Here's the last part of the Puppy!Jared/Puppy!Tom/Puppy!Kinkade (whatever you want to call him, LOL) picspam. Hope you like!

( Again, obligatory cuteness/prettiness warning )

And that's it. Again I hope you enjoyed this, and a Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

*collapses in a heap on the floor*

First I want to wish a Happy Birthday to anastdean !! Sorry I'm a little late hon, but I hope you had a wonderful day :D *HUGS tight*

Okay, I ended up posting this a little later than I hoped, but at least it's in time for Christmas, right? :) It's a super huge picspam, too - 128 pics. What can I say, it was so hard to choose from all the adorable (and gorgeous) pics. *g* So I've split this into two parts. The link for the second part is at the bottom of this page.



(lol couldn't decide what to call him... I guess for this picspam he's technically Puppy!Tom or Puppy!Kinkade, but I couldn't decide... but in the end he's really Puppy!Jared, right?)

( Obligatory warning: prepare thyself for absolute cuteness and pretty... extra pillows may be needed )

Hope you like it so far. :) Here's Part 2!

First I want to wish a Happy Birthday to one of my newest friends, bt_kady !!



I hope you had a wonderful day! Strangely enough I had to re-upload this pic into my Photobucket account. I made it the other day and had uploaded it into the appropriate folder, but today it was gone. And I also noticed that my storage space went down from 69% used to 50%. Umm....? I doubt this pic above violates their TOS. I have made quite a few others like this one, and they're still there. Maybe it was some technical glitch? I wonder what other pics are missing from my PB... *sigh*

Anyway, that pic from Colin Ford's Twitter inspired me to make some new art today. I actually made it with GIMP and got some ideas from a tutorial or two I found. I've got a banner and a wallpaper (2 sizes). If you like please take. Credit not totally necessary but always appreciated.

Wallpaper, 1024x768 size:
Wallpaper, 1280x1024 size:


Banner:

Hope you like :)

I decided to share the pics that I found yesterday (that I posted about in my last entry). Again, these were taken by a couple of fans who were on set during the filming of Everybody Loves a Clown. They were there for about 2 nights and one night they saw Jared outside his trailer playing with his dogs. They talked to him and got some pics taken, then he had to do a scene. They waited and then saw him again out of his makeup (freshly showered and cleaned up), and got another pic or two taken with him. They also saw Jensen, I think the next night. I think at least 2 of the pics have been posted before by ckll (one of them is the one I posted in my last entry), but I found 2 more pics with Jared and thought I'd post them.

Here they are (behind the cut so as to not annoy my non-SPN lj flisters, LOL...):

( Season 2 episode 2 set pics )


And here is the link to the girl's report where I found these: Stalker Sista's (July 28, 2006)

I love finding new (well, new to me, lol) pics... I'm a behind-the-scenes junkie, lol. Enjoy. :)

Who would have thought this boy was 27 years old? I've seen him grow up on Gilmore Girls and then on Supernatural (and then in his most recent movies). Yes, the older he gets, the better he gets, but he still manages to capture us with those sweet Puppy Eyes and that gorgeous smile. I've had the pleasure of meeting him twice, and all that's been said about him by other fans and in various articles is totally true: he's a big, goofy, energetic, sweetheart. He has more than earned the "puppy" nickname. He's so accommodating to the fans and goes out of his way to make you feel comfortable. Jared, you're a big sweetie. Never ever change. And hopefully I'll get the opportunity to see you again soon; at least before SPN ends.

First I made this wallpaper in tribute to Jared. It's not my best work, but I've planned it for a little while and wanted to do something... Click to enlarge. :)



And here's a teeny tiny picspam. I would have thought this one out more and made it bigger, but it was spur of the moment... at first I thought the wallpaper would be enough, but I wanted to add something else.

( My fave Jared piccies )

While I'm *still* trying to put together my next Puppy picspam, I wanted to offer this in the meantime. I screencapped Friday the 13th the other night and wanted to make a little picspam. It's 48 pics, cropped/resized/edited color-wise. If you want to use these for anything, please be my guest. Credit not totally necessary but always appreciated. :)

(also wanted to give a little shout out to my friend micheleeeex , whose birthday is tomorrow! Hon, consider this a birthday present! Hope you like and hope you have a great day tomorrow :D *HUGS*)



( Rebirth of a killer... )


Hope you liked it! :)

First, I got the Supernatural Season 3 Companion in the mail today. Wow... ordered it from Amazon only 2 days ago... that was fast.

