Some things that are making me smile

[altogetherisi]

~ This feeling of absolute happiness, serenity, completeness, satisfaction that comes from finishing a (really rather good) book. I can get it from other things too sometimes, but really, it's book feeling. It's perfection. The book I just read is "Dreaming of Amelia" by Jaclyn Moriarty, which is the last in the series of "Feeling Sorry for Celia", "Finding Cassie Crazy" and "Being Bindy Mackenzie". Finding Cassie Crazy is one of my favourite things ever in the world ever ever ever. And this one was pretty damn awesome, though at points it made me rage, and feel sick, and feel heartbroken, as well as thoroughly delight and amuse me.

~ Radio 1's Longest Show Ever With Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave For Comic Relief lasted 52 hours - they started at 6.30am on Wednesday, and didn't stop, didn't sleep, kept broadcasting straight through until 10.30am today, Friday - was amazing, funny, entertaining, compulsive, and raised over £2.4 million pounds for Comic Relief. Today is Red Nose Day, so telethon tonight!

~ That it seems like spring is here. I don't have to wear my coat and scarf everywhere all the time. The tree in our front garden, which spends most of the year kinda purple, is covered in beautiful white blossom. There are daffodils on the lawn.

~ The excellency of the latest episode of Glee, which I expect I will write a separate post on, but first I want to rewatch it because it was really rather awesome and I watched the first time in between blow drying my hair and having breakfast and doing makeup before going into the office on Wednesday because I was not willing to wait until I got home. And I'm glad I didn't, because it put me in such a good mood for the rest of the day.

 

~ Also, thinking about the very interesting shipping potential in Skins, which is really coming into its own now, as this current series ends. Oh gen 3, you are so much better than gen 2. I love you, Skins. 

 

~ Making plans. For Easter time, and also, now, I am going to a festival for a weekend in July in France which will be totally fun! 

 

~ Awesome fic. I saw this on crack_van and I just have to add to it's praise and pass it on, because it's really, really, REALLY good fic. It's The Strange Disappearance of Sally-Anne Perks by Paimpont, and it's very well written Harry Potter gen that takes the name of a character that is sorted in Philosopher's Stone just after Harry and then never heard of again in the series and spins it into a brilliant, beautiful, canon compliant and complimentary story. Seriously, GO READ IT. 

 

~ And finally, I don't watch Supernatural and don't care much about Misha Collins, but I was browsing Fandom Wank and heard about this rhino puzzle scavenger hunt thing, and I laughed so hard my dad kept asking me what was so funny and THERE WERE NO WORDS that could explain the insanity and bizarreness of Misha trolling his fandom with such careless hilarity.
 

How is everyone?

Comments

[altogetherisi.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Gen 2 kinda lost me a bit along the way, but there's something very vulnerable and innocent about this lot, even when they're taking drugs and stealing stuff etc. There's something very poignant, and you can really see how they fit together as a group (or are starting to, at any rate.) And particular eps are just amazing - I thought Minnie's and Nick's were phenomenal. In a show that's so well known for being racy and outrageous, there's a lot of subtly and depth.

I am shipping Minnie/Franky so hard right now. And Nick/Liv. But I'm sure I'd be happy with whatever as long as they keep writing it like this!

[jasmine-rosalee.livejournal.com]

Omg, me too. Minnie/Franky is utterly glorious! For a while there I was shipping Minnie/Alo and Franky/Nick but Minnie/Franky trumps all :D And I love the Nick/Alo!friendship going on, it is so adorable.

[altogetherisi.livejournal.com]

I saw that look between Minnie and Alo too! But then I decided that a) that pairing would be waaay too pale, lol, and also b) Minnie really really needs more friends. And I think Alo, for all his grossness, would actually make a pretty decent friend for Minnie without coming with much baggage or manipulating her or whatever. Plus, I can't really ship Alo romantically or sexually with anyone at this point. Just no. And yeah, Nick too really needs some proper mates, ones that aren't dicks and ones that he can be himself around, which is totally more of a dork and a sweetheart than he was letting people know before. So. I approve of the healing powers of Alo's friendship.

MINNIE/FRANKY IS WHERE IT'S AT, OK. OK. Also, Dakota Blue Richards is just so beautiful.

I just realised that probably one of the reasons I love Minnie so much is that her character has really developed, while most of the others have just kinda been revealed, but not yet changed. Hmmmm. Plus I was practically wailing at the TV about how she shouldn't be having rubbish sex that she doesn't even want with Nick, so if she gets to experience actually arousal and sexual enjoyment and goodness, even perhaps an orgasm :O with Franky or a female then that would be really rather excellent IMO.

Franky/Matty is just too much crazy and confusion in one place. Also, those beautiful cheekbones need to be shared with the world, not just with each other in some kind of elitist cheekbone appreciation society.

To conclude: Minnie/Franky because they both deserve someone better. Or something.