It is funny, but since BSG ended in March, I’ve lost interest in TV shows somehow. I find it weird—because a while ago I watched a lot of shows (too many, maybe) in an almost compulsive way, but right now I find most of them kind of flat, and I grow jaded after a few episodes—the only exception being FNL maybe (I marathoned the whole first 3 seasons after the BSG finale, and it was a very satisfactory experience. It is a very good drama—even if I can’t get fannish about it.

Being a shameless fangirl as I am, I love (need!!) this fannish feeling, but after BSG I am having a hard time trying to regain it. I’m trying, but I find myself stagnant… Fandom-wise I am moving forward in certain aspects, but at the same time, I feel as if everyone around me is moving and I am just… stuck. It feels weird. But well, the new TV season started a few weeks ago and I’ve decided to start watching some TV again. You all know I don’t have access to American TV channels, so as a result my usual way to get my hands on episodes is, to put it nicely… mmm… of the imaginative sort (aka illegal downloadit—is not that I am against it, I only buy the DVD’s if I actually like the show.

Are you having an awful day? A rough time? Are you feeling depressed, gloomy and miserable? Or maybe cranky, irritated and annoyed? Or is it just that you need to bolster your ego want to hear nice comments?

The wonderful queenofthorns just started a love meme! Just go there and write your user name so everyone can make your day happier! Let’s have fun! Join and spread the loooooooooooove! The more, the merrier!

And this is my thread, in case that anyone wants to make my day (my night, really ;P) brighter :D :D :D

Happy birthday, Pali!!!

Just wanted to wish you a great birthday!!!! Hope that you are spending the day right like you wanted—relaxing, eating some good food and watching good TV! (yeah, a great plan).  Well, OK… and I hope you will get tons of presents too—from your friends and family and from your lovely flisters :) Btw, I had no idea of what you’d love as a present, and as I don’t watch SPN I’ve chosen the easy way to bring you some happiness… A mini Lee picsmpam! (because frankly, who can get tired of our boy? *g*)

Happy birthday, Tara!!

I hope you have a wonderful birthday, full of love from your family and friends (and tons of gifts!!). It’s been great to get to know you… Coming to think of it, it is been only a year that I stumbled upon your journal—even though after all we K/L shippers have endured throughout these months it seems like AGES lol! Thanks for your creativity, your humor, your contagious energy… and of course, for your fierce, unawavering devotion to our pilots—and Kara! ;-) The Shipper Nation wouldn’t be the same without you!

 

So yeah, I'm still here. Still breathing. Last thing you heard from me was that I was leaving on vacation… and it’s been two months since then. So what happened? The real thing is that I don’t know it myself. I was in Portugal for two weeks and enjoyed the trip very much; honestly, I didn’t realize how much I needed a break until I was there. And then, I came back to Barcelona and well, I started feeling sick –as you know, I have been going through some health issues recently, and the medication I’m taking right now is giving me some trouble; I’ve been feeling exhausted all the time, suffering from awful headaches… but the worst thing is that I feel –felt-- drained –and really low-- all the time… And it was weird, because once I came back I couldn’t bring myself to check out my flist. Or my mail. Or anything Internet-related. And yes, there was the fact that I wasn’t feeling great at all, but of course there was something more there… I felt like I needed to stay away from fandom for a while. Of course, that is no excuse for my sudden "disappearance", so my apologies for giving no explanation… As horrible as it sounds, it seems that this is one of my coping mechanisms when I feel stressed out or exhausted or too overwhelmed. I hate that about myself.

Hi lovelies! How are you doing? It seems like everything is really quiet… I guess everybody is enjoying their vacations, going to the beach or being busy with RL stuff… Myself, I feel I’ve been a horrible flister lately… I haven’t been around as much as I would like and even if I’ve been reading all your entries, at the end of the day I was so exhausted that I couldn’t bring myself to comment (and yeah, call me whatever you want–obsessive, over responsible, control-freak–but I feel terribly guilty for that. Sigh. Me and my issues :)).

