1. I finally watched the Lee Tergesen-Chris Meloni reunion episode of SVU, and I just want to say, thank you Writer who gave us that scene. I GUESS it was too much of a character leap or something to have them start full-on making out in their pod the interrogation room, but at least I know you tried.

2. Speaking of Oz (which we totally were), I have deduced that I am somehow attracted to Chris Keller not in spite of but because he is an obsessive manipulative murdering sociopath. Um. The murdering doesn't really get to me because hey, it's Oz - who doesn't indulge in a bit of light murder on the side? Being good at it just gives you an extra touch of competency. And the sociopath thing, you know, again, Oz rules. It just kind of makes him come off as "strong" and "is good at surviving/getting what he wants" versus oh, you know, crazy. (Yeah, I don't know, at least outside of shows like Oz, I don't find these qualities so much a plus.)

So the thing that gets to me is the obsessive manipulative part. Like you know when he gave that speech about how he at first he wanted unconditional surrender and then he wanted unconditional love? I think my thoughts were somewhere along the lines of "sexiness just went to 11". Um. Um. I don't know ok? I am not making a good case for my sanity.

3. Also, I've realized: Chris Meloni as Keller? HOT. Chris Meloni not as Keller? No as much. Whereas Lee Tergesen as Toby is not especially attractive me (even without the crazy facial hair) but Lee Tergesen as Lee Tergesen? Suddenly very interested. He seems like a very cool guy, like he would tell good stories. Also I like his singing. ♥

(Of course Keller and Beecher together is always very, very hot.)

4. combact_jack stories are going to start being posted soon! Yay! Challenges like this always makes me wonder if my story will be blatantly obviously mine. I suspect every writer can see their own style quirks all over their stories and so, feels this way a little. Although, I feel like I've messed around enough that you probably can't consistently say oh this is a godofwine story. Like in SGA, I remember a review describing my writing as "sparse and funny". Funny! Those were the good ol' days.

5. Man, I am so ambivalent about the World Cup game tomorrow. On the one hand, Uruguay knocked out Ghana but on the other, Germany knocked Argentina and England. Can one of my choices be "please let Ghana back in, they should really be here"?

Meanwhile, I am feeling much better about the final. Both aurora and sweetprince love the Netherlands and that is good enough for me. ♥