Her Life is a WIP

Again with the whole week without any entry; I could write this long post about how I'm sorry I'm not posting more at the moment, despite a real desire to do so, but I feel like all my entries would look the same if I did so let's move on!

I had a lovely and fannish weekend in Lyon with crazybutsound (and her friend Snakeling); there was fish and chips and cupcakes and brioche à la praline (a specialty of Lyon) and knitting (yes, I did some knitting! Did you know that when you're a leftie, it's not easy for your right-handed teacher to teach you how do it right? - ha!) as well as some tv watching.

We watched the latest episode of Sleepy Hollow while savouring our cupcakes (the combination of both is kinda perfect), I pimped Person of Interest to them (they liked it and Jem has been watching some more of it on Sunday night, which made me a very happy fangirl) and we watched some Dante's Cove when we realised that Stephen Amell (of Arrow fame) has starred in it. Or guest starred in it, I guess. Plus, Snakeling had never seen Dante's Cove so it was a must-see. Omg, I swear I'd forgotten how bad it was! I mean, we did warn Snakeling about it but even I had forgotten. Much hilarity ensued.

So that was a great weekend :) When I got home I watched the latest episode of The Originals. That show fills me with glee, I love it so much! It's OTT and theatrical but in the most entertaining ways. Those Mikaelson siblings are so delightful; so fucked-up and dysfunctional. I already enjoyed their antics in The Vampire Diaries but to have the narrative evolve around them is so much fun ;) Klaus is such a brat! Whenever he behaves in a "dodgy manner" which is, like, always, I keep thinking of how damaged and bratty he is and I just want to clap my hands in delight. He totally needs a spanking followed with a massive hug.

What else. Oh, it's December! It's getting colder with each new day, today especially feels like Winter. I've a good chunk of my Christmas shopping done so that makes me real happy too. We should go get our Christmas tree next week... so odd to think that it's that time of the year again!

Speaking of, I've seen some cute Christmas cards, which I intend to buy soon, so I'm hoping to send them before Christmas to some of you. Then again, I might do it the "French way" as the tradition here is that we can send our holiday cards all through January... pretty neat tradition for people like me ;)

Reading through my flist is a lot of fun this weekend (not that it's ever not fun, of course!) since the majority of you seems to have seen - and enjoyed, for the most part - The Hobbit. For months the FP had been waiting for 12.12.12 (French release date) to arrive and for our Hobbit weekend to come. french_hobbit and crazybutsound came up to Paris especially for it ♥

We went to a 10.30AM showing and, you know, if not for a) the FP and b) The Hobbit, I'm not sure I'd woken up so early on a Saturday ;-) But it was worth it, so worth it! First because it's not that often that the whole FP is assembled and second because we really enjoyed the film. I thought it was beautiful and I just enjoyed it from start to finish. I was a bit afraid of the pacing (and don't get me started on the 3D) but it was fine and the 3D didn't even annoy me. I still say it was not necessary and I'm hoping I'll have the opportunity to see it in 2D but at least it didn't get me out of the story even once.

Bilbo was awesome, Gandalf was great as usual and the dwarves were a bit of a delightful surprise. I didn't really know what to expect and though I guessed I would like them well enough thanks to the trailers and such, I had no idea I would love them so much. I'll be honest, I was kinda indifferent to them when I read the book but I enjoyed what Peter Jackson did with them here. Especially Thorin - no surprise here, I guess - but also Balin and Kili. As in, definitely Kili ♥

Also, midway through the film we were all "So Thorin/Kili, right?" Which is also my way of saying please, pretty please Fandom, tell me you're already writing - or planning to write - some Thorin/Kili? I mean, admittedly, I wouldn't say no to Fili/Kili but Thorin/Kili, ok? Or, hey, Thorin/Kili/Fili works too, I guess ;-) This is not a fic but a very nice fanart. Thanks go to french_hobbit for sharing.

So, anyway, all that to say, please to be writing me Thorin/Kili, Fandom? #AllIWantForChristmas

So I was expecting (and hoping for) some lazy times in Alsace with moimoietmoi and greedy_dancer, right? I sure got my wish :-) Unsurprisingly, mind.

( Our time in Alsace so far, in a couple of pictures )

So that was yesterday and most of today. Now it's past 1.30PM and the three of us have been sitting at the kitchen counter ever since we got back home, each on our respective computers (GD having spent some time making her new laptop hers for good), eating mousse au chocolat and listening to Madonna. Wait, the CD stopped. So now the soundtrack is our fingers typing on the keyboard. And the comments we make when reading something that we have to share with the others. Totally awesome second part of the evening, Y/Y? We'll go to bed at one point. Possibly.