I'm so happy for my friends in Europe and the UK who are going to Asylum!! How exciting... both boys and Misha! I hope you have a blast. :)

Found out that most if not all of the guests (except Jared) are going to be at EyeCon Fri and Sat, especially for the cocktail party. I can't wait, it's going to be awesome. Only one week to go!  To anyone who's been there before, I noticed that they have an auction for seats on these big comfy couches up front, as well as a private autograph session (which is with Misha this time).  Where are those couches located? Are they in front of Row A or are they off to the side a ways? Just curious and hoping I won't have a lot of heads blocking my view during the Q&A panels. *g*

Finally I know that many people have already made art based on that Jared photoshoot, but I made some icons that I'd like to offer up as well.  There are 16 icons. If you'd like to take any of them, comments and credit are appreciated. :) Most of them are textless and you can use them for bases if you like, but I'd like credit for the bases.  Hope you like!

( Jared Icons )

So I finally got the opportunity to see this movie tonight.  Wish it was in a better atmosphere (I'll get to that *sigh*), but I enjoyed the movie.  Here are some of my thoughts ...

( spoilers )

Now, getting to what I was talking about in wishing for a better atmosphere...  We were surrounded by people in the theater who would just NOT.SHUT.UP.  I could understand talking during the stupid ads or even some of the coming attractions, but, um, some people like to watch a movie with actual SILENCE. Or at least relative silence.  There was this young couple sitting behind us and they kept commenting pretty loudly throughout most of the movie.  Then there were 3 young men in front of us who, while they didn't talk too much throughout the whole thing, were still pretty loud whenever they did.  Then to our right slightly behind us was another couple who had to talk, and it turned out the woman was talking on her cell phone.  At one point my mom turned and gave them the evil eye, and asked if they could please be quiet.  That shut them up finally for most of the movie.  THEN there was a woman with her son to our left who started talking on her cell phone.  And loudly.  I hear her saying "OK, OK........ YEAH, OK."  I think her son said something to her, and the two of them got up and left the theater. But we were still stuck with that couple behind us who had to comment out loud on EVERY line and EVERY move of virtually EVERY character in the movie.

*headesk*

Are people just getting ruder and ruder at theaters nowadays? Maybe I should learn to be more tolerant, but I don't think it's too much to ask to have some quiet during a movie so you can hear what the characters on screen are saying.  I'm all for talking during a movie when you're watching it in the privacy of your own home, especially if it's a movie you've seen before. But not when you're in a theater with other people seeing it for the first time. 

Okay, rant over now. I promise. ;)  It was good seeing the movie, though.  I'd go see it again if I could.

I also have an icon question related to this movie.  I've seen people using this icon over at dean_sam and I have a question... I don't think there's any spoilers here, but I'll stick it behind a cut just in case...

( F13 icon question )

Here:

Finally home from this con, have finally edited and uploaded my pics, and I am EXHAUSTED!! Comic Con was really crazy.  So many people there and IMHO things weren't organized too well.  We sadly didn't make it to the Friday the 13th screening :(  But in all honesty I was at the point where I just wanted to collapse.  I knew I wouldn't make it there. *sigh* Oh, well.  Here is my report and pics ...

( Beware of squee'age )

Woo... so much hotness in one day. *g* Even with all the grief we went through, I was still glad I went.  And now I'm heading to bed.  I'm just beyond exhausted now :P

Night, everyone!

As if I didn't have enough of them... *g*

The pics I posted some time ago are ones I uploaded to my flickr account.  Which are all well and good, but I was in a hurry to upload and share them all.  And I wanted smaller ones up on that site in case some kind-hearted souls decided to steal them ... NOT anyone I know here on LJ or any of the SPN sites, but just anyone crusing along on flickr or surfing the internet who happened to find them.

After going through all my raw pic files, I found I could save them as larger sizes and the quality isn't half bad! *shock* LOL, see I'm really not experienced much when it comes to taking photos. 

So, I've gone and edited the original files again and saved them all in my LJ scrapbook.  The album is called "Day 3 HQ", and while they're not necessarily "HQ", they are higher quality than those I posted on flickr.  They're from the breakfast, Jared and J2 panels (I already had some higher quality Jensen panel pics).  The breakfast ones still aren't that great, again because of the crappy lighting and the fact that my hands were shaking a lot - AND I didn't have a tripod with me.  But still if you like any of them and want to take, please go ahead.  Just credit me.

