Since you're gone my empty arms have nothing left to hold

So. This morning I come home and since I knew that this week's Heroes was where the dreadful thing happened I figured I'd download it and watch it before trying to finish the crossover fic. Which I really should do.

Then, ten minutes in, someone from the uni's library calls and seems like some people renounced and I GOT THE JOB! *raises fist* When she was like 'would you accept that?' I was like 'ARE YOU KIDDING OF COURSE I DO' and just, YES. I'M MAKING SOME MONEY, DAMMIT.

Then I actually did start to try and pay attention to the darned thing. Er. I'm pretty sure that missy_useless has seen it or is going to. Uh, I need my pieces picked up. You too? *sigh* Or anyone else?

( cut for obvious spoilers. If you like Sylar I strongly advise you NOT to read this. )

Okay. I have stuff to edit and a fic to finish today (which is mandatory given my deadlines) so uh, I'll be off doing that. And going out around the house thinking that I have a job. *raises fist again*

1. So I'm still half MIA. Because I'm finishing the fics for scifibigbang and I'm late *cough* but I should be done within the week. I hope I am, at least. I need to. Sorry if I reply to both entries and comments late or at random. Whyy am I always late?

2. On to fun stuff, last day I was at university and look at what was written on that thing you're supposed to write on when you only have chairs and not desks! (Sorry for the sucky explanation, but I don't know the English name)

( I need to find the other Lost fan ASAP. )

3. Meme from mollivanders, in order to actually write something in this entry.

Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."
• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions

( my questions (re seasons, ships and stuff )

4. Since I'm here, sign for Lost Hohoho! I'm so doing it again this year. And if last year someone actually wrote the Karl/Locke mpreg vampire fic, now I want to see someone attempting the Hurley/Shannon wingsex genderswapping one...

5. Just two words on the latest Heroes related news, not that I watch it but when it's relevant to my interests I read news. Warning: not exactly nice. ( So... )

6. Another two words on Flashforward. ( I'm still kinda meh. )

7. I fear that one of these days I'll have a political rant. *sigh* I should stop reading newspapers.

8. Okay, I'll get back writing. *waves* And when I'm done I'll finish checking all the awesome spooky fic at thequillstation which I couldn't check already.

1. So, first thing, happy birthday to isis2015 and thandie!

( grab x2 )

2. So, my classes start the day after tomorrow. Reminds me I need to go buying books sometime this week. I just hope that some classes I guessed started on Monday since on the site and at university there isn't a single indication of the exact day half of my courses start and I'm kind of going without having an idea. One day I will ask if they pay someone to update that site because they're doing a lousy job, that's for sure...

3. Uh, if someone is still watching Heroes around here (damn, why did I see some shooting pictures around which make me want to pick it up again...): is S4 any decent? I still am at half of S3 and apart from missing Adrian Pasdar like crazy I'm not feeling any urge to take it up again. Considering that I know what happened in the S3 finale (other reason I really don't feel like I should see it, even though I doubt that I care enough to get pissed) and what's happening now (which I don't know), is catching up just losing time or I should attempt it again? And in other TV things, still didn't manage to see Flashforward this week. At this point I probably will tomorrow.

4. Last year at this point I was totally getting spoiled for Lost S5. This year at this point: I just know about the Comicon stuff. And I don't even want to spoil myself. This feels very strange. I'll probably start spoiling myself again when it airs, but for now it just feels weird.

5. I was sure I had something more interesting to say but it appears that I don't atm. I'll be off iconing the last SPN and trying to write something, if I manage. Or anything else remotely productive anyway.

1. I hope all my fellow Italians had a good Liberation Day yesterday! Mine was good, even if I think I made one of my oversleeping records.

2. Ship battle meme with icons stolen from lenina20, which ended up being crazy. And fun, but mainly crazy. Also, proof that not only I have too many ships icons, but I really am not a mainly het person. Also, I didn't put the icon I have Enchanted because really, it's there just because I like the icon and I thought that movie was adorable but I really can't say I ship people in a Disney movie. Aanyway.

Make a list of all the ships in your icons. (Although you may have more than one icon of a single character ship, they only go on the list once.) Alphabetize it. Take the first two on the list; that's your first pairing for battle. Second two; second pairing for battle. Etc. Then write your reaction to each battle.

( madness under here )

3. Memes speaking, I need to spread love for the two fics I got for the alphabed meme until now. emiliglia wrote me the most angsty and heartbreaking and lovely Jack/Boone ficlet and toestastegood wrote me some Boone/Charlie videotaping sex which is all kinds of perfection. Go read them! ;)

3b. I still have six or seven letters free at said meme, so if you want to give me a hand filling it all they're there. ;) I'll probably spend half of the afternoon writing anyway, that meme was a good thing. I wrote more in two days than one month.

4. I think I'm in Adrian Pasdar withdrawal enough to catch up with Heroes. This volume had better be better than three though.

5. On the 23rd it was something like International Book Day and at my usual bookshop everything was sold with a 30% discount. Clearly they couldn't have said it before so that I'd have waited to buy some stuff for school which would have cost way less with such a discount but when I found it out I caved and got Gaiman, Steinbeck and Chabon non-fiction and saved a lot of money. Next year I'll be better prepared.

