Where's the love for the ferret?

Have you missed me? It's only been a month since I've posted anything. Barely kept up with the flist either. Lots of stuff have gone down. Been sick. Almost had a nervous breakdown (possibly due to bening sick). Been completely sucked into Big Brother UK (and it's fair to say that these two are a good part of that. It doesn't hurt that the male half looks like this plus an Australian accent to boot! And trust me, their dramas could give soap operas a run for their money.) And then there's what I did Thursday day night (if you follow my Twitter you know what I did) but more on that later. I have pictures to catch up with! There will be kitties as that's mainly what I've taken pictures of.

We bug bombed the house a few weeks ago so the kitties went to visit the office and explored. Cassie made herself comfortable.


Be back later with another pic!

Let's talk fall tv. I'm mostly sticking to the same shows as always. However, there's a few new shows I'm watching. The Cleveland Show isn't as good as it's predecessor, but it saves me from changing the channel between The Simpsons and Family Guy. Cougar Town is hilarious, and it's not just extended Friends-love for Courtney Cox. I quite like Flashforward. And Penny, it's completely understadable that if you're going to cheat on Desmond, that it's with Jack Davenport (yes, I'm ignoring the pretty-boy Finnes brother for this example). No one can fault you for that. (And I knew Charlie was evil! I never liked Charlie during any of Lost, but that's not the point of this post.)

However, my main love of the new season is Glee. I simply adore it's over-the-top campness. There are some characters I like more than others. There is one I can't stand (Teri). There's those I have mixed feelings on (Quin, Rachel, Finn, Sue). There are those I really like (Artie, Mercedes). And those I love (Kurt, Will, Ken, Sue's journal). But my favorite is unashamedly Puck. Even with his lame little mohawk (which I hear will be disappearing). If I didn't already like him enough, there's a couple of YouTube videos of sneak previews of songs for this week. My love for him is sealed with the following clip.
( Because the rambling text doesn't really hurt loading time but embedded things do )

As an added reminder that the awesome that is Convention is over, I have a cold. A cold that first manifested as I was finishing packing before leaving for the airport on Saturday morning. So, I've had to deal with the usual time wackiness of Convention plus the time change and the cold. Work yesterday wasn't enjoyable. And I'm not even half caught up but hopefully that will resolve in the next couple of days. It's definitely a head cold. Everything from the nose up is unhappy. Nose, ears, eyes, head, whatever. The throat isn't enjoying the coughing and it seems like any medication I've taken has little to no effect.

As I said in the last post, the week was incredible. If you have me friended on Facebook, my buddies are uploading their pictures of the week, so I'm tagged. I was so busy pictures weren't a priority, but the few I did take will be uploaded someday when I'm feeling better.

I haven't even taken my clothes out of the suitcase yet, let alone did laundry. No fear, I have enough clean clothes to get me through to the weekend at least.

Enough whining and whinging. MEME!
Ask me my fannish Top Five [Whatevers]. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really! And I will answer them all in a new post. Possibly with pictures.

ETA: Just got a message from one of my SCL friends, the person in charge of all things Convention/JCL contacted all the teachers to say one of the JCLers got diaganosed with swine flu. Yep, that makes me feel so much better about this cold.

But I'm not. Instead of packing and making sure I have everything I need (which I don't, I've already figured out something but that can be purchased later), I'm playing on the net and watching G4's Comic Con coverage.

Why am I packing? I'm off to my yearly convention. This year it's at UC Davis in California. Which means I'll be spending a third of my day tomorrow in airports and airplanes. I'm flying Southwest and have already checked in (flight is at 8:00, I checked in at 10:15 and was already in boarding group B for the first flight! I'm the last member of group A for my connection). So there's that. They haven't posted the flight numbers that will have WiFi for tomorrow though I keep hoping!

So, I'll attempt to keep a record here, even it's for myself and I'll be keeping my Twitter updated as it's how I'm going to keep my friend in Italy up to date (since she's doing her Fullbright thing). And my Photobucket will d what it says on the tin.

This all means no True Blood this week. I'll do both episodes when I get home and by then it will be time to add a third!

Speaking of television, I think everything is set up for all that I'll miss. I hope. I'll find out when I return.

Right, packing as the airport I'm leaving from is two hours away, so staying in a hotel tonight as to not have to leave the house at 3:00 AM to make my 7:00 AM flight.

I'm inexcusably behind on responding to comments, which I will get caught up on at some point.

I will post the picture meme stuff. And am willing to do more of those.

I will write the drabbles for Stump the Author as I've been done stumped. Feel free to add to the merriment there.

The main purpose for this however is this: I'm in the market for a portable DVD player. Specifically one that is region-free. I bought a Phillips DCP851 and that was a total bust. It didn't read my Ipod, my burned CDs (of Doctor Who episodes), or my British DVDs. And the picture quality for the discs it could read wasn't all that great. So, any suggestions?

I would like to have this before I go off to California at the end of July for the plane jaunts. (I'm breaking up the flights on purpose, I freak out if I'm stuck on a plane for more that 3 hours, which is why I'll most likely never make it to England.)

Also, I've got the pictures from Friday on to my laptop. Now I need to get them uploaded. There's 392 pictures and videos. So, it might take a bit.

So, things have happened since last I posted.

( If you care to know what's what )

And to remind you all, I've posted a Master List of Fics.

Also, I've joined Twitter (as, wait for it, misssara11). Feel free to follow me and let me know if I can do the same. So far I'm following a dozen celebrities. I'd sort of like to keep track of "real" people, you know?

I think that's it! Happy Birthday David!

So, have you missed me?

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Two odd things have happened to me today.

( And it leaves me scratching my head )

On my way into work today, "The Gambler" was on the radio. I was grinning like an idiot for a few minutes. I do the same thing when I have soft serve ice cream too.

I had a Season 2 HIMYM marathon this weekend starting with "Slap Bet" through the end. That led to an interesting dream Saturday night. I'm not sure if it was Ted or Josh Raynor himself, but in my dream, excellent kisser. He was behind me and started on my neck first and it sort of spiraled from there. Which is funny as I'm not really attracted to him. I mean, he's not ugly and from what I've seen of him (and Ted) he seems decent enough but not something I really all that into.

My mom was sick so she didn't come home. I did manage to accomplish quite a bit. Starting Friday into Saturday, I went to two different grocery stores, Walgreens, Target, the post office, the atm, and gassed up my car. I'm done with chapter 8 of The Crossover (swankkat, it has the brain melty scene in it) and know exactly what I want to do with chapters 9 and 10, at which point the story shifts gears. I have a pretty good idea what I'm doing with that half. For those whom answered my question a couple weeks back, your input is in chapter 7. No one (aside from the betas) will see it until the whole thing is finished though. It makes sure the whole thing gets done. I also got my Episode 2 post of Casanova up on tennant_rewatch! I was the first one to do so! (Followed literally two minutes after by fid_gin, but still, mini-wave in honor of me!)

It's DWTS night, which always pleases me, as you all know by now.

( Quick poll in regards to THAT SPOILER (tm), SPDN, you could link but it's not that shippy or even that spoilery if you know the casting news )

I'm still coming down off of my Ashes to Ashes high. I love that show. Have I mentioned that? And the revelation about the mural in the last episode? It just keeps getting better! Go! Watch! Now! It helps if you've seen Life on Mars but not necessary to enjoy this show. At least I don't think so.

I really should go back to work now or at least pretend to.

Things to talk and show!

( Whatever could they be? )