Watched Merlin... can't decide whether to laugh, cry, squee or just scratch my head. And the preview for next episode made me go: HUHWUT???

If it wasn't ass o'clock in the evening, I would write my review. But that'll have to be tomorrow. Night people!

In unison they spoke again, though calmly,

"I'm the masochist."

"I'm the sadist."

Sophie looked at them, shocked, then burst out laughing.
"Oh COME on!" she giggled.  She looked at Julian
incredulously.  "I mean ... just LOOK at you ... look
at HIM!"

From Sooo Sweet by BGM.

I was so absorbed by my anxiety over family invasion today, that I actually forgot that it's MERLIN NIGHT!!! WOOO!! It went off without a hitch, though. Exhausting, but I made it in almost one piece.

In other news, I'm making fandomsecrets like MAD! Can't wait for them all to be posted. :oP

fannish5 strikes again.

Name the five most annoying characters ever.

Not in any real order...

( I can has LJ-cut? )

It was all plain to him now.  The man who had led him
down so many paths and mazes full of lies and deceptions, now
made clear to him through the cleansing fires of tragedy.
Julian saw in Garak a chance to go deeper into the wondrous
abyss that he found, and find an answer still hidden there.

From Swandive by eggblue.

"Never mind. It's probably best I don't know any details. You do know that the majority of those stories are just that? No truth in them at all."

"I did figure that, Doctor." Garak smiled genially. "After all, no man could be that flexible or have so much stamina."

"Exact- what?"

From Word of Mouth by elimandjulian .

Pea turns 6 months today! And I know I promised picspam of doom, but woah, today has been crazy. So I'm not gonna make anything really huge of it. Just pics. But he's so cute, so I bet it's still good. :oP

Besides, it's mostly Pea's fault that today was mad. He has been on a no-sleeping-strike. And YEIKES he can scream his head off when he doesn't want to do something. My boy has got one heck of a temper. Got that from his dad, I'm sure. But just when we most feel like pulling our hair out, he smiles at us. *3. 2. 1. Melt.* D'aaawwwwww. Babies are magic, I tell ya.

( Fingers crossed LJ won't eat this cut... )
And that's all! Have a great day, folks!

I guess becoming a parent makes you think of things you never really considered before. Pea is 6 months old tomorrow, and that reminded me that I must have been around his age, when my mother met the man I remember as being my father.

First off, I remember him as someone pretty scary. I really was afraid of him, but I'm not really sure why. His attitude maybe? But frankly, that's only from the last years of his marriage to my mom. Thinking back to earlier years, I remember him being just my daddy, like a father is supposed to be.

He tucked me in at night, had a special pet name for me and played silly games with me over dinner. He carried me to bed when I fell asleep in the living room, because I was too stubborn to go to bed at a proper time. And when I woke up way too fucking early in the morning, it wasn't mommy I went to cuddle with, it was daddy. And he welcomed me every single day at the crack of dawn, letting me crawl under the cowers and hugged me to him, while he slept on.

I remember feeling very loved then. How it went from that to being genuinely afraid of the man, I can only ascribe to his mental illness, which in the end was what made my mother leave him, despite the fact that she still loved him.

I think the bottom line here is... I kinda miss my daddy. Is that weird? I know where to find him (or how to, anyway) but last time we spoke it was so strange. Like we never knew each other. But right now... I would really just like to hug my daddy again.

And now for something completely different...

Oprah Winfrey visited Copenhagen recently, and I cannot even begin to descibe all the insane media coverage that prompted!! I'm beginning to agree with Walter that Oprah is the most powerful man in the free world. Anywho, today Danish television was finally allowed to put on her show. (Only about a month after she broadcasted it herself. Bah.) So just to know what all the hubub was about, I watched it.

And... uhm... let's just say I don't agree with everything that was shown in that visit. She chose to visit Denmark, because a survey has shown that Denmark is the happiest country in the world. I do wonder how they figured that. I can't find any functioning links to the sources. *shrug*

According to the bimbos Oprah selected for her 'average Danish women' to interview, we Danes are all (and I quote)
1. Equal
2. Tall, lean and blonde
3. Educated
4. Non-religious
5. Healthy
6. Environmentally aware

I'm not saying we're not these things, I'm just saying that claming that ALL Danes are like this is incredibly ignorant. Also, by only visiting the capitol city, a really narrow slice of Denmark was shown. 90% of Denmark is rural areas.

Basically, what I'm saying is, that I don't agree with all that was shown, and I'm a little sorry it got shown to so many people around the world as a reliable source. Because we all know, what Oprah says is the truth. For She is God.

'Oh. And Julian?'

'Yes Garak?'

'Nice boots.'

From The Story of Love by Robin Lawrie.