Adam Busch was on last night’s House! After Tom Lenk’s amusing performance last season, I’m now wondering when Danny Strong will be showing up to complete The Trio. Whedonesque tells us that the next Buffy alum to guest star will be Michelle Trachtenberg, prompting a flurry of “House is Glory?” comments. I love my fandom*.
*This particular “fandom” being Buffy, not House. While I love the show, for some reason, the idea of a House fandom kind of weirds me out, especially in the wake of last night’s “OMG, House & Wilson r living together!!!,” which no doubt launched a thousand badfics.
As some of you may be aware, NBC recently had a large number of videos removed from YouTube, including the infamous “Lazy Sunday” SNL sketch, also called “The Chronic(what?)cles of Narnia”. Many were severely ticked off about this, believing the networks were shooting themselves in the foot, as the widespread popularity of the viral video was the best thing to happen to SNL’s viewership in ages. Well, I rescind my nerd fury!
NBC gets major points. They’ve just launched a website for popular clips like Lazy Sunday and the soon-to-be infamous A Day in the Life of Natalie Portman. Of course, Comedy Central’s Mother Load gets the most love, as they post virtually everything The Daily Show and The Colbert Report air! Regardless, thank you NBC for being not stupid, and keeping pace with emerging technology and the whims of teh intarwebs!
Don’t let me forget: New House tonight!
Does anyone know what’s going on with Veronica Mars this week? IMDB and UPN’s website say there’s a new episode tomorrow, but Yahoo!TV and UPN’s “Upcoming” Schedule says it’s going to be ’round the clock “America’s Next Top Model.” Can anyone enlighten me?
Holy cow, this is awesome! Linked from Sue: Real-Life Simpsons Intro
And while we’re at it: Batman and Robin chuck the Batmobile for something more convenient and efficient
Dude! A couple weeks before Goblet of Fire came out in theatres, some students held a Potter Preceptorial, in which we discussed anything and everything Potter (and concluded definitively that Snape was not evil, just a petty, sadistic jerk, thankyouverymuch). Afterwards, I ended up having a discussion with one of the moderators, a grad student named Veronica Schanoes, who turned out to be a Tonks/Moody shipper. Out of pure coincidence, I had seen some Tonks/Moody fanart that morning, so I told her I’d send it to her. We emailed each other once more, and that was that.
Three and a half months later, Ko and I were looking over the new course offerings for the Fall, and she spotted a jaw-droppingly awesome course called Feminist Fairy Tales. We both were sold before we saw “Terry Pratchett” on the list of authors. Whilst squealing, I noticed that the professor’s name was V Schanoes. I googled the name, and Veronica was the only person that Google turned up in association with Penn. I emailed Veronica and asked her if she was indeed the V Schanoes listed as teaching the class. That was a week ago. She just emailed me back, saying that yes, she was teaching the class, and she looked forward to seeing me and my roommate in September.
I WILL BE TAKING THE MOST AWESOME-SOUNDING CLASS AT PENN FROM A TONKS/MOODY SHIPPER!
I was listening to my music on shuffle, and “Mrs. Bagwell’s Rhumba” came on. Man, I love the Mirrormask soundtrack.
Fair warning: Any of you that haven’t seen Mirrormask yet have two weeks to see it, otherwise we are no longer friends.
I’s got purple fingernails! *flashes them enticingly*
You know you’ve been spending too much time on 3D modeling when your first thought is “Wow, look at the specular highlight on that!”
For those that didn’t see it, check out the opening for last night’s Oscars. MAN, that’s a project I would have loved to work on! Of course, if I’d worked on it, there would have been a nod to Lord of the Rings. The blink-and-you’ll-miss-it shot of Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl goes some way in making up for it, though. :D
Also: Gay Cowboys Throughout History and the Three-Mafia Acceptance Speech.