Oh. Holy. God. HOUSE IS BACK. BACK BACK BACK. I don't just mean after, like, two weeks. I mean the show is BACK. The characters I love, the crazy way everything just fits, thematically, from POTW through to the interactions between House and Wilson, and Chase and Cameron, and OMG THE HOUSE/CUDDY ASDL;AJDJASJFSDHFSDFLSDAS.

( she'll be red and delicious before she knows it )

I have actually watched this episode, like, three times tonight while typing this up. I love it. I've not felt so compelled to rewatch and rewatch and REWATCH in a very long time. LOVE LOVE LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE. ♥ ♥ ♥

OMG teevee hiiiiiigh. XD

WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT THE WHAT.

HERE ARE SOME TOTALLY INCOHERENT THOUGHTS, WRITTEN ENTIRELY IN CAPSLOCK. FEEL FREE TO IGNORE, I KNOW I'M THREE MONTHS LATE ON THE FLAIL.

( HOLY CRAP MY BRAIN IS FRIED SIX WAYS 'TIL SUNDAY )

In other news, I was completely useless as work. One of my colleagues had her last day today and we went out for Japanese to celebrate and wish her well. I wished it was MY last day.

And that is all, really.

IT'S 5.51AM ON A WORK NIGHT. I HAVEN'T SLEPT YET. OR REALLY PACKED FOR MY TRIP. I HAVE, ON THE OTHER HAND, WATCHED 13 EPISODES OF HOUSE IN THE SPACE OF ONE DAY AND AM ALL CAUGHT UP. 5X23 WAS LEGENDARY, GUYS. LEGENDARY. TO THE POINT THAT I MADE A SHIT-TON OF ICONS RATHER THAN SLEEP, BECAUSE I. HAD. TO.

( MORE RANDOM FLAIL - SPOILERS AHOY )

ALSO NOW I HAVE TO PACK FOR NEW YORK WHEN I GET HOME TOMORROW. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING, BTW, WHAT EVEN IS MY LIFE.

I'M SOOOO LATE TO THE HOUSE FLAIL PARTY, GUYS. I FAIL. HOW DID I LET THIS SHOW GO FOR SO LONG? BUT I'M BACK NOW. So, you know, flail with me if you like? :D

p/s I am sooo behind on comments and checking the flist because I've been busy watching House. Will deal with that when I can, promise!

1. THREE DAYS. CANNOT FATHOM THIS. Even though work is starting to fall in my lap again, and I really should do some of it because so much of it is due to my sitting around doing a whole lot of not much, right now my only concern is to keep from falling ill before I have to take off for the trip. Being barred from entering the US at this point is really NOT at all high on my list of priorities, nope. OMG CAN'T BELIEVE I'LL BE SEEING WONDERETTES IN LESS THAN FIVE DAYS ALSDHSADHASLDSA ♥

2. Also, I find it hard to focus these days because all I want to do is be a huge enormous dork and curl up in a corner with my stash of X-Men comics and devour them like the good little nerd I am. Today I tried to explain to my boss why Wolverine doesn't age and has apparently been through a litany of world wars in the recent past. Nerd extraordinaire, that is indeed me.

3. Cheno is a ball of cute, I just had to say. I love that the pay-off to that interview is a nice, long, glorious stretch of Over The Rainbow. Also, I SEE HER IN CONCERT NEXT MONDAY. \o/ The excitement, it is EVERYWHERE!

4. Speaking of which: native New Yorkers, where is there a good place to snag free internet? Do I have to start living in Starbucks? (Is there even free wireless there?) I have my perfectly portable little netbook, so that's fine, but I still need to know where I can go to get net access... in case the friend I'm living with has maxed out her internet time (entirely possible). I'm also trying to figure out what the weather's gonna be like: I'm sure I can easily buy anything I'm missing, since it isn't the absolute dead of winter this time. But I'm guessing I'll need an umbrella at least...

