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So, my day started out lame because I woke up sick this morning (I actually started feeling yucky over the weekend, so today was the tail-end of it) and had to miss work. I was feeling much better by this evening though, luckily. Hopefully I don't get myself into trouble for missing though. *is nervous* I think I've been better about attendance lately (or at least I've been told so anyway), so fingers crossed this doesn't screw me up.

Anyway though, now that I'm no longer lying on my couch in a curled-up ball cursing my stomach (it's only getting a mild look of reproach now, heh), I can get back to what I do best: wasting time on the ole interwebz. Hallelujah!

And since I have the time I thought I'd post some more of the tv ramblage I promised over the weekend. Most of it was written Friday night actually; I just didn't want to post an insane amount of writing all at once.

Ramblage today will include:

-Gossip Girl
-Glee
-So You Think You Can Dance
-Parks & Recreation
-How I Met Your Mother
-Vanguard

And P.S. I do still plan to write about last week's Dollhouse & Bones, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Even I sometimes fall behind on my tv duties. Stupid real life getting in the way of my obsession with fictional characters! Hee.

( Oh tv and internet, how did people waste time before you existed? )

I am so proud of myself for resisting the urge to watch Canadian Bones tonight. I'm not even looking at people's comments to get hints as to whether people like it. Just gonna wait and watch it tomorrow night like the rest of America. It's like I've got willpower or something! Crazy, I know.

Speaking of tv, I've got new episodes of So You Think You Can Dance and Glee waiting for me on my DVR tonight! (and of course my guilty pleasure: America's Next Top Model. I still haven't seen the premiere from last week though. I'm totally letting my crack!show down.)

Also? Dollhouse starts next Friday! And Jamie Bamber's going to be on the very first episode! So much yaaaaaay. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for at least one cheesy meta BSG reference. C'mon Whedon, I know you won't leave us nerds hangin'!

Speaking of tv again (ha, I so need a life. That or a career in television to justify all this), I watched a rerun of How I Met Your Mother last night (I only started watching this summer though, so it was new to me) and could not stop laughing over it all day today at work. "You can't build a murder house, Ted!" That part had me ROLLING, I swear to God. "I like to do my own laundry, and it gets MESSY." Hahaha.

I've gotta say, this summer has been very good for me tv-wise. I started with a little mini-rewatch of X-Files (made it to the abduction arc & then got unfortunately derailed), rewatched most of the first two seasons of Bones, started watching How I Met Your Mother & Big Bang Theory (*hearts Sheldon*), and of course got further sucked into my hot and heavy love affair with Battlestar Galactica. As everyone here knows all too well. Ha. I'm so glad the finale didn't ruin it for me, btw, as I was kind of worried it would (based on the mixed reactions it got from the fans). And I'll get into this a lot more later when I do my actual recap/commentary, but for now I'll just say this: I love being on the positive side of a fandom for once. Heh. I mean, I think I'm actually on the same page as those who were unhappy with the ending--in that parts were fail, and parts were fantastic--but I think the difference for me was that I was so prepared for the faily moments I was able to just brush them off & focus on the parts that were great. Sometimes it actually pays to be spoiled. (That, or I'm somehow getting less crotchety and nitpicky in my old age, but I doubt it.) It probably helped too that some of those great moments were Roslin/Adama related, considering I'm totally in love with them, hee. I'm still riding high on a crazy Roslin/Adama love train even now. Chugga chugga choo choo!

P.S. On the same topic, I rewatched "A Day in the Life" from season 3 tonight, and how did I not remember what a good episode this was? It's such an interesting look into Adama's feelings and past, and also so effing shippy! OMG. Like, seriously, the Roslin/Adama flirting, IT IS TOO MUCH FOR ME. The book! And her dorky smile about going to the gym! And him being all "you're always welcome here"! And their conversation about their snuggly night together on New Caprica! And her cabin! (which, btw, will kill you even more after the finale) UGH, I CANNOT EVEN DEAL WITH THESE TWO. THEIR LOVE, IT IS GOING TO BE THE DEATH OF ME.

Anyway, that's it for now. I'm off to watch at least one of my DVR recordings before bed. Before I go though, here's your Vid of the Day. This time we're going with an actual vid, as opposed to a fanvid. This is a clip of the song "I just want to dance" from the Jerry Springer Opera (how much do I love that that's an actual thing?). For those paying attention, I posted a remix version of this song a while back, but this is the actual original. It's only a minute or two long, but is seriously a thing of joy. The part about halfway through when she lets loose & starts belting it out with the chorus singing behind her? Oh my God, SO GOOD.

(note: there are a couple swear words in this song, so don't listen to it outloud at work or something)