So, if my email post thing was working properly (which it's not; it says it can't find my PIN), this is what you would have seen...about a week ago.

So, apparently, all these last couple of posts I've done through email
haven't been posting. I'm trying this one more time, and if this doesn't
post...well, I don't know what I'll do other than not email post anymore
obviously, but I'll also complain very strenuously to the management.
Probably.

Anyway, to re-iterate what I've said in my last few (missing) posts:

* Thank you very much jcolanthe, my LJ Secret Santa, for the
book and all the goodies! There's a funny story behind The Book of
Jhereg. I got hooked onto Stephen Brust in HS, read all the Vlad books
I could find (which wasn't many), and then, somehow, forgot about them when
no new ones appeared. Then a couple years ago I re-discovered Brust and the
fun of Vlad and Loiosh and Morrolan and Aliera and Sethra. I ordered
The Book of Jhereg from Amazon, read it, loved it, and left it in the
car so I could keep re-reading it at lunch. Now, I live in Louisiana where
we have *very* hot summers. And hot car + paperback binding glue =
problems. I picked up the book one day to read it and had it fall apart in
my hands. I even tried to keep it for a while after that, but the pages
would get scattered and mixed up, so I finally, regretfully (and man, was
that hard to do) trashed it. So now I have a new copy, yay! And sparkly
things and chocolate and girly stuff, woo! I shall have to see if I can
think up some fic as thanks. (P.S., jcolanthe, if you're reading this and
have any particular ideas for fic, please let me know. I work well with
prompts.)

* The Yuletide story I wrote is called "Muder Among Friends." It's a Nero
Wolfe story for Rhiannon featuring a hard to solve case, poker night with
the guys, lots of Archie being Archie and Saul being cool, and even a dash
of Fritz. I want to thank everyone who's commented for the very nice things
they've said. I really appreciate the support! Also, I still think that
everyone should go read the Tactics story I received, stat. It is casefic
with snuggling and tie-tying, and it is by Harukami who writes
awesome stuff.

*I wrote a tiny XXXholic drabble the other day:

He is fuming to Himawari-chan about Doumeki’s latest bout of irritating
behaviour, “—and then he ignores me and announces he wants yakitori for
lunch. Yakitori!” He hurls the word like an accusation.

"I think it's cute," Himawari-chan supplies, looking at Watanuki like she
expects him to sprout pigtails for Doumeki to pull. He has a sudden
horrific vision of himself with Himawari-chan's long, beribboned pigtails
curling down his chest as Doumeki tugs at them curiously. He quickly
replaces himself with Himawari-chan, and, funny, he didn't think he was
supposed to be jealous of both of them in this scenario.

*I've been trying to get back my Desperate Housewives love, I
really have. But maybe it's that Bree hasn't been quite as kickass as usual
lately? Maybe it's that I don't feel any 'OMG WTH?' over the last death. I
mean, I am glad that Gabi finally got a bit of a reality check as to how her
affair affects other people. And I'm glad Lynette didn't go all jealous as
hell with some lameass plan to test Tom's fidelity that would backfire in
her face as usual. I'm glad Susan wasn't horribly insecure and clingy for
once. And I'm saddened that Bree has her views on homosexuality, although
it is perfectly in keeping with her character. I just wish she was a little
more...kickass with her son.

*Lost love is back! *flails happily* Hi, Mr. Eko! (or is it Ecko?
Eco? Echo?) I love you! And your priestly brother! Okay. So. Eko's
confederates (plus brother) were on the drug smuggling plane that crashed on
the island that Locke saw in his vision that led Boone to his death. Now
I'm just wondering if it's feasible for a little plane flying from Nigeria
to have enough fuel to make it to the island. (Surely if they'd landed
somewhere to refuel they'd have gotten rid of the brother? Actually, why
they didn't just dump him the moment they got over the ocean is a mystery to
me.) Charlie is a great big git for lying about the statue and the plane.
Now we all have to wonder if he's using again, or is he just stashing the
icons "just in case." What was computer!Walt's message?? "I need you to
come--" Come where? When? How? Aaaaaaaack! Stay good, Michael, stay good!
Plus, OMGWTFBLACKSMOKE! With the explosions and the staredown, and I second
Charlie's look of 'You Are a Complete Whackjob' at Eko for not running and
somehow making the smoke go away. Plus, you know, "scripture stick" and
"Just what kind of priest are you?"

Oh, thank you, wonderful electricity for allowing me to see Lost again.

That out of the way, ( episode comments )

Okay, first off, aaaaaaack, stupid one hour Previouslies thing. Give me my new episode NOW!

( And now, for the main event! )

So I was thinking about this last night:

Shannon may have said that she didn't reciprocate Boone's
more-than-sibling-y feelings for her...