Truth is I’ve had a couple of crazy, crazy weeks (a “wonderful” combo of work issues + health issues + family issues). So THANKS GOD I started my holidays on Monday, because I **really** needed a break. Which brings me to the reason of this post… In a few hours I will be heading to Lisbon!!! Yay! I don’t know if I will have many opportunities to use Internet, so I guess you won’t hear from me very much in the upcoming two weeks––I’ll try though, I am addicted to all of you! (btw, when I come back I am planning to torture you with a Lisbon picspam, hope you don't mind ;P).

Btw, if you are following our shippy rewatch at no_takebacks , I posted this morning my AoC/YCGHA recap... Which ended up being pretty meta-ish, btw. So if you feel like, go and share your insights with us––I have so much love for those eps, and the fingerpainting is so cute, and pilots are so adorable and Kara... Gaaah. Love my girl and love my 'ship so much :)

So... that's all for now. I shall miss you all!!!

Lots of hugs and "see" you soon!

I am still catching up with posts (a crazy weekend –my father 60^th birthday included :)), but I feel the urge to post this meme since EVERYONE is posting it :D

First: If you've been tagged, you must write your answers in your own LJ and replace any question that you dislike with a new, original question.
Second: Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you. Heh. Sorry but I am a rebel by nature. Do this only if you feel like it (it is fun, though!)

PS. Is it bad that I am feeling excited because tomorrow comes out BSG 4.5 DVD’s? Sigh. Btw, Bear McCreary’s S4 soundtrack is fabulous! A kind soul uploaded the whole soundtrack and it is amazing and absolutely beautiful. Some pieces give me chills!

PS2. I can't believe it! (just read it! Thanks jeebs83 !!) Jamie Bamber is going to be guest starring at Dollhouse!!! (that means I will have to start watching Dollhouse!!! LOL!)

So I have been feeling a little bit emo and anxious lately—my polycystic ovaries and my out of control hormones are giving me a lot of trouble… But all this piloty goodness makes me definitely happy.

1. The lovely and shippy deleted scene of "Islanded in a Stream of Stars"
“Cause I’m Lee. You are Kara. The rest of it isn’t worth a damn, right?”

OK, God bless Michael Taylor. This line perfectly sums up them. They are just that, Kara and Lee. Seriously, I still can’t believe that after that scene their farewell was so anti-climatic and meaningless.
(and thanks very much eugis

2. My after-the-poof new canon: somewhereapart ’s Second Time Around and

workerbee73

You know what? I’ve come to the conclusion that pilots are going to remain an endless source of heartache for my soul… But at least, now I am feeling closer to find an emotional closure… However, it is also a fact that when I think about Kara and Lee in depth, they made me feel sad—no bitter anymore (and that’s important), just sad. somewhereapart  perfectly encapsulates their ending in "Second Time Around":

"It’s almost funny that here at the end of things, no more commitments, no more barriers, no more brothers or spouses or regs or anything to stand in their way… now is when she has to go. Typical. Can’t catch a break in this frakking universe".

Don’t you believe they are incredibly tragic? (And no, I don't intend to make you feel depressed ;P)

OH, PILOOOOOOOOOOOTS!! Sniff.

Since daybreak777  posted this meme some days ago—and after yesterday workerbee73  posted her own—, I have felt the irresistibly urge to unleash the rebel in me... So here there are some of my unpopular BSG fandom opinions!

Disclaimer. Please remember that I wrote all this just for fun... Fandom can be so dramatic sometimes!!! I know some of you may disagree with my opinions, but please take into account that I don’t intend to hurt anyone’s feelings. Everybody is entitled to have their views and I respect that. I am well aware that I am not being especially diplomatic—and I may sound a little bit harsh and ranty —in this post, but please don’t hold it against me! As I told you, this is just for fun! :D That being said… Meet Dark!Cosette! :D

So I guess by now, thanks to workerbee73  wonderful publicity campaign, most of you my lovely flisters know about the upcoming Pilots-Centered Rewatch of Redemption! Finally, we have set up a shiny new comm called no_takebacks ! So check it out and join the community if you want to enjoy all sort of thinky metas/picspams/hair reports and pilot-related stuff!!!!

