Her Life is a WIP

From the Mouse to the Snail, a Wonderful and Happy Birthday to you! And because good things sometimes go in pair, a Happy Birthday to cain1999 too! Hope you both have a fantastic day *hugs*

( Quick recap of what I've been up to this weekend. )

As for today, well, I had to call in sick this morning. After one week, I'm so good! *cringe* But trust me, I just couldn't go there *shivers* So I've stayed in bed and OD'ed on my beloved shows.

I started with Numb3rs. Which was quite the inspired idea because the episode absolutely rocked! ( Spoilers for N3 3x17 - One Hour )

Then I followed with Heroes. ( Short review for 1x16 - Unexpected ) And since I was so late, I won't even have to wait that long to get the new episode, so it's of the good *g*

After that I carried on with Life on Mars 2x03 - that second series is absolutely brilliant!

I started watching Psych but couldn't keep my eyes open and fell asleep - which should tell you how bad I felt if I couldn't stay awake for that show. Poor Shaw and Gus and Lassiter, victims of my bug! I'll remedy that asap, promise, guys.

Oh and I've been in a L&O:CI mood like you wouldn't believe the past few days. I wasn't feeling well last night already so could only watch, like, the first five minutes of the show on the telly and so today I've been in a bit of withdrawal. And sadly I'm having the hardest time finding torrents for season six. Or any other season. I have no idea why. Thank God babycakesin is coming to my rescue with some of those. In the meantime I'm watching a gazillion clips over at YouTube. And I might have caved in and ordered the first season box set. Hee Bobby and Alex in my home forever!

Each time I think I'll be able to resist the call of Charmed, I have to accept the fact that it's still one of my biggest weaknesses. So last night they aired the last three episodes. During the first one I was busy watching Numb3rs so I couldn't care less but then I made the mistake of going on-line and, as I'm wont to do, when others usually put music as a background sound, I usually put the telly on and it was the penultimate episode and I'm afraid I watched it. And then because I'm sad like that I just couldn't not watch the show finale - especially as I'd already seen it when it aired in the US back then and knew what was in store for me - and so once more, the Halliwells managed to kidnap me *sigh* It's a compulsion, what can I say?

I won't talk about Charmed though, promise - just Numb3rs. ( Spoilers for 3x10 - Brutus )

Oh and I still haven't watched Heroes, btw. I do have a good reason though. So I didn't have time on Friday - The Esu and I treated ourselves with a raclette night. Yesterday I was out all day - tbf!R and I ate at a diner, btw, so cool :-) and then we went to the Val d'Europe mall and oohhhh so fucking huge and all decorated, too - and then I got home and watched Numb3rs and then Charmed and then I was going to watch those two episode except I made the mistake of checking a J² story that someone had recc'ed, namely The Jared Padalecki Untitled Project and before I knew it I'd read all five parts and it was a bit late and I was tired and had to go to bed because I had to wake up rather early. So, see, it was totally not my fault!

PS: Yes, I'm already home today - Big Top is being weird this week. Don't ask. I'll be off again soon enough, anyway *sigh* Am just taking advantage of all the net time I can before going back to the slaving :-)

Dante's Cove has been all over my flist lately which fills me with glee - and makes me want to get my hands on that show even more than before - and today someone shared a lovely vid with us. If you're looking for a good reason to ever get your own hands on that series? Just go there... and enjoy! A warning though, it's not worksafe. Unless seeing two naked boys being all over each other is part of your job, which, if it is? Man, can I send my CV, please?

Speaking of Dante's Cove, spikedluv has made a lot of entries about it with yummy picspams, you might wanna take a look there too *g*

Then. My weekend. Went to see Le Roi Soleil Friday night and it was utterly brilliant! We had so much fun! *bounces just thinking about it* The decors, the costumes, the choregraphy and the cast, man, I just loved everything! Also, I thought about you guys a lot with Monsieur - Louis XIV's brother - because he was queer in all the senses of the words. I'm sure you would have liked him :-) He had outrageous outfits, he was always surrounded by his mignons - pretty men in sorta corsets that arrive mid-chest - and he got to kiss a boy and then had one another stimulate a quick fellatio on him. Might sound a bit crude said like this but it was done in such way that it was just amusing... We were enchanted. About the whole performance, I mean lol

Then yesterday two of The Best Friends and I did a little escapade to Moret-sur-Loing followed with a quick trip to Nemours [here are some pics of its castle] - twas nice getting fresh air away from the Parisian suburb... As for today, well, I kinda slept all day long. I'm so tired these days it's not even funny. I'm kinda dreading Big Top time because it's gonna kill me if I'm already tired now. But hey, more money is always good, especially before Christmas, right? *g*

I'm behind with Supernatural - oh and Brothers & Sisters, now that I think of it, but I still managed to catch up with Numb3rs today. ( Uber!quick thoughts about 1x08 - Hardball )

I had a family oriented weekend. In addition to The Teachers, The Famous Five came over yesterday - as well as The Esu - for my father's birthday. We always celebrate one of our birthdays together but this time we really wanted to make it good for my dad because last year, my grandfather's funeral fell on his birthday and, as you can imagine, no one felt like celebrating anything. Actually, I always felt a little twinge in my heart when I think of Dad and his birthday because his own father died just four days before it and it's like he can never really forget. But anyway, onto nice things; we were all together and we had a blast and my little papa was spoilt and it was of the good.

