Thing Thursday: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Rogers Revue, a fantastic entertainment blog held a contest when the Man from U.N.C.L.E. movie came out… and I won! Squee!

I got the first season of the television show on DVD (which arrived in the mail so fast I was stunned). I have watched a lot of the show on TV when the repeats were on years ago but I look forward to watching the first season properly now, in order. The actors are so young! I mean, David looks like he’s 18! heehee I wasn’t so sure how I felt about the movie remake, because so much of the show for me was these particular actors. But I saw a newer trailer the other day and actually felt pretty good about the movie.

I’ve already made plans with my mom to have a fun night watching some of it together

So you should totally check out The Rogers Revue and also like them on Facebook. They run a lot of fun contests—you too could be a winner! And they provide some really great entertainment news about everything from books and theater to television and movies. If nothing else, check out some of the awesome interviews they’ve done.

This post was originally posted on The Fangirl Project: http://thefangirlproject.com/?p=1740

Things Still Suck but I Earread a Good Book

Things still suck for me. I'm sleeping about 4 hours a night and spending every waking moment trying to put out social media fires that I can't actually put out for long. I'm sick to death of internet bullying and mob mentality and people who write before they think. And I'm sick of people making the situation worse while trying to help. I'm mostly just sick of being yelled at constantly all day for things I can't do anything about.

I've appreciated the links y'all have sent me. I honestly tried to read a few things and just couldn't get my mind into them and kept stopping to check Twitter again. I'm just no good right now.

The only bright spot in my life has been earreading The Bane Chronicles. I love Cassandra Clare's Infernal Devices series. I like her Mortal Instruments series. But I ABSOLUTELY ADORE Magnus Bane. And a whole set of stories about him, co-written by other talented writers (so they're actually really good) is just the best. The best. The humor and style is so much fun and getting to explore more of his past is a real treat (also there's this BRILLIANT moment with Jem and Will and Tessa that I'll never not love). But to make it even better? The stories are narrated by different people (some I liked better than others, and it's weird hearing different accents and voices for the same characters, but once you get over that, it's fine). And a few of my favorite actors narrate a few of them, including Andrew Scott and Gareth David-Lloyd.

Yeah. Listening to "Ianto Jones" tell me about sexy glittery warlock Magnus getting it on with adorable, shy, shadowhunter Alexander Lightwood? THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, those descriptions and Gareth's voice/accent... perfect combination. I melted. And squeed. Sometimes simultaneously.

And so I finally went and bought the book yesterday. I had just enough in my account to buy it and pre-order SPN season 10. So that's exactly what I did.

Ever read a book and, while reading it, you want to start over again from the beginning because it's SO GOOD and you want to experience it all over again even though you're not even finished yet? That's how it was with this book. Loved it. I mean, it's Magnus so that means cats with adorably punny names, glitter, and disregard for anything that isn't fabulous. It also means love and passion and heartache and adventure and magic and did I mention glitter? heehee