winter will never come for the likes of us

Shows I’m behind on but lack the motivation to catch up with right now:

- Chuck (1 ep)

- Fringe (2 eps)

- V (1 ep…man I love EM more than air but this show is doomed. Can’t we just convince JJ to hire her on Undercovers as the big bad or something and move on with our lives?)

- SPN (umm…half a season?)

*sighs*

I’m too busy working on epic fics and Jess/Rory shenanigans anyway. Which brings me to this:

 I impulsively started a new comm yesterday called dharmadays. There’s nothing there yet, but once I clear the decks WIP-wise I’m planning on having a little Dharma Days ficathon. And by fic-a-thon I mean a loosey-goosey please write Lost fic set in yellow houses that involve barbeques and game nights and absolutely no talk of good vs. evil.

It’s my favorite era and I want to go back to there. My hope is to encourage folks to write AU stuff too cause this isn’t a veiled attempt to generate S/J fic (although it is more than welcome), I want Jack in Dharmaville fic and Kate in Dharmaville fic and random a day in the life of Phil fic or Miles and Richard were secretly doing it fic. I don’t care. I just want it.

So um, indulge me? Join and pimp…I have no banner cause artsy I am not and also I seriously came up with this during those dark five hours it took for the satellite guy to set up the DVR so planning is not a thing that happened. Like I said there’s not going to be anything there for a couple of weeks probably, but still come and play with me! You know you wanna.

This is the least ragey I’ve been post-Emmys in years. Did everyone I want to win, win this year? No, but for once it didn’t matter so much. There was a proper host (my god NPH, you make me want to be a gay man just so I could pretend to have a shot with you), no one was forced to cut their speech short, and you know it was for the most part fun to watch. Thoughts under the cut.

I also watched Mad Men last night. My non-spoilery reaction: I really want Lost to win best drama next year because it’s the last year and I love the show more than air, but if Mad Men keeps this up Lost is screwed. Seriously, the Mad Men folks can’t even produce a mediocre episode let alone a bad one. It’s almost not fair.

Secondly, I know this sounds a little crazy given the caliber of actor on Mad Men but am I the only one who thinks the little girl playing Sally Draper stands a real chance at getting a best supporting actress nod next year? She’s been more than holding her on this season; she’s actually stealing every scene she’s in and breaking my heart in the process.

Oh Emmys, you just ended and I’m already thinking about next year.

Quicklost_in_108 plug: Go join, the first prompt goes live tomorrow. You know you wanna play with us. ;)

Emmy nods were announced this morning and they by and large did not suck. They may be on to something with this new system.

Things That Made Me Happy:

*Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) is nominated for best actress in a drama! Peggy!!! (Sorry for abusing the exclamation mark, but man I wanted her to be nominated so badly last year and this made me so happy I’m still grinning.) I'm so proud of my girl!

* Lost, Mad Men, and Dexter all get nods again this year.

* How I Met Your Mother slipped into the best comedy category at last. Lawyered!

* Jim Parsons is nominated for The Big Bang Theory. Sheldon! Now if only he could beat Alec Baldwin…

* Dr. Horrible is nominated. I didn’t know it was eligible for anything, but that was a lovely surprise.

*Jon Hamm gets not one, but two Emmy nods. It must be the bubble.

* Seth Green and Robot Chicken! Oh, Seth, you’ve come so far.

* The Outstanding Supporting Actor in a comedy category is pretty awesome. Tracy Morgan, Jack McBrayer, Neil Patrick Harris, and Rainn Wilson. The odds of someone deserving winning this year are good. Finally, no Jeremy Piven to deal with.

* Kristen Chenoweth is carrying the torch for Pushing Daisies. I miss my happy pie show.

Things That Made Me Not So Happy

* No Jeremy Davies? No Josh Holloway? No Elizabeth Mitchell? Seriously? When I think back on season five these are the actors that stand out in my mind. These are the ones that made sure the show never lost its heart during a mythology heavy season, to see all three of them snubbed (even if I expected it) makes me incredibly sad. (Yay, for Emerson though. At least someone got some Emmy love.)

* 30 Rock takes 4 out of 5 writing nods. I love 30 Rock, but man this season was all over the place, quality wise. Right off the top of my head I can think of at least five comedy episodes that were as good if not better than the ones nominated: “The Naked Man”-HIMYM, “Chuck vs. Tom Sawyer”-Chuck, “Weight Loss”-The Office, “The Michael Scott Paper Company”-The Office, and “Racial Sensitivity”-Better Off Ted. Not to mention pretty much anything from Pushing Daisies, but especially “Comfort Food”. Spread the love a little next year, will you Emmys?

*William Shatner. Again. Please make it stop.

* No Chuck, Pushing Daisies, BSG, or Psych love. Oh, James Roday, I know you’re funny sweetie, and Mary McDonnell was robbed.

 Things That Make Me Go “Huh?”

* I’m glad Lost got a writing nod, but for “The Incident”? Why are you rewarding them for bad behavior Emmys? “La Fleur”, “The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham”, “Jughead”, “The Variable” were all better. Actually, pretty much every other episode was better.

*John Slattery rocks as Roger on Mad Men, but um, he didn’t actually do anything this year.