As for today, the four parents were invited at a family friends' while my three cousins joined The Esu at my grandparents' house. I actually bailed out and stayed home because I had stuff to do, including... finish my Numb3rs fic! Hee omg you heard right, I.wrote.fic! The first prompt I received the other day definitely inspired the muse. I started writing the story yesterday morning and could only finish it today but it's done! It's also 4000+ words which, wow, I almost thought I'd never wrote another fic in ALL MY LIFE and here I just wrote something that is NOT a drabble \o/ Life is good. Seriously, writing that story? Made me high... when you haven't written a single line for months going back to the writing is pure heaven! The story went in a direction I hadn't planned but this is also something I'm used to so hey, see if I care! I WROTE A FIC! That's really the one thing that is of importance here *g*

Oh and speaking of Numb3rs, I watched "Traffic" and I'm digging that third season so much. It's like season 1 all over again, really.

( Spoilers for 3X05 - Traffic in bullet points because I don't have too much time around Clark tonight )

Oh and would anyone have the song that was played at the beginning of the episode, please?

Lastly, new Dexter tonight, woohoo!

I'm enjoying my Lazying Around icon so much! I don't need a subject when I have that *pets*

Spent the afternoon with one of the best friends yesterday and among other things we saw Little Miss Sunshine at Bercy Village - in Paris - and oh! What a gorgeous and sweet and so very funny film that was, wow! Can't wait for the DVD to come out because I need to watch it many times!

I'm debating going to see Le Parfum now because even though I loved the book when I read it - first year of high school, takes me back! - I really wonder how they dealt with it, considering it was all about smells, scents and odours.

Then today far niente - well, almost, but at least I got to do it inside the house. And I also found the time to do some not!tv watching, namely Numb3rs was watched and Robin Hood - new version - was discovered.

So okay Robin Hood? Didn't exactly make a strong impression. As in, I don't think I'll download the rest, though I know one should always give new shows a second chance and sometimes you do need a couple of episodes before being hooked but, well, sometimes you just don't feel like you want to bother, right? So I suppose I'll give it a miss. It's not as if I didn't have a ton of tv shows to follow already anyway *cough* In particular as I also downloaded the premiere of Dexter and you never know what might come out of that one.

Numb3rs made up for the RH mini fiasco though :-) ( Spoilers for 3x03 Provenance )

Unrelated now - dude! I thought that the SPN Complete S1 box set R2 came out tomorrow but apparently it was last week omg! I can now get my pretties, hee!

katikat! Happy Birthday, luv! Hope you'll have a wonderful time today filled with lots of bishies doing all kind of naughty things to each other and giving you the show of your life *hugs*

And so Numb3rs 3x01 has been watched. Twice. Once last night and once this morning - which is also my way of saying that I loved the episode. Just in case you disliked it and don't want to bother with a positive review, you know?

That episode really made me happy. In particular as I remember the season two premiere and the sense of... not disappointment as such but I remember feeling something was off and I didn't like it. I don't suffer from Fan Entitlement where I think TPTB should cater to my whim and write the show exactly how I see it, but when their way of writing an episode does coincide with my perception of the characters and how I like things to happen, well, it's quite a lovely feeling :-)

So anyway onto ( the spoilery review of Numb3rs 3x01 )

Can't wait for next week's episode!

I also watched Criminal Minds 2x01 but I just have one thing to say. Oh, Reid! And also, I'm madly in love with the characters and that season premiere confirmed that. No wait, ( there's something else. )

Okay good. Now I'll prepare for a whole day of laziness. I'm not setting a foot outside. Today is a Me Day and I'm gonna catch up with some of my shows and read and did I mention the lazying around? Good, then. And I have a sudden craving for chouchou so I'm gonna raid the kitchen because I know The Mum bought some the other day.

Today was a Great Day! Why? Because I got to meet one of my favourite authors *bounces* A couple of days ago I was cruising Bernard Werber's official site which told me that he was going to do a signing this Saturday in Paris; Sandra and I being huge fans of him - I'm proud to say that I was the one who converted her, btw - there was no way we would miss it, right?

