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HOLY CRAP THAT WAS LEGIT A REALLY GOOD EPISODE. I mean, I haven't really been into this season, definitely not as much as last season, although I did really like 2.04. But this was really great. The only complaint I have is it ending on that light note with Gaius and Merlin. I would have much preferred it ending on a slightly darker or more down note of both Arthur and Uther thanking Merlin for all he's done to fight against magic-users. But that was a really, really small complaint considering how awesome the rest of the episode was.

I really, really loved Merlin's look when Arthur was like "Maybe magic-users aren't all bad!" I want Arthur to find out about Merlin so bad. I hope the show goes on long enough for that to happen, because yeah. I would adore an entire season of dealing with that, really. I'm totally into this show for the Merlin/Arthur friendship (and more if they ever chose to go there! Which they wouldn't. BUT STILL. Just putting it out there), so yeah, I enjoyed that this episode seemed to reflect more their relationship at the end of season 1 than their relationship at the beginning of this season, which was kind of a... regression to their beginning of season 1 relationship. If any of that made sense.



DOCTOR WHO IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE THE LAST EPISODE YAY.

I don't know how I'm going to handle the transition from Ten to Eleven! I thought I would be okay, but now I'm not so sure! I'm going to miss Ten! I mean, after season 1 I was like "OMG NO I DON'T WANT NINE TO LEAVE I LOVE HIM I WON'T EVER BE ABLE TO ACCEPT TEN" but I actually didn't really have any trouble switching to loving Ten, and I ended up loving him just a bit more. So maybe I'll be able to deal. But then again, Ten has been around much longer than Nine was around. So I don't know. I'm pretty sure I'm going to end up sobbing when Ten dies.

This was definitely much better than the previous two specials this "season." I got almost teary when Ten was talking about how sometimes he can save one or two but that an event like this is fixed and he can't save them and all that, because you know how much he wishes it weren't the case, and how much it's killing him to hear them.

I love that this is totally why the show has shown that the Doctor needs companions in the past. I forget who... but I want to say Donna (maybe at the end of The Runaway Bride?) tells the Doctor to get a companion because sometimes he needs someone to pull him back. And yeah, here the Doctor is, needing to be pulled back.

WHAT WAS WITH THE RANDOM OOD? IS THAT SIGNALING TEN'S DEATH?

The preview for the next Christmas special looks amazing. THE MASTER! DONNA!!!!!!! THE END OF TIIIIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait. And luckily it's a shorter wait from now to Christmas than it was from the last special to this one (or even last year's Christmas special to the Easter one).


I started looking at movies/TV shows/episodes/etc. of this decade so I'll have lists ready for when I actually have time to make picspams, and... haha. This is ridiculous. I think best movies and TV shows of the decade I could probably do, but episodes? This picspam would be like a thousand images large and would not be ready until like the next decade is over. I'm probably going to limit the number of episodes per show that can make it, but even with that... Oh well. It's just for fun, so who cares, right? Even if I won't be done with it by the time the year is done. And who knows if I'll ever end up posting this; I plan so many picspams that never even get started.

I have a huge urge to rewatch Chuck. I had this same urge at the end of last semester, but things were so busy so I was like "Once this semester is over, I will!" And then... I never did. But now I feel like rewatching it again. I'm so anxious for the new season. Now is not the best time to be trying to watch more TV, though. But I'm afraid that by the time I finally do have time, I won't feel like it anymore. I don't know. In October I did manage to get through 3 seasons of Greek and 1 season plus a handful of episodes of Fringe. And all of TBBT. So maybe I can manage.

I totally got nothing productive done this weekend. I did my German homework, which really isn't a hassle since it's just grammar, and I don't know. I enjoy learning German, so even if there are other things I'd rather be doing, I'd definitely rather do German homework than any of my other homework. I've just been kind of in a funk the past few days. Wednesday and Thursday I was actually feeling just really positive and amazing, and then Friday was just... not a good day at all. And my mood from that day seeped into Saturday and has seeped into today. I'll be fine in a few days, but I'm still kind of obsessing over something that upset me on Friday, and when I'm in this kind of mood, I just want to do absolutely nothing. I mean, really, I'm not even caught up on all new TV from last week despite having plenty of time to watch stuff.

