Talk, Talking A Lot, But It's Still Talk

So I was catching up on the House 4 episodes I missed these past couple of weeks, and naturally started wondering what was going on in the fandom.  After scanning the first couple of pages of House fics, I really had to ask myself, "Do people not realize that there are new characters this season?"

Seriously.  Is it because the season's still in progress?  I'm a little taken aback here.  Maybe I need to dig a little deeper, but I've kind of lost the urge now.

*shrugs*  At least the episodes were good - the Thong Challenge in "You Don't Want To Know" was pretty entertaining.  Immature, but entertaining.  And does anyone else wonder what Thirteen's real name is? 

In other news, yesterday was kind of hectic.  Here's the list of events:

1) Woke up to screeching fire alarms at seven - the bastards were running a drill.  Was pissed off because Tuesday is the only day of classes that I get to sleep in, plus it was freezing outside.
2) Procrastinated until I had to go to my Stats section, then had a quiz sprung on me.  But it was open-notes, so no big deal there.
3) Was mildly baffled when my Mythology professor stood me up - we'd scheduled a meeting to talk about this essay she'd assigned, but I guess she forgot.  Or something.
4) Managed to score a last-minute appointment with my adviser so she could clear me to register for classes - that was lucky.
5) Discovered that Student Health was preventing me from registering for some reason.
6) Trekked across the river to tell them that yes, actually, you do have the forms you need, so please stop sabotaging my registration attempts.
7) Biology.  Ick.
8) Registered for classes - all the ones I wanted were open, so yay for that.  And next semester I never have to get up before 10 if I don't want to, so that rocks.
9) Developed a migraine around 7:30 that didn't ease up enough for me to get to sleep until about one in the morning.  So basically I was in bed for twelve hours but only got six hours of sleep.  That just seems stupid.

Now that I look back on it, that should have been a bad day.  But I was in a fairly good mood until the migraine came on, and even then I wasn't annoyed so much as in serious pain.

So...that's about it.  Still haven't posted about NaNoWriMo like I was planning to, but eh.  I need to go to Mythology soon anyway and possibly arrange another meeting, although now that I think of it I can probably work it out on my own.

This post is just too fascinating.  I'm going to have to cut it off before one of us goes into a coma. 

You know what would be nice?  Being able to watch the sixth episode of House 4, that's what.  Come on, Fox website, get with the freaking program already - that episode aired three days ago, and I can't get it to work for me anywhere else!  I've been forced to watch Grey's Anatomy, for God's sake!

(I will not become addicted to that show.  I just won't.  I saw the first season and wanted to beat my head against a wall...although it looks like the show's improved since then...gah!  No!)

I did, however, became addicted to chocolate-covered pretzels while watching the newest episode of that show today.  Can I afford to be consuming large amounts of chocolate-covered pretzels?  No.  It's a good thing I don't keep a lot of junk food in my dorm - I just stole them from my friend (who was the one to force me to watch the show anyway, so she deserved what she got.  Or rather, lost.)

Anyway.

You know what else what be nice?  Finding out how I did on my last Stats exam.  The scores were supposed to be posted by now, but are they up?  Nope.  I realize that the professor has a life, and that's wonderful and all, but I'm a selfish being and would like to stop wallowing in uncertainty.

Oh, but here's something positive to say: they finally turned the heat on in my building, so I'm no longer freezing as I attempt to do my homework.  That's always a plus.  Also, this song amuses me far more than it should.

So I guess it's obvious that nothing significant is going on, so I'll just stop talking now, okay?

You can stop applauding, though.  Real nice, that.

I wrote exactly four paragraphs for Accepting Irony last night - it's the most productive I've been in a while as far as that story's concerned.  I'm getting tired of all the interference with my attempts to write the chapter - I thought once midterms were over I'd have more time to work on it, but I've still been insanely busy.  Curse you, college! *shakes fist*

Still.  I'm glad I managed to write a little, though.  I'm chipping away at this bit by bit - I think I just need to make the time and finish already.

Hmm, I'm kind of having a hard time typing this because of a minor accident involving a razor.  Apparently I shouldn't be allowed to handle objects with sharp edges, because I somehow managed to fumble my razor and take a chunk out of one of the nails on my left hand while shaving my legs.  As you might imagine, it hurt . A lot.  But I handled it with my usual mature grace, if dropping the razor and screeching, "Oh, holy FUCK!" qualifies as mature and graceful.  Anyway, the Band-Aid keeps getting in the way and hitting the capslock key, so every time I try to type something it comes out looking liKE THis.   Nice.

But that's hardly relevant. 

Oh, and my mom's coming up for Parents' Weekend or whatever, so that's exciting.  I'll be glad to see her even though she tried to thwart my attempt to lose weight.  How?  Well, I'll tell you.


So, I'm sure that was scintillating.

Most notable of all, though, is that at long last I've caught up with Season 4 of House, because I finally found a site where I can watch the episodes online (for some reason Fox's website wasn't working.)  I have to say that I'm enjoying this season much more than the third one, probably because of the fresh faces.  I was getting tired of Cameron, Foreman, and Chase - the new blood is refreshing.  Although I am glad that they aren't entirely out of the picture. I'll admit.  Can't figure out why Cameron's blonde all of a sudden, though - personally I think she looked better as a brunette. 

Wilson is as terrific as ever, thank heaven.  God, I love that guy.  It takes balls to steal House's guitar.  Balls of steel.

Anyway, out of the new candidates, who do you guys think the new team's going to be?  Let's discuss.

Ah, yes, T.V. Now would be a great time to go on the fritz, given that the fourth season of House premiers today.

Stupid machine! Either I find a way to fix it before the show comes on (unlikely, given my complete lack of technological expertise), or I hijack someone else's T.V. (much more likely.)

Anyway, today: Stats quiz and Biology exam, neither of which I feel fully prepared for because as I was trying to study for one, I was worrying about the other, and both of which I have to walk through a thunderstorm to get to. What part of this don't I like again?

Oh, right.

All of it.

Still, I should get some last-minute studying in. And the Stats quiz is open book, open notes, so hopefully if I forget how to do something I'll be able to figure it out quickly. Although that might be hard to do when the stupid county is testing its severe weather sirens right in the middle of the quiz. (Don't they think it might be a little confusing, given that the sirens very well might have validity given that it is storming outside? Iowa, the logic meter is reading zero.)