Last night, I watched Angel and Smallville with my mom -

I finally convinced my mom to watch Smallville! Buffy and Angel were so much easier to sell her on, because she knows way smart people her age who watched Buffy. But either they don't watch Smallville or they aren't telling.

Comments (non-spoilery)-
In the beginning, she thought that Lex was just 'weird-looking'. After we'd finished the two episodes (Shattered and Asylum), he'd graduated to 'attractive'.

She spent a lot of time talking about how gorgeous Clark is, which inspired me to spend more time than normal mooning over him. It's like I'd almost forgotten just how beautiful Tom is, until she'd reminded me. There was talk of pretty green, wide-set eyes, strong jaw, and big hands. Also, much talk of how the casting is great because he looks like a 'Superman'.

And on Harmony - she was annoyed by Harm at first and when I said, "She was Cordy's friend in HS," Mom went, "Ah, that makes sense." My mom's Cordy hate always amuses me.

On a totally different note: Bush spoke somewhere? Was I supposed to care? Because I'm still trying that 'ignore him and when the election comes, vote against him' thing. I mean, I already know that I will most likely violently disagree with anything he says. Don't really need to see him talk to know that.

Scattered thoughts on tonight's viewing

First, a note: when watching Asylum, I asked my mom if she cared at all about Lana. She replied in the negative and I fast-forwarded through all the Lana bits. It's an even better episode without those bits.

( spoilers for Smallville 3x10 - Whisper )

( spoilers for Angel 5x10 - Soul Purpose )

In other news, I'm now friended by 300 journals. Huh.

To new people -

I'm honored and flattered and mildly confused. Thanks for joining me here. It's great to have you. I suck at commenting on journals. But I'm great at blabbing on forever on my own, which, though it doesn't make up for anything, certainly balances things out in a way. Hope you enjoy the show. Wouldn't be here if I hated having an audience.

Affectionately,
butterfly

ps. I can also be pretentious and self-righteous on occasion, but I hope that being aware of my flaws makes them endearing instead of irritating.
pps. That Tom Welling is hot like a hot thing, yo. That's the kind of pretty that is almost unbelievable.

Ficlet: Sea and Soil (LotR; Sam)

Sea and Soil
( Lord of the Rings ficlet, set post-Return of the King, contains spoilers  )