college rebel

1. cutting classes and sleeping in late
2. broke into the dining hall at 1 in the morning and stole some grapes, cereal, and an orange
3. went tunelling aka travelling through secret passageways underground, breaking through doors, squeezing between and stepping over burning pipes all the way to the greenhouse. i might die/get cancer as a result of the asbestos dust down in the tunnels
4. slipped through a window in a bathroom on the 5th floor to get to the roof of the science center

tee veee

new favorite tv show: JUSTIFIED
i never thought i'd be attracted to a southern accent, but timothy olyphant makes it work. plus he's ruggedly handsome and can handle a gun.

shows i am still excited to watch each week:
-FlashForward : i love simon, he makes everything so exciting
-Fringe : TOTALLY CALLED THE ENDING with the other walter (peter's real father) being the ambassador or whatever. i hope that episode wasn't the season finale :(
-Community : paintball episode was pure gold, except for the whole britta and jeff hooking up thing. jeff has a nice body

shows that i forget about then get excited when i remember there's a new episode:
-The Good Wife : initially only started watching for matt czuchry but im enjoying the actual legal cases and plot
-Smallville : oliver and chloe are finally together!!! i hope it lasts for awhile

shows i watch out of habit:
-Glee : not really expecting much anymore. the songs are still fun though! finn is really big... he like towers over rachel. and he has a hulking torso. I LOVE JESSE ST JAMES aka jon groff
-Gossip Girl : blair and chuck must reunite and then all will be right with the world

shows that i secretly watch but don't talk about:
-All the other CW shows: Vampire Diaries, 90210, Melrose Place

shows i watch that demonstrate that i desperately need a life:
-10 Things I Hate About You: completely ruined the movie... have no idea why i am watching this... i spend too much time on hulu

oliver

my future husband's name will be oliver
and he will have dirty blond hair

seeking empathy

i wish i could find someone who completely and wholly understands me

I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.

J.D. Salinger died yesterday. I remember first reading his celebrated classic, The Catcher in the Rye in middle school. I had an obsession with Holden's phrases- "Christ," "phony," and "helluva." And I suppose the story of a lost, tortured soul trying to stay afloat appealed to my middle school girlish fantasies. Actually, that much hasn't really changed through the years...

I regret not having reread Catcher recently. 

I also have copies of Franny and Zooey and Nine Stories. Franny and Zooey I read back in 8th grade as an independent book. I never got around to finishing Nine Stories. The only short story I vaguely remember was something about a couple at the beach and bananas. I love the idea of Salinger's characters, with their quirks and facades and phoniness and affected speech I wish I could only imitate both on paper and verbally- but if I knew them in real life, I'd probably find them incredibly annoying. Nevertheless, Salinger managed to entrance my mind with his stories, which was quite a feat. As I got older I found less and less stories that I enjoyed reading. I think it's time I start returning to the books of my childhood. 

RIP J.D Salinger

wasteland

I waste far too much time watching TV, and I'm embarrassed about half of the stuff I watch. 

I'm actually quite invested in most of my tv shows, but I've had some falling outs this year. For example: PR, ANTM, 30 Rock. I started watching the first few episodes of the new PR season this year religiously, but after awhile I stopped. I completely forgot about ANTM (a once obsessive guilty pleasure) and 30 Rock just kind of fell off my radar. 

Now onto the CW shows...

Iam Somerhalder is the only reason I watch Vampire Diaries. And Stefan's fake 8 pack. 

I'm not really sure why I watch 90210 or Melrose Place. None of the guys in Melrose are even remotely attractive to me. But I like Liam in 90210 even though I cringe basically every time he opens his mouth.

Gossip Girl is like the 100th oreo I'm stuffing into my mouth; I'm starting to feel sick but I keep eating.

I still keep up with Grey's Anatomy and Ugly Betty. Each successive episode has been improving. The last Ugly Betty ep had me squealing with happiness. Marc and Amanda are still my faves. Desperate Housewives is eh.

GLEE- I was super excited about this show and the first few eps lived up to my expectations. Lately though, the drama isn't as light hearted and actually kind of annoying. I'm not liking the songs as much. Quinn infuriates me. Sometimes I feel like Rachel's face is melting. But I love Matthew Morrison and Emma's wardrobe too much to stop watching.

Community- my favorite comedy at the moment. I literally laugh out loud each episode. I'm only slightly annoyed by Britta's lips.

Cougar Town- I can't believe I'm admitting to watching this, but it's actually funny. Thanksgiving episode was unbelieveably cute.

White Collar- I saw the commercials and Matthew Bomer was too ridiculously good looking not to check out the show. Fun plot. But I feel like Matthew's character doesn't do anything except respond. Whatever, he totally works that fedora. 

V- I actually like this show. Ever since seeing Star Trek I have become strangely receptive to scifi stuff now. I just wish there were more hot Vs.

Nip/Tuck- I started watching again when I saw the episodes were available on Hulu. Each season gets crazier and crazier. I kind of love it.

There are other shows I watch sporadically, but I can't really remember them.

I'm really excited for Damages starting again next month.

I'm so upset with Skins series 3, but I'll probably end up watching series 4 too. I think it starts in January as well. I'm also upset about an American Skins, but I guess it's because I secretly wish I could be in it. 

live long and prosper

so i watched star trek for the first time last week when my dad bought the dvd

i have become so infatuated with chris pine that i decided to write a poem

chris pine-ing

his face stares at me from the couch, suggestive and sexy

in black and white behind glossy plastic, newly purchased and

compelled to be seen in technicolor magic and blurs of digital persuasion 

now he's on the screen, jumping from earth to space

cocky

all-american

buff

raw

eyes and smiles

if only 200 years and a fantasy didn't separate us