So that's how Sandra and I found ourselves waiting in front of Les Deux Magots café at 3.00 pm this afternoon to meet with the guy. And okay, about Les Deux Magots? It's a very famous Parisian café - it's what we call a literary café? - where people like Paul Verlaine, Mallarmé, Oscar Wilde, Guillaume Apollinaire, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir or Hemingway - just to name a few - used to hang out in their times. Neat, uh? Not exactly a practical place for a signing but classy all the same.

There was another author with BW, but I have no idea who the guy was - I actually felt sorry for him because people kept coming for Bernard Werber... but, dude, it's Bernard Werber, of course he wins at popularity *loves*

So anyway, we were there and he was there and I'm now the proud owner of a signed book! Les Thanatonautes - one of my favourite books ever, maybe the favourite of my books, is now signed! This is huge, people! He also drew a little picture for each book and I got a little angel. *cherishes her book even more than before* ( Oh and I have four little pics )

I also want to say that if I get pneumonia, it'll be because of Bernard Werber; I left the house and it started raining so hard that my clothes got soaked; I spent the whole afternoon freezing my ass off but, well, it was for a very good cause, right?

And then I came home, put on some comfy, warm and dry clothes and planted myself in front of Numb3rs. ( And, well, I don't have a lot to say about the episode. )

Actually I'm more interested in the season finale. I've heard some stuff that definitely interested me. Can't wait for CBS to give us the preview *waits*

Unrelated now: I've downloaded a song that I adore and thought I'd share with you because it's actually a slashy and pretty funny song. It's in French though, so you'll have to take my word for it :-) Hey French Posse, do you remember Benoît and his Tourne Toi song? Man, Sandrine and I kept singing it at one another back in the day. It always cracked us up.

For the non-French speakers among you; it's a dialogue between Benoît and a friend of his. She asks him about the previous night, he answers: ( and his little story is quite funny and pretty hot if you picture the whole thing in your mind ) Cute, don't you think? lol

Benoît - Tourne Toi There're two versions of the song but this one is the best since it's a bit more explicit :-)

First things first: a Happy Birthday to both wistful_fever and stone_princess *hugs*

So how was your Saturday, flist? Mine was cool and relaxing. I didn't go to the GLBT meeting, btw. Thing is, my cousin Rémi came over and between an afternoon spent with a bunch of strangers - minus Manu, obviously - and an afternoon with my cous', the choice was easy so I stayed with him. We chilled and kicked back and it was lovely.

Then I watched Numb3rs, which is always of the good, of course :-)

( Numb3rs 2x21 - Rampage )

As per usual, I'm waiting for sucky CBS to put the trailer for the next episode *is impatient*

And totally unrelated now: reason why I don't like football. ( Ranting about a sport that makes people behave like jerks )

PS: Oh putain mais c'est pas vrai ça ! Tous les samedis soir y a des abrutis qui font du rodéo sauvage dans ma rue avec leur scooters modifiés à la con ! Ca me rend dingue ! Faut vraiment RIEN avoir à foutre dans la vie, hein. En plus c'est super dangereux, ils vont en contre-sens... dans une rue à sens unique ! Si j'update pas mon lj dans les jours qui viennent c'est que j'en ai tué un et que a) ses potes l'ont vengé ou b) les flics m'ont arrêtée.

Spent a lovely afternoon with the French Posse, as per usual. I love me some slasher talk in Paris - tis so classy :-) I also want it to be said that the Starbucks fix we had? Wasn't initiated by me. I merely asked where they wanted to go and they said Starbucks. So, like, I can totally not force people to go and have a drink there, see? Thanks. SAM and I came bearing gifts of the Supernatural and Prison Break variety for GD so now she'll be able to join us all in the squee, yay!

And before leaving I watched Numb3rs - my life is so hard, wow! - and it was another regular-and-cool episode. Nothing outstanding happened per se, but it was still cool for a lot of reasons, which I'm going to tell you about because... this is me we're talking about? Yes.

( Numb3rs 2x19 - Dark Matter )

Unrelated now. So my muses aren't working atm - my ts_ficathons has completely stalled and just - well, I can't seem to be able to write when I have to. Writing a fic because I want to is one thing, writing one because I have to meet a deadline? Doesn't work. I wish I was one of those writers who can just tell themselves 'okay, today I'll sit down and write' but so far that's not how it's done with me, so seriously, if - by some miracle - I do finish the bloody story? I hope it'll teach me a valuable lesson; ie never sign up for a challenge ever again! *dies*

Still, remember when I mentioned editing my Even Trade fic, how I added a couple of scenes? Well the story came back from my beta this morning - thank you again! - so I still have a little TS in store... even if it's not new new.