Because I'm watching "Pride and Prejudice" while I'm eating breakfast ...

Five fictional characters I want to punch in the face:

1. Lydia Bennet (Pride and Prejudice) -- First and foremost. A LOT. She makes me want to go hug my little brother because I have nightmares where I ended up with a little sister instead and she was just like that.

2. Anita Blake (Anita Blake books) -- I suppose I could say this because it's the next best thing to smacking LKH upside the head to knock some sense into her, but instead I say this because up until I stopped suffering through the books I was completely and thoroughly sick of watching her be torn between Richard and Jean-Claude while taking at least one chance per book to casually remark that she would probably die before she hit thirty. Jesus, dude, then JUMP THEM BOTH.

3. Piper (Charmed) -- Okay, look, I liked Piper, all right? But if I had to hear the phrase "a normal life" come out of her mouth one more time I was going to reach through the screen and throttle her. Seriously, woman, there is no possible way your family is going to have a normal life. Knock it off. Every so often when life's got you down and demons are threatening to eat your children ... okay, yeah, sure, wish all you want. But every other episode? C'mon.

4. Walter (Ugly Betty) -- The only character on Ugly Betty that I've never liked, not once, not totally. I was thrilled to see him go. Bye, blemish on my show.

5. The Chief (Grey's Anatomy) -- I wasn't going to include a Grey's character since I've bitched too much about the show already the past few weeks, but if his reasons for the chief resident and chief of surgery decisions are what Shonda said on her blog they are sexist, illegal, and condescending and he should be amazed I don't want to do more to him.

Honorable mention: Sam Winchester. Not that I hate him at ALL, but ... seriously, when am I ever going to be able to punch a muscular six-and-a-half-foot guy in the face AND make Dean Winchester laugh all at the same time? \o/ (Granted, this would require setting up a ladder. See, this is why I'm pretty sure Dean would sprain something laughing. "Dude, you got punched by a midget." *snickers*)

Okay, so.

To-do today:

1. Clean.
2. Reopen my unemployment claim. Done!
3. Map out the road-trip novel I have planned.
4. Writing one if not both of the Heroes fics burning in my brain after the finale.
5. Edit my damn Bigbang.

Fic to-do list (all ficathon assignments due July 31st):

1. apocalyptothon assignment (Status -- Okay. I'm not stressed out about finishing it even though I really need to bone up on the fandom. I've sort of got it in my head already, so that's good.)
2. Sweet Charity fic #1 (Status -- mulling over ideas for the prompt.)
3. Sweet Charity fic #2 (Status -- er, still without prompt. *pokes Clex*)
4. Sweet Charity movie recap for txtequilanights (Status -- Have copy of Pulse, just need free time and liquor. Which I have lots of if I continue to be laid off come the next work rotation. \o/)
5. Ugly Betty fic for PT.
6. Ugly Betty fic for Rachel.
7. Wincesty fic for PT.

Fandoms to catch up on:

1. Friday Night Lights -- ASAP.
2. Torchwood -- Jack, y'all. I need to at least watch for Jack.
3. Life on Mars
4. Brothers and Sisters -- Mostly just to catch up with that one character in that one pairing in the finale that made me want to cuddle them and smish them together. I mean, I don't anticipate liking some of the storylines and I'm not a big fan of Calista Flockhart at all and the events of the second-to-last episode will probably make me too upset to even watch, but ... but. FIC, Y'ALL. I WANT TO WRITE IT. *grabbyhands*

Shows I am currently planning on watching this summer:

1. America's Got Talent -- Yeah, yeah. If you go into it knowing that half of these people are disturbingly untalented and can't take criticism it's hilaaaarious.
2. Top Chef -- Masochism. Noun. Getting some sick enjoyment out of watching people behave like assholes.
3. The 4400 -- With the understanding that I wasn't as enthused at the last few episodes of last season as I thought I'd be. *shrugs*

Hmm.

( A quick comment about tonight's second Veronica Mars episode )

The "Veronica Mars" finale

Well.

That was ... lame.