On the plus side, I barely have anything major this week. The biggest thing I have is a draft of the Results section for my research project. But we don't actually have to have all our responses collected or analyzed, so for me it'll probably be "There was found to be a significant/insignificant difference between freshmen/sophomores and juniors/seniors, F(??, ??) = ??, p = ??" And seeing as I have nothing else major this week, I'll probably wait until Wednesday to talk to her about it and then write it up Thursday early afternoon, send it to her for revisions, and turn in the revised copy Friday. I have my normal huge amount of Discrete Math homework/assignments, but I'm starting to develop an attitude of "OH GOD I JUST DON'T CARE AT ALL ABOUT THIS CLASS, I DON'T WANT TO DO ANY OF THE WORK." Well, ok, that's not entirely new, but before when I had that attitude, I'd still put in hours and hours of work into the homework/assignments. Now I'm just like "I hate this class, I have an A, and I'm taking it pass/fail" so I'm not putting any effort in. I'll probably try to finish the homework tonight and do the assignment tomorrow. I mean, I did get called on first during the last class and only 5 people went after me, so the likelihood of me getting called to explain a problem on Tuesday is not high. And at the very least, I know I can skip the first 10 problems and focus on the later ones first because it's more likely I'll be called up for the later ones, if we even get to them. Yes, I have learned to strategize doing the assignments in this class.

I think I'm just burnt out from school. I'm so excited for the classes I'm planning to take next semester (which I will post about after I register on Wednesday and know for sure which classes I'm in), and I'm really not enjoying my classes this semester. Like... German is good, but I've had better German classes, and next semester the German prof is the same one I had for my very first German class whom I loved and can't wait to take another class from him. Discrete Math I've complained about enough that most people who have been paying any sort of attention should know only causes me stress and pain in my life, and Directed Research is being pretty stressful these days. Cognitive Psych was my favorite class until this thing on Thursday/Friday which was the main reason why I was in a horrible mood on Friday that I don't want to get into, but needless to say, it is not bringing me happiness right now. And next semester I'll probably be (provided I get in) taking a class with my absolute favorite professor and also taking a class about evolution which I find fascinating and just, everything about next semester seems so much better than this semester.

On the plus side, this is the last full week of school before Thanksgiving break. Sure, there are several weeks of school left after Thanksgiving (my last final is on the 19th. Last year, my last final was on the 10th. Not fair), but being home, even for just a few days, will make me feel so much better. And this is the last week of Wind Ensemble rehearsals for the semester, which is awesome. I like Wind Ensemble, but I hate Wednesdays, being out from 2:20 to 6 PM. Yeah, that doesn't sound terrible, but I like having a little more time to myself. I mean, I do also have class from 10:50 to 1, so most of my morning and afternoon is filled, and by the time I get back to my apartment, I'm just exhausted. And I could use an extra 1 1/2 hours to relax or start HW early or whatever. Some coming back from Thanksgiving break will definitely be made easier by having less stressful Wednesdays (and Mondays, but Mondays aren't quite as bad since I don't have my German lab from 3:30-4:30, so I do get a little bit more of a break than on Wednesdays).

I had a meeting with everyone in my apartment earlier tonight and the subject of getting a cat came up and apparently the landlord is against cats because he thinks it would pee all over the carpet and ruin it, but one of my roommates is going to argue with him and see if we can like put a deposit down for the carpet and get a cat. I'm really, really hoping this works because I would love having a pet here. It would seriously make my life less stressful. The rest of the meeting was really great, actually. As I said, I haven't been in the best mood this weekend, but it was fun meeting with everyone (since everyone's so busy and so we're rarely all at home at the same time). My roommates are really awesome, I must say.