Okay, so I saw my very first episode of Leverage on TNT last night (sorta -- I was flipping through channels, saw Christian Kane halfway through, stopped to watch, then fell asleep).

Anyway, I gotta say, Christian's character, Eliot Spencer? Much, MUCH hotter than Lindsey McDonald! His voice is all low and raspy and growly -- and I realize that, to a degree, his natural voice is, in fact, exactly that, but his character's voice is emphasized MORE. It had me all shivery :)

Just because I was curious, i looked Christian up on imdb.com. It turns out that he originally auditioned for the role of Riley Finn on Buffy. Now, see, if he'd gotten that role, I may not have hated the character so much. I'd be too busy drooling.

Also, as it turns out (and insert giggles here) David Boreanaz is apparently his best friend and has been so since before Buffy and Angel. He's also good friends with Jensen Ackles, which pretty much makes my day, lol.

Small world!

For those who are having trouble reading this, it says:

WANTED: 

EVIL GENIUS seeks minions to sacrifice their lives in world domination attempt. Must be prepared to work 24-7 for fascist psychopath for no pay. Messy death inevitable but costume and laser death rays provided. No weirdos.

Call: 1-900-MWAH-HAHA

Have I mentioned that I adore Misha Collins, and that his fans are so TOTALLY my type of people?

Side note: Apparently, in keeping with my damn brain's Michael-Jackson-Song-A-Day theme, today's song that won't leave my head is Billie Jean. Running a close second is They Don't Really Care About Us.

Help.

It occurred to me today that it has been six long years since I finished high school, as well as six long years since the final run of BtVS. I was hunting for fics, and I'm not quite sure how I got from xela_fic's page to pepperlandgirl4's, but my jaw pretty much dropped when I saw the date that she'd begun writing the Mr. William series -- not even the series itself, because she didn't begin that until later, but the one-shot AU stories that she wrote that spawned the Mr. William-verse, as well as the Mad Brilliant-verse. Dude! She started writing the stories at the end of June/beginning of July of 2003!

And now I can't find half of them, unless they're posted on her journal somewhere. Dammit.

Pepper, I miss your post-BtVS smut! Bring it back! :(

or at least tell me where in the hell it all is, lol.

I am about to have a fangirl moment. Fair warning.

::shrieks, screams, squeals, and any and all other girly stuff at seeing three hot men (and one hot... um, hand) on the cover of this DVD::

CAS IS ON THE COVER! CAS IS ON THE FUCKING COVER OF THE SUPERNATURAL SEASON 4 DVD!

God, if I ever meet Misha Collins, I'm gonna be one of those girls that bursts into tears as soon as I see him, aren't I? Yeesh.
 

Hee. As in, I made a new icon today, lookit me go! Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to use Adobe CS4 anymore unless I have a serial number to go with it... which I don't. Dammit.

I was looking through JM pictures to use for the new default, though, and I got all giggly and nostalgic. And the pictures that Maxim took of SMG are just out of this freaking world. I wish I had HBO so that I could watch this new show she's producing and starring in that I can't remember the name of.

Actually, screw that, I want my show back! I don't want Hollywood to try to "remake" BtVS as a movie, I WANT JOSS WHEDON who is the evil mastermind behind making us alternately happy and miserable for seven seasons to helm the project, and I want SMG and James back goddammit!

dampersnspoons

 everywhere -- on Elysian Fields, on Twitter, etc. Everywhere except LJ, lol. So, i have remedied that. ::waves at dampers:: Hi! I'm stalking you again!

...I'm gonna go read more fanfiction now. At least until I go to work.

One week's all it takes sometimes, huh? First, Ed McMahon (who honestly, I believe deserved the rest after his health problems), then this morning, Farrah Fawcett (who deserved the rest, too -- cancer is no easy thing for anyone to go through... I feel horrible for Ryan O'Neal and their son, though), and right after, Michael Jackson... and God, what do you say about that man? He influenced so much of today's music. What a horrible way to go, too. His poor kids.