5. MORE of alphabet meme, I intend to FINISH this before I go to NY!! ( F - em - L )

6. I LEGIT TALK TOO MUCH. How is it 2am already!?!? Okay okay OKAY. Bedtime... if I'm not distracted by comics, that is. XD

1. Am I posting from work right now? YES I AM. I don't give a damn. I was gonna post yesterday, but was so crazy shacked I fell asleep in bed... the perils of having a netbook, sigh. Though I guess it's better for me than falling asleep on my chair and waking up all bent and broken just to stagger to bed.

2. MY JOB FAILS SO DAMN HARD. After staying 'til 6.30am on Monday morning, went home and crashed, but went back in at 3pm and stayed 'til 1am. Then I didn't go back in until 1am the next day and stayed until 8pm that day. For NOTHING. There wasn't ANYTHING to write, or anything that I COULD write, and it was a complete waste of my time. I also discovered that what I was hoping to have happen at the end of the year - that would have given me a few months' reprieve from this hellhole - is in all likelihood NOT happening for me. So, you know, FML in every way.

3. I'm STALKING MY MAILBOX SO HARD. Still nothing as yet. Why does my mail not bring me flail, guys? WHY? D:

4. Icon meme from timeofyoursong, because I like icons and I like flail and I like flailing about icons. Let me know in your comment if you want to play:
1. Reply to this post, and I will pick six of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.




( flail ensues )

5. And another meme, because this one looks like crazy fun. I suspect I'm too verbose to be quoteable though. ;) Go forth and play! And let me know if you have a thread too. :)



6. Okay I should stop procrastinating and work now. I don't want to. :( I'll flist properly tonight.

OKAY SO GUYS. lanafromoz tagged me for a meme:

1. Post about something that made you happy today even if it's just a small thing.
2. Do this everyday for a week without fail.
3. Tag 8 of your friends to do the same. - I'm not tagging but EVERYONE should do this, because it's a nice way to, you know, remember your day in the run-up to Christmas. :D

Anyway. WHAT BETTER WAY TO START THIS OFF THEN BY SAYING: YOU KNOW WHAT MADE ME HAPPY? THIS WEEK'S HOUSE EPISODE MADE ME HAPPY.

( pronoun confusion at its sexiest: 'you can use our outer office...' )

Wow I wrote a thesis. O_O I'm so sorry this turned out so long. *weeps* Can you tell this episode made me really super ultra extra happy? :D I can't believe there's only one more episode until winter hiatus. *cries*

I love my show. *hugs it*

Anyways. Tomorrow I'm going out for lunch - to my favourite restaurant - and out for dinner and a movie, so I think it'll be good times then too. YAY. XD I could really get used to this not-really-doing-work-while-at-work thing.

OMIGOD. I'M SUPPOSED TO SLEEP BECAUSE I'M NARCOLEPTIC. AND I STILL KEEP FALLING ASLEEP AT WORK. BUT WHATEVER. OMIGOD. THE ITCH, GUYS. WTF WAS THAT AWESOME. I DIDN'T THINK IT COULD BEAT JOY, BUT GUESS WHAT. I FREAKIN' LOVED IT. ASLDJALFALHLHLGHLDDASDASDA.

( YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!! )

Oh, show. I love you long time.

1. I swear I'm going to bed soon. My back's all achy from yoga, even though it was technically a doddle of a class. I'm really soooo not motivated to work these days. I spent ALL DAY watching election coverage on CNN, obviously, and THAT made me happy. But did I work? Noooooooo. Sigh. MOTIVATE ME, GUYS. Or not. :P

2. You know how CNN goes on a MASSIVE FOOTAGE LOOP after a while? The coverage of the actual polling didn't, because stuff kept changing, but once Obama was announced as president, it went into a loop. And I think I must've watched Obama and McCain's speeches quite a few times over. Obama's speech was great, but you know what makes me more than a wee bit weepy? These bits of McCain's speech: when he says, "We fought as hard as we could. And though we fell short, the failure is mine, not yours" and also "This campaign was and will remain the great honour of my life". Awww. :(

