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Ok, so I spent the weekend basically watching every episode of Brothers and Sisters, which was kind of stupid, because I was planning on saving it for either winter break if the strike ends early, or for if the strike goes on a long time and they run out of episodes for all the shows I love to watch. But the thing is, well. It started because I was doing this presentation for my Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies class (it's about technology in relation to gender, race, and sexuality) on queer representation on television today (which, by the way, was totally the most fun presentation I've ever done, because I basically just spent 40 minutes talking about Ugly Betty and Queer as Folk and Doctor Who and Torchwood and well just about every show I've watched that has gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, or intersexed characters), and I was doing "research" for it (basically just reading through the Sexuality on TV thread at TWoP to make sure I wasn't forgetting any major representations on shows I've seen) and I kept reading that the character of Kevin was one of the best representations of a gay male on television in that he wasn't stereotypical and they actually showed him having relationships and kissing men and then treated his relationships just as straight characters' relationships. So I decided to just watch a few episodes before and talk briefly about his character, but then I got hooked on the third episode and I couldn't stop watching this weekend. Which wasn't good when I had a test Monday and spent most of Sunday finishing up in time for the episode that night.

Um, but anyways. Long-winded way of saying I really, really love this show. ( Rambling about characters and stuff on Brothers and Sisters. )

I can't believe I'm going to be home again just a week from today. The past week or so has gone by really quickly. It's good, though. I'm really looking forward to being home again.