There's 153 of them.  Find them here: Higher Quality Pics

Few teasers:


 

Hope you like. :)

Oh, and angels_cordy , I got your Christmas card yesterday! Thanks so much, hon!! And there will be more Puppy Picspams to come in the New Year *g*

*hugs*

Sorry I'm spamming so much today, lol

Here is the last part of my SPN con report.  This covers the photo op and autograph sessions on Sunday with Jared and Jensen. WARNING: some potentially annoying fangirling ahead.  Non SPN fans might want to turn back. *g*

The Jared photo ops were held right after the breakfast, so everyone had to race into the main theater room (they were first come first served, and they would call you by rows).  I was pretty much near the front of the line.  As I finally got into the photo op room, I saw Jared sitting on a stool for the photos and he was wearing a hat (the one he wore during the Q&A panels)... *sigh* I seriously almost asked him to remove it, but I just couldn't. Heh.  Anyway, when they were ready for me, Jared pretty much gave me a "Hi!" He had his arms out like he was ready to put them around me.  I asked him, "can I have a hug?"  He said, "A hug? Oh, sure!" and pulled me into a hug.  I can't even begin to describe how it felt being cuddled up to him.  And he smelled so good!! After the pic was taken, I gave him a little "thank you."  He seemed almost surprised that I thanked him.  He nodded, kind of widened his eyes and said, "of course!" He looked so much like a puppy, I almost had to bite my tongue to keep from calling him "puppy." LOL.

People were lining up for the J2 sandwich photo ops already when I got back.  And shortly thereafter they lined people up for the Jensen photo ops.  Again I was near the front of that line.  When it was my turn, Jensen was sitting on a stool like Jared.  He looked at me with this sort of grin and gave me a big "Heeeey!" in that lovely voice of his.  I kind of blurted out "hi!" He asked how I was doing and I told him "I'm doing good." That was all I could say because they went through them pretty quick and I really couldn't think of anything else to say. *g*  I didn't get too close to him, but I did put my hand up on his back.  After the pic was taken I thanked him as I did Jared, and he kind of shyly nodded and smiled.  (why didn't I get to close to him, you might ask? Well, ( here is why... )

After the panels ended, they quickly started the autograph session and moved people through pretty quickly, telling us the boys had a flight to catch back to Vancouver for filming.  Unlike the guests from Fri and Sat, they couldn't personalize, just sign their names.  Being in Row A I got up there pretty quick.  I really wanted to thank both of them so much for doing this show, that I really enjoy it and I've met so many nice people thanks to it... my 62 year old mom and I watch it together, it's "our time" we share, bla bla blah. But I decided to keep it short since Creation kept stressing they were in a hurry.  Jensen was given my photo and after he gave it back to me I said to him "thank you so much for coming." He was already signing the next person's photo so he wasn't looking at me, but he said "oh, thank YOU for coming."  He did that eyebrow thing that makes me weak... you know, where his forehead gets wrinkly and his eyebrows arch upward? I have a weird obsession with it, which will most likely come out when I start my Dean picspams. *g*

Recovering quickly from the eyebrow thingie (LOL), they gave Jared my Sam photo and as soon as he said it he went, "oh, awesome." Heh... it was the smiley Sam one from Playthings.  After he signed it, he gave it back to me and looked up at me, smiling.  I told him the same as I told Jensen, and he said (still looking at me)  "oh, no, thank YOU for coming."  I blurted out "I'm happy..." and I'm sure I looked like a loon standing there, so I quickly added "... to be here."  He nodded and said, "awesome."  Hee! My legs felt like they were made of jelly.  It was such a cool experience!

( And some sillier con ramblings )


So here are the autographs and photo ops.  Warning, I look bad.  Particularly bad in the Jensen one.  I swear I'm grinning like a loon.  I really don't look this bad in real life. Really.  I guess I just don't photograph too well sometimes.  Plus my hair looked like crp.  I had over blowdried it and it ended up looking really flat and straight (my hair is in reality on the wavy side).  Look at your own risk... or just ignore me and concentrate on Jensen, lol.

( Autos and Photos )

So, after editing and uploading over 250 pics from the J2 panel (phew!), I finally have the next batch of report and pics to share.

Again, the report isn't too detailed as I was too busy taking pics etc to take notes. But here is what I remember the most.