3. Also, Proposition 8. WTF, California, WTF. Talk about a reality crash-landing.

4. Okay, no more political blather. Let's have some FLAIL instead. Everyone needs to read this parody of Mamma Mia (the movie), because it is freakin' HILARIOUS, ZOMG. I could easily quote it all day long! Sample:

PIERCE BROSNAN Meryl, you should stop your daughter from getting married. Also, I love you. MERYL STREEP Oh shit, you’re going to sing again aren’t you. PIERCE BROSNAN Yep. (sings) So when you’re near me, darling can’t you hear me, SOS. I literally couldn’t sound less like a human if I tried, SOS. <-- LMAO, FAVOURITE!!!!!!!! MERYL STREEP Oh Pierce. I love you too. (pause) Except I hate you. Asshole. PIERCE BROSNAN This runs in the family, doesn’t it? Isn’t there a psychiatrist on this island anywhere?

5. Whoa, guys. We have an Elphaba for January 2009. She's a TV star... and has also been in Disaster Movie and Meet The Spartans. UM WUT. That is hardly a reassuring set of credentials. *cries* What if she can't sing? She needs to belt the roof off the Gershwin, ARGH.

6. Errrr... at least Ms Murney is keeping busy? I want to go for this Nov 17 Town Hall concert, argh. UNPLUGGED. Julia is awesome unplugged. As is Jeff McCarthy, who is ALSO in the cast. EEEEK. Also, this is my new favourite picture.

7. Finished tracking my Lee Hom audio! :D ( music man )

8. Why so much flail today, world? Clearly I am NOT AT ALL EXCITED ABOUT House/Cuddy spoilers of AWESOME. And how adorable are these photos of the 100th episode party, hmmm? Lisa + cake + Jesse = OT3, y/y? ♥

9. MOAR COMMENTS TO BE ANSWERED TOMORROW. BEDTIME NOOOOW.

WTF. WTF. I HATE BEING LATE TO THE PARTY. I AM ALSO NOT REALLY COHERENT RIGHT NOW. BUT BUT BUT HAD TO FLAIL. WHO CARES THAT IT'S 4.16 IN THE MORNING AND I HAVE TO BE AT WORK IN FOUR HOURS.

*AVOIDS SPOILERY ICON* because everyone else has been so good to me! ;)

( IMMENSE AMOUNTS OF FLAILAGE OVER HOUSE )

I AM SO GOING TO DIE AT WORK TOMORROW. LATER TODAY, WHATEVER. BUT IT WAS WORTH IT. ASLDJASLDJALDJLA.

Comments tomorrow. I need to SLEEP. But eeeeeeeeeeeeek.

1. HAI. Let's make this the randomest post in the history of ever, y/y? Memes and random Julia bits from her Studio A Cabaret interview, because they make me happy and amuse me ENDLESSLY.

2. OMIGOD. So I'm finally tracking my boot of Kerry's last Wicked and I want to DIE from the awesome. She was. SO. FREAKING. AMAZING. Riffs everywhere, in excellent voice, and listening to the boot is like listening to a friggin' rock concert. There was just so much love and energy and crazy screaming and passion that night. GOD. BEST WICKED EVER, for me. So. So. AWESOME. Plus I'm totally grooving on the quality of this. LOVE.

3. Here's the first random Julia bit. Everyone remember the 'la la la la la la guava' moment from DQYNJ? Mwahahaha, check out this longer version - wouldn't it make an awesome handphone ringtone!?!


4. Meme the first, snagged from lanafromoz! ( 60 random questions )

5. And before I work on the next meme, here's ANOTHER random Julia moment. I guess I'll never get to see or hear her as Velma Kelly in Chicago - how much would that ROCK - but at least we'll always have her doing the ridiculously difficult Hunyak monologue in Cell Block Tango, eh? LOVE. Plus, she doesn't know that 7x8=56, LOL.


