I think my graduate school professors know that this is television premiere week because I have TEN papers due this week. I wrote four over the weekend so just six to go. So that means I don't get to watch any new premieres until this weekend (which is my anniversary so yeah, no tv then!). Plus I have SPN S5 just looking at me going KELLY! WAAAATCH ME!

Let's not even talk about how behind I am with my LJ communities. Time for another modsearch post methinks. Maybe if I say I just need a banner maker and that you can still win banners, that might help get someone to sign up. I don't know.

*headdesk*

In happier news, lots of awesome fandom stuff on my LJ that I haven't gotten around to comment all on.

- Cordelia/Angel fanmix by angryscientist All Depeche Mode, which, you know how much I love DM if you've been here for a bit.

- Angel sketch by angryscientist I love it when people *draw* in this fandom. It makes me so unbelievably happy!

- ATS Prompt-a-Thon hosted by eleusis_walks And I actually wrote a Drusilla and Cordelia thing for it!

- Doomed Ship Comment Fic hosted by anythingbutgrey I wrote for this too. Angelus/Drusilla and big time RAPE WARNING on that one.

Also, just cause I know a few people like knowing about the strange relationship I have with my husband. For our anniversary (the 27th), he bought me an electric smoker and a terabite hard drive. I'm allergic to mesquite and most BBQ around here is mesquite. Plus I don't eat HFCS and most BBQ sauces have it. I have been bitching about the lack of BBQ for years so he finally bought me a smoker to shut me up. LOL I already tested it out last week. DE.LI.CIOUS. Seriously, everyone should come over. I did ribs, I'm doing a brisket next. And the hard drive? For all my music and tv shows. He knows me way too well. (I got him Leverage and Burn Notice S2. He got S1 for his birthday.)

I'm taking a break from my political comm paper cause I have a question for the flist, well two actually. First.

Just kind of a strange question but has anyone been to Mustang Island, Port Aransas, Texas? I was looking for a new vacation spot, someplace I hadn't been and came across this little blurb on AOLTravel.

"This 18-mile-long barrier island, connected by a causeway and 24-hour ferry to Corpus Christi, offers wildlife and wild life at party-hearty Port Aransas. Trolleys ply the historic honkytonk town, filled with down-home pubs and upscale galleries. Wide bay- and Gulf-side beaches, lined with dunes, seafood shanties and marinas, hikers, seashell collectors, and sandcastle architects (100,000 spectators ogle hundreds of entries at SandFest, the nation's largest sand-sculpting competition, every April). Aquatic activities abound: surfing waves off the jetty, kite-boarding off protected sandbars, casting for trophy tuna and tarpon. Tournaments lure international competitors, who spin tales of the ones that got away in fun funky bars. More than 500 bird species vacation here, dolphin frolic in the channel, and coyote roam Mustang Island State Park.

Fun Fact: Mark "Sand Man" Landrum acts as Port A's official "Sandcastle Dream Builder," offering lessons in engineering elaborate moats and machicolated battlements."

Has anyone been? Good place? Bad place? Is it affordable to stay there? I'd be driving from Arizona so I would have a car.

Also, was the ONLY person on the net who LOVED the True Blood finale? I feel like I'm all alone in my love of it. LOL

Quick pimp too:

Click through for picspam and fic recs.

And whilst I am on recs:

A peek into the mind of Cordelia Chase fanart by angryscientist

Doorbell Distress by eilowyn (Spike, Cordy, and a surprise guest)

Angelus picspam, C/A picspam, C/A and Spuffy picspams, 2 C/A Picspams made by nikkiwawa79

30 Days of Angel entries

eleusis_walks
samsom
anythingbutgrey
chorelle
bja727

(Is there anyone else doing it that I left off?)

I know I was going to pimp someone/something else but I totally forgot now. :( I'm still so tired from my weekend and the comment!fail that happened while I was working (some of you know what I'm talking about). If you don't want people to comment with opposing viewpoints, then f-lock it or ask fandom newsletters not to link to it you know?

Who here loves to laugh and loves fanfic? Then check out Feminist Hulk/Unnamed Old Spice Guy (with some Judith Butler) fanfic. No, for serious, read it. It is SO awesome. SO AWEEEESOOOOME!

Oh! And while we are on fic recs, I know I have some Jackie/Hyde fans on my list so you all need to go read this fic. It's a perfect post-series (1985) look at Jackie and Hyde in the future. Perfect!

And now a random meme cause I was tagged by 4nowandforever

( WEEEEEEEE! )

Apparently I have a $4.00 credit at Amazon.com for music downloads. I have no idea how to spend it. So help me out.

Give me an artist and a song that I HAVE TO DOWNLOAD THIS VERY MOMENT!

Since songs are a dollar each, I will download the four that look the most interesting.

anythingbutgrey posted this fabulous essay about Angel's character growth and was wondering about cross-posting. I was just going to send her a list of the places I pimp but then I thought, my flist could probably benefit and add to the list. So I'm posting it here.

It is broken up into categories (icons, fic, communities, other) and then I have a short one or two words about what you can pimp there (ATS, BTVS, char-specific, etc). I hope it's helpful to everyone.

( The best promotion is self-promotion )

I NEED SOME MAJOR CHEERING UP, PEEPS! (While yes, the Prop 8 overturning totally made me cry happy tears, it's not outweighing the shitstorm of my real life right now) And well, I was doing this on Tumblr last night and it was so fun, I wanted to bring it over here, only a little differently.

You comment and give me three people you want me to pick to Fuck, Marry, or Kill. Then I reply with my answers and give YOU three people to F, M, K. You comment back to me and if you want another set of three, then give me three more. Give three to get three, see how it goes.

Here are some examples from Tumblr last night:

( Cause everyone wants to know about FMK! )

And here are a list of the fandoms I know. Movies and celebs too, toss those in if you want. If I haven't seen the movie, I will go by the pretty.

( Fandoms for FMK )

Feel free to pass this around, link it, whatever. Whoever comments, if I'm not familiar with them, I will just check their profile to give them a FMK. :) Remember, give three to get three!

Here is my second picspam for vamp_land's casting challenge (first one here). This time, I thought I would make it easy on myself and cast Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula with Latino/Hispanic/Chicano/South American actors.

SPOILERS FOR DRACULA

Text taken from NovelGuide and latinoed-up by me

( Amor Nunca Muere )