At the end of Jared's panel, I think he'd received a certain question and wasn't sure how to answer, when suddenly Jensen appeared, kind of crawling up onto the stage. Jared looked over by him and proclaimed, "saved by the Jensen!" Hee :D Jensen took one of the chairs and was about to set it down next to Jared when he grabbed Jared's hat and made like he was going to throw it into the audience or something. Jared was reaching out to grab it, almost like he was afraid Jensen would get rid of it, LOL! I had to stop myself from applauding Jensen for doing it (yeah, Jared was cute in the hat but I was still kinda peeved that he wore it for the photo ops! *g*). Jensen gave him the hat back and set his chair down next to Jared.

Someone asked them both if they had action figures for Sam and Dean, what would they want them to do. Jared mentioned his favorite word of the day - "ipecac" (teehee) and held his hand out to mimic Sam exorcising demons. Jensen said his action figure would have poseable arms and would have fried food in his hands for him to eat.

I don't remember too many of the questions in particular, but I know there were a few people coming up to the microphone who would say "I'm a Sam girl, but my mom is a Dean girl", or "I'm a Dean girl but my daughter is a Sam girl." Each of the boys would be encouraging them, like Jared telling the Sam fan who's mom is a Dean girl, "you're going to go far in life" and Jensen telling her "you should listen to your mother." LOL, silly boys. They are just so cute.

They were both asked how they got into acting and what their inspiration was. I can't remember Jared's answer - something about how he got into it when he was in school. Jensen said his dad was his inspiration.

The "Eye of the Tiger" bit that aired after Yellow Fever *was* mentioned, and of course everyone wanted Jensen to do a demonstration of it. He did do the leg-guitar thing for a bit! :D The boys were asked about certain fears I think, and Jensen mentioned something about being in a very small plane (11 seater I think) once and there being a lot of turbulence, that he was fearing for his life. Jared mentioned the time when his car flipped when he was doing Flight of the Phoenix and he thought he was dead.

One of the questions I loved... Jared was asked if there would be a Gilmore Girls movie, because it had been talked about. Right then, Jensen cried "PLEASE!"*g* Jared said that if they did one he'd like to play Dean in it, something about him being the "original Dean."  To which Jensen said, "there's only one Dean." Heh.

There were a lot more questions still left and some people had more for Jared, but Jared was given the signal that his time was up and had to get going.  A lot of people went, "awww."  He got up and went over to sign the Creation banners, and then headed off stage.  But not before he took one of the smaller chairs meant for the audience and put it up there, meant for Jensen I believe as a little jab at how he's shorter than Jared. LOL.

That's about it for that panel.  Next I'll have a report and pics to cover Jensen's Q&A.  Sorry it's taking me so long to post... I didn't realize editing pics would take up so much time!

Like I said, I have over 250 pics of the J&J panel.  They're all HERE.  Again you can take these and use them for art or what have you, just please let me know you're taking them and credit me. :)

Here are some previews:


"Saved by the Jensen!"


Aww, Jared wants his hat back...


This pic is dedicated to all the bonafide J2 fans out there... *g*


Jared demonstrates the Ipecac Sam action figure


Hm.. all I remember from this is that Jared was saying that this can was his "Monster" energy drink.  Jensen I guess is reacting to the name, or the contents (like Jared really needs an energy drink given how full of energy he usually is!).  Whatever it is, his expression is priceless. LOL


More to come soon! Jensen's panel, and then all the Friday and Saturday stuff.

Finally I have the second part of the report ready... with pics. 

This covers Jared's Q&A panel.  Again I was too busy snapping pics and laughing to take many notes, LOL. But here is what i remember off the top of my head.  Any spoilers I'll put behind a cut.

Before Jared came out, they showed a music video that was pretty much a recap of the show from season 1 to the end of season 3, with a nice, mostly instrumental soundtrack.  It ended with the second-to-last scene from No Rest for the Wicked (Sam crying over Dean).

Then Jared rolled onto the stage - quite literally!  lol... he bounded onto the stage and tripped, ended up rolling onto it.  We all laughed but he took it in stride.  He commented on how cool the vid was and asked where he could find it.  Everyone told him YouTube and he said he'd have to check it out.

He looked quite cute in his long black coat and black beanie-with-rim hat. *g*

( Slight spoiler for episode 4.09 )

He was asked what was one of his fears.  He mentioned something about suddenly being startled out of nowhere, like suddenly woken up in the middle of the night and not knowing what's going on.

He was also asked about Bon Jovi.  Someone brought up that he had worked with Bon Jovi in Cry Wolf and asked if he was a fan.  Jared said he was, that he has most of Bon Jovi's CDs.  He liked working with him in Cry Wolf and at some point ran into him at a bar.  He said the guy was quite laid back and easy going.