6. I was tagged for a pic-spam meme by naley_forever23:
1) Pick a hot girl... or guy... take a moment to think.
2) Is this the guy/gal you want?
3) Pick his/her top 10 hottest, cutest, most irresistible pictures.
4) Tag five other users.
5) Comment with the link to your meme.

7. And finally, to end off: I forgot how friggin' AMAZING Kerry's last was. I know, I started this post flailing about Kerry, but I have to flail SOME MORE since I'm done tracking Act I and OMFG DEFYING GRAVITY. LISTEN TO HER RIFF. LISTEN TO HER BE AMAZING. *SOBS*


8. FLAILY ENOUGH FOR Y'ALL?! That took 2.5 hours, in between tracking Wicked and whatnot, OMG!!

Oh. God.
This episode was... I can't even capslock flail about it. I mean, everything I feel and say you can probably assume is in the equivalent of capslock? But this was such a... smart, heartbreakingly well-written and acted episode, exploring so many themes and relationships and just everything that... capslock doesn't do it justice, somehow. Capslock is for FLAIL. This episode deserves some serious respect.

To wit:

So. I loved that. Even if there was no capslock. The lack of capslock should be an indication of how much I enjoyed it, really, and how much it was just an experience. I love this show, and the writers, and the cast. I hate that it's the end of the season, but at least it's going out with a real bang. Lots to look forward to over a looong summer hiatus. Sigh!

Non House-related dorkiness:
Anyway. The reason I got to the recap so late? I was messing around, predictably, with my new iPod. OH GOD. You know what? iPods are EVIL for people who have anal-retentive, obsessive-compulsive tendencies. I am supremely ANNOYED by the way my music looks at points, so I must reorganise and re-tag songs and albums and EVERYTHING. This is going to be a HUGE PROJECT, OMG. FAIL FAIL. Not to mention the fact that I've discovered the joy of having pretty album art. I will emphatically NOT allow myself to make art for every single bootleg I have. WILL NOT. But I sense cover arts are in the future for Julia's concerts at least. *ahem* Also? I NOW HAVE THE WILD PARTY ON MY IPOD. I CAN WATCH JULIA SINGING HER LUNGS OUT AT ME PRETTY MUCH ANYTIME I WANT, KTHX. This is awesome.

What's not so awesome? Going to bed at 4.30am on a weekday. FECK. I'm going to be even more retarded at work than usual...

WTF. WTF WAS THAT. WTF KIND OF AWESOME WAS THAT.

ASDLJALKDJLASJDLASDJLASDJLSAJLAD. I DO NOT THINK I CAN PROCESS THIS IN WORDS THAT ARE COHERENT OR THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WORDS. OMFG. LIKE. OMFG.

Seriously. Aside from the OBVIOUS House/Cuddy awesomeness of AWESOME, this was just - gah. One of the best episodes of this show EVER. I cannot. Literally CANNOT. wait for next week. *sobs from the anticipation*

I NEED TO SAY THAT AGAIN. ONE OF THE BEST EPISODES EVER. EVAR. EVAR. YES, IT NEEDS TO BE MIS-SPELT, IN ITALICS AND IN CAPS. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.


So, as I go to bed gayer than I have ever ever been, SPAM ME WITH HOUSE/CUDDY LOVE. YOU KNOW YOU GUYS HAVEN'T FLAILED ENOUGH YET.

RIGHT. SO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN WONDERING - WTF HAPPENED TO ellixian AND WHEN IS SHE GOING TO STOP TALKING ABOUT JULIA MURNEY? (WELL, NEVER, BUT LOL. TODAY I WILL.) I JUST WATCHED HOUSE. HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE. OH GOD. SHOW. IS. BACK, GUYS.

AND BACK IN A WAY THAT MAKES ME ENTIRELY CAPSLOCK-FLAILY AND TOTALLY INCAPABLE OF COHERENT SPEECH. I SHALL ATTEMPT A SANE REVIEW. I PROMISE. BUT ASKDJLDKJALDJSLDJASLDJASLDJASLDJLASDJAS. <-- HOUSE/CUDDY SCENES DO THAT TO ME. YOU KNOW THEY DO IT TO YOU TOO.