Work was exciting today. Why was work exciting today? For several reasons, one of which had nothing to do with work as such, but since I was there when it happened... I bought my ticket to see My Chemical Romance in Paris in November \o/ I'll be going with the usual suspects (meaning the FP, crazybutsound included, who'll be making the trip for the gig... well, to be precise, she'd planned on making the trip for Black Cards but since MyChem's gig is the next day, she'll happen to be already be in Paris!) plus a couple of others. We're one step closer to seeing the guys omg!

Then in the evening I met with aforementioned FP (sans crazybutsound) at GD's and we had a nice MCR-related squeeing fest. As you do.

We also watched the new Community and omg, I love that show so much! It's always so hilarious and so geeky and I love all the meta in it... I really missed the show when it was gone (even though I came to the party really late and didn't have to wait that long, considering) and am thrilled it's back ♥ And tomorrow it's Supernatural's turn, YAY!

Spring holidays still going strong and still being very kind to me. Today's program, SPN Marathon Take 2. angeliksmall and greedy_dancer are on the way, junk food has been purchased (sugary and salty) and our favourite beer will be in the fridge soon enough. We should be all set. We'll see how many episodes we succeed in watching but we're going for nine, ie from 5x11 to 5x19. With some luck, we'll be ready to watch the last episodes with the rest our respective flists :-)

So, hey, I promised to myself when I went to see Kick Ass that if I ended up enjoying the movie I wouldn't do any kind of lame-o puns on the title but I'm breaking my promise because the film really lived up to said title! It was seriously awesome and it certainly made for a great ride! I can't wait to get my hands on the DVD now. I was hoping we'd get to see the trailer for The Losers but alas it wasn't meant to be. I don't even know when the film will come out in France, it's a sad state of affair, that.

Unrelated, I've had a lot of fun adding prompts to the Kinkmeme #6 over at aianonlovefest and having even more fun reading others'! Even if a third of the prompts I'm tracking are filled, I'll be a happy AI fangirl :-p

Oh, dude, having all those chocolate-y goodness in front of me makes me want to dig in... but I must be strong and wait for the girls to arrive, right? Right *is strong*

Home from the Cobra Starship gig with greedy_dancer, crazybutsound, GF's friend and Jem's little brother. It was fantastic! Not just the concert but the Meet & Greet too. Aww, they're absolutely sweethearts, those guys; it was quite a wonderful experience. So, yes, after attending, I can say it would have been a pity to miss it :-)

Mind you, between the wait before aforementioned Meet & Greet and the actual concert, we sure earned our right to be there! I mean, we had to queue for some time (the usual when going to a concert) but at one point we really thought we were going to die from the cold before we even got the chance to meet them and once we were indoors and Cobra arrived, we were told that Gabe was stuck in traffic and they were hoping he'd make it here on time - which, ha, we sure hoped too! But he got there quickly and apologised for making us wait, which I thought that was very polite of him. Always a good point! The actual event was pretty nice, very cool and laid-back - we had a great time! Many photos were taken with all of them, pictures and CDs and The Economist (long story) were signed and mini-talks were had, even! Jem and GD felt quite talkative. GD especially chatted her little head off with the guys, it was quite funny (and cute) to see :-)

Because we arrived so early, we were able to stand very close to the stage, meaning we were just at a two-rows range. Yeap, two rows only. Which actually proved to be a bit crazy because the Cobra fans are kinda batshit insane and when Cobra came on stage after the opening act they got crazy and it was like being at war with people trying to trample you. We were in the mosh pit for Fall Out Boy and I swear it wasn't anything like that. I left the gang at one point because I wanted to feel like I wasn't going to be killed. I liked my new location much better than the first one (had Vicky-T right in front of me) even though I still had some crazies around me too. What can you do, right?!

Anyway, everyone got out of the gig safe and sound - no casualties in our ranks, no broken legs nor broken wrists, which wasn't an easy feat! - and we had an awesome time. Those guys know how to play their audience! ♥

Oh, and in case anyone's wondering? Vicky-T is even more gorgeous IRL. No, I didn't think it was possible. Yes, it really is.

PS: I'm losing my voice, always a good proof that a concert went very well :-) [ETA: Yeah, ok, I think it's more like an insta!cold than anything else, I can't stop coughing. Oh, well, at least it'll be a Cobra-approved cold lol]

PS2: GD, Jem, N. and me all treated ourselves with a t-shirt (the same, as it happens) so now we're all set for Cobra next concert \o/

PS3: New favourite crew dude = Matt!

So it's done, I've seen Randy Orton and Chris Jericho and John Cena and Triple H in the flesh, whee! And many others from WWE but those four are my Most Favourites (with Rey Mysterio). Hee, dude, I had such a great time at the show! It was a lot of fun. I had the pleasant surprise to find we had pretty good seats (much closer to the ring than I thought and! really close to the Big Entrance where all the wrestlers appeared - how awesome was that?).