He was also asked about working with the Olsen twins in New York Minute.  He acted like he really didn't want to answer the question at first, LOL.  He ended up just saying that they were pretty professional, or at least one of them was (don't remember exactly).  Someone else asked him about The Christmas Cottage and he talked about how he enjoyed working with Peter O'Toole.

( Spoilers for Yellow Fever, ep 4x06 )

He also mentioned that he had a cute pic of his dogs sleeping with Jensen in his bed.

He kept scratching his nose with the microphone and then sticking it under his armpits because he knew Jensen had his Q&A next.  Heh. :D

That's about all I can remember.  He was hilarious though.  I really enjoyed his panel.  I've got all the pics edited and uploaded.  You can find them HERE.

And of course, some previews:




Facial Shrug alert!! (if you've seen my Puppy picspams, you'll know what I'm talking about *g*)


He's looking at me!!!! *flails*


Again if you'd like to use any of these for anything, you are free to take them. I only ask that you let me know and credit me. :)

Next up I will have the J2 panel and Jensen's panel.  I can't believe how long it's taking me to edit all these pics, LOL. But I will have them all up by the weekend.

This report isn't going to be in order.  I finished editing and uploading my pics from the breakfast Sunday morning, so I thought I would start with that.

It's not much of a report either because I didn't take notes.  I was too busy taking pics and laughing my arse off to scribble anything down, LOL.  But here are the bits I remember off the top of my head.  The boys did mention a spoiler of sorts, but I'll stick it behind a cut.  Wasn't much but I want to be safe.

First of all...   Alisa and I were at the dessert party the night before.  I'll give more details on that after I get the pics edited and uploaded.  But I was extremely sleep deprived thanks to not having slept much in the previous two days so I didn't stay the whole time.  Everything was delayed due to the autograph session running late, so Jason Manns' concert started at around 10pm (instead of 9 or 9:30 like it was supposed to), and the dessert party started a bit after 11pm instead of 10-ish.  I went up to bed around 12:10am.  Alisa came up soon after.  When I was leaving, there were already people camped out with pillows and blankets/sleeping bags for the breakfast the next morning. 

Alisa asked for a 3:30am wake up call.  Yes, we woke up at 3:30 and got downstairs at 4am. For a breakfast that wasn't supposed to start until 8:45am.  The things I do to get a nice view of the boys (no, not thinking dirty thoughts here... *ahem*  *straightens halo*).  I dozed off a few times and ended up curling up on the floor against the wall.  Yeah, I'm sad.  *g*  Bambi joined us a little while later.  They started letting us in around 8:30-8:40.  Alisa and I ended up getting a pretty decent table, though.

They called us up by table to get food and told us the boys would be dropping by around 10am.  When it got around that time, Adam from Creation stalled for time and asked where everyone was from.  Then finally the boys came in.

*fans self*

Jared wore what looked like one of his SamShirts... not sure which one it was, but it looked like one.  His hair was so pretty and flicky (note to SPN hairstylists: let him have his hair this way on the show!!).  Jensen looked quite hot in a button down shirt with pullover sweater as well.

There were two bodyguards with them.  Both looking like tough mafia types.  Seriously, one of them kept looking in my direction as I was snapping my pics.  It unnerved me.   *nervous laugh*

Anyway after they came in, Jared asked how long some of us had been there, if we had been waiting long.  Some people said they'd been there since the crack of dawn and some stayed overnight.  He said something like "the coffee makers of Chicago thank you."  He also asked if anyone had seen the rallies after the election in Grant Park, that he and Jensen saw it on TV, people being rowdy and stuff.  Jensen said something like "I wish we had that kind of turnout."  One or two people said "I'd vote for you, Jensen!" Jared agreed he would vote for him as well and we all clapped.

Both boys were really hilarious.  A few people made comments about Jared sweating, and some girl gave him a couple of ice packs.  He started stuffing them in his pants pockets and then his shirt pockets. 

Jensen spoke of Dean's crazy eating habits, basically shaking his head and saying "Oh, Dean, Dean, Dean..." in a weary, disapproving way. *g*

( slight late season 3, early season 4 spoilers )

Jared asked if we had any food. We all said we ate already, and he was literally looking around and sniffing the air for food (come on, look me in the eyes and tell me this guy isn't a giant puppy! LOL).  Bambi still had food on her plate, and he appeared to have found it because he pointed straight at her and went "there's something!" She said she wanted to tell him to come over here and get it.