I can't decide if the universe is merciful, or just a sick fuck that gets off on peoples' pain.

lady_yashka

Shorter chapters help the story progress more, in short. My basis for chapter-writing was Barb Cummings -- her stories were some of the first I ever read when I entered the fandom, and I adored them so much that I started basing my own writing technique off of hers, which is great for some, but not so great for others. So, I've set a limit for myself: I keep my stories on my USB drives in the [dot]html format, and that's how I keep track of their size (by the KBs). I've set a limit of between 30 to 40 KBs for myself (especially after looking through my previous chapters of Beneath You and realizing that several of them have hit upwards of 50KB). I've sent what I have for Chapter 14 (which is 30KB) to megan_peta  in the hopes that, if I've truly effed something up, she'll be there to steer me back on the right course. She's been my main encouragement in regards to Beneath You, despite the fact that she's more than busy enough with her own stuff.

Anyway, I don't just have a rough draft of Chapter 14 finished and awaiting con-crit: I've started Chapter 15, too! I am so pleased with myself!!! Yay!

Maybe I'll get to that 23+epilogue benchmarker yet :)

I just got an email from President Obama, lol. I wasn't aware that I was even on his radar.

Dear Friend, Last week, I announced United We Serve – a nationwide call to service challenging you and all Americans to volunteer this summer and be part of building a new foundation for America. And when I say “all,” I mean everyone – young and old, from every background, all across the country. We need individuals, community organizations, corporations, foundations, and our government to be part of this effort. Today, for the official kick off of United We Serve, members of my administration have fanned out across America to participate in service events and encourage all Americans to join them. The First Lady is rolling up her sleeves and getting to work too. But before she headed out today, she asked me to share this message with you. Our nation faces some of the greatest challenges it has in generations and we know it’s going to take a lot of hard work to get us back on track. While Michelle and I are calling on every American to participate in United We Serve, the call to service doesn’t end this fall. We need to stay involved in our towns and communities for a long time to come. After all, America’s new foundation will be built one neighborhood at a time – and that starts with you. Thank you, President Barack Obama

...on fanforum.com... and I just have to share this quote regarding one of the 'unh' scenes during season six.

"...I'd stand there with this sock hiding things waiting to shoot the scene and Sarah would come over and tug at the sock." -James Marsters

I'm pretty sure when I read that, that my mouth fell open. I would have keeled over laughing, except my brother was on the phone, and my family was in the living room. Basically, I wasn't alone. If I had been, I would have fallen on the floor laughing :)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer > Buffy and Spike App. Thread:Because All Buffy wants for Christmas is Spike!

This page is filled with a bunch of great Spuffy geared quotes (mostly in favor of) from James Marsters, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joss Whedon, David Fury, Jane Espenson, etc.

See, when you're feeling down about something, say, the likelihood that your favorite couple will ever get their resolution, you come across something like this, and you just cheer up right off :) This page made me 'squee'!

11 Things: Vampires Cooler Than Edward Cullen

Guess who's on the list!!!!!! (this is so funny)

Remote View: Giving 'Supernatural' A Fighting Chance

We have Conversion!!!!!

Jensen Ackles and Hugh Jackman beat Robert Pattinson in the Hot 100

All I can say, is that when this page opened up, my jaw fell open. And has yet to close.

Also, in response to the above about Robert Pattinson -- HAH!
 

David Boreanaz - "Bones" TV Series Premiere

It's all of, like, one sentence long, but whatever, lol.

Yes. I caved.

http://twitter.com/infiniteavarice

This is all Misha Collins' fault.

OMG, that man is adorable, I just wanna eat him all up.

TRY and tell me this man's not scrumptious, just try it!

(ETA: I had to change the picture I originally had up of Misha, because for some stupid reason, the host site decided it was going to crash -- ergo, it wasn't allowing me access to the picture... but this one's just as darling anyway :D :D :D )
ETA

lady_yashka

Oh, gee. What a surprise, I more compatible with Dean than I am Sam. Maybe that's because Dean's the shit? :D

Oh, and BTW? I grew UP on AC/DC you fucktards. Have some common sense before you make a moronic statement like that.