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[redbrunja]

Finished my taxes. It is actually embarrassing how long it's taken me to freaking sit down and do them, considering how easy they were and the fact that for the first time ever, I'm actually getting money back. (Seriously, I was at the 'let me reorganize my bathroom drawers to avoid doing taxes stage of procrastination).

I feel like I blinked and today vanished - part of that was because I was up super-late watching The Hunger Games (again, a friend had free IMAX tickets)* and part of that was because I basically woke up, did errands, and then spent TWO FUCKING HOURS with a Century Link technician and my landlady in what was the most awkward, stressful internet repair job of my entire life (short version: my landlady hated the tech, the tech wanted to tell me his entire life story).

I'm now painting my nails to de-stress. (OPI What A Broad on my toes, Edin-Burgundy on my nails - this color isn't really a burgundy, but the best blood-red color I've found).

12_12_12 had a great (and also depressing) meta post about the kind of love stories television shows are choosing to tell these days, which prompted me to ask: flist, can you give me examples of currently airing shows where characters in a romance choose the larger picture or their personal ideals over their loved on, without this being textually seen as Not Loving There S.O. Enough?

*So, on the drive home from my second viewing of THG,

I was got to talking about Johanna, and how she and Haymitch (SO MUCH HAYMITCH) are both fractured mirrors of who Katniss would be if she lost more people earlier in her life. And I have to admit, the changes they made to Haymitch make me kind of sad, because as funny as the line about spilling his drink on his new pants is, it means that movie!Haymitch is an entirely different beast than book!Haymitch, who would never have said that. (Tangent: I lot of really cool Effie/Haymtich prompts have popped up online, which I would kind of love to take a crack at, but I don't feel like I have a good handle on Haymitch a.t.m.)

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[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

I have just picked up this book to re-read! Very excited. ^_^ It's the one I point to as a shining example of what fantasy should be like, and ugh, the relationship is done so well here! I admit, I choked in hysterical laughter when first recced it because PO, LOLWUT, but once I got into it, that didn't even register as ridic anymore. (when I told my mother, though, she started singing Tellytubbies at me...)

I just love that they're not at all like 99% of other romances between young characters in fiction, where their love story >>>>>> everything else, and the way the chick is able to put the safety of their country above one person (iirc) makes me happy.

Also, the lack of angst due to his compromise was great! I just roll my eyes at the people- mainly parents- who decried this book because ohnoes, premarital sex, shockhorror! They're the WORST role models, look at how immoral they are! Riiight, because a respectful relationship between equals is inferior to, say, Twilight. *scoffs*

Oh, btw, I just found out today that Bitterblue is apparently being released in May! SO THRILLED, OMG. I've been waiting for this damn book for years, I really hope it lives up to my expectations. Fire didn't, unforch, so I think I need to throttle my hope and just lower my standards so that it's not at a disadvantage. BUT BITTERBLUE! :D

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

I never watched Teletubbies so I accepted the name more readily. And Po is awesome enough to handle any name.

The bit with the ring is the closest he got to arguing her decision, and that was really more "Well, I'm gonna love and respect you as much as if we were married anyway, so there." than anything.

And yayness for Bitterblue. I think Fire's weakness was the utter lack of Kasta and Po.