Someone told him about what Samantha Smith said about his dog Harley and the confrontation he had with her little dog.  Apparently he knew about it because he and Jensen had found vids of the previous panels on YouTube before they arrived (heh... oops).  He said something about his dogs being a lot bigger and weighing more than her dog.  Jensen said something like "his dogs are even bigger [or weigh more, can't remember] than me."  Jared said he should bring his dogs to meet all of us, and that they would probably eat all the food here.

That's about all I can remember.  Jared was such a big puppy full of energy, while Jensen was the straight man and kept looking at him with this amused grin on his face.  They were really hilarious.

I thought they were going to drop by the different tables like the guests did the night before at the dessert party, but Adam told them it was time to start photo ops, so they said their goodbyes and left to get ready since Jared's was first. 

So that's about it for this part of the report.  I've got all the pics uploaded from the breakfast HERE.

Here are some previews. :)






Again click to enlarge.  There are many more pics at the link above (I've got about 119 up there).  If you want to use these for anything like art, icons, etc., you are welcome to it.  But please let me know if you're taking them and give me credit for the original images.  Thanks. :)

I've got some of the pics from the Friday panels done, need to finish them and move to Saturday's panels.  As soon as I have those done, I'll get started on the Jared, Jensen and J2 panels.

Back to grueling field work tomorrow so I'll be calling it a night.  More over the next few days! :)

I am totally, totally, totally wiped out.  I had a really awesome time at the SPN con.  Great fun, great people, great guests (and a couple of extremely hot guys... cannot forget about them, nope).  But yeah, I am just wiped out.  Got about 2-3 hours of sleep Saturday night :P  I'm still trying to make up for it.

So this post will unfortunately *not* contain a con report or lots of pics.  I've almost used up two memory cards in my camera this weekend. I took just about 1000 pics yesterday alone when the boys were there.  I've also got to scan my autographed pics and photo ops.

But I thought I'd leave you with a little preview...  from the breakfast yesterday morning:



Click to enlarge.  If you want to use this pic for anything, feel free. But please give me credit for it. 

I will have more pics to share over the next day or two. Luckily my brand spanking new camera came through for me and I got some pretty nice pics. *pets camera*

But for now I'm going to watch the last episode (which thankfully my DVR recorded on Sat. while I was at the con) and then get some sleep. 

Can't wait to share everything with you all. Nighty night. :)

Guess who's back for a new round of...



Episode #4x02: Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester

Over 70 pics, so not dial-up friendly. Obligatory spoiler warning. If you want to use any of these for anything, please take them. :)

( Haunted!Puppy )
Hope you liked this week's. :)  Next week around this time I should have the picspam for the next episode ready to share.  I should also have some new artwork to share within the next few days.  Have a great day, everyone.

Hey everyone, guess who's back to celebrate the new season. *grin*



Episode #4x01: Lazarus Rising


Got a big, 90-picture spam this time. :) Obligatory spoiler warning, of course. My caps came out kind of crappy but hopefully they're not too bad. I played with some of the lighting and other options. But if you see anything you like, please take.

( I'veGotASecret!Puppy )
That's it for today.  Hopefully I'll be back next week, same day (or that Friday the latest) with the picspam for the next episode. 

Something else I have to mention... I had a weird SPN-con-related dream last night...

( cut for general weirdness )

Before I start just want to mention that I figured out what was wrong with my computer.  There was a lot of dust that had collected in the back vent that the fan blows air out of.  And once we'd removed the back and side of the tower, there was a lot of dust inside as well.  Video card seems to be busted, too. A couple of the capacitors were bulged, and one had leaked some gunky residue.  Removed it, went to Micro Center, told technician about it and they gave me a better one.  Going to replace it and hopefully I should be set.  In the meantime, I'm on my laptop.


ETA: Replaced video card and am now up and running! Everything is fine - I can play videos again and everything else. *dances*

Anyway, before all this carp happened, I was rewatching bits of vid of JP in Gilmore Girls, and I thought I'd post my thoughts on it.  Cut because somewhat long...

( thoughts on JP's character Dean Forrester... )

So I was meaning to get this posted earlier, but I wanted to wait til I had my air conditioner set up in here (it's really hot and humid here today :P).  Now that I have that all done, and it's still Saturday, here is my birthday tribute to Jared.



Yeah, a bit different from what I originally said I was going to do, but I've got a picspam to go with it :) Not very dial-up friendly.