cordelianne | And I'm eating this banana. Lunchtime be damned! (btvs 3:16)

I guess I should talk about the Oscars for a second. I was annoyed that Crash won over Brokeback Mountain.

crossoverman has some interesting thoughts on the win and

karabair has an awesome theory about it.

Thank you to my friends who reminded me that the Oscars aren't actually about the best movies of the year. How could I actually forget that?! Silly me. I also must thank them for listening to me talk about how much I hate Queen's University (the university in my hometown) and its cultish school spirit because, for some odd reason, my annoyance with the Crash win fueled a completely unrelated rant! I am weird.

Fortunately Jon Stewart made the evening funny. If only the celebs had more of a sense of humour. *worries he will not get to host next year*

At least Ang Lee - who's one of my favourite directors - won best director! And Larry McMurtry thanking book sellers was awesome because we got to applaud two of my friends!!

My favourite moment of the show was when The Day After Tomorrow (one of my guilty pleasure movies) was included in the "movies about serious issues" montage!!!!!! That made my night because it was just too funny! Oh! I just remembered Jon Stewart and George Clooney in bed together!! *g*

I am sick. Grumble grumble. I've had this cold since Thursday and I thought I was getting better on Sunday but it came back with a vengeance. I spent 3 hours waiting to see a doctor today because I was worried it might be more than a cold (and I am neurotic), fortunately not. Of course I still feel AWFUL and I wish I'd just spent the day cuddled under a blanket.

I did see BSG 2.19 but have no coherent thoughts on it right now, aside from liking the episode. However 24 kicked ass tonight and the ending completely surprised me and made me cry (not hard considering I've been on the verge of tears all day, but still an emotional moment).

At a friend's recommendation, I'm trying to sweat the cold out but now I'm feeling feverish and my brain is all fuzzy. /whining

ETA: A BtVS/AtS community has been having shipper polls (eg. who do you like better Spike/Buffy, Spike/Dru or Spike/Harmony), which can be fun but also makes me uncomfortable because I've noticed the whole shipper thing can be divisive in fandom. Anyway, two posters for separate Spike and Angel polls said that Spike/Angel aren't listed as an option because they're not a canonical pairing. I'm too wimpy to make a comment there (maybe I should instead of posting here), but they're a canonical pairing in my book. grrr

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Thanks for the advice - I like comfort! I've been doing the tea and soup thing (but without the chicken because I'm vegetarian), must get vitamins. Yay for being the dad!

Re: the whole Spike/Angel thing. I tend to think that people can define relationships too narrowly, so they won't consider Spike/Angel as a canonical romantic pairing because it was only a "one time". But - regardless of how many times they had sex or eve if they didn't - they have a significant relationship. Season 5 of AtS is very much about Spike and Angel, and as we learn in flashbacks, they have a long and complex relationship. Spike is clearly a significant factor in Angel's (un)life the same way that Darla, Buffy, and Dru are, and vice versa for Spike about Angel. I also like the Angel/Spike pairing because it avoids the divisive Buffy/Angel vs Buffy/Spike which I've seen inspired meanness about Angel or Spike. Angel/Spike is a nice solution!!

I don't think you missed any episodes. This episode (2.19) was the first I heard about the mission and Sharon being on it. I suspect that Kara (who's behind the mission and a CAG) vouched and argued for Sharon offscreen.

And why, *why*, do I continually become enraptured with shows that have continuing plot arcs?

Those are my favourite kinds of shows too!

I don't know if the BSG airing dates where you are might be behind us, so I hestitate to say too much about the episode I just saw -- and I'm not sure whether I missed one or two episodes, although I think it's just one. But yes, I can see Kara vouching for Sharon (although I still have trouble seeing Adama permitting it).

Thanks for the reminder that a relationship doesn't necessarily have to be a romantic ship, although that seems to be the way most people think of the term. Put that way, I've dealt with lots of relationships, although a romance has never been the forcus of my stories.

Don't forget the vitamins!

I've definitely seen the most recent BSG - the one that aired on Friday, and ended with "to be continued".

I was pretty accepting of Sharon being on the mission (because of Starbuck & Helo's involvement), but as you note Adama would have been reluctant to agree. He does see Sharon as a military asset so that's my guess why he agreed. I suspect that having her on the mission will cause problems!

Either having her there will cause problems, or she'll save the day and gain some measure of trust back -- which could result in more problems with those who refuse to trust, of course. The BSG people are pretty good at piling on the problems, so either way there's bound to be trouble.

In any case, I want to see Sharon out of the cell and back into action again!

The BSG people are pretty good at piling on the problems, so either way there's bound to be trouble. Oh definitely, I'm looking forward to the finale (cause this episode was all set up).

Shall we start a pool? I'm betting the Pegasus and at least one fairly major character is going to buy it.

I'm worried that it might be the Chief who dies, and I love him. My other theories of who dies are Helo or Anders. But it'll probably be no one we suspect!

I'd rather nobody get killed ... but it is a war series, after all, so that would be pretty unrealistic ...

And I'm eating this banana. Lunchtime be damned! (btvs 3:16)

Re: Battlestar Canonical

back to the ship

Re: back to the ship

Sharon share alike

Re: Sharon share alike

finale

Re: finale

as long as it's not Sharon ...