Life is a Cabaret

i. I feel like doing Roman numerals today.

ii. I just got finished watching a movie and doing a write up of it for a class. It wasn't even a very interesting movie! Well, the content was interesting, but the performance was boring. Eh.

iii. Last week the school had a career fair, and I went because, well, not too long before I'm done with school. I talked to this guy from Grassroots Campaigns, which does things for groups such as Planned Parenthood, the DNC, the ACLU, Amnesty International, and so on. I expressed interest. Then today they were in the student union building again and I talked to them and they said they were doing interest meetings for summer internships today! With interviews! And I should come!

I agreed, because I need a summer internship. But then it was just omg unexpected interview! And I don't even have a resume!

So I put together a resume. And I got dressed up in interview clothes, and brought my resume with me to the interest meeting. No one else who showed up was in interview clothes, or had a resume. I hope that bodes well for me.

I think the interview went pretty well. My resume centered on my political experience and volunteer work, which is basically what this organization is about. I think I came across fairly well.

And the guy said they're going to let me know within forty-eight hours! Eep. Much sooner than I was expecting. I'm going to be nervous until then.

This is actually not the internship I want the most--I still haven't done applications for editing positions, which is what I really want. But if I do get this, it will be a big relief that I at least have something, even if I can't get my first choices.

iv. I FINISHED FIC TODAY. More than that, I finished another fic in the With a Little Help from My Friends universe, so now I officially have an actual series going. I also have a better name for the universe itself, but I don't want to reveal it yet. :p

But the fics in this series seem to just grow. Like, the first fic I was thinking would be about 3000 words when I wrote it, and I ended up with 10,000. This new fic I was thinking would be 2000, and it ended up at 5000. I'm not complaining since I'm pretty happy with the pacing as it turned out, but wow, quite the discrepancy between my expectations and the reality. :p

v. I did the association meme, and shinyopals gave me these five things:

( ARGH! NOT GRAMMAR! )

( University stuff )

( Doctor/Rose cuteness )

( Harry Potter )

( The X-Files )

There's something I've been seeing about a certain scene in The Stolen Earth...

( Yes, THAT scene )

Okay. I'm done poking at the essay and am ready to post it. *breathes sigh of relief* Whoever reads this, I hope you enjoy. :)

Introduction

The Parting of the Ways is my favorite episode of Doctor Who. In fact, it's one of my favorite episodes out of all the TV I've watched, and now I want to talk about why. Because this episode has repercussions through the rest of the series, there are references through Fires of Pompeii, so there are S4 spoilers. As well, there are a lot of references to past S1 episodes, because Parting of the Ways is the culmination of this season and I can't properly talk about it without talking about what led to it.

Now, without further ado, have 10,000 words on why I adore this episode. :p

( I Create Myself: Life and Love in The Parting of the Ways )

So a few days ago someone posted an entry full of Rose-hate. I wouldn't have noticed if my flist hadn't been commenting on it, and I haven't read it, because reading hate about my favorite characters makes me sad. But one good thing that has come from this post is that it seems to have inspired a bunch of people to post about why they love Rose, and those make me happy.

I'm a bit late to the bandwagon on this, but I wanted to post as well. These are by no means the only reasons I love Rose, but they definitely contribute to why I think she's awesome. One for each episode she's in!

( 27 reasons to love Rose Tyler, plus pics )

They aren't the only reasons I love Rose, but they are some of the things that stand out to me, when I watch these episodes.

Started getting Doctor Who S2 from Netflix today. Yay! I really like New Earth. I liked The Christmas Invasion well enough, but not as much as New Earth. Billie Piper was amazing, alternating between Rose and Cassandra. David Tennant was good too, but I thought Billie really stood out in that.

Also, I watched the outtakes and deleted scenes. And the outtakes, with the Cybermen in the park, and K-9? OMGSQUEESOCUTE. Ahahahaha. I love the way the first Cyberman just runs around the park, and then the next two play in the playground, and spin K-9 around the merry-go-round...eee. So adorable.

( Random thoughts on NE, with a bit of TCI, and some picspam )

( Spoilers for LotTL )

( And finally... )

Also, I love the Doomsday music. It's so sad, but so beautiful! I've been listening to the DW soundtrack on repeat for the past few days, and I just love it. There are still some tracks I can't recognize immediately, but that one I learned pretty quickly.