Oh and one thing about Ugly Betty

Since finals are over, apparently I am watching *way* too much TV. Still, I just watched last night's episode of Bones, and it was possibly the most ridiculous thing ever. Even more ridiculous than *last* week, where they tried to convince us that 'pro hac vice' means that someone who has never studied law a day in his life can be temporarily admitted to the bar and try a case as a prosecutor, and I almost died because I was studying Evidence and Lawyer Ethics practically nonstop and it was almost extraordinary how much they got totally, absolutely wrong. I mean, it's only TV and not even a law show, so I shouldn't expect so much, but it was still driving me nuts. Anyway, this week's Bones was also crazy. There are many spoilers beneath the cut. Honestly, it's practically a recap. This was a ridiculous episode.

Well, I'm done with finals at long last, meaning I have a small window of free time I need to make the most of before work starts. Which means, because I'm a huge dork, that I've read Middlemarch, which is so much better than I thought it would be. I mean, I read Silas Marner in ninth grade, and hated it, but I'm finding myself liking a lot of the things I hated in ninth grade. But this is a TV-LJ so, on to TV! Multiple cuts for spoilers.







And the Gossip Girl recap is *thirty-six pages* long. What on earth can that guy have to say about the last episode for thirty-six pages?

So, you can listen to the new New Kids on the Block single here:
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20197878,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines
My first thought is, look at that picture, you guys are too old to be singing about a romance with a girl who has a 10:00 phone curfew without it being *super creepy*. I mean, I'm all for resurgent boybands, I find it hilarious and fun, but come on guys.

Speaking of creepy things, a seal attempted to have sex with a penguin (what? Is this a sign of the apocalypse?):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7379554.stm

Oh, and to involve TV:
( Brothers & Sisters squee )

So I haven't posted in approximately forever -sorry about that. I'm in law school, and sometimes it pretty much eats me alive; this past semester has been really hectic. I've probably been de-friended for inactivity by everyone, and I wouldn't blame them in the slightest! But, well, the return of Gossip Girl has woken me from the dead (that and my desire to not study for exams), and I've felt the sudden urge to talk about it.

( Gossip girl is back! And I've broken my spoiler-ban on the show, so beware )

I'm sure that people have seen all the pics before, but this one made me laugh. He looks all sulky and a little bit adorable. I think it's the pockets.

( one Chuck pic )

So, my basic purpose here is to transfer my fannish ramblings from my personal LJ to someplace else, so I'm not constantly harassing my non-fannish friends, or worrying about friending fannish people because of all the silly real-life drama I go on about in my other LJ. Step one is to take the fannish stuff from there and put it over here. So here we go, the fruits of procrastination. As of a few weeks ago (which pre-dates a number of things, including Chuck/Blair), the top five actual TV couples that make me embarrassingly happy.

5 - Oz & Willow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Yeah, so my favorites on that show were never Buffy and Angel (or Buffy and Spike). They were fine and all, but Willow and Oz! So adorable I *still* want to make high-pitched noises at the screen when I watch them. I mean, the first time Oz sees Willow (I think), she comes to a costume party all dressed up as a historically accurate Eskimo while everyone else knows that costume party = excuse to dress slutty, so she feels all awkward, and Oz thinks 'omg, who is the girl dressed as an Eskimo? Awesome! I must meet her!'  I was desperate for them to actual get together from then on. And I have always felt slightly bad and non-PC because I never liked Tara, even at the end, because I kind of can't get over 'but she broke up Willow and Oz!!' And later on, when Willow would make these dramatic assertions like 'Tara was the only good thing in my life! The only person I ever loved! Etc!' I would mentally go 'um, excuse me, Oz? Remember him? Does no one remember how awesome he was!?' *glower*

4 - Henry & Betty, Ugly Betty
I think I might have a soft spot for nerd-love (no shit?). He's an accountant! She has adult braces! Clearly this is Meant To Be. Also, the line last week  (er a couple of weeks ago now) where they are fighting and she snaps "so you followed me home??" and he replies "no, I followed you home because I didn't want you walking alone at night." At that point I think I actually said out loud "they need to get married and have a million babies."

3 - Ryan & Taylor, the last season of The OC
Honestly, I love them so much. From the minute Taylor nagged Ryan into pretending to be her boyfriend so she could divorce her French husband, I was cooing on the inside. They are screwed up, but just the right kind of screwed up for each other. I mean, they take turns stalking each other! She actually thinks he's funny! And where else do you get the exchange "Taylor, are you pretending to be asleep in the hopes that I'll tell you 'I love you' while you're unconscious?"/ "....Maybe."

2 -Logan & Veronica, the first season of Veronica Mars (after that it kind of goes to hell)
OK so I was rooting for Logan and Veronica, but never in a million years thought it would happen. Honestly, back when I started 'shippng them I thought Weevil and Veronica would be more likely to hook up (which I would have been perfectly happy with). And then, my favorite fanon-couple became reality! I actually clapped my hands when they kissed the first time. Yeah, I'm that much of a geek. After that season the Logan/Veronica stuff went downhill for me ('omg he slept with Madison!' is just a downer after there's been 'omg did he kill my best friend?'). However, even in the third season there were still some good moments. Logan smashing the cop car so he can get thrown in jail with the serial rapists that hurt Veronica. Or when he pretty much flung himself at the asshole making jackass comments even after Veronica told him that the guy had Mob connections and would destroy him. Again, they are just the right kind of screwed up for each other. Only, you know, they're pretty much a billion times less healthy than Ryan & Taylor ><

1 - Rory & Dean, the first two seasons of Gilmore Girls (ie, before the stupid adultery storyline).
I think I was never half so invested in a relationship on a TV show. I pretty much want to travel back and time and make Dean my high school boyfriend. He *built her a car*! He takes her to used book sales and carries her loot for her! He read Jane Austen to make her happy - and liked it! And I still get all goosebumpy when I watch the scene where they get back together at the end of the first season and make out in front of Chilton. Between this and Ryan/Taylor, you might call it 'insanely smart geek girls and the blue-collar boys who love them'. And then the show had to go and fuck it all up and make them adulturers, which is *awful* and made me want to throw things. But still, one of the reasons I wasn't upset that Rory and Logan broke up at the end of the series is because, in the back of my mind, I pretty much imagine that after Rory goes out and conquers the world, and Dean does something awesome in his own right, and they don't care about class or intimacy issues any more, then they'll find themselves in the exact right place in their lives to be with each other again. And I read every fic to that effect I can get my hands on.

So yeah, that was all pretty nerdy of me, but whatever. Happy thoughts!