redbrunja | Here Comes The Smoulder

For the first time in months, I had a Saturday off.

A glorious, glorious evening to do nothing but relax and chat with my flist. Seriously, if you're in the mood to talk fandom, ask questions about shipping, share cute/sexy/funny/eye candy gifs, this is the post for you. (And I'm also going to be hanging close to the computer tomorrow as well, so if you're out having an amazingly fun Saturday night, come chat on Sunday. I'll still be in the mood to gab.)

Things that are going on in my life, to get the conversational ball rolling:

~I went and did this amazing self-defense seminar today. It was amazing and I am going to have some glorious bruises tomorrow. (Frankly, you can already see them.)

~I rewatched Tangled with my mom (she hadn't seen it yet). It was just as adorable as it was the first time and I think Flynn and Rapunzel make a fabulous couple.

~I may go get ice cream. In fact, I think I shall.

~I have been looking at upfront trailers for the upcoming fall season and frankly, I have only seen two that even look worth checking out:

This look funny but also distressingly close to what my life could be this fall.

No idea what this is about but I'm actually intrigued.

All the rest, frankly, look various flavors of boring.

~But that's okay, because in the next two months BURN NOTICE, HAVEN, AND TRUE BLOOD ARE RETURNING. Sing hallelujah.

~In fact, I'm so excited about the new season of TB, that I'm rereading Dead Until Dark. Which, frankly, I have a suspicion I can no longer recommend as a qualitatively good vampire story, even though I retain a lot of affection for it. Your thoughts, flist?

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Wish there was a self defense seminar around where I live, though I'd probably not be home when it happens anyways :p ...were you an instructor or the instructee?

Oh, tangled. Thinking I'll have to buy that one, it was so charming. Also my brain automatically inserted Jensen from The Losers as Flynn the moment he made his castle comment hee.

Thank the gods there isn't a whole bunch of good shows coming next Fall. I'm super swamped as is. I could have done with a new sitcom, but people have been raving about Happy Endings so that could already be a done deal.

HAVEN AND TRUE BLOOD WOOO! Also hoping GoT will please me when I get home!

I was a student. But it was really great, because most people had martial arts experience so it was the first time I'd ever been able to (without hurting people) practice any and all of the techniques I know. Punches, kicks, scratches, jujitsu, pressure points - all fair game.

Oh, tangled. Thinking I'll have to buy that one, it was so charming.

Same here! I'd delightful and it holds up really well.

I admit, I'm not too bothered by the chance to catch up on old shows this fall, but it's still kind of disappointing that nothing good is coming out.

Fortunately I've never been in a fight. Downside is I don't really know what to do except got for solar plexus/eyes/nose/crotch, and to use my wrist and elbows. They say the knees is a weak spot, but I have no clue how to injure someone's knee, so *shrug*

I'm just relieved none of my darlings were canceled. The Good Wife was the last one I was worried about, but it's been confirmed for a third season \o/ So instead of weeping and wailing over The Sarah Connor Chronicles/Better Off Ted/Legend of the Seeker, I now get to just sit back and relax, knowing all I need to do is have an excellent Holiday and then my shows will all be waiting for me on the other side. Bliss.

...And I still don't know when they'll be airing s2 of Luther *shrugs*

They say the knees is a weak spot, but I have no clue how to injure someone's knee, so *shrug*

You use the bottom of your foot. You can either scrap your heel down their shins, which hurts, or you could (and this is a move I really like) kick the side of their kick with your foot, which can break it, thus preventing them from chasing after you.

Admittedly, I've never been attacked either, so a lot of what I know is from controlled situations, but that's my two cents.

I now get to just sit back and relax, knowing all I need to do is have an excellent Holiday and then my shows will all be waiting for me on the other side. Bliss.

That is nice.

Harris is not a writer I'd reccomend to someboy either, even though the show is good. The writing is...not. Its a guilty pleasure sort of reading.

Tangled would be worth the money to buy to, I think. Though, I always wonder.... if Rapunzel's hair, once cut, never grows again....is her always going to have that short, choppy hair do. Not that it looks bad, but it just makes me wonder. Or can it still grow but not be magical? Hmmm.....

wait......did you see the movie or no? I could totally answer your question/wondering, but I don't want to spoil you just in case.

Yes, I saw the film. I was just unsure about the hair regrowing.

I would feel okay about recing some of her other works (Grave Sight, A Secret Rage) but not the Sookie novels.

I'm pretty sure her hair doesn't regrow, so she'll have that adorable choppy haircut forever.

Been doing the same with upfront trailers myself, but I'm more interested in Terra Nova. It looks like the kind of show that's so awesome it'll be axed before the first season finishes airing.

Ringer . . . maybe. I just worry it'll give me that disconcerting feeling I end up with when I encounter new canon with actors who have firmly been established in my head as other characters.

Oh, wow, Terra Nova DOES look good. I'll definitely be checking that one out.

Heh, I was wondering why you seemed to have left it out . . . and I was about to say they're gonna air the first ep tonight, but I just checked and it looks like they changed their minds and it'll be airing in fall like normal.

Falling Skies caught my attention because there's not a ton of sci-fi shows out there, but then when I saw the trailer it hit on a pet peeve of mine: Alien invasions where they start out with a coordinated and intelligent attack, but then when faced with a human they're all "RAWR! I will run at you naked and unarmored, showing all the attack strategy of a starving doberman!"

I didn't go seeking out trailers for myself, so most of what I saw were trailers for things that other people had wanted to talk about; so there were huge blind spots.

Burn Notice? I thought it had been canceled...? o.O

Omg, True Blood!!! I seriously can't wait for this any longer!!! And on the weekend, at the con, I bought a bottle of TruBlood and I decided to drink it in celebration at the season 4 premiere. *g*

Let me know how it is!

And Burn Notice has NOT been canceled. It returns in July and they actually released a made-for-tv movie about Sam a couple weeks ago.

I watched Tangled for the first time a few weeks ago, and loved it. It's the best animated Disney film in a long time.

It really is. I had SUCH how expectations going in but it ended up being AMAZING.

Here Comes The Smoulder

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