Mystical Magick

���I designed the show to create that strong reaction. I designed it to be an icon, to be an emotional experience, to be loved in a way that other shows can’t be loved. … I wanted people to embrace it in a way that exists beyond, “Oh, that was a wonderful show about lawyers, let’s have dinner.” I wanted people to internalize it, and make up fantasies where they were in the story, to take it home with them, for it to exist beyond the TV show. And we’ve done exactly that.”

~ Joss Whedon

Welcome to my Tops of 2009: Fandom Edition II. Here are the things that bring out my inner fangirl.

+Scenes
+Characters
+Couples
+Fanfiction
+Fanvids

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���For me, the cinema is not a slice of life,
but a piece of cake.”
~Alfred Hitchcock

Welcome to my Tops of 2009: Fandom Edition I. Complete with my favorite movies, tv shows, and episodes new and old of 2009. Here are my favorite visual stories both long and short:

+Movies
+TV Shows
++Episodes

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Music washes away from the soul
the dust of everyday life.
~Berthold Auerbach

Another year has come and gone. And with it are the release of new albums, the exciting discovery of new musicians, and the cathartic release of finding songs that touch you in all the right ways: mind, body, and soul.

Then, we have rinse and repeat as you listen to it all over and over again.

Welcome to my Tops of 2009: Music Edition. Complete with new genres, new sounds, new musicians, new albums, and new songs. Here are my favorite and most listened to:

+Musicians
+Albums
+Songs

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The ALMA Awards or American Latino Media Arts Awards honoring the accomplishments of Hispanics in entertainment was televised this past Friday. And while it is exciting to see all the Hispanic talent get their moment, what my mother and I were more interesting in seeing was if anyone from Spain was going to perform, present, or anything. This then got us into a discussion about who are the most famous and well-known Spaniards around the world. Which, of course, got me curious and researching to find all the famous Spaniards I could remember. What follows is as much for me as it is for you. Picspam time!

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!

Don’t pinch too many people too hard.

Oh, and let me know if you’re not wearing any green,
so I can have a chance to pinch you, too.

I was tagged for this meme in Facebook. But like most things, it’s better done outside of Facebook. And I changed the instructions a bit to make it more efficient for viewing and sharing purposes. Now, if you choose to do the meme you won’t have to take out all the *s and Xs. ;)

And yes, I was an English major. And I have read excerpts and large pieces of most of these. But I’m not marking it as read unless I remember that I’ve read most of it and know what it was about.

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The BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?

Instructions:
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Tally your total at the bottom
3) Italicize those you plan on reading

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