OMG, I didn't even realise I had that much to say about 4x13. BECAUSE 4X14 IS MADE OF TEN MILLION KINDS OF AWESOME OH GOD. SWEETSAUCE. I NOW KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. SDKLFJSDLFJSDLFJSDLFS.


I FRICKIN' LOVE MY SHIP RIGHT NOW. LOVE IT.

ESPECIALLY BECAUSE NEXT WEEK'S PROMO IS TOTALLY LOL-ARIOUS. NO SPOILAGE EXCEPT TO SAY: THE BIT AT ABOUT 0:19? IT'S NOT JUST YOUR FANTASY, HOUSE.

OH GOD. SO GAY FOR LISA AGAIN. LOL.

And I guess the House dorkage is back for good, huh? *looks around* My it's good to be back.

I know I'm late to the party, guys. BUT COME FLAIL WITH ME ANYWAY?? :)

1. WHY DOES THE BEST CRACK ALWAYS HAPPEN WHEN I AM AT WORK OR ASLEEP, ASKJDLDJASLDJLSJDLASA. Seriously. I went to bed for, like, just FOUR HOURS. When I got up again, flist had EXPLODED. EVEN MORE SO THAN AFTER SWEETSAUCE (WHATEVER THAT MEANS LOL!). Understandably though, for you see, I know all about the super-sexy House promos - the pictures at least, though not the tv promo (yet) - and I am ALL SPOILED FOR THOSE, AND ALL FLAILY. I COULD LITERALLY DIE FROM THE AWESOME. BECAUSE OMG HOW PRETTY AND HOW SEXY AND HOW ASDKSJALJDLJASDLAS ARE THOSE?!? FINALLY WE HAVE CUDDY IN PROMOS AND ISN'T SHE BLOODY GORGEOUS. PLUS THAT PROMO. WTF. W. T. F. KIND OF AWESOME IS THAT. I am, however, two episodes behind so am NOT leaping into any massive flail sessions for fear of being spoiled on plot points before I can see the episodes myself tomorrow.

2. It's good to have the fandom back though. Man. You guys have been going NUTS on my flist, lol. And I LOVE IT.

3. Work was made of FAIL today. Though when is it not. My boss was, as usual, full of inspirational win. I AM NOT BEING SARCASTIC AT ALL. </sarcasm> Okay. I shall NOT bitch though. Shall NOT.

4. ELTON!! YAY for Elton concert!! It was amazing - he played for a solid two and a half hours, no costume changes, just sang and tinkled those ivories like his life depended on it, which was awesome. I was surprised at how LITTLE he bantered (I always imagined he'd be the kind who would toss out wisecracks every other song, you know?), and I have to be honest - he no longer has that falsetto of his. It was pretty obvious in parts, when he either let his band or the audience cover for the fact that he can't go all high like he used to be able to. (See Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.) But he covered for it pretty well, and he was otherwise in really GOOD voice. He opened the show by singing a batch of obscure songs that I suspect you'd only know if you were a hardcore Elton fan - which I'm not - but the concert REALLY picked up once he hit his stretch of epic singles. OMG. It was cracktastic. The audience did his work for him (he really didn't even TRY to get everyone out of their seats and hyper, they just were). Bopping around to Crocodile Rock or Bennie & The Jets? GOOD TIMES. I bring my favourite songs from the concert, which are pretty much some of my favourite Elton songs ever. More flailing under the cut:

5. Funnily enough, I'm addicted to Alice Ripley's music. No big surprise there. But I just procured her songs with her band Ripley, and am AGAIN simply floored by her versatility. How does she switch from Broadway belting to folksy pop and punk rock? I DON'T KNOW, BUT SHE DOES, AND I LOVE HER FOR IT. I'm a little bit obsessed with her song Romeo now, but I can't for the life of me understand what she's singing at some points. AND GOOGLE HAS FAILED ME FOR ONCE. Anyone on the flist actually has lyrics? Or can help deaf ol' me decipher what Alice is singing? ;)

6. More work tomorrow. Saaaadfaaaaace. I'd rather stay home and flail. And I MUST go to bed now. MUST.

I was tagged by lfae! This is SUCH a fab meme and so fun to do - I've tagged people, but ALL of you should give it a go. ;)

Create an image of nine things you currently really like, explain the things, and tag six others so they can share some inspiration and positive vibes too. - ETA: I cheated and made it nine things I REALLY love, not just currently... or I'd have a rather different meme result, like Julia Murney, Idina Menzel, Julia Murney, Wicked, Julia Murney etc...!! ;)

Title: from walking away
    or: five birthdays she doesn't spend with gregory house (part four)
Author: ellixian
Characters: House, Wilson, Cuddy
Rating: PG
Summary: There are moments when James Wilson knows why he has stayed friends with Gregory House throughout the years.
Concrit: Absolutely.
Disclaimer: I don't make money off this, and all related characters don't belong to me.
A/N: Fourth in a five-part series, though each installment can safely be read on its own. Clearly I had fun writing Wilson the last time around... For ashley_west, who needed a pick-me-up and helped me kill a comma. (Earlier installments: I | II | III )

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Title: surely it can't hurt
    or: five birthdays she doesn't spend with gregory house (part three)
Author: ellixian
Rating: PG
Summary: He remembers the moment he knew she had chosen to believe that there was still something in House worth the effort and the lawsuits and the torture, when she had looked him in the eye, squared her jaw, and said she would offer House a job.
Concrit: Absolutely.
Disclaimer: I don't make money off this, and all related characters don't belong to me.
A/N: Third in a five-part series, though each installment can safely be read on its own. A bit of a departure from the first two, and this - written seven months ago now - was my first serious attempt to give voice to a character from the show other than House or Cuddy... you'll find out who I mean. Thanks to noldoparma, who first read this in August last year (!!), and ashley_west, who read it considerably more recently. All mistakes are my own. (Earlier installments: I | II )

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Title: the world that is hers
    or: five birthdays she doesn't spend with gregory house (part two)
Author: ellixian
Characters: House, Cuddy, ...
Rating: PG
Summary: "Not easy tracking you down," he informs her, and out of nowhere comes a memory of the time he said those same words to her, in a tiny jazz pub miles away from campus, where she had gone to avoid the world.
Concrit: Absolutely.
Disclaimer: I don't make money off this, and all related characters don't belong to me.
A/N: Second in a five-part series, though each installment can safely be read on its own. Thanks to ashley_west who read an earlier version. (Part one is here.)

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Title: or at least, he knows
    or: five birthdays she doesn't spend with gregory house (part one)
Author: ellixian
Characters: House, Cuddy
Rating: PG
Summary: "You," he continues, as he slips his arms under her back and gathers her into him, "are remarkably unconscious and remarkably drunk..."
Concrit: Absolutely.
Disclaimer: I don't make money off this, and all related characters don't belong to me.
A/N: First in a five-part series, to be posted over the next few weeks. This particular installment is, alarmingly enough, the first House fic I ever wrote - it's taken me six months to get around to filling out the rest of the series, but I think it's finally safe to let Baby come out to play...
For: yuki_onna90, who read this first and told me it didn't suck; and for ashley_west, for reading through this and more besides.

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Good thing it's a public holiday tomorrow and all I have to do is go visiting and eat a lot of crap - if I can do that and still breathe, that is. I've been coughing non-stop for the last five hours, which is awful and kind of painful and really annoying. I THOUGHT I WAS ON THE WAY TO BEING FIXED ALREADY, WTF.

Anyway. Pardon the digression. HOUSE EPISODE FLAILAGE TIME. I can just imagine the amount of squee and flailage that must be occurring in the House/Wilson fandom right about now...


And finally, to bed. It's almost 6.30am. Good thing I don't have to work, though I DO have to go out and be semi-sociable tomorrow and be nice to people. I get money in return for doing so, though. Guess things could be worse then. ;)