castalie | (no subject)

Watched White Collar 1x07 and I have a question. Or two. Wtf, dude, what.the.fuck? When, exactly, did White Collar become the kind of show that pull that kind of twist? When I wasn't looking, obviously!

If it'd been any other show, I might have seen it coming; after all, if they wanted to go for shocking revelation, it had to be someone close to Neal (and us) so the logical solution was to have Peter be the Guy With the Ring but it's White Collar! White Collar which is all about the pretty and the cute and the adorable banter and the obvious slash and the sweet (and sexy) OT3 with just a little side of Neal angst to spice it up a little! So, no, I sure never saw it coming.

What the fuck does it mean, argh! Whatever, till we get the last word on this whole mess, I decided to believe that things aren't what they seem and I'm keeping my trust in Peter intact because it's Peter and I refuse to believe he'd betray Neal and be a bad guy *clings to our!Peter*

I still have no opinion on Kate, I realised. I don't know what to think of her. Except that I hate when characters do what she's been doing from the get go, meaning giving out semi-clues that are totally useless "It's someone from the FBI!!1!" "Don't trust anyone omg!" - way to make someone suspicious of everyone (though, usually, never the right persons) and make them waste time and effort and energy on trying to find who it is... why can't they just spell it out? If they really want to protect and/or warn someone, why can't they fucking do it instead of beating around the bush for ever? *sigh* And, I know, because if they did, there would be no suspense and no show, but it always drives me crazy.

And the show is on hiatus now, of course. Well, guess I'll have to go and read fics. So far I didn't really get the urge to but I think I'm feeling it now. Next place to visit,

collarkink - with a name like that, how could I resist?

Apart from that and seeing my mom and goddaughter yesterday (she babysat her this weekend) I did a lot of reading. For classes. Because apparently I'm doing a Master's degree now? Backstory: last year, I decided I wanted to go back to school. I thought about it a lot. Thought some more. I talked about it with Cookie who said she'd like to do it too. I decided it was a sign. So in June, I met with some teachers, started with the paperwork, got myself enrolled and went back to school in october. So I'm a grad student now.

I'm still trying to get used to the idea, to be honest :-) Though I'm having a blast. I mean, I'm kinda tired - what with having a full time job, classes, books to read and essays to write for said classes and, you know, having a social and familial life too - but I'm definitely having fun. Just, I'm hoping I'll manage to keep the rhythm, is all. We'll see. At least, I'm trying and not giving up, which is something... or so I keep telling myself.

And I finally can use the icon