking. I have no idea why I wrote it down on my timetable. But when I realised I thought it would be rude if I just walked out, so I listened and made notes anyway. IDEK.

Oh, and I wrote a thing - well, actually I wrote and posted it in the break between that lecture and the ones I was actually supposed to go to! I woke up this morning and there was a prompt on whitecollarhc for "Peter and Neal are trapped in a dessert" and my brain started throwing bad puns at me. So, here is my attempt to cram as many of those terrible puns as possible into about 300 words. Again, IDEK. It's just been that sort of day. XD

Also, while I'm here: is there actually a consensus on how Diana's surname is spelled? Because I've seen about three different spellings being used, each by multiple authors. (This is not as bad as a brief period in the CSI:NY fandom where the actual show couldn't decide whether a recurring character was called Jennifer or Jessica for quite a long time, and her name kept changing between episodes. That was fun.)

Comments

[sholio]

I think that sounds like a good plan!

I have been in major White Collar spoiler avoidance mode for the last week. :D I even asked one of the other newsletter compilers to cover my regular posting day so that I don't have to peek at the communities. Although it's been a constant effort of willpower, it's also been rather nice. I'm not reading any of the comms, or any of the newest fic, because not only am I avoiding spoilers, but also avoiding other people's opinions which have been kind of a downer for me lately. So I'll go into the premiere all fresh and ready to enjoy myself, with no preconceptions about it (well, at least to the extent that I can manage to do that). :)

[frith_in_thorns]

Yeah, I really don't like reading opinions of something before I see it -- it's never as fun, somehow, and it tends to colour my viewing however hard I try. Although afterwards I am all over any discussions I can find :D (This goes double for shows which are more or less ridiculous, Merlin for example becomes absolutely gold when twinned with certain peoples' recaps.)

And I won't even be able to watch WC until Wednesday! :P /grumbles about being in the UK XD

[sholio]

Yes, exactly - I don't want to go into it with other people's opinions in my head. It's one reason why I prefer not to read movie or book reviews beforehand, also.

... and it won't really be that much later for you, with the time zones and all! I don't have USA network, so I'll have to wait for the downloads ...

Incidentally, this is how much of a complete dork I am: I bought a bottle of French wine to drink with the premiere. (Not the whole bottle, I hope ...) But red wine is my drink of choice (well, aside from tea, which I practically drink by the gallon), and it just seemed very appropriate. So if my commentary following the episode is a little ... strange, you'll know why. ;p

It just feels so good to feel this way about a show again! I haven't been this into a show since my early days in SGA fandom. I've had other fandoms since then, like A:tLA, but nothing that was currently ongoing, so I haven't had anything to make me bounce and speculate and anticipate. SHOWWWWWW.