YAY FOR PILOTY GOODNESS!!!!

So Shipper Nation, by now you all probably know (and if you are clueless, check out this post) about the upcoming K/L Shipper Rewatch kicking off on the weekend of July 4^th.

When we came up with the idea, workerbee73 and I were planning to post links with our entries on sasa_hq and beyond_insane , BUT as we don’t want to overload people’s flists with our posts, we believe that the best option left is setting up a new community…

The comm will be featuring one episode per week including discussions, poetry-reviews, fic and vid recs, hair reports, picspams and all sort of piloty stuff (and of course, we want to encourage your participation!). The schedule is already set and right now we are sorting out minor -and not so minor- details BUT… We need a name!!!

And as we love democracy as our beloved boy Lee does, what about a poll to choose it?? ;). Basically, we have been toying with the words "redemption" and "independence", for the obvious implications. Plus, we believe that the name should also convey the idea that this will be a K/L focused rewatch -overloaded with K/L love, pilot squee and shipper bias-, so we’ve included "pilots" and "K/L". And please notice that the word "rewatch" is optional (let us know if you prefer the name with or without it).

The last option, though, differs from the previous pattern, as it represents a more "subtle" approach… But we have included it because "no takebacks" is a really fitting quote for pilots and their story -and on a personal note, it encapsulates in a perfect way how I feel and always will feel about pilots :D.

We are excited about this idea, folks! And please, let us know any suggestion you have. Any idea will be welcome! We want this to be a collective project… You know, the more, the merrier! Remember, with this initiative we plan to relive all those great moments of our favorite fictional couple and their amazing journey together (because yes, who dare to say that it wasn’t amazing?).

This is a chance for all fellow K/L shippers to leave behind all the rage, frustration and sadness about the finale and recapture, enjoy and reclaim what we loved the most about *our* pilots. Because they were wonderful together. And because we can’t let go of them just yet :)

Hi, friends. I hope all of you are doing OK! Since I haven’t anything really interesting to post, I figured it is a good idea to gather some thoughts, both about RL stuff and fandom-related...

Some days ago taragel  was a little bit disappointed over the lack of Kara!Love in her f-list… And then the awesome pali167  -who is a total Lee girl, btw-, decided to host a Kara!Fest in addition to her ongoing Lee LoveFest (yay!). So as a part of it she came up with a post full of Kara-related questions to help her understand Kara… And then I started to write my answers and, well… I ended up writing this rambly post about why I fangirl Kara so much lol! (so this is especially for you both, girls! :)) It probably won’t tell you anything you didn’t already know about Kara, but I miss her and I can't get enough of her! ;)

So I haven’t been much around lately because RL keeps me really busy (let’s hope that things will slow down a little bit in a couple of months!). I have a lot of posts to read and comments to write (sorry friends, I will finally get there! :)),  but I just saw the BSG season 4.5 DVD cover and my first thought has been… “What the frak??” “What’s Sam doing there WITH KARA AND LEE? Come on, now I’m supposed to believe that there was a REAL love triangle going on??? I know, I know… This may sound silly but, seriously, I can’t help it, I’m really touchy with this Sam thing. Sniff. (At least, Kara and Lee look pretty :))

So, you know Katee’s K/L comments at Starfest made me a little bit sad… And now Jamie Bamber gave an interview at Jules Verne Festival and he talked about his view of the BSG finale (all the videos here, thanks to 3xcusemyfrench ).

"And Kara, who's like a sister, a lover, she disappears and he understands for the first time that she was always there, for him. To guide him. A friend, an angel." (...) "At the end, he understands. She's his angel."