the state that I am in

1. The only new shows I am watching are Up All Night and Once Upon A Time -- mostly because they are the only ones I tried. I wish OUAT had moodier/more stylized cinematography or something. I can't pinpoint what is wrong with it, but it bothers me. It may be one of those shows that would look better on Ye Olde Cathode-Ray TV. (Like Torchwood. And...OK, that's really the end of the list.)

2. I am also catching up on Community, which, as a community college and night school alum, I can confirm is a loving documentary.

3. Went to see Young Adult. Had mixed feelings. Would feel better if RiffTrax-style commentary were released featuring Actual YA Writers, starting with, say, John Green.

I just had the most hilarious start to a Scrabble game against a computer ever...and I've played a lot of Scrabble against computers in my day.

( Sure, you SAY that's not the 'batman' it meant, but look at where we started... )

Uh, anyway, Happy Fourth of July, my fellow Americans!

Netflix releasing ALMOST ALL THE STAR TREK on Watch Instantly isn't going to be so good for my social life, is it?

I am bizarrely tempted to go back and complete my lists of palatable-vs-nonpalatable episodes of Enterprise for the benefit of desperate fankind. But then I would have to rewatch...a lot of Enterprise. True, Connor Trinneer has been guesting on ABC Family so much that I'm afraid he's going to get cast as someone's recurring dad, but we're not there yet.

I went on an accidentally Internet-less vacation. I made careful plans involving the purchase of a nifty mifi thingy to avoid that very scenario, but it turns out that mifi only works if you are not vacationing in a concrete bunker, which I was.

The bunker did afford me ample leisure time. I finally watched the first part of Deathly Hallows (its biggest virtue was to make the boring bits of the book interesting, and its primary vice was a failure to explain that Dumbledore totally did eat babies), read some of Suzanne Collins's Underland Chronicles (because I do not actually enjoy reading the Hunger Games books and am seriously unexcited at their movification, sorries), started in on Dark Angel (hilarious turn-of-the-century fashion predictions!), contemplated throwing aside A Visit from the Goon Squad (never seek from litfic what you can get elsewhere), and became mildly obsessed with Carcassonne (effing cloisters).

I can't BELIEVE I'm expected to go to work tomorrow.

Before I return to reality, DS9 Rewatch has hit John Glover's episode. Wahoo.

I really should try to watch the first installment of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I've had the DVD for months. I've recently re-read books 5 through 7.

I just have such issues letting go of stories. I mean, seriously, I couldn't go to the theater. And it's not even the last movie! They saw me coming!

Say, does anyone know of an LJ back-up tool that is currently working, or know what I've been doing wrong with the ones I'm attempting to use? It is 5 in the morning EST and I'm getting server busy denials from both LJArchive and LJBook, same as I've been getting at 10 in the evening...

[Standard "Thanks in advance, I can't respond until after work" disclaimers apply.]

...for the dream where Star Trek XII involved Chekov making out with two ladies at once and a thrilling speedboat chase.

I also appreciated the framing where I knew it was Star Trek XII because I was in an auditorium watching the movie. Very deep. Although, I should point out, I am actually available to play an active role in my own dreams. Just an FYI.

hugs,
Nia

( the two-word reaction post )

Via MeFi: it may be because it's early on a Sunday, but Comics Alliance's Deconstructing the Complete and Utter Insanity of 'Batman: Odyssey' made me laugh until tears were streaming down my face.

David: When you get to the second page, though... I am reminded once again about Neal Adams saying that a lot of comic will be how Batman is unable to keep up with the tech of his enemies. And here he has a 3-D display coming out of his damn belt. Batman has a crotch computer.

Laura: I prefer to think of it as a groin projector.

David: I wonder how he controls the cursor.

Laura: Now we're introduced to yet another new villain, a man named Doctor Slattern. Does Adams know what "slattern" means? Because it specifically refers to women. And it means "slut."

David: Words seem to mean so many things in this book. Although we are told that Doctor Slattern "needs help with the climax of his experiment." Maybe Doctor Slattern is in charge of all the SEXY experiments at Arkham, did you think of that?

Also, he actually wants to be called Trigger, and not like the horse. Because Batman wasn't sure about that. "Oh, this guy with guns wants to be called Trigger. I'm the world's greatest detective. It's probably after the horse, but let me ask just in case it's actually about guns."

And what ensues could possibly be considered the best rap battle in Batman history.

It is amazing how something as simple as a danceable new Britney song will revive one after an entire week of stressiness at work. And I guess this is why my LJ username is still what it is.

The only other good thing that happened this week was these Aetrex shoes, which I tried based upon complainy reviews about how small they run. Happily for me, they really do run that small! They are the first truly all-day-comfortable work-appropriate heels I have found that are actually in my size, and not some approximate size I obtain only through inserts. I can't wait to try another style in black. Sadly, that requires waiting for another paycheck, but it will be so worth it.

( And now, book meme for a lazy Saturday a.m. )