...but she then passed up on the chance to have steamy beach sex with
Sayid who, as we will all agree, has chemistry with everyone and
everything including people not actually in the scene with him (I think I
caught him having sexual tension with Jack's wife during the flashbacks).
Sayid is Teh Sexx0r. And Shannon, as we know, is not exactly little miss
"Oh, I swoon at the very idea of handing over my tender rose of maidenhead
to you, dashing sir." So why'd she pass up the hot, hot Sex on a Beach
unless she's still feeling a bit more for Boone than she lets on?

Anyway, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

In an episode where Claire is having a baby and Boone is dying painfully, it's all about Jack??

More specifically, Jack's wedding? WTF? I mean, it is just messed up that Boone has to comfort Jack while he's dying. Good god, people, get a grip. We. Do. Not. Care. About. Jack's. Wedding.

And don't even get me started on the messed-up-ness of having Kate deliver Claire's baby. You saying there's nobody on the island who's maybe had a baby before? But, no, it has to be Kate, because Kate is special. And call me weird, but when Jack was planning to amputate Boone's leg, I was shouting at the tv, "Where's a frickin' tourniquet? Or something to cauterize the wound? You're gonna need help with that Jack. You gotta have some way to stop the bleeding, you know, or did they not cover that in CaptainHeroDoctor school?

Of course, Charlie and Claire and the miraculously clean and umbilical-less Baby of Doom still stole my heart, but jeeze, why couldn't we have killed off Jack or Kate instead?

Dude. Dude!

I just have to post about last night's Lost. Hurley is my cuddly,
possibly occasionally mentally unhealthy, jinxed, millionaire TV boyfriend.
If they ever dare try to kill him off I will storm JJ Abrams' castle-like
home with flaming discmans and numerology books until they bring him back.
Possibly as a zombie or a vampire. 'Cause wouldn't Hurley make the coolest
vampire ever?

*hugs the Hurley*

(PS. I loved the scene where Hurley was so grateful to have someone
tell him he wasn't crazy for thinking the numbers were cursed that he hugged
Rousseau. You could just see her thinking, "Uh....." And also, I want a
spin-off of Lost where Hurley and Charlie explore the jungle with
Hurley as the unlikely Indiana Jones-type and Charlie as his (sometimes)
fearless sidekick. They can occasionally stumble across Sayid or someone
for guest appearances and so Sayid has new people/places/things to have
sexual chemistry with.)

(Son of PS. Also? When they got split into two pairs: Jack/Sayid and
Hurley/Charlie, did anybody else think, "Okay, the slashers are gonna have a
field day with imagining quickie jungle interludes for these four"?
Anyone else? Anyone? Bueller?)

Dude. When did I become a pervert?

Okay. Scratch that. I happen to come from a long and illustrious line of
perverts and have learned that an innocent look and a reputation for shyness
combined with a mind that dwells in the gutter and a quick tongue can be one
of the quickest recipes for making people snort carbonated beverages out
their noses.

But when did I become one of those perverts, the kind that I
shuddered away from back when I was a newbie fangirl? The kind who slash
not just the young and pretty but the old and wrinkly too. The kind who
thinks Evil!Sick!Wrong!pairings can be pretty damn hot. The kind who wants
to see crossovers with every fandom I can think of. The kind who has
grown to appreciate the occasional RPF. The kind who is *rooting* for canon
incest in their fandom.

And why is it that Lost has brought out every single one of these
tendencies?

Goddammit, somebody build me a time machine, NOW, so that I can skip ahead to next Wednesday and see the next episode of Lost. I NEED to see it. I need to see it NOW. I had to put up with Kriminal Kate and her oh-so-mysterious-past this episode, and next episode is promising me

a) creepy Locke-ness
b) Sayid/Shannon flirtation (possibly)
c) semi-incestuous jealousy/protection by Boone
d) CLAIRE update!

I mean, sure, this episode did have lots of icky decomposing bodies, some nice continuity with everyone's injuries, surreal timeliness with the rising tide, Rose(!), Shannon singing, and the fabulous line (to Boone, re:Locke) "What, is he your new boyfriend?" but where was the Hurley love? Why does no one seem quite as freaked out as you'd think over the news about Ethan and Claire? And why do Sawyer and Jack insist on fighting over Kate when they could be making with the sweet, sweet loving? (Also, Kate should be quite a bit hairier all over than she was. All the guys have beards, why can't she have some leg hair or bushy eyebrows? Shannon too. And, NO bank manager in his right mind would say that line about not handing over the keys since the robbers would "kill him anyway." Geeze. I work in the banking industry. The first thing you are taught is that the money is not as important as everyone's safety. You do what the nice thief says, you don't antagonize them, (but you don't volunteer any extra money either), and you get them out the door. Murder carries a HELL of a lot higher penalty than armed robbery, and if they're wearing masks it means they DON'T want to kill you.)

But still, I want next week! Next week, next week! *drools impatiently*

GIP! GIP! GIPPY GIP!!

Er, um... content?

Lost is a good show. So's Amazing Race. And Desperate Housewives.

Um...

This post is brought to you by Mindy's rediscovery of the power of television.

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