Seeing the show for real is damn impressive. I totally want to go and see it again now. They announced their return for September 2010 in Paris and when I told my dad, he was all "we'll go together this time!" Which, YAY!

I took many photos which are basically all blurred (those guys just never stay still, would you believe it?) but I'm sharing a couple of them for, like, the two of you who're interested *cough* ( Here be photos from Saturday's WWE Raw show in Lyon. )

Apart from going to the show and doing groceries we basically stayed indoors all weekend. We watched tv (I'm now up-to-date on TBBT and Glee and White Collar \o/) and read yaoi and basically just lazed around and ignored the world, for RL shall have no dominion over us during our FP weekends *nodnod*

So if I've been on your flist for some time now, you might have noticed that I love the cold. Winter is my favourite season and autumn runs close because of how it basically leads us to winter. So I've been waiting for the temperature to go down impatiently. This week they have and that made me very happy. I went and bought a new "autumn coat" and when I'm wearing it (which is everyday now) I feel all warm and cozy. I'm not wearing my winter gloves yet but I do have have to wear gloves as of now because my hands are freezing otherwise and, again, it filled me with glee that it was time to take them out of my little "autumn/winter" basket. So I do love the cold.

But omg NOT INSIDE A ROOM! I'm certain I was complaining about it last year too and it's started again earlier this week. It's cold inside our building and it's driving me crazy. I have, like, three layers on me atm, plus a scarf (I don't know about other countries but scarves - all kinds of scarves including the big, long, large, comfy ones - are all the rage in France) and I'm still not getting any warmer. And my poor hands! I have cold hands a lot (cold hands, warm heart, as they say? Whatever) but right now they're just frozen and it's so unpleasant...

So I just needed to whine. There, I whined. Aren't you happy to be reading your flist today? And I'm still not getting any warmer, btw *pout*

Onto more positive things, now: French Posse Time this weekend. Guitar Hero has been programmed. And I'm also planning on having a kick-ass breakfast on Sunday, meaning pancakes and nutella and maybe strawberry jam and tea for the girls and OJ and other yummy stuff. For this is the kind of breakfast one French Posse should have on a lazy Sunday *nod* Oh, and Sam will bring Tim Tams \o/ I love me some FP weekend ♥

Girls rock, and Stephanie proves it! Or how Green Day made a fan's dream come true - apparently it's a habit of theirs during their concerts? Man, what was she thinking up there, do you think? And she looked so at ease! She's a bit of a hero, that girl.

Unrelated. Hee, I thought I'd miss the beginning of tonight's Raw but lo, I'm here! Right on time for Randy Orton and Triple H and John Cena to have their first little bitch fight. You go, boys! Antagonise each other ♥ ♥

Something else that makes me insanely happy is that I'm.on.vacation! Freedom! Three glorious weeks of freedom; oh, I feel so relaxed already *sprawls deeper on her couch* And on Tuesday, IRELAND \o/ And in case you were going to ask me whether I'd already packed, I'll just say 'what, three days in advance? Surely you jest!' But I do have a brand new bag for the trip, so that's something :-)

Random comment of the day: oh, hey, I found fantasy band aids today! Not the ones I'm coveting, meaning the unicorn ones but mine are pretty nifty too, colourful and rainbowy. They'll definitely do :-) And! moimoietmoi got me a poster today, just like that, because she's the sweetest. The poster uses one of the Shadoks's motto and it's nicely kinky when you read it the way we do: "if it hurts, then it has to feel good", which, yeah, totally pushes some of my buttons all right lol *&hearts Sam*

It sorta smells like vacation at work these days, what with all our co-workers leaving one by one, and it makes concentrating on the job a bit difficult. I can't wait to be next week when I'll bid goodbye to the uni for three whole weeks \o/

Went to Starbucks after work with angeliksmall and crazybutsound. Felt like ages since I'd been there which, wow, is so not accurate as I went last week? But sometimes I miss Starbucks a lot [/random]

Got home and Jem proceeded to show me a couple of Jonas Brothers video clips. I was a bit afraid to do so as I've been falling for new bands left and right lately - not to mention that I'm the kind of person who falls for new fandoms pretty much all the time (I don't know if you noticed) - but I needn't worry because I'm apparently immune to them. Yes! I'll admit I didn't really feel like falling for these dudes, but you know how these things work, you usually don't have a say in it.

We're downloading My Bloody Valentine as I type this and then it'll be Friday 13th turn. Because a) all of a sudden I couldn't bear the thought of not having seen either of them and b) Jem wanted to know what it was like to watch a horror film with me. I'm sure she'll have a blast. The ultimate experience would have been to see the film with both greedy_dancer and me, but GD is frolicking in the US so it'll be just me.

Oh, and like every Panic! (I keep having to remember to add the "!") fan, I've listened to the little preview of New Perspective and I loved it! Between Oh, Glory and this one, I'm officially ready for their album to be released now!