5b. And anyway, I wanted to buy Good Omens for a friend's birthday because I think she'd have a kick out of it. But she doesn't read in English, so I went searching for it in Italian. Well, apart from finding out they translated the title Good Apocalypse to Everyone! (really), I find out it's completely out of print and at said bookshop, which is a chain with at least eight stores in Rome, there isn't a single one which has a copy. Really? I mean, geez. (Well, fine, I think the only Gaiman book I've actually seen in print in Italian is Stardust, but still.) Then I bought her another thing but still, really? Out of print. Ah well, it's not like I'd have bought it with such a title. I'd kill whoever adapts books like that.

6. Just for the lulz, meme from lasamy. Maybe I just want an excuse to upload music.

Post the names of 20 25 (because I feel like I'm leaving people out) of your favorite musicians.
See who can guess which is your favorite song by each.
Once someone guesses right, bold that row and upload the song.

*with hints for every one not guessed now

( list here )

7. Uhm, that all. This already was too long of a post anyway. And now I'll be writing and trying to finish Tropic of Cancer. I hope everyone is having a good Sunday!

1. Okay, so, today I was supposed to have the first exam of the term and yay, too many people so I'm tomorrow morning. I'd have rather used today to sleep it off and spend tomorrow doing nothing and then start studying for the next one on Friday but I guess I'll renounce the sleeping-today-off part. Clearly I'll be later than usual with Lost but still, at least I've managed to hear another exam and it looks better than I feared. I guess tomorrow I'll be less nervous which isn't a bad thing at all. Even if I could have used sleeping today off but whatever, after all it's common practice. Ah well, so it goes. I'll be having a couple cups of coffee and get back on it. *sigh*

2. Just for the lulz, Sugarland (-> country group which I only know because the singer made a duet on a Bon Jovi record ages ago and isn't actually that bad if you accept the premise that it's country music without any purpose to be more than entertaining) have a song on their last record called Steve Earle. Which is indeed about Steve Earle. I probably find it more amusing than it actually is but still.

3. I know I have some comments to catch up with. I'll be doing it tonight or tomorrow when point 1 is said and done.

4. Goes unsaid that I didn't watch Heroes, even if I have it downloaded. If it was Lost I'd have probably said who cares, but as things are right now I'll be catching up with it tomorrow or this weekend. Anyone who saw it could tell me how it was? Good, bad, downright bad, downright hilarious, back at S1 levels (I doubt it)? I know I'll be watching it eventually, but I avoided reviews and they looked decent, so...

5. Okay, getting back on studying. *sigh*

1) The Christmas cards are all bought! And since tomorrow there's a general strike and if there's something I don't feel like doing is marching under the rain after the whole fever deal, I guess I'll stay at home and write them so that I can post everything sometime next week. I'll try to make them as personalized as possible. ;)

2) Cards speaking, thanks to elise_509 (well, that return is always in my Christmas wishes), bachlava (two, too! ;) for a second you had me wondering how freaking much does my postal service fail until I saw what you wrote on the upper side), alles_aus_liebe, inthekeyofd (definitely makes up for it!) and haldoor (woah, that's a beautiful card)! Yeah, everything at once but on Monday it was a national holiday and everything arrived between yesterday and today.

3) Ouch, today it was raining like it has never rained and I also caught half of it. Scratch it, I read three seconds ago that it was raining so much that someone drowned while in a tunnel. Crazy.

4) Re yesterday's Heroes because I don't feel like doing a post: ( no spoilers really but still )

4) Meme! I asked gottalovev so it's my turn, but even if you don't have time to do this you can ask for something. Tomorrow is free after all. ;)

The first five people to comment in this post get to request a sketch of a character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their drawing ability level. If you absolutely can't draw, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to offer drabbles or icons or something instead.

Hint: my drawing abilities are nonexistent. Trust me, you want to ask for icons or a drabble. You do. I can't. ;)

Okay. I'm trying to get ahead with the Hohoho fic and then I'm watching Pushing Daisies. Until I get to a certain point I forbid myself to give in.

( OMGNATHAN. Well, why, you thought it was about Sylar? )

Seriously, I didn't notice anything else. Mm. *licks lips*

I'm awfully tired, it was a long day and I really don't have the presence to make the usual point-by-point review, but I kinda need to blather about this because while it wasn't S1 levels awesome, I thought it was good. Apart for a couple of things, but it was mostly GOOD. WTF?

( Clearly Nathan speaking French had something to do with it. )

Seriously, that was pretty good. At least seeing this season's rate. And now I'm kinda going writing.

Well, we're back on what I can say it's Heroes S3's best, aka a lot of laughter in places where you shouldn't but of the kind that you can at least try to enjoy for what it is.

( seriously, Nathan, I want your babies. Now. )

Okay, that was all. And I relented and am downloading the rest of Six Feet Under. I'm so screwed. And I'm going to write now. Maybe I'm hitting 30000 words if I manage.

God, why are all the shows I watch made of people with endless family issues?

( so yeah, I'm still sick and I watched it in the morning. )