You know nothing, Jon Snow.

A warning ahead of time:

If you have not seen season three of Game of Thrones or the 2013 Doctor Who Christmas special, continue at your own risk. SPOILERS.

So I first need to mention that I am currently reading A Storm of Swords (Book three in A Song of Ice and Fire and 73% finished according to my kindle). I AM SO HAPPY. I won't say why, just in case you haven't read it, but I AM SO HAPPY. Cautiously happy, of course, because George RR Martin has taught me that no one is safe, but damn it! Season four is going to be so badass! BRING IT ON. I will admit that reading the death of Catelyn and Rob Stark was pretty heartbreaking. No more chapters titled Catelyn ): The worst part is the fact that she believed all but one of her children to be dead, and her only living child wed to a man that she loathes (even though I fucking love him!). I don't think that I fully thought about Bran, Rickon, and Arya being believed dead when I watched it on television.

Remember that silent roll of the credits? So very fitting.

I'm interested, because so far in the book, Theon has barely even been mentioned, so I'm not much closer to knowing his final fate. I am SO unhappy how Reek/Bolton's Bastard/Ramsay Snow was not in the second season. The burning of Winterfell was so much more gruesome in the books. After I finished the chapters, I just had this "Whoa" moment. I mostly read it right before bed, which definitely makes for some interesting dreams...

SO. Let's reflect on the Doctor Who Christmas special. Matt Smith's last episode (currently, because we could have another reunion!) was heartbreaking. I didn't get to watch it when it premiered because Christmas Day was day six of my seven day stretch, and I knew that I could not emotionally handle seeing that. Not to mention that it wasn't on until eight pm, and I had to be at work at 5:30 the next morning.

I was exhausted yesterday (Thursday the 26th) and promptly passed out when I got off of work. Several hours later.... I dragged myself out of bed and sat myself down in the living room - preparing myself for an emotional roller coaster. Totally forgot to grab a box of tissues before I began.

It was lovely. So many loose ends were tied together, and Matt's performance was absolutely beautiful. I began sobbing by the time Clara read him the poem until the very end. Felt a little awkward when my mother was in the other room, moving things around the kitchen while I was shamelessly sobbing into my blanket. I wondered how she felt about her twenty-five year old daughter sobbing over a fictional character on a long-running science fiction show about an alien who basically lives forever. Or if she thought about anything at all....

Amelia Pond, the first face this face ever saw, really just added the cherry on top of my perfectly heartbroken sundae.

Can't wait to see what this new Doctor brings!

Watching Game of Thrones.

you get me every time.

Well, I'm not doing a very good job at keeping the worldwide web informed of my goings on, am I? Today is known as the infamous Black Friday, and while Starbucks is not doing all of that crazy door buster nonsense, we were very busy this morning. I went home feeling like I had a layer of milk and syrup on my skin, and a little "Bah humbug!" in my heart.

I did partake slightly in these "AMAZING" deals and bought a laptop on BestBuy.com and also bought the fifth Song of Ice and Fire series for $2.99 on my Kindle! Hell yeah. I'm pretty excited for this laptop, maybe I'll spend more time on the actual computer than that little communication device that makes my hand cramp called a phone. I usually just use my phone to play Bejweled while I veg out in front of the television.

So! What's new on the television? Well, I don't see why I can't just be like "hey, I write real good - let me have my own show" to some of these networks. Notches will be stronger than some of this junk out right now. And don't get me wrong, because I LOVE Grey's Anatomy, but this show is really starting to go out with a very slow drawn out fizzle. Which makes me sad, because there was a time when Meredith and Izze and gang could bring me to SOBS. Not tears, SOBS.

Doctor Who's 50th anniversary was last weekend! I cannot wait for Capaldi, because he will be a fierce Doctor. John Hurt's "Am I having a midlife crisis?" was all too perfect in the anniversary special. While I will be very sad to see our beloved Matt Smith depart on Christmas day, I think that I'm ready. I might eat these words next month. ):

American Horror Story is probably my favorite show that is currently playing every week. I just hate that I can't eat when I watch it due to the disgusting...ness. I really love the Kathy Bates and Gabourey Sidibe addition, it's definitely better than Asylum. HOWEVER, the definite lack of Evan Peters (especially his talking) is getting me down. He's been one of my favorite characters in past seasons (after Jessica Lange, obviously).

SO. There's Shameless to look forward to in another month and a half, SQUEE. The way last season ended... so many cliffhangers! I already know *SPOILER ALERT* that Justin Chatwin will not be returning this year. Which I'm actually fine with, since last season his character had become pretty weak and whiny.

After that, there's the return of GAME OF THRONES. Okay. Okay. So. I've been reading the books, I'm just a little ways into A Storm of Swords. SO GREAT. I'm surprised by how close the show has followed the book, but there's just enough balance of differences to keep it interesting. Tyrion is obviously a BAMF and Danaerys is brilliant. Also Arya. Top three characters. STILL waiting for the little shit to lose his bitchy blonde head.

Also, Orphan Black! SO good. Man, to get to work on that set would be some kind of wild dream come true. All of the behind the scenes bits that I've seen are so interesting, I just want to know more. By the time each episode had finished, I had to remind myself "That's the SAME actress." Funny thing, I let one of my managers borrow the first season and her husband was like "This is really good... Amanda gave you this? I thought she liked Science Fiction..." DOH.

School is about to come to a close for the semester. I still have three biology exams, my final paper in English, and some kind of English exam. (Yeah, I only take two classes because getting up at 3 AM to work at a coffee shop is punishment enough.) I am, however, getting very close to finishing my Gen Eds. I'm planning on getting back to Columbia fall of 2015... If I'm lucky and can get my car paid off AND get a loan consolidation for the debt I already owe to Columbia. I HAVE the passion, I just need the moneys. ):

Thinking up new scenes for Notches on my way to work in the dark has become quite a hobby.

Goodnight!

Goodnight and Go - Imogen Heap