Life is a Cabaret

Have finished three of the four papers due on Monday. At least two of them need some editing, and I'm sure the one I'm going to do tomorrow and Sunday will as well, but I can do that.

Tonight I went to campus films with heart_of_man, and this weekend's was Mamma Mia, which I love. And of course it got me into the mood to listen to ABBA, but I don't actually have that many ABBA songs. So I went to iTunes to buy a few more, but iTunes is being annoying. I try to listen to that thirty-second preview they have of each song, but every few seconds it needs to "rebuffer stream", so the song ends up taking two or three times to load.

Anyone know what's up with this, and what I can do to fix it? I've got the latest version of iTunes, so I know it isn't that.

Also, I am ridiculously tired and am so going to bed soon. *snoozes*

Yesterday I went over to velesia's and made her watch "Fear Her". Mwah. Probably not the best introductory episode, but the other ones I had were Impossible Planet/Satan Pit, Love and Monsters, and Army of Ghosts/Doomsday. Out of all those, Fear Her is definitely better introductory material. Plus, flirty! She said she thinks the Doctor is cute (looks and personality), though as that's clearly what the episode is about, she got the gist. *g* (Oh, Vel. You should be glad I had this disc, rather than season 3, on hand. He's not very cute, personality-wise, in that season.)

We were also going to make snickerdoodles. Except we started pretty late, and by 11:30 the batter wasn't done chilling, so we decided to hell with actually baking the cookies, we could eat the dough! So we did, and it was good.

I got the DW S2 Confidentials today. There were also David Tennant's Video Diaries, and I squeed through much of that. How sexy does he look with his glasses? And stubble! And just, you know, all the time! And he kept licking his lips. :D He also seems like a real sweetheart, and I totally wouldn't have minded if they'd gone on a lot longer than they had.

How many of the S2 Confidentials are actually worth watching? 'Cause I watched all of the S1 Confidentials, but half of them (or maybe more, I forget) were technical stuff I wasn't really interested in. I want talking about the characters/plots, plzkthnx. Or, on the other hand, lots of David Tennant.

Now, O Wonderful Flist, I need your help. I am trying to watch .avi files on QuickTime, but they won't play! My computer is completely up-to-date, software-wise, so I have no idea what the problem is. It's just, I download something, but when I try to play it, I get nothing but a blank screen. QuickTime keeps telling me there's a component I need to download, but I've downloaded it twice and nothing happens. I have no idea what's going on or how I can fix it. Maybe I shouldn't even be bothering trying to watch .avi files with QuickTime, but in that case, I don't know what else I can use.

Help?

eta: And why can't I find any good icons of the TARDIS? Gah. *frustrated*

...I actually have a lot I want to say, but this is just a quick post before I go back to reading fic. :p

So, this Wednesday, my little sister is leaving for a nine-month trip abroad, to Tanzania, Thailand, and Australia, but she has to leave from San Francisco, which is about four hours away. My parents and I are taking her there, then spending some more time in the city before coming home. But it's been awhile since I've been to San Francisco, so can anyone recommend something fun to do that won't take longer than, say, half a day?

More details on other things, including Sister's trip, later. I just wanted to get this out before Wednesday.

Does anyone know when Croatoan is going to be released on iTunes? I've got the first eight episodes of Supernatural S2, and I've got Hunted on TiVo, but I do prefer watching episodes in order. But failing my ability to watch Croatoan soon, do I need to have seen it in order to get everything in Hunted? It's just that I've been reading the flist squee about it, and now I really wanna watch it.

In other news, I got my leave of absence, and on Sunday my dad and I are going up to move me out and bring my car back down. And Twin left yesterday to go back to her school. Sigh. Figures that she finishes her leave of absence just as I start mine. I will miss her, but at least I won't have to miss the rest of my family at the same time.

The batteries in my wireless mouse died and I don't have any on hand. How does one do the equivalent of right-click on a Mac?

(Am at school, btw. Long-ass car trips are